bskelhorn

Morning everyone, Here is my final update for this challenge. Some ups but quite a few downs - however I will not give up and I will move forward with my goals way into 2012. Fitness goals 1. Lose 12lbs (or more) over the 6 weeks - (I have lost 4lbs over the 12 weeks. This is however off goal but I have learnt a lot about my body and my will power. Apart from the last Thursday I didn't drink during the week for the past 6 weeks!) 2. Attend 90% of my teams rugby training sessions over the 6 weeks. (Due to poor planning, willpower and lazyness I only managed to hit 40% of my sessions. Again however I can draw positives from this and it will make me attend more often) 3. Train at least 2 times a week with rebel guide level 1 and update my workout thread (Total fail on my part for this goal - 0% of the challenge was met, wow that is rubbish! The only way is up on this goal) My Fail challenge: 1. Gain captaincy of the 2nd XV at Burgess Hill Rugby club and lead them to a victory on the field. Then keep the role moving into the Christmas period. (Well I did fail on this challenge as I didn't get captaincy. On the plus side however I have learnt a lot over the past three games that I have played in. Position, communication and intensity have increased tenfold. It will only help me to be a better player and lead by example.) Personal challenge 1. Finish my second collection of ghost stories and self-publish in time for Christmas. (Well this is going really well - all 6 stories have been written and it is with a proof-reader at the moment. This should be ready for the holidays.) Final thoughts: Overall this challenge has really helped me define my goals and what I want to achieve with my life. For too long I thought I was happy with my size as I would wear it as amour and deflect any attempts to get into shape. I have been lucky to have a passion for rugby and the team spirit it brings, this team spirit I have no doubt has helped me move forward and improve my life through its code. I wish all of the members of this group the best of luck moving forward and I hope to keep in touch through the forums. I have come across a website accompli.sh where I have set my goals for 2012 - fancy joining me? Speak to you all soon.

Morning everyone, Here is my final update for this challenge. Some ups but quite a few downs - however I will not give up and I will move forward with my goals way into 2012. Fitness goals 1. Lose 12lbs (or more) over the 6 weeks - (I have lost 4lbs over the 12 weeks. This is however off goal but I have learnt a lot about my body and my will power. Apart from the last Thursday I didn't drink during the week for the past 6 weeks!) 2. Attend 90% of my teams rugby training sessions over the 6 weeks. (Due to poor planning, willpower and lazyness I only managed to hit 40% of my sessions. Again however I can draw positives from this and it will make me attend more often) 3. Train at least 2 times a week with rebel guide level 1 and update my workout thread (Total fail on my part for this goal - 0% of the challenge was met, wow that is rubbish! The only way is up on this goal) My Fail challenge: 1. Gain captaincy of the 2nd XV at Burgess Hill Rugby club and lead them to a victory on the field. Then keep the role moving into the Christmas period. (Well I did fail on this challenge as I didn't get captaincy. On the plus side however I have learnt a lot over the past three games that I have played in. Position, communication and intensity have increased tenfold. It will only help me to be a better player and lead by example.) Personal challenge 1. Finish my second collection of ghost stories and self-publish in time for Christmas. (Well this is going really well - all 6 stories have been written and it is with a proof-reader at the moment. This should be ready for the holidays.) Final thoughts: Overall this challenge has really helped me define my goals and what I want to achieve with my life. For too long I thought I was happy with my size as I would wear it as amour and deflect any attempts to get into shape. I have been lucky to have a passion for rugby and the team spirit it brings, this team spirit I have no doubt has helped me move forward and improve my life through its code. I wish all of the members of this group the best of luck moving forward and I hope to keep in touch through the forums. I have come across a website accompli.sh where I have set my goals for 2012 - fancy joining me? Speak to you all soon.

