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Rawr! Day 2! *fist pumps* We can do this! Dissertation Monsters Be Scare of Us! Rawr!

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Week 1, Day 1: Goal 1: I ate pretty good today, but failed on the sugar monster part. I had too many Lindt chocolate truffles... Three to be exact... They were so yummy... Rawr... Goal 2: Started back on planking today and was able to hold a solid 3:00 plank. My final planking time came in at 4:37 for the last challenge. Definitely will need to work my way back to it. Goal 3: Sitting in bed now. Gonna check a few things and then call it a night! Rawr! Life Quest: Nothing to report yet.

Rawr! I posted my challenge thread now Good Luck Everyone! Hope you all had a super duper start Rawr!

Mostly continued from last challenge... Main Quest: Be Able to Do a Headstand I have tried doing a L-Seat for the past two challenges and I have not succeed. So I am aiming for something easier for this challenge... a headstand. More specifically, I want to be able to do this type of headstand: To achieve this, I will focuses on becoming more disciplined in the following ways: Goal 1: Eat Right Eat quality calories. Consume less sugar and processed food. * Grading: A. 5+ days/wk stayed on target B. 4 days on target C. 3 days on target D. 2 days on target F. Only 1 day in a week on target. Goal 2: Hold the Plank Be able to hold forearm planking for 6 minutes by the end of this challenge. Continue strength training 3-4 times a week. * Grading: A. 6 minutes or more B. 5:00 - 5:59 minutes C. 4:00 - 4:59 minutes D. 3:30 - 3:59 minutes F. No change. Goal 3: Get Some Zzz Sleep is important! Be in bed by 11:00pm. * Grading: A. 5+ days/wk stayed on target B. 4 days on target C. 3 days on target D. 2 days on target F. Only 1 day in a week on target. Life Quest: Do the Challenging Things First Each Day For this goal, the purpose is for me to build up good habits and not procrastinate. So I will block out time to first do the things that require the most discipline each day when I arrive work. * Grading: A. 5+ days/wk stayed on target B. 4 days on target C. 3 days on target D. 2 days on target F. Only 1 day in a week on target. Motivation: I need to move on with my life and be happy. No more excuses and I am tired of coming up with excuses! So it is time to get things done!

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I will have to do my challenge post later tonight when I get home. So busy for the past few days... So much to do at work. Argh! But, being busy is good! Oh, and I lost my wallet... Found it though. In another state... >.< It's being sent to me... Hopefully everything will be okay. *keeping fingers crossed* And I need to write up a list of mini subgoals on my dissertation writing/plan to get done for my professor from my undergrad years. I have asked her to help me stick to a schedule since I can't seem to do it on my own anymore. I have to get done! This stress is too much! *pulls feathers out* Hope you all are doing well and having a super duper Day 1! Rawr!

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End of Six-Week Challenge Report: Overall Grade - B Main Quest: Be Able to Do an L-Seat Still struggling with this one. This is much harder than expected. Will keep working on this! Goal 1: Food Control - B Eat quality calories, consume less sugar, and drink less caffeinated stuff. Track food consumed everyday and record how much sugar and coffee/tea consumed. Definitely doing a lot better for this challenge. Got coffee under control, but had too much sugar over the holidays... Really hard to say no to those cookies, pies, and holiday sweets... But now I am getting back on track with sugar monster slaying swords and chainsaws. Rawr! Goal 2: Body Control - B Be able to hold forearm planking for 5 minutes by the end of this challenge. My final timed planking came in at 4:37! So I did not achieve the goal of 5-minute. The last minute of planking was so hard for me. I will keep working on this! Rawr! Goal 3: Mind Control - A Do yoga and meditation in the morning. This definitely got easier overtime and helped me to keep calm for most of the days. Side Quest - B Sleep is important! Be in bed by 11:00pm. So far I managed to get in bed by 11:00pm during weekday and not so much on the weekends. Life Quest: Finish What I Have Started - C Boxes are slowly being put away. Still need to get more shelving units. As for dissertation writing goes, I am still podding along and will get done in 2014. Rawr!

Rawr! Just got back last night from our hioliday road trip! Things have been crazy! But, I am here! I see the next challenge starts on Jan 6th. Woo! This gives me some time to update my last challenge and think about what goals I want to focus on for the next one. Yay Yay! Hope you all had a super duper happy holiday! Rawr! Will update later!

Week 6, Monday: Goal 1: Food Control - Eat quality calories, consume less sugar, and drink less caffeinated stuff. Had 1 cup of coffee and water for rest of the day. Lunch was curry chicken with rice and veggies. Dinner was rice topped with chicken, tomatoes, and veggies. Goal 2: Body Control - Planking and strength training. Legs/Deadlifts: Squats: 45lb - 20x2 Lunges: 45lb - 20x2 Calf raise: 45lb - 20x2 Barbell Row: 45lb - 10x1 Deadlifts: 65lb - 10x2 Rawr! Plank time: 4:17! So hard! But I can do this! Rawr! Goal 3: Mind Control - Do yoga and meditation in the morning Did yoga and meditation for 10 minutes in the morning. Side Quest: In bed by 11pm Rawr! Sleep! Life Quest: Continued to work on dissertation.

Oh, I see. Good to switch things up a bit and build up different muscles! Rawr! Awesomeness, Swampling! Good Luck with Week 6 Rawr!

Rawr! Rawr! Rawr! Go, Ash! GO! You are SUPER!

I stopped by to RAWR you on for Week 6! Keep going! Rawr! Knock it out!

Rawr! BlueKiwi's End of Week 5 Summary: A-

End of Week 5 Summary: A- Goal 1: Food Control - B+ Doing better on cutting down coffee this week. Goal 2: Body Control - A My planking time improved to 4:17! Rawr! Goal 3: Mind Control - A Yoga + Meditation = Morning Routine. Side Quest: Sleep - B+ I did okay on my sleep goal this week. Getting used to going to bed early! Life Quest: Finish What I Have Started Putting away boxes: Well... Holidays are coming! So this weekend we unpacked those boxes and putting holiday gifts together... Finishing dissertation: I keep going! Getting close to a complete draft to be sent off later today (or tomorrow.. more likely). So busy! Rawr! Hope everyone had a super duper Week 5! Last week of the challenge! Rawr! Good Luck!

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