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I have been awful with my eating the past month. Absolutely awful. My boyfriend and I recently bought a trailer and it needed a lot of work done. We spent every waking hour that we weren't at work, working on this trailer. All of our meals were snacks or takeout because we didn't have the electricity on and we didn't refill the fuel tanks for the first month since we weren't actually living in it. I also work random hours. I work forty hours a week but the hours could be from anywhere between 8am until midnight any day of the week. So, sometimes my only meals that I get to eat are whatever they cook at work. I've lost control over my eating but I did have a few great things that happened this week that are really encouraging and will make a big impact on my life. I was just offered a new job that pays more and also is 8-4 Monday through Friday. I just started my first semester at a new school and I love it already. I am also looking into cruises to take this spring. I've also started meal planning because it helps save $100 on my monthly food bill. My boyfriend also got me a dog for my birthday and that has definitely helped me get out of the house and walking. Many goals for this challenge (even though I'm a little late on the posting) are: lift weights once a week, go for two 15 minute walks a day, plan out all of my meals so that they are healthy, but allow myself one meal a week that wouldn't be considered super healthy, do two assassins workouts a week that are on the academy website, and complete the water challenge along with three other challenges off the academy. I also would like to finish my food log that I started a few days ago. I really just want control over my eating again and I really feel motivated to do so!

I did really well on this challenge. I didn't get to accomplish all of the things that I wanted but I'm not going to beat myself up over it. For my next challenge I'm going to cut out dairy and popcorn. Now that I'm moving I'm going to try and go for a walk at least three days a week. I'm also going to focus my energy on finding a new job that doesn't have such an awful schedule and gives me more time for homework and family. Im really excited for how well I did and I can't wait to keep going!!

The battle is going pretty good! I'm not eating completely paleo but I've cut out grains and sweets. I did have two things of yogurt and I am still eating salad dressing (it is a vinaigrette but it does have a little sugar in it) but I'm really proud of myself for sticking to this. I like to eat the yogurt every once in a while because I am having really bad cravings. Like I dream about sweets and grains. But I find the yogurt to really help when I absolutely feel like I need to eat cake or pies. I am am still eating cheese and I will eventually cut it out of my diet but I'm having such bad cravings so I don't want to get rid of everything all at once and make it much worse. I also stepped on the scale and I've lost ten pounds. And I can really see changes when I look at my body in the mirror. Right before I started this I was having really bad stomach problems. I always felt gassy even though I wasn't gassy or my stomach made me feel like I was going to puke even though I couldn't even if I tried. But I have none of that now. Like at all. I haven't worked out like I wanted to or completed all of the missions that I wanted to but I'm trying to find a new job, switching schools, finishing up my semester this week, and I move in less than a week. I have a lot going on and I don't want to over exert myself. Also, I keep trying the water challenge and I'm going to have to work up to it because it makes me have to pee like every five minutes. I definitely have have a much better mindset this challenge than I've had in my past ones. I'm not going to get mad at myself for trying a bite of someone's food if it's not completely paleo.

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I've done really well with eating paleo and my family is being really supportive this time around. I know it's only been a week but I'm so proud of myself. My mom's birthday was Friday and I took her out to eat at her favorite Italian restaurant on Saturday to celebrate. I found the most paleo item on the menu which was lemon chicken with summer sausage (that I picked out because it was super spicy) over rice with spinach and tomatoes. I did eat a dessert because it was my moms birthday and I don't feel guilty about it at all. I usually consider everything like that a "cheat meal" but I planned on eating a dessert with her and I don't feel guilty about it. It was just a planned meal. And since then, I don't really have cravings for sugary foods like I thought I would. I'm so proud. I know it's a little step but man does it feel good to be in control of my eating like this!!

So I'm going to have to change my workout. I got a little ahead of myself and never considered that doing the three days of the body weight workout and then two days of lifting would be too much. I'm now going to do 3 workouts a week. Two body weight and one lifting weights.

Hi Rin! I'm not a newbie here but I haven't been active for almost two years so I'm basically starting all over again. I'm a stress eater too and I love sweets. I'm 21 years old and you can message me any time!

