Fitz_Hulk

Name: Caedmon Alignment: Chaotic Neutral Race: Woodelf Class: Ranger Endurance feat: run 5k 3 times total strength feat: squat 5 sets 3 reps 60 kg speed feat: beat my current 5 k race time (36 minutes 50 seconds) combat feat: daily yoga healing feat: read two new books Caedmon had been a wanderer for many years since the CERN disaster, but found herself caught up in a ragtag group of do-gooders called the Rangers. She had been without purpose for so long, she decided to stay and see if these people could help her figure out her purpose, and any links to her mysterious past - and maybe why occasionally she would spark flames in her fingertips...

Day One went really well! The nightfill will be something to work around, but I ate all my meals and nothing off plan, and I even got to go to one of the Ultimate You classes. The idea is to go to classes five days a week, and initially I thought it might be 5 classes a week, so I could occasionally double up on classes on one day to make up for missing a day. That's not the case, and in really tight spots if you can't go to class once, you can do a home workout from the website. ANYway, I'm visiting my parents this weekend and I would usually plan to go to class on Saturday morning but I can't this week so I went to class last night even though I won't usually because that time is reserved for napping before nightfill. Day one meals: baked chicken and steamed veggies protein shake and veggies green smoothie baked chicken and steamed veggies baked chicken and steamed veggies protein shake Day one class: HIIT (oh my god I may have died a little) Day one yoga - a couple of salutes to the sun

Thanks! I know it's going to be hard but I really want to kick start a better routine for my health, and this program is really designed to change your mindset for the better. Plus, there is so much support with Ultimate You.

SO I'm super excited about this new challenge. There was a kick off seminar on Saturday and it was really motivating. I'm shopping and meal prepping today, which is pretty cool. I'll post photos once I've done some prep. Exciting!

Cheers!

I am a 24 year old uni student still figuring out how to do everything I want to do in my life and fighting the procrastination monster and some major energy suckage. I wish I could do everything but there’s not enough time in the day or energy in my body. Main Quest - Find some sort of life balance, feel good in my body and in my professional life. Goals: 1. Complete the Ultimate You challenge! Ultimate You is a gym and training facility that runs a weightloss challenge called 9 in 6. Basically, you try to lose 9 kilos in 6 weeks to get some wins on the board and to get you motivated to continue with a healthy lifestyle. It contains a few parts: Part A – go to 5 classes a week STA 3 STR 2 They have at least six classes a day during the week and a few on Saturdays as well. With my schedule I should be able to complete this part of the challenge, even though it takes a little while to get to the training facility. I’m counting on the community aspect of the Ultimate You challenge to help me to commit to these classes. I’m confident that if I get to the classes I’ll be able to give them my all. Part B – eat according to the nutrition plan CON 3 It’s dairy free and gluten free, and although I don’t have access yet (I’ll update when I know exactly what’s going on) the general gist I got was that it’s mostly paleo with cycled carbs, I’m guessing from rice and sweet potatoes and things like that. It sounded pretty whole foods based which I am definitely up for. EDIT: I will be eating 6 small meals a day, including mostly proteins + veggies. steak and veggies, chicken and veggies, fish and veggies, etc. I will also be drinking a green smoothie once a day and drinking some protein shakes. There are a lot of no no foods, but I'm not focussing on those. Part C – Community building and support CHA 2 Community building! I mentioned that I’m going to count on this to help me out, because I really need people IRL to encourage me to keep going. I can tend to jump into things and then flake out later so I really will be needing the encouragement. I do want to get other friends to encourage and be encouraged by after the challenge is finished, so I’ll be posting here quite a lot, too, as well as on the Aussie Nerdfighters facebook page and the page for the Ultimate You challenge. My boyfriend is also really encouraging I also have to email updates to my trainer once a week, so that will be hella motivating. 2. Do yoga once a day! CON 1 STR 1 DEX 1 Nerd Fitness yoga as much as possible, but otherwise a few decent salutes to the sun before bed is okay. The point is to get used to stretching, and to work into a decent before bed routine. I love yoga and I used to be really flexible, and I want to get into weight training more after the challenge so I know I’ll need the support yoga gives me. 3. Finish the semester well! WIS 2 I want to go to classes, finish assignments and maybe even make some friends in my classes. It’s past the halfway point now but there’s no reason I shouldn’t give it my all now. Education is important! I've had anxiety in the past and it's hard to make friends because I'm only in second year but I'm a few years older than most of my classmates. So this is hard but it'll be really good.

