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Okay, first update! I'm out of town this week for work, so I won't be able to do crossfit. So I plan to substitute the 20 minute hotel room workout. It's not quite crossfit, but it will at least keep me consistent with my workouts. Eating today was good: Breakfast - 2 homemade blueberry lemon paleo muffins Lunch - spinach salad with salmon, apple, and walnuts Dinner - whole wheat couscous with ground pork and peas Snack after work: a handful of dried blueberries It's almost 11 and I haven't done any late night binging yet about to practice some music then go to bed so that's my goals for the day.

The Power of Habit was great! I didn't really have a good strategy for habit change but the author lays it out really clearly. It's not all about personal habit change, though, it's also about the habits of larger groups and how changing one small thing can make a really big difference. He uses a lot of case studies to explain concepts and the book flew by. I'm liking the $100 start up as well, pretty much for the same reasons. Lots of case studies and good writing make the subject matter accessible.

Yeah shiraz is a good place to start and malbecs are pretty good too if you aren't used to drinking a lot of wine yet.

I need to reread the first 4 books of the GoT series so that I can get to Dance of Dragons, but it's such a tremendous task that I'm finding it intimidating I might just use it as an excuse to watch the series and then continue to read where it leaves off. Currently reading: The $100 Start Up - Chris Guillebeau Recently finished: Pirate Cinema - Cory Doctorow The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg

I'd be excited to read any of these (although I have read Ender's Game a few times) but I'm rooting for American Gods. I've read it but it was a few years ago, so this is the perfect thing to push me to reread it

Good luck with your goals! Sounds like you are doing a good job being consistent with your workouts so far. As far as the drinking is concerned, my brother actually had a similar challenge for himself in Nov/Dec, where his max was 2 drinks per day. It was challenging at a lot of the social functions that were happening around Christmas, but he felt great once he found his stride and ended up losing a few pounds just from cutting out the excess beer. He also said it was rewarding to be able to remember what happened at his Christmas party for once haha

Great advice, thanks I'm on the shorter side, so maybe I'll put all the junk food on the high shelves haha

Good luck! I'm a recent crossfit convert myself (one of my goals for the challenge is to go 3x a week consistently) and I love it I used to do primarily long, slow cardio and some core work for my conditioning, so the variety and intensity in crossfit workouts was a huge change for me, and I find it to a lot more interesting than what I used to do, which definitely helps motivate me to get to my workouts. Have fun!

Great goals! I also am giving the challenge a try after a false start on the previous one. Are you eliminating just coffee or caffeine specifically? I'm also a student and sometimes the coffee addiction gets way out of control I find that black tea helps me wean myself off of coffee, so I substitute that for some of my coffee intake and then I gradually switch to herbal tea instead. My current intake is one large coffee in the morning and then herbal tea only after that. Of course during final exams my resolve tends to slip a bit... Good luck with the challenge!

Looks like a good set of goals! AngelBlaidd I had a look through your paleo blog and I think it will be really helpful for sticking to my own paleo goal (2 out of 3 meals a day paleo) so thanks for sharing!

Hi everyone, I am basically new - although I started the last six week challenge, I didn't stick with it. I let being sick and busy with work be excuses not to keep up with it. I regret missing out on the last one, so I'm excited to be on board with this one. Here are my goals: 1. Go to crossfit at least 3 times a week - I am currently really inconsistent. Some weeks I'll go five times, some weeks I'll go once. So I figure that if I aim for the middle then I should be able to achieve some consistency. 2. Eat paleo 2 out of 3 meals a day - I have been eating a paleo breakfast almost every day for the past two months, so I'd like to change one more meal to paleo. 3. Stop late night binging - I have pretty good success with eating healthy throughout the day, but at night when I get home from work is when I really sabotage that success, even though I'm typically not that hungry. 4. Practice music at least 10 minutes a day - getting back into singing and piano is something I've been wanting to do for a while, and I want to build that practice habit again. Plan: 1. Put my alarm across the room so I wake up in time for my workout. I'm such a zombie in the morning that sometimes I don't even remember turning the alarm off. Oversleeping is the biggest reason I miss my workout, so if I can address that, I think that's half the battle. 2. Prepare my meals ahead of time, which I already do. I'm pretty good at this habit already, it's just a matter of making sure lunch or dinner is paleo, so I'll have to experiment with a some recipes, but that's the fun part. 3. This is my worst habit and honestly if the only thing I succeeded at in this challenge was kicking my late night eating habit I would be happy. Throughout the day I am pretty good at sticking to healthy habits but when I get home from work at around 10pm, I overeat. It's really not about being hungry, either. I don't drink, but eating to me is like having a beer after work for other people. But it's a habit that really stops my progress in its tracks. My plan right now is to decide on what and when the last thing I eat every day will be and consciously sticking to that, but if anyone has any other suggestions on beating this habit I would really appreciate it. 4. Practice right before bed so I have a consistent time to get my practice in. Excited to be joining the Rangers for this challenge! Good luck everyone

Sounds good! I like the pre shower push-ups goal

Awesome! Good luck to you too Yeah, I've heard lots of good things about Paleo but never really committed to it, so I'm excited to give it a shot.

Hi everyone! I've been reading the NF blog for a while and I thought I would hop on board this six week challenge. My birthday happens to be almost exactly six weeks away, so I figured what better gift to myself than successfully hitting some goals? Me problem tends to be consistency, so I want to focus on building habits instead of specific changes to body comp, etc. I figure that will come as a byproduct of what I'm doing . Fitness goals: Go to 4 crossfit sessions a week. (I took up crossfit recently, but I've been pretty inconsistent. Some weeks I'll go Mon-Fri and some weeks I'll only get in one day out of laziness) Do the Morning Mile! Diet Goal: Follow the Paleo diet Mon-Fri. I eat generally healthy already but I really want to try the Paleo diet. With the holidays coming up, though, I think weekday adherence is a more realistic option than going in 100%. Then maybe my next challenge can be to go all in Lifestyle Goal: Pay off my credit card I'm not in a huge amount of debt, but I need to stop spending and start saving, and getting rid of my balance seems a good place to start. As long as I track my spending and make paying the card off a priority, I should be able to meet this goal. Mindless spending on small things throughout the month is what tends to get me in trouble. So there it is! Looking forward to kicking ass for the next six weeks with the NF community!