Sandwich

I have a simple C25K program to follow. I like the suggestion for the grading, thank you.

Alright, I'll take a whole challenge club on optimism bread, with goals, discipline and extra gung-ho. Oh, and I'll take some tips on the side. Fitness Be able to run 5k without stopping. (+4 Sta) (Grade: not sure how to grade this yet)Cut out soda with no more than a taste (let's say 4 oz) per week. (+2 Con) (pass/fail)Train bodyweight and martial arts 3 times a week (+3 Str, +2 Dex) (Grade: % out of 18)Life Get up before 9:30 every morning with 8 hours of rest. (+2 Wis, + 1 Con) (Grade: % out of 42)

Welcome, Psychic-lipstick! So tell us a wee bit about yourself. Also, your goals are to go to the gym, stop eating bad food, and eat 3 times a day? It may be just me, but goals 2 and 3 sound fairly similar, and cutting out all junk/processed food could be tough to do cold turkey.

Thank you, glad to meet another appreciator of sammiches. No, his last name is Kolding. I'm not surprised, LA is a big place and so many people are there for film. Wow, that really is dedication. Props for that. I've recently gotten into all the TEDtalks that netflix just put up, and watching them is just really more interesting right now than a lot of other things that are on there. Star Wars is a space opera, science is definitely not what it's aiming for. And you sound like you would really get along with the friend that made me watch them. She analyzes tons more about episodes than I even consider and LOOOOOVES her some sci-fi.

Ooh, Yeah I can see a challenge being really tough with a youngling and crazy job. No pressure buddy, don't wanna get overwhelmed

Very true, terosx. That is one of the mistakes I am going to be avoiding this time arround. You too, Jason? Well, at least we arent alone, eh? I'll cheer you on if you cheer me.

It's great to have you with us, Elle. I'll definitely be following your progress.

So I was browsing through the TEDtalks presentations that are now on netflix and I stumbled upon this interesting argument by Elaine Morgan. While I think that the idea of persistence hunting and cro-magnon's ability and propensity for running is compelling, the points this woman makes are also striking and at the very least deserve some consideration. I also see no reason that the two concepts would be mutually exclusive considering the vast amount of time in question and changes in environment. What are your thoughts on this, NerdFitness?

Definitely a good goal to have, though don't focus too much on weight. So are you into any really nerdy stuff, CKB3?

LA for film and advertising, huh? Maybe you know my buddy Kyle, he also does freelance filming out there. Anyway, I also wasn't really into Star Trek for a long time. That is, till my friend forced me to watch a bunch of them. I've been converted. Any other scifi you like?

Awesome to have you with us. Are you doing the upcoming challenge? If so, what group are you joining?

And I will watch for you, buddy!

Thank you! As for participating in the challenge, I intend to. Fleshing out my goals right now, actually. I even got my dad to do it with me, but he doesn't really want to post or update a thread about it, so his will be unofficial.

Welcome Elle, I'm glad you found the introduction forum! So what characters did Steve mentioned do you identify with?

My name is Sandwich and I get distracted. So, I joined NF just about a year and a half ago and I tried my first challenge. But alas, I fell to one of the classic blunders. I laid goal after goal, some rather lofty, fully intending to finish them all. But, after the first week or so, I stopped updating my challenge thread as frequently and my occasional post mostly consisted of apologies. Finally, I stopped posting altogether. So tragically fizzled my first attempt at a NF challenge. Since that time, I have taken Kempo classes for about a year and participated in a 5k mud run. Moreover, I have started classes back up at my local community college and have been mulling over tons of other options for what I want to do. With some better experience under my belt in self discipline and training, I think now is the time to return to NerdFitness and succeed where I previously failed. This time around I am going to set myself up to win. No more of my shenanigans. This time, Sandwich's got this!