Nybras

Spreadsheets! I love the printable content supplied with a lot of challenges etc but I don't use paper-based logging. I could make spreadsheets for every challenge but I'm rubbish at making good spreadsheets. Is it possible to in the long run have some for the larger challenges? Like Walk to Mordor and Flexibility?

Thank you! I don't find the shift easy to plan around as I do have a set pattern of shifts but the breaks I can take aren't. I have tried doing a breakfast, lunch, dinner with snacks kind of plan but I find there are no moments I can actually have the snacks and I meant be eating dinner at 9:30pm after having lunch at 1pm. I'm trying to figure out the best way eat real food instead of packaged stuff because of this. Good to meet you too! 3-5am is the killer! Night shifts I go with vegetables, fruit and protein but it's oooooooh sooooooo tempting to hit the vending machine!

Hello again, I joined over a year ago, planned to throw myself into this all. However I never managed to, now I'm back and intending to stay. It might take a lot of baby steps and stumbling but I want to really make a go of this again. So, who am I? I am an almost 30 year old medical professional with far too many weaknesses. But weaknesses can be made strong again, right? Currently overweight and falling apart due to reasonably physical job. I have however since joining here oh so long ago continued with at least one of my goals which is stick to an exercise. I have been taking Pilates classes at least twice a week for over a year. I mostly do mat work and reformer (I prefer reformer but hey). I do venture into cardio-tramp and barre occasionally. I am intending to attend barre more often as my teacher excels in it and after doing it I can really feel the workout. Shame my thighs hate it! Food has to be my biggest weakness. I love food, I love trying new things and eating out with friends. Not only is this an issue but I have a very weak will and a workplace that often has treats. Shift work doesn't help with maintaining a routine for workouts nor food but I'm trying to find ways of sorting this. I like adventures but find it hard to head off on them alone. Thankfully my colleagues and friends are good for an adventure from time to time. So, how are you?

Forgive me Nerds for I have sinned. It has been many months since my last progression. I fell off the wagon a long way back but this site has always been in the back of my mind. I had pre-ordered Steve's book but never got around to starting it till today. It's spurred me to come back, especially seeing as I am in a better place than I was before. However, I intend to try and stay, perhaps lurking but I need to get back on this. Lets do this... again!

Not really. Last night I had a night shift, then I have a normal 8:30-5 tomorrow. Then 1pm-12am(or later) then another night. The week after that is completely different again. My life has no structure sadly I know I don't get enough sleep as I struggle to get up in the mornings and rush but it's hard sometimes to get the right amount of sleep if I'm on these weird shifts. Our shifts are changing to a more regular pattern in September so that might be easier to plan with. (Thank you! )

I do pilates twice a week and trying to look for a decent place to do yoga that fits in with work so that's really helping with the arms and back. I try to take some of the stretches away to do at home but often forget. Weight loss wasn't going to be my quest as I don't actually really care about the number on the scale, I just want to be fit enough to not get out of breath doing some things and feel more confident to do other activities. Losing some weight will make other activities easier. I don't know what my weight was but my dress size used to be three to four sizes bigger so this is the weight I've settled at for the last three to four years. It's been creeping up and I know that's because I've not been looking after myself like I should have been. My job is reasonably stressful, I work shifts (including nights) so snacking and eating haven't been great. Also, loving food doesn't help! I'm changing my diet and eating habits slowly as I know otherwise I wont keep them up. At work, if I haven't made my own food I will replace their chips with vegitables etc. Small steps! Fizzy drinks are a hook for several reasons. The flavour is one. I like water but I prefer flavoured drinks and all the "natural" flavoured ones in the shops are high in sugars so I often go for zero calorie colas etc. On a nightshift it's the caffeine (I don't really like coffee without sugar and tea just doesn't work on me at 3 in the morning). I like fizzy drinks but can't stand fizzy water so I struggled to replace it with similar. I've done pretty well at choosing decent drinks since I set that but had a few slip ups when I had a dizzy spell and needed the sugar or was stressed. I limited to one day a week because I play table top games with friends one day a week and we all drive to someones house. One cooks, one brings dessert and the others bring drinks. We usually go with fizzy drinks, usually zero or low calorie. Not a clue what I could substitue this for really. We sometimes have a cup of tea or water but generally not. I just joined and due to other things I just didn't have the effort or willpower to keep things up.