Hey everyone, Up and down challenging week for me, I didn't make training and my goals have been all over the place. I did however get down to 20st 4lbs on friday but after the weekend and drinks etc it just piled back on. After speaking with the club phsyio and a few of the guys at the club it amazing how much your weight can change in a week. I have weighed myself this week and already I am back down to 20st 9lbs. If I carry on without drinking during the week and eat well it will hit back down to 20st 4lbs. Just need to work on the weekends now. good luck to everyone over the next week and hitting your goals.

Happy thanksgiving everyone, hope you all have a great day.

Cheers guys, well and truly back on track now. continuing the trend with rugby training from 7 tonight. Well done Roos keep it up, i'm going to try and head out tomorrow for a walk / jog @ 6am.

W4 D1 Son of a....... Well the weigh in was a complete disaster this week. I've gone back up to my starting weight on Monday and all seemed lost. I lost all motivation at that point to keep going in the challenge. I thought back to the weekend and what I had done differently from the past two. The only thing I could think of was the fact that I played rugby for 40 mins with a 10 min cooldown after. I had a few drinks but nothing as bad as the weeks before, so I had no answers. I was done, the towel was well and truly in the ring. However I re-read the last few posts on NF.com and I thought bugger it I am going to keep going and it all started on that Monday morning +2 hours after the weigh in. So I went to work and sorted out my personal goal regarding my book and made a few changes to the current collection I have out already. I was feeling great, I finished off the day with a small prawn curry (the lovely wife cooked with low fat ingredients). W4 D2 This morning I thought I would weigh myself again - I know it’s a bad idea but I just had to know. BAM! down to last week’s weight - what the hell! I have a feeling my body holds on to the beer a little too much.... Anyway onwards and upwards - sorry for the long post but I just had to share. With regards to the fasting it sounds great and I might give it a go.

W3 D2 Great rugby training session last night, got back into contact and held up quite well. Lineout's were next and my wrist seemed to hold up well with the amount of drills we were doing. Rest day today but back into the thick of it for thursday, I really need to up my game for selection on Saturday.

I have created a spreadsheet HERE for the week 3 challange if you would like to take part. Again good luck everyone this week in all of your goals and challanges.

Welcome to the group I'm doing my run tomorrow. Good luck

Sounds like a few of us had a bad weekend. Time to get back on it methinks

sounds great guys, any ideas for a week 3 challenge? I was thinking of timing a 1 mile run at the start of the week and then run it again on the sunday. Then seeing how we all do time difference-wise. What do you think?

W3 D1 1. Lose 12lbs (or more) over the 6 weeks (Currently standing at 4lbs overall) 2. Attend 90% of my teams rugby training sessions over the 6 weeks (0% attended this week due to injury) 3. Train at least 2 times a week with rebel guide level 1 and update my workout thread (WOW! what a loss in motivation I had this week. No excuses from here on in. I have put the weight back on, it's down to me to take it back off.) My Fail challenge: 1. Gain captaincy of the 2nd XV at Burgess Hill Rugby club and lead them to a victory on the field. Then keep the role moving into the Christmas period. (No game for me last weekend but I am back training and hopefully gain selction for Sat's game against Lewes 3rd's) Personal challenge 1. Finish my second collection of ghost stories and self-publish in time for Christmas. (Editied 5/5 stories and writing the final one at the moment. I should have the first draft completed this week and then onto editing.)

so week 3 starts I'm annoyed with myself. The weekend was great but there was WAY to much food and drink on my part. So getting back on the scales this morning I come in at 289lbs. Its still a loss overall but it has eaten into my weekly goal. So time to get back on the horse and hit up training - no excuses! How was eveyone elses week?

Hope it clears and you bounce back. there is nothing worse than and illness or injury to put a spanner in the works. On another note I know it is only Thursday but what's everyones plans for the weekend? I'm off to watch my team London Irish with my wife then relax with a shared bottle of red. Followed by a NF lvl 1 workout on the sunday.

one or two can't be that bad xtina I'm sure the client is happy you had a couple. (Keeping them sweet is half the job) ;-P