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Overall, I am very pleased with the progress I've made in my first challenge. Despite the fact that I lost my grandfather in the middle of it and struggled with insomnia, I kept going until the end of the 6 weeks and made some great improvements. 1. When I began the challenge, I was jogging for 90 seconds at a time. Now, I'm jogging for 8 minutes at a time. 2. I went from being able to do 9 pushups in one set and then quitting to doing a max of 12 in a set and adding two more sets after that with fewer reps. 3. I've practiced assisted pull-ups and negatives so that I'm closer to being able to do my first pull-up than when I started. 4. I'm getting more vegetables in me than I have in decades. 5. I've gone from 20% body fat to 18% body fat.

Goal Allocation Q1. Continue with my Couch to 5k program, running three times a week. – .34 DEX, 1 STA Q2. Continue working on my push-ups at least 2 times a week. I would like to be able to do 2 sets of 10 by the end of this challenge. – 1.36 Q3. Eat at least one vegetable a week. I really don't like vegetables, but I'm going to at least try one each week. - 1 CON, .34 CHA Life Quest: read for 15 minutes a day to get in the habit of reading. – 1 WIS End of Challenge Summary The second half of my challenge was only 2 weeks long since I was delayed for a week during the first half. I wasn't very consistent in my exercising during the second half, only exercising about half of the time in those two weeks, so I ended up with only 1/3 of my planned exercise days for the second half. Q1. I completed 3 of 9 days with my C25K program Q2. I have completed push-ups 2 out of 6 times.. Q3. I have eaten at least 1 vegetable a week for two weeks. Life Quest: I read for 15 minutes a day 2 times. Overall, I am very pleased with the progress I've made in my first challenge. Despite the fact that I lost my grandfather in the middle of it and struggled with insomnia, I kept going until the end of the 6 weeks and made some great improvements. 1. When I began the challenge, I was jogging for 90 seconds at a time. Now, I'm jogging for 8 minutes at a time. 2. I went from being able to do 9 pushups in one set and then quitting to doing a max of 12 in a set and adding two more sets after that with fewer reps. 3. I've practiced assisted pull-ups and negatives so that I'm closer to being able to do my first pull-up than when I started. 4. I'm getting more vegetables in me than I have in decades. 5. I've gone from 20% body fat to 18% body fat. Second Half Point Allocation Q1. - .11 DEX, .33 STA Q2. – .46 STR Q3. – .66 CON, .66 CHA Life Quest: – .1

Well, last week I struggled again with sleep, so I ended up running once, doing body weight exercises once, and helping someone move once. Helping someone move turned out to be the most strenuous workout I've had in weeks, but it also helped me see how much my fitness has improved over the last six weeks.. It involved moving two people out of a second floor apartment, so we carried furniture and boxes down the stairs and walked back up again to get another load over and over again. I handled the walking up and down the stairs so many times really well, thanks to my new habit of running :-). The part that got me was carrying the furniture. I ended up working my arms to failure, and I had to sit down and let them rest. That shows me I need to put more effort into working my arms in the next challenge so that they endure as well as my legs do. This morning I am working on push-ups. Thus far I have done 10, 7, 5.

Thanks! I'm not about to derail. I'm just hitting a few bumps, but that is the way life goes. Last week, I ran twice and did body weight exercises once. That makes me two days of exercise short of my goal for last week. Unfortunately, my insomnia is still giving me trouble, and I'm letting the lack of energy that results keep me from exercising every day. Today I got back at it with a 35 minute jog/walk of 2.2 miles. I feel better now that I have finished. I'm going to do better with consistency this week!

I have a few firearms that are mainly for personal protection. I carry a Glock 19 or a S&W M&P Shield in 9mm. I don't like the Shield as much, but it could be because I've shot the Glock more. I ran my 19 through a class back in Feb on the day after there had been an absolute downpour. I ended up with mud all in the magazines, and I was having trouble getting the gun to go back into battery when I racked the slide. On that weekend I found out no gun is perfect, but I also found out how much dirtyness my Glock can take. It will run for quite a while, even with mud in it.

Blaidd gave some helpful definitions for the points categories, so in light of them, I have reallocated my points for this challenge Goal Allocation Q1. Continue with my Couch to 5k program, running three times a week. – .66 DEX, 2 STA Q2. Continue working on my push-ups at least 2 times a week. I would like to be able to do 2 sets of 10 by the end of this challenge. – 2.64 STR Q3. Eat at least one vegetable a week. I really don't like vegetables, but I'm going to at least try one each week. - 2 CON, .66 CHA Life Quest: read for 15 minutes a day to get in the habit of reading. – 2 WIS Mid Challenge Summary My first week went well, but on Sep 20th I found out that my grandfather had had a heart attack. I did complete the second week (missing one running day), but I didn't post updates because I was worried about how he was doing. I missed a week for his funeral, and now I have just finished my third week in which I missed one running day. Q1. I completed 7 of 9 days with my C25K program Q2. I have completed push-ups at least 2 times a week for each week. Q3. I have eaten at least 1 vegetable a week for each week. Life Quest: I have only read for 15 minutes a day 2/3 of the time. Challenge Allocation Q1. B - 0.5 DEX, 1.55 STA Q2. A – 2.64 STR Q3. A – 2 CON, .66 CHA Life Quest: C – 1.55 WIS

I did Week 4 Day 1 of C25K yesterday, slowing my jog down quite a bit so that I could do the 5 minutes of running, and it wasn't as tough as I thought it would be. Right now I'll have to work on adding distance, then I can work on adding speed later. Since my push-ups aren't progressing as I would like, I decided to try the grease-the-groove method to get to where I could do more. I've done sets of 5 push-ups throughout the day today, and I'll keep doing so for a while to see if it helps.

Hey Grazer, I am experiencing a lot of soreness from BW exercises as well, and I have found that stretching helps to lessen the soreness as well.

Yesterday I did two sets of the BBWW, doing pull-up negatives instead of the bent over rows because the negatives work my upper body better. I'm not sure why, but it made me sore all over my body when I woke up this morning. On top of that, I didn't sleep well last night. So, between the soreness, tiredness, and the fact that I had to study for a test tonight, I didn't run like I had planned. I know I'm progressing, even if I keep hitting bumps along the way.

Saturday I drove home from Florida, yesterday was set aside for worship, so today I got back to my normal exercise schedule. I completed week 3 day 3 of c25k. Week 3 was challenging, so I'm wondering how well I will do as I begin week 4 that has 5 minute runs and shorter rest times. Yesterday, I had some soup for lunch, and I decided to try eating the vegetables in it instead of throwing them away like I usually do. To my surprise, I couldn't taste them at all. They tasted like the rest of the soup, so I guess I have found another way to eat vegetables :-).

Today I worked on push ups and let me ins. Now my arms are quite tired. Push ups weren't as good as last time, but that just teaches me how important it is to work on them consistently. Tomorrow I'll be traveling back home, so probably no exercise. On Monday I'll be back at it 100%.

Another Christian nerd here. It's always nice to find a group of Christ followers.

Good job stopping the downward cycle and eating a good lunch! We all fall, but as long as we get up and keep going every time, we will succeed.

Also, I tried cauliflower tonight. Not impressed. It had no taste.

Hello everyone, I am also interested in joining the assassins guild. Jason Bourne is my inspiration. He can use his body or his weapons to get the job done. I want to have that kind of mastery over my body and whatever tools are available to accomplish my goals.