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Week 3 Progress Report Goal 1: Recover from the holidays...and then some Body fat goal: 26.25% Start of challenge: 28.27% Current measurement: 27.46% Change this week: down 0.22% Total change so far: down 0.81% Amount left to lose: 1.21% Waist size goal: 38.5" Start of challenge: 39.75" Current measurement: 39.25" Change this week: none Total change so far: down 0.5" Amount left to lose: 0.75" Paleo progress: I used 4/1 NPTs. My bank is now at 15 Meal and 10 Snack NPTs. No movement in my waist measurements this week, and I think I know why. See the next section. Goal 2: The Superhero Trajectory Gym time 2-3 times per week: uh...I did this 0 times this week. I chalk this up to the reason why I didn't make any progress on my waist measurements. Supplement with Days 5-46 of the PLP 60-day challenge. Days 17-23 complete! I chalk THIS ONE up to the reason why I still made progress in the BF% category. Further supplement workouts with trying out HIIT on off-days, 1-2 times per week. None of these this week. I've been fighting off fatigue this week. I've also been lazy. Both have accounted for a complete lack of gym time (other than PLP) this week. But next week's gonna be awesome, darn it! Goal 3: "Cure" my apartment Participate in "The January Cure," modified to suit my needs. I used the MLKJr Holiday on Monday to completely rearrange my room (this instead of going to see part 3 of The Hobbit, which I have yet to see). The change feels A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! It's so much more open in my room now and less cluttered. My bed now rests underneath a sky light which is fairly wonderful. That was Phase 1. Phase 2 involves cleaning off my bookshelf, weeding through and seeing what books I want to keep and what to get rid of. It may also involve moving my bookshelf to a different part of my room. Continue to lighten the load by getting rid of 50-100 more pounds of "stuff." Big progress this week, as I got rid of another huge batch of old papers and shredded lots of old files. I also sold an old book! The total weight I got rid of was 23.5 pounds, leaving at least another 20 pounds to go. My outbox is also getting pretty full and will need to be taken to the thrift store in the near future. Goal 4: Become multi-lingual Practice French at least 5 times per week using the DuoLingo website/app. Practiced every day this week. I restrengthened all my skills and started working on the skill "Household." You can follow my progress here. Bonus points if I can get a 40 day streak on DuoLingo (starting from today)! Currently on a 17-day streak.

As an encouragement, remember that you can do pushups just about anywhere in small amounts of time. Enjoy your time away!

Thanks! I've fallen a little behind on some of the "Cure" assignments, but hoping this weekend to catch up a bit. Today's/this weekend's assignment is a good one, one I've been needing to buckle down and do for a very long time: cleaning my bedroom! Weighed in this morning, so here we go... Week 2 Progress Report Goal 1: Recover from the holidays...and then some Body fat goal: 26.25%Start of challenge: 28.27%Current measurement: 27.68%Change this week: down 0.51%Total change so far: down 0.59%Amount left to lose: 1.43%Waist size goal: 38.5"Start of challenge: 39.75"Current measurement: 39.25"Change this week: down 0.25"Total change so far: down 0.5"Amount left to lose: 0.75"Paleo progress: Yesterday was all Paleo and so far so is today, so my bank still rests at 19 Meal and 11 Snack NPTs. If last week felt like a measurement tease, today felt like a huge victory! Losing half a percent in one week is amazing and highly motivating to keep going! Goal 2: The Superhero Trajectory Gym time 2-3 times per week: twice this week and planning on a third visit today.Supplement with Days 5-46 of the PLP 60-day challenge. I have completed Days 10-16. Definitely getting harder for sure, but I'm already feeling stronger and have noticed that my arms already seem bigger.Further supplement workouts with trying out HIIT on off-days, 1-2 times per week. I did 1 last Friday, which was at the end of my first workout after about a 3 week gap. Major DOMS was the result, haha. I may get another in today, though, since the majority of the DOMS has worn off and I've been more consistent with working out this week.Goal 3: "Cure" my apartment Participate in "The January Cure," modified to suit my needs. I have not made much, if any, progress on this this week, with the semester starting. But I'm hoping to knock out a few assignments this weekend and get more or less caught up. Continue to lighten the load by getting rid of 50-100 more pounds of "stuff." A few more things in the outbox, but the total remaining to get rid of still stands at 43.5 pounds. As I work more on the "Cure" assignments, this number will change for the better.Goal 4: Become multi-lingual Practice French at least 5 times per week using the DuoLingo website/app. Practiced every day this week. I have 1-2 more skills to restrengthen and then I'll be on to new material! You can follow my progress here.Bonus points if I can get a 40 day streak on DuoLingo (starting from today)! Currently on a 10-day streak.And that's the week!

