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Stocking up on water flavoring, teas, and coffee definitely helps. I kicked my soda habit a long time ago. A cup of coffee in the morning and afternoon with a little sugar-free powder creamer is a great pick me up and a sure way to stave off the headaches. Best of luck!

I've had a bad 6 week challenge. I went in with determination, I started with a good plan, and I made smart goals. But I know there is not such thing as a perfect plan and I knew that I might not do so hot. But I'm owning up to my slip up and already said this on my daily battle log and 6 week challenge before Steve's respawn post. (I'm secretly psychic like that) There's a lot of reasons I failed so far. The Thanksgiving holiday is the main reason. I guessing thats why most people are here. Because of the holidays I'm having to take care of the family and my grandparents. Plus they have less time at work which means less personal time to workout on the xbox. And with all the taking care of everyone I forget to track what I eat. Don't get me wrong. I don't binge eat and I don't have the stomach for most unhealthy food and drinks. But I'm still going over my calorie limit. You can't outrun your fork. Another reason is college. College is tough. Period. And now with the wonders of the internet, professors can now post online homework and quizzes with due dates at ungodly hour of the night. Say good bye to a regular sleep schedule! Overall the main problem is time management. I've got a regroup battle plan. Rescheduling workouts. Since workout out on the xbox is out the window right now I'm switching to zumba and tae bo videos on my laptop or 2-3 rounds of 7 minutes in hell. Replanning study time. Finals are almost upon us and professors are giving out the last of the homework and quizzes. So more time on campus to finish up. So with a proper on campus study schedule it will be difficult to not make the weekly study quota. Finding a regular sleep schedule. Once study time is better managed more time can go to sleeping. On nights that I don't have homework do I spend at least an hour getting ready for bed. That entails taking my dog to (his) bed since he sleeps on my bed while I study at night, put away all of my books and papers, get ready for the next day, and brush teeth. I'm going to have a alarm that goes off an hour before I need to go to bed so I can get everything out of the way beforehand. Retracking what I eat. Its easy to forget to track what I eat everyday. This usually leads to going over my healthy calorie limit. Plus being in college leaves little money for poor eating choices. The solution to this is bringing a lunch to school. Most of my friends being a lunch on campus with them and the campus provides microwaves in the eateries to accommodate this. Also tracking what I eat the night before would also be helpful, time efficient, and help me in being more accountable and aware of what I eat for breakfast and lunch. As for dinner, I normally have whatever the family makes to I can put that in at the end of the day along with the next days meals. Restocking my inventory for buffs and potions. lunch hp potion. bringing a lunch to campus lets me better control what I eat and a small treat wouldn't hurt. I don't like foods too high in sugar and I consider a small helping of dark chocolate or a yogurt cup a treat. upgrade weapons and armor. One phrase comes to mind when thinking about a better sleeping and studying schedule. "There's an app for that." Having set alarms and apps to make to do list, track sleep, make notecards for studying would all be beneficial to this. And the iPhone's healthkit app managed most of this anyway. Simply getting and using compatible apps helps. strategy guide. I'm battling weight loss right now and this forum is one of the best places I can think of right now that has the best strategy guide. There are tons of helpful post about weigh loss and being healthy in general thanks to Steve. And the community is always so supportive. If there is any problems I have I won't hesitate to ask yall or google.

The Thnaksgiving holidays really took its toll. Since the family was in town I couldn't do my zumba fitness on the xbox plus running around with everyone and eating out everywhere made it difficult to track my calorie intake. Half of the week spent on thanksgiving break, so I didn't do much studying. At least I'm still sleeping and staying hydrated. I'm definitely grouping for this week. Since the break is over and finals are almost here workout. I'm going to switch this week routine to either zumba or tae bo videos on my laptop or two or three rounds of 7 minutes in hell. study. I'll be spending more time at school preparing for finals so I will definitely finish my weekly quota for studying. track. I'm bringing a lunchbox to school so I can better measure what I have fun snacks and lunch. and its cheaper too. water. I always stay hydrated sleep. I will get most of the studying done during the earlier part of the day so I don't stay up late and I can get into a better sleep routine. Week 3 Results: Workout: F Track: F Water: B Sleep: B Study: C Total: F

