onlykickingpigeons

Looks like you're making great progress on this challenge!! Must be getting pretty close to that elusive 5k now too!

Finally got the internet back!!! I've been keeping up with all my training etc but can't really give any quantitative results because I have no scales Triathlon is on Sunday, very excited!!

Oh my god, I want this, NOW.

I'm definitely up for this! My triathlon's out of the way on Sunday and I'll be concentrating in running a LOT more again EDIT: Can't seem to edit the spreadsheet :S Help!

I'm doing the London Warrior Dash next year! So excited for this, if there are any other UK members who fancy meeting up there shoot me a message

Finally did a weigh in today at 146.75 pounds. Half a pound gain isn't too bad in my opinion, seeing as I'm spending every other night with my head down the toilet after a heavy night's drinking

Thanks! Admittedly, I've got a bit easy because we're all students and all moving in at similar times. This means no matter how much of a hermit someone is, you can always ask "Where are you from?", "What do you study?" and "Bet you can't wait for fresher's week!". Catspaw, just checked out your training log too, your food looks incredible! If you're ever in England I'm afraid you have no choice but to come and cook for me

Hey, I'm from the weight gain squad too! Sorry I haven't been posting, I haven't had the internet for a while. It's great to see someone using bodyweight workouts, I want to start doing more of these as I think they're way cooler! Plus I'd like to get in parkour eventually so they'd be pretty helpful. It's also really motivating to have someone else who started off really skinny. I'm still pretty scrawny myself, but I'm so so proud of the weight I've managed to gain so far If you want an opportunity to practice your English, don't hesitate to get in touch

Hey, I'm part of the weight gain squad too but I'm finding it hard to get access to the internet at the moment! What I'm most interested in though, is how tidy is your room?

Hey everyone! I'm really sorry that I haven't posted in a while, I've moved into a new flat and haven't had the internet for a week! Not expecting to get properly connected for another 10 days or so but be assured that I'm still keeping up the training Here's a brief update as I don't have the internet for long. My swimming goal is going fantastically so far, I've started doing it in sets of 100m, which means before long I should be able to string them all together and do the whole stretch in one attempt. I'm successfully increasing the amount I lift, especially on the leg exercises and I'm really feeling the benefits already. I've started doing a few new exercises which I will write about in more detail another time, but I don't think gains I aim for will be doable for these. However, if I can at least make some form of increase in everything I'll be happy enough. Can't comment on the weight gain yet as I haven't had scales available either, should be able to report this back to you all tomorrow. My life goal is the most successful of them all! The highlight of my "talk to a stranger every day challenge" was when I visited every flat in my new building to make friends with everybody who's living there. I can keep this ongoing too as there are more arriving all the time! This has resulted in me throwing a brilliant party already and there are lots more to come I'm also getting much better at maintaining eye contact and it's really interesting seeing some of the lessons I learnt about it come true. (I was told that everybody hates keeping eye contact and they're dying to look away too). Obviously I'm not going to overdo this because that'd just be creepy. As the life goals are going so well I'm planning on adding a new one - finish my lucid dreaming e-book. I've basically found that a lot of advice out there on the internet can be really confusing for beginners, so I've begun writing my own guide which I'm planning to upload to the internet for free. (Anybody interested in having a preview, message me!) If anybody is interested in my progress I still can access my emails, so will be putting my email address on my profile. It'd be great to hear from you all!

Swimming was tough today cos my legs are really aching after running then playing football the other day. Still, stuck with it for 45 minutes which I'm proud of. My next swimming goal is to locate the nearest pool when I move to Bournemouth tomorrow! Diet's going well so far, not particularly paleo but I'm getting the calories in which is what's important to me right now! My life goal for this afternoon is to finally pack all my stuff for moving.

Catspaw you're guna kick ass at the running goals and at this rate I can't see you going wrong on the others either! Every time you feel down - onlykickingpigeons is rooting for ya!

Good luck Dawsy, enjoy Fiji!!

Weighed myself today at a surprisingly good 146.25 pounds. Means I've gained a pound a week since joining nerd fitness, if I can sustain this (easy when living off student food!) then I should be able to complete goal 1 no problemo. Right, I'm off for my first swim! Off to a flying start!