Used a Snack and Meal NPT each over the last 2 days (down to 19 Meal and 11 Snack NPTs). The meal one was for lunch today as I wanted to try the grill special at work (Irish Nachos). Now I feel awful, haha! I am going to try to use this experience to dissuade me in the future from having a meal that I know will sit in my belly like a rock while also having the effect of making me want to skip the gym this afternoon. I would rather not do that, though. Speaking of the gym, it went well on Monday, though I was dealing with some fairly painful DOMS due to the intensity of Friday's workout. As such, I cut out my HIIT finisher. But I still got through my workout, just needing to take it a little easier on box jumps, since most of the DOMS was in my legs. But I managed to not hurt myself doing those, so that's a definite plus. As of today with French I'm on an 8-day streak.

Great goals and great progress on them! I especially admire your Bible-reading goal, as that is one of my non-Challenge life goals this year, too. Also, I applaud you on the sugar detox that you and Mr. Incredible are undergoing! Hopefully you're already experiencing better energy levels by cutting out the artificial and going natural!

No sweat on using up more NPTs than you intended. Going back to Paleo after the holidays has been hard for sure! Sometimes when I'm having trouble focusing, I try to get in just 1 day that's completely Paleo, and then another, and sometimes then another still. Taking it one day at a time can be really helpful sometimes when you're potentially in the midst of detoxing from all that holiday sugar! And we all know how that can feel! Good job on the runs and getting your strength workout in! Despite how you probably feel, you're doing well and I like your attitude with making this week your "high score" week.

Awesome workout stats, Steve! And your parallettes video is super inspiring, motivating and challenging! Also, from one (formerly nervous) singer to another, keep on workin' those pipes and be brave!

Thanks, EG! That's exactly what I'm going for with the tokens. Sometimes fun things happen in life that are too good to pass up, and the tokens are meant to allow for those to happen without derailing everything along the way. I have really enjoyed the freedom, but within a framework of support, that they have allowed. PS, I will hopefully be catching up on your thread very soon! Here's a little mid-week update: This weekend (case in point to what EG and I were talking about above) I used 1 Snack and 2 Meal NPTs. My bank now stands at 20 Meal NPTs and 12 Snack NPTs left for the duration of the challenge.I did manage to get back to the gym on Friday, rolling in a normal workout rounded out with a supplemental HIIT routine. I'm very sore today with DOMs, but am planning on going to the gym again today. Here's a summary of my workout:Mobility and wrist warm-up (realized I forgot my start of workout stretches later on in my workout. Will roll those back in today.)Balance work (5 minutes of handstand work, 10 cartwheels each direction. My left side cartwheels are super rough but coming along.)PowerBox jumps (mid thigh height): 10/10/10Plyometric pushups: 10/6/5StrengthAssisted pistol squats (hate these, but am inspired by some of Steve's videos): 5/3/2Chinups: 4/3/2Dive bomber pushups: 10/6/5HIIT Finisher Level 1 (managed 6 rounds [aiming for 11] of the following...)15 second high intensity sprints60 second walkStretchingAlso this morning I completed Day 12 of PLP, broken up into sets of 6/3/3.No additional progress on my Apartment "Cure" but will likely work with my flatmates this week on getting our kitchen/refrigerator in order. The fridge is of particular priority. As of this morning, I'm at a 6 day streak with French on DuoLingo. I've almost restrengthened all my skills that I let lapse before my trip to France and am looking forward to starting to learn some new skills again.

