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So after a night to think about it the following sounds like a workable plan. The three step mini-quest. Overall objective: create a baseline rhythm of baby steps to build-up my momentum and mental willpower without using up too much of my self-discipline reserves (cause I'll need that or studying over this same time period). Step one: get back to wearing my fit bit tracker. Goal: 10,000 steps a day minimum. Step two: food diary. Goal: daily entry with optional calorie content. I want to focusing on what and how much I'm already eating avs a calorie goal just to get a nonjudgement baseline. Step three: minimum six hours of activity/week. Goal(s): a) bike/walk with my dog 45-60 minutes per day. additional strength workout 3-4x/week. Quest successful completion: I will have a rhythm in place to participate in next Six week challenge. I think that this sounds feasible to me and something I'll be capable of implementing and sticking with. As always any advice or feedback is appreciated. I'll keep a log here though I'm not sure if it's going to be a daily or bi weekly one yet. Tomorrow is day one so I'll check back in then. Have a good night, Red out.

You'll never know, however neither will I. We're having a weird spring here in my slice of the prairies and it has lured me out of my blankets and hibernation. This is also coinciding with the looming prospect of 2 weeks of finals/midterms/and oral practicals next month that has my hind-brain going into full throttle flight mode. Regardless of the reason I'm going to do my best to take full advantage of this motivation while it lasts. How best to do that I'm not sure, I've spent the last couple of weeks slowly trying to improve my diet without pushing myself into too much change too quickly. (I only have so much willpower.) With the change of weather right now I've been taking advantage of the Vets recommendation to bike with my dog rather then always going to the dog park to help with her back issues. (I'm way more likely to do something for my dog than for myself.) I know my primary interest is in improving my strength and endurance. I'm going into a career where my physical fitness is going to directly correlate with how Long I can keep doing what I love. Any advice is appreciated, I'm going to sleep on it and report in first thing tomorrow with a plan. Current stats: height-5'10" Weight-230 lbs bmi - >30

Thanks. fingers crossed I pull through this time.

You got this Jonesy! Starting over sucks I'm on a respawn (of sorts) of my own right now. For me the hardest part is going from 'knowing' to ;doing; but it sounds like you're off to a good start keep it up.

Thanks wayward, i've worked out a new longer term vision and I think that will help keep things going but I'll definitely remember to run things through the SM.A.R.T double check from now on. Also I think that it would be awesome to have a zombie survival story and mini quests! I don't much about setting one up but I'd definitely be up to trying if there's enough interest and you'd be willing to help. Sent from my GT-N5110 using Tapatalk 2

Warning below is mildly graphic... *~* Walking down the street Red comes across a grassy park and decides to stop for a moment and rests on the swing set in the park. After all the initial fuss about Zombies over the last two weeks many people are starting to believe that all this talk of zombies has been nothing but a hoax. People who had interrupted their routines were begining to return to them (for which malls would be eternally grateful), and slowly the deserted streets of the city were starting to bustle and fill once more. Red tilted her face back and looked up at the clouds drifting through the blue sky. Birds were singing and traffic rumbled over the overpass. The chains off the swing set squealed softly as Red swung back and forth. Against this canopy of sounds the shuffling of half dragging feet and the snap of a twig behind her went un noticed. As the formerly well dressed young man came closer the swirling wind brushed past him carrying the sour smell off death and it's human indignities towards the young woman on the swing. She paused and sniffed stopping the swing uneasily. She was in the wrong area of town for the dairy barns at the University to be noticeable. As the zombie continued toward her it's shuffling steps were finally audible. Fingers turning white knuckled on the chains off the swing she slowly looked behind her. What remained of the man's face was pale, the skin beginning to dry and yellow along the edges off a wound that looked like he'd been partly scalped. From the crusting blood cloaking the side off his face and staining his suit the injury had been prior to death. What ever colourway his eyes had been in life they were now inhuman, burst blood vessels turned his corneas red and his pupils were blown obscuring any sign of the iris. With a scream Red stumbled off the swings and ran... *~* So 14 days into this 6 week challenge and I have a confession to make, other then the diet goal I've kinda been failing rather epically at this quest. There have been various factors but really there's two main ones to blame: 1) vague goals with no concrete plans on how to get there and 2) failing to account accurately for other commitments. It was to much to quick to succeed at everything and the more I mess up the more frustrated and defeated I became. So I've sat and had a think; which was rudely interrupted by a zombie I might add. So I've worked out a new plan. The goals I began this challenge with will be unchanged however they will be fleshed out and tweaked for the remaining 4 weeks to make them more realistic as well as show where they belong in my new 6 month plan. Stay tuned for debts. Sent from my GT-N5110 using Tapatalk 2

