Radact

Awesome work! Everything looks great for your midway point, and ever still your positivity is awesome to see The sleep thing is hard one I think. I totally understand the weekend thing, wanting to sleep in, but skewing the cycle :/ but I think the important thing is that you are aware of it, and making an effort to still achieve it. In some of my previous challenges I did reward myself for making mental changes with a quest. If I was making a conscious effort to change something, or do something, but I found I wasn't quite hitting the mark, I told my self that it was still a great change. I feel that the point of these challenges is to make and change habits, and the biggest thing is the mental challenge. If you are aware of what you are trying to do, and you are making an effort, you have already done all the hard work, and it is just that last bit of result that you are waiting on. In short; you are trying, and you are aware of the goal, so even if you haven't got an A, you have done a great job on moulding your habit, and I praise you for that! Certainly a good idea for your next challenge! If you want to focus on your sleeping habits then go for it. Yeah the FitBit is a good motivator, and good to help visualise results and feel good about how you are going! Onward indeed! Keep up the great work and good luck with Week 3!

Mid-Challenge Break-Down and Early Week 3 Progress: Mid-Challenge: A Brick in the Wall: Week Step Average: 3,900 (Week 1) + 4,900 (Week 2) = 4,400 - D Certainly not great to have a D at the half-way, but I think I will drop this one just a tad to account for my back, which is feeling a lot better as days pass, and I think if I can get myself outside and walking I can bring this up for the 28-day average. Not the Rack: Still doing my exercises everyday, but certainly not doing 2x the reps. B Not great, not an A, but to be honest the point of this one is to look after my back and make some improvement, which is definitely the case. So I am happy with this. The Oncoming Thirst: Week 1: 1.1L average, Week 2: (Sat/Sun were 1.4L and 2.3L respectively) 1.6L average, therefore ~1.4L average - D- Not great to see a D- there, but the week average did increase by half a litre on the first week, and I am noticing that I am actively seeking out water throughout the day, so I can definitely feel a change in myself. This makes me confident that I am making a good habit and that I can work a little harder and be a bit more conscientious about my intake to get that A by the end. Knowledge is Power, Talk is Cheap: I think there was at least 7 times throughout the week where I went out and spoke to people when I normally wouldn't - A+ I completely smashed it for Week 2, and I am very proud of myself, I have been very reserved socially for my whole life, so this has been a big change, which I think is good for me. I'm sure I can keep it up and get a good grade at the end here. Overall: C I think this is a fairly accurate reflection of how I have done over the first 2 weeks. It has been good and consistent, but I have certainly been letting some aspects slip. With some work I can still easily get this up to an A by the end of this challenge. Really loving the FitBit for helping me track everything, and helping to push me to get things done. Just a bit more effort on my part and I will get there! Week 3 so far: Alpha: 2k steps over today and yesterday total... That might be because I didn't wear my FitBit at all today, but I have put in about 20 hours of work on my current game projects, including a meeting yesterday, so I can understand why it is so low. I just need to organise myself, and train myself to get up and do some laps every now and again, which is the whole point of this challenge for me! Not a great start, but I can turn it around. Goal tomorrow is to get the A-grade +1,000! Beta: Exercises done, but not doubled (in my head I aim to do the exercises twice a day, rather than do a double lot in one go), and it is so close to midnight that if I did another set, I would count it towards tomorrow's amount anyways. Going strong with this, but not A worthy. Gamma: 1.8L of water, which is just a C, hmm I didn't keep up as much as I thought, I thought I did well today. Oh well, just means I need to be more conscience tomorrow! I find the more I walk, the more I drink, so if I make myself walk tomorrow, I can get 2 quests done! Side: Had my meeting on Monday, but I don't think that really counts. Haven't ventured out into the world the last 2 days, so no progress on this. I still feel good after last weeks performance, so I just need to get out and about this week, or contact some old mates. Still feel good and strong on this one! Not too bad, room for improvement. But like Korvida said, baby steps, so I will keep plodding along, and I WILL get there! Good luck to everyone else with their challenges!

