drc242

Need to get back on track and updating my progress. I've had a really busy week, and spent to the weekend in New York City for my fathers birthday, so i had to put life first, but now that things are quieting down time to get back on track . Week One Recap 1) Went for a Run wednesday and saturday, practice got cancelled thursday last minute so I lost that chance to get in my exercises. Disappointed that I only got out for a run, but I am really proud of myself for getting out and running on Saturday. I think this was the first time in my life I have ever actually gone out for a run while on a vacation, and I got to cross of a major buck list item of my in running across to Brooklyn bridge. Already been out running twice this week so I am defiantly trending in the right direction. 2) Only trained by myself once, the fact that practice got cancelled also robbed me of a training session. Need to be more dedicated and finding sometime to do work on my own. 3) Completely failed at this, my plan is to get up early and do morning Yoga however I have been really struggling to get up in the morning. Need to do a better job of waking up to my alarm and getting up and being active. Life Goal: Haven't done any reading, I am going to try and set some time aside during my lunch break to get some reading in. Here's to this week improving on the last!

Need to get back on track and updating my progress. I've had a really busy week, and spent to the weekend in New York City for my fathers birthday, so i had to put life first, but now that things are quieting down time to get back on track . Week One Recap 1) Went for a Run wednesday and saturday, practice got cancelled thursday last minute so I lost that chance to get in my exercises. Disappointed that I only got out for a run, but I am really proud of myself for getting out and running on Saturday. I think this was the first time in my life I have ever actually gone out for a run while on a vacation, and I got to cross of a major buck list item of my in running across to Brooklyn bridge. Already been out running twice this week so I am defiantly trending in the right direction. 2) Only trained by myself once, the fact that practice got cancelled also robbed me of a training session. Need to be more dedicated and finding sometime to do work on my own. 3) Completely failed at this, my plan is to get up early and do morning Yoga however I have been really struggling to get up in the morning. Need to do a better job of waking up to my alarm and getting up and being active. Life Goal: Haven't done any reading, I am going to try and set some time aside during my lunch break to get some reading in. Here's to this week improving on the last!

I started playing in 2006 back in high school, but this is my first time playing since I broke my ankle in college back in 2009. So technically i've been around it for 8 years but only playing for about four of them.

Thanks for all the awesome support from everyone! Today was the first time I was able to run since my injury, and ran about two miles. Still in a decent amount of pain so i didn't get to reach my goal of three miles, but it felt great to get out and run!!

Is it too late to join the Brigade? This group looks crazy awesome, and I would love to join. My challenge is below http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/54667-drc242-recovering-from-a-critical-hit/#entry1224903

This is my second attempt at challenge, I actually managed to make most of my goals for myself however I had life get really crazy, and struggled to keep updating and dropped out. But this time I'm back (albeit a week late) and ready to get started. Link to my first challenge below. http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/48852-drc242-beat-the-game-on-medium-and-about-to-raise-the-difficulty-to-legendary/ Main Quest Get off the IR and back onto the field! I am an avid rugby player, and two weeks ago suffered a collapsed lung in practice, and as a result will not be able to fully participate for the next six weeks as I fully recover. Therefore my quest is to be ready to step on the field in six weeks and be in shape and ready to compete. GOALS Cardio 4-5x a week - I can't lift for another two-three weeks, so till then all my focus is going to be on cardio and making sure I am in the best shape possible. These sessions will consist of 2-3 HIIT routines and 2-3 medium distance (3-5 mile) Skills Training 4-5x a week - These will be dedicated to focusing on improving different aspects of my game (Passing, Lineouts, Agility, etc). Yoga 3-4x a week - Flexibility = Decrease risk of injury and staying on the field longer. Due to my recovery process, this may be limited early on to avoid poses that involves heavy use of the upper body, but I will work around that...NO EXCUSES!!!!Life Quest My life quest is to spend a half hour every day reading. I was tempted to make this a certain number of books, but I felt that would make me just binge read on the weekends, and I would like to be more consistent in reading every day.

