Essillore

My long term goal is to have an amazing, healthy, functional, feminine, agile, strong body. I am seeing Ayla from the Clan of the Cave Bear and Wood Elf rangers as my role models. I want to be able to roam the forest, climbing on rocks and in trees, sneak silently to watch wild animals from close distance, to carry a backpack or water from the river in the wild relatively effortless. Appearance- vice I'd love to have a muscular, feminine body. I am already pretty happy with my silhouette from the front, with a visible waist. Accentuating it would be nice, but I just hope to not lose it with muscle training. When I look from the side, I feel like my belly is very big, especially compared to my sagging A/B- cup breasts. Judging from pictures, I'd estimate my body fat to be around 24-27 %. I'd hope to get to around 18-21 %. I weigh 56 kg (and I am 162 cm long), so that would be losing ~ 6 kg of fat. I am around my ideal weight right now, so that would be building about 6 kg of muscle instead. I would like to shape up my whole body, but especially the chest and stomach. Health is the priority for me, I don't want to do these other changes on the expense of health. I hope to be able to work away muscle soreness and stiffness with yoga and stretching, and I hope to avoid long term pains and aches, and more serious stuff like reproductive health problems and injuries that come from extreme or wrong done training. I am mostly a vegan because of spiritual reasons. I feel my body does not tolerate grains very well, so I don't use them in my cooking. I am concidering trying a vegan ketogenic diet, as eating low on carbs worked well for me on my meat eating days. That said, I've lost weight efforlessly during this year of mainly vegan eating and only sporadic excercising. Kayaking, walking, adventuring in nature, pole dancing and free form dancing are some things that I will propably do during the summer for the enjoyment. Where should I start? I'd think building muscle could be the smartest point to start from. I have done some pole dancing and like it. My efforts at the gym have always hit the wall, but I'd be curious about trying either free weight training or body weight excercising again. Can you suggest a good program to start with, that is not very propable to cause injury because of my near-zero background? Or what kind of training would be your suggestion to get into these goals? What would be a SMART (sub)goal in this direction, achievable in 10 weeks? (1st July there is a LARP, that has a training period where you get points for your excercising for your character stats!) What would be achievable in 4 weeks? Thinking about joining the next challenge here.

Heya! I'm a 24- years old girl from Finland, traveling trough south Spain (Malaga, Sevilla) and trough Portugal (Faro, Lisboa, Sintra, don't know which other places yet) during this challenge (and maybe the next one). Decided to come back to do a NF -challenge to keep myself accountable, and hopefully meet awesome people to meet in person now or later on I've had some huge changes in my life and world view during the previous years. I used to focus on playing computer a lot. Now (even though games still are awesome) am gravitating more into nature, meditation, shamanism, in person connections, writing, dreams etc. I am a beginner student of yoga and tantra. Meditation is something I've done weekly for a year (and sporadically earlier). This travel I am making is a trip I take as a journey deep inside. This challenge is mainly a way for me to direct the flow of my energy to that direction, to enjoy life, connections and the world on a deeper level, even when pressured. Inner Wisdom - Daily habits until the New Moon on 1st October My character I will get a mark for each day I complete the goal. I count the challenge completed, when I get 30 of those marks, even though the idea is to follow that on each day. Nutrition for the soul I eat only vegan food, free of glutein, soy, sugar, caffeine, alcohol. 30 xp This is a blend of spiritual reasons and health reasons. I am inspired by the article of Steve Pavlina that even a temporary trial will establish a pattern it's easier to come back to if needed. 70ish % of what I eat normally adheres to this, but when not at home I tend to go back to wheat-milk-meat, so making a resolution makes it easier to stay well. And it's part of my fast. I will be eating a lot of fresh vegetables, berries, nuts and seeds. Fruits too, trying to be sensitive how I feel with the fructose spikes. Greens. Spice and herbs and oils. And rice, quinoa, amaranth, oats, legumes. Flow with my body I exercise, with the focus in the sensations of my body, for at least 10 minutes daily. 20 xp I really love to dance, kayak, do yoga, walk in the nature.... but I tend to do them sporadically instead of as a routine, and forget about it when I focus on something else. A little bit every day, learning a routine to be in sync with my body while doing that, is a habit I want to establish. Calm to the mind I meditate daily for 10 minutes or more. 20 xp Time to take my meditation practice to personal level. Expressing the heart I journal daily. 15 xp. I may write as short or as long as I want, I will just pick up the pencil each day. Of my thoughts, feelings or actions. Of ideas or spiritual awakenings. Of sorrows or hard situations, anything. Connecting to the dreamworld I write nightly of my dreams. 15 xp I want to establish a deeper connection to my inner world, and have already with few days of dream journaling found that I remember them a lot better. It's a whole new world to discover I would love to connect with other beings Now I'm off to a writing workshop of inner dialog

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Eating: 20/22. If you don't count potatoes or dates, I've been following my paleo really well. Will have to cut back on those, but this is the area going well. Logging: 10/22. Logging sc2 and measurements , not much else. Will continue now. Exercise: Challenge failed. Will fit in exercise somewhere. Starcraft: Looking doomy. But, I will have a nice and great 2 week challenge starting next Monday. I will still make it!