The Thnaksgiving holidays really took its toll. Since the family was in town I couldn't do my zumba fitness on the xbox plus running around with everyone and eating out everywhere made it difficult to track my calorie intake. Half of the week spent on thanksgiving break, so I didn't do much studying. At least I'm still sleeping and staying hydrated. I'm definitely grouping for this week. Since the break is over and finals are almost here workout. I'm going to switch this week routine to either zumba or tae bo videos on my laptop or two or three rounds of 7 minutes in hell. study. I'll be spending more time at school preparing for finals so I will definitely finish my weekly quota for studying. track. I'm bringing a lunchbox to school so I can better measure what I have fun snacks and lunch. and its cheaper too. water. I always stay hydrated sleep. I will get most of the studying done during the earlier part of the day so I don't stay up late and I can get into a better sleep routine. Week 3 Results: Workout: F Track: F Water: B Sleep: B Study: C Total: F

I've been using a fitness app called CARROT. It compatible with the iPhone healthkit, tracks weight, and has a workout routine called '7 minutes in hell.' The workout routine reminds me of the BBWW plus the workout moves are named a little nerdy. The first set of twelve workouts are free. The 'other' moves are bought in a bundle, so I don't know what most of those moves are. oylmpic jumping jacksinvisible iron thronekowtows to Cthulhu (pushups)can't get ups (crunches)mouse attacks (chair stepping)territory markers (squats)imperial butt dips (chair squats)extreme lying down (planking)ostrich escpaes (knee kicks/lifts)spear thrusts (lunges)dragon mating dances (pushup twists)tasteful modeling (side planking)others mount doom climbspirate leg liftscelebrity face punchespenny-farthingslasso of truthjetpack squatsL is for lamersdonkey kickszombie sprintsquantum step overshuman inchwormsaquamen

My sister gave me a bottle of some dieting pills she had tried. It called Garcinia RX. She only tried it for about a month and lost 10 pounds. Its been a few weeks and she says she hasn't put any weight back on (since she already eats healthy and exercises.) I'm thinking about trying them myself. I eat healthy and exercise regularly but the weight isn't coming off and I don't see any results from my workouts. The bottle says its a metabolic booster, appetite suppressant, and gives a boost in energy. Are there any side effects to dieting pills? And would it be cheating to take during a 6 week challenge?

One of the iPhone updates gave a free app called Healthkit which lets you see most things health related like your sleeping patterns, steps taken, calories burned, and calories consumed. It does so by sharing data with compatible apps, like MyFitnessPal. This app just tracks food, water, exercise, and weight. But it also lets you add friends to stay up-to-date with. Sounds like a cool way to be more accountable for PvP challenges. So why not make some accountabilibuddy friends there? Just send a friend request and put a message saying something like "Hey, its [x] from nerdfitness." Here's my profile.

This six week challenge is harder than I thought and its not even half over. I'm doing okay for my main goal but failing on all of my other goals, which is making my main goal harder to reach. I'm so stressed out with all that I have to do. I've got three exams, four quizzes, and a project due this week alone. And finals will probably not be any better. Studying has been hard with my schedule and now that there is more online homework (with deadline date ending at midnight.) The homework has been cutting into my sleep schedule too. I wish I had the time to sleep in. I just wanted to complain about this now cuz if I didn't complain about it here I'd probably stop posting period and give up on this six week challenge. I just want to follow through with something and be proud that I did, even if I failed miserably at it (like right now.)

Week 2 finally coming to a close. I'm still hanging on, but not doing so hot on my goals. I haven't exercised much this week since I've had to take care of my grandparents and take on more studying too. I have also been slacking in the studying area because of online quizzes and exams. Plus the due date for those are late which means less sleep (and I can't sleep in with my schedule.) At least I'm staying hydrated. On the bright side I'm closer to my main goal. Start weight: 197.4 Current weight: 195 Week 2 Results workout = D track = F sleep = C water = B study = F total = C

I'm reading the series Protector of the Small by Tamora Pierce. I'm hoping to finish reading all her books by the end of the xmas break. I also have a friend that keeps pushing his books my way so I'll be reading nothing but sci-fi from then on. I'll keep my goodread up to date.

