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It's up high and more toward the front, but still on the outside. I've never had an issue with it before, but there's a first time for everything, I suppose! I'll definitely ice it and give it a break. Unfortunately, starting with less weight means dropping some pounds since most of what I've been doing has been bodyweight. I do kettlebell swings (and deadlifts), but everything else is bodyweight.

That's great! Thanks for the link. I've been keeping up with the swings and stopped on the squats/lunges and I'm not having any trouble with my knees at all. However, my left shoulder has been bothering me for a week now and I'm having difficulty lifting/moving my arm without pain. I think I may have bit off a bit more than I should have. If anything, I'm learning that I'm not in as good of shape as I was a few years ago and that I need to take things slower to start. Maybe even spend some more time on my warmups and drop some more weight before I end up hurting myself more.

Check-in: Friday, June 20 After my bad week last week, I decided to cash in a few Amazon giftcards I had laying around and bought a scale. It showed up today and I eagerly jumped on it. The last time I weighed myself, I was 235lbs and the doctor had a discussion with me "Do you know what bmi means? Do you know what a good bmi is?" At 235lbs, I had a bmi of 35%. While I haven't improved much, I've dropped 13lbs and almost 5% bf since early January. It's enough of a change to give me a kick in the backside and push me a little bit farther. I think that I'm going to have to change my goal of working out 15/30 minutes even just doing bodyweight and kettlebell stuff. The squats and lunges are killing my knees. I'll stick with the kettlebell swings, lifts, pushups, core work and stretching, but I'm going to have to cut back. To compensate, I'm going to start walking and eventually running until I can strengthen my knees back up.

Yeah, getting into the groove is significantly harder than I expected. I got some really disappointing/discouraging news at the end of last week and I just sort of let myself go and lost what little groove I had. But, I'm jumping back in and getting things going again. And on top of the not-so-great news, I let me streak of nearly 40 days on MyFitnessPal drop -.-' Oi.

As part of my 6 week challenge, one of my goals is to keep under my 2020 calorie count. I'm okay at keeping away from stuff like ice cream and beer when I need to (as much as it sucks!), but my issue is with my portions. I grew up with a family that would take it as an insult if you didn't have to be rolled away from the table after a meal. If you could carry the plate by yourself, it wasn't full enough. I'm living on my own now, so I can finally take better control of how much I eat. If I stick to normal sized portions, keeping me just under my 2020 for the day, I'm ravenous an hour after my meal and I end up having a large meal to compensate and going way over my allotment. Any suggestions as to how I can learn to keep my portions (and gut-rumblings) under control?

Part of my 6 week challenge is to finish a book. I started Game of Thrones on Monday and am having a hard time putting it down. At the rate I'm going, I should have it done well before the challenge is over!

Check-in: Wed., June 11 Well, so far I haven't done well. I went well over my calorie goal on Monday, but that's mainly because my brother was in town and we went out for lunch & dinner. I went over on Tuesday as well, but only by a small amount (so I awarded myself 1/2 pt) and didn't give in to my desire of a hard cider/bowl of ice cream at 10pm. As for my first goal, I didn't get in a workout. I had some time available, but just didn't make myself do it. However, I can still make my quota of 4x a week if I get started today, so I'm absolutely doing that. My extra goal of finishing a book is coming along well though. I started Game of Thrones on my Kindle and have made a good dent in it over the past two days (~8%). I've also set up a spreadsheet to track my progress. I'll link to that in my signature after I post this update - again, for some public accountability!

Thanks! I'm using MFP to give me an idea of what I should be looking at in terms of calories. It suggested 2020/day, so that's what I'm going to try for now. I've been logging everything every day for the past 25 days, but really need to focus on staying under that 2020.

Hazard, thanks for the welcome and all the information! I'll definitely be stopping over to the Assassin's Den shortly and introducing myself. While my ultimate goal is aimed toward ranger/warrior, I figured I'd work with what I have access to for at least the first challenge. And until I drop some weight, I figured that bodyweight/kettlebell would be a lot easier on my knees and back as well. Thanks for the information!

I've been a long time lurker on NerdFitness (lost my old account and can't remember the info!) and I've finally decided to give a challenge a shot. I really let myself down these past few months, so now it's time for me to rise up out of my slump and become who I want to be. My main quest for the next six weeks is to lose some weight and learn some discipline. My lack of discipline has put me in a bad position in life and is something I very much need to work on. Goals: Perform a kettlebell and bodyweight routine 4x a week starting at 15 minutes/day and finishing at 30min/day. Continue logging with MyFitnessPal and stay under my calorie goal 6 days each week. Reach my old record of 50 pushups at a time.Another goal, just a small one to give me something other than fitness to focus on is to finish a book. I used to be a big reader, but haven't finished a book in probably over a year. For grading, goals (1) and (2) will be given one point per daily success and be tallied out of the total number (1 - 4x6=24 total, 2 - 6x6=36 total). Goal (3) is a pass/fail goal although I may rethink that. I'll likely put together a spreadsheet and link to it in my sig to both help keep track of my allotted points and to give myself some public accountability - something I definitely need.