Really crazy week at work and haven't gotten the opportunity to sit down an update my progress, but here I am now. My high school started up a touch rugby sevens for alumni on wednesday's and I went out last week for my first time playing rugby in almost two years, and it was absolutely awesome to get out and be running around again. Unfortunately my new cleats I bought tore apart my feet, me caused me to skip my lifting session on Friday (Leg day) because I was having difficulty walking around and didn't feel safe lifting. But I kept up with lifting the rest of the week, I subbed out my cardio wednesday with playing rugby wednesday, and playing pick up basketball on Friday, Even though these weren't what I had planned I definitely got in a great workout. Still doing a great job keeping track of all my food, and cooked my meals for the week ahead .

That's awesome about your apartment, congratulations. And great job staying motivated to get some workout in even if it's not what you had planned, I know for me when things get busy I struggle to keep with my workout, so I'm very impressed by you.

Spinach salads are a cheat code to life, I never make a salad without it. Glad you made the awesome discovery

I love that way of thinking! Totally gonna steal it and put it to use.

Had a difficult day today, but managed to keep track of my goals. I usually get up at 5 to go to the gym before work, but I just couldn't seem to get myself out of bed this morning, but I was able to get myself motivated when I got home and made sure to hit the gym in the afternoon. Still doing a good job tracking all my food.

Just wanted to stop by and say I'm rooting for you. Can't wait to see your progress over the next six weeks!

Just wanted to stop by and say I'm rooting for you. Can't wait to see your progress over the next six weeks!

Just checking in to say best of luck going forward. Your goals look great and I'll be pulling for you going forward.

Sorry to hear you had a rough first day, but it seems like you have great friends which can be the ultimate cheat code in keeping yourself on the path to success moving forward. Good luck going forward!!

Great goals and it looks like you have a great road map for success.Wishing you luck along the way!!

Best of Luck, especially on giving up soda. I keep trying and can never seem to kick the habit (although I've settled for diet soda only which helps), I found that flavored sparkling waters helped a lot though so I offer that advice. Can't wait to see you hit your goals!!

Don't beat yourself up if you fail to complete all your goals every day. The important thing to realize is that you are taking a very proactive step in attempting to better your health and fitness and that in and of itself is something you should take great pride in. Even if you only meet your fitness goals 10% of the time you will still end the challenge healthier then you are today. Don't focus on past failures, as they have no effect on what you are capable of doing moving forward, instead take each day as its own opportunity to make yourself a even better person than you are today, and little by little you will get to where you want to be.

June 11th update. Staying on track with tracking my food, so far have a two day streak going on my fitness pal. Today was a off day for PHAT so i didn't go to the gym, but I did start my HIIT program, I am keeping things simple right now and slowly building my intensity level and hope to be doing 100meter hill sprints by the end of the six week program, I started last week doing 50 m sprints and my body was killing me for the next few days,so right now I'm focused on jogging sprinting the last 10-15 meters.

I couldn't imagine having to deal with all of that, being stuck on crutches felt like the worst thing in the world I honestly could not imagine what it must have been like for you. Thanks for your support and I knowing I you are getting inspiration from me is the ultimate motivator to keep myself moving forward when the going gets tough.

http://www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu/index.html That's the link to the program at University of Pennsylvania which is run by Martin Seligman who founded the field, they have a bunch of resources, my brother actually just finished the masters program and wad the one who introduced me to it.

