vegwitch

Oh Boy this week was certainly better. Okay updates Quest 1: Still doing bad on the snacking. Somehow getting hold of unhealthy stuff to eat very easily. Assigned Constitution 2 and Wisdom 1. Think I need them both to get a control of this. Mid point percentage I have given myself is 50%. That is mainly because of the way I was able to keep my cravings in check in the first week. Quest 2: Getting pretty awesome here. Working out 3*a week is the way to go for me. I workout for a period of 45 mins only tae-bo workout video. I think concentrating on one workout and getting better in it is good that trying different workouts and failing them all. I have given myself a midpoint percentage of 80% because I failed to do it a couple of days in my first/second week. Assigned STR 3 and STA 2 for this quest. Quest 3: Am excelling here because this routine is very easy to adapt for me right now. My knees are feeling much better and I am never taking this quest down ever again. I assigned DEX 2 points. I have given a midpoint percentage of 100%. My stats are now updated in my signature! Yay!

1. Allocate 10 points to your quests 2. Do a mid challenge summary and rate yourself on a percentage scale 3. Using your rating, allocate points to your challenge so far. You can round up/down if you don't like fractions (like i do). 4. Update your signature with your points 5. Let us know how you've allocated 1. Quest 1: Snacking - 2 CON, 1 WIS Quest 2: Workour 3x a week - 2 STA, 3 STR, Quest 3: Stretch everyday - 2 DEX 2. Mid Challenge Summary Quest 1: Snacking 50% Quest 2: Workout 80% Quest 3: Stretching 100% 3. Challenge Allocation Quest 1 : Snacking - 1 CON, 0.5 WIS Quest 2: Workout- 1.6 STA, 2.4 STR Quest 3: Stretching- 2 DEX 4. Updating signature and 5. Letting you guys know that these mini challenges and updates are the things that have been helping me stay on track even when life is getting really hectic. Thank you for these and keep them coming!

Had a bad day yesterday. Quest 1 is I guess the hardest one for me. Did a whole lot of snacking on junk food and now feel like everything that I have been doing has been a waste of time. After taking a look at my quests, I am considering making the following changes and going to start making things more achievable. Quest 1: Will remain the same. I am going to add drinking tea to the list of snacks allowed and going to carry a packet a gum to reduce my cravings. Quest 2: I will workout only 3x Week. But will workout for 1hr. I have just recently got a volunteer position too and need to look at things in a realistic way. Quest 3: I will stretch everyday before going to sleep. I am and have been doing this before going to sleep, and hope to continue with this. My knees have definitely thanked for this and have not been hurting at all.

So your challenge for this week has 3 parts: 1. Pinpoint the quest in your journey that is giving you the most uphill (or one that you're struggling to achieve) Snacking. This is hard, and in week 2 I was struggling not to have snacks, and successfully did not. But, Yesterday went back to my old self. Binged a whole lot. 2. Search through NF (forums or articles) to find one that is able to offer some assistance Was able to see a forum where another person had a whole lot of cravings. Taking the tip of brushing teeth after meal, but going to modify it into chewing a gum whenever hungry/ want to snack. 3. Apply it to your challenge (no collecting underpants here). This has been a really hard challenge, where I have now learned a whole lot of what is should and should not do. I will add drinking tea to the chewing a gum tip to reduce my food intake. I am also going to start the food diary on my fitnesspal to track everything.

Part 1: Done! Part 2: Done! I am away "Sailin' Under the Jolly Roger o' the Queen o' Swords, Aar! "

Well week 2 seems to be on track. I have been able to resist the snacks all week! Hurray! But then I have also failed to exercise for 2 days. I must have taken into account the special family/friends reunion that was scheduled. I overestimated my ability even after writing that I could, in my SMART side quest. I will have to reassess what I should possibly do as I have another event coming up. I will update tomorrow as to my plans. Lets see where this whole voyage takes me.