Time for an almost 2 week update, and I think I will include the end of week 1 update as well, as I realised I only did the 'almost' one. Week 1: Alpha: D - 3.8k step 7-day average Beta: B - Did my exercises, just not double reps Gamma: E - 1.1L average (I had 2 litres on the Sunday) Side: A - I did have a chat with someone I normally wouldn't on the Sunday, which was good to be honest Week 2 (nearly): Alpha: 5.25k 7-day steps average - C - I am thinking of dropping the ranks for this - I had a really good day walking the other day, and even though I was resting and did the steps over a couple of different time periods, my back was quite sore before I reached 6k steps, so I am concerned that I set the A-grade too high for my health at this point. Beta: Did all my exercises and the physio was happy with my progress, didn't do double reps every day though - B Gamma: 2L average of water - C - but nearly a B, however for the overall progress it scales out to a 1.3L average which is an E. I am not too concerned by this as a slightly higher average each day for the next 2 weeks can still yield an A whilst still being appropriate and responsible with my water intake. For those of you aware of the bushfires here over the last week, you will also be aware that it has been, and still is quite hot, so a high water intake is going to be a good thing, especially as we are only just about to start moving into the hottest time of the year. Side: I would say about 6-7 times this week I really went out there and talk to people I normally wouldn't A+ - I forgot to mention the conversation I had with a bloke at the servo about my car the other day. It was a bit random, but I tried to stay involved and have a good chat about it, which is another +1, and my interview for a part-time job went really well yesterday too, so I feel that that could be a +1 as well Oh, and I also did my best to help out a woman with directions and figuring out where she was meeting her friend yesterday. This was at the traino and I don't think she had been in Australia for very long (eastern European accent on top of everything is what makes me think this might be the case), I think this also counts as a good deed on my behalf too, yay hehe, +1. Despite the bleak outlook just the other day in regard to my quests, I think I am actually doing really well at this point now. I think overall for the entire challenge I am currently sitting on about a C+, but reflecting on what I have done, and how quickly I can climb some of the quests, I think I might be able to say at this time next week that I am on a running overall B, maybe even B+. This is a good confidence boost for myself, and I think I am ready to put more effort in next week. I will review the average steps quest, and consider modifying it, because if I feel that I can't get an A because of my back at this stage, then maybe I shouldn't penalise myself for it. Time to get the scores up for the weekend!

Lol, awkward - triggered the sunglass emote - I honestly forgot that was a thing... I might edit that all out, not sure yet though

This week so far: Mon: 4.1k steps ( D ) Exercises doubled ( A ) 1.4L water ( D ) Had a meeting with some mates from uni about starting up a game project and the potential for a game studio - +1 Tue: 3.8k steps ( D ) Exercises done ( B ) 2L water ( C ) Had a chat with someone that I normally wouldn't, rather than wait around I went up and asked a few questions at the reception desk (I usually would be very happy to just loiter in the corner) - +1 Wed: 6.5k steps ( C ) Exercises doubled ( A ) 2.3L water ( B ) Tried to have a casual chat with a physio rather than just about the appointment and the idle chat they use to distract you while they do adjustments. - +1 Thur: 1.7k steps ( F ) - Wow I know I had a lazy day, but I did not realise how bad it was Exercises done ( A ) 1.6L water ( D ) So it looks like a D - B - D - B average at the moment. Which is actually nowhere near what I thought I was at for the week. Which is disappointing, but a good reminder to not get complacent. I haven't hit that point yet where all is lost. I can still get an A average by the end of the challenge, so I just need to focus and not get so complacent. I can do this!