You can find me here. I'm trying to update my reading and want to read list.

Thanks for the heads up (I'll just copy and paste from my recent battle log then) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Half way into the second week of my six week challenge and going strong. (kinda) I switched up my workout routine from xbox game1 to xbox game2. That is, from Dance Central 2 to Zumba Fitness Core. Now I work up twice the sweat I use to in half the time. Plus the exercises are focused on the core. Yay, one step closer to a flat tummy! I did zumba for a little more than an hour, (not all at once), and my muscles feel sore already. Fingers crosses I don't have some serious DOMS tomorrow. I noticed a few cool features on the zumba game. There's this cool community where daily, weekly, monthly, and overall stats in scores, hours played, and calories are shown. I took a peak at the most calories burned. The highest score was about 178,000 calories. That's about the calories someone would burn walking to mordor or at least from Hobbiton to Mount Doom(if you were about a 160 lb person walking a mile per 15 minutes on a treadmill even plain.) This gives me a great idea. Why walk to mordor when you can dance? I'm adding an extra bar on my signature to mark my journey of dancing. It might look something like this: 45800 calories: Go from Hobbiton to Rivendell.46200 calories: Set out with the Fellowship from Rivendell, through Moria, to Lothlorien.38900 calories: From Lothlorien, down the Anduin, to Rauros Falls.47000 calories: Follow Frodo and Sam on the quest from Rauros to Mt. Doom.In total that's 177900 calories. Although it sounds challenging I'm not putting a time limit on it so its doable. It's a little delayed, but I'm posting the weekly scores for my current six week challenge. Week 1 Results workout = A track = B sleep = B water = B study = F total = C So I completely failed in studying. I'd love to say idk why. Its a big problem for me right now. I sit down to study but whenever I get into it, it almost feels painful (literally) to continue. I've been studying for a few minutes everyday, but its later in the evening. But now that I'm into the second week I'm changing my routine a little so I can try studying in the morning and getting most of it out of the way. I might try to get extra study time in on workout days and do one or two zumba songs (10 min) then read for 15-20 minutes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I woke up today to multiple emails from my professors for reminders on various homeworks, quizzes, projects, and exams due this month. It's feel overwhelming to have so much to study for, but this is just another challenge that has to be beaten. I'm putting this as a sub goal in the study section for my six week challenge and give (+2 wis) once complete. (11/20)SOC 1013 - quiz 9 - ch 8/9 (11/21)ACC 2013 - ch 9 notes ACC 2013 - ch 9 learnsmart ACC 2013 - ch 9 hw practiceACC 2013 - ch 10 notes ACC 2013 - ch 10 learnsmartACC 2013 - ch 10 homework ACC 2013 - ch 10 hw practice ACC 2013 - ch 11 notes ACC 2013 - ch 11 learnsmart(11/22)ACC 2013 - bootcamp (11/23)ACC 2013 - ch 11 hw practice (11/24)ACC 2013 - project 3 (11/25)ACC 2013 - EXAMSOC 2013 - ch 10 notes SOC 2013 - ch 11 notes SOC 2013 - ch 12 notes SOC 2013 - ch 13 notes SOC 2013 - exam reviewSOC 2013 - exam (12/04)SOC 2013 - assignment 3 SOC 1013 - assignment 3 QLP (12/07)ACC 2013 - ch 12 homework (12/10)IS 1403 - quiz 1 IS 1403 - quiz 2 IS 1403 - quiz 3 IS 1403 - quiz 4 IS 1403 - exam (12/30)SOC 1013 - ch 8 hw SOC 1013 - ch 9 hw (12/31)SOC 1013 - ch 4 hw

