Cherry_Bomb

Thanks! 😀

The pancake fold is this one. The pike is similar but with your legs together. My pike isn't too bad, but this one I really want to achieve!

Thanks! I will train hard (I hope)! 🤩

Yeah, I signed up years ago but have yet to actually complete a challenge. So I'm BACK. Main Quest: become a better belly dancer and lose some weight in the process Goal #1: lose at least 3-5 pounds by dancing at least four times a week for a minimum 30 minutes (so far I've lost 10 lbs in the past few months but I'm in the middle of a looong plateau stage right now) Goal #2: do Pilates to build strength in my arms and stomach, and pancake fold stretches for flexibility; at least four times a week for both (it seems a lot of transnational fusion belly dancers do a lot of muscle training using this stretch, so it's been something I've always wanted to be able to do) Goal #3: get better at hula hooping and learn at least ONE new technique by the end of this challenge (currently trying to hoop on the hips and knees but because I can't do either - HOOPING IS HARD 😭 - I might try to master isolations instead) EDIT - Goal #3.5: get back to studying languages (right now I got French, Japanese, and Fante to tackle!) - finish one book or set of online lessons by the time lockdown ends

My last "game over" was so long ago I can't even remember the last time I tried a NF challenge. But I figured, since Noom has given me some semblance of hope (ten pounds in four months), this seems like a good a time as any to restart. Reading Steve's "Level Up Your Life" is also helping a little, but if anyone has any tips on how to keep motivated into coming back here, I'm all for it. My health can't wait any longer. I need to finish this game. 🍒💣

お帰り。一緒に頑張るゾウ、な！😄

Long-time lurker, second-time poster. Not going to lie: I'm scared. I'm scared that I might never lose all the weight I've put on these past three years ('cause it's A LOT) and I'm scared I'll never be able to fit into my favourite clothes or climb stairs without gasping for air or be attractive to anyone ever again. I know there are scarier things out in the world, but these are the ones that scare me now. So we'll see how this next challenge goes, eh? Peace.

I too am doing this for Storm Crow Manor!

Hello Nerd Fitness Forums! First time challenger, long-time reader of NF emails (without doing anything about them ). I'm a few days late because I've been on vacation in Japan for a couple of weeks. I did a bit of shopping, got a LOT of walking done with all the mountains and various cities where I visited friends but I also ate my way through Kansai and brought a suitcase full of snacks I used to thrive on while I lived there. Here's a visual summary of my overall traveling experience: And just watch that on a loop for about ten days. That was me. NO REGRETS. But, now that I'm back and I can feel myself getting lazy and stagnant again, this challenge is exactly what I need! ã‚ã£ã¡ã‚ƒé ‘張りã¾ã™! ^______^ MAIN QUEST: LOSE AT LEAST FIVE POUNDS (but to be honest any amount will make me happy - my weight has been climbing steadily since I moved back home and I don't like it ) Goals:Get back into belly dancing and build endurance Drink 1L of green tea and/or water "every day" Try one new recipe (i.e. fun cooking experience!) every weekSIDE QUEST: working on my novel! It's been a Nanowrimo work in progress for EVER and it's time to unleash it onto the world in all its beautiful fury. I'm still trying to figure out the math of it all, but for my point system I will tally up 5 points for Goals #1 and #2 each and 3 points for Goal #3 each week, then calculate the average after the 3- and 6-week milestones. There's probably an easier and more "correct" way to do it but jet lag and math don't really go together for me right now. Points:STA 3 (dance 3x/week) + DEX 2 (yoga 2x/week) CON 5 (5 days/week) CON 2 (1 pt for making it + 1 pt for health) + WIS 1 (for taking time to enjoy the experience) WIS 2 (1 pt for finishing it by May 18 in full sentences and corrected for small errors and large plot holes, continuity, etc., 1 pt for making it available for peer review by May 25) I also love emoticons! The ones on this site are amazing. Expect more emoticons in my post than it socially acceptable!