Yellow Lily

Week two went okay.. my "do nothing time" certainly crept up from week one, but i am averaging between 3 and 4 hours per day, so about half what it was. I have been studying a lot as i have an assignment due this week and had to catch up from my week off.. and much of my nothing time has been letting my brain rest when i feel i can't handle anymore (like you said Katia ). Although i'm trying to replace some of my brain down-time with updating myfitnesspal and nf as those are leisurely things that i allowed myself. Still not getting around to my Yoga as much as i'd like, I did it once in week 2.. but studying is definitely on track and taking first priority right now (after the well-being of my family of course). Anyways, that's this weeks update.

Thanks . I am studying for my accounting designation (CGA)... still have 5 or so years to go in the program.. but chunking away.

I am feeling pretty good about my first challenge so far... I spent the entire past week in Whistler with my kids, my mom and my sister. We had our own little "book club" for the trip and read "Feel the Fear... and Do It Anyways". So i got some good self-help reading in and discussed it with them. Also, i focused on spending lots of quality time with my kids and had a little bit of "me" time in there as well when i wasn't chasing after children There was actually very little "doing nothing" time so i was proud of that. I did not however make my studying or yoga goals... but now that i am back home i can get going on that again I did go Ziptreking once, swimming daily, and for quite a few walks down the mountain into the village so still feel good about the fitness aspect.. although it wasn't yoga as set out in my challenge.

I am on a quest to be happier and feel better! My first challenge . I have other things i'm working on at the same time.. but for this 6-week-challenge i want to focus on the following: Main quest: Be constructive reduce "doing nothing" time to an average of 2hrs of awake time per day (right now it's around 8) and spend more time doing things that will benefit me or my family. Doing nothing includes but is not limited to: internet surfing, watching tv, playing computer games, social media, etc.. I will track this quest by: being conscious of my timemaking conscious descisions to not procrastinate when the urge arisesclocking and recording the time I consider myself to be "doing nothing" Side quest I: Fitness Do a one hour yoga workout DVD 3 times a week Side quest II: Education Study/homework for minimum 12 hours per week - will attempt 3h/day, 4 days/wk but other combinations will work depending on 'life' on any given day. Side quest III: Constructive "me" time spend a minimum of 1 hour each day having constructive "me" time; examples include: listen to brain sync meditation and relaxation audioslisten to self-help audios or positive affirmationsread a self-help bookrecreational readingupdating my 6-week-challengeupdating myfitnesspalThanks in advance for the support!

It's funny you say that, because I totally thought about that while i was doing it yesterday! I almost stopped at one point but then tried to keep going as if there were others watching me. I ended up doing the warm-up, level 1 twice and the cooldown which was about 70-75 mins total.. i was pretty proud, lol. a few more times doing it that way and i will hopefully be able to start incorporating level 2 instead of duplicating level 1.

Thanks! yeah, i have heard about excercise using babies as a weight my 10 month old is a hefty 24lbs.. so i do get a bit of a workout in that sense, lol. i should start playing with her in a way that works my muscles a bit more. she loves being thrown up in the air, so i have developed some arm strength that way..

Hi everyone, I heard about NF from a friend and decided to check it out. I think the whole idea is really neat and the peer-support system is great! I am 26, married and a mother of 2 (3.5 years & 10 months). I have an extremely sedentary lifestyle between my desk job and hours spent studying, gaming and watching netflix. My main source of exercise is playing with my kids. Anyways, I'm not overweight (5'8" 142lbs), although my body fat % is higher than i would like it to be due to my having NO MUSCLE whatsoever. I basically just want to be more fit, stronger, happier and healthier all over, for my family's sake as well as my own (i would like to be able to run around at the playground without feeling exhausted after 5-10 minutes! and need to prepare for that inevitable trip to Disneyland in a few years!). Love the idea of "levelling up my life" I have been roped and re-roped into countless RPG's and i'm totally excited to get to lvl 2 after my first 6-week challenge, lol.. but where can i go grind to level up quicker? kidding Anyways, my first challenge starts July 29 Thanks for reading

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Thanks for the info Namaste i will have to look up the positions, lol, but sounds good anyways. I am not very flexible... that's one of the things i am working on

Thanks! I think I will stick with it, and like you said just do as much as I can I hadn't thought of doing the level 1 multiple times, that's a good idea, and would probably allow me to get a full hour in until I feel I can more comfortably move onto the other levels.

Hi everyone, Totally new here, I'm currently waiting for the next 6-week challenge to start, good time to join. I am 5'8", 142lbs (within the healthy weight range, although i'm hoping to lose a little) but my body fat % is about 28%.. which is higher than the "ideal".. and i would like to boost my energy a bit and just all around feel better... so that's why i'm here, i'm hoping to tackle it through diet and moderate exercise. One of my goals for this coming challenge is to do this one hour yoga DVD 3x per week, going to work up to 5x in the next challenge. The DVD i have is "The Biggest Loser Wight Loss Yoga". I live a VERY sedentary lifestyle with very little exercise appart from chasing my 3.5-year-old and 10-month-old around. I am on maternity leave until Sept 23rd, so i would like to use some of the time i have left to incorporate a little exercise into my weekly routine that i will hopefully be able to hold on to after returnting to work (between working 40 hours per week, studying 10+ hours per week and looking after my two little ones the rest of the time, i'm not sure how i will find the motivation to stick with it :S, but i'm going to try). I was wondering if anyone has tried this DVD? It claims to be of pretty high intensity as far as yoga goes (but i have no idea because i haven't tried yoga before).. and says it's for "intermediate fitness level" which i certainly am not. I did it for the first time today and only made it through level 1 and maybe half of level 2 before i just couldn't do anymore.. so i skipped ahead to the cooldown (actually worked up quite a sweat, and i could tell my heart rate was elevated). I'm hoping to work up to being able to do the full hour by the time the next challenge starts. I did notice on the website that they suggest beginners start by only doing level 1.. so i don't feel as bad now for not making it, lol. They also have a few participants that do modified versions of the positions that i can follow as a beginner as well. What do you think? Should i start with something else as a beginner? or try to stick with this?

Feel the Fear.... and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers Amazon link I'm about half way through.. Its a gender neutral self-help book about the fear that prevents most of us from living our lives to the fullest and how to overcome it. Came highly recommended by my mom (she has read dozens of self-help books and regards this as one of the top 3 she has read). Easy read