Panczo

hey L, don't give up, you can do it - I saw you doing it before and I'm sure you can do it again cheers P

hey guys, thanks for your warm words... I'm sorry to inform everyone that my dad has passed away 2 weeks ago ... after 3 months of fears, hopes and almost living in hospitals our family is slowly building normal life patterns once more ... without my dad though .... I hope you are all doing fine !!! I'm not ready yet to get back to nerdfitnessing full time but I didn't forget this community and who knows I just might get back here one day... hopefully you will still be here !!!

hey guys, thx you all for great comments... I just wanted to let you know that I'm not gonna be around here to often for next couple days/weeks/months - my dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and it's pretty nasty. Schedule of our whole family and our small family business went upside down for now and we are just trying to hold on together... So my challenge is officially aborted, but I will do my best to not forget and not lose completely what I have built in so far... I believe it can actually help me get through this bad times ... wish you all the best guys and I hope I will rejoin with you one day in the rebellion !!! keep having fun and keep fighting

Oh my you are definetely even more active than you were before I mean rock climbing on the real mountain? === AWESOME !! The dentist sounds like a douchebag - just sayin

have a great challenge man !!!

IMHO it was a great challenge for you !!! congratulations and see you on next one?

I read it and even write a response amazing achievement !!!! ============================== anyways great challenge idea. I will have to steal it from ya one day

hey Bekah, great to see you back with another challenge wish you all the best !!!

Hey Bekah, sending you some warm thoughts * * * * * take your time to get healthier and stronger

congratulations on the WEDDING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hey Sam, it's been quite here, I hope everything is alright?

To start properly my challenge update I would say: I was there, really close to the scene and it was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLNbdtFlGpA As far as my goals go: keep the good stuff going Workout 3x – so far only once and one will be today. Plus I did lots of walking during Prague trip Plan each day x4 – done J Limit alcohol – well that is tough this week. I drank 3 days already while being in Prague. And still we have Saturday night and friends are coming by so I guess I will fail this goal with full awareness and lack of guilt J Limit coffee – zero coffee this week so far Limit movies at home to x2 – haven’t seen any this week Get up before 06.05am – this week x2 – I did good Monday and Tuesday – later it was prague trip so no early getting up on vacation J Pursuit of happiness – I started reading. - I didn’t do much about it, just mentioned it but without any specifics. Still work in progress Relax everyday: so far DONE J which was easy thanks to Prague trip J but also Friday and Monday I did it, so YaY next week will be difficult cause my dad is goin to hospital with my mom and sis taking care of him there so I will be alone at work (doing the job of 2 people) don't know for how long and also will have to take care of grandma cause she normally lives with my parents... so goals 1 and 4 will be top priority to stay positive!!! goals 2 and 3 might fall short a little but we will see about that yet gotta go to the gym ... lifting time !!!

Hey lady L, and where is your new challenge ? EXACTLY

great goals directed to specific time in your life !!! sounds like they will help you for sure in finding balance in difficult days ahead !!!

how about some motivational video mixed with dragon ball

hey Sam, great to see you doing the thing you're doing the best - kicking some serious ass is that sounds inappropriate? I hope not you know, at first when I saw your title I was like: "Dammmnnn, she stole my title!" But then my idea has changed about 17 times so no harm done and honestly - going to therapist is so courageous - hopefully she/he will help you get 100% back on track subbed, see u around

new challenge is up

tracking my 9th challenge: 1. Keep enjoyable and/or valuable habits going just like last time: a. do workout at least 3x/week b. do plan each day ahead 6x/week c. limit coffee to no more than 2x/ week d. limit home movie evenings to no more than 2x/week e. limit drinking alcohol at home to no more than 2x/week and drink a total of 3x/week at all 2. Trying new habit: a. get out of bed by 06.05am 5x/week to have some solitude time BUT ONLY if I can have at least 7hrs of sleep. 3. Pursuit of happiness begins: a. read and work with “Self Esteem†book - 0/1 b. do 5 self-awareness tests from here 0/5 c. organize biweekly board games playing meetings with new friends from our local board game club 0/1 4. Life challenge – relax time 0/42 a. EVERY DAY after work stop thinking about self-improvement in any way and DO SMTH JUST FOR FUN, to relax, to smile, to get closer to people in your life!!! Stop counting time, stop analyzing, be more open, more spontaneous AND JUST ENJOY THE MOMENT !!!

