Ashenmaster

So last week and the week before in one post because real life got busy. Managed to run enough and log all my transactions on YNAB. MyFitnessPal was fine the week before but I completely dropped the ball this weekend, noticed I struggled in general on the weekends.

Couple of days late because of the joys of life and work. Logged everyday last week on MFP, Ran 3 times however I passed on lifting, my knee started really clicking on squats and generally not feeling as strong, I'm not chancing an injury so I'm going to drop it as a goal for now. YNAB is also logged and up to date.

Totally agree, so far doing both in the same day has been fine time-wise as I run at lunch and lift in the evenings, I'm on a fixed work pattern with a really flexible lunchtime so I can schedule my life really easily. Biggest obstacle I think is going to be preventing injury, my knees are already giving me some grief and I really don't want to antagonise it too much. I might trial alternate days and see if that helps.

Runs done again this week, sorting screenshots out is proving to be a pain so gonna introduce it when I can find a less painful way to do it. Missed logging calories on saturday unfortunately but hit every other day. Lifted twice this week but felt a twinge in one of my knees on squats so decided to wave off the third day to avoid an injury.

Runs done this week, no weightlifting as my current programming needed more time than I had available for rest days, will pick it up next week. YNAB transactions all added and budgeting has been done. MFP screenshots to come tomorrow night.

Ended up sticking with going under on the macros, out tonight with work so think I'll try even it out today. From next week I won't normally go over it was just meal planning from last week that I need to eat through so it's hopefully a short-term problem but wanted some more general advice to avoid stressing myself out too much.

Currently toying with doing both on the same day to fit my life. Gonna trial it for a week and see how life treats me.

Ok a little late but here goes, my first challenge since the respawn which I've already been following just without realising it, goals are below: - Log my calories every day over the challenge - Run 3x a week - Lift 3x a week - Add transactions to YNAB once a week I'm going to try and post here at least once a week, ideally every day with a screenshot of MFP and the Starting Strength App. You'll have to take my word on the YNAB stuff . First post will be on Sunday now coming

To explain the title a bit more. I've been tracking calories more regularly and look to hit a goal of just under 2000 calories. Today I've managed to go over on both my carbs and proteins but under on fats, I'm also about 500 calories under my goal. My question is this, is it better that I hit my calorie goal despite the fact that it will put me even more over my carb and protein goal or can I get away with being 500 calories under my loss goal?

So I joined back in 2014 and was gradually dropping weight, boosting race times and generally having an all-round good time. Then I foolishly decided I could go at it alone... In the interim I had changes (good and bad), re-assessment of goals and new animals. 4 years later (it really cannot be that long can it?) I'm back, heavier and slower than before but eager to come back and carry on. So consider this my respawn. I'm regularly running again and watching my food intake. I'm also getting involved with more fitness communities to build my support crew out. Heres to a better go round this time.

I'm in if there happens to be any people still looking for a partner, got lost in the dark else I'd have been here sooner

At last I'm back and ready to get on with it Last Challenge: Could have gone better This Challenge: Time to get myself together and roll with it Main Quest: Stick to It My second quest taught me what was wrong, my motivation is non-existent. Now it's time to rebuild and start with a new mindset and a new motivation. Goals are still the same just the way I do it is gonna be different so main quest below: Getting myself to a state of fitness where I can successfully join the Royal Air Force as a crewman. The fitness requirements are as follows: 2.4 Km Run: 11.11 20 Press-ups 35 Situps Multi-stage Fitness test: Level 9.1 To that end I need to push my endurance and strength up so I think bodyweight + running is gonna be the way to go with me. So here's my quests Quest 1: Fix Schedule - Strength & Stamina The schedule did not stick last time because I over-commited with not enough time to make it work. This time it will, I will be attending a military fitness class from the 30th of this month (part of the reason I took a while to come back) a minimum of 3 times, more if I can manage it as well as doing a nightly workout of at least 10 minutes (again more if I can manage). In the meantime I will be picking up more runs as and when I can. Logging will be tricky but I will work something out (a personal app development might be required). Grading is as follows: A - Workout 5 times a week (+4 STA & +4 STR) B - Workout 4 times a week (+3 STA & +3 STR) C - Workout 3 times a week (+2 STA & +2 STR) D - Workout 2 times a week (+1 STA & +1 STR) F - Workout once a week (+0 STA & +0 STR) There is also a bonus quest here for the running element, 3 runs a week using the Run! Zombies 5K application. 1 Bonus STA point per day completed. Quest 2: Eat Healthier - Constitution Diet went well until an influx of money and a night of lazy led to a few (read as 5) dominos binges. So my goal is to start cooking my meals from scratch (recipes would be appreciated if you wonderful folk have some good simple meals) ensuring that it contains at least one element of vegetable/fruit. Grading is as follows: A - 5 Dinners + 5 Lunches (+4 CONS) B - 4 Dinners + 4 Lunches (+3 CONS) C - 3 Dinners + 3 Lunches (+2 CONS) D - 2 Dinners + 2 Lunches (+1 CONS) F - 1 Dinner + 1 Lunch (+0 CONS) 3 bonus CONS points available for having one portion of fruit extra. Quest 3: Sleep better - Stamina Again this went totally wrong, I managed until side projects took over. So for this goal I need to ensure that I am in bed by 11:30 every night during the week. Grading as follows: A - 5 nights (+4 STA) B - 4 nights (+3 STA) C - 3 nights (+2 STA) D - 2 nights (+1 STA) F - 1 night (+0 STA) Life Quest: Prepare to run the Spitfire Scramble I recently found out about the Spitfire Scramble, it is a run held in London where you have to complete as many 5.8 Km laps in 24 hours as possible, all money raised goes to the RAF Benevolent Fund as well as other military charities so it seemed a pretty good cause to me. Pass - (+1 STR & 3 STA) Fail - (0 WIS & 0 CHA). Well those are my quests, nothing new except the mindset and the time period, battlelogs to follow later.

**Edit** Look before I post, put this in the right place

Ok so checking afer disappearing for a while, this challenge was more a less a bugger up for me. Had a good start but quickly went downhill. On the plus I know what went wrong. I had absolutely no motivation to do anything, no matter what I couldn't perk myself up enough to actually get started on anything. So I calling this one a fail but the next one will be a success. Exercise - F Just couldn't seem to get this going, I managed about 2 weeks that were good out of the entire challenge, plus side is I found a great fitness group in London which once finance sorts itself out I will definitely be joining. Sleep - D Not quite a fail but definitely not a success, unfortunately this month I decided to get mega motivated to work on my site meaning very late nights on several occasions. Eat Well - C Again better but definetly not good, managed to eat ok, minimal processed foods and only a handful of pizza but also not as much fruit and veg as I hoped. Lessons learned: One: I need more motivation than just friends and family, to that end I am going to aim to get in a good enough shape to run the Spitfire Scramble in London. Figure a goal will definitely help. Two: I need to plan my work better so that I'm not pulling late nights unnessecarily. Three: Planning my meals would have been much better than what I ended up doing. Points: Goal 1: 0 STA & 0 STR Goal 2: +2 CONS Goal 3: +1 STA Ah well there's always the next challenge to improve on.

Quite simple, my partner and my family. Both are supporting me towards my end goal and want to see me succeed with this new lifestyle.