Starfire1003

How far into the series are you? Once you get past the first 2 books you're pretty much invested in the characters enough to overlook King's style. (Eddie Dean is my hero...as much as I love Roland, Eddie will always be my favorite). But if you're on like the 4th book and still aren't really feeling it, maybe the series just isn't for you? Personally I love Steven King and The Stand and the Dark Tower series are my favorites from him. But I also tried to be true to my nerdiness and read the Lord of the Rings as well because every bookworm I've ever known has read it. I made it through the Hobbit, half through the Fellowship of the Ring and then said screw it and saw the movies lol. Good luck with the Dark Tower! I hope you stick with it and enjoy it!

Just finished Revival by Stephen King (weird but good) the latest Kathy Reichs' book and am rereading Howl's Moving Castle

So I've decided that I don't like this whole waiting a week before I update my thread thing - that's dumb. So I'm just gonna update it whenever I feel like! (but AT LEAST once a week). This week I feel like I did GREAT food wise. I cooked on sunday and bought a bunch of mason jars. So from Monday - Wednesday i had a sweet potato, chicken, pepper and spinach salad topped with sour cream (and let me tell you - it was freaking DELICIOUS!) I also threw spinach, basil, feta cheese sausage and eggs in my ninja blender and dumped that mixture in a mason jar as well for breakfast (microwaves = wonderful things) on Monday and today. I also did bad with food - crockpot thrusday was taco thursday - so while there was a lot of ground beef, there was also a LOT of cheese (i really really like cheese). I also had Moe's Monday night and today, margarita's because tequila is my favorite, and munched on some cookies - but baby steps right? This week was lacking in exercise though. I wanted to go to a kickboxing class Tuesday but I had a meeting with an Australian client at the same time as the class - plus it was freaking SNOWING all week this week! (and if it wasn't snow it was very cold rain) so I wasn't really running either. I did to a body weight exercise routine Monday and today though! I also did pretty well on my life goal of being creative! I made myself a new blog JUST to showcase my art ( https://artdamnit.wordpress.com/ ) and I am currently working on registering my domain name so that i can REALLY make myself a nice website. I am also SUPER stoked for tomorrow - Not only do i get to see all of my best friends from college i get to see PANIC! AT THE DISCO!! My inner 16 year old child is sooooo happy!

1st update to the 6 Week Challenge! So I've been tracking all my progress daily via my sHealth app on my phone and just writing everything down at the end of the day. So here is this week's break down! Day 1 Exercise: Two 15 minute walks, 20 plank jacks, 20 leg lifts, 20 plank lifts, 15 push ups (the girlie kind), 20 squats, 10 knees to elbows, 20 climbers Food: Bowl of cinnamon life cereal in 2% milk, 1 cup of black tea with honey, 1 english muffin with peanut butter, 2 peanut butter crackers, 1 iced coffee with italian sweet cream creamer, 2 scrambled eggs with cheese, chocolate milk, 3 thin mints Creative: Figure drawing and #MondayMerms! Day 2 Exercise: 0.68 Mile jog Food: Total of 1426 calories (way easier to keep track of) Creative: Website Mock up Day 3 Exercise: 15 min walk and ...adult actives (that counts right?) Food: Total of 1595 calories Creative: none =( Day 4 Exercise: 15 min walk, 0.64 mile jog Food: 1677 calories, 49.8 grams of fat, 264 grams of carbs, 49.1 grams of protein Creative: doodles Day 5 Exercise: 20 plank jacks, 20 leg raises, 20 plank lifts, 15 push ups (the girlie kind), 20 squats, 10 knees to elbows, 20 climbers, two 15 second planks Food: 1567 calories total - 79.2 grams of fat, 161.p grams of carbs, 62.4 grams of protein Creative: #GroundBoundHound drawing Day 6 (Rest day) Food: slice of pepperoni and bacon pizza, 10oz pepsi, 2 thin mints, chocolate milk, 7 boneless wings in honey bbq sauce and beer batered onion rings from bdubs, margarita Exercise: none - car maintenance day and got stuck in a truck for 6 hours Creative: None - finished my book though Day 7 - YES! The first week has been COMPLETED!! Food: Grandslamwich and Hash from Denny's (didn't finish the bread - ate all the eggs and meat though), caramel iced coffee, grilled chicken with spinach Exercise: Turbo Kick class (1 hour - whooped my ass), 1.7 mile walk Creative: Did the Weekend Hashtag Project ( #WHPidrewthis) and did a really nice nature scene Other: Catching up on my NF blogs and quests! Challenges: It seems like one of my biggest challenges is calorie intake - according to my sHealth, for my height, weight and activity levels, I should be consuming 2109 calories - i can BARELY get close to 2000 calories =/

