🕔 Today’s times: 🇬🇧 UK — 5:00pm 🇪🇺 CET — 6:00pm 🇺🇸 EST — 12:00pm (noon) 🇺🇸 PST — 9:00am 🧘 Deep Stretch & Mobility I’ve got something special planned… show up and find out 😉 PASSWORD: yoga 🔗 https://us04web.zoom.us/j/81790230547?pwd=HhyaTZRwTrp89YkS0IDIMaRAHs0qTi.1 Meeting ID: 817 9023 0547 See you on the mat 🙏

On Thursday, 20 days into my challenge, it's feeling like I got this when I realised that my fast was broken 1 hour early with an oat milk latte. The day before was hectic, I missed the train home, lost my phone and had clients into the evening. So, I ended up eating late and forgot to wait a least 12 hours to break the fast! This may sound minuscule but it was part of my personal commitment alongside no cheat meals and no alcohol, after that I went full on re-feed mode that day and felt crappy. All whole foods and a lot of them! Now, I'm on day 2 again as I write this and truthfully I am glad. It made me realise how much I want this, to solidify this no nonsense version of myself. Nutrition & sleep is the key to it all, when I have balanced macros and good rest, I accomplish so much more in other areas of life, without this control the wheels fall off everywhere else. I love and respect myself for doing this, I get to surrender to the grind and will rarely post about it again (maybe at the end) why? Because this is an internal journey that is part of my personal growth that does not need any external validation (another powerful realisation, as the last time I was in epic shape it was totally for external validation, it's solely for me this time). It's a full on identity shift from 2025 David. Everything happens for a reason Vegan Squad 🌱 hope to see you Sunday on the yoga mat fam for some flexibility training 🧘‍♂️

The Vegan Squad Community and Coaching Team are the best people I’ve ever known. The entire team works their ass off every single day to bring value, content, compassion and care to our members, the animals and the planet. Frankly - I don’t know if I’d want to be here without them. This is the single greatest organization I’ve been a part of in my entire life. I’d give my life for any single one of you. And. I’ll do my best to live my life in a way the leads, inspires, nurtures and challenges each of you daily. None of you signed up for an easy job here. But hey. We’re vegans. We didn’t sign up for the easy path. To be the change. To help the world. To live our lives for others. Let’s keep serving. Let’s keep growing. Let’s keep beeing the change. To the best fucking team on earth - I love you!

What a week. Every morning has been below zero with a mix of rain and snow, and for my outdoor workouts, I’ve chosen running every single day. I hate running, which is exactly why I’m doing it. If this challenge is meant to be hard, I might as well test my mind properly. The fasting (12–16 hours) has felt surprisingly good. I thought it would be a real struggle after some heavy binge eating over Christmas and New Year, but it’s been manageable even energising. Already, I can see a visible difference between my Day 1 and Day 7 progress photos. Taking those photos is uncomfortable, but seeing progress that early makes it worth it. My afternoon workouts have been more varied: weights, calisthenics, swimming… and tomorrow’s indoor workout will be a spin class I’ll get paid to teach, a nice role reversal! Morning indoors, evening outdoors. I’ve also added daily yoga (20–40 minutes) and a 10-minute meditation before breaking my fast. These have become anchors for the day. The hardest part so far? Drinking a full gallon of water. You’ve got to start early, and since I filter my water, it means multiple trips to the top floor to refill (bonus steps). Even as I write this, I’m eyeing my half-full tank for tomorrow, one less task for the morning! The most enjoyable part has been reading in bed, currently diving into a book on Stoicism, which is a fascinating philosophy and a perfect companion for this challenge. Nutrition has been dialled in too hitting my calorie target (1750–2250) every day. I nearly under-ate once, but managed to make up for it. The progress pictures are easy to forget too, lesson learned: plan ahead. That’s probably the biggest takeaway so far: planning is everything. Start early, go to bed early which is surprisingly easy after two or three workouts a day 😅 Let’s see what next week brings (hopefully better weather). I’ll keep sharing updates when I can between this challenge and everything else I’m juggling. One major thing I’ve noticed already: 75 Hard forces you to focus on what’s truly important today. Between the rules and client work, there’s no time for procrastination. Those little distractions vanish and what’s left is a well-oiled machine, fuelled by plants. 🌱

What's up fam 🌱 Hope your week is off to a great start! Here's an interesting question I heard on a recent podcast: If you could only achieve ONE thing in 2026... What would it be? This question forces us to strip away all the non-essentials that might be taking time away from our most important thing and get clear on a plan to achieve it! I'd love to hear yours in the comments :) You can read about mine in this latest short blog post + an update on the 75-hard challenge 💪 https://medium.com/@davidbaylie/10-days-of-75-hard-the-harsh-truth-3ab343476ebe