Soo I was an idiot today and will be spazzing about this until I fix it and my usual oh shit sources aren`t helping me much. I saved a file then accidentally reopened an older version of said file and now the updated file has disappeared.... App: Kingsoft on Android Device: Samsung Note 8 My strength is in rping not tablets...

Hey Debello I'm wishing you the best with the Peleo diet and the current challenge you've got some great motivation behind you. I'm sure you probably have your own books you're planning to read but if you haven't read it already 'Think Better' by Tim Hurson is a book that I think everyone should read. It's focus is on creative problem solving and in business I found in a lot of the time as cliche as thinking outside the box is sometimes the biggest problem is the box every perceives in the first place. Best of luck!

Zombie Survival Journal... Day 2 I'm still alive! (Hey this is a big accomplishment). I've been keeping my ear to the radio today and there hasn't been many reports of shufflers inside the city limits yet though there have been more unexplained fires. However it sounds as though they are having more trouble with them outside the city limits where they appear to be catching small towns unawares and sending them into full scale panic. Day 2 Ratings: Challenge 1: I am now Runner 5 Saskatoon. In the 5 K training program. I have begun week 1 training having survived the crash landing in Abel Township last night. Therefore week one run 1 of 3 has been completed. Challenge 2: Have misplaced my flow yoga DVD... have not yet located an idiot proof you tube alternative. Current Grade... 0% Challenge 3: My pantry is getting low on gluten free foods, I took a risk last night (like an idiot I know) and decided to cook some sidekicks noodles. They were delicious, they were amazing... they were wheat, and twenty minuets later I remembered why that was a bad bad idea. On one hand I now respect the power of the gluten and I will try not do that again (it feels worse having avoided it for almost a week you're almost feeling normal). So tonight is more gluten free research before bed time and tomorrow I suck it up and zombies or not I go forth and restock the pantry. Current grade... 75% (25% for using food journal, 25% for being aware of WHAT I'm eating, 25% for no binge eating, -25% for the gluten error) Also I used up this weeks eating out card for supper tonight (oh but the BBQ restaurant was worth it!) Quest Notes: I have neglected to mention my sidekick. I don't think that she is taking this Zombie threat seriously but my dog Candy is definitely enjoying the evening runs now. ______________________________________________________ @SafTGirl - I hope you enjoy the app it's awesome! @ Debello - Thank you and thanks for feed back and the budgeting advice. Budgeting is something that I really struggle with so that challenge is definitely going to test me. Good luck on your own Challenges as well

Cool thanks Waywardson 74 I'll try that.

Yep you can it's my favourite part of the app ~*~ Day 1/ 42 Starting Stats (Just for reference to compare at Day 21 and Day 42) Bust: 47" Thighs: R - 29" / L - 29" Chest: 39" Calves: R - 15.5" / L - 15.5" Waist: 37" Upper Arm: R - 13" / L - 12.5" Hips: 49" Forearm: R - 11" / L - 10.5" Weight: 217 Neck: 15.5" EDIT: Measurements taken according to: http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/fitness_articles.asp?id=1281&page=1

I love you motivation and that is an awesome video just what I needed on day 1