Travis (20:04)
But. But I did that and it was. And it worked for that time. And it was like, I paid 500 bucks and then I had the accountability partner of $500. That was like, if. If I don't lose this 20 pounds in six weeks and do all the things that are required for this challenge, then I lose the 500 bucks. If I do everything, I get paid my 500 back. So it, like, kept me going and I lost the 20 pounds in six weeks. The problem is, though, is that, like, if you, if you, if you create a version of life that sucks for 30 days just to achieve this result, then you're not going to maintain the thing that sucked for that period of time. So it's like, I like them. I like those challenges for, like, I. I'm going to go through a momentary push here, but to the degree that it does not allow you to figure out something that is going to be sustainable for you over the. Over a 5, 10, 20 year stretch of your life. Because that's ultimately what we're all trying to go for. Like, what you said to me at the beginning of this when I asked you, like, okay, well, what are you trying to do? And that's going to inform what we're going to do at the gym or whatever, it's like, well, my goal is not to be a bodybuilder. I just want to, like, be in good shape and not. And not feel like in 20 years from now that I can't go hang out with my kids or my grandkids because, like, I can't walk around the grocery store without, like, having to take a breather, you know, it's like, well, if that's. If that's the goal, then we have to set up the activity to be able to optimize something that I'm going to do for the next 30 years of my life. And something like 75 hard is like, well, that's not going to be that. So unless you're literally going to Be some form of a. A like, professional athlete or like a ironman athlete or something while you're doing everything else. But that's a completely different lifestyle. So to me, it's like, yeah, these are really helpful things to, like, kick your ass into gear and to, like, get you, like, building some good. Some good habits. And then 75 hard in particular is more of a mental challenge than anything else. I think the physical part of it is just like, like, it's. It's not good for you to work out twice a day every day for the entire year. It's literally not like you have to take rest periods. Your body needs to rest and recuperate in order to gain muscle better, in order to optimize your metabolism for better fat loss. Like, it needs rest periods. Like, that's not a bad thing to. To go to the gym five days a week instead of seven days a week. So I like the challenges, but only to, like, if it's. If. If the challenge is going to prevent you from doing the work of figuring out what's going to work for you long term. That's where I think it gets in your way. Like, that's actually not a good thing. I would rather see you build a plan that works over, like, instead of being like, I'm gonna lose 30 pounds in six weeks, it's like, okay, but how could you lose 30 pounds in six months? Yeah, because that's how you keep it off. If you lose 30 pounds in six weeks and then you don't figure out anything about the types of food that you like to eat that stay under your calorie goals and the types of food that you like to eat that give you the protein to be able to build muscle or sustain muscle or not lose muscle. Like, if you don't learn those things, then the challenge is neither here nor there, because 30 days, 60 days after that challenge, you're just going to put on half the weight that you lost during the challenge. Whereas if you lose 30 pounds over six months, the odds of you keeping that weight off after the six months is going to be much, much greater because you're only losing a half a pound to a pound a week. You know what I mean? Which at that point is like, well, I could do that for three years. You know what I mean? If you're 150 pounds overweight, like, well, I can, I can keep this up for quite some time.
