Now now now, get your mind out of the gutter. I’m not talking about that kind of dirty! I am talking about my dirty thirty that I was attempting in the month of September. And let me just say, it was dirty!
As the month of September rolled around I had this grand plan to start a challenge. I wasn’t up for doing another 75 hard, so I devised the dirty thirty. It would include thirty days of activity, thirty days of tracking my food and keeping it under a certain level. It involved 30 days of step count over 10k. I’m telling you. I was going to smash the month. I started out strong and did relatively well the first week. Then I had some time off work and that is when it got dirty. I nailed about 3/4 of my goals…..but I started to slip further and by the end of the second week I was struggling. I’m telling you, it was dirty….but not a victorious dirty!
I commenced with the negative self talk and began kicking myself for failing at my attempt. That was something I was totally victorious at! I’m really good at negative self talk!
Then I happened to see a video. I can’t even remember who or where. Quite seriously, I’m trying to even picture the person and I can’t! But I remember the message. But this person was talking about not going full guns blazing and instead starting with one thing at a time and building upon that. And that is when I realized why my dirty thirty had most likely failed. I had dove in head first, in a time of my life when I was struggling to adjust to new routines, jobs and just life changes. I had even talked about the adjustment and how I was struggling yet I started it anyway….because…I’m a glutton for punishment! And in doing that, I was still trying to juggle the adjustment and I added multiple balls into my juggling act. And that is where I failed. I should have focused on ONE thing and one thing only. Once I got a handle on that one thing THEN add the next thing.
So I have stepped back. I am going back to the basics. One thing at a time. Right now my focus is on tracking. I need to track each and everything!! That is my focus. Sure, if I get my water consumption up to 64 plus ounces, awesome. If I can get the 10k steps even better. But my focus is on tracking! Once that has become a habit, the. I will work on the next thing!!!
And a picture of me swinging the hammer to ring the bell (which did ring)…..
Although, I think I found my secret untapped talent is axe throwing. Most people that attempted it couldn’t even get the axe to stick. Each of my attempts I got the axe to stick in the wall AND the axe was while not a bulls eye at least hit the target!!!