I hope that these increased stats come from bloating and the menstrual cycle. But, i will make effort to track what I eat for the rest of the challenge, so I get some information out of it. 69,1 kg (+ 0,9 kg) Right arm 33,5 cm (+ 0 cm) Left arm 31 cm (+ 1 cm) Right thigh 54 cm (- 3 cm) Left thigh 56 cm (+1 cm) 87 cm at navel (- 5 cm) 81 cm at narrowest point waist (+ 1 cm) 99 cm at broadest point hip (+ 0 cm) Total cm 441,5 cm (- 5 cm)

Update to my measurements: 68,2 kg (- 0,7 kg) 33,5 right arm (+ 2,5 cm) 30 cm left arm (+ 0 cm) 57 cm right thigh (+ 3 cm) 55cm left thigh ( 0 cm) 80 cm at smallest part waist (- 2 cm) 92 cm at navel (+ 5cm) 99 cm hip (+ 2 cm) Total cm: 446,5 cm (+ 11,5 cm) So some crazy fluctuation there. I got down in weight right at the pace i wanted, but none of the other measurements show anything. Maybe all the batat I've eaten on the weekend is retaining water? Or maybe it is all because I'm a woman. Or maybe I'm just inaccurate in my measurement techinique. Eating: 13/14. Did eat at a restaurant with my grandmother some lamb with potatoes and sauce on Monday, and was thinking if the day counts as paleo. Then got some mcdonalds nuggets at the evening, definitely a cheat day. Back in track for rest of the week, though the timing of my meals has slipped to long times between food. Logging: 8/14. No food log, logging sc2, logging measurements. Exercise: 0/14. Okey, no kettlebell yet. Need to wait for some money, that should come soon. Have to start the bodyweight routine at least to stop slacking on this one. Starcraft: Behind in my total goal, but still hopeful.

I feel like this must be lost bloatness, and maybe some measurement error too, as the changes are huge! Well, hope i see some meaningful changes this week too 68,9 kg (- 1,6 kg) Hip 97 cm (-1 cm) Navel 87 cm (-6 cm) Waist 82 cm (-0 cm) Right arm 31 cm (- 3 cm) left arm 30 cm (- 2cm) Right thigh 54 cm (- 4 cm) left thigh 55 cm (- 3 cm) Total cm: 436 cm (-19 cm) Recap from week1 goals: Eating 7/7. Full paleo. Dried dates can be thought differently, and i should not eat them as much continuously, but they are a decent "i've got no food"a snack in my opinion. Exercise 0/7. Haven't got the kettlebell yet, nor done the other things. This week will change it Logging 7/7 Each day the important stuff logged Starcraft 2 Behind in my total goal. 1/7 days this week achieved at least 25 games. But it is the total that matters, and I'm going to catch up this week, as there is little school.

Friday 28th February 3-12:30 sleep 13 1 fried egg, 1 apple, 1 red bellpepper 17:00 200g minced meat, 1 red bellpepper, 1/2 apple, 1 tomato 19:00 200g minced meat, 1 red bellpepper, 1/2 apple, 1 tomato Saturday 1st March 02-11 sleep 12 3 chicken breasts, 2 carrots 17~ 100g of dried dates 21:00 1 lambshank, 2 carrots Sunday 2nd March 03-12 sleep 12 1 lambshank, 1 carrot 14:30-15:00 nap ~15 100g dried dates ~15:30 100g dried dates 18 1 lambshank, 2 carrots, 2 dried dates

