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Damn right! And Longdrinks, too. I proved that Saturday. In total, I consumed 3890 Calories, but only 1600 came from solid food.

Hello Joseph! First of all, welcome to the rebellion! I would recommend that you have a look at the six week challenges, which are a great way to define something you want to improve on and then take the steps which will get you there. A challenge has begun last monday but you can still join in! You don't have to rush yourself. I think, you can still join in the next few days. So if you need some more time to take more information in and think about your goals, take your time

Hey Nekobeko, welcome to the rebellion! As I see you've already started your first challenge. Good luck on your goals!

Welcome to the warriors! Great progress so far!

That sounds like the outlines of a good plan to me! You havee done great so far, keep up the good work!

Weekly update: Lifting has been good this week, although I failed on th OHP again on Monday. Today is my third attempt at 75 lbs, but I'm pretty confident I will clear that today, if I take it slow and adhere to my breaks. Other lifts are going as planned. My current numbers: Squat: 125 lbs. Bench: 105 lbs. Row: 105 lbs. OHP: 75 lbs. Deadlift: 170 lbs. For now I have abandoned the idea of adding some exercises, as soccer pre-season preparations have started and this is both eating away at my time and my strength. I try to compensate for this with more sleep and more nutrition, but especially my legs are suffering. So far I have tracked my nutrition everyday. I spent more time adding various foods to the database than with the actual tracking! Monday: 1911 cals Tuesday: 1503 cals Wednesday: 1639 cals Thursday: 2383 cals (440 cals alone from two cocktails!) Today: 404 cals so far (haven't had lunch yet) Except on Monday, where I was invited over to a friend for some poker, I managed to get my 8 hours of sleep in. According to the sleep cycle app, this has already had a positive impact on my sleep quality. I managed to remove some clothes from my wardrobe, but haven't figured out which ones to sell and which to donate. The difficult thing was to remove some books off the shelf. I really love books, even if they turn out to be crappy and I don't want to read them anymore. In some irrational way it makes me really sad to take a book off the shelf to donate/sell it.

I think the Daily Burn App is really straightforward, but I only use the Nutrition tracking tool, the workout tracking only confuses me. Well, I just might give Cronometer a try, maybe this works better for me. Thanks for the hint!

Hello Lokesbrah! Your plan looks good! Would you mind telling us your plan for your workout? I'm curious Good luck reaching your goals!

Hey JDubs, and welcome! Your quests look pretty good to me! All the best on reaching your goals!

Hello Anne, welcome to the rebellion! Why don't you try and start a six week challenge for yourself? The current one has begun yesterday and you can still hop in! Wishing you a great day, too!

I use the Daily Burn Tracker App. It's a bit difficult for me as a german, as I cannot find every product I eat instantly, but I then either choose a similiar product or, when I have the time, I put the exact numbers in and save it in the database. Thanks Raev! Glad to be on board

Your game seems really awesome! Good thing I'm not playing it, I would probably end up with a negative result, alone for the drinking penalty. I definitely want to see you rack up those points!

Hey Varelse! I like your thread title, since I'll be doing something similar on my challenge. Good luck on your goals!

Thanks for the welcome, Alanna! Until last week I progressed fairly easy. Last week I failed two reps on my OHP at 75 lbs, one in my second set, the other on the last set. Hope I perform better next time! Thanks for the hint, I will definitely have a look at that! And now I want ice cream Thanks, I hope so! It seems to me that I'm neither gaining good nor bad weight and I'm stuck at 71 kg. Hopefully tracking my nutrition will give me a base of information on which I can build.

Hey Warriors! I'm really excited to start my first challenge with this guild! After I mainly focussed on lifting and eating the last challenge, now it's time for me to sleep and eat more. Of course I will continue with stronglifts, but maybe I add some stuff to the program. Apart from strength training I want to focus on some bad habits, namely sleeping and eating. I tend to sleep less than I should. And I don't quite know what I put in my body and how it affects my progress. The solution to this is simple: track food and sleep more! Main Goal: Reach a weight of 78 kilogram (171 lbs) by gaining mostly lean mass. Quest 1: Continue with Stronglifts 5x5 and keep to a gym schedule of 3x a week. Measurement: A= 17+ visits; B= 15 visits; C= 12 visits Reward: A= +3 STR, +2 STA; B= +2 STR, +1 STA; C= +1 STR Quest 2: Track what I put in my body everyday! Measurement: A= Average of 6,5 days per week; B= Avg. of 5,5 days per week; C= Avg. of 4,5 days per week Reward: A= +2 STA , +2 WIS; B= +1 STA, +1 WIS; C= +1 STA Quest 3: Sleep 8 hours per day on weekdays Measurement: A= slept 8 hours per day on 30 days ; B= 25 days; C= 20 days Reward: A= +2 CON, +2 STA; B= +2 CON, +1 STA; C= +1 CON Life quest: Unclutter. Sell/donate stuff I don't use anymore/ clothes I don't wear. I don't know yet how to measure it the right way. Reward: +2 CHA

Hey EagleRising, welcome to the Rebellion! Your post very much resonated with my, because I was a big procrastinator a few years ago, too. In some aspects, I still am, but at least I'm not snoozing until noon anymore! Your long term goals look solid, can't wait to see your challenge!

Hi lazergician! Good job quitting the smoking! I quit myself two years ago and sometimes I still dream of smoking. Good luck reaching your goals!

Hello Elena! Just dropping by to wish you good luck on reaching your goals!

Hello Scratch Card! I'm in the same boat as you, skinny and discontent with it. Have you already figured out how you want to change that?

