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Just going to keep adding skills on the bass. I will either take lessons or hit YouTube....probably both! I'm not really *leaving* -- just giving this a shot.

Yeah, I think my red wine with every single dinner counts as heart medicine. Good challenge!

Press on -- all the best as you move forward.

You should extra CON for daring to take on burpees. They are the devil!

Considering...I had a musical quest last time, having taken up the bass guitar, but I'm going to have a down time while I acquire one. I suppose the life quest could be to actually buy the bass and THEN play it....

Ha! We just did handstands in our yoga group the other night, and it was a blast. We somehow ended up break dancing, so you know -- beware of that. Good luck!

I just came over, too...best to you on this challenge!

looks like lots of fun -- giving up Starbucks...is that even a thing? Are you inventing something new here?

Love the tattoo project...may have to procure that one at some point!

I just came over from the Druids and there were several of us discussing a mindful eating group for this challenge. I haven't seen it come up yet, but it looks like a common trend!

Greetings, all! I've been a Druid for a little over a year now, and have enjoyed the mindfulness aspects of that guild immensely. But for this challenge, I want to try on the Scouts. I'm a runner at heart (prefer halfs; have done one marathon and some shorter events), an occasional swimmer, and yoga practicioner. Having just returned from a long journey, I'm eager to get back into my regular routine of early morning runs, and to get back on a cleaner diet. This challenge has three parts: 1. Re-establish Running My usual routine is to run 6 days weekly, mixing distances to complement the rest of my workout routine.That has been disrupted by a military deployment, which will be ending shortly after the beginning of the challenge. The pattern I'm going to try out is: Edited Monday - 30-minute run, 30-minute swim Tuesday - 30-minute run, 30-minute body weight circuit (playground style) Wednesday - 45-minute run, 15 minutes yoga Thursday - 30-minute run, 30-minute swim Friday - 30-minute run, 30-minute body weight circuit Saturday - LSD (60-90 minutes) Sunday - Total rest I'll rate each day on a scale of 1 to 10, for a possible 70 points. 2. Maintain Yoga One of the benefits to being on this deployment was a group of yogis who met almost every evening for a half hour of recovery and relaxation. It was awesome, and I'd love to maintain it. For every evening I complete at least 15 minutes of yoga I'll five myself 2 points, for a possible 14. 3. Clean up the Diet One of the worst aspects of being deployed is diet. Processed foods are unavoidable, eating times are unpredictable, and portion control is flaky. So I need to clean it up. The goal here: Breakfast -- bulletproof coffee and/or juice: no more cereal Lunch -- make it at home, and eat only what I pack: no more processed snacks. Dinner -- cooked at home at least 5 nights: no more than 2 sweet desserts. Hydration -- maintain a large Nalgene per day in addition to water at each meal. I'll give myself 2 points for each successful meal, for a possible 8 points daily; 56 per week. 20 points possible each day leads to success at 100 points per week. Edited to add: Life Quest: I worked on learning bass guitar during my last quest, so I'm going to continue that stream. I was using a borrowed guitar, so my first step will be to save up for the bass. I can practice scales and patterns on my acoustic in the meanwhile. GOAL (and challenge reward): Save enough to buy my own bass with cash.

Thanks! I also commented. We are at least headed in the right direction!

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Sounds good -- is there a group or shall we just make sure to connect?

My challenge i ending a few days early due to the schedule here. That's no worry, as I feel it's been pretty successful. I can see some good changes in body composition (which I'll post in a few days in my gallery, and maybe elsewhere if they turn out well enough or I exceed the usual scope of such pics. lol), and I'm especially pleased about progressing musically -- it has been a fun challenge but still made me push myself in all the right ways. I still have significant room to grow in mindfulness -- the office candy was a killer (and since I don't own the office (it's share with two others), I couldn't just kick it out. My food choices will get better within several weeks because my exile will end, and I can cook for myself again. Looking forward to that! Thanks for the support!

Week 6 Wednesday Maintenance: Workout - Treadmill Run (6.5 miles in 60 minutes) Evening Yoga - With bonus breakdancing practice! Sleep - poor Mindfulness: Breakfast - Skipped it due to unscheduled sleep Lunch - Mediocre choices, not mindful Dinner - and a movie. With good choices. Overall - No candy, more coffee. I can see the focus of my next challenge from here. Music: No practice today, but I did drool on the internet over a Gretsch 5442. Nom nom nom.

Here's to next time!

Thanks! IT doesn't really translate to speed on the ground, but it's fun to watch the numbers go up.

Week 6 Tuesday Maintenance: Workout - Treadmill run (3.75 miles in 32 minutes) Evening yoga - no Sleep - About to go there... Mindfulness: Breakfast - Auto Lunch - Taco Tuesday Dinner - Good choices, but rushed Overall - Still too much candy and not enough water! Music Nice 45 minute practice today. I spent some time working my way through major scales and figuring out fingerings to play some riffs on those. Lots of fun!

Week 6 - Monday Final week already. Woohoo! Maintenance: Workout - TRX (18 exercises x 30 seconds) + 20 minutes bike Evening yoga - No Sleep - Sleep s still bad. I'm napping a lot until the schedule irons itself out. Mindfulness: Breakfast - Auto Lunch - Good choices, but hungry Dinner - Good choices, moderately mindful Overall - Not bad...could be much better Music - No practice today Weak start to the final week. Time to redouble efforts to finish strong.

Week 5 Saturday - updating a little early in case internet continues to slow down Maintenance: Workout - Elliptical (650 calories in 45 minutes) Evening Yoga - No Sleep - About to try... Mindfulness: Breakfast - Auto Lunch - Iffy choices...decent mindfulness Dinner - Pizza night! Bets are off on pizza night. Overall - Good day, but it'll get better later. Lol Music: No practice today...limited office time. Tomorrow is a rest day, so it'll just be mindfulness and music.Ready to rest up for the final week of this challenge.

Week 5 Friday Maintenance: Workout - Missed it! Evening Yoga - Sleep - Still bad...probably will be for another week or so Mindfulness: Breakfast - Auto Lunch - Good choices, moderately mindful Dinner - Good choices (limited), pretty good mindfulness Overall - I think good...eh Music: 30 minutes practice...still love it Good day, though internet is harder to access, so updates are getting more difficult.

Week 5 Thursday Maintenance: Workout - Treadmill run (3.8 miles in 30 minutes) Evening Yoga - No Sleep - Bad again! Mindfulness: Breakfast - Auto Lunch - Good choices, very mindful Dinner - Good choices, not very mindful Overall - Better on the whole... Music: Got a good 40 minutes of practice in Good day, except for sleep.

Week 5 Wednesday Maintenance: Workout - Rowing Circuit (4 sets of 1250 meter row, 5 pull-ups, and 5 minutes on the bike) Evening yoga - Kind of. We met, and goofed off. Sleep - 6 hours Mindfulness: Breakfast - Autopilot Lunch - Burger day, but I made decent choices and portion control Dinner - Good choices, pretty good mindfulness Overall - Office candy creeps back in...but it's almost gone now. Music: Minimum practice. Body comp goal is progressing. I can see some changes, and the candy isn't keeping me too fat. More to cut, but I think my next challenge (which will be mostly home-based) can focus on re-cleaning the diet. I'm happy with it to this point.

I actually made my last challenge about the name change and enlisted others to provide feedback. It was a lot of fun!