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I'm taking it positively and humorous, but I prefer not to rush and force my ankle before it is properly cured. Meanwhile I'll continue eating healthy Thank you!

LOL, I started the challenge on the wrong foot and I've sprained my left ankle, so I had to put aside my workouts and my weekly hike (66% of my goals). I hope to return to my routine next week. My briefly weekly resume: The alimentary quest: A- The workout quest: n/a. The lifestyle quest: n/a.

Sorry, for the delay but I've been busy and I couldn't read the forum in the last week. I've never bought coconut oil but surely you can find it in any of the three Iberochina supermarkets in General Margallo street (a map here). There are another asian shops in Plaza de España (in the subterranean parking), calle San Bernardo 5 (in an old comercial gallery), Plaza de la Luna (between Gran Vía and calle Malasaña), and calle Mozart 2 (Príncipe Pío).

I drink between 1.5 and 2 liters a day, so I guess the first option is easy for me....the second option is too hard (I can't live without coffee). So, I choose option 1!

My quests for this challenge are the same as in my past challenge but adjusting some scores and extending my workouts a little. Main (long term) Quest: the trail of tears To lose 68 lb (from 256 lb to 188). After that, quit smoking. I'm starting this challenge with 246.5 lb. Subquests The alimentary quest: Radical break with sugar, gluten, legumes and soda beverages and drastic reduction of alcohol and lactose consumption.​ Scores: Hard drink (distilled alcohol like whisky or rum) +5 points Dish of pasta +4 points Soda beverage +3 points Piece of bread +2 points Beer, glass of wine or cider +2 points Lactose (glass of milk, yogurt, piece of cheese) +1 point Nonalcoholic beer +1 point Sauce or dressing made with gluten or sugar +1 point Overall rating (in all 6 Week Challenge): A+: 84 or less points. A-: 85-90 points. B+: 91-96 points. B-: 97-102 points. C+: 103-108 points. C-: 109-114 points. F: 115 or more points. The workout quest: follow a routine of 3 days a week of workout + 4 days walking at least 40 minutes. Workout (2 series first 3 weeks, 3 series 3 next weeks) 10 abdominal chunches 30 seconds plank 10 push-ups 20 lumbars 10 squats 20 3k dumbbell rows 10 front shouders with resistance tube 10 side shoulders with resistance tube 10 biceps with resistance tube 20 jumping jacks Overall rating (in all 6 Week Challenge): A+: Program fulfilled (except in cases of force majeure). A-: 1 or 2 days missed (in all 6 Week Challenge). B+: 3 or 4 days missed. B-: 5 or 6 days missed. C+: 7 or 8 days missed. C-: 9 or 10 days missed. F: More than 10 days missed. The lifestyle quest: change nightlife for daylife Overall rating (in all 6 Week Challenge): A+: 3 days hiking to the country side + 3 days of cultural hiking to the city (musseums, expositions, etc.) (in all 6 Week Challenge). A-: 2 days hiking to the country side + 3 days of cultural hiking to the city. B+: 2 days hiking to the country side + 2 days of cultural hiking to the city. B-: 1 days hiking to the country side + 2 days of cultural hiking to the city. C+: 1 day hiking to the country side + 1 day of cultural hiking to the city. C-: 1 day of cultural hiking to the city. F: None. Global reward: PX for the average scores in all quests (to be distributed between any stat): A+: +5 PX. A-: +4 PX. B+: +3 PX. B-: +2 PX. C+: +1 PX. C-: +1 Wis. Side Quest (no rating) Accomplish at least 3 mini challenges. Lose 10 lb.

Hi Leader! I'm signing up for the next challenge in the Google Doc and the date in the form is "for the Challenge starting September 16th". Is the link correct? Or the date doesn't matters?

There are moments I'm happy with the results, others I'm only satisfied and others I'm angry because I know I can do it better. But I know myself and I know if I force myself beyond my limits the only thing I'll get is to give up (as usual). The difference from other times I've tried to lose weight is that now, after 6 weeks, I'm happy and I'm looking forward to the new challenge begins Thank you Space Monkey!

First 6 Week Challenge accomplished! Waiting for the next one

Congratulations! You've overcome adversity and completed the challenge!