This is true! Sorry for the delay, I have been trying to get busy with my games development work this week, but I am gonna try and get on more often I swears it! Yeah, this is true too. I think it was good for a first week, and I am trying to get on top of my goals this week. Yeah, I am bad at setting News Years resolutions because I expect that to happen, but my plan is to be apart of NF and use the community support to really achieve these goals Thanks! It certainly is awesome to not feel sore for any period of time. Anterior pelvic tilt - I believe is what the physio was explaining to me, but the reason this came to light was at work about 6 months ago, a group lift of a module of a few hundred kilos was just a bit too much and just set off the chain reaction in my back. Some muscles were pulled and got a bit sore, and all the muscles I never use started to compensate and were the ones that have become the most painful over the last few months. (The work I was doing was (essentially) renovating Target stores around the metro area here in Perth - but we were doing all the non-construction stuff, building and breaking down modules, moving stock and assorted other things - as a result there was a lot of constant lifting of very large and very heavy modules) The difficult thing was at the time I didn't feel any pulling or pain until about a half hour later and it still took a few hours to settle in, it took me a while to figure out what I had done :/ So while I fix my posture and spine alignment, and build all of my back and glute muscles up I still get aches and pains throughout my lower back which transfers out a bit from there. The exercises and physio visits are making it much better though I can say Again, sorry for the delay, I might extend my 4th quest and say that I must not go more than 1-2 days without posting! Thanks for asking and keeping up on my thread though, it does mean a lot

Overall it does look like a pretty good start, which is always awesome. Get the pattern down and you should really start to feel good about progressing this week. Good luck for week 2! Keep up the great work

Congrats on the first week! It definitely seems like a great win, and a great start! You could call that a B+ or A average for week 1, which is amazing really! I think it goes to show that you picked good goals and you did really well trying to achieve them. I think your positivity really helped with it all, which is wonderful, especially dealing with a cold during that week. Nice work! Also, nice work on the culinary prowess, the roast sounded amazing and that fritatta looks damn good! Re: FitBit calorie counter, I think it comes up a bit high with the burn count too, but I don't think it is a lot really. I found when I first really started with my FitBit that it took a couple of weeks to really notice the start of the weight loss, and then it was pretty consistent from then onwards. So I wouldn't worry too much about it too much right now, if you focus on the calorie in vs out and endeavour to do your best you will definitely see results Good luck for week 2! Hopefully you start feeling 100% very soon and you blast all your challenges out of the water this week!

Well it sounds like it was quite a positive result, even despite the set back from being sick. You have started off the year with a really great week Haha, napping surely is indeed! It's great to hear you are feeling on the up, and kicking that cold. Enjoy the weekend and the resting, and feel better!

The (Almost) Weekly Update: A Brick in the Wall: My FitBit 7-day average currently says 3.78k steps. This is a D but it is the first week, and my back is feeling a lot better this week, so, despite the heat, I am looking forward to getting some more walking in next week, try and bring that average up! Not the Rack: I have been doing my exercises, but yesterday I only did the base reps - I don't want this to make me lose an A, so I might think about this one, and if I can keep up the double reps I might still reward myself. Currently... B. The Oncoming Thirst: Well the first 3 days I am counting towards the average as 0, then I had 2.6L, 1.6L and 1.5L today, making an average of 0.9L for 6 days. I'll rate this as an E because I was expecting this week 1 with the 3 days not being counted. 3 days spread over the remaining 25 isn't a big hike to make up the difference, so I don't see it as pushing myself too hard for this one. Knowledge is Power, Talk is Cheap: I still need to make small talk with someone I normally wouldn't, I still have tomorrow though. However I am having a game design discussion tomorrow and I don't expect to run into anyone else, or have the chance. I could e-mail or text someone I have spoken to in a while though. I'm sure some of you can understand that that can actually be harder than talker to someone new though :/ currently sitting on a B. In total I feel I am running on a C average at the moment. But if I can get my steps, water and communication in tomorrow, I could say that the first week was a B. I also feel that I can really pick this all up next week, I'm feeling good at the moment and I won't lose those couple of days for being late to the party, so I am still quite confident!

