RiotBricker

Nice, I'll call you whenever I workout to give you a kick in the ass, do the same for me.

I've been at this for about a week now and there are a few I just can't do (despite trying). I'm going to sub some out for your suggestions. The plank substitution for crunches is great, I've got no butt and crunches are really rough on my tail. Thank for your help Vagabondette!

INTRO I'm 5'10" at about 350lbs and I'm all-the-way unhealthy. Unfortunately at my weight attempting to weight myself is difficult without a hospital scale as most scales max at about 300lbs, so by the end of this challenge I'm looking to be able to walk for longer periods of time and for my clothes to fit better. I'm excited to start my first challenge this week, in the past exercise has been a pain in the ass, so I'm hoping to change that with my dice-based workout system, I love the randomness the dice offer and I've yet to disobey the dice. Being a big guy, it's difficult for me to do very much so this challenge is about gaining stamina as well as healthier eating habits. I look forward to burning weight this challenge but I intend the real weight-loss to come later. GOALS 1. Roll the Dice at least 6 days a week; adjust workouts (increases only) (+1 WIS, +1 CON, +2 STA, +1 STR) 2. Roll d20 for fast food: (+1 CON, +2 WIS) 1. No, Go for a walk 2-9. No 10-19. Yes 20. Yes, walk to get it 3. Plan and make at least 4 Dinners/week, include veggies (+1 CON, +2 WIS) 4. Write an article every other day (even numbered days) (+2 WIS, +2 CHA) PLAN 1. Each morning I'll wake-up and roll 1d6: this is the number of exercises I will complete each day I will then roll 1d20: that number corresponds to a pre-determined workout and #of reps/time I will adjust the workouts so that they work towards my primary goal of gaining strength and stamina 2. Instead of getting fast food whenever I don't want to cook or put effort into my meals I will roll to decide If I can. I'd like to limit my intake to no more than 3x a week, I also hope to reduce my soda intake this way. I will continue to drink coffee (no sugar) to avoid caffeine headaches 3. At the beginning of the week I'll set down with my wife to plan healthy, home-cooked meals for the week I hope that this goal will help with goal 2. I also hope that this will provide new meal options, as we've been in a rut lately. 4. Although I work of a digital start-up magazine as the editor I don't write nearly enough. I'd like to further the Magazine (and my career) by setting this goal, in addition to my editing responsibilities I'll provide the magazine with additional content.

Stopped reading after "Big Brother" which, unfortunately was in the first 25 words of the OP. But I do intend to grow some herbs this year; basil, parsley and whatnot so: challenge accepted (I assume)

Savage- I certainly intend to eat better but I find that if I don't slide into health I stand a substantially higher chance of failing, so I'm cutting back on fast-food and using more veggies in my cooking. I plan to find something better for the High-Crit Rolls. At this point exercise is not a fun activity so I hope to find something I really enjoy to put in there. A roll of 1 equating to "you need to work harder" makes sense to me. The circuit training exercises are perfect, that's what I hope to replicate with this system, albeit with a certain level of randomness, the star-jumps would be a bit intense on my back but the others will be great (I haven't tried Turkish Get-Ups but they look frightening, I'll give it a shot). Kishi- I'll definitely toss some bench squats and knee raises in, and I'll probably up the number of wall push-ups and substitute them for regular push-ups (I hate regular push-ups). Thanks for the suggestions guys!

Hey all, I joined this morning. I'm working on a dice-based workout regiment that involves waking up and rolling 1d6 or 2d4 every morning to determine how many exercises I'll be doing for the day. I then plan on rolling a d20; for each workout, the # will correspond with a predetermined exercise, A roll of 1 will require I do 2 exercises while a 20 will either be a free pass or the exercise of my choice. Finally I will roll dice, specific to the workout to determine the # of reps or the amount of time I will spend doing the exercise. I've got several workouts on the list now that work well for me but I'm looking for suggestions for exercises a fat guy can realistically complete without breaking anything but a sweat, as well as the suggested # of reps/time for the exercise (suggestion becomes the average for the dice roll). Any suggestions are welcome but I'd prefer to do them at home. Currently I've got basic stuff like crunches and lunges as well as Xbox Kinect/Wii Fit time on the list. I also own an elliptical (which made the list twice).

Hey all, I just stumbled across the forums whilst developing a nerdish work-out regiment and I was delighted to find that the RL-RP system dovetails beautifully with what I've got planned. If you've got any suggestions, propositions or additions to my workout game I'd love to have them (feel free to skip past the crap about bettering myself and move right on to the bold, dice rolling workout section!). Well, I've always been a fat kid, not really socially awkward but still into general nerdery (i.e. gaming, comics, learning, grammar, and various collecting), generally I fit in as well as any fat kid can. I weighed quite a lot in my sophomore year of high school and got into a weight-loss program with my mom which left me fairly happy with my weight by the time I graduated. College went well aside from mound of financial aid I accrued. I graduated with a Bachelors degree in Psychology and am currently a writer, putting almost none of my schooling to use, while making no money. Luckily I'm married, my wife works part time as a banker at Wells Fargo and is currently in her Senior year of college. While I enjoyed school intellectually I went from a Large shirt to a 2X; soon to be outgrown, you might say I gave birth to a big-ol' fat-ass degree and now I'm tore up from the floor up. A friend of mine introduced me to Magic: The Gathering in college and I started frequenting tournaments at game shops; always curious about D&D I picked it up about 7 months ago wherein I was sucked into the vacuum of the game. I participate in 4 campaigns a week and have a strange love for the dice that I can't really explain to the point that I've been attempting to integrate them into everyday situations; selecting numbered on my wife's homework to help with, deciding how many beers I get, activity gambling with a friend. Now that I'm self-employed and large as ever I thought that there might be no better time to try to get into shape than now; as I've tried in the past and lacked stick-to-itiveness I thought employing the dice would make the activities enjoyable. I'd like to lose weight, eat better, and be more active whilst maintaining my love for Whiskey, and Meat! Dice Roll Workout In the past I've attempted to workout without being able to stick to it, I've acquired an elliptical, a Kiect for the Xbox as well as the Wii Fit so, I'm hoping to put them all to use through my somewhat unhealthy fascination with dice. So here's the plan (also why I love this RL-RP system), the exercises and reps/time will be adjusted as I become better at exercising and as I level up, i.e. die sizes will increase as will the modifiers associated with them. I'f you have input on good low-impact, at-home exercises I would greatly appreciate them (I'm really open to suggestions because I haven't a clue how to work out) but the gist of working out is this: After an Extended Rest Roll 1d6+(mod)-----This is the number of exercises I will complete today (D) (may increase to 2d4) Consecutively Exercise may be completed in 1 of 2 waysIntervals throughout a session/dayTo calculate intervals--- (E-S)/D Where E=end of session/day and S=Beginning of session/dayActivities: Set alarm to correspond to time intervals or roll after each workout in continuous session Roll 1d20 I can't seem to get the table to post but if you care to look I've attached it as a word doc. Dice Roll Workout Table.doc