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I really like how you've split your goals into the elements. How's it going so far? I can totally empathise with feeling unhappy with your body in my last challenge my aim was to kick start my weight loss and inch loss is great progress.

Doing a half marathon is so awesome! One of my friends is trying to get an ultimate frisbee society organised at our university he used to play a lot. How's the soreness now, better i hope?

Woo for tackling those gym demons go you!! I do all my workouts at home as i have gym fear. How's your week 2 been? I'm slowly getting caught up!

Thank you so much for checking in on me, I love the visual aspect to recording your goals and how you've laid out your challenge, adaptive goals are the best. Injuries are the pits but you are absolutely rocking this challenge! Here's to 3 more awesome weeks

Thought i'd check in on a fellow crew member. I hope your week 2 is going better than week 1 but it sounds like you've done really well considering all that was going on. Love your gratitude quest and the focus on being kinder to yourself, it's something that is so important but challenging to put into practise. You got this

Hey i love your points system and thanks for checking in on me it really boosted me to post so i hope i can return the favour! Taking care of your mental health is so important especially doing the job you do but it looks like you are doing well. I can empathise with a hectic start to the school year, juggling everything is a challenge in itself! Think i'll jump on the glasses bandwagon and take steps to getting mine sorted

Hey sorry it's taken me so long to check in with you i'm still working on getting everything together! I'm glad today was good day especially with your friend Food tracking is something i havent got into the habit of doing properly yet but i find YouFood where you post pics of your food everyday a straightforward way to make me more accountable. I'm debating giving MFP a try though. keep on rocking it!

My challenge goals are going pretty well on the whole, my budget has been the hardest probably but that's mainly because i havn't had the time to sit down and do YNAB as my laptop has been busted. While technically not part of this challenge my eating hasn't been great i've slipped into bad takeaway habits which is not good for my budget so i wouldn't mind pairing up to get extra accountability on diet if someone wanted. However, on the whole it has helped just knowing that you guys have checked in on me that keeps me going.

I really am terrible at logging but i'm trying to get all caught up and staying on top of it thank you to everyone who has been checking in on me i would have definitely given up without seeing the notifications in my email! So far i've completed 50.6 miles of walking, 6 bodyweight workouts, 6 yoga workouts and saved a tonne of money watching what i'm spending so definitely winning. I was without my laptop for the majority of the week but now i've got it back i should be able to keep on top of logging. Also my sister has joined the rebellion WOO so proud Here's a breakdown of my week Mon 21/9: yoga: Completed DDP yoga fat burner workout. This is a much faster paced workout compared to Energy and the Diamond Dozen. Definitely improving on those pushups nearly managed them all on my knees walking: 3.8 miles Tue 22/9 walking: Went on a bit of a trek to the larger supermarket and carried a massive rucksack full of cheap healthy food home covering 6.4 miles in total Too tired to complete BW workout intended to make it up on wed. Wed 23/9 walking: 6.5 miles completed. This was my first day in uni and i’m trying to build the habit of getting up early so i’ve got time to walk in everyday. No yoga today either as my laptop died Thurs 24/9 walking: 5 miles bw workout: 3x 15 push ups (counter), 15 squats, 15 leg lifts and 1 min planks. Reallt pushed myself to get those extra pushups and squats in because of the assassins mini. Fri 25/9 Today was furniture moving day so lots of lifting heavy stuff like couches and dining tables but i’ve now converted our spare bedroom into a living room and put the dining table in the kitchen so i have space to workout and chill. Walking: 3.7. I was 300 steps off 10000 which annoyed me a little as i didn’t check until after 12 although granted my phone wasn’t on me when i was moving furniture so i’m sure that would have made it up. Sat 26/9 yoga: DDP yoga fat burner bw workout: Darebee chapter 8 which included side leg raise holds, calf raise holds and side split holds then 5 minute arm raise holds and 5 minute speed bag punches which were sneakily exhausting! I then did an additional 10 push ups (table) and squats for the assassins mini was going to do more but after those holds my arms refused. Walking: 3.8 miles i was feeling particularly motivated thanks to the new workout space and it was a loving evening so i went out after my workout. Sun 27/9 Woke up determined to make up for my missed workouts during the week, I worked really hard and it was nice to have that sense of accomplishment before my day kicked off. I spent the day gutting and cleaning the kitchen which now looks fab. yoga: DDP yoga energy. Started off thinking i’m knackered from the day before this may ne all i can do but i pushed through! bw workout: 3x 15 pushups (table) and 15 squats for the mini. Chuffed i have lowered the height from the counter. Then completed Darebee Age of Pandora chapter 9 which included 3 sets of 5 combos of 2 pushups, 10 overhead punches, 2 jump squats and 10 front kicks. Walking: 1.5 miles All in all really happy with week 2

It's been a bit hectic what with starting uni and my laptop dying so I've barely been online! I'm off tomorrow so the plan is get all caught up with logging!