Hey, I've still got a great deal to learn about the game, I'm no where at the top level yet, but hopefully at the end of the challenge I' much closer! I play Protoss too I did an online test and got 1756 kcal as my estimated daily consumption before exercise. Don't know how accurate it is, but I will aim to eat within 30 minutes of waking, and then after 4 hours (or when i get home and can make food), and eat so that i feel good. Out of interest, i'm checking my protein/carb/fatintake and calories after the days, at least some. As you can see, my vegetables are very repeating. I will have to look for some other, not-ridiculously-expensive-at-winter vegetables. I'm wondering how much harm the fruit does to me, I've cut them down, but I don't really know what to think about the "fructose is bad for fatloss" thing. Monday 24th February 2014 14:00 2 chicken breasts, 1 red bellbepper Nap 20min 18:00 2 chicken breasts, 2 fried eggs, 1 red bellbepper, 1 apple, 1 tomato Total 676 calories, 35g carbs, 29g fat, 61g protein Tuesday 25th February 2014 5:00-13:00 sleep 13:30 1 chicken breast, 2 fried eggs, 2 tomatoes, 1 red bellpepper 18:30 1kg onions in butter, 4 chicken breasts Wednesday 26th February 2014 4:30-11:30 sleep 12:00 2 fried eggs, 12:10 1 red bellpepper, 1 apple on the go 19:00 Salad with olives, nuts, dried tomatoes, some meat and vegetables at the university evening lesson/gathering Thursday 27th February 2:30-11:30 sleep 12:25 2 fried eggs, 1 red bellpepper, 1 apple 17:00 400g of minced meat, 2 red bellpeppers, 2 tomatoes, 1 apple

Hello, and welcome to Paleoadventurers! Seems like you've really got an active life on the exercise side, so I'm sure you will get great results with good eating. What's your favorite paleo dinner so far (that you're waiting to taste or you've already eaten)?

Hello, and great how you're on track with the beginnig of your paleo! I'm on day 1, and shopping without dairy was a bit challenging, but from experience I feel that this is really a good way to eat. Will you be updating this thread, or creating a new one to the challenge part of the forum? And nice to have you in Paleoadventurers!

Thank you for checking by! And you're right, it really is a lot of gaming, even more as it is a daily goal instead of just a peak day. Thanks for the encouragement! Starting weight: 70,5 kg Starting measurements: Midthigh 58 cm right, 58 cm left Midarm 34cm right 32cm left Hip 98 Waist at navel 93cm Waist at narrowest point 82cm Total 455 cm

Hello, I'm Essillore, a 21- year old female from Finland. I'm studying educational psychology at the university, and aspiring to become a professional Starcraft 2 -player. The idea behind all the goals, is to lose weight, to clean up my skin from acne, and to get more energy to enjoy life and succeed in my gaming and in other areas of life.. 1. Eating Simple paleo. No wheat, no sugar, no dairy. I'm checking on a modified list of three combined places of what to eat (paleo, O-bloodtype diet, 4Hbody), as it all seems to speak of the same thing. Loads of vegetables, fish and red meat incoming, with some fruit, nuts and seeds to add to the packet. + 4 Cha 2. Exercise I will be following the minimalistic 4h body- program of kettlebell swings and body weight exercises. I will also be training in dance gaming, to improve in that and to get some aerobic exercise. These are exercises I can do at home +4 Str 3. Logging my life I will keep a diary of my weight- and measurements, eating&drinking, sleep, exercise, playing Starcraft, doing school things. My goal is to learn to know how I function, and to eliminate stupid use of time, so I can focus on the important things. +3 Con Life goal: My goal is to play 1800 games of Starcraft 2 as of 1st May. That's on average 25 games each day for the next 10 weeks. My goal is to reach this time consuming and attention-needing goal, while at the same time improving my health and fitness and those habits. Additional motivation: If I succeed in my goal, and I've got a total of 4000 played games (2222 now as I'm writing) at 1st May, I'm allowed to buy myself a good new gaming computer when I get the money saved for that. If I don't succeed in my goal, I've clearly not got enough motivation to push it to the top in Starcraft II, and won't do anything with a brand new computer. +4 Wis Grading I will get 1 point for each day I follow my program for each of the areas. Grading: 40-42 A, 35-39 B, 30-34 C, 0-29 F

I'm Essillore, 21- years old university student from Finland, and a Starcraft 2 player aspiring for professional gaming. At the start of the challenge, I weight 72 kg, and my "ultimate" goal is to get to somewhere around 54-58 kg, depending on how muscular I'm going to be. Paleo in different modifications has always felt like the way to eat how I feel best, but because of my love of sugar and various other "good" and bad reasons, I've not eaten like that. As of the Sunday before the challenge begins, when I get back home, I will go on full paleo. My skin has been troubled with acne for years and years. It is related to at least sugar, and possibly even wheat and/or dairy, so there I've got an additional motivation to device a diet that I can follow the rest of my life. As of exercise, I'm planning to follow the minimalistic 4h body -workout with kettlebell swings and some body weight exercises, in addition to training dance game with the dance mat. After the challenge I will look into my exercise program, if I should switch to full weight training or to start some other form, but this should be easy to follow, as I can do everything at home (as soon as I buy the kettlebell). Who are you, my fellow challengers?

