Elle.e.Phunk

Updated my progress bars for week three! My Beginners Body Workouts and working out 4 or more times a week have been going very well! I've also been adding the $40 to my savings account weekly. I actually added $50 last week! My sleep goal is still one I am struggling with. I definitely got 8 hours last night. I was so tired and knew this week would be stressfull at work, so I made sure to be laying in bed no later than 10PM last night. I was bummed that I had to say goodbye to my personal trainer last Thursday. I'm sure I'll see her around, but my 9 months of training were up and I really can't afford paying $200 a month to meet once a week. I need to use the tips she's taught me and continue to kill it during my workouts! One thing I definitely need to focus on during my next challenge is having a food goal. I have definitely been naughty lately when it comes to making healthy choices. I do so well for a long time and always fall back into bad habits or I should say the easier route. I'm back to meal prepping all my meals for the week, so that fights the temptation of going out with coworkers for lunch during the week! I'm going to the Western Idaho Fair tonight and I'm actually not a huge fan of fair food, so let's see how this goes. It will be around dinner time since i'm going right after work. Wish me luck!

I updated my progress bars again! This time they are correct and reflect the last two weeks. Did the BBWO last night and meal prepped for a little over 3 hours. My meals prepped were mostly paleo except for the brown rice/quinoa mix I made. I think that's the one thing I will never be able to give up. RIce! Being half Korean and living in Korea for 12 years makes it hard to give up rice completely, but I've given up white rice for the most part. I think I'm doing well!

Alright... I think I updated my progress bars correctly, but I may have to go fix my bar on sleeping 8 hours a night. Week 2 went well for the most parts. The BBWOs are getting easier for sure, and I'm still going to the gym at least 4 times a week but mostly going 5 times. The hardest thing was getting 8 hours of sleep last week. I rocked it until my roommate got back from her vacation. We stayed up pretty late Thursday night, her birthday was celebrated on Friday. We got a huge party bus and partied all night. I stayed up until almost 4AM that night, and my bad sleeping continued on to Saturday night as well. I made sure to go to bed early last night so I could function at work today! On to week 3! WOOHOO!

This is a great idea!! I did this for my sister one day on her bathroom mirror when she was going through a tough time. We tranferred them to the outside of her closet. It's awesome how little things like this can help so much! DO IT!

I'm so excited that I ran into this thread!! I've taken out most of my peircings and have 5 tattoos. My most recent is an elephant on my right shoulder. It's all black and grey with shading and mandalas on the body. I'm not allowed to add all the colorful flowers to it until I hit another weight loss goal. I hope to see more people post their tattoo pictures. I need to get one of mine too!

I killed the first week! Haha! I feel even better this week!! Thanks!

Yes! I finally figured it out and updated everything on my first post.

I agree with the above posts! This is one of my hardest spots! If i could just chop my arm fat off, i would be happy! Ok, let's be realistic though. I still do a lot of arm exercises. In my head I tell myself if my arms get stronger, then the fat will come off, but eventually you'll start losing weight everywhere, including your arms.

You got this! I've struggled with my weight for such a long time. I've lost about 123lbs with eating healthier and kicking my ass at the gym. Sounds like you were always into sports growing up, which I wasn't, so you already have that advantage! I lost my first 70lbs by cutting out all drive thrus, including coffee. I cut out fast foods, but not coffee. Only thing was if I wanted a coffee I had to get my ass out of my car and go inside. How likely was that? Psh...so I cut a lot of the latte's and frappacinnos out of my diet. Good luck chickie!

Hi Ellet! I came across your thread after noticing we are both in the same support squad of awesome! I love your goals for this challenge, and am thinking my next challenge may be very similar to yours. I as well have a good addiction, but it comes and goes. I've battled with my weight my entire life. I recently got into eating a lot more healthier, which I am very good at, but go back to eating crap foods in social situations and when I'm bored. I love your rewards at the bottom of your goals, too! I have a similar one with the tattoo. I recently got an elephant on my back. I'm not allowed to add on to it until I lose my weight. The more weight that comes off, the more artwork I get to add and make it truly badass like I envision! Anyway, I'm glad I found your page! YOU GOT THIS!

