ColoQ

Not genderfluid myself, so if I stick my foot in my mouth: know I have the best intentions and apologize ahead of time. Also, have yet to do the academy. My gut reaction is that the workouts in the "men" section may be geared towards a cis-gendered male physique and ramp up to include workouts that may be super hard / discouraging for a "female anatomy" body. By way of example, a friend of mine started doing the "prisoner workout" style of working out, but it focuses on upper body strength. So.. after she got through the basic stuff, the prisoner workout charts of # reps & # of sets she had followed started to be too much for her, and she had to re-jigger it to work for her.

I came here to say this. I like how the dogo was like "Idunno what's up, but I am excite!"

Stupid excited. The lineup got announced and I'm in love with it. Friends are coming in from out of town, and I'm feeling way more like active and capable. Ready to show the kids 10 years younger than me how to Rage. This year, my friends and I are going with matching shirts, a custom Flag, and we'll be handing out cards on how to party responsibly. We're getting a chartered van for rides to and from the event. It will be awesome.

ALSO, I JUST GOT SHIPPING INFO FOR MY TICKETS.... Watch out.. Insomniac Owl.... I'm coming for you!

So I decided at the last second to join my friends camping at the Las Vegas Burning Man regional - a sort of mini version of Burning man. Camped in the desert, unplugged. Lived a completely non-sedentary life for a few days. Helped bring my goals together. I am calling mulligan for food tracking on the days: as I turned my phone off, and couldn't track. I'm feeling much better physically after the first couple weeks of this. I have some knee pain when trying to do squats, so I need a replacement workout for that. walks are easier as well. Goal 1 - Workout 3 times a week - Tuesday, Thursday Saturday every week: basic Body weight program. Tues Thurs Sat Week 1: Y Y Y Week 2: Y Y Y Week 3: Y Y Y Week 4: Goal 2 - Walk three times per week 15 minutes at brisk pace. Walk 1 Walk 2 Walk 3 Week 1: Y N N Week 2: Y Y Y Week 3: Y Y Y Week 4: Goal 3: Dancing prep. High cardio workout 3 times per week 5 minutes of .. something. Could be dancing, jumping jacks, jump rope etc... Cardio 1 Cardio 2 Cardio 3 Week 1: Y Y N Week 2: Y Y Y Week 3: Y Y Y Week 4: Goal 4 - Track My food intake every day. M T W Th F S Su Week 1: Y Y Y Y Y N N Week 2: Y Y Y Y Y Y N Week 3: N Y Y Y Y - - Week 4: -

Things went WAY better this week. Made sure to exercise first. feeling that familiar "ohh.. I'm sore from the workout yesterday thing going on. Goal 1 - Workout 3 times a week - Tuesday, Thursday Saturday every week: basic Body weight program. Tues Thurs Sat Week 1: Y Y Y Week 2: Y Y Y Week 3: Week 4: Goal 2 - Walk three times per week 15 minutes at brisk pace. Walk 1 Walk 2 Walk 3 Week 1: Y N N Week 2: Y Y Y Week 3: Week 4: Goal 3: Dancing prep. High cardio workout 3 times per week 5 minutes of .. something. Could be dancing, jumping jacks, jump rope etc... Cardio 1 Cardio 2 Cardio 3 Week 1: Y Y N Week 2: Y Y Y Week 3: Week 4: Goal 4 - Track My food intake every day. M T W Th F S Su Week 1: Y Y Y Y Y N N Week 2: Y Y Y Y Y Y N Week 3: Week 4:

Man, Life got away from me this week. A couple of surprise busy things, and I faltered a bit. I've been trying to fit work outs in around social stuff. I need to do the reverse and other stuff in around workouts Can't miss any more walks this for the rest of the challenge. .. OOPS. Goal 1 - Workout 3 times a week - Tuesday, Thursday Saturday every week. basic Body weight program. Tues Thurs Sat Week 1: Y Y Y Week 2: Week 3: Week 4: Goal 2 - Walk three times per week 15 minutes at brisk pace. Walk 1 Walk 2 Walk 3 Week 1: Y N N Week 2: Week 3: Week 4: Goal 3: Dancing prep. High cardio workout 3 times per week 5 minutes of .. something. Could be dancing, jumping jacks, jump rope etc... Cardio 1 Cardio 2 Cardio 3 Week 1: Y Y N Week 2: Week 3: Week 4: Goal 4 - Track My food intake every day. M T W Th F S Su Week 1: Y Y Y Y Y N N Week 2: Week 3: Week 4:

Harry Potter land was great We hit it up on Mothers day, and it was still the most popular area of the park. the butter beer was dangerous (butterscotch cream foam on top of cream soda...!) There is a "Wand Choosing" thing you can do with a character playing Ollivander and some magical effects done in the room by the one being "chosen." before going in to shop for wands. We were kinda jealous an 8-year old birthday girl got chosen instead of us (joking... ... ... almost). Their ride seats (for a roller coaster and a motion machine) are not designed to accomodate even slightly chunky folks: so be prepared. All in all it was fun. Workout went well need to catch up on my walking, though.