I woke up today to multiple emails from my professors for reminders on various homeworks, quizzes, projects, and exams due this month. It's feel overwhelming to have so much to study for, but this is just another challenge that has to be beaten. I'm putting this as a sub goal in the study section for my six week challenge and give (+2 wis) once complete. (11/20)SOC 1013 - quiz 9 - ch 8/9 (11/21)ACC 2013 - ch 9 notes ACC 2013 - ch 9 learnsmart ACC 2013 - ch 9 hw practiceACC 2013 - ch 10 notes ACC 2013 - ch 10 learnsmartACC 2013 - ch 10 homework ACC 2013 - ch 10 hw practice ACC 2013 - ch 11 notes ACC 2013 - ch 11 learnsmart(11/22)ACC 2013 - bootcamp (11/23)ACC 2013 - ch 11 hw practice (11/24)ACC 2013 - project 3 (11/25)ACC 2013 - EXAMSOC 2013 - ch 10 notes SOC 2013 - ch 11 notes SOC 2013 - ch 12 notes SOC 2013 - ch 13 notes SOC 2013 - exam reviewSOC 2013 - exam (12/04)SOC 2013 - assignment 3 SOC 1013 - assignment 3 QLP (12/07)ACC 2013 - ch 12 homework (12/10)IS 1403 - quiz 1 IS 1403 - quiz 2 IS 1403 - quiz 3 IS 1403 - quiz 4 IS 1403 - exam (12/30)SOC 1013 - ch 8 hw SOC 1013 - ch 9 hw (12/31)SOC 1013 - ch 4 hw

Half way into the second week of my six week challenge and going strong. (kinda) I switched up my workout routine from xbox game1 to xbox game2. That is, from Dance Central 2 to Zumba Fitness Core. Now I work up twice the sweat I use to in half the time. Plus the exercises are focused on the core. Yay, one step closer to a flat tummy! I did zumba for a little more than an hour, (not all at once), and my muscles feel sore already. Fingers crosses I don't have some serious DOMS tomorrow. I noticed a few cool features on the zumba game. There's this cool community where daily, weekly, monthly, and overall stats in scores, hours played, and calories are shown. I took a peak at the most calories burned. The highest score was about 178,000 calories. That's about the calories someone would burn walking to mordor or at least from Hobbiton to Mount Doom(if you were about a 160 lb person walking a mile per 15 minutes on a treadmill even plain.) This gives me a great idea. Why walk to mordor when you can dance? I'm adding an extra bar on my signature to mark my journey of dancing. It might look something like this: 45800 calories: Go from Hobbiton to Rivendell.46200 calories: Set out with the Fellowship from Rivendell, through Moria, to Lothlorien.38900 calories: From Lothlorien, down the Anduin, to Rauros Falls.47000 calories: Follow Frodo and Sam on the quest from Rauros to Mt. Doom.In total that's 177900 calories. Although it sounds challenging I'm not putting a time limit on it so its doable. It's a little delayed, but I'm posting the weekly scores for my current six week challenge. Week 1 Results workout = A track = B sleep = B water = B study = F total = C So I completely failed in studying. I'd love to say idk why. Its a big problem for me right now. I sit down to study but whenever I get into it, it almost feels painful (literally) to continue. I've been studying for a few minutes everyday, but its later in the evening. But now that I'm into the second week I'm changing my routine a little so I can try studying in the morning and getting most of it out of the way. I might try to get extra study time in on workout days and do one or two zumba songs (10 min) then read for 15-20 minutes.

I've been a member of nerdfitness for a while and have decided to get in the bandwagon and announce my daily log to assassinate kill all the things. That's right. I'm here to conquer. And to tell my tale of triumph and defeat to all (who care to listen.) What to expect during my battles of valor: sarcasm, gifs, videosdaily log of current six week challengepictures of not mehappy postssad postsstories of levling up or just how "how I battle with my exercise"random noob questions. But they'll go away after the quest for answers/enlightenment is done Goals: lose 50 lbs.(Thanks college and stress for giving that to me.)study a lot.I'm majoring in accounting. and it might not sound hard but I recently switched majors which is making things a little more difficult.exerciseget into the habit of itI'm starting off with Dance Central 2 and zumba on the xbox but I'll work my way to other exercisestry new exercisesstart off with small 7 minute strength training exercisesdo the BBWW workout confession: I tried the 20min hotel workout my first time here and was sore for a week (serious case of DOMS. and kinda pulled a back muscle, so I was out for another two weeks after that)kill conquer the 20 min hotel workoutschedulinggetting into a better routine for everything is better for, well, everything. this inclides getting into a better:sleep schedulestudy scheduleworkout schedulereading schedulefandom watching scheduleetc.A little bit about me: Female Age: 22 Height: 5'5 Current Weight: 197 lbs Goal Weight: 140~150ish (I shall shout my small steps to this goal with gifs, videos, constant trips to the woot room, and lots of sarcasm) Fears: public speaking and over socialization. guess you can chalk that up to social anxiety. (but online no one knows that. and no one knows you're a cat) Likes: dogs, puppies, fluffy things, shiny things, reading, writing, fandoms, tea, D&D, gaming, music, distractions, chocolates, gummies, food, fruits Current Gaming addiction:online mmo called "Terra." I've been playing as a beserker since its so easy to lvl up with some time and a little bit of grinding

