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Food/Exercise diary entry: 30th September1st October 2014 Breakfast: Boiled egg salad Lunch: light cous cous and lettuce salad with tomato soup Snack: some mini banana and coconut flour pancakes Dinner: mint lamb leg steak with brocolli and homemade stilton cheese sauce Exercise: Rest day

Food/Exercise diary entry: 30th September 2014 Breakfast: Boiled egg salad Lunch: roast chicken leg pieces with lentil and vegetable soup Dinner: spicy chicken and pineapples with asparagus Exercise: 2 mile walk Set 1 20 squats 10 pushups 20 lunges 10 kettlebell lifts per arm 35 second plank Set 2 20 squats 10 pushups 20 lunges 10 kettlebell lifts per arm 40 second plank

Hope you're still doing ok with your challenge laurabzz

Apologies for the late response Had been quite busy this weekend travelling to London for the Eurogamer expo and catching up with old friends. While I tried to attempt to stay on the righteous path most of the time I did sadly have some foods that went against my diet plan. Not quite proud of it but I'm back to my regular schedule/programming as of yesterday. Please bear with me while I recollect my memory and post the previous days I missed. Food/Exercise diary entry: 23rd September 2014 Breakfast: Boiled egg salad Lunch: Chicken pieces, salad and soup Dinner: Healthy dinner (can't remember what I had but I can confirm it wasn't junk ) 2 sets of exercise Food/Exercise diary entry: 24th September 2014 Breakfast: Boiled egg salad Lunch: salad and soup Dinner: Healthy dinner (can't remember what I had but I can confirm it wasn't junk ) Food/Exercise diary entry: 25th September 2014 Breakfast: Boiled egg salad Lunch: bean salad with soup Dinner: cheese slices with zuchini slices and hummus (had a bus to catch to London that night) Set 1 10 squats 10 kettlebell explosions (unable to do pushups due to minor wrist stain on left hand) 10 lunges 10 kettlebell lifts 35 second plank Set 2 10 squats 10 kettlebell explosions 10 lunges 10 kettlebell lifts 35 second plank Food/Exercise diary entry: 26th September 2014 Healthy nuts and dates snack throughout the day. ONE SUGAR DAY USED: Had an Okonomiyaki and sauce they put on it seemed quite sweet couple of frankfurters (no bun) with hummus and zuchini sticks. Exercise: Walking around London Food/Exercise diary entry: 27th September 2014 Not much apart from yesterday's leftovers. Did have a chicken sandwich from KFC during lunch while with friends. Did eventually have a few to drink that night too. Exercise: Walking around London Food/Exercise diary entry: 28th September 2014 Had to take the 3pm bus back home (didn't arrive until midnight) so I had an english breakfast consisting of bacon, sausage, fried eggs and baked beans. coffee for lunch. Pesto chicken sandwich and egg salad for dinner with couple of dates/nuts healthy snacks. Food/diary entry: 29th September 2014 Breakfast: Egg Omlette with bacon bits Lunch: Roasted chicken breast pieces with peppers and onions and curried parsnip soup Dinner: Brocolli/Blue Cheese soup with Beef Pelmeni ....so yeah, got a bit bumpy this weekend. Determined to save this challenge and bring myself back on top of things. Started yesterday. So far so good Thanks again for the interest and support everyone. Feels great knowing that there's encouragement available.

Incredible stuff laurabzz and congrats on the 1 week milestone

Awesome intro story and targets buddy Good luck

Food diary entry: 22nd September 2014 Breakfast: Spinash Egg Omlette Lunch: A mango with a handful of almonds Dinner: Rotisserie Chicken with homemade satay sauce and zuchini salad. Wasn't feeling ok so I've moved my exercise session to tomorrow.

Food/Exercise diary entry: 21st September 2014 Breakfast: Egg Omlette with black and green olives Lunch: Egg Foo Young Fruit salad Dinner: Sweet potato, haggis and bacon mash. Exercise Played 9 innings in a 3 hour baseball game (we won). Decided to do one set before going out celebrating with teammates. Set 1 10 squats 10 pushups 10 lunges 10 kettlebell lifts 35 second plank 1st week completed

Thanks for the support balesom and laurabzz. Food diary entry: 20th September 2014 Breakfast: Egg Omlette with black and green olives Lunch: Cup of Green tea Dinner: Chicken Shwarma wrap with salad and hummus from a Middle Eastern restaurant. Had a family member come visit so we did a lot of walking/sightseeing.