Hello and welcome to paleoadventurers campfire. We're rebels on a shared journey of weight loss goal. Our tools for the change is eating paleo and exercise. Here at our campfire, we encourage and support each other on our daily journey.

Thank you for checking in! Goal exercise is going great, one missed work out from the last two weeks, and think I can manage a clean score this week, so A and B so far. Eating is going less well, but I'm mostly eating healthy. I think remembering this grading again helps me to keep my weekends with friends clean as well. B for one week, D for other. Rest is out of the window, fake relaxation has been big lately. I've also experimented with interesting polyphasic sleep schedules. Think it must be like F and F. I'm going to make some struckturing to help me out with this goal (as it helps my game goal too). I will setup "stay focused" on my main computer, and say 10 minutes web surfing allowed. I will keep my web surfing at my iPad totally related to school stuff, or hobby goals if I'm on the run and sitting in trains etc. And I will focus my watching casts for hobby stuff and internetbusiness to my laptop. So, there is no allowed time for aimless web surfing; and I believe that if I stick with that, I will notice a change of my life quality, so I think that will be easy soon. I will have to check my score here. I've been playing a lot of games, with a less accurate measure though. I've also decided the game I will focus most on a few days ago, and formed a team with my friend. We will meet up in some days and watch together pro games, structure our practice schedule, and start practicing towards a LAN-event in mid-January. I feel great about that, I'm taking steps towards taking a more professional attitude to my playing, and it already feels like it will really help improvement.

Hello! My epic quest is to be fit, happy and full of energy. Fitnesswise, I'm goaling into a bodyfat % of 18, which I think is about at 55-58 kg of weight. My starting point is 67 kg's and about 30% bodyfat. 1. Exercise I will work out for about an hour or more at least 5 days a week. Grading: A for a clean week, -1 grade for each missed work out day. +4 DEX 2. Eating Simple paleo. No wheat, no glutein, no sugar. I will eat mostly meat and vegetables. Fruit and dairy are also allowed, like is nuts and stuff. Grading: A for a clean week, -1 grade for each missed day. +4 CON 3. Rest I will take enough time to sleep. If I can't in the night, I will nap. I'll also stop fake relaxation; no web browsing without a clear goal or checking email more than twice a day. I will be alert of my tiredness, and do something fun or productive, or go to sleep if I'm too tired for both. Grading: A for a week with enough sleep and catching myself from my dilly-dallying within 10 minutes. -1 grade for each missed day. +4 STA Life quest: Playing games I will spend 60+ hours a week to playing the games I want to master. To know if I really want a job from the industry, I must play. If I decide after the challenge that I rather do something else with my life, so be it, but I won't give up on my dream, without even trying to fulfill it. Grading: A for a week with 60+ hours played, B for 50-59, C for 40-49, D for 30-39. +3 WIS

Hello, great to hear you've been going great! I don't know if I got scared of the scale numbers dropping (66,5 kg, which is more than -5 kg from my starting weight, and -3,5 kg from my challenge start), as I've been plateauing. If you can call it that, when it comes from lack of exercise and bad eating. However, even though I did bad choices during the last two weeks, I "only" did bad choices on like 3-4 days /14. So, here I am with new resolution With the last challenge week going on, I'm going to check trough my log, for how many exercises I would need to manage the C of my challenge (average of 2 each week). It might be too many, but will dance dance game at least tomorrow and Friday! I've also been thinking about some semi-long term challenges to start with great rewards I'm on my "no sweets, no sugar" challenge again, and I'm going to decide for a reward for me, if I maintain it for the rest of the year. There will probably be some tiers of the challenge, or then it's once-and-for all -way. Some other things aswell on the list of "rest-of-the-year -challenges", like keeping up with Dota, getting rid of all time waste (aka things that are not fun nor useful, like checking news or random websurfing). And then (not sure if this is an allowed discussion topic, but will edit it out if you tell it isn't, learned some new things about porn, so going to let go of that for the rest of my life. Check http://yourbrainonporn.com/ if you're interested). Haven't yet started with polyphasic, as I'm getting my friend to join me on Sunday/Monday, will report here or link here if I report some elsewhere about my success!