Sup guys. I'm DubiousChi and I'm giving it my all for this time my (first) six week challenge. Last time I wasn't prepared. I didn't have a solid goal, I didn't approach working out right, I didn't have accoutabilibuddies with me. Plus I was trying to juggle this with full time courses. But this time I'm prepared. I'm making smarter goals I'm going to start with beginner workouts till I find my perfect workout plan I'm staying up-to-date with my friends that I see everyday on campus (I'l post a link later to our group) Main Goal 6 week: Lose at least 10 lbs long term goal: Lose 50 lbs Goal 1: Workout (+2 Str | +2 Dex) I will workout for 1 hour on Dance Central 2 on medium mode at least 3 times a week. By the end of the 6 weeks I want to do 1 hour on hard mode. I sweat like crazy after half an hour on medium and its sometime that is engaging and gets me pumped. (If I can't use the xbox then I'll substitute it with zumba or tae bo) I've tried the beginner workouts that others have recommended but I just can't get into the routines and was always to sore to exercise even after a rest day. Grading (times per week): A = 3 times per wk B = 2 times per wk C = 1 times per wk D = 0 days per wk Goal 2: Track (+1 Wis) I will to write down my calorie intake every single day to better stay accountable for what I eat. I've been using the iphone's healthkit app since the update but I'm trying to get out of the bad habit of forgetting to input food for the day. Grading (times per week): A = 7 days per wk B = 6 days per wk C = 5 days per wk D = 4 days per wk F = 3 days per wk Goal 3: Sleep (+2 Con) I will get 8 hours of sleep every night. Since the health kit app I notice that I get under 7 hours of sleep, but I want to get into a proper sleep schedule and routine. Grading (times per week): A = 8 hrs B = 7 hrs C = 6 hrs D = 5 hrs F = 4 hrs Life Goal: Study (+1Wis) I will study at least 2 hours everyday for my classes. Finals will be happening towards the end of this challenge and I do not want to fall behind because of not studying enough. Grading (hours per week): A 14 hrs per wk B 12 hrs per wk C 10 hrs per wk D 8 hrs per wk F 6 hrs per wk Diet/ Fitness: Water I will drink 8 glasses of water a day. Staying hydrated is good and 8 glasses is not the standard for everyone but I want to make sure I'm drinking enough especially after a hard workout. Grading: A = 8 glasses B = 7 glasses C = 6 glasses D = 5 glasses F = 4 glasses Overall Grading: Motivation: I'd love to fit into the clothes I have plus feeling healthier and having more energy wouldn't hurt.

