Revanist

Ah how I love vikings. And weight lifting, though seeing as I naturally somewhat strong I plan on focusing more on things I'm lacking in, namely endurance. It'd be nice to not feel half dead after running a mile... Anyways, best of luck on your quest!

I'll see about that. Probably going to come down to financial. Also how far I have to go to get them in a store, because I am NOT going to risk ordering my first pair online, what with their weird sizing system

Hello everyone, Revanist here, coming in for my first 6-week trials--which I have, as seen in the title, dubbed my padawan trials(if you haven't guessed by my signiture, username, and the title of the thread, yes I'm a star wars nut. No I will not argue with you over star wars and star trek, star wars is fantasy, star trek is sci fi, apples and oranges here. Lotr and star wars on the other hand...) This challenge my main quest is to lose weight lower my bodyfat. My Goals are: To drink more water( I haven't drank(drunk? Grr, grammar...) soda in over a year now, and it tastes horrid to me now, but I would like to start drinking more water and less tea/milk/juice). I'd love to get to the point where I save those drinks for special occasions and otherwise drink solely water (CON) To run/walk/jog 2 miles at least 4 days a week at the best of my ability(be that only walking, a little jogging, or a full out run, whatever I can handle at the time) (STA/DEX) To eat more paleo--this specifically means cutting out a lot of cheese, milk(using water for protein shakes could get rough but I think I can handle it), tortillas, and possibly hardest of all...frozen pizza. (CON) My Life Side Quest: To volunteer more, especially at church(while not directly fitness related, many volunteer projects do require a decent amount of physical labour, so that can sort of be a mini-side quest during them perhaps) (Maybe WIS, we'll see how it goes) Not directly a life side quest, however, I am looking into purchasing some vibram 5F shoes(should I call them shoes?). I think I will wait and do this after the challenge, as the adjustment period could very well interfere with the challenge. Starting measurements: The past few weeks I have been doing a sort of precursor to the challenge by just trying to do a little more exercise and less swtor, as well as eating a little healthier. In these couple of weeks, I managed to go from about 240 pounds to 228ish(I don't particularly like using the scale as a measurement as my weight always fluctuates daily it seems, but it has gone to a point where it is steadily around 228, +- 3 lbs). With a height of 6 feet even, this puts my BMI at about 30.9. I have also gone from a size 42-44 pants, to size 38-42. My pants size will be my primary measurement, along with how well I do at my exercising. Currently I have been doing those 2 miles at a rather leisurely 30ish min pace. I'd like to bring that down quite a bit during these 6 weeks. Motivation: Well, perhaps it's a bit cliché, perhaps I should be accepted as I am or they aren't worth it, yata yata yata, but my primary motivation is female companionship. Not just any companionship mind you, but a very specific one. I also have a secondary motivation that I hesitate to even call secondary. This one is that I want to, by sophomore year in college(18 now) I would like to be in good enough shape for parkour, and by the time I graduate, be in good enough shape to pass the SEAL PST with flying colors. In other words, I would like to be able to, in about 4-5 years: 500 yard swim in 8 min or less 100 or more push-ups in 2 minutes 100 or more sit-ups in 2 minutes 20 or more pull ups(parkour could really help here) 1.5 mile run in 10 min or less, wearing boots and pants I truly believe I have the willpower to make it as a SEAL once I can get in the kind of shape I need to be in(and if I can't then I guess I don't have that willpower) Quite a bit longer than I Imagined this post would be. Oh well. Peace out, and May the Force Be with You.