I've also posted this on my main thread. 1. Is your overall quest achievable (over a short or long period of time)? Is it reasonable? I think so! At the end of this six weeks those pants better fit my ass! And hey, if not, it's not the end of the world. They better go on a lot easier than they do now though. My overall goal is to get into the single digit pants sizes, but that's going to take a longer period of time. For now, let's focus on getting into the teens. I already fit into an 18 in workpants, it's mainly jeans that I struggle with. 2. Do your 3 quests all build towards your main quest in little ways, or are you taking on too much? Do your quests have sub-quests or is it just one thing to focus on? Yes, all of my quests are to remind me to not be lazy, and that at the end of the day there is always some time to get in a good workout. Getting 8 hours of sleep will give me the energy to have a productive workday, make smarter choices during the day (with food), and get my exercise in. By staying on top of my 3 quests, I should have no problem achieving my main quest. 3. Are your main goals realistic? Can you scale them to smaller steps to fit your life better, even if it will make it take a little longer to achieve them? Yes. My smaller quests will help me achieve it too. I think doing the Beginning Body Workout 3 times a week is great! Sometimes I'll do it twice a week because my other workouts like my Body Attack class is way more intense than the BBWO and I'm not going to repeat those squats and lunges after doing those along burpees in my class! Haha! All my goals tie in together to help me achieve my main goal. 4. Are your goals able to be measured and tracked? What will you use to track them? Yes. I am tracking most of my goals by using my LoseIt app on my phone. I'm tracking my sleep schedule in my head. Maybe tracking it in a journal or log would help though. 5. How are you grading your goals? Are they pass/fail (“every dayâ€, “not even once over the six weeksâ€)? Is there a reward for the effort, or are you only grading yourself on whether or not you “lose the weight†or “run the distanceâ€? I am grading my goals by how many times I actually complete them, and whether or not I'm kicking ass or doing them half assed. My sleep goal is graded by how many hours I'm actually sleeping. I'm giving myself points at the end of each week and tracking it on my progress bars in my first post. 6. What is your plan for continuing/altering/grading those goals if you become ill or injured? My plan for continuing is adding on little things as I go. As the BBWO's get easier I'll add more time to my planks, try to go deeper in my lunges, etc. I'll alter my workouts as time moves on by trying out new workouts and getting adventurous with them. I am already injured, so I'm being careful with my squats and lunges. I injured my knee last year with my old trainer. It turned into tendinitis and now a minor case of arthritis. I have to wear my knee brace, but stretching and listening to body is the most important thing for me to move forward and achieve my overall goal, which is all our goals, to look damn good naked. 7. Did you take into consideration any special occasions (Labour Day, Independence Day, birthdays, anniversaries, etc) that may occur during the challenge? What modifications do you need to build into your goals for those? So, my roommates birthday is on August 9th. I know I'll be cheating this day for sure, mostly with drinking alcohol. I have taken this into consideration though. The nice thing is her birthday is this Saturday, so I'll be getting all my weekly goals out of the way. I may not get that 8 hours of sleep, but then again, it's the weekend so I can sleep in a little. I'll make sure to not let this ruin my goals and fall back into old habits. I've given up alcohol for 3 straight months when I lost my first 30ish pounds, so I can do it again. Truly, the hardest thing for me is being social with friends and wanting to eat everything that's bad for me. Maybe I need to add a food goal in my next challenge? 8. Do any of your main goals conflict with each other? Will one goal make it hard to do another? No, my goals tie in together, making it easier for me to do all of them together. 9. Do you already have the time in your schedule to actually complete the goals you’ve set? If not, what are you planning to do to make time for them? Yes. I'm kind of a freak about getting my workouts in at the moment. I have a personal trainer I meet once a week after work. She'll helped me plan other workouts during the week. I go to Body Attack once a week, and I also weight train. All of this is done after work. I'm hoping as I get better with my sleep, I'll be able to change this to working out before work so my evenings are free. 10. Are you trying to build multiple habits, or is all your energy focused on your main quest? Yes. I'm trying to build several healthy habits. This way I can continue to achieve my bigger goals by losing more weight and getting healthier. Yes, I have already lost a shit ton of weight, and I have a shit ton more to lose, but I am damn strong and have crazy endurance for someone my size. I'm a very routined person during the week, so these habits will soon go into my routine, and in the long run will help me continue to be happy, healthy, and stronger.