Ah yeah true, yes being apart of a NF one would be fun. I certainly understand that, haha very understandable. I feel I am a bit the same, I have a few friends that have fitbits, but I haven't even added them because I don't want to impose on them :/ but I have been wanting to do some of the challenges. Hehe, yeah some buddies to do some digital walks does sound awesome! Thanking you! I'm definitely trying, maybe not quite hard enough, but I am doing my best to make conscious decisions throughout the day to do the right thing and try and reach my goals. That is a very good point, I like the idea of looking at it that way. A start is exactly a start, anything is good, until we get into rhythm with it all. I shall keep trying and I will get myself into this rhythm!

Well, just a quick run-down on things so far... I am counting Mon-Wed as follows: A Brick in the Wall - will be graded at the end of the challenge, and I will include the steps I got on those days, it wasn't alot so it isn't too bad. Not the Rack - I have kept up with my exercises so far, I don't know about the 2x though, but I won't let these couple of days from before I started the challenge stop me from achieving an A. The Oncoming Thirst - I will count no water for these days, for the purpose of averages, but I won't force myself into a D or F for these days. Knowledge is Power, Talk is Cheap - With half the week gone I am counting a bonus +2, especially as it is a life quest, I am also trying to chat to my physio in a more casual way when I have my appointments, I feel good about the progress in myself for this alone, so I am counting that as another +1. For the day just passed: 5k steps - a C, but my first recorded day for the challenge, so not too bad. I did my exercises, yay! - A I just finished my 11 glass of water (~2.6L) which I slowly consumed over a 10-hour period, so I never rushed myself and remained consistent, I feel it was a good start - A Didn't get too much chance at the life quest today, hopefully I can figure something out over the weekend though... - Not Graded Today Time to really try tomorrow!

Haha, yeah I completely understand that. It has only been recently when a few people have mentioned that I have positive outlooks on things that I started to think of myself that way. But I can definitely say that everything I am reading seems very positive and definitely demonstrates progress. Yeah, I must agree, the best thing about the community is how supportive it is, I think we can all agree that it is an important thing for all of us. No worries, anytime! Keep up the good work, looks like you have just logged an A+ average for the day, very nice!

Hail back Awesome, cheers! Definitely a big fan of Tolkien, and have sort of known about the walking to Mordor challenge, and have always been interested by it. Ah, thank you, I will have to check it out. Yeah, I think I might join for the same thing, to see where I get to in the story. Haha, lol, indeed, not much desire to be there without business there, and even then I think it would be a bit much! Awesome, thank you very muchly. I haven't added anyone as challenge buddies yet, but I think I might start looking into, because the more I hear about it, the more I am liking the sounds of it, and I do like those sorts of social things to help motivate me, and others. Thank you, and good luck to you too!

Hello! Nice goals you have laid out, and I like the scoring system you have with it, very nice! I wish you good luck with them all, and I hope the FitBit serves you well, I'm certainly looking forward to tracking some of my stuff with it too!

Hey! Just wanted to drop in and say that I really like the goals you have set out, and your positivity. Definitely great to see! Much the same I am getting back into NF after a year absent, so I can understand where you are coming from there to an extent. The Charge HR is defintely great, and I will certainly be using mine to stay accountable! It has been really good reading through and seeing the progress and positivity that you have had over the first couple of days, keep it up! Feel better soon, nothing worse than being sick when trying to keep up a fitness regime, but you pulled something good and positive out of it which is, again, so awesome to see! Good luck, I can see you are going to do well already though!