Through pain and indecision my 9th challenge is born Each time challenge closes to a end, I wonder whether I should let go of challenges and just chill out … but after that I always come back for another one… it’s called addiction is it? … I think one day I will do a challenge about not doing a challenge at all Quickie about me: - been here on NF since 31.dec.2012 and constantly changing my main quests J - Male, Pole, 29yo, height 188cm, weight 74kg and super strength: barely pressing 10kg overhead while sitting for 3sets x 12reps, - getting married in September – so all yo pretty girls still have your chance - I’m injured with slight tennis elbow since jan.2013 – recently I showed him metaphorical “finger†and started lifting again. so far he doesn’t mind, - I’m terrible in kitchen and generally don’t like cooking which is why my nutrition constantly sucks despite many tries for changing that, - I get depressed once in a while so be warned - Ok Panczo, that’s enough !!! Main quests: Just stay afloat no really I don't have 1 main quest for now. Just keeping the good stuff going, working on knowing myself as always, building in some relax time and figuring out what happiness is Ok, without further ado let’s move to goals. 1. Keep enjoyable and/or valuable habits going just like last time: a. do workout at least 3x/week = lifting weights 2-3 sessions + squash/swimming/biking/sprinting c. do plan each day ahead 6x/week d. limit coffee to no more than 2x/ week e. limit home movie evenings to no more than 2x/week f. limit drinking alcohol at home to no more than 2x/week and drink a total of 3x/week at all 2. Trying new habit: a. get out of bed by 06.05am 5x/week to have some solitude time BUT ONLY if I can have at least 7hrs of sleep. So I can do something worthwhile with that extra 30-40minutes. Like meditate, plan positive actions, cultivate optimism, stretch, go for a walk or work on self-esteem etc. I miss waking up early enough to have some ME time in solitude. Let’s try to get that back. But I need to make sure I have enough sleep so going to bed early will be crucial here. 3. Pursuit of happiness begins: a. read and work with “Self Esteem†book - 0/1 if this book turns out to be rubbish, then I’ll find another one on the topic b. do 5 self-awareness tests from here 0/5 self-awareness – 1st step to contentment c. organize biweekly board games playing meetings with new friends from our local board game club 0/1 I fell in love with board games and one meeting every two weeks is not enough. So it’s great chance to challenge myself socially and come up with initiative to meet more informally (without kids and their parents and with some beer perhaps ). 1st problem is my self-confidence in social situations and 2nd problem is where to meet in our little town and 3rd thing is I’m not even sure they will like the idea in the first place 4. Life challenge – relax time 0/42 a. EVERY DAY after work stop thinking about self-improvement in any way and DO SMTH JUST FOR FUN, to relax, to smile, to get closer to people in your life!!! Stop counting time, stop analyzing, be more open, more spontaneous AND JUST ENJOY THE MOMENT !!! 0/42 Some ideas: relax with my fiancée at home go out with my fiancée read fiction book listen to favorite music take long warm bath watch movie dance alone work on some fun project or not fun but needed that u can focus only on that work - be in flow play cards, board games just sit/lay in peace and relax go out with friends: gym, swimming, play sport, bar, board games, poker, cinema, just hang out, etc. visit family and be open and present help someone be happy in the moment – do anything you feel like doing just for the pleasure it will give to me!!!I am so much focused on this entire self-improvement thing that I’m still getting depressed once in a while. And those days/weeks really sucks. I need to do something about it before it happens again. That's my first attempt What will happen during this challenge: I’m going to Steel Panther concert in Prague – 26.feb.2014 – that is simply crazy J I will be out from 25-27.feb I’m planning on doing again mutli-veggie soup in bulk for few days – last one was delicious I’m planning on doing again protein bars – last one were disaster J that’s what I’ve got for now 60% counts for level up - enough to keep me on track and yet having huge range to let go occasionally when I feel like shit ok guys, good luck with your own challenges. Stay sharp and don't forget to smile

thanks Sam, feeling much better these days it's good to see you back

good luck fellow compatriot in your journey to become female version of Desmond Miles aka Altair

