Fabulous completing the challenge, congratulations 🎉 I suppose I adopted most of this when I started my weight loss and fitness journey back in 2016 and have added more along the way over those years with learning. Yoga I’ve been doing 5 years now alongside exercise and as you know Kettlebells in the last year. Changed my sleeping habits and stopped looking at my mobile in the evening like advised. Will defo look into the app alongside my current routine as will be extra useful 👍 Would be interested to hear your biscuit recipe if you’re willing to share 😉😉 Hope you had a fab holiday
Holiday was ACE thanks!! Yep, your journey has been so good to track too, Geraldine - I appreciate your thoughts and ideas on these things! Enjoy the app - it's great - and YEP - oh god - ok, I'll do a cooking video...!! I'm a better drummer than Jamie Oliver too..!!
@geraldinecoupland4162 no, not to just use it with bar codes - to search for stuff without bar codes I think it’s like £10 a year or something but no, I just use the free version!
@@1stElement it was a real eye opener for me. I think the fact that so much "food" isn't food, and quite how easy it is to get non-food into food without any proper research.
Yep - that was the same for us - and then the realisation that none of that ‘good’ that isn’t food has anything to do with the consumer or our health and is solely there to maximise costs - no matter what. So we’ve started making so much stuff at home and found it’s easy, cheap and healthy to do - in so many ways I feel a bit cheated and a bit of a mug… it’s a hell of a book…
Seriously impressive video/series of videos, thank you! I'm not ready to commit (& fail) to the whole thing yet. So I'll be concentrating on the foody bit, you are what you right? Thanks again.
I really enjoyed the Comfort Crisis and am loving The Art of Resilience - thanks for the recomendation. After these and also Jenny Tough's book, Solo, I have finally found a type of book I enjoy reading. Only taken 38 years 😂
Well done on completing this challenge James. You are an inspiration, though not inspiring enough to make me want to do this. I’m taking steps to improve myself, so some exercise (most days), read more now than I have for a long time, try to eat well (but avoiding UPF is hard - especially when one’s wife isn’t wholly onboard). Drinking water has always been a problem for me. I know I should drink more. Did you only drink water or did you also drink tea/coffee too? I find the diuretic effects of coffee mean any sip of water has my bladder suffering. I might try 7 hard and see how I get on, then see where it goes.
Thanks Hamish - yep, defo hard without it being a partner thing - there were a few times when Bex was like ‘come on - you need to go workout now or… ‘ - so I am lucky that we’re both in this together… just pick one UPF thing to cut out and replace with homemade - we started with biscuits. Haven’t bought a packet for 3 months now. But that app (Yuka) makes shopping easy - because you can see what crap is in everything at a glance - you’d be amazed - a similar product next to another might be fine! And water - no, the 3.7lt needs to be just water - anything else (tea/coffee etc) isn’t counted - so there seems to be a history of kidney issues in my family so it’s worth mentioning stepping up my game here - I never used to drink water - I could go a whole day without any - now I drink more (at least 2lt) and feel so much better overall - it seems to be a big thing - so yep - small changes Hamish - have a glass in the morning, with lunch and dinner and try to cut out one big UPF product and start with that… it’s not about big unsustainable changes - that’s pointless - but I have decades of poor choices to rectify and I’m also an obsessive…!!
With all the work traveling I do I dont think I could manage the 75 hard. 4am starts to the airport and then straight to work makes fitting 2 45 min exercise sessions in impossible. The water consumption is also way too much for me
Cheers mate. Seriously this video has made me consider if I can adapt it to something I can manage even with travel (75 medium perhaps 😂). One workout, 2 litres of water and maintain the other rules
@themussile3335 it’s got to be a challenge and so long as it is but it’s doable then there is zero holding you back man - I’m sure you can figure it out and just hit GO!!
If you could only pick one bit to do, which would it be - stick to a diet, drink 4lts a day or do 2x 45 min workouts?
Great vid mate thank you. Ordered ultra processed people from the library. Well done on completing the challenge.
Thanks so much Ben! Ok, I apologies in advance for the impact the book will have on you… it’s tough love!
Fabulous completing the challenge, congratulations 🎉 I suppose I adopted most of this when I started my weight loss and fitness journey back in 2016 and have added more along the way over those years with learning. Yoga I’ve been doing 5 years now alongside exercise and as you know Kettlebells in the last year. Changed my sleeping habits and stopped looking at my mobile in the evening like advised. Will defo look into the app alongside my current routine as will be extra useful 👍 Would be interested to hear your biscuit recipe if you’re willing to share 😉😉 Hope you had a fab holiday
Holiday was ACE thanks!! Yep, your journey has been so good to track too, Geraldine - I appreciate your thoughts and ideas on these things! Enjoy the app - it's great - and YEP - oh god - ok, I'll do a cooking video...!! I'm a better drummer than Jamie Oliver too..!!
