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Time for a quick mid-week update. Definitely a mixed bag... I did get in two workouts, Monday night and this evening. Mainly bodyweight, but utilized a couple dumbbells for bench and row. The workouts were not as intense as I had hoped. Will be ramping up as I move forward. The original intent was to do them in the morning, but ended up being after I got home and before dinner. Food-wise, I had a couple slips. Mainly involving ice cream (twice) and potato salad (once). On the plus-ish side, one ice cream was made by a local creamery. Brought lunch to work once. Have a standing lunch date with a friend each Thursday. So, two non-scheduled eating out lunches. The eating out reduction is both a financial choice and ingredient/quality control decision. Otherwise, been doing good with food selections. Life quest won't get really started until towards the middle/end of next week. I have a couple work projects due by Wednesday that will probably require work over the weekend. And on the guild front... The more I think about it, I just might be more assassin than I realized. My fave superhero is Green Arrow and I've been thinking that re-learning archery will be one of my future quests. It helps that there's an indoor training between work and home that should be offering classes soon. If not, the other location (where classes are already offered) is a couple miles from work.

Thanks for feedback and suggestions. Right now I feel that bodyweight's my starting salvo to get into the exercise habit and get my body moving in ways it hasn't in a while. I have quite the slew of equipment in my garage that I've built over the years but haven't used. We'll see how the bodyweight sessions go and where my body says I fit in. I'll definitely check out the Phonebook. I've had Evernote for a few years and I'm getting a bit more into it--using the webclipper to save recipes and articles, Penultimate for notes. I've been thinking about getting a ScanSnap for scanning of documents, photos, memorabilia, receipts, etc. to really cull down what I have.

Alrighty... I'm going to hit 48 soon (bday actually a little past the mid-point of this challenge, hence the "beyond"). I'm currently 5'9"ish, 162# at 21% BF. Been gluten free for several years, along with moderately paleo (60+%). See myself as a potential Ranger, but going to use this first round to get the foundation set. Would like to see how far I can go in terms of reducing bodyfat percentage, hopefully while maintaining current weight (before aiming for adding the pounds). Exercise Strategy 3 bodyweight workoutsGet back into bicycling and start running on the off days (5K run and 15K bike race in September)Diet Strategy Get to 90% paleo on overall dietTrack food intake to get a better fix on how I'm handling foods and optimal balance of P/F/C Minimize eating out, especially lunch during work weekLife Goal Just started working on de-cluttering my study with the goal of going paperless. Will get rid of at least half of my magazines before the end of the challenge (currently have 4 short boxes plus a few stacks) as well as have a strategy for photos and memorabilia. Would like to have a clear floor by the time we're done.

Here we go. More to come in the morning!

Been working out off and on for years (more off than on). At 45, it's time to get in gear for the long haul. Fitness: Corporate Challenge 15K Bike Race—The community I work for puts on an annual benefit for Special Olympics where local companies take part in various sports and recreational competitions, from darts to soccer. I’ve competed in the 15K bike race for the last couple years and finished 205th of 231 (overall) and 60th of 63 (men 40-49). So, my goal is to do much better than last year (which was slightly worse than the year before). This years race is scheduled for mid-September. Strength—while working on my biking speed, will also incorporate strength workouts mainly for upper body strength. Posture—work on stretching and strengthening to reduce life-long kyphosis. Diet: Have been gluten free for a couple years now and toyed with paleo for a couple days at a time. So the goal is to stay Paleo for the challenge period and get rid of the extra padding around my middle (skinny fat).