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!

I deserve be flogged... or worse: served with fries on the side. *shudder* I pretty much bugged out the friday before last. I ate badly, ran twice since then, and just got lazy. I knew this was going to happen, too. Darn trends that I can't seem to break. Anyway, I am back sans about a week and a half of fitness and good eating. Tsk Tsk I did do surprisingly well on today's run, considering the circumstances. Last week I was able to shave a whole minute off my mile, clocking in at about 9:11. Today I matched that time. At least I didn't really get weaker, right? I am very sorry to anyone who reads this, but mostly to myself. Self, I am disappoint. Tomorrow morning I leave for phoenix to visit some friends and family. I WILL do my workouts and I WILL post on here every day.

FINALLY CURRENT! Shame on me for procrastinating. Oh? What do you mean, "hard to keep up with"?

Week 3-Day 4 Food: Breakfast: none Lunch: -6 inches of a subway sandwich -Med Dr. Pepper ~820 calories Dinner: -The other half of my subway brother (By Odin, what have I done?) -3 servings of whole milk -1070 Post Workout Snack: -Protein shake -240 calories Totals: Calories: 2130 Protien: ~110 Assessment: WOOO! I got over 2k! Now to just stay up here... Exercise: Warm up: -1) 2 minutes of intense jump rope (except my jump rope is like a foot too long.) 2) 50 jumping jacks 3) 20 body weight squats 4) 5 body weight lunges each leg 5) 10 hip extensions 6) Side leg step overs – 5 each leg in each direction 7) 10 straight leg swings – each leg 8) 10 side leg swings – each leg 9) 15 push ups 10) 10 spider man steps, each leg Tennis with friends Assessment: I wore my KSO's to it because I was going to run beforehand. Unfortunately there was a football game going on, so I missed that chance. The shoes rubbed the back of my left foot raw, and left blisters on both my big toes. I understand that I was not wearing socks, and my feet are not accustomed to these shoes yet, so this stuff will happen. All in all, they served me pretty well. Parkour: None.

Week 3-Day 3 Food: Breakfast: -"Cocao Crispies" - Milk ~ 300 calories Lunch: -"Cocao Crispies" - Milk ~ 300 calories Dinner: -Steak -Mushrooms -Broccoli -Milk ~ 800 calories Post Workout Snack: -Protein shake with milk -270 calories Totals: Calories: 1770 Protien: ~70 Assessment: I shouldn't have had all that cereal, but I was weak today. Exercise: Warm up: -1) 2 minutes of intense jump rope (except my jump rope is like a foot too long.) 2) 50 jumping jacks 3) 20 body weight squats 4) 5 body weight lunges each leg 5) 10 hip extensions 6) Side leg step overs – 5 each leg in each direction 7) 10 straight leg swings – each leg 8) 10 side leg swings – each leg 9) 15 push ups 10) 10 spider man steps, each leg Parkour Conditioning: Two sets of the following: 14 Box jumps 14 Push-ups 14 Leg Lifts 14 Pull-ups 10 Parkour Rolls (proper form) Warm Down specified in the Strength Guide. Assessment: I waited till 11 to do this one. There was a new Mythbusters and a UFC marathon on that night, but I should have done it earlier. This kicked my arse. Parkour: I did not go to the parkour class today. I am low on money and will not be able to do much anyway.

Week 3-Day 2 Food: Breakfast: -Breakfast Burrito -Arizona Green tea ~600 calories Lunch: -Deli Sandwich ~400 calories Dinner: -Chicken -Broccoli -Jasmine Rice ~600 calories Post Workout Snack: -Protein Shake made with milk -270 calories Totals: Calories: 1870 Protein: ~ 80-90 grams Assessment: Not a bad food day. Was all delicious too. Exercise: Warm up: -1) 2 minutes of intense jump rope (except my jump rope is like a foot too long.) 2) 50 jumping jacks 3) 20 body weight squats 4) 5 body weight lunges each leg 5) 10 hip extensions 6) Side leg step overs – 5 each leg in each direction 7) 10 straight leg swings – each leg 8) 10 side leg swings – each leg 9) 15 push ups 10) 10 spider man steps, each leg Mile Run: Time: 10:14 Warm Down specified in the Strength Guide. Assessment: I was tired by the end of it, but it went well. I improved over my previous time by a full 45 seconds. Parkour: Nothing

