Last fall, I completed my 100 Day Self-Improvement Project.

Since the goal was improvement, not perfection, I didn’t hit all the marks every day, but there were several habits that just became part of my lifestyle.

To recap, my 8 daily goals for Project #1 were:

1. Weigh myself every day
2. Drink at least 8 8-oz glasses of water
3. Do 25 sit-ups every day
4. Do 10 push-ups every day
5. Record the food I eat
6. Exercise
7. Avoid alcohol
8. Reach out and connect with a friend every day

For Project #1, I hit 100% for the sit-ups and push-ups. Next best was the daily weigh-in, where I only missed a small number of days when I was staying in a hotel without a scale in the room.

Water consumption was also a high scorer, about 90%.

I did well with exercising, although I purposefully had a nearly a week of rest before and after running a marathon in October.

The two worst: recording food and avoiding alcohol. Yet these were the two habits that I felt the best about and really made a difference when I was consistently ticking the boxes.

For me, staying motivated usually involves having an external goal, which is why I decided to start a second 100 Day Project.

And with peaking motivation, I decided that there was no reason to wait until January 1st to get started, so I made yesterday Day #1.

Using what I learned from Project #1, I modified my goals slightly for #2:

1. Weigh myself every day
2. Do at least 20 push-ups a day
3. Complete 2 60-second planks every day (I got into planking this fall)
4. Do at least 25 sit-ups every day
5. Drink at least 8 8-oz glasses of water
6. Exercise
7. Diligently record the food I eat and stay within a budget (this rolls the food and alcohol into one)
8. Connect with a friend

Let me know if you make your own project!