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Hey hun, I'm not doing the challenge this time round but I just wanted to wish you luck!

Ok then, the results. Diet: Continue with paleo and try to refine it down a little more. Last time I challenged myself to at least 80% paleo, this time I'd like to up that to 90% I only got 73%. However I really don't feel I can give myself a fail for this. The last 6 weeks have been brilliant for showing me how I feel about what I eat. I fell short of my goal by miles but I feel great on everything I ate, don't regret any of it and plan on continuing to eat as much paleo as I can. I guess the proper result should be an F but I'm gonna give myself a C because I learnt so much. Fitness: I started crossfit during the last challenge and am loving it. So I would like to continue with that. I challenge myself to a combination of crossfit and bodyweight exercises at home 3 times a week. In an ideal world it will be crossfit 3 times a week but I'm not sure I can afford it. I got a C. Out if the 18 sessions I missed one for a cinema trip with my bestie, one due to a really sore back and 1 due to an injured wrist. I am very pleased with this result. Over the course of the last 6 weeks I've gotten to grips with many of the moves, deadlifted my own body weight, put 17.5 kg on my push press and increased my box jump from 4 20kg plates to a 16 inch box. A vast improvement. Manage at least 1 pull up. I should be able to do at least one of some variety through crossfit. So I'm aiming for 1 proper one but I'll let you know hehehe Again I've got a C. I managed one pull up with a green resistance band. We did a lot of pullups during Fran and I managed all those on jumping ones. Previously I could only manage maybe 5 before I wanted to cry, Fran has 45! Do 5 proper burpees. By proper ones I mean jumping my legs out into press up position and jumping them back in. Currently I have to step out. A baby! The last 6 weeks have involved a lot of burpees and I managed the 5 quite early on. I still can't manage more than that before my form slips but they are getting better each time. I've even done burpee box jumps. Life: I failed at the driving last time round, only going out once. This time I'm gonna be more specific. I want to go out in the car once a week for this challenge, more if I can manage it. Only a D for this one. I managed to get out in the car 3 times, one of which was an epic 35 mile motorway drive. I still need to try much harder at this one but it's getting easier. Get the most important parts of my wedding preparations sorted. Book the registrar and pay for the ceremony venue. Both of this are done so it's a pass. I'm now down to 10 months and 20 days til the big day and am very excited. Overall result 3 C 1A 1D 1 Pass I'd say from that my overall should be a B. I'm really pleased with how the last 6 weeks have gone. I've learnt a lot about my body and intend to carry these things on. I've learnt I'm still terrified of driving but it's getting easier. I've learnt that I've found a comfortable place to be with my eating that is working for me. I've learnt that I am really excited about getting married (though I knew that one already). Over the last 2 months roughly I've lost nearly a stone iwn weight, can fit into cloths that I've not worn in years and am happier and more at ease than I have been in ages. Thanks Nerd Fitness, I owe you a bunch!

Week 6 - Day 3 Diet 4.25 Crossfit attendance N/A Pull up My best is still one assisted one. Burpee I have managed 5 full ones now. Sign me up for an A baby! Driving N/A Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on. Week 6 - Day 4 Diet 4.25 Crossfit attendance Yup. Pull up My best is still one assisted one. Burpee I have managed 5 full ones now. Sign me up for an A baby! Driving N/A Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on Week 6 - Day 5 Diet 4.5 Crossfit attendance N/A Pull up My best is still one assisted one. Burpee I have managed 5 full ones now. Sign me up for an A baby! Driving N/A Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on Week 6 - Day 6 Diet 3 Crossfit attendance N/A Pull up My best is still one assisted one. Burpee I have managed 5 full ones now. Sign me up for an A baby! Driving N/A Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on Week 6 - Day 7 Diet 4 Crossfit attendance Unfortunately not due to a possible injury to my wrist. Pull up My best is still one assisted one. Burpee I have managed 5 full ones now. Sign me up for an A baby! Driving N/A Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on

Week 6 - Day 2 Diet 3 Crossfit attendance Yup. 15 min Partnered AMRAP, finishe the moves between you each round however you can. 25 of each movement. hand release press ups, squat clean thrusters (20kg), burpee box jumps and wall balls (7kg). We did 2 rull rounds, 1 full set of press ups and 7 SCTs. Pull up My best is still one assisted one. Burpee I have managed 5 full ones now. Sign me up for an A baby! Though after last night I'm thinking maybe an A+ Driving N/A Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on

Week 6 - Day 1 Diet 4 Crossfit attendance N/A Pull up My best is still one assisted one. Burpee I have managed 5 full ones now. Sign me up for an A baby! Driving N/A Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on

Week 5 - Day 7 Diet 4.5 80% this week. Still far short of my goal though. Crossfit attendance 2 for 3 this week. I pushed myself a little too hard on Friday and my back was killing me. Pull up My best is still one assisted one. Burpee I have managed 5 full ones now. Sign me up for an A baby! Driving Failed this week again. My scheduled driving day was messed up by the sore back. Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on Score for Week 5 Probably a D this week Crossfit gets an A-/B+ since I missed one Pull ups gets an C Burpees gets a A Driving gets an F Wedding prep is a pass One more week to go!