Excellent stuff laurabzz and congrats with only ordering a coffee in your favourite ice cream place. I - too - was offered a heavily sugared coffee and cookie at starbucks but I declined and opted for a sugar-free flat white coffee Oh and Paprika is one trippy movie

Food diary entry: 19th September 2014 Breakfast: 2 egg omelette with green olives Lunch: 1 small cup of flat white Starbuck coffee (told the guy to make sure that no sugar is added) Dinner: Zesty lemon salad consisting of lettuce and cucumbers with seasoned (herbs) grilled chicken, 2 postatoes, green peppers and homemade red chilli sauce. Failed in getting exercise done today. Will be getting my last exercise day of the week tomorrow.

Apologies, I've been pretty busy yesterday and today. I'll update my diary now. Food diary entry: 18th September 2014 Breakfast: Boiled Egg Salad Lunch: Leftover Thai beef & vegetable curry with rice noodles with chicken mulligatawny soup. Dinner: Russian Cabbage Soup - bacon, lettuce, cucumber and grilled halloumi cheese salad - bacon/mussels/cauliflower rice paella. Exercise rest day but I managed to climb the stairs again.

Thanks again guys Really appreciate the support Food/Exercise diary entry: 17th September 2014 Food: Breakfast: Boiled Egg Salad 1 cup of peppermint tea with no milk Lunch: Lettuce, tomatoes and chick peas salad with tomato and red pepper soup Snack: Couple of grapes. Dinner: Thai beef & vegetable curry with rice noodles Exercise: 2 mile outdoor brisk walk 2 sets of the Nerd Fitness Beginners Workout:- Set 1 20 squats 10 pushups 20 lunges 10 kettlebell lifts 30 second plank Set 2 15 squats 10 pushups 20 lunges 10 kettlebell lifts 35 second plank Also decided to climb the stairs to my flat again. Day 3 completed!

Thank you so much for all the support and hello Warg! Glad to meet someone from my group. I've still to complete Mission 1 so I'll get on that as fast as I can Food/Exercise diary entry: 16th September 2014 Exercise: Rest day but decided to climb the stairs to my 6th floor flat Food: Breakfast: Boiled Egg Salad 1 cup of Twinings Camomile & Honey tea with no milk. Lunch: Leftover tuna fishcakes and lettuce with tomato soup 1 cup of Twinings Camomile & Honey tea with no milk. Snack: Couple of red grapes. Dinner: Steak pieces with lettuce, brussel sprouts and rice noodles. Day 2 completed! felt like I kinda messed up with having the camomile & honey tea (ingredients stated no sugar but felt I was kinda cheating) so I'll be swapping it with peppermint tea (which only contains 100% peppermint according to the ingredients) as of tomorrow.

Food/Exercise diary entry: 15th September 2014 Food: Breakfast: Boiled Egg Salad Lunch: Lettuce, tomatoes and chick peas salad with root vegetable soup Snack: Cooked chicken with thyme and lemon, green beans and white potatoes. Couple of red grapes. Dinner: Spicy Tuna cakes by nom nom paleo Exercise: 2 mile outdoor brisk walk 2 sets of the Nerd Fitness Beginners Workout:- Set 1 20 squats 10 pushups 20 lunges 10 kettlebell lifts 30 second plank Set 2 10 squats 10 pushups 10 lunges 10 kettlebell lifts 35 second plank Vaccuum cleaning the flat...took about 15 minutes Day 1 completed!

Thanks so much Blaidd I really appreciate the support.

Great stuff Good luck laurabzz

Hi everyone. I've put my name down on sheet 2 and I'm looking forward to this Currently reading Mission One now.

Introduction Hello everyone. Looking into restarting my fitness routine/habit after a year or so of neglecting my diet and exercise. Cut a long story short, I lost a lot of weight between 2009 and 2012 (Highest was 120KG and I went down to 85KG) and since then I feel like I haven't been putting much effort into gaining muscle, getting frequent exercise and carefully maintaining my food intake. Worst of all, I'm concerned that I might eventually gain the weight I initially lost. I have been playing baseball during the spring and summer and now that the season is over I feel it's the perfect oppurtunity to start something new. I am already consuming a - near enough - paleo diet but I still feel like I could do more. Therefore, I have decided to take on a six week challenge (as recommended by laurabzz) and get myself back into the good habit of taking better care myself health-wise and seeing if I can look and feel better during that period Main Mission To maintain weight by decreasing body fat percentage (particularly belly fat) and replacing it with muscle. The Objectives x3 a week - Nerd Fitness beginners workout x3 a week - 2 mile walk whether it's sunny/rainy/snowy Zero sugar intake during the challenge with the exception of only consuming 6 sugar foods during the entire challenge. Side Mission I've always wanted to take up android mobile development and FutureLearn.com has a 7 Week beginners course consisting of weekly tutorials and exercise. My side mission would be to complete all these exercises during the Nerd Fitness challenge. Motivation There are many personal reasons as to why I'm doing this but the most important one is to be able to not only be healthy, look good and live longer but to also have a capably functional body to live life to the fullest. Lets Do This!