Thanks for all your comments guys. You're right - I was definitely focusing too much on the scale, and not enough on non scale victories. I worked on a program from the Rebel Strength Guide for six weeks, and for those six weeks I was really focused, but after that I got discouraged because the scale wasn't moving. I really appreciate the encouragement and the tough love. I just got Nerd Fitness Yoga, because I've been having some back pain (I work nights filling shelves at a supermarket) and I want to get back in the habit of a regular routine. I think focusing on that and food, and gradually adding in some other fitness, will do me quite well for now. Plus I just went supermarket shopping and bought mostly veggies and some rice (I've got chicken in the freezer) - I am on the right track!

I love Tabletop games. The ones I've been playing lately are: Sushi Go (an adorably designed card drafting game) Exploding Kittens (kickstarted by Elan Lee, The Oatmeal and Shane Small) Dragon Slayer (a fun dice game, good for travelling - actually, all three of these are really good for travelling). I also love Ticket to Ride (I've got the Europe version and I play the original on iOS) Settlers of Catan and the Pirates and Explorers expansion, and Takenoko. Plus, here in Melbourne there's a games library you can go to to play games. (Games Lab on Little Lonsdale. Also, there's a bar downstairs where you can take the games and drink.) I also watch Tabletop by Geek and Sundry (as previously mentioned on this thread) as soon as it comes out, and it's usually where I get ideas for the next game I want to purchase.

Thanks Moros, I have been focussing on getting a lot of water in - I have an app called plant nanny where when you record how much water you're drinking, it waters an adorable plant and you level up. So that helps a lot. Thanks for your encouragement. It's super hard to keep motivated when doing slow changes, but they tend to be the only ones that stick. Such a catch 22. It really helps to hear your words. Cheers

I just started doing two nightfill shifts a week at a supermarket and I have uni on those days, too. So my routine is kinda: Sunday 5pm - try to get to sleep 10 pm wake up, eat, make coffee, get ready for work 10.45 pm head in to work 11.30 start work around 3 am - eat a museli bar while working 7 am finish work (MONDAY) 8 am get to bed 10.30 am get up, shower, breakfast 11.15 go to uni 2 pm ish - lunch 5 pm finish uni 5. 30 get home, shower 6 pm try to sleep 10.45 pm get up, eat, make coffee 11.15 pm go to work 12 midnight work 3 am ish eat a museli bar 5 am finish work 6 am get to bed 8 am get up, coffee, breakfast 9.15 go to uni 10 am uni 12 /1 ish lunch 5pm finish uni then I get home, try to eat dinner and hang out with the bf before going to bed at a regular time for uni the next day. I should probably be able to make healthier stuff to eat during both work and uni but at the moment I'm finding it hard to get my shit together. Plus, I am finding it difficult to fall asleep on Sunday afternoons. Help?

Hi guys, It has been a while since I've posted on the forums, and since then I've been doing well, and then doing badly. Food is and has always been my downfall. I feel like I've tried everything, and nothing works. I've tried working out, so that I'll be inspired to eat well, but it doesn't work. I've tried not having junk food in the house, but I just buy it when I'm out. I'm constantly slipping up at some point in the day and feeling like any other effort isn't worth it - or at least, using that as an excuse to eat badly for the rest of the day. Plus, working in a supermarket where there is often free food makes it really difficult to not eat that free food! I've taken a short break from working out so that I can work on eating well, seeing as that's my real problem. I was working on weights, and the old Rebel Strength guide, but because my diet is like a rollercoaster, I didn't see results. Plus I'm super impatient, so even six weeks is a long time to wait to see anything happen. Also, I started working night shift twice a week so I need to prepare even more in advance for those days (I do nightfill and uni over two days so I have to plan food and naps strategically!) I'm reaching out for help. I need accountability and support. My boyfriend is great except that he's also super encouraging of self love and he likes my body the way it is. I love this! But it doesn't help me eat better. I know I can do better, but my stupid brain gets in the way. Help me, Obi-wan Kenobi! You're my only hope!

Making a delicious stew right at this moment - this one, although I didn't end up getting kale, so it's going to be kale-less. Also I went to the gym this afternoon & did squats and overhead press and deadlifts and inverted bodyweight rows.

Thanks! It's pretty good because I have regular shifts, at least for the first few weeks. So I can make a routine and hopefully stick to it. So what I want to work on is: Meal prep - at least making lots of food I can snack on easily because that's always where I trip up - if I have food I can eat immediately, I can control my hunger to get something decent put together. Sleeping - I had it good for a few weeks, and now I'm out of routine. I can get back into it, though. Morning routine - same deal. I had it down pat and then I screwed up and fell out of routine but it's easy enough to get back into once I'm back into a proper sleeping pattern. I think that's enough to deal with at the moment. I just had sausages, kale and tomatoes for dinner (delicious) but I still have shitty food hanging around the house so I have to get that dealt with, i.e. throw it out and fill the fridge with delicious paleo food. It just makes me feel better when I eat paleo, I don't know why I ever eat anything else.