This is a copy-paste of my final post in my Challenge topic. My quests are too specific to write them again, so you can read my topic for details. I hope you find it interesting My First Challenge final grades: The alimentary quest: F (81 or more points).The workout quest: B- (5 or 6 days missed).The lifestyle quest: A- (1 day hiking missed). Overall score: B- (2 PX).Weight loss: 7.7 lb.Actual weight: 248 lb. I have mixed feelings about my results. I believe that despite the bad score in the Alimentary Quest, I haven't done too badly. There are three thing I want to eradicate completely from my diet: sodas, sugar and grains, and two things I want to minimize my consumption: alcohol and dairy. in These six weeks I have eaten some pasta twice (dinners at chinese restaurants with friends, hard to avoid it), no sugar and I have drunk about 2 or 2.5 litres of Coke when my basis was 4 litres only in a week. I'd be lying if I said I have not tried alcohol these 6 weeks, but I have drunk about 3 litres of beer and 0.5 litres of whisky in the whole Challenge when I used to drink (it's a little embarrassing to say) about 1 litre of whisky and 2 or 3 litres of beer per week. The reduction of milk has been by far the hardest and probably it has been my Achilles' heel in this challenge. The Workout Quest has been hard. I started the challenge highly motivated but as the weeks went by I was losing strength. My workout consisted in walks of 40 minutes monday, tuesday, thursday and saturdays, and strenght workouts wednesday, friday and sunday (a two times circuit of abdominal crunches, planks, push ups, lumbars, triceps dips on chair, dumbbell deadlifts, and some arm workouts with a resistance tube). I have fulfilled the part of the walks but I've been very inconsistent with the workouts and I've missed too much of them. One point to improve. The Lifestyle Quest was the funniest. obviously, so nothing special to say about it. The sad part was that, although it was not part of the challenge and didn't want to take this into account as I preferred to focus on creating habits, I haven't lost too much weight. Maybe 7.7 lb are enough for 6 weeks, but i had expectations of a bigger loss. Well, these are my thoughts about my first Challenge. I'm going to thing how to improve my results in the next challenge and I will continue with my workouts and diet during the lapse between challenges. Thank you all for giving me encouragement throughout the challenge. I hope to have more time to follow your progress during the next challenge. Congratulations to all of you. Reaching the end of the challenge and is a great victory!

My First Challenge final grades: The alimentary quest: F (81 or more points). The workout quest: B- (5 or 6 days missed). The lifestyle quest: A- (1 day hiking missed). Overall score: B- (2 PX). Weight loss: 7.7 lb. Actual weight: 248 lb. I have mixed feelings about my results. I believe that despite the bad score in the Alimentary Quest, I haven't done too badly. There are three thing I want to eradicate completely from my diet: sodas, sugar and grains, and two things I want to minimize my consumption: alcohol and dairy. in These six weeks I have eaten some pasta twice (dinners at chinese restaurants with friends, hard to avoid it), no sugar and I have drunk about 2 or 2.5 litres of Coke when my basis was 4 litres only in a week. I'd be lying if I said I have not tried alcohol these 6 weeks, but I have drunk about 3 litres of beer and 0.5 litres of whisky in the whole Challenge when I used to drink (it's a little embarrassing to say) about 1 litre of whisky and 2 or 3 litres of beer per week. The reduction of milk has been by far the hardest and probably it has been my Achilles' heel in this challenge. The Workout Quest has been hard. I started the challenge highly motivated but as the weeks went by I was losing strength. My workout consisted in walks of 40 minutes monday, tuesday, thursday and saturdays, and strenght workouts wednesday, friday and sunday (a two times circuit of abdominal crunches, planks, push ups, lumbars, triceps dips on chair, dumbbell deadlifts, and some arm workouts with a resistance tube). I have fulfilled the part of the walks but I've been very inconsistent with the workouts and I've missed too much of them. One point to improve. The Lifestyle Quest was the funniest. obviously, so nothing special to say about it. The sad part was that, although it was not part of the challenge and didn't want to take this into account as I preferred to focus on creating habits, I haven't lost too much weight. Maybe 7.7 lb are enough for 6 weeks, but i had expectations of a bigger loss. Well, these are my thoughts about my first Challenge. I'm going to thing how to improve my results in the next challenge and I will continue with my workouts and diet during the lapse between challenges. Thank you all for giving me encouragement throughout the challenge. I hope to have more time to follow your progress during the next challenge.

Too much work and a little stressed, so not as good as I'd have liked. But it's over and it's time to draw conclusions and evalute the challenge in a whole. I haven't read your latest updates about your challenge. I will spend some time in the morning to relax and catch up your progress In a moment, my final grades...

A hard week with a lot of stress: i've changed my job and I had to eat badly a couple of days, with the consequent remorse and low mood. At least my change of job is for the better... I've failed in my alimentary quest and I've failed in my workout quest. For my lifestyle quest I visited the Madrid old slaughterhouse, now converted in a municipal cultural area with exhibitions, theaters, a library, etc. (pictures here). So, this is my weekly (and terrific ) summary: The alimentary quest: FThe workout quest: FThe lifestyle quest: A+ I hope do it better this week...

Thank you german! You're right about the grading system but I'm not too obsessed trying to take it strictly and I rather prefer to create the food habbit (in the next challenge I'm going to focus on the calories intake). Thank you Tateman! And good luck! I'm still pushing My grades for this week (from Jan 27th to Feb 2nd): The alimentary quest: B-The workout quest: A+The lifestyle quest: A+ Last sunday I went hiking around a lagoon near my home (a natural park called Laguna del Campillo). It's a beautiful place where you can spot many types of birds at this time (some pictures)

Thank you Tateman! Yes, it was great. I did all my workouts and I even dared with some light running during one of my walks (just a test). The food part, the hardest part of my challenge because my adiction to dairy, was improvable. In my defense I have to say that the difference between an A+ grade and a C- is only 5 coffees with milk in the week. I haven't eaten sugar or cerals, and I haven't drunk any sodas or alcoholic beverages. So although my grade in this section has been low, I'm very satisfied with the result. My weekly outing consisted in a visit to FITUR (International Tourism Trade Fair) where the tourism agencies around the world promote and advertise the charms of their countries to attract tourism and doing business. Three weeks and I'm still very lively, even more than when I started the challenge. I think this is important. These are my grades for this week (from Jan 20th to 26th): The alimentary quest: C-The workout quest: A+The lifestyle quest: A+