Hi Cassi, welcome to the rebellion and good luck on the forthcoming challenge!

Thanks, Kailer, I appreciate that! I think, thats what's the first challenge all about, learning how the challenges work and working on setting goals, learning the "Soft Skills", if you like. I'm pretty sure that I am going to join the Warriors for the next challenge, as my next steps (eat, sleep, lift; something along those lines) pretty much correspond with that guild. But I want to try and learn so many things that I probably end up "visiting" every guild for one challenge or the other.

Hey Jason, how did your last week on the challenge go? Would love to hear your summary!

Wow, I can't believe thas this challenge has passed so quickly! When I signed in on Friday to write down my weekly summary, I was like: "Wait, July 20th, that's the day after tomorrow! Holy cow, the challenge is nearly over?!" I'm really glad I took this challenge on and really excited I sticked to it! But in retrospective, I could have done better. Let's see how I fared: Main Quest: Reach a weight of 78 kilogram (171 lbs) by gaining mostly lean mass. Progress: Nada. One week I gained a pound, the other week I lost it. As of now, I'm still 71 kg, give or take. Quest 1: Start with Stronglifts 5x5 and keep to a gym schedule of 3x a week. Measurement: A= 17+ visits; B= 15 visits; C= 12 visits Reward: A= +3 STR, +2 STA; B= +2 STR, +1 STA; C= +1 STR Result: C. I went to the gym for a total of 13 times. There was only one week whre I actually went three times. Quest 2: Go to work by bike 2 - 3 times a week. I participate in a campaign called "Mit dem Rad zur Arbeit" (" Go to work by bike") which requires me to bike at least 20 times to work by the end of August. I hope to do 16 out of 20 by the end of this challenge. Measurement: A= 16 bike rides in total; B= 13 bike rides; C= 10 bike rides Reward: A= +3 STA; B= +2 STA; C= +1STA Result: F. Really embarrassing... I thought this one would be easy, but I only managed 3 times in total Quest 3: Bring a healthy, self-made lunch to work everyday. I want to prepare healthy meals to bring to work, but recently I failed and had to buy processed food for lunch or go hungry instead. I will now cook my food in advance so that I can enjoy a delicious lunch at work everyday. Measurement: A= Average of 4,5 meals per week; B= Avg. of 4 meals per week; C= Avg. of 3,5 meals per week Reward: A= +2 CON, +2 WIS; B= +1 CON, +1 WIS; C= +1 CON Result: B. Thanks to batch cooking, this one was pretty easy. One week I only got in three meals, but the other ones were pretty solid, either 4 or 5 self cooked meals. Life Quest: Establish a working schedule of 2 hours of straight work, followed by a 20 minute break. Keep that up for the full working day. I tend to shirk my duties at work. I recently read about this mode of operation of a german author and want to try it for the challenge in order to boost my performance at work. Measurement: A= stick to schedule +95 per cent of working time; B= +85 per cent; C= +75 per cent Reward: A= +2 WIS, +1 STA; B= +1 WIS, +1 STA; C= +1 WIS Result: C. If I would stick to my notes, it would be a B, but I know there were occasions when I strayed from my work, so to be honest, I grade myself with C. Gained Attribute points: +1 STR, +1 CON, +2 WIS. What else did I learn? I'm pretty good at self-deceiving. Prior to the challenge, I told myself that I had a good plan and that I wasn't screwing around in the gym. Taking on the challenge and switching to an easier program (Stonglifts 5x5) was an eye-opener. Before, I did some half-assed workout, now, I push myself further every workout and that feels really good! Even last week's back pain vanished after my friday's workout! Second thing I learned: My daily/weekly/monthly planning is creative chaos. If I had given it some thought, I would have realized that my biking quest was pretty much harder than I imagined. There were other things during the challenge that I wanted to spent my free time on (and yes, that absolutely includes the soccer world cup), that biking simply fell over overboard. The thing is, if I had kept my planner I could have realized that beforehand. So, to cut it short I have to do something about setting priorities straight, but also keep my planning up to date to enhance my decision-making. A last thought: I did the challenge. I could have done better, but I made it through. But when I look back, I don't know if I could have achieved any of the progress I made if I hadn't signed up to the community. If I hadn't signed up, I would have continued with all the stuff I did (or did not) before. But with inspiration I took from here I was able to push onwards and become a better me. Can't wait for the next challenge to begin!!

Thanks! The last week yielded mixed results. On one hand, the situation at work is improving. Maybe that has something to do with my boss being abroad, so he can't harass me with unneccessary extra tasks. On the other hand I have some back pain since wednesday, so I decided to skip that day's workout. But I was active nevertheless, because soccer training started this day. Main part was an obstacle course and that thing really pushed me! On top of that we practiced shots on goal after that with me between the pipes. I made some decent saves, but I wasn't on top of my game. As for the strength training, I have to see how much weight I can handle. I'm pretty sure my back pain doesn't come from strength training, nevertheless, some movements hurt so I have to see how it responds to some weight. My lunch this week was always home-made meatballs filled with feta cheese, because I made a giant batch monday and they are so delicious! I had either nothing or a salad on the side. I couldn't fit in the biking this week, somehow every evening this week I was so busy that I had to decide against the bike.

Well, let's just say that we celebrated our team's victory with a lot of beer and hard liquor and I didn't go to bed until well after midnight. I'm glad I took the day off because I slept until noon and was still dizzy some time afterwards. But I got my workout in on the afternoon, of which I am quite proud! I almost failed on the overhead press. Hopefully it's not that tough next time Nevertheless, I still can't believe we are the world champion in soccer