Week 1 Progress Report Goal 1: Recover from the holidays...and then some Body fat goal: 26.25%Start of challenge: 28.27%Current measurement: 28.19%Total change so far: down 0.08%Amount left to lose: 1.94%Waist size goal: 38.5"Start of challenge: 39.75"Current measurement: 39.5"Total change so far: down 0.25"Amount left to lose: 1"Paleo progress: Managed to keep the last 2 days 100% Paleo, so my bank still rests at 22 Meal NPTs and 13 Snack NPTs. With meals and snacks broken out like that, it really helps me better visualize where I want to be. It also makes my Tokens feel that much more valuable. If I looked at it as having 35 NPTs left, I'd probably use them a bit more quickly because it would feel like I've got a lot left. Mind games, sure, but so far they're working! As far as measurements go, obviously I'm very happy at the waist measurement. The BF% measurement at this point feels more like a tease, but I'm very happy that it's a step in the right direction! It points towards good things to come. Goal 2: The Superhero Trajectory Gym time 2-3 times per week: not so much, haha. I have yet to go this week. I think detoxing from holiday sugar has made me feel more sluggish/lazy than usual. But I've got my gym bag sitting behind me right now, in preparation for when I go after work today.Supplement with Days 5-46 of the PLP 60-day challenge. So far so good, I have yet to miss a day and I've already completed Day 9's movements before work this morning.Further supplement workouts with trying out HIIT on off-days, 1-2 times per week. This has not happened yet. Anyone have any good suggestions for beginner HIIT routines?Goal 3: "Cure" my apartment Participate in "The January Cure," modified to suit my needs. Going well so far. I haven't followed their plan to a T, but that's okay since it's meant to suit my needs. I've cleaned out 2 out of 5 desk drawers and emptied out 1 cardboard box from the basement so far. I've also started shredding a bunch of unnecessary old files.Continue to lighten the load by getting rid of 50-100 more pounds of "stuff." With file shredding, I'm already up to about 6.5 lbs gone. That leaves 43.5 lbs left to purge at the very least. That will change once I fill my "outbox," which will then get donated.Goal 4: Become multi-lingual Practice French at least 5 times per week using the DuoLingo website/app. Two lessons in so far this week, with another coming today. So this week I won't get my 5 in, but I'm on my way towards my 40 day streak. Bonus points if I can get a 40 day streak on DuoLingo (starting from today)! Currently on a 2-day streak.So that's me for week one. All told not a bad week, though not a "perfect" week, either. But I'm happy with my progress so far and I would probably rate Week One as A-/B+.

Steal away, brother. Glad they're working for you (and hopefully others), too!

I'll fill this first post out more when I'm home, but here are my goals for this challenge, just to get them out there. Goal 1: Recover from the holidays...and then some What this looks like: Body fat goal: 26.25%Start of challenge: 28.27%Where I ended in 2014: 26.97%How much I need to reduce beyond 2014 levels: 0.72%Waist size goal: 38.5"Start of challenge: 39.75"Where I ended in 2014: 38.75"How much I need to reduce beyond 2014 levels: 0.25"Supported through maintaining an 80/20 Paleo diet. Having all my Non-Paleo Tokens (NPTs) for meals and snacks in one pot during the last challenge hindered me a little I think, so I'm going to separate them out and have different banks for each. So that means I start the challenge with 25 Meal NPTs and 17 Snack NPTs.If by some miracle, I blow past these goals, I have stretch goals in mind that I'll introduce when/if the time comes. Goal 2: The Superhero Trajectory What this looks like: Gym time 2-3 times per week. I'm currently still doing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles workout, but I'm not necessarily tied to that. However, they are superheroes I can admire. Supplement with Days 5-46 of the PLP 60-day challenge. I started doing PLP on January 1st, so why not use that to my advantage!Further supplement workouts with trying out HIIT on off-days, 1-2 times per week.Goal 3: "Cure" my apartment What this looks like: Participate in "The January Cure," modified to suit my needs.Continue to lighten the load by getting rid of 50-100 more pounds of "stuff."Goal 4: Become multi-lingual What this looks like: Practice French at least 5 times per week using the DuoLingo website/app.Bonus points if I can get a 40 day streak on DuoLingo (starting from today)!I did technically start my challenge on Monday, and I definitely used some NPTs over the past few days so my bank is currently at 22 Meal NPTs and 13 Snack NPTs.

Dude, you got this! Love your goals and I can't wait to cheer you on (hopefully more than the last few challenges)!! Hope the NPTs get you to where you want to be.

Final Challenge Report Goal 1: Eat at least 80% paleo. I sort of lost track at the end there. Was probably over by 3-5 meals/snacks, which makes me effectively about 78% Paleo challenge-wide. Overall, I did well, though, so I think I'd still give myself an A on this one. Goal 2: Lose at least 2.5% body fat. Final percentage at weigh in was 26.97%, which means I had a total reduction of 1.61%. While still almost a full percentage point away from my goal, I still feel this is a pretty good result, so I'd give myself a B- on this one. Goal 3: Complete the NF Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Workout 2-3 times per week. I was solid on this goal for the first 4 weeks, but then started to lag in weeks 5 and 6, making it to the gym only once each week. I'd probably give myself a C+ on this goal. Life Goal: Get rid of 50 more pounds of stuff. Done and done! Made my final donation of 45 pounds worth of stuff that I don't need to bring me up to the full 50 pounds. A.

Right on, pear! If that doesn't motivate me, I don't know what does. How goes the challenge? How was your visit with the lady?

Well, obviously I'm super late to this game, but thanks so much, and congrats to my fellow Most Wanted Assassins! I'm very honored to be part of such a talented crew.

