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I've herd keeping a calendar and marking which days you complete your goal is a good way to build motivation at first. It keeps you focused because you can see your hard work right in front of you.

I like your positive attitude your gonna rock this challenge! I really like the Nerd Fitness Body Weight workout (there is a free one online, or your can get the strength training guide and use that body weight work out as well). I've been doing some strength training at my gym with my kickboxing students and they have really seemed to enjoy it. Its lower impact on their joints (age ranges from 17-40ish) but they all say they feel themselves getting stronger. Take your challenge step by step, Leveling up your life takes baby steps and time. Good luck your gonna do great!

Since this is basically a thread for me to keep track of what I'm doing. Here's my mid week update. Monday - Felt sick and weary in the morning, skipped work out. By mid afternoon my stomach was in peices. When I got home that night I pretty much didn't leave my bed. Tuesday and Wednesday have been similar but not as bad. My stomachs not agreeing with me, and I feel fatigued even though I've not been exercising. I don't want to completely fail my 6 week challenge. But I've got to listen to my body. So I'm modifiying my challenge, in order to help myself. New MAIN QUEST--- GO on a morning walk M,W,F Strength Train, T, Th NUTRITION QUEST --- I'm doing research and wondering if my diet is whats caused my general low energy (this is a reoccurring issue I have, along with headaches). So new quest. Strive to find foods that are good for your body. Eat what makes your body happy and healthy. Research and try things out.

Yeah, I probably should of done more research, I added back in rice, pita wraps, and a few other types of bread to my diet. Thats why I listed it on there.

I've never had an issue with Gluten, or so I thought. But after doing over a week of Paleo, I started to allow some rice, or other bread items back into my diet. (I'm trying to gain some weight so I can build muscle so they were easy calories) Now it seems that on days I eat gluten items I get headaches, congestion and pretty bad fatigue. I'm not saying for sure gluten is the issue, but it looks that way so far. I want to do a two week study where I eat paleo and then after two weeks try eating bread or something again to see if that is the issue. Any else had something similar happen? What did you do?

Here's my update on the past week. MAIN QUEST: My workouts on M and W were great in the morning, unfortunately I had to skip Friday (went on a long walk instead) due to a slight leg injury from playing soccer. (I got tackled twice ouch). I could barely walk up the stairs friday morning, so I figured squats and planks were going to be out of the question. The good thing is my leg feels a lot better from the break, and I'm ready to get going back on monday! SIDE QUEST: My kickboxing class on friday said they really enjoyed our workout. (We focused on arm strength since my leg was still hurting). I know just about everyones names now. Making an effort to get to know everyone who shows up is going well so far too.

No but thats a good idea. I have a few friends that climb. I may see if they'll take me with them when they go.

I'm trying to "bulk up" meaning I need to gain weight in order to strength train. SO I'm eating about 2500 calories a day. Liquid calories are great for that, I make smoothies a decent amount. If I was trying to "slim down" I'd probably try to eat around to 1600 - 2000 calories. But I do strength training MWF on the morning, and Kickboxing MTWF in the evenings, and Soccer once a week. So I need to eat enough to keep my energy up. I found when I wasn't eating enough (and at that not eating good food) I got super tired and burnt out a lot faster.

Yeah I quit the suger (and mainly soda for me) about a month back. Makes a world of difference. Keep working hard!!

Making your health a priority is a great way to start! Helps you focus on your goals and not get sucked into old habits. Have Fun and good luck!!

Yeah, cooking food ahead of time is the easiest way to keep yourself on track with Paleo. Makes it a lot easier!

Good Luck!! Your gonna do great!! I'm working on changing my diet currently as well!! Been doing paleo for about two weeks!

If you have a smart phone keeping a food journal may be easier by using an app. That helped me start keeping track of what I ate. Made me more aware of which meals were paleo and which ones wern't (and how i felt afterwards). Good luck!!

I forgot to post my criteria for success. On my Main Quest. --- MAIN QUEST ---- A - Never miss a workout - Moved to Assisted (Chair) chin ups!! B - Never miss a work out - 10 (Jump Up / Lower Down) chin ups C - Missed (at most 2) work outs - 8 (Jump Up / Lower Down) chin ups D - Missed more than 2 work outs - Less than 8 (Jump Up / Lower Down) chin ups

This is my first challenge, so I'm going to keep things simple. MAIN QUEST -- 1) Wake up in the morning, and do strength training (MWF). Using body weight brigade workout. I want to be stronger. ONe of my criteria for testing how "strong" I am, is that I want to be able to do a pull up. I've never been able to do one in my life. And I feel that for me that is a solid first goal to reach. Life Quest -- 2) Get to know my kickboxing students better. I have a small group of students that I teach cardio kickboxing to. And I'm kinda quiet by nature, so I'm not the most social person before or after class. So I'm going to try to get to know my students a little bit better. (Hey maybe even tell them about nerd fitness and what I'm trying to do)