Phew what a week I've definitely been spacing out when it comes to logging in and touching base with everyone. Think I've managed to follow you all and I will get around to reading and posting in the morning now my laptop is back working woo! If it's not done in the next 24 hours just nag me I think over this next week I'm going to try and take some time each evening to post up about my day. I'm completing my workouts but I find easy to skip logging and then it's not long before other things are skipped too. I look forward to catching up in all your progress

Cant believe we're 1 week down already! That's me back home after spending the week visiting family and spending the weekend up beside Loch Tay which was beautiful. I'll have to try and add a couple of pictures to show off the scenery. I've had a very successful first week considering i'm not in my usual routine and i didn't think i'd get as much walking done as i did which was thanks in part to the impromptu stay at Kenmore and the additional push of the assassins mini challenge but i'm not sure if i need to post my logs for proof. Thanks for the encouragement guys it really makes a difference. I'll get round to catching up with everyones challenges tomorrow! Finesterre that would be awesome! I want to get out and meet more people and do more active stuff with others but i'll need to harness that 20 secs of courage. I'm not afraid of working hard if i don't i'll never improve Here's a breakdown of my week Mon 14/9: yoga: I was feeling stoked for the challenge so doubled up my yoga and bw workout. So i completed Day 1 of DDP which was the diamond dozen workout. This consists of the 13 foundation moves they use to make up the later workouts. I feel like i'm getting close to completing a full slow burn pushup, maybe by the end of 6 weeks who knows bw workout: Darebee Age of Pandora ch7 which consisted of 20 sets of 5 squats, 1 incline push up and 1 knife hand strike. I managed to complete a couple of push ups on the arm chair before tiring and using the kitchen counter so that's progress and had i not done some knee ones with DDP i could have maybe done more. So work for the future. Tue 15/9 walking: Saw that the mini challenge this week so tried to get as much walking in as possible and walked to my Childline training so 6 miles in total. The journey begins! bw workout: Completed the beginners parkour workout after my training so 2x 10 incline push ups (desk), 10 squats, 10 leglifts and 10 inverted rows using the table, Ooft felt those leg lifts and still had a bit of DOMS from the previous day so my legs didn't care for the squats. I also started my handstand training and managed to complete the 1 min plank, just haha! Definitely need to fuel a bit better but being on the move makes this harder. Wed 16/9 walking: 3.4 miles completed. My day was taken up with commuting but i managed to get some walking in. I was too tired to do my yoga so left it for the next day. I did cook my mum singapore style noodles when i got home and she said she preferred it to the chinese so i was chuffed Thurs 17/9 yoga: DDP energy workout. I really enjoy this one as its a quick 25 minute boost for the day. I modified my lunges but i can now rock the broken table whereas i had to take breaks when i started and kept falling over. Yay balance win! bw workout: 2x 10 incline push ups (counter), 10 squats, 10 leg lifts and as i didnt have anywhere i could do the pull ups or even modifications i added extra 1 min planks to try and increase my strength there. Fri 18/9 Yoga: DDP yoga diamond dozen. I realised not only has my flexibility improved so that i can hold my feet during the human cannonball but i can get my hands flat on the floor when 6 weeks ago i could maybe reach my ankles!!! YAAASS Walking: 7.5 miles. Funny story (kind of) i was feeling great i was up exercised and showered for half 9 which is unheard of for me and i was feeling super positive looking forward to getting some good mileage covered and go up to Loch Tay to catch up with some friends. So I get out the shower and there's a knock at the door and it's the downstairs neighbour saying there was water coming through her ceiling EEK! I'm staying with my mum so i dont know where the water control is, the neighbour goes off to phone the housing people and i'm running about in a small towel trying to find the stop cock, end up saying sod it and drop the towel so i can use both hands praying the neighbour doesn't come back haha. Eventually found it and got it sorted and managed to get a reduced walk in. Alls well that ends well and nobody saw me in my birthday suit Sat 19/9 Walking: 5.5 miles, Went for a gorgeous walk around the river Tay and saw some gorgeous scenery plus i got to play in the loch with my 'puppy' dog who's 13 going on 3. Had a great time with my friends, had some quality hot tub time and didn't indulge too much but still enjoyed myself. Sun 20/9 'rest day' i'd completed all my workouts for the week and as i was traveling back to glasgow and moving furniture i took a day off doing anything else. I've had a great time back home but i'm looking forward to starting the new uni term and getting my proper routine back in place. I also have a pull up bar here so i want to make a start on those. Budgeting: I've been paying attention to what i've been spending money on and i definitely spend too much on odd coffees and food on the go than i should. I discovered that i can get the YNAB software free as a student which is awesome so i'm going to download that tomorrow and keep an online track. Woo onto week 2!!

Woo Scottish Nerds! I'm currently travelling up to Kenmore for the weekend but just wanted to give a quick wave and I'll check in properly when I'm back! I'm based in Glasgow as I'm at uni there but I'm originally from Perthshire and have a few friends out edi way. Buzzed for this challenge

Woo! I'm so excited I'm travelling up to loch tay at the moment and I'm pretty certain I'll have no signal of any sort but should hopefully get some lovely walks in. I'll update/catch up with everyone when I'm back on Sunday

Yay Scottish Nerds!! What's the Facebook group I'd love to meet some of you!?