Right, bit late to the party but better late than never! I planned to start at the beginning of this challenge but failed miserably at that. I gave myself some basic goals, wrote them down and then failed to follow through completely on some of them. So I know I'm not going to level up this time but hey, might as well lay down what I've started. So. I'm not great at figuring out where I want to be. I'm giving it a shot. Please forgive some of the rubbish goals, I'm trying not to suck at them. So I'm currently an overweight level 0 hobgoblin. I dabble in activities that are fun and have a fairly active job but generally don't do much outside of those. What I want to be: A mother f-ing wizard! Okay... maybe not. I want to aim towards the assassin guild with a tiny bit of druid but I know that's going to be a lot of work. Next step though is Adventurers! Long term/main quest: - Reduce pain! I want to build strength in the right areas so I can be mostly pain free (lower back pain and shoulders). - Weight loss! Idealy lose weight to under 10 stones (63kg). Last time I checked I was 13 stone 3lbs (84kg). Time scale: I'm not sure. As long as it takes. Side quest: - Cut back on fizzy drinks! I fall back onto fizzy drinks, shift work with vending machines is baaad. I have (mostly with a few slip-ups) stuck to my weekly quest of only having fizzy drinks on one day a week. When possible they need to be reduced sugar or idealy sugar-free. Cracking down on this from today. - Eat better! Cook more, fresh food. There are quick easy to cook options that I need to start doing again. - Exercise! So I do two classes of pilates a week and have since The beginning of the year. Keeping this up and doing more! Join a gym, get some knowledge from here, friends and a PT. Life quest: - Work audit! Need to complete an audit to progress. Stop procrastinating. These are probably going to be my next challenge goals too, only a little adapted I imagine.

I am currently overweight but without the muscles. Due to my job/poor choices I have developed tight hamstrings, quads, calves and lower back. I have been doing pilates since january (twice a week) and have found that it's loosened everything up and my flexibility is massively better already (still got a long way to go and at least it's helping my basic strength). It's pretty daunting to go and try and stick to it when most of the class are lithe, supple women. However! I have also seen muscle bound guys with flexibility issues going and improving greatly. One teacher even said her yoga/pilates class in another place has a bunch of professional rugby players regulary go. By the sound of it it's a massive struggle for them but they keep at it. Might not be the best answer but might be something to look into! If you do look into it. Mat pilates is good but my favourite is using the reformer and guys seem to prefer it too.

I mainly dabble in board and card games. I would try others if I had others to introduce me/time. I've looked at the six week challenge. I'm going to start with the april one so I have time to think what goals etc and things will be a bit calmer around here. Already got the tabs open with the challenge, "How not to suck at goal settings" and "what's your main quest"! Snacking can range from whatever is on the staff room table up for grabs (however, I have been better at avoiding these lately). Eating crap when I come home is rarer. I mainly snack on night shifts or weekends. I try to plan good food for nightshifts but around 3am I get hungry again and have run out of decent options/hit a emotional low and snack on rubbish. Since joining the website I've decided to cut down on fizzy drinks. I now only have one day a week where I permit myself fizzy drinks (this is usually our games night!). I have also started my own little daily plank challenge.

Hi, I'm Nybras. I'm from near London in the U.K. I don't really know my goals all that well at the moment but top two are: have more energy and have more adventures. Hoping to lose weight along the road too. I currently have an active job with shifts so find planning hard but stress and snacking high. I have been going to pilates classes twice a week for a couple of months now and despite the aches I am enjoying the strength it's bringing me. My nerdiness comes in many forms. Tabletop games are a weekly (when possible) enjoyment. I read, play games, watch TV/films etc when possible too. I hope this place can inspire me to level up!