Okies, back here again Last weeks overview: Goal Dota: Fail. Less than five games. Okey, it had to do with that we picked up a new game on the side, that's going to require bursty time spent to it, but not that much for all the time, but fail still. This week is in danger too, as I will be away for the weekend painting Warhammer terrain with my friends to an upcoming tourney. Shooting still for as much dota I can manage! Goal tracking: Full fail here. I don't know what happened with my tracking-things, why it feels like not-useful or a burden. Will try out photographing meals again. 40 points still. Goal food: Had some pizza and soda and candy at the weekend. Steve's new article (with the point of never miss two) hit at a good time! What I often do wrong, is that when I do fail once, I start thinking of a deadline when I will restart, instead of getting back on track right away. Like there, I planned my Saturday meals badly (brought no food or drinks with me, even though I knew they're going to order pizza to the place, and there is no time to get other food if I don't have it with me. What then, did I go home eating my ready salmon from the fridge? No, it was McDonalds and candies, and continuing the spree until Monday evening. I'm happy to notice though that drinking enough water has really become a habit for me. So, -15 points for that week, so I'm at 90 + 20. Goal exercise: What am I doing? Had some walking, but definitely not crossing the bottom line. Fail. The week before: Goal Dota: 82 games played, and some (10?) games watched. Success! Goal tracking: Fail. Goal exercise: The minimum (2 things) fulfilled). I will be making Dance game a real challenge for me for now; there is a LAN-party in October where there is a beginner tournament in dance games. I could compete there (if it doesn't conflict with possible Dota tournament) Goal food: Some slacking here, but mainly on the target. 15 points for the week. So total points for now: Goal Tracking: 40/165 Goal Food: 135/165 Goal Excercise: TBA Goal Dota: C, B, A, A, F. Think that averages to B-. Stupid to break the greatgoing spree. Especially as I feel the results in my gameplay aswell. It feels like I've taken a step or two backwards :/ Well, I'm at 17+ ~6 games for the week for now, and effective 48 hours plus some to go. Will do my best here, and will propably LAN next week and spend some more time on Dota! What else? Have yet to start with my polyphasic endeavors. Will begin this Sunday/Monday. Think that will be one of the tracking points for the next challenge

Last week was pretty good for many goals, and bad for others. Goal Dota: Success! 81 games. Way to shoot up from that this week! A for the week. Goal excercise: Bad. 21km of bicycling at Monday, nothing after that. Need to start excercising, especially thing I can do at home. Terosx, that could work, but I need to figure out what to do at home. Goal food: 3 days of white wheat, (1 day pizza, 1 day tortilla, 1 day naan bread), but they have all been at 1 meal and not in huge quantities. No sugar, have been drinking water, and got my proteins. So, I'm at 90 points total! Goal tracking: Fail. No measurements, except that I've really lost weight! When I measured it last Wednesday, 66,7 kg, 29,6% bodyfat amd 51,6 % water in body. The weight seems to be at about the same level this week as well (66,4 on a different scale), so it does not seem to be temporary. Wee! Have to report meals and other stuff, and take the tape measure to hand. Only 3 points from here , so 43 at total.

Goal: Tracking: 40 points for reporting logs (missing points for mood reports & half of the weekpoints for no ) Goal: Exercise: Big fail, 0 done. Have to get more to "compensate" for the lost week. Why none? Because I did not schedule it. Goal: Food: Great going for eating! 57 points accuired, full 5point days all the 4 rest! Goal: Dota: So close! 67 games played, 10games watched = 77 total.Not enough for A, but almost.

Sleep from 05-10, waking up very refreshed (thought the tiredness came later) 12:55, lunch (mushroom/minced meat/onion/bell pepper -mix) 19, 750g chicken wings, 200g sour cream, 1 apple. Gag, overeat :/. Well... And bycycled for 21 km instead of the intended 7, as I forgot some stuff home, so had to cycle back to get it. Exercise always nice, right? Next day 10, 2 pieces of hard rye bread, ham, tomato 17:30, my usual chocolate smoothie 20, chicken/bell pepper/squash/mushroom thing Had a short night, of 03-09. Did wake up to a phone call, and was going back to sleep, but was fully alert. However, the tiredness came later. Earlier I would have just thought it as "did not sleep enough", but with what I've read up from polyphasic sleep, seems like the naps would be a natural option. Did not get sleep at 17 when I tried however. Today: 9:30, the usual chocolate smoothie ~14 chicken/bell pepper/squash/mushroom thing 17 the usual chocolate smoothie

Sleeplog inc. Lunch at 14:30, 500g chicken wings, 200g sour cream, half a cucumber, 1 apple. ~ 20, a portion of mushroom/minced meat/onion/bell pepper -mix

Eating: 15 1 cup of my herbal tea 17, "lunch", 450g of chicken wings, 200g of sour crea, juice of half a citron, 2 apples 21 1 cup of my herbal teal 23:30 500g of chicken wings, 200g of sour cream, some citron juice, 1 cucumber