Thanks all! I just got back from a trip to Universal Studios (For Harry Potter Land) and half a day there wiped me out. ... this will be an interesting challenge to see how I feel after just one night of EDC. First workout starts tonight! I've been using my fitness pal. I've tried a few separate ones: but I love the ability to update from my phone, and have it sync to the web.. which is basically a requirement for anything I do.

QUEST: Having just barely thrown off the Doldrums spell, ColoQ now faces a challenge worth fighting for. The Insomniac Owl comes to town, and brings with it a horde of younger thinner dance music junkies. Can our hero gain the stamina to survive: or better yet, thrive(!)... amidst them? Time against him, ColoQ embarks on a journey of preparation, as the Owl looms closer. So.. Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) is upon us. June 19-21. I need to build some cardio chops so my dancing is not interrupted by out of breath-ness. I need to walk more so that I am not the slowest in my pack of friends, and I also need to keep my momentum going on tracking my food intake for the long haul. -------------------------------------------------- Goal 1 - Workout 3 times a week - Tuesday, Thursday Saturday every week. basic Body weight program. Tues Thurs Sat Week 1: Week 2: Week 3: Week 4: Goal 2 - Walk three times per week 15 minutes at brisk pace. So. I'm going to see how far I can get in 15 minutes. I am most likely going to be joining the GYM at the local college as its cheap and month-to-month so that I'm not walking around my neighborhood at night. Walk 1 Walk 2 Walk 3 Week 1: Week 2: Week 3: Week 4: Goal 3: Dancing prep. High cardio workout 3 times per week 5 minutes of .. something. Could be dancing, jumping jacks, jump rope etc... Cardio 1 Cardio 2 Cardio 3 Week 1: Week 2: Week 3: Week 4: Goal 4 - Track My food intake every day. M T W Th F S Su Week 1: Week 2: Week 3: Week 4: -------------------------------------------------- I can miss 2 entries before I fail challenges 1 - 3, and 5 before I fail challenge # 4. Goal 1: +1 Str Goal 2: +1 Con Goal 3: +1 Con Goal 4: +1 Wis

Summary: Level Gain: Yes Stat increase: +1 Wis. Promo for next challenge: The first major boss of my new adventure is Electric Daisy Carnival. I need to be prepped to go hard for those three days.. so I need a bit more endurance for dancing and walking at a swifter pace than I'm used to. THE INSOMNIAC OWL APPROACHES:

UPDATE #4 - Finished! Ok. Workouts were better: replaced them with a decent amount of physical labor at work for the most part. Gonna see about maybe doing a different more physical "fun" activity" than the Basic Body Weight Workout. for next challenge. See you next challenge. ------------------------------------------------------------------ QUEST: Throw off the Doldrums Spell: get off my butt and get active: build the habit and make it clockwork. --------------------------- Goal 1 - Workout 3 times a week - Tuesday, Thursday Saturday every week. basic Body weight program. Tues Thurs Sat Week 1: N N Y Week 2: N N N Week 3: Y Y N Week 4: Y Y N Goal 2 - Walk twice per week at least .5 mile. Walk 1 Walk 2 Week 1: Y Y Week 2: N N Week 3: Y N Week 4: Y N Goal 3 - Track My food intake every day. Going to try and use MyFitnessPal to track stuff. M T W Th F S Su Week 1: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Week 2: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Week 3: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Week 4: Y Y Y Y Y Y N Side Quest - A place for everything, Bedroom. Prepare for the house to be evaluated for fostering home study. Make everything have a place in Master bedroom. gahh! We fell a half an inch short of the finish line on this. Enough that I can move to other objective by the end of next challenge. So I'm happy on that front.

UPDATE #3 A little late, but still goodness.. I mixed bag: I did some workouts, and some Walking, but all the food Tracking. getting better! ------------------------------------------------------------------ QUEST: Throw off the Doldrums Spell: get off my butt and get active: build the habit and make it clockwork. --------------------------- Goal 1 - Workout 3 times a week - Tuesday, Thursday Saturday every week. basic Body weight program. Tues Thurs Sat Week 1: N N Y Week 2: N N N Week 3: Y Y N Week 4: Y Goal 2 - Walk twice per week at least .5 mile. Walk 1 Walk 2 Week 1: Y Y Week 2: N N Week 3: Y N Week 4: Y Goal 3 - Track My food intake every day. Going to try and use MyFitnessPal to track stuff. M T W Th F S Su Week 1: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Week 2: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Week 3: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Week 4: Y Y Y Side Quest - A place for everything, Bedroom. Prepare for the house to be evaluated for fostering home study. Make everything have a place in Master bedroom. Incomplete. Mostly done. Was not as productive as we should have been.. but I'm still moving forward.

All right... just worked out. starting the week off right.

Thank you! I'm working on it! I'm usually way more goal oriented. But life sometimes gets in the way.