Important: Make sure you have already read the announcement post, officially signed up for 21DHL and created your 21DHL journal before you proceed.

WELCOME everyone!! Welcome to Live a Healthier Life in 21 Days Challenge!

Firstly, Thank you SO MUCH to all of you for joining 21DHL. If you've not signed up yet, what are you waiting for?! Swing by the 21DHL announcement post and sign up here. Please sign up before continuing with this post. (If you're not sure if you're signed up or not, look for your forum userid in the official participant list. If not, follow the 3 simple steps in the post and I'll have you added in 24 hours.)

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Welcome to 21DHL Jan 2012 Challenge!



Firstly, I want to congratulate all of you for being here today. By officially posting your name and signing up, you have made your first commitment to live a healthier life. And that's what we're all here to do together with 21DHL, with everyone's support.

Unlike 21-Day Journaling Challenge where new tasks are posted at PE, for 21DHL, all posts will be posted directly here at the forums. Past 21DHL and 21DMC (our Oct 2011 meditation challenge) participants will be familiar with this format. This format is used because it best supports the intention of the challenge, where the focus is on your personal journey towards better health/fitness, while achieving the same goal as everyone else on the community level.

All discussions and challenge activities will take place directly here, at the 21DHL forums. Bookmark the forums and check by throughout the day. This is going to be your home where you grow and bring your best self from now on!

For each day of 21DHL, I'll start a new thread with the task to do for that day. On the day itself, you are to do the task, as well as what you planned in your 21-Day Healthy Living Plan Plan (more later), then share your progress and results at the end of the day in your 21DHL Journal.

If you have any questions on the day's task, post them directly in the official thread for the day.

Throughout the day, feel free to post new replies to other members' journals & reply back/forth with each other. Interaction and participation is key to helping each other succeed!

Get your friends and family to join in!

We're kicking off the challenge in 1 day, and sign-ups will be closed shortly after that. Many of you are here because your friends referred you over, and I'm really glad to have you here with us. If you know of friends or family who can benefit from this, please share this with them. Let's all march forward towards a healthier life this upcoming 2012 and make it our best year ever! Collective power is the key! Together, that's how we excel in life together!

Your 21DHL Journal

Like our 30DLBL where we have a workbook to record our progress/learnings throughout the challenge, for 21DHL, your journaling will take place in the forums! Start a new thread and record your 21DHL journey. More details here.

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Pre-Work for 21DHL

Today is Dec 30, and we're 2 days away from 1st Jan 2012. Are we ready to rock our January ahead?? I'm excited to be a part of this transformational journey in your life!

Before we barge into Jan 2012, let's do some pre-work to get our best 21 days ahead. This will be akin to a battle map to succeed in our upcoming challenge in getting our best health & fitness.

(Post the answers to the following steps in your 21DHL Journal.)

Step 1: Write your ideal vision for your health/fitness/lifestyle (10 min)

For the next few minutes, I want you to imagine you're in your ideal world. In your ideal world, how is your health/fitness/lifestyle like? Will you have 6-pack, 8-pack, 10-pack abs? How much will you weigh? What kind of diet will you be eating? How regularly do you exercise? What kind of habits will you have cultivated/quit? Write all of them down!

When I think about myself in the ideal world, I'm at 120~125lbs. I'm pretty, sexy, lean and fit. I'm be thin and very fit at the same time. I'll be graceful and elegant. I am on a raw vegan diet (I'm currently about 50% raw), eating healthy raw fruits, vegetables, salads, healthy fruit smoothies, green juices and nuts. I exercise every day or nearly every day, keeping my body fit and toned. I have an extremely healthy relationship with food, eating when I'm hungry/when I need to.

(Feel free to check out the healthy habits list at the end of the 21 Days To Cultivate Life Transforming Habits and 45 Tips To Live a Healthier Life articles for ideas on the kind of healthy habits you can cultivate).

Step 2: What do you want to accomplish at the end of 21DHL? (10 min)

What do you want to accomplish at the end of the 21 days in 21DHL? (This should be a subset of your overall health goals from Step 1.)

Step 3: Create your 21-Day Healthy Living Plan! (20 min)

a) What are your key action steps that will help you to achieve your 21DHL goals by the time 21DHL is over on 21st Jan?

For example, if you want to lose 5lbs, your action steps may be to exercise for 45 minutes every Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun, as well as to manage your calorie/food intake to 1,500 calories every day.

b) Now, create your 21-Day Healthy Living Plan with these action steps from a). Refer to the 21-Day Healthy Living Plan Template below. This is going to be your key action template for the next 21 days ahead!


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(If you're using soft copy, type your answers inside. If you're writing, print it out and write your action steps on them) After you're done with your 21-Day Healthy Living Plan, print it out, put it in your folder, set it as your wallpaper, pin it on your noticeboard, etc - Basically, make sure your 21-Day Healthy Living Plan is clearly visible wherever you are and whatever you do. This will be your critical piece for your next 21-days ahead.

Some days may be blank and it's okay. The point here is to get clarity about what you're going to do on each day so you're absolutely clear!

c) Manage your time properly and ensure that you set aside the time on those days for those tasks. If you use a calendar, schedule the tasks into your calendar.

Step 4: Get Ready For Action! (10 min)

Look at your 21-Day Healthy Living Plan. What are the 3-5 key things that will help you live true to your 21-Day Healthy Living Plan? Is it waking up earlier? Is it making a point to post your results/progress every day in the 21DHL forums? Is it removing all the junk food in your house right now and going grocery shopping now to buy new, healthy foods? Write them down, and then start taking action.

Your task moving forward for 21DHL is to (a) carry out your 21-Day Healthy Living Plan (b) do the respective 21DHL task for each day. You will find synergy from doing your 21-Day Healthy Living Plan and 21DHL tasks since both help you live a healthy life. Commit to what you've written and finish them no matter what. When you finish each task, cross it off with great satisfaction.

Post Your Results in Your 21DHL Journal

What is your envisioned outcome of yourself at the end of the 21 days? What is your 21-Day Healthy Living Plan like? What are your key action steps to guarantee and ensure your success? Share them in your 21DHL journal!

In the meanwhile, stay tuned for Day 1 of 21DHL on 1st Jan 2011! Have a happy new year's eve celebration! On 1st Jan, that's when the action all starts. Get ready - 2012, here we come!

Any questions? Post them in the Q&A thread.

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