G'day! A West-Aussie here, and massive metal-head (I endeavour to name each of my challenges after a metal band) and most certainly a nerd. I recently finished my Bachelor of Games Design and am looking forward to paving a career in video game development. I do love my movies (every sort) and my books (I will admit I haven't and don't read alot, but it is one of the things that I really wish I did) and table-top gaming is a big favourite of mine. I have lost about 20kg(~45lbs) over the last year, and am ultimately looking to lose that amount again over the next year, which is certainly negotiable as I would like to put some more muscle on, which would offset some of that weight. I discovered this wonderful community a couple of years ago, thanks to my sister Rachy87. Last year I was rather absent from the community, but I still pushed myself ahead and lost that 20kg. This year I want to be more involved, more focused and go that extra distance. At the age of 25 now, I have weight to lose and muscle to gain. These are my current goals and aim at getting my health in check. Later down the road I will look to strength, speed and aesthetic goals, but health is more important at the moment. I am still in Act I right now! Current Stats: H: 182cm (6"0') W: 90kg (200lbs) (I always do my best to include conversions, because I know that there are many fellow Rebels that are used to different units, but always keep in mind that these are rough conversions I do mentally) I bought a FitBit last year, and it's tracking certainly held me accountable for what I was doing, and as a gamer I was determined to keep getting better and earning those badges! I will incorporate my FitBit and it's tracking into my goals where appropriate and possible. Right now I have back issues, this is related to my pelvis tilt/spine curvature, and am fixing this with regular visits to the physio. I have mostly sorted this now, but I am still in pain everyday. The reason I mention this is because it will effect my goals and how I go about achieving them. Health is the priority, so goals will be down-tuned as necessitated. Main Quest: A Funeral Mist It feels as though years ago I cast off on a journey to escape Sodom, pass through the badlands and descend into the caverns of hell and further onwards to the cesspools of the deepest corners of Hell. A hard earned and tiresome journey it felt. And yet it was just my mind casting off and dreaming about it. As of late I have been doing some real travelling, been truly trying hard and have been looking to escape these walls. A funeral mist now lays upon those thoughts of escape, as I now realise the true journey ahead of me. My mind reborn into the present, I seek to pave the way out of here, and truly pass over the badlands, this time not some fantasy or dream. My pained back being the most likely source of contention out of here, an injury too easily sustained in this madhouse we call Sodom. But still taking the reigns for myself and trying my hand at a better existence is a true testament to my will and conviction. I think back to those dreams of the caverns and what felt like a dragon's force pushing me forward, this is what keeps me going and looking for a way out of here. This place is mayhem and I seek to escape it soon. I just need to get my footing and I will be out of here... Main Quest Objective Alpha: A Brick in the Wall I must journey through this city and find any gap in the walls, any lapse in the guard, any possible way out of here. Something I can aim for to escape. I will walk up and down these walls until I find it. Walking is the main focus of this goal. Keeping my fitness up while my back is injured is hard, but walking is good for it, and it helped me lose 20kg already. I can't walk for long periods of time, but if I aim to lots of shorter periods each day I can get there. I feel it might become complicated trying to track this intricately as I need to start and stop walking and sitting so much at the moment. So I think aiming for a step count on the FitBit is appropriate here. A: 9,000+ Average steps a day over the challenge period - the recommendation is 10,000 but I don't want to be needlessly pushing myself if it will make my back worse B: 7,000-8,999 Average steps a day - 7k is my current daily goal for my fit bit, so if I get it to go off every day, I know I will get a B on this one for sure C: 5,000-6,999 Average steps a day D: 3,500-4,999 Average steps a day - my current daily average is just below 3.5k, and I consider a D a less than average grade, so I feel