I have come here to join 'tis band 'o people who want to get sailin' through th' seven seven seas 'n gather all plunder. I be needin' to achieve th' greatest height possible 'n finis me quest n fer that would like some help from me fellow band 'o pirates.

Wow somehow I slept the last five days with my laptop not next to me and the result? I had some really good sleep but on the negative, I was also not updating my progress. So, here is my quest progress details: On days 3, 4 and 5 I missed my food schedule and ate other forbidden snacks. I hate myself for it but still not able to figure out the reason. Could be emotional/hormonal, not sure. Days 6 and 7 I was able to get back to normal and snack less. On days 5, 6 and 7 I was able to workout extra. I did the BBWW on day 6 and it felt really good. I think I like body weight workouts. Will try more and update. And so ends week 1. I would have to say from seeing my performance that food is my biggest enemy. I will try to train myself more and conquer it the coming week.

Thanks for the tip. I think I should look into eating in small amounts, because even after snacking apples I tend to get hungry a few hours later for my meal time. I realize now how bad this is and how it is not helping me reach my goals at all.

I am a vegetarian, and a big fan of veg too. I guess I was not feeling any bit of creativity the day I chose to create an account.

Yeah I have never been flexible in my whole life and never did any kind of stretching because I thought it wouldn't make any difference. But only after the injury I have realized how important it is to stretch regularly. Now continuing my update Day 2: Quest 1: Snacking reduced by eating a banana Quest 2/3: Walked for 1 hour on treadmill. Stretched later in evening. 4.7%4.7%

Day 1 check in: Quest 1: I had salad and apple for when I felt hungry and needed to snack on something. Went to store and bought more apples. I like them much better than salad. Quest 2/3: Exercised for 40 minutes to zumba fitness videos and stretched muscles for 10 minutes Overall a good day which I hope continues for the week. 2.3%2.3%

Yay! I always love the mini quests! Is your overall quest achievable (over a short or long period of time)? Is it reasonable? Yes. My goal is weight loss, and it can be achieved. 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 they build toward the goal of weight loss through diet, workouts and includes stretching to make sure I can prevent any injuries. 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? They are realistic and small steps to make sure I form the habit of exercising everyday first. Are your goals able to be measured and tracked? What will you use to track them? Will measure and track them in nerdfitness forum. 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€? Thinking of grading both the effort (measured through quests performed) and the weight loss observed. What is your plan for continuing/altering/grading those goals if you become ill or injured? Taking precaution to not over-exert myself in first place. Can alter goals if the need rises. 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? No modifications needed. I have to perform and account for every day. Do any of your main goals conflict with each other? Will one goal make it hard to do another? No. 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 have the time in my schedule allotted for 1 hour. So I cannot make any excuses there. Are you trying to build multiple habits, or is all your energy focused on your main quest? All three habits (not new) are linked to the main quest.

Introduction: I had wanted to make myself accountable for making a change in the right path, and finally lose the weight and make myself fit. Once I saw this challenge today, I knew the time had come to make sure I do not mess it up. Main Quest : To transform in to a better shape [lose atleast10 pounds, 20 seems unattainable in 6 weeks]. Seems small but every single time I try, I always slip into bad ways and need to not do so again. Thus on joining this forum, I will try and create a spell which by the end of 6 weeks will preform exactly what I have in mind. Quest 1: Throw away the bad ingredients. (i.e Do not snack). I seem to get hungry between my 3 square meals a day. I will stop my snacking during this time and instead drink a whole glass of water and eat either a) an apple or a salad(no dressing) Quest 2 : Train for 30 minutes. Follow any of the following path to workout for minimum of 30 up to 45 mins every single day a. Walk b. Taekwondo c. Dance Quest 3 : Healing (Stretching). I hurt my knee trying to run and can't run now. Performing b or c in previous quest has led to some pain and cracking in knees. Performing yoga like stretches seem to help a lot. I will thus stretch everyday with selected yoga poses after completing quest 2.