Anime/Manga - dragon ball and captain hawk (tsubasa ozora) are my fav's from childhood. recently I'm trying some more serious series but except Afrosamurai nothing blows my mind (even Hellsing or Ergo Proxy) Arts and Crafts - I always wanted to learn how to carve in wood but no, nothing artsy in my life (although I made a few short movies in college with my friends just for fun) Board Games - aahhh yes - THAT was my answer - all sorts of games but my no. 1 fav is: Disc World. Close behind are Seasons, Saboteur and Claustrophobia. If anyone is interested I'm sometimes at www.boardgamearena.com Books (Reading/Writing) - HP and LotR = I've been raised on those two. Also awesome: Dark Tower, Eragon (I didn't read all of them yet), WItcher. I read lots and lots of different fantasy sagas. + I've been writing my own fantasy novel - but after about 200 pages I've lost inspiration... and so it waits ... Movies/TV - in college 20 movies per month was normal ... now only 4-6. Mostly fantasy, comic books adaptations, sci-fi, comedies. My 4 fav's: K-Pax, Fellowship of the Ring, Matrix, Remember the Titans. Pen & Paper Games - does paper pegasus console Tabletop games/Wargames - nope TCG/CCG - no idea what that even means I forgot your interests, my bad. - card games: poker, hearts, tousand + 21 questions, Ok, I think that's enough If anyone is interested in creating some kind of league in any board game available online, paper soccer or deluxe ski jumping LET ME KNOW

8th challenge summary And 8th challenge is over… it was though challenge but not bc of goals but bc my dark thoughts about everything. Thankfully I feel a little better recently and so I look forward for another challenge. Thanks to everyone who found moment to write smth in my thread. All comments are always great inspiration for moving forward So how about summary for the challenge eh? First of all is Multitaskin Bad? Well it turned out to be perfectly suited to my character. This scheme (especially with goal 1 being keeping the good habits going) seems to work great. Finally I don’t feel the urge to drop the challenge in half and start working on smth else J. Despite my blue days I managed to achieved almost all of my goals – actually all that I wanted to do. Success in sticking with my goals is mostly thanks to keeping the same habits for a while now and adding few new activities for entertainment. So another level up for me. ZING !!! + Another change of avatar (I still didn’t found the one I could stick to it for longer ). Another change of race (ent => elf) – I think this might be last time tough J. And another quote in sig. + And next week will be rest and break from all the habits (at least they won’t be tracked) so I can renew my motivation J + And one more time my head is running crazy brain-storming about next challenge goals J tracking my challenge - final results below : 1. KEEP THE GOOD STUFF GOING - workout at least 3x/week 0/0 4/3 2/3 3/3 3/3 4/3- don't drink coffee more than 2x/ week 0/0 2/2 4/2 1/2 2/2 2/2- plan my day in the mornings 6x/week 0/0 6/6 6/6 6/6 3/3 6/6- do home movie evenings max 2/week 0/0 1/2 1/2 2/2 1/2 2/2 2. LIMIT THE BAD STUFF AKA ALCOHOL – WITH MY GIRL AT HOME - don't drink alcohol at home more than 1 portion x/week 1/1 1/1 0/1 0/1 2/13. TRY NEW STUFF AT LEAST ONCE. FUN GOAL - try doing protein bars with protein powder 1/1- try doing multi-veggie soup and blend it into smoothie 1/1 - totall success - try new recipe for some raw veggie salad 2/2 - both not very tasty though - try a bio-energetic routine few times in the mornings 3/4- try some full body stretching routine in the mornings 6/4- try to finish all the 'my own work' before 8pm and then just chill out - 4/4 - I stopped tracking these- try meditation tapes directed to healing injuries 5/54. LIFE MINI QUESTS. - sell my stuff (books, pc games, puzzles) for charity (WOŚP) BEFORE 12th january 1/1- clean out my bookies accounts 1/1- get another math book for my math re-learning 1/1- do a web search for a career counseling office somewhere near my place 1/1- do a web search for a chiropractor/physiotherapist/etc 0/1