this suits for making at least a small improvement F: <3,500 Average steps a day - this means I am actively doing less than I am now, which is the opposite of progress! Main Quest Objective Beta: Not the Rack My back causes me great pain throughout the days of searching for a way out, but I quarrel not, for it is not as though I had to suffer the rack, like many that live here. Although part of me wonders if a short time on it might just fix the issue, without going too extreme of course. As has been, and will continue to be, said, my back is causing me problems at the moment, and caused stagnation in my weight loss and fitness gain. It is under control and I have plenty of exercises to help with the pain, and to also help the problem. I am rather particular about making sure I get them done, but I am still a bit lax, and with going for a job interview today, there is a greater chance of me being distracted from doing them. So I want to spend this time focusing on getting all the exercises done every day. A: Don't miss a single day for my exercises AND do at least 2x the reps for each exercise - doing extra reps has been encouraged, and I generally do try to at least twice as much, so I feel confident about this one B: Don't miss more than 1 day over the whole challenge C: Don't miss any days during 3 or more weeks of the challenge (i.e. if I miss a single day, once a week for 3 of the weeks, it will count as a C) D: At least one full week, and no more than a total of 7 days missed over the whole challenge F: Anything outside of the D requirements Main Quest Objective Gamma: The Oncoming Thirst If there is one thing I know of the badlands, especially from my dreams before the funeral mist of my dream-self, is that it is hot and dry, and little water can be found out there. I must stock up if I am to travel to the obsidian gates. Dying of dehydration is a real threat, and a feeble way to go when I am trying so hard to escape this place. I have been getting lax in my water consumption, and in this Aussie heat you really notice it. I need to get back to a proper daily routine of drinking water, I won't lie you do feel better when you keep your fluids up (and when they aren't sugary fluids!). A: Average of 2.5L a day over this challenge - it is January and this is WA and I am expecting to get back into a fitness routine... ...if anything this may even be a bit low, but I think it foolish to consume too much B: Average of 2.1L a day C: Average of 1.8L a day - not quite to daily recommended average of 8 glasses, but a massive improvement and undoubtedly a great benchmark D: Average of 1.5L a day F: 3 or more days with less than 0.5L of water - this can fail me from an A. The point of this quest is consistency and habit, not just drinking big to make up the average Life Quest Objective: Knowledge is Power, Talk is Cheap If I am ever to get out of this place I am going to need the eyes and ears of others. But I will also need to ensure I know who I can talk to and when I can talk to them. I need everyone's knowledge, and to get that, conspicuously or not, I must talk to them. The more I chat, the more I will learn, and the better my chance at making it out of here. The more I learn about outside will be important too. I need to know what is really out there, and how to overcome what I find. Confidence is something I have always struggled with, and the desire to entire a career such as game development, especially as an indie developer, means I need to network. To network I need to talk. So I think for this challenge this will be my life goal. Communication, especially with people I don't know, don't know well, or haven't communicated with in a long time. Even it is a small amount, or even an un-reciprocated attempt on my behalf, it is something and it will work towards my confidence and ability to network. A: Small talk with someone I normally wouldn't 4+ times a week, every week B: Small talk with someone I normally wouldn't on average 2+ times a week C: Small talk with someone I normally wouldn't on average once a week D: Small talk with someone I normally wouldn't at least twice over the whole challenge F: One person over the whole challenge might be one person that I choose because I know they won't engage or some other excuse, 2 or more (for a D) means I am at least trying Time to start the real journey! The last 4 chapters were just a dream, not comes the real deal. Thanks for reading, thanks for any replies you leave, and good luck to all of you taking on challenges yourself! Cheers, -Radact

