Birthday Challenge - Day 1

After reading some blogs last night, I got the idea to put myself on a fitness challenge. It just so happens that today marks exactly 50 days until my birthday. For the next 50 days I have a checklist of fitness things I want to do. Most are things I already do and others are things I wanted to try out after reading about them in a magazine article. I downloaded a checklist app that allows my list to say on the home screen of my phone and resets every day at midnight. 

1. Workout for 45 minutes, 5 days a Week (I was doing an hour six days a week)

2. Go to at least two group fitness classes (I figured adding something new that didn't feel like a workout would be a good idea. 

3. Don't drink calories. 

4. Walk at least 8,000 steps a day. 

5. Track calories using My Fitness Pal. 

6. Eat at least one serving of vegetables a day. (I NEVER eat vegetables, I figured I need to start somewhere and then increase over time. Hopefully, I'll find some that I like to eat). 

7. No carbs after lunch. (This was tip Bob Harper had in the magazine.)

8. No eating after 7:30 (I remember this tip from an Oprah book I read a long time ago).