Do Life Challenge - Week 2
WEEK TWO CHALLENGES:
(Since we’re all at different places in our health and fitness journeys, there will be some differing challenges.)
- Do something out of the ordinary for a stranger. Find a way to brighten someone’s day. Pay for an elderly couple’s meal at the restaurant. Give a homeless man a blanket. Volunteer. Compliment someone. Do something out of your way. Something, maybe, you’ve never done before.
- Do something else. Yep, that’s (at least) two times this week, you’ll be going out of your way.
- Reassess your pushups (or plank) today or tomorrow. And keep working them. There are pushup and plank plans all over the internet, or make up your own. Stick with it!
- Reassess your goals. Where are you? How are you doing? Do you need to change anything?
- Beginners: 150 minutes of exercise (or 20 minutes more than you did last week).
- Intermediate/Advanced: 30 extra minutes of intense work like last week + 200 jumping jacks. (all at once or spread out)
- Write four things you did well. Every night before bed.
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Well, generally speaking, Week 2 of the Do Life Challenge was a big goose egg for me. I failed it almost 100% completely. I will lay the blame 86% on work and 14% on myself. I ended up working all day, every day at a military site which meant no phone or computer, doing a lot of labor-type stuff that left me tired enough to go to bed almost as soon as I got home.
I finally started reconnecting with the world last night and today. I suppose I did do some nice things for others, though it wasn’t intentionally to do the “pay it forward” part of the challenge.
Pushups/Planks - I’ve actually been doing pushups every other day, and funny enough I made this video of me attempting to hold a plank for as long as I could before even seeing the challenge from Ben
Zero thinking about goals
Zero jumping jacks
Zero attempts at writing 4 things done well
Homework:
A friend from church gave me some positive comments about “The Beard” (as opposed to the many negative, you’re-a-freak, what’s-wrong-with-you comments I’ve been getting) and actually said this phrase that I’ve never had spoken to me before: “I really look forward to seeing you every time I do.” That made my day.
Physically, I think I’m making progress. I got in all 4 runs for my first week of Half training (even if not all of them went well). And I’m down 3 pounds. At the end of the 12-week challenge, it’s my goal to be down to at least 188, if not lower.
Improvement(s) for next week: I can do way better on the DLC. I felt like I did pretty well on Week 1, so Week 2 was disappointing to myself. I can ALWAYS do better on food. (Anyone want to help a brother out and burn down every KFC in Colorado Springs?)
Career stuff should smooth out next week as I go back to my normal routine.