This week thus far: Well for the Feasting challenge, my food intake score is already comparable to week 1 and 2 and I still have the rest of today, plus the weekend to go, so hopefully we get a good score for that in the end! My water score is already looking like last weeks, so it won't be great, but at this rate I can get a PB for this 6W-Challenge! My meal appropriateness and vitamin intake is about the same as the previous weeks, so it is unlikely to be the best of scores, but they haven't been too bad, so that's okay But to be honest, a B weighted grade for the week is still definitely possible! So hopes are up on this front For the Shadows challenge, I haven't endeavoured to do much this week, but I am planning to do a good cardio workout today, like I did the first Friday, I am just waiting to update my thread here! I hope to get in a good workout tomorrow too I think an A for the week is still up for grabs For the Trinity challenge, I haven't picked up the weights much at all this week, and given the previous week I won't be able to get more than a D. For the Debris challenge, I will weigh myself on Sunday probably, but I don't foresee a change in anything at all. Bit of a mixed expectation for this week, but I am not too unhappy with things, if anything this will be my best week yet, which would be awesome! Well I must away and hop to it! Have a good one now!

Week 3 Update! Feast on the Cadavers of the Weak: I was making better choices during last week, so my score ended up being a little bit higher, which is good. It is also good that I am making better decisions for the sake of being healthy and out of preference too! I had Up&Go, at least, for breakfast, most every day, so I did better there too I gave myself 25.5 for the week for my food intake and 9/15 for the week on my meal appropriateness and vitamin intake (the vitamins have consistently holding me down a little bit....) My water was very lack lustre this last week. I had days that were nearly perfected, but then the days that were bad had no score at all. So my score is even lower for the week, but I am consciously trying to intake more water each day, which means the habit is building, which is good! I give myself a score of 11.5 for my water. My score for last week on this quest was 46, which if I had better water intake would nearly be a C on it's own, but I will give it a D. My total score at this midway is: 128.5 which would ultimately lead to a F, if the last 3 weeks yield the same score. I think at this stage, an A or a B is out of the question, but a C is still viable. Upon writing the above line, that does seem disappointing, I wonder if a revision of my scoring is a good idea, given that I haven't really been doing that excessively badly for the first 3 weeks, especially given that it was a matter of building back into it... Racing the Shadows: This week was worse than I would care to admit. All I did was walk to uni... A very strong F for this week. I think ruling out an A is a good move, I have not been trying hard enough to warrant it, but if I can get a B average for the last 3 weeks I would definitely consider giving myself such a grade. Mini-Boss Battle 1: This is as bad as the cardio, in fact, I didn't do any weights last week. Admittedly last week was insane for uni, so I am not too disappointed in myself for either challenge. No tracker to report due to the by-fortnightly nature: Outlook is not great though. Shed the Needless Debris: I haven't weighed myself, but a sincere lack of exercising due to alot of uni work means that it is unlikely that I will be successful in getting an A, B or C for this quest by the end. Having said that, weight-loss can be a strange thing and anything could happen! Things look as though I won't get a single A grade, but I think that is warranted given my lack of effort so far. Things are good though, I am doing alright and I am trying to do things, so I think the habits are building so I am not too concerned. I hope I can pick up the pace for the last couple of weeks and get at least a C average on all my challenges

There was a bit of cutting and pasting in the above post so I hope it made sense in the end :/