I've been meaning to do the Mini Quest 1: Time to get SMART, that Blaidd posted. I'm posting on here, but also on her thread as well... 1. Is your overall quest achievable (over a short or long period of time)? Is it reasonable? I think so! At the end of this six weeks those pants better fit my ass! And hey, if not, it's not the end of the world. They better go on a lot easier than they do now though. My overall goal is to get into the single digit pants sizes, but that's going to take a longer period of time. For now, let's focus on getting into the teens. I already fit into an 18 in workpants, it's mainly jeans that I struggle with. 2. Do your 3 quests all build towards your main quest in little ways, or are you taking on too much? Do your quests have sub-quests or is it just one thing to focus on? Yes, all of my quests are to remind me to not be lazy, and that at the end of the day there is always some time to get in a good workout. Getting 8 hours of sleep will give me the energy to have a productive workday, make smarter choices during the day (with food), and get my exercise in. By staying on top of my 3 quests, I should have no problem achieving my main quest. 3. Are your main goals realistic? Can you scale them to smaller steps to fit your life better, even if it will make it take a little longer to achieve them? Yes. My smaller quests will help me achieve it too. I think doing the Beginning Body Workout 3 times a week is great! Sometimes I'll do it twice a week because my other workouts like my Body Attack class is way more intense than the BBWO and I'm not going to repeat those squats and lunges after doing those along burpees in my class! Haha! All my goals tie in together to help me achieve my main goal. 4. Are your goals able to be measured and tracked? What will you use to track them? Yes. I am tracking most of my goals by using my LoseIt app on my phone. I'm tracking my sleep schedule in my head. Maybe tracking it in a journal or log would help though. 5. How are you grading your goals? Are they pass/fail (“every dayâ€, “not even once over the six weeksâ€)? Is there a reward for the effort, or are you only grading yourself on whether or not you “lose the weight†or “run the distanceâ€? I am grading my goals by how many times I actually complete them, and whether or not I'm kicking ass or doing them half assed. My sleep goal is graded by how many hours I'm actually sleeping. I'm giving myself points at the end of each week and tracking it on my progress bars in my first post. 6. What is your plan for continuing/altering/grading those goals if you become ill or injured? My plan for continuing is adding on little things as I go. As the BBWO's get easier I'll add more time to my planks, try to go deeper in my lunges, etc. I'll alter my workouts as time moves on by trying out new workouts and getting adventurous with them. I am already injured, so I'm being careful with my squats and lunges. I injured my knee last year with my old trainer. It turned into tendinitis and now a minor case of arthritis. I have to wear my knee brace, but stretching and listening to body is the most important thing for me to move forward and achieve my overall goal, which is all our goals, to look damn good naked. 7. Did you take into consideration any special occasions (Labour Day, Independence Day, birthdays, anniversaries, etc) that may occur during the challenge? What modifications do you need to build into your goals for those? So, my roommates birthday is on August 9th. I know I'll be cheating this day for sure, mostly with drinking alcohol. I have taken this into consideration though. The nice thing is her birthday is this Saturday, so I'll be getting all my weekly goals out of the way. I may not get that 8 hours of sleep, but then again, it's the weekend so I can sleep in a little. I'll make sure to not let this ruin my goals and fall back into old habits. I've given up alcohol for 3 straight months when I lost my first 30ish pounds, so I can do it again. Truly, the hardest thing for me is being social with friends and wanting to eat everything that's bad for me. Maybe I need to add a food goal in my next challenge? 8. Do any of your main goals conflict with each other? Will one goal make it hard to do another? No, my goals tie in together, making it easier for me to do all of them together. 9. Do you already have the time in your schedule to actually complete the goals you’ve set? If not, what are you planning to do to make time for them? Yes. I'm kind of a freak about getting my workouts in at the moment. I have a personal trainer I meet once a week after work. She'll helped me plan other workouts during the week. I go to Body Attack once a week, and I also weight train. All of this is done after work. I'm hoping as I get better with my sleep, I'll be able to change this to working out before work so my evenings are free. 10. Are you trying to build multiple habits, or is all your energy focused on your main quest? Yes. I'm trying to build several healthy habits. This way I can continue to achieve my bigger goals by losing more weight and getting healthier. Yes, I have already lost a shit ton of weight, and I have a shit ton more to lose, but I am damn strong and have crazy endurance for someone my size. I'm a very routined person during the week, so these habits will soon go into my routine, and in the long run will help me continue to be happy, healthy, and stronger.

Tateman! The hardest thing for me is understanding how to update my progress bar. I'm getting a friend who is aslo doing this challenge to help me, so I'm sure I'll figure it out. Thanks for checking in. I'm definitely slacking with keeping up this thing. On a positive note, I am doing great at all my goals!

Yep yep! And my body is getting used to it. I can barely stay up passed 10PM these days! I guess that's a good thing. This weekend is going to be the test of how much sleep I get. It's the roomies 25th, and we are definitely partying!

Hi Lullaby! My first week was great! I'm planning up updating my progress bar tonight! I think the hardest thing for me is staying on top of logging in and keeping everyone posted. I'll try harder this week. Thanks for checking in.