I like to think I eat pretty healthy. I don't drink sodas, don't eat candy (unless its during Halloween or Easter), and don't eat to many carbs. But I'm still overweight. I have a good breakfast and lunch, and graze on healthy snacks. The only two problems I have so far is the time between lunch and dinner as well as the supper meal. I'm a college student and I work hard and study hard. After classes when I'm at home I usually go to the pantry and grab junk food like a cup of cereal and a pack of fruit snacks to hold me over till supper. I sometimes cook dinner but most times I either don't have the time or the food to prepare it. So my parents are the ones to make a quick unhealthy meal or eat out. The only thing I can control for the dinner situation is to make the healthy choice when eating out or fill up on water before a "home made" meal and manage my portions. Sometimes when I have online homework and the family wants to eat out I'll stay at home and cook myself a simple meal or have leftovers that I've made for lunches or future dinners like this. Just to get a feel, here's what my regular weekday diet looks like: Breakfast coffee w/ 3tbsp of creamertwo eggs (over easy)oatmeal w/cinnamon and sugar (or) banana milkshakeSnacks almondspecanssmall applebaby carrotssmall orange1 cup of cerealLunch chicken and rice w/ veggies(or)canned tuna w/ mayo on a slice or breadDinner (if home alone) 2 fish fillets (or) 6 oz chickengreen beans (or) broccoli 1/2 cup rice (or) mashed poatoes That about wraps up my regular meals. questions I have Is this an okay diet for a six week challenge?Is there any food in particular I should eat more of here?am I eating enough?What are some other good options for snacks?should I eat a larger lunch?Should I also have separate planned snacks between lunch and dinner?any other healthy tidbits you'd like to share?

I forgot to add that for this challenge I want to lose at least 1 lb a week. With my BMI I consume about 1900 calories just existing. 3500 calories is a lb so I need to 500 calories a day to meet that goal. Eating only 1400 calories a day plus my walk around college which is about 3 miles (200 calories) plus daily exercising (100-200 calories) totals to about 800 calories a day.

Thanks

We all have a journey to go or wish we could go to. In six weeks time It'll be spring break. That means sun, beaches, and swimsuits. eek! That time when people go outside and show some skin. Even with my alabaster skin I'd love to use this challenge to slim down and get ready for the season. 1) MAIN QUEST Gain more muscle and strength for spring break. 2) LIFE GOALS work out at least twice a weektrack exercise and dietary progresseat +100 grams of protein a day3) SIDE QUESTS Life Side Quest: study in the tutoring center at least 12 hours a weekFitness Side Quest: go rock climbing at 10:00am every Friday4) MOTIVATION I'm doing this for a number of reasons. My goals are basically losing weight, thinning down (even if I gain more muscle weight), having more arm strength (lose those flabby noodles), have more energy from making healthier choices, and literally climb over the metaphorical obstacle wall. 5) STARTING STATS Age: 21 Height: 5' 5" Weight: 180 lb (approx) Waist:34'' Hips:45'' Chest: 41.5'' 8) GRADING work out at least twice a week A = +10 total workouts B = 9-6 total workouts C = <6 total workouts track exercise and dietary progress A = 6 weeks tracked B = 4 weeks tracked C = <4 weeks tracked eat +100 grams of protein a day A = all six weeks B = four weeks C = two weeks Life Side Quest: study in the tutoring center at least 12 hours a week A = studied all 6 weeks B = studied 4 weeks C = studied 2 weeks Fitness Side Quest: go rock climbing at 10:00am every Friday A = climbed all 6 weeks B = climbed 4 weeks C = climbed 2 weeks

I just wanted a second opinion about this. School started up a few weeks ago and I started getting into my college eating routine. Don't misunderstand. I'm not eating unhealthy foods. Every morning I start off with two scrambled eggs and maybe one cup of coffee (if I had forgotten to sleep the previous night.) For lunch I have a can of progresso soup. Through out the day when I'm studying all I snack on is cashews, pecans, and carrots. After school is done I come home and eat what ever the family has cooked. Our meals consist of a meat, vegetable, and carb. My family is diabetic (I'm not) so they can't do the paleo diet with me and it's difficult to do on my own. I do limit myself from dinner carbs. I'm just wondering if this is a healthy diet? I feel like I'm leaving something out. Am I getting enough protein, vitamins, fiber, etc. Are there foods I should add do my diet?

