I didn’t stop counting, and I continued tracking my habits. I almost forgot why I started all these, and today, I’d like to remind myself that it’s more than just about losing weight. I’ve transformed my life in ways I could never imagine. One is increasing my confidence and willingness to do the hard things, as well as putting in the work of things I wanted in life.

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When I first started this journey, all I wanted was to pick four things to focus on and work on.

As time went by, I ended up adding a habit that I am fostering, such as “No Screen During Meals”. When you see it, that habit is actually pretty menial. Still, I’ve actually found some benefits to not having screens during my meal time. First, I got some breaks on the screen, and second, I was able to stop procrastinating and not prolong my meal time. Back when I was eating and watching Netflix or YouTube, a meal time that was supposed to be less than 30 minutes turned into an hour ordeal. Nowadays, I’ve saved quite some time, and my mealtime has become something that is just a mealtime.

It would be difficult not to call these 90 days an attempt to lose weight, but I can see how they revolve around that. At this point, I’ve lost 17 pounds through continuous workouts and watching what I eat.

To be honest, I don’t really feel much difference other than getting more efficient at my workout. Maybe I’ll reap the rewards in some ways, and I could thank myself for living healthier and staying away from diseases.

I’ve had some of my worst moments in weeks 2-3 since those are the crucial times when you decide whether to pursue this road or quit.

It wasn’t easy, and I had a lot of battles with my thoughts. As you know, our brain likes comfort, and nothing about working, reading daily, or staying away from overeating was comfortable for my body at the time. The thing is, I made it this far and am still continuously updating my blog weekly.

I’ve had my plateaus as well but unlike the old me, I still wrote them out here, no shame and guilt, I just do better next week and voila, another pound drop.

If you’re on a journey of losing weight and living healthier, I think a 23-pound or 10-kg weight loss in 3 months or 90 days is pretty much possible. I really didn’t set any numbers when I started it, but in the next 90 days, I’ll try to reach some type of number goal.

The magic of it all is that everything I’ve done now is a lot more automatic. I don’t have to force myself to work, read, or do anything in my habit tracker list; I simply just do them.

One thing that I still struggle with, though, is writing blogs; as much as I want to do them daily, sometimes I have nothing to say or think it’s not worth publishing, haha. So, I tried just to keep them off somewhere and put them off for later when my brain could work on them again.

I really hope I am getting better at that part to add more consistency to this page, too. Since my 90 days are nearing their end, I am currently thinking about which aspects of my life I can improve or if I can add something else to my habits.