!!! That's so cool !!! I would be terrible as a librarian... Some one would find me in the aisles reading the books I'm supposed to be putting away.....

OK - I've been waiting for a while to get started in one of these and so now I'm gonna do it! Yes for small changes!! A little bit about me: Recently Married, Artist, Web Design, Book Worm, HUGE Harry Potter fan Specs: 5'5", 165 lbs with a nice hourglass shape MAIN QUEST To get healthy! Eat better, work better, play better QUEST GOALS 1.) To make 1 healthy paleo meal a week 2.) To start going to a kick boxing class every Sunday and to work out in some form during the rest of the week with Saturdays off 3.) To get back into the Nerd Fitness Academy and completing quests there as well LIFE SIDE QUEST To draw, paint and stay creative. This is something that I have been doing since the beginning of 2015 and really want to continue doing. (You can check out progress on that here: cheshirecat1003.tumblr.com/artdamnit ) And I think I've got everything! Best of luck to all of you others out there!

So many good suggestions going on in this thread...I love finding new books to read!! [emoji7] Some of my fav fantasy novels include: The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley The Dark Tower series by Stephen King American Gods by Neil Gaiman (the sandman series is also excellent if you like graphic novels) His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper

So I started a long lovely reply and then lost everything to my computer being silly. Sigh - Lets try this again. First off - Thanks so much for helping out a newbie with all this great advice! I actually did a squat using the couch as a guide and I felt it everywhere you're supposed to feel it and didn't just go "Holy crap Batman! My knees hurt!" Squatting and eating better and all that jazz is still pretty new for me - I'm looking forward to the next 6 week challenge to really get myself in gear but I was doing the basic workout to hold myself over. I'm impressed that guy did a squat for five minutes! Not only for the strength but for the sheer focus! If I ever got to 5 min squats I would have to have a book on the floor to read hahahah. Thanks again for all the help! I now have a great starting point for testing a research!

I am so happy that I just stumbled upon this thread! So happy! Currently I'm working my way through The Mists of Avalon (again) and I'll probably be reading The Stand to my husband on our drive down to our honeymoon in a few weeks - and then I have a week of leisure and reading to look forward to with all these lovely lists I am a HUGE Harry Potter nerd!! I also really love Stephen King! But pretty much if it has words I'll read it. I used to work in a used Bookstore and boy oh boy - that was def one of my favorite jobs ever!

1. Ugh - maybe? 2. Yes 3. Not very - i'm one of those ppl who actually have a very hard time squatting and keeping my feet flat - i always want to get up on my toes lol

I hate squats - I really do. I'm also very new to this and so am still learning. My issue with squats is that it really hurts my knees after a while. I'm pretty sure that my form is ok (feet a little wider than shoulder width apart, toes turned slightly out because that's how I naturally stand) but I am not sure how to correct it, or even tell if it's awful. Any tips? Thanks!

Wow you all know how to make a girl feel welcome!! Thanks for all the lovely replies! @Strickland5 - Krampus is great isn't he? And Hubby def likes the idea of all the meat @Bookworm_Tess - love the name! And yeah good point on muscle being heavy, I pretty much want to be healthy and figuring out numbers is hard @BlackTezca - that's such a great pic!

Hey All! I am the new kid here! One of my co-workers introduced me to this site and I've been hooked since! My thighs are still burning from my 2nd day of the Beginner's Workout and I am slowly convincing my husband that we can both use a diet change! I'm starting at 166 at 5'5" and my goal is to get down to 135 again - or at least looking like I'm 135 or less (whoa that is one weird looking wink face). Nerd Stats love harry potter breathe mythology wish i was batman am amused by Krampus would love a date with King Arthur web designer by trade