Week 5 Progress Report Goal 1: Eat at least 80% paleo. I did pretty well this week in this area, though I still haven't really picked tracking back up with how crazy my schedule has been this week with tech rehearsals for the play that I'm acting in. My guess would be that I used about 4-5 NPTs, so we'll say I have 10 left going into the final week of the challenge. Goal 2: Lose at least 2.5% body fat. Another solid week of body fat loss. This morning I measured in at 27.44%, a loss this week of 0.36%. That puts me at 1.31% lost over the entire challenge. I more than likely won't make it to a 2.5% loss by next weigh in, but nearly 1.5% is still a solid loss I feel. We'll see where next Friday puts me. Goal 3: Complete the NF Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Workout 2-3 times per week. With the craziness of this week (been in rehearsals every day since this past Saturday, and the show opens TONIGHT!), I've been less successful with this goal. Only gotten this workout in once this week. I was going to go today, but I've been more focused on resting up and sleeping to keep my energy levels where they need to be for this already very physical play (read: lots of backward rolls, pulling a "camel" with lots of weight on it around the theatre, picking up cast members and "throwing" them into other cast members, etc.). However, tomorrow my friend invited me to a free Crossfit session in the morning, which I will likely take him up on. So that will bring me up to 2 for the week. Hoping that next week I'll be more successful at getting a few extra workouts in. Life Goal: Get rid of 50 more pounds of stuff. Sold a book and got rid of some other stuff, so my challenge total is now up to 5 pounds gotten rid of. Still abysmally low for how late in the challenge this is, but let it be noted that I'm looking at my calendar for next week to see when I can do a thrift store donation.

Thanks, EG! I was really pleased that I was able to maintain. My friend definitely whipped me into shape during our 2 workouts. He's a Crossfit-er, so I expected nothing less. Yeah, I had written a post saying that I would be in France, but somehow I either forgot to hit "Post" (very possible) or it got deleted somehow or lost in the shuffle. Anyways, I was in the city of Toulouse, which is in the southwest of France, about an hour north of the Spanish border. I was there to visit one of my close friends who moved there in September in intern at a house of prayer. It was so fun to be there with him, see what the house of prayer is doing, how he is flourishing, and get immersed in French language and culture! By the end of the trip, language-wise, I was in the place of understanding probably 75% of what people were saying, but feeling ill-equipped to respond in a super meaningful way. That is definite progress compared to where I was 2.5 years ago when I visited Paris! It motivates me to continue working on learning French. The DuoLingo app is very much my friend right now.

Wow! Somehow, the post I wrote with my second week progress report never got posted! Well, it's been a busy couple of weeks, I can tell you, with a trip to France in the midst of it (that should explain my absence from the boards). Here goes! Week 2 Progress Report Goal 1: Eat at least 80% paleo. Hard to remember...I feel like I used significantly more NPTs this week, but overall good.Goal 2: Lose at least 2.5% body fat. Still making progress. Measured in at 27.61%, down another 0.17% for the week. A challenge-wide total of 0.97%. Goal 3: Complete the NF Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Workout 2-3 times per week. Completed 2 workouts this week, so check!Life Goal: Get rid of 50 more pounds of stuff. I think I have 47 lbs left to get rid of, so only 3 lbs total.Week 3 and 4 Progress Report Goal 1: Eat at least 80% paleo. Well, France was in here, and I wasn't at all faithful with tracking. But my friends and I ate fairly healthy, sometimes full Paleo. But I also enjoyed myself. Since I don't know exactly how many NPTs I used, I'll say I'm down to 15 for the rest of the challenge.Goal 2: Lose at least 2.5% body fat. I didn't have the means to measure for Week 3. But as of yesterday, I'm at 27.8%, an increase of only 0.02%. So not bad at all, considering I spent a week in the land of amazing pastries! Challenge-wise, that puts me down 0.95%. Goal 3: Complete the NF Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Workout 2-3 times per week. Completed 2 workouts while in France, so check! This week, was another story. Re-entry was a bit harder than I anticipated and I wasn't able to get to the gym at all. But my current plan is to get to the gym a few extra times next week and work in a little more cardio to even things out.Life Goal: Get rid of 50 more pounds of stuff. No progress on this goal, other than starting to gather some things up to get out of the house.

Sounds like week 2 has been an improvement over week 1, which I'm really happy to hear. Keep on with the momentum you're building in this week and I know you'll totally own week 3 and beyond!