Week 5 - Day 4 Diet 4 Crossfit attendance Yup. I managed a 75kg deadlift which makes me very proud. That's my own bodyweight folks! THe WOD was 21-15-9 of deadlifts (55kg) and handstand pushups (scaled to pike). I managed it in 6 mins 27 Pull up N/A Burpee N/A Driving N/A Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on Week 5 - Day 5 Diet 3.5 Crossfit attendance N/A Pull up N/A Burpee N/A Driving N/A Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on Week 5 - Day 6 Diet 4.5 Crossfit attendance N/A Pull up N/A Burpee N/A Driving There were plans to drive but I've over extended the muscles in my lower back at Crossfit so it really wasn't an option. Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on

Week 5 - Day 3 Diet 3.5 Crossfit attendance N/A Pull up N/A Burpee N/A Driving N/A Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on

Week 5 - Day 2 Diet 4 Crossfit attendance I skipped it yesterday to go to the cinema. Don't feel guilty in the slightest as I'm still sore from "Fran" and the film was great Pull up N/A Burpee N/A Driving N/A Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on

Oh yeah. Tis really getting away from me this time round.

Sounds like a fun one

Week 5 - Day 1 Diet 4 Crossfit attendance N/A Pull up N/A Burpee N/A Driving N/A Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on

We did Fran this week. 5 minutes and 54 seconds. Fran is a B***h!

Week 4 - Day 7 The end of week 4 already. Man this challenge is flying Diet 4.75 This week is a total of 78%. I am really sucking at this one. I think my issue is that my lunches give me an automatic half point so I only have one more half point to play with each day. Need to look at that I think. Crossfit attendance 3 for 3 again. Yesterday I was introduced to Fran last night. 21-15-9 of thrusters (20kg) and pull ups (jumping on a 24 inch box plus a 20kg plate). I'm proud to say I managed the whole thing, without crying (though that was close at one point) in 5 minutes and 54 seconds! Rah Pull up So I managed 11 jumping ones unbroken yesterday. My best is still one assisted one. Burpee I have managed 5 full ones now. Sign me up for an A baby! Driving Failed this week again. We've just not had time to go anywhere. Sounds lame I know but it's cider season so I've been mostly chopping apples. Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on Score for Week 3 Another epic fail for the diet. F Crossfit gets an A Pull ups gets an C Burpees gets a A Driving gets an F Wedding prep is a pass Exactly the same result as last week overall.

Week 4 - Day 4 Diet 4.5 Crossfit attendance Yup. Good workout, 21-15-9 push press (20kg) and box jump (16 inch). This is the first time I've managed to do the jumps on an actual box! Pull up N/A Burpee N/A Driving N/A Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on Week 4 - Day 5 Diet 2.75 Crossfit attendance N/A Pull up N/A Burpee N/A Driving N/A Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on Week 4 - Day 6 Diet 3.5 Crossfit attendance N/A Pull up N/A Burpee N/A Driving N/A Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on

Week 4 - Day 3 Diet 4.25 Crossfit attendance N/A Pull up N/A Burpee N/A Driving N/A Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on

Mmm what to pick, what to pick

Managed to hurt my wrist this week doing power cleans. I just don't have the technique quite right and I've strained an already weak ligament. Grr. That'll be something to practice then

Week 4 - Day 2 Diet 3.25 I loves me some porridge Crossfit attendance Aye. Litvinov is evil. 8 front squats (single 12kg kettlebell due to injured wrist) followed by a 400m (I scaled to 300m) run. 5 rounds, each for time. Then there was weird mathematical stuff which translated to penalty burpees. I had to do 18. It was exhausting but great. Pull up N/A Burpee Going strong. Not counted how many I can do in a while before I scale, must do that this week. Driving N/A Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on

Week 4 - Day 1 Diet 4.5. Let's keep it that way Crossfit attendance N/A Pull up N/A Burpee N/A Driving N/A Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on

That is all anyone can do hun. You are awesome!

Well you seem to be motoring along at the mid-way point hun. Maybe this is the case. One of the parts of goal setting is to make them realistic. Being able to meet them isn't just is is possible but also do you really want to.

Week 3 - Day 7 Diet 4/5 Total for first week is 68% again. Really need to figure out where I'm going wrong here! Crossfit attendance 3 for 3 again. Last night's session was 1RM clean for which I managed 35kg. I could not get under the 40kg for toffee. Most annoying! Pull up No further work on this one so still at a max of 1 assisted pull up. Burpee I have managed 5 full ones now. Sign me up for an A baby! Driving Failed this week. Must try harder next week. Wedding Prep All done, both the registrar and the venue are booked and deposited so the wedding is on Score for Week 3 Another epic fail for the diet. F Crossfit gets an A Pull ups gets an C Burpees gets a A Driving gets an F Wedding prep is a pass 2xA, 2xF, 1xC and a pass. Overall a good week but need to work on those 2 sections.

Week 3 - Day 4 Diet 3.5 Crossfit attendance Yup. Did a 27kg 1RM overhead squat. The routine was 20 sec on 10 off alternating box jumps and thrusters, 8 round of each. Managed 103 movements in total. Pull up N/A Burpee N/A Driving N/A Wedding Prep N/A Week 3 - Day 5 Diet 3 Crossfit attendance N/A Pull up N/A Burpee N/A Driving N/A Wedding Prep 50% complete Week 3 - Day 6 Diet 2.5 Crossfit attendance N/A Pull up N/A Burpee N/A Driving Totally missed this on Sunday. We were in a mad rush to get home so DF drove Wedding Prep 100% Both the registrar and the venue are booked now. Woot Woot!

Week 3 - Day 3 Diet 3. Twas pizza night last night Crossfit attendance N/A Pull up N/A Burpee N/A Driving N/A Wedding Prep 50% complete