8th CHALLENGE: Mutlitaskin Bad? begins 09.jan.2014 Well, I was having a hard time to figure out my challenge, but finally come up with smth I actually look forward to. Which may indicate that my motivation for a change and fight will reload someday. Now I'm doing it more like on autopilot – which actually amaze me. thank you all previous NF challenges I'm ditching out all the tmnt theme for now. It's just me - taking the beginning of the year with some wrap up and new ideas. Which means this challenge gonna be pretty multi-tasking - my biggest enemy and my biggest love at the same time Main Quest: Just staying on the wagon will do. And figuring smth more definite for future challenges Goals: 1. KEEP THE GOOD STUFF GOING Since we have new year, I think it's a good idea to wrap up all the good habits I've implemented during last year challenges and keep them all together as one goal. - workout at least 3x/week – and that mine friends includes lifting weights in my basement again * - eat healthy breakfast every work-day 5x/week: - I decided not to eat breakfast during this challenge - let's call it an experiment - don't drink coffee more than 2x/ week - plan my day in the mornings 6x/week - do home movie evenings max 2/week** 2. LIMIT THE BAD STUFF AKA ALCOHOL – WITH MY GIRL AT HOME Creating another good habit here. Should went well since my girl is with me on this one. Currently we are drinking like 3-4 glasses of wine per week. Too much. First of all we need to stop buying wine all the time and drink only the one we made ourselves last summer - there are still few bottles in the basement - don't drink alcohol at home more than 1 portion x/week (portion = beer, glass of wine or any amount of high-volume alcohol) 3. TRY NEW STUFF AT LEAST ONCE. FUN GOAL I need to try doing new stuff and see what I like and what I don't before I make commitment to try it as a habit. Mostly kitchen stuff since nutrition is my week spot. But also searching for a nice morning routines. - try doing protein bars - buy my first ever protein powder. I've got few recipes - try doing multi-veggie soup and blend it into smoothie - my grandma & sis style - delicious!! - try new recipe for some raw veggie salad - maybe I will finally find smth I find tasty - try a bio-energetic routine few times in the mornings - like this - try some full body stretching routine in the mornings- don't have any yet but should be easy to find smth - try to finish all the 'my own work' before 8pm and then just chill out - great idea for my relationship, sleep and general peacefulness and happiness - try meditation tapes directed to healing injuries - bc why not I want to get back to meditation anyway. I just need to find some cool 5-10mins recordings. Maybe on the doyogawithme.com ? 4. LIFE MINI QUESTS. Get done the small stuff I was procrastinating to do for a while now. Leave the big goals, bucket lists, life changes etc. for later. - sell my stuff (books, pc games, puzzles) for charity (WOŚP) BEFORE 12th january - clean out my bookies accounts - all of them - it's goodbye time with online gaming. Good thing is a have smth to withdraw hmm... what should I do with the money? - get another math book for my math re-learning - do a web search for a career counseling office somewhere near my place - do a web search for a chiropractor/physiotherapist/orthopedist/bio-energotherapist who knows a lot about sport injuries - so he/she could tell me smth SMART about my elbow injury - I'm not sure if I will find someone like that near bye but it doesn't hurt trying !!! What will happen during this challenge: - very busy and stressful time at work while my co-worker (my dad) is out for health-holidays until 25th jan - 2 days (25-26.jan) of pre-marriage counseling - 4 days (6-9.feb) – snowboard weekend - yay!! that’s it I know it’s a lot. I am prepared that this challenge will be a fail in some areas due to multitasking. But I’m not ready to simplifying and focus yet… I will count this challenge a win if I manage to stay with it till the end - and have at least 50% done !! Now all I need to do is try to keep peace and pace * YES, I’m lifting again – although my elbow is still hurting a little bit I’m doing it for sanity reasons, cause nothing calms me down so good like a lifting session, but I need to add that weights that I lift are ridiculously light – like front squats 10kg. Flys 2x2kg. Deadlift 14kg. So the sanity comes more from the simple fact of lifting anything than lifting heavy. I also plan to progress really slowly and checking on my elbow whether it feels worse from that lifting or not… so far it’s OK ** we are such a movie freaks that we can watch like 6 movies per week if we don't control ourselves. I know my girl hates me for that one goal - but I love how much time I can save watching only movies I REALLY REALLY wanna see instead of watching all the crap out there. She still watches like 4 movies per week though - I'm not forcing her to any of my weird goals ... just so you know S.L.U.T

and after 8th challenge I changed my race even more fitting myself - so now I'm ELF DRUID LEVEL 8