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!!!
6 comments:
I have done that so many times: got all motivated, swore I was going to make all these changes, then jumped in, only to fizz out because it was too much at one time. I started over again with tracking, too. It's so important to be aware of what you are eating and how you are moving. You can do this!
Tracking works. I went back to calorie counting, something I simply loathe. I have been losing 1/2 to 1 pound a week. I have been walking as I always have but weight loss happens in the kitchen. I think once your tracking you will lose weight.
My post from the beginning of September titled "An old truck, rubbed raw, and just plain lazy." has 101 views so far. I believe the "rubbed raw" part may have triggered some not-so-innocent viewers to look at it. (Sorry, haven't even read your post yet, your title "It's been dirty" along with the opening talking about "dirty thirty" made me chuckle, especially since my innocent title has generated so many views.) :-)
Ok that post getting so much traction is crazy! I had to go check this post….surprisingly it’s one of my least viewed posts!
It’s crazy how tracking really works! Just being cognizant makes a difference in my eating!
Tracking for me is definitely the key….and no excuse why I can’t do it!!!! Now just to DO it!!
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