Week 3-Day 1 Food: Breakfast/Lunch: -Chicken Pot Pie -Milk Dinner: -2 Nutella and Jelly sandwiches (My poor brethren... May they live forever in the halls of Valhalla) -More milk Post Workout Snack: -Protein Shake made with, you guessed it, milk Totals: I have no idea, and it is too late to calculate it. Assessment: Eh, better than the icecream and junk I was eating this weekend. Exercise: Warm up: -1) 2 minutes of intense jump rope (except my jump rope is like a foot too long.) 2) 50 jumping jacks 3) 20 body weight squats 4) 5 body weight lunges each leg 5) 10 hip extensions 6) Side leg step overs – 5 each leg in each direction 7) 10 straight leg swings – each leg 8) 10 side leg swings – each leg 9) 15 push ups 10) 10 spider man steps, each leg Circuit Training: 3 rounds of the following: -20 Prisoner Squats -10 Push-ups -20 Alternating Lunges -20 Dumbell rows with filled water jug (10 lbs) -30 Sec. Plank -20 Jumping Jacks Warm Down specified in the Strength Guide. Assessment: Damn, I feel good. Parkour: None today. I also neglected to get that routine worked out... Darn.

Week 2-Day 4 Through Day 7 Sandwich has been a bad, bad man these past four days. You see, I have ADHD. I am not using it as an excuse, just stating the fact. One of the main symptoms is something called Hyper-focus. Have you ever played a video game until 5 in the morning without realizing what time it is? It is like that, but it happens all the time and in different manifestations. One of which is something most easily described as "phases". I get obsessive about something (usually something nerdy like Star Wars, a certain book or tv series, geocashing, etc. But sometimes it can be people, events, or other random subjects), and my main concern in this world for the next 2-3 weeks is that thing. After that time is over, I usually lose interest and move on to something else, coming back to casually check on whatever it was occasionally. The focus is not inherently bad, but the obsession and later loss of interest is. Basically, I start things but quickly lose interest and all but abandon them. This is what I think happened at the beginning of summer. I have been trying to work on this problem, but it is an ongoing issue. I have been working on curving my tendency to Hyperfocus to more productive means, such as workout or read up on zombie apocalypse preparedness instead of play Team Fortress 2 for 7 hours. These past four days were best described as a relapse. I ate poorly, didn't work out, and felt bad about it all weekend. Even today, I got interested in the "Alphas" marathon and waited till midnight to work out... Shame on me. (But seriously, have you seen that show? It is great!) I hope to do better this week. (More information on ADHD and Hyperfocus here for anyone who cares)

Week 2-Day 3 Food: Breakfast/Lunch: In'n'out (i know...) -Cheeseburger -Some Fries -Small Dr. Pepper ~ 1000 calories (Oh dear) Dinner: -Protein Shake -Breaded Pork -Brussels sprouts (yum!! I seriously love this shit) -The rest of the rice (Told you I was addicted) ~1180 Post Workout Snack: -Protein Shake -Honeyed Peanuts -440 Totals: Calories: ~2640 Protein: ~105 Grams Assessment: I woke late to go off and eat brunch at In'n'out with my parents and my dad's Coworker. That was not the best meal of all time, I admit, but I had little choice. I was trying a new protein powder that my buddy uses. I like it a lot! it has more protein shoved into it. Exercise: Warm up: -Still working it out. Parkour Conditioning: 2 rounds of the following 12 Box Jumps 12 Push ups 12 Leg Lifts 12 Pull ups Assessment: I tried this as well in my new Vibrams. It went fairly. The Pullups killed me though. I still have to do them from my roof, and today I slammed my chin on the corner of it. Parkour: I decided not to go to the Parkour class today. Instead, I intend to make a list of things I need to work on most (such as rolls, balance, flexibility, etc.) and design a replacement routine focusing on those. I will probably drop by the local parkour group every other week or so and check my form and all, but I figured that a lot of what I need to do can be done alone as long as I have the right form. I will post my routine when I have finished it.

Week 2-Day 2 Food: Breakfast -Breakfast Burrito -Arizona Green Tea ~600 calories Lunch: - None Dinner: -Salmon -Zucchini -Rice (lots and lots of jasmine rice; I have an addiction) ~700 Totals: Calories: ~ 1300 Protein: ~ 80 Grams Assessment: I was also going to have a deli sandwich for lunch, but work got in the way. Drat. Exercise: What I was supposed to do: Run a mile. What I actually did: Not Run a mile. Assessment: Slap me.