The show's been going well. I'm gonna go see it again tonight with my best mate who's up visiting from grad school. The set looks awesome. Once we get our production photos in, maybe I'll post one over on my thread. Same for me on the calorie PVP. It's nice to have a) some accountability and a little healthy competition (no pun intended ).

Thanks bud! And love the gif! That movie was a favorite growing up. I'm hoping to get time to update you all on my workouts the past 2 times, but this weekend will be a busy one with my best friend visiting, closing out the show at work and striking the set (taking it down) on Saturday night late into the evening. But my workouts have been going well so far, and I'm definitely sore in the good way. I'm really enjoying this workout. It's good and challenging, and very scalable for where I'm at with lots of "leveling up" potential. Aaaaand, without further ado, here is my... Week 1 Progress Update Goal 1: Eat at least 80% paleo. So far so good. I used 2 NPTs this week, so down to 40 left in my bank. For these, since I've included snacks in the total, which I don't always use, I may phase some of my tokens out as the weeks go by, so I don't have a huge bank by the end and get tempted to go the unhealthy route. I would only do this with snacks, though, and not meals. This week, though, I haven't really been tracking calories, which I'm restarting today, just to keep me honest. Though someday, if I still with this eating plan for the long term, I imagine I won't need the higher scrutiny as much.Goal 2: Lose at least 2.5% body fat. Making GREAT progress right out of the gate! Down to 27.78%, a loss this week of 0.8% BF! I can already feel the difference in my midsection, too, which is super encouraging! Goal 3: Complete the NF Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Workout 2-3 times per week. Completed 2 workouts this week, so check!Life Goal: Get rid of 50 more pounds of stuff. Less progress here, only 2 pounds worth gotten rid of. But the challenge is young! Forty-eight more pounds to go!So all in all a super start to what I hope will be a phenomenal challenge for me!

Dude, I'm so excited to see how you progress! And really appreciate your reasoning behind resetting yourself to level 1. Hopefully this time around I'll be able to better stay up to date on your challenge, now that the autumn show is up at work (comes down on Saturday). Any interest in a calorie PVP?

A little more detail given above. Also, 1 work out in so far this week on Tuesday. I went about a week and a half without being able to work out because of Tech Week for a show I was building the set for, and I was in the theatre all hours and then some. So this week may be more of a transition week where I only achieve the lower end of my weekly workout goal. The workout pretty much kicked my butt in a good way, so I'll probably be even more sore tomorrow than I was today. Also, Paleo is going well so far...I think I've only used 1 NPT so far. But I'm definitely feeling the detox happening, headaches and the like. Looking forward to being past that part.

Here is my list of goals for this challenge. I'll fill out where my starting point is at a later point, but wanted to at least get this up here. Goal 1: Eat at least 80% paleo. Allowance of 42 Non-Paleo Tokens (NPTs) (accounting for 3 meals and up to 2 snacks per day)Goal 2: Lose at least 2.5% body fat. Starting point: 28.58%Goal: 26% or lowerGoal 3: Complete the NF Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Workout 2-3 times per week. Life Goal: Get rid of 50 more pounds of stuff. Onward!

Final Challenge Report Goal 1: Lose 3% body fat Start: 29.2%Goal: 26.2%Actual: 29.08% (down 0.12%)Points up for grabs: 2 DEX | 3 WISPoints awarded: 0Goal 2: Lose 1.5" from midsection Start: 40"Goal: 38.5"Actual: 40"Points up for grabs: 1 CON | 1 CHAPoints awarded: 0Goal 3: Complete graduated pull-up/chin-up training once and for all Completed!!! Points up for grabs: 4 STR | 3 STAPoints awarded: 4 STR | 3 STALife: Get rid of 50 lbs of stuff Load lightened by: 51 lbs Points up for grabs: 1 WISPoints awarded: 1 WISSo, not so great on the first 2 goals, but I am satisfied that I was able to keep things fairly consistent, considering all my stress at work. And I have a plan that I'm already putting in place for next challenge (started this week). I'm gradually working my way back up to 80/20 paleo. Last week I was 10% paleo (kind of a joke, though...that translates to about 2 paleo meals out of 21 for a week...but I still got them in). This week, I'm 25% paleo (5 paleo meals this week). The following week will go up to 50% paleo. Then by the start of the next challenge I'll be up to 80%. As has happened in the past when I've been dedicated on paleo, I expect the numbers I was hoping for for this challenge will work themselves out. I'm super happy with my exercise goal and life goal, having achieved both with flying colors! I was so happy (and a little surprised) on Wednesday when I started with chin ups and pumped out 4 right off the bat. Felt so good! So, while I won't be leveling up this challenge, I did score a good number of new attribute points. So, not too shabby!