HELLO! Much apologies for the lack of updating Sorry, a lot of uni work the past few weeks, but the related assessments are uploaded/being uploaded today That truly is awesome, and a wonderful idea! I can only say thanks again! I do like this indeed, especially Barney at the end there My Steam account profile has WWBSD on it, which in a way reflects this idea too PROGRESS!!! Not as much as I would like Week 1: Feast on the Cadavers of the Weak: My eating habits were good, but not excellent, and there were a few times were I could have chosen to eat something better than what I did. I gave myself a score of 20.5 for the week on the food end of things. So an average of just under 3/5 per day. Which is good, but not great, and not going to get me a C at the end of this challenge. I had several days were I had no, or late, breakfast, which fed into the above score a little bit too. I ended up giving myself a 4.5/15 for the week in regards to meal appropriateness and my vitamin intake every day. Upon reflection this may have been a bit harsh, especially for Week 1 of the challenge. My water was not great, I took a water bottle with me to uni everyday, but didn't necessarily drink from it. I had a few days were I consumed less than a litre, which in itself is not acceptable really, for health reasons at the least. I gave myself a score of 14.5 for my water, which is an average of just over 2/5 a day. I really need to pick up from this if I want a good score at the end of the challenge, and especially if I want to set in stone some good habits (which is the important part in my mind). So I got a total of 39.5 for this challenge for Week 1. At this rate every week I would land just shy of a D. Racing the Shadows: I feel terrible for my lack of effort on this regard.However I was very happy with myself for my effort on the Friday of this week. I got up, got ready, and took off for a jog/walk for a bit over 2 hours (really only jogged for like 30 minutes of that intermittently, but I am proud that I got out and jogged at all! ), then got back and did a Level 1 workout and then a weights workout. It was an awesome day and very confidence boosting! And I also helped out Nim's father in the garden on the Saturday, which was a good little cardio workout to be honest. A half hour of jogging is shy of a C grade for the week, but as it is the first week and I am proud of myself for getting out and doing it I will grant myself that C for that side of it.I got 5 hours of walking in, mostly thanks to going to and from uni, which is a B. I got 1.5 hours worth of additional cardio, mostly thanks to the gardening I did, which is a A/B on that front. So for that week I would consider it an overall high C grade, which isn't great, but isn't too bad for a starting point. Mini-Boss Battle 1: Much less effort than the cardio, which I am disappointed about :| I only picked the weights up on that 1 awesome day I had on the Friday. As this is a by-fortnightly challenge, I will update the scores further below. Shed the Needless Debris: My lack of workout effort meant that this was not going to change, I didn't actually weigh myself at the end of Week 1, so there isn't really a tracker for this at this stage. Week 2: Feast on the Cadavers of the Weak: I made some good choices during this week, but more days without breakfast, or a late breakfast did not help. I did try much harder to ensure I have at least an Up&Go for breakfast each day, but I think there were a few times that what I ate for lunch/dinner weren't that great for me. I tried not to judge myself as harshly for a lack of breakfast, but I still ended up with a score of 22.5 for the week, re: food. My water was again no better than the previous week, almost identical in score too, 14. My meal appropriateness and vitamin intake granted me a 7.5/15 for the week, which was an improvement on Week 1, but not by enough. This gave me a weekly score of 43, which is an easy D grade if I keep this up, which is not ideal to be honest. Racing the Shadows: Again I am really not happy with my lack of effort on this front. I did not go out of my way to boost this up, again :/ There was a gig on that Sunday (Finntroll, and the tickets were a B'day gift from Nim, thank you!! <3 ), and I like to include gigs as misc. workouts as I get in and headbang for a good few hours when I am there! \m/ In total I got 8.5 hours of walking in, which is an easy A to be truly honest, which is good I didn't do any jogging, which is an F. I got 3 hours of misc. cardio in which is about a B. Because of the lack of jogging I am going to give myself a D for this week. Mini-Boss Battle 1: There is little to say about this for the week, I did 1 workout, and that was it So for a running total of 2 weights workouts it is an F for this fortnight, but I won't penalise myself brutally and write this challenge of completely. Shed the Needless Debris: A large lack of exercise means that I expected nothing here for the weight-loss. And the scales reflected that with a 0 change. The fact that the weight didn't change keeps me hopeful that if I do put the effort in, the weight should begin to decay F here at the moment.

Sounds like a pretty good plan to me!

Hello all! Perth Unite! I will be at Supanova too, supporting my partner Nim and my sister Rachy. Dunno when I will be there though, but if timing works it would be good to meet some more NF Waussies Good luck to everyone in their doings and their challenges if they are doing one at the moment!

Hi Rachy! Good goals, attainable and reasonable. Definitely set out in a manner where you can improve over the 6 weeks as well as still build the habits. Nice work and good luck on the challenge! I'm sure Nim and myself can help you with the workouts at some point by doing those NF beginner workouts we did last year. @Hazard - I like the quote on your signature!

Have updated the scoring for the water. Focusing on only giving myself a score when I consume between 1 and 2 litres a day. Less than 1l doesn't really deserve a score and awarding myself for going over 2l isn't necessary or appropriate. Secondary Update: Added a little disclaimer about how I will offset sugary, caffeinated or alcoholic beverages against my daily water intake. Anywho - time to finish my morning coffee and dive into a big ol' glass of water!