Hi fellow Hiveians,

Today I wanted to talk a little bit about the upcoming health initiatives I'm going to try!

Upcoming Health Initiatives

If there's one thing that we all know, it's that our health is such an important factor for us. We definitely take it for granted though, especially in the contemporary times where for the most part we don't have to do strenuous work like farming with horses and plows and stuff like they've done in the past. This has, among many other things, made us a little bit lazy!

I'm no exception for that, I try to be on the better side that's for sure however I have fallen into my little ruts lately and put on a couple extra pounds than I would have liked. Granted, I'm not in that bad of shape considering, but I know that I can do better and I wanted to figure out what I can do to make that so!

One of the people I listen to regularly is Joe Rogan, for various reasons. I love the people he has on his show and the incredible conversations that he has with them. I don't absorb all of the information but I do get bits and pieces and it expands my worldview a bit which is great.

One of the things that Rogan and some of his friends do that I think is a great thing is to undertake health challenges of a sort. Sober October is one of those challenges! They do not consume any mind altering substances for the entire month of October and it's something that I'm going to give a try! I'm not one to get drunk all the time or use other mind altering substances like cannabis all day every day. I do enjoy a beer or a smoke every now and then though, and it's often times a few nights a week when I'm winding down after work.

With Sober October though, I'm going to try my hardest to make it the entire month of October without consuming anything! I want to give myself a mental and physical challenge, to make sure that not only can I have the willpower to not indulge in those vices for an entire month, but I also need to prove to myself that I can undertake a challenge like this because overall it is incredibly good and important for our bodies to get a break from these types of things even if it's just for a few weeks!

The second challenge I wanted to do is something related to sugar and sweetened things. Granted it's going to be a lot harder to do this one but I would like to think that I'm up for the challenge! I don't consume excessive amounts of sweets, thankfully, but I do enjoy some every now and then! I want to go the entire month of September without consuming any type of excessively sweetened substance.

That sounds vague doesn't it? Well I'm referring to consuming things like candy, chocolate, muffins, donuts, cakes, cupcakes, pastries and the other things that are on that list that are just overall bad for us and for our health. They taste sooooo good though! Hahaha but I need to clean up my diet on that regard as well. I don't consume these things on a daily basis which is good, but I think that I do consume some of it on a weekly basis to some extent. For example when I go to one of my side jobs, I always get a donut in the morning when I head out for the day. It's not the best thing for sure but it's a little treat and snack for me to reward myself a little bit for working extra when I don't necessarily have to. These are the things that I want to cut out and intentionally limit after the month is over but certainly be incredibly strict for the month.

I know these things are small but I think they are important steps for a few reasons. We need to do these things to challenge our minds and bodies in my opinion, and what better way to challenge ourselves then to cut out things that taste or feel good, but aren't good for us? I think I'm going to figure out how to do some type of update post series to promote the #soberoctober and #nosweetsseptember to see if I can get anyone else to join in on the fun!

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