@@1stElement 🤭 look forward to a cooking video. Pleased you had a fab hols 🤭
@@1stElementdo you have to pay a subscription for the app?
@geraldinecoupland4162 no, not to just use it with bar codes - to search for stuff without bar codes I think it’s like £10 a year or something but no, I just use the free version!
@@1stElement brilliant, thank you 🙌🏻
Great video. Well done on completing your 75 hard.
Thanks Mike - it kinda snuck up on me and I was just doing it…!!
Just finished reading Ultra Processed People. Like you said, it's impossible not to change after that. Looks like hard 75 suits you- looking trim!
Ah thanks! Yeah, I feel good! Yep - it’s ’must read’ wouldn’t you say? What would you say is the biggest take away for you - no pun intended.!
@@1stElement it was a real eye opener for me. I think the fact that so much "food" isn't food, and quite how easy it is to get non-food into food without any proper research.
Yep - that was the same for us - and then the realisation that none of that ‘good’ that isn’t food has anything to do with the consumer or our health and is solely there to maximise costs - no matter what. So we’ve started making so much stuff at home and found it’s easy, cheap and healthy to do - in so many ways I feel a bit cheated and a bit of a mug… it’s a hell of a book…
Great video, inspirational, thanks
Thanks so much for watching and commenting!!
Seriously impressive video/series of videos, thank you! I'm not ready to commit (& fail) to the whole thing yet. So I'll be concentrating on the foody bit, you are what you right? Thanks again.
Absolutely - as I said - one thing leads to another for sure! I’d defo read that book by Chris Van Tulleken if you want to know more about food…
I really enjoyed the Comfort Crisis and am loving The Art of Resilience - thanks for the recomendation. After these and also Jenny Tough's book, Solo, I have finally found a type of book I enjoy reading. Only taken 38 years 😂
Yep - it doesn’t matter when you find that out, eh..! Same with me! I promise I’ll read Jenny Tough’s book!
Well done on completing this challenge James. You are an inspiration, though not inspiring enough to make me want to do this. I’m taking steps to improve myself, so some exercise (most days), read more now than I have for a long time, try to eat well (but avoiding UPF is hard - especially when one’s wife isn’t wholly onboard). Drinking water has always been a problem for me. I know I should drink more. Did you only drink water or did you also drink tea/coffee too? I find the diuretic effects of coffee mean any sip of water has my bladder suffering. I might try 7 hard and see how I get on, then see where it goes.
Thanks Hamish - yep, defo hard without it being a partner thing - there were a few times when Bex was like ‘come on - you need to go workout now or… ‘ - so I am lucky that we’re both in this together… just pick one UPF thing to cut out and replace with homemade - we started with biscuits. Haven’t bought a packet for 3 months now. But that app (Yuka) makes shopping easy - because you can see what crap is in everything at a glance - you’d be amazed - a similar product next to another might be fine! And water - no, the 3.7lt needs to be just water - anything else (tea/coffee etc) isn’t counted - so there seems to be a history of kidney issues in my family so it’s worth mentioning stepping up my game here - I never used to drink water - I could go a whole day without any - now I drink more (at least 2lt) and feel so much better overall - it seems to be a big thing - so yep - small changes Hamish - have a glass in the morning, with lunch and dinner and try to cut out one big UPF product and start with that… it’s not about big unsustainable changes - that’s pointless - but I have decades of poor choices to rectify and I’m also an obsessive…!!
You look great buddy, and I know you wouldn’t take back your grand tour even if you could.
Haha!! Thanks on both counts!
If Finasteride is most effective who do people get no results or little results on fin for 1 year then switch to Dutasteride and get bigger results?
With all the work traveling I do I dont think I could manage the 75 hard. 4am starts to the airport and then straight to work makes fitting 2 45 min exercise sessions in impossible. The water consumption is also way too much for me
Full marks on watching the vid mate! Hahahaha!!!
Cheers mate. Seriously this video has made me consider if I can adapt it to something I can manage even with travel (75 medium perhaps 😂). One workout, 2 litres of water and maintain the other rules
@themussile3335 it’s got to be a challenge and so long as it is but it’s doable then there is zero holding you back man - I’m sure you can figure it out and just hit GO!!