Thanks. I'll definitely be using mobility wod a lot. I don't really want to run a marathon or anything. Running was never my thing growing up and my asthma got in the way of most extracurricular activities. Although, walking a half marathon could be a possibility. I walk about five or more miles every day getting to and from classes and I don't get winded any more. My goals are basically losing weight, thinning down (even if I gain more muscle weight), having more arm strength (lose those flabby noodles), have more energy from making healthier choices, and literally climb over the metaphorical obstacle wall (pick up rock climbing maybe). I'd love to incorporate all of these goals into a six week challenge. My challenge would be something like this (sorry if any of this is incorrect): the Main goal would be to gain more muscle mass. With this goal I would help in loosing weight, gaining muscle, getting stronger, and having more energy. The three tasks to get to the main goal would be to (1)work out at least twice a week, preferably with a program that my college rec center is providing to get the most out of my workout and find a possible rebellion squad. (2) track my progress, on an app. I know that if I don't I will either stop I will either stop working out again or eat unhealthy foods and not make any progress. (3) try rock climbing at least once a week. I know my campus has a rock climbing club that meets once week and there are plenty of people to meet and again join in my rebellion squad (this goal might be a little vague or tie into the first goal) My 'level up in life' goal is to study at least 12 hours a week. This is not unreasonable or unattainable since I have at least four hours every day on the week days alone between classes and when it gets dark/ most of the campus closes shop. There is a tutoring center that electronically tracks your time so I wouldn't have an exuse or reason to make up fake study hours. Finding a mentor will be difficult for me. Having a mentor on nerdfitness would be unrealistic for me since I would fall behind in contacting them and there is no social stimulus in staying touch via internet. I have mostly guy friends and having them as a mentor or workout buddy may be a variable I don't want to add to a friendship. And most of my girlfriends are either too busy, don't like working out, or don't go to my college. My best bet would be to, again, make new friends at the rec center. I'll do my best. D FTBA

Hi everyone. (I'm typing this quickly or else I'll get too self consciousness/nervous and not post it. so forgive me for the typos.) I've been lurking around the forums for a while to get the basics of how things work around here. I don't normally workout much so I tried a few of the workouts like the angry birds workout and the hotel workout three times a week. I even did the advanced pre-exercise warm up and post-exercise stretching. There were a few problems. 1) the workouts weren't challenging enough me and I didn't know any good workout that could challenge me 2) All of the workouts required body weight squats. And I couldn't do them. I have tight ankles so doing the proper form was difficult, even hanging on to something for support. My knees always ended up sore afterwards. 3)the resource page was overwhelming. Trying to figure out which workout would be best, tweaking it to my level, fixing my diet, managing my habits, etc. Feeling overwhelmed, defeated, not challenged and not knowing where to turn I gave up working out. It really hurts to admit it but I did. Now that classes have started up again I would need to find the time to schedule in a workout and learn a new exercise routine. The only thing that is getting me back on the wagon is Staci's story. I feel like I'm in the same boat that she was and I want to be just as (or as close to) fit as she is. I'm willing to put in the effort and the time to do it. So my question is what would be the best lifting/weight workout or exercises for me? I have a weight machine at home. Don't know what exercises to do on it but I'll learn.

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Hello everyone! A friend of mine showed me this site a while back. After much procrastination and lurking through the forums I'm am making myself known. Intros I'm a 21 year old studying electrical engineering. I'm basically in a relationship with my degree (but I love it all the same). When I ever have free time (which is almost never) I'm playing a game on my pc like portal or minecraft, or trying out a new mmo: you know, everquest, rift, tera, arc, neverwinter, or runescape. My Story For the longest time in my life I have always been on the heavier side. Right now I'm 185 lbs. Through my years in college I've fluctuated between 170-185 because of all the stress of studying. Running and cardio have never been one of my strong suits due to asthma but I want to find a way to lose weight and find an exercise/ workout I can enjoy. I know this is the right place to start! Battle Plans I'm still a little new to the forum and haven't figured out ALL of the goals I want to tackle, but here are a few of some that I want to start off with. loose weight'nough said. get through my first six week challengeI always start things but finishing is always the hardest part. but I know with all you lovely people here to support and my irl squad I can make it through! continually post on the forumsI want to be part of this community and I know if I don't keep up with the forum I'll eventually stop altogether. And I'm not letting that happen! wear a short dressor wear anything nice for that matter! I'm very curvy so it is difficult to wear anything short or fitting. It would be a huge accomplishment and self-confidence boost to be able to fit in cute fitting clothes. I can't wait to start my adventure as a rebel and meet new people here. Cheers!