Hey, any other Melbourne NerdFitness peeps who want to catch up sometime? I could use some IRL encouragement...

I was sick last week so I kind of fell off the eating well bandwagon, but I'm back! I was feeling seriously unmotivated and awful and I just decided that I didn't want to feel that way anymore. Eating crap makes me feel like crap, so I'm not putting up with it. For instance, at the moment I'm eating a snack of baked chicken, sweet potato, cucumber and cherry tomatoes. Delicious. That also means that I haven't worked out since last Friday or so, which kinda sucks, but it makes sense because I had a nasty cold. A week and a half later, though, I am raring to go. I've got a PT session tonight and I'm probably going to go for a run tomorrow. Also, I got a new job! Hooray! So I will have a more regular schedule which is good for meal prep and workouts, plus I'll have some more money which means I can do yoga classes, which I've been hanging out to do.

I think I'm going to use this as a motivational quote on my wall. For serious, I think you may have changed my life.

This week has been really good on the exercise front so far. I went to the gym on monday, ran on tuesday, gym again yesterday and I'm seeing my personal trainer tonight. planning on going running tomorrow and saturday and having sunday as a rest day. I'm not eating so well this week, mainly because I went away on the weekend and I'm away this weekend, so I didn't bother going grocery shopping this week. plus, leftover easter chocolates. I'm okay, though. I still have my eye on the prize.

Back again (again again again) UPDATES: I'm getting really good at sleeping properly. I use the Sleep Cycle app, and I focussed on going to sleep at or before 11pm and getting up at or before 7am. I have a morning routine where I do yoga and drink coffee and write (I'm working on a novel) and that's really helped. I'm still working on that, but sleep is getting better, consistently. Hooray! Eating wise, I'm working on it. I'm planning on doing the Whole30 soon (I have to be super prepared because I know myself and I know that if something happens and I get busy or whatever, I will easily slip into pasta and bread and dairy, so I am working on getting meals prepped and frozen and planning for times where I know it'll get hard) and I just read the latest Nerd Fitness article (http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2015/04/06/struggling-to-reach-a-goal-turn-it-into-a-boss-battle/) so Whole30 is going to be my Boss Battle for probably May (maybe earlier, I have a checklist of things to do to prepare and when I've ticked everything off we're good to go). I also want to do Tough Mudder in October and I'm going to recruit some people to do it with me, so that will probably be my next Boss Battle. My boyfriend's still really instrumental in helping me do all this, he's supportive and amazing and he loves my body the way it is so there's no pressure, he just wants me to do what will make me happy. So that's awesome. Okay! Planning on updating this a lot more often now. Wish me luck! Encouragement is always appreciated!

Hey guys. I'm back again, after a while of not posting at all. I've decided to quit sugar. I haven't eaten it much at all this week (I've eaten out a couple of times where there may have been some hidden sugar in the food, and I did eat some fruit) and I've decided that that's how it's going to stay. No donuts, no sneaky cupcakes at work, nothing. I gained over a kilo in January, and I'm sick of looking at myself and not liking what I see. I want to be strong, to take charge in my life and to enjoy my body. Steve's last post about being selfish about health and fitness really struck a chord with me and I'm determined to make it a reality. I'm going to eat well, sleep well and work out hard. I will do this. Would love some encouraging posts from you guys!

Gym is great, I have a PT who pushes me and it's awesome. I also train with my boyfriend and my sister, so I never have an excuse to blow it off. Eating is harder, especially at the moment with Christmas. I'm keeping a food diary for a little while just to see what's going on. I have a horrible cold at the moment so I'm focusing on rest and water. I'll jump back into it when I feel better.

You guys are all awesome. Thanks heaps for the encouragement. I'm pretty sick at the moment (head cold bleh) so it's harder to make good choices. I have a good boyfriend who's encouraging me, though. Baby steps are good.

Oh! Also! I think I got distracted in the middle of my sentence but essentially: I've been lurking for ages on the forums and I still find it hard to stick my neck out and actually post something. You are not alone!

I have sent you a friend request! I'm adding you on here, too. I'm kind of at a respawn point so I need some encouragement.

Amber! I am also a hufflepuff! Can we be friends on myfitnesspal? My username on there is asphodelbat (a throwback to my pottermore name Okay so now that that's out of the way, hi. I'm Erin. I'm respawning atm—I've been poking things with a stick for a couple of years now and I always find it hard to stick to things and keep the weight off. But I am interested in your goals because I have similar ones. Also, I need buddies to help me on my fitness journey. So this is basically me saying, I think you're cool. Can we be fitness buddies?