Seattlejo

Hope I'm not too late to join Stark: 7 Days of Outdoor activity. Walks or hikes of some sort, with 10k steps each day. Baratheon: 4 days of the recruit workout, with 3 days of trekking. Tully: 13 glasses of water a day Tyrell: Impromputu dinner picnic with friends.

Respawning again and getting started. I'll need to reset my goals, but I've just joined the academy and recreated my character and am ready to get going.

So far this week, I've been at workouts 3/4 days. Tonight we'll hit the gym before we go to the movies. Tomorrow is going to prove a little more of a challenge because the big gym doesn't open until 8 and I have class at 9. So we're going to improvise. Either skating in the morning, hitting the work gym or trying to hit the gym after. I'll make a plan tonight so I am prepared tomorrow. It might be an opportunity for the outdoors activity. I've been up at 6am every day this week, not hitting that 5am yet. (mornings are hard.)

Howdy All, I completed my first challenge and now I'm back for a second round, this time joining the Rangers because really that's where my heart is. Some may think I have an inability to follow through with anything, but really I'm interested in *everything*. I want to hike, roller skate, lift weights, do crossfit, run a 5K, practice yoga, do zumba and play fitness video games. A little bit of everything right? Just not all at once. My boyfriend just joined a big box gym and I'm working off a Crossfit groupon, so I'm settling into bouncing around for a bit. Main Quest: Lose 50lbs by the end of the year Quest 1: 3x a week at LA Fitness, and 2 Crossfit classes a week for a total of 12 Crossfit Classes taken and 18 LA Fitness "dates" at the max. for a total of 30. Measurement: A = 28 days hit B = 25 days, C = 20 days Reward: A = +3 STA, +2 STR, B = +2 STA, +1 STR, C = +1 STA Quest 2:Getting up is hard. Many of my fitness goals have died at the hands of "too lazy to wake up", So for these 6 weeks my goal is to be up at 6am 6 days out of 7. 5am is even better Measurement: A = 25 days up by 5am (with 6 days up by 6am); B = Breakfast and Meds 36 days up by 6am, C = Breakfast and Meds 30 days up by 6am Reward: A = +3 WIS, +2 CON, B = +2WIS, +1 CON, C = +1WIS Life Quest: Getting out and being active is awesome, and for this round, we're adding an outside element to it. For the next six weeks, I need to go outside and do something. Go for a walk at lunch, go hiking on the weekend. Do a little ingressing, something out side. Even if it's ra Measurement: A = 6+ times, B = 5 times, C = 4 times Reward: A = +2 CHA, B = +1CHA, C = +0.5 CHA Motivation: I like being active, and using the different memberships is good. The time change is coming and getting up early regularly will make that less painful. Also morning productivity is a good thing since we've now got an afternoon gym habit and my schedule is a little disrupted

Final Report out! Quest 1: We're scoring at a C here with 22 visits over the past 6 weeks. I'll happily take the extra +1 STA and the plan to do it better next challenge. Quest 2: A B here with 36 days of meds and breakfast. You'd think this would be easier.; B = Breakfast and Meds 36 days, B = +2WIS, +1 CON Life Quest:I rocked out 6 activities this challenge, from the RV show to the Boat show to a trip to the Harlem Globetrotters. Happily taking my +2 CHA The big goal: I've picked up a scale and am now tracking much more closely. i might be down 1lb, but might weigh bounces so much its hard to tell.

PCOS is a pain, and honestly it's sometimes a killer as far as motivation goes. I'm using PACT to keep up on food logging and combined with my new aria scale I can see that I'm going nowhere weight wise. Well except I went to 5 guys yesterday and *didn't* workout and am down 2.8 lbs this morning. (WTF) Anyway, not as a great on the challenge as I wanted to be. I need to keep checking in here to keep myself honest, and the fact that it's been about a week is a bad sign. I've been on top of my meds, and this weeks activity was a trip to the RV show. (Interesting and fun) I did only get in 2 workouts this week though and sitting back at monday and trying to be accountable I can't even remember what my problem was last week.

I may have eaten 8 gigs of data on my phone between the past 2 days, watching the Librarians as I get my treadmill and Elliptical on.

So, the big win I'm feeling here, is that I'm still here. Despite being being behind on workouts and missing meds 2 days I'm still tracking and not giving up. The actual count of where things are right now is 12 out of 30 workouts completed so far. (40%) 20 out 42 of for Meds so far. (47%) I won't be able to make those two days up. I can't just double up on my meds. So we're looking at grade B category instead of A. Thats better then giving up and taking an F. 3 out of 6 "active events" for this challenge (50%) I'm not adding any extra challenges this time, but I am going to add a "getting up early" challenge for the next official challenge. So now to catch up on the workouts we're talking 6 a week. That's doable....

So last week wasn't great. Only 3 out of 5 workouts and I missed my meds twice. I've been up on breakfast though. Tomorrow is another day, and a fresh week, so we're going to give it a fresh boost and power through. I did at least get out and do something active 2 times this week. One was the boat show, which I didn't want to do. The other was a family party that i usually get out of. (My BFs family)

Still battling daily, got sucker punched by a day of Minecraft with my boyfriend on Saturday. (Productivity levels were at a 0). Tonight, after i finish my workout and head home, I think I am going to try Minecraft in our game room where we have the exercise bike and see if i can do both

I'm impressed that you're meeting the no electonics past 10pm rule. We're on a minecraft kick at home, and thats been leading to 11:30-12:00 am bedtime, then i still read for 20-30 minutes before sleep. What meal tracker were you using? I've been using MyFitnessPal and found it works pretty well, plus if you eat the same foods regularly, it's easy to create trackable meals, so you aren't doing entry every day. Keep battling against warm blankets and cake!

One of the biggest struggles is being a nerd and enjoying video games and time with those. I lost a full day this weekend to Minecraft. Not my best move ever. That said, the stats for last week are 5 workouts, 7 days taking my meds, and 1 night out with my sweetheart , which we'll count as an active event, and a Letter writing social I hosted which is a second active event. Back to the weekday routine, which is way easier. This week I have a couple events that will disturb my mojo. Wednesday I have dinner out after work, so will have to shift my workout time. Friday is my day off, and my sweetheart wants to go to the boat show. For the latter, I can slip a workout in before we go. For the former, I'll have to try to tackle the 5am alarm. (potential future challenge, waking up early)

Thanks, at this point I've been keeping the battle log up to date and keeping tracking. It's trying to balance checking in and staying in the challenge and actually getting away from the computer and doing what I need to do. and thanks for the tag. I think I'm a wanna bee ranger, but the Adventurers is ther right place to start for me

Day: 1/13 Workout: Y , 45 min. 15 Min Eliptical, 30 Minute 3Mph on Treadmill Breakfast and Meds: Y Life Quest: N Day: 1/14 Workout: Y , 45 min. 15 Min Eliptical, 30 Minute 3Mph on Treadmill Breakfast and Meds: Y Life Quest: N

You might consider those orange glasses as well, for laptop time. I've heard that using them can help you transition to sleep faster. http://wellnessmama.com/15730/orange-sunglasses/ I know I sleep better when I read on my kindle versus play games on the tablet