Hey Everyone, I hope it isn't too late for me to join this group, but I'm gonna post my story regardless. My name is simple and comes from my email address from college. That standard email for most people was initials + 4 random numbers,but for some reason I was the only person I met who had 3 numbers so it's always made me feel special for some weird reason, plus i liked the symmetry of the 242. I know most peoples names have some deeper meaning, and just going with something just randomly given to them may seem a little odd, but as anyone of my friends can tell you I take great pride in being strange. My black dog is major depression. I had my first episode 7 years ago, my junior year of highschool, and I really struggled with suicidal ideations, and self harm. I've always been nerd, but I've also been really big into sports all my life, and back in highschool I tried to force myself into the "jocks" i played sports with instead of the kids who I really got along with and would later become my best friends. This left me out on an island all by myself and left me constantly depressed and really struggling with ideations of ending my life. One of my friends who had struggled previously with depression and suicide eventually helped me to get better, however when I went away to college I fell into a very similar pit playing Rugby with a group of people I just fundamentally did not get along with. I always felt like there had to be something wrong with me and could never really accept that fact that sometimes you just don't get along with a certain group of people and it doesn't make you any less of a person. I spent the last two years of my college career running away from my problems, drinking and smoking all the time and never putting in work to get to where I wanted to be with my life, just barely skating by. My only saving grace was I joined a student run mental health advocacy group on campus called Active Minds (if anyone reading this is currently in college go sign up they are at over 300 different colleges across the country and is an amazing organization), where I became extremely vocal and active in sharing my story with others. My graduation was my rock bottom lowest point of my life, and when I got home from college, I was on the verge of having my parents kick my out and leave me on my. I realized at that point I had to take control of my life, and have spent the last year building myself up from the ground up. I've fallen in love with Positive Psychology and it has completely transformed my life and the way I view myself, and am at a point in my life know where for the first time since my freshman year of high school I have confidence in myself moving forward. I have a long way to go to becoming who I want to be, but I look back at who I was last year and I am just so proud and amazed that I have taken control to become the person I am today. I am an extremely open person, and actually enjoy sharing my story with other people (I've tried several times to get a job as a mental health advocate sharing my story), and would reading some of the stories you all have bravely shared would be tremendously honored to help support everyone in this group. If anyone wants to view my challenge post its here at the bottom... http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/48852-drc242-beat-the-game-on-medium-and-about-to-raise-the-difficulty-to-legendary/

First Update for the challenge. Yesterday I wasn't feeling to well so I decide to rest up so I could start my journey at full strength, however I did make sure to record my food. Today hit the gym early and extra hard to make up for not being able to go yesterday. Recorded all my meals and when I got home cooked my lunch for the rest week (Creamy, Spinach and artichoke stuffed chicken breast) which will make it easy to record my food intake.

I use a fitness app on my phone for recording my workouts which I'm really diligent about, and myfitnesspal has the nutrition portion covered. Thanks for the support getting back into Rugby, my Dad actually works with a guy who played for South Africa's Junior teams 20-30 years ago (when he heard I was playing in College he actually gave me a 95 world cup jersey),, so the Springboks always have a special spot in my heart.

HI EVERYBODY!!!! This is my first attempt at the six week challenge and I can't wait to get started and to kick some ass. I started doing a ketogenic diet (low-carb, high-fat) last May when I weighed my heaviest at 314 lbs, over the last year I've lost 115 lbs (just hit that magic 199 and have never been happier) through diet and weight lifting with minimal cardio and weigh the least since my freshman year of high-school 8 years ago. This is all great, and I'm super proud of myself, but I want to completely transform myself, and now that I broke through 200 lbs I'm ready to turn the amp to 11 and really push myself to become the strongest and fittest person I can possibly be. Main Quest: Win the r/BTFC 12 week challenge (http://www.reddit.com/r/BTFC/). This is a 12 week challenge, so it will go beyond the scope of this challenge, but if I follow my goals it will instill the discipline and focus I need to finish this quest strong. Goals Weight Lift 5x a week: I am following Layne Norton's PHAT workout program, which requires me to hit the gym 5 days a week. I love the gym, but with my job I have to get up a 5am during the week the get a solid workout in, which makes it easy for me to psyche myself out of getting out of bed and hitting the weights. Cardio 2-3x a week: This will be done mostly through HIIT at least twice a week, and then a 2-3 mile run on Sundays when I have the time, and am feeling fine. Track Everything I Eat: This will be done using myfitnesspal.com. I will be focused on keeping track of everything I eat, not necessarily on being as accurate as possible (in the past I would stop recording because I didn't know the exact values and had a "what's the point attitude." Life Quest Pay off the rest of my student loans: Right now I have about $2,000 left on my loans, and if I keep track of my finances and don't waste money I should have everything paid off by the end of July. Motivation 5 years ago I was getting ready to start college, and was looking forward to a promising career as a Division 1 Rugby player, unfortunately in one of my first games I broke my ankle, and couldn't walk for 6 months. During these six months I started to gain weight and lost all fitness I previously had, due to the weight I gained I never was able to get back into playing shape and due to my weight always had lingering pain in my leg. Flash forward to last May i graduated having gained 100 pounds,and being completely disgusted in how I looked and felt. I've spent the last year losing weight and gaining strength, but I am itching at the bit to get back into Rugby this fall. I will be joining a local team that has several players from my old college team and I am out to prove to them and everyone else how good I really am.