In the past 28 days, I accomplished the following:
- Got to bed before midnight almost every single night — often even before 11:00! The latest I was up was 12:30, and that only happened once or twice. This is like a MIRACLE to me!
- Got 7-8 (or more) hours sleep every single night.
- Cut out all sugar and starchy carbs. Period. And I finally understand that I didn’t have a sugar addiction; it was the carbs, baby! Once I stopped eating them, no problem with cravings at all.
- Walked for thirty minutes 24 out of the 28 days.
- Saw my blood pressure readings go down into the normal or optimal range almost every day.
- Fasted one day each week.
- Best of all, I felt a renewed strengthening of my will power!
And, yes, I did drop some weight — which is a big part of what the program I’m doing is about — but that seems almost incidental to all these other benefits (aka NSV’s or Non Scale Victories).
So, yes, I’m feeling pretty darn proud of myself! We’re on a break now but I’ll start another 28 day challenge in April. It’s working for me!