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Quite sure there are more then 1 article, haha, Steve is pretty into the spartans and 300 stuff, you can always find something about it in the posts! But no, i don't plan on doing it all on 6 weeks, but i want to start it on 6 weeks, and use them as a "trial period" before really kicking in. This challenge will be more a 'will power' challenge, to see if i can take it and how much can i take.

Cline: Didn't see you! That sucks! =/ Leamaris: glad you liked the goals, what i mean with muscles is that basically, i lost pretty much all the body fat i had to lose, now i'm only a normal size person with a normal body, and with the "muscles" goal, i want to get some good looking muscles, 6 pack, biceps and all that... somewhere in the lines of Ryan Goslin (during stupid crazy love) and Gerard Butler (on 300)

Hello everyone! Glad to be in the squad! I'm Raul, brazilian, living in Paris (France), 20yo. My main objectives for this challenge: - fitness: gain muscles, a pretty decent amount of it. - life: find a way of getting money to be able to pay for my future projects. - health: not to repress feelings and emotions anymore, as they are destroying me on the inside. For the name, I have no ideas... If something comes up in my head I'll be sure to post it!

I'm in! 6 weeks, 6 goals. - http://bit.ly/wq9Yvm

Tomorrow (saturday) is goals making day then. Very much excited about this!

The last challenge I got myself into, i lacked of support and motivation, was going trough a couple of emotional issues and well, gave up on the challenge not even 2 weeks in! But now stuff changed, I can actually manage to support and motivate myself without needing much from others, PLUS my university gym is done being restored and I got my membership for €50/semester! (that's around U$68 for six months) So yeah, I'll have a place to workout near the place I spend most of my days at, TOTALLY in this challenge.

Thanks Atalan, it does help, i never wanted an unchanging life, but until not long ago, i was happy and everything around me was not fine, but awesome. I was just rocking the crap out of life, but in only 2 monthes i lost all the pillars that were holding me up, and i am struggling to change, i'm stuck here and i can't see the light at the end. The idea of "letting go" an unsolved problem is awful, to move on and know that back there i left something to be done... Yes, you are probably older than i am, altough age isn't a factor in this (i'm 20 btw) Thanks a lot, really.

So i just lost my bestfriend over a series of fairly stupid fights. I know it would all have been solved if i was living let's say... 6.000 miles closer? But anyways, this friend was also my girlfriend for a while, we broke up mainly for the distance reason, and we've been fighting over everything at the point that our friendship is over. In my head, all i can think of is very bad things, bad for me, and is that thing that well, no one really wishes. For the past few days i've had NO motivation at all, no will power, no wish to do anything. She isn't the only reason, for christ sake, but let's say she was my last pillar to hold on to. My entire life is changing, many things will be 100% different in a few monthes! I'm living this far because of my dad's job that transfered him over, and since we were here, i started university. Now, in the end of 2012, my dad's contract is over, so my family will most probably move back to my country, and i will probably stay, until i get my diploma at least (2016). Add that to the list, now there is the usual problem, money. I've been unemployed since 2009, can't find a job even as a pizza delivery guy! The reason? No clue, my last job was at EuroDisney and my boss actually told me i could have found way better than that when i got there, because i do have a couple of extras, if you look at local people of my age. I want to start over, i want to solve my problems, to get back to awesomeness, to have a great daily life with just simple and boring issues to deal with such as "someone put sugar in my coffee" or "damn i'm late for class", but with all that stuff in my head, i can't manage to find a way to go back to my good smilying self, and this forum is one of my hopes, i'm sending this as i would send a bottle with a message in the sea, hoping someone catches it, read it and reply to it.

I've been struggling with a few things, the biggest i guess would be the lack of motivation and luck (?). I've been going for exercises in a natural park not so far from home, but it has no lights in (very natural indeed), the sun comes up at 8ish, and goes down at 5h30/6pm, in between that, I'm "stuck" in class! Plus it's been raining quite a lot, harder to go out for exercising... That all make me quite depressed and cut my exercises that were 7km walk/run plus pull ups, push ups and squats down to just the push ups and squats (can be done in my bedroom), And I've been trying to find solutions for that! Another struggle are weekends, during them, all my family support goes away, they are in "vacations", and don't help much, bake cakes, get lazy to make food and bring mcdonald's home... And i end up being "the weird one cooking veggies and meat" and denying all the food they offer me or they buy already counting me in.

Nice, thanks for the answers! Got some frozen vegetables that are awesomely packed into portions, you put it in the microwave, 5min, TADAM! cooked vegetables. Got also some chicken breasts and tomorrow i shall look for deserts, but i must admit that it was a very weird lunch with no rice today!

Hey everyone, I'm trying to go more and more into the Paleo diet, and I've been facing a problem that you might be able to help me with! So, i am from Brazil, and over there our daily base food is rice and (brown)beans. Every day that i've known myself for i've had rice on the table, and that would go with the rest. Now, as we all know, rice isn't much paleo, and therefore i am trynig to cut it off my diet! When i try to get some chicken breasts, boiled vegetables, fish, potatoes... any kind of plate, i always hit the same issue: What do i eat that with? All i grew up with was "rice with chicken; rice with fish; vegetables cooked with the rice..." so now i get that tiny chicken breast in my plate and well, what else?! Anyone else had the same type of problem? Anyone has a solution? Ideas of what to eat with what and etc.?

Well, thanks a lot for the reply, I am still trying, i didn't let it all go down and drawned myself in Fast Food and morning cereal bowls, i'm just fighting against all the lazyness inside of me, and that is showing up way less easy then it looked like. Still trying, the boxing place reopened today, i watched a few videos about leveling up life that got me in a good mood, probably going to reset my 6 weeks goals starting sunday, and try to do what i can!

Totally lost my motivation, i've been eating like shit lately, have no real support and i can't manage to focus on anything! The day i started this challenge my boxing place went into a full month vacations, so i haven't been training that! And as much as i want to start new work out plans, running and all that, there is always a last minute problem that hold me down! I'm felling like crap and upset with myself... It looks like there is people that have been coming to this post more often than myself! Well, crappy update, but i think that's it for me.

Didn't get te google doc system, besides the Rules, everything is empty in there, i don't see any squads, names or anything... edit: i see only the squad names like "running squad", but once i click, it's all clear and empty...

6 week challenge details: Work out part: 3 times a week, 30 to 45 minutes maximum, basic workout from Rebel Strength Guide, printed sheets. Food part: Maximum paleo as possible, no 100% for me! lack of cooking skills, money and will, drink more water. Life part: Sleep earlier, 23h (11pm) maximum, get into the Youtube Project, balance studies and girlfriend. Financial part: Try to save some money for future projects, spend minimum in food and fun, at least during the challenge. To do list: Keep track of daily foodKeep track of daily workout (include everyday walk to school...)Use Moleskine to note it all downUpdate thread daily-- My current status: 82kg (180 pounds more or less) 1m78 (5.8 feet) Eating a fair ammount of crappy food and lying to myself about being in a pale diet, going to weekly boxing classes, 1h30/week My 6 weeks Objective: I want to get down to 76kg (167 pounds) at least, and on the way anihilate as much bodyfat as possible, turning all this into muscle. -- My actual main, long time objective: Be in shape to get in Boxing championships by October 2012 --