Good luck on your new job and good luck on this challenge!

That's what happened to me when I was eating Paleo too! I loved it and felt the healthiest that I had in years but due to personal reasons I stopped and basically stopped cooking all together! I'm trying to get back into it all again. Good luck and I hope you get that knife! It really is awesome!

Since my last two challenges a lot has changed. My first two challenges were almost exactly two years ago. I had succeeded everything that I had wanted to on my first one but when it came to the second challenge I let a lot of things get in the way and never finished it. Since then I have gained thirty pounds and I don't even recognize my own body anymore. I have gone through a lot of life changes and a really bad stage in my life. I joined the Nerdfitness academy a year ago and started to complete some of the challenges but, yet again, never followed through with what I wanted. That being said, I have never felt more motivated to turn my life around. This challenge is going to consist of me accomplishing things from the academy and changing my eating habits for good. I'm going to start going back to almost all Paleo with the exception of very small amounts of rice and small amounts of some dairies like yogurt and cheese. I want to reach my goal of eating at a level 7 on the nutrition quest for the academy which includes having to cross off a few other nutrition quests first: the H2O challenge (drinking 3 liters of water for five days out of a week), starting my food log and finishing 30 days of it, and deafeating my sugar beast. The mindset quest that I would like to cross off my list for this challenge are before pictures, taking measurements, finding my big why, breaking down my goals, and setting up my batcave (lets be honest, my batcave could use some hella cleaning...). For my general quests I am going to cross of the 5 minute walk quest, the walk a mile in my shoes quest, the plank practice quest, the 15 minute walk, the go for a jog quest, the 60 minute walk, and the three week workout plan quest. And the workout quests that I want to work towards are doing 25 bodyweight squats, deadlifting .5 of my body weight, bench pressing .5 of my body weight, meditating 30 minutes, and doing a guided meditation. Besides the quests that I want to cross off, I am going to do the bodyweight workout for beginners in the academy 3x a week, go for a walk or jog 2x a week, and do deadlifts, bench presses and squats 2x a week. My big why (Yay! I already get to cross one off my list) is to be happy again and I'm going to start doing that by being healthy again. I was at my happiest when I was eating healthy and taking care of myself. I'm always too exhausted to do the things that I love and I want to change that.

The problem with pre planning food is when I'm at college I have no stove and only a mini fridge. I can pre plan at home but I can't at school

Over this summer I was so motivated to change my life and eating habits. I was doing amazing with my first 6 week challenge and the first three weeks of the second one. I ate all Paleo all the time, was so happy with the way I looked, and was the most confident I have ever been in my life. Then, college started again. I was doing fine in the beginning but having paleo food was never a guarantee. I eventually stopped eating paleo all together. Then I started a new job. I support a house of children and adults with autism and disabilities. I'm a fulltime college student and I work almost fulltime hours everyweek. It's an hour and a half drive from my school to my job so I spend over three hours just travelling almost daily. Most shifts are 2-9 at night so by the time I'm done work and drive back to school the only thing that is open is fastfood. The only time I usually have time to eat is at 11 at night. My life has gotten so hectic and unpredictable. I stepped on the scale the other day and I weigh almost 150 pounds. At the end of the summer I weighed 133. I am always tired, I get sick super easily, I feel like crap about myself, and this is the worst I've felt in a while. I really need to respawn and refocus my life. I know I can do it and I will! It's time to find my motivation and get back in the game!

I've done horrible this week. I've been making excuses for my bad eating because I've been so busy. But it's time to take control over my eating again and be responsible for my own actions! I also have been looking into learning Kendo online because we don't have any martial arts classes around here. I guess it's hard to learn online and you should only learn the basics and few other things by self learning but I will still try! And maybe by the time I learn everything I can, I will be around the time for me to move!! I'm going to try the 80/20 rule because I think it's more attainable for me and my situation right now. I'm hoping that when I go back to school I can eat more Paleo because even though a lot of our Dining Hall foods are fried, they still have really great foods that I can still eat........ And I don't have to make my own omelettes!