OliviaBlake

Week 3 Weight- 203.5 Runs Monday- 1.8 miles in 21 minutes 35 seconds Wednesday- 1.8 miles in 23 minutes 58 seconds Friday- 1.94 miles in 24 minutes 19 seconds Sunday- 1.5 miles in 18 minutes 27 seconds Strength Training 1. Friday- 2 rounds in 25 minutes Tracked 27 meals I've noticed my times have gotten worse over the week and I think that's because of my less than stellar eating habits. Today I had to cut my run short because I was out of breath. This week I'm going to stay on this week of the running plan and try to eat healthier to see if that helps. I also need to make strength training a habit. My body is used to getting the day off in between so it'll be hard but how can you save the world if you can't do a push up?

This includes about .25 miles from a 5 minute warm up. The goal is to run 1.5 miles but the times include the warm up.

Week 2 Weight- 205 Runs Sunday- 1.49 miles in 22 min 53 sec Tuesday- 1.48 miles in 21 min 8 sec Thursday- 1.81 miles in 25 min 27 sec Saturday- 1.88 miles in 27 min 20 sec Tracked 27 meals No strength training

Week 1 Weight- 210.5 Runs Monday- 1.06 miles in 12 min 26 secs Wednesday- 1.02 miles in 11 mins. 54 secs Friday- 1.01 miles in 11 mins 40 secs Tracked 28 meals Strength training Tuesday- 25 min.

Measurements Weight: 207 BMI: 31.47 Left arm- 13 in. Right arm- 14 in. Right leg- 27.5 in. Left leg- 28 in. Waist- 39 in. Hips- 41 in. My main focus is my weight but Seeing the other numbers go down will make me feel better if my weight doesn't get to where I want it. My main focus is to be healthy so if my weights higher but I feel fit I'll still be happy.

I have a more specific grading scale now. I didn't have one before because I just wanted to get this thread up and get started because if I didn't, I wouldn't. I pretty sure you guys get that. Run 3-4 times a week: I am using the app Runkeeper and it has a built in 5k program and I am starting week 3 now. I want to work on endurance so I won't consider a goal met unless I did the distance without stopping. 3 miles- A 2.5 miles- B 2 miles- C 1.5 miles- D Quit- F Modified Beginner Bodyweight program 2-3 times a week The days aren't nailed down because they are going to be on off days from running. The plan is to lift on 2 off days and then have a complete rest day on the next. I'm going to measure my progress in modified push ups because I can't do a full one. Before the challenge, I could do 9. 20- A 15- B 10- C 5- D Quit- F Track food I use an app called Lose It! to track my food, exercise and weight. I didn't set out to make any specific diet changes but seeing what I eat regularly has helped to make better choices. Since there are 4 categories and 42 days in this challenge, I'm going to measure my progress on how many of the 168 “meals†I track. 100% (168)- A 90% (151)- B 80% (135)- C 70% (118)- D <70%- F Thanks for all the kind words, they're so encouraging! Thank you especially to Renegade for the gif. That made my day. :-) I'm going to try and find a 5k to enter at the end of the challenge. The city I live in is big on sports so it shouldn't be too hard. I don't have a reliable internet connection so I'm going to post updates on Sundays(ish). I have my measurements from before the challenge so I'll post them with the first 2 week's progress.

I've been following this blog for along time and this wil be my 3rd attempt at a challenge. I love Doctor Who and I like the idea of pretendeing to be a time lord so I aspire to join a class similar to that. What class that is, I'm not sure but I'll figure it out later. :-{) Main Quest: Stick with this challenge Run 3-4 times a week (alternating days)Modified Beginner Bodyweight Circuit 2-3 times a week (on off days from running)Track my foodI will consider this challenge a success if I make it to the end and can either run a mile straight or do 3 sets of 10 modified push ups. This won't be too hard since this just little additions to my current lifestyle.By the way, is it just me or do other people think that a Doctor Who themed 5k would be awesome considering the amount of running in the show?

Today I did the Advanced Bodyweight Workout and ended up making alot of modifications. This is what the workout I did looked like. One-legged squats Bodyweight squats with 15lb dumbbells Lunges Jump steps Bicep curls with 15lb Dips Dumbell rows with 10lb dumbbells Incline pushups PlankI only got through one and a half circuits today because my legs couldn't keep going. Still, the dumbbell rows were too easy so I'm gonna use 15 next time and be careful about form. I tend to lose it because I can't see what I'm doing. Here's what my meals for the day look like: Breakfast: 2 pancakes, green smothie (spinach, banana, protein powder, and honey) Lunch: orange, protein bar [Clean] Dinner: Leftover macaroni and cheese w/ ground beef

This is my second attmept finish a challenge. I realize that my failure in th last challenge was largely due to my vagueness. I intend on posting regularly what I eat and what workouts I did will help motivate me to keep a food journal. Hopefully, after this challenge, I can join the Assasins guild. Main Goal- Get to or below 190 pounds. I'm starting at 204 but I hang out around 201 alot so this seems doable. Here are my starting measurements: Weight- 204.5 lb BMI- 30.19 Chest- 42.5 in Waist- 38 in Right Upper Arm- 14.5 in Left Upper Arm- 13 in Right Mid-Thigh- 27 in Left Mid-Thigh- 27.5 in I'm going to work towards this goal by: Gradually switching to a clean diet- I'm not going to be able to go full paleo but the paleo lifestyle will influence my eating choices. I'll consider this goal completed if I make 100 out 126 meals clean.Run 3-4x a week- I'm using th cool running C25K program as a general guide to build up endurance in terms of time. Since my corner of the world will probably get scary amounts of snow during the challenge I'm going to stay in and do a video if it gets below 15 degrees.I'll consider the goal completed if I can run 20 minutes or 1.5 miles straight.Strength 2x a week- I'm starting with the Advanced Bodyweight Workout because the Beginner is too easy and I want to work towards my goal of doing a pull up. I'll consider this goal complete if I can do a full set of regular push ups. I can only do 1 or 2 of them so this will be my fisrt stepping stone to pull ups.Life Goal- Maintain a 4.0 in school. That's pretty straight-forward.This is my first step to becoming a better, healthier me and on my journey of badassery!

I meant 'progress'.

Last week wasn't the greatest. I ran a mile twice, on Monday for 11 min. 40 sec., and on Thursday, for 11 min. 5 sec. I did some yoga after my run Thursday. I did pretty well with drinking alot of water so I'll stick with what I have been doing before. This week I'm going to work on not skipping runs. Today I went for a 1.35 mile run and finished in 15 min. and 28 sec. Last Sunday I weighed in at 200.5 lbs. Today I weighed in at 199.5. My goal is to get to 150 lbs. because it would put me in a healthy BMI range. I will post body fat percentage soon so I can have something to measure my project.

I have been having a rough start but I hope that I can back on the horse. Something I have been having trouble with is eating paleo. I don't have a problem doing so most of the time but its hard to find a paleo breakfast that is also pretty fast. If anyone has any ideas please let me know.

I'm completely new to Nerd Fitness and I hope to make it through this challenge. Main Quest: Be able to run 3 miles straight. Goals: Run 3-4 times a week Do 10 min of yoga Drink 100 ouncwes of water everyday. Life Goal: Get ready for and start Nanowrimo. Wish me luck.