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Well that last challenge blew by! Not that I managed to log on much towards the end...but I did keep up with my tracking! This challenge will be much more stable! No movesNo trips (planned yet!) I loved my main challenge (track things) last month, so I'm keeping it. This time, I'm adding on to that main challenge: Not only will I continue tracking my food...but I will track to Marco goals! Last time the intention was just to get in the habit. I made it to a 25 day streak in myfitnesspal GOAL 1: Hit the Macros I have a spreadsheet started for that with some nice formatting to make good/bad days stand out. Marcos I care most about: Carbs (total): 50 or less dailyCarbs (net): 25 or less daily Calories: 1300 - 1400 (WEEKLY AVERAGE.)(I don't care if calories aren't a nutrient. Macro means "big things that are trackable" in this usage to me) The other two big hitters: Protein: 80-100gFat: around 100g Keeping these in check should result in weightloss I've been sticking to those, mostly, for the last couple weeks. I've been exhausted, but that could be a variety of factors. I am down 10lbs in January, so that's a start! Goal 2: Don't watch much Netflix Thats what I've done when I got home nearly every day...so many better things I could be doing! Actual Goal? Read and study too. Goal 3: Have Fun I want to make fun a priority! Not just going drinking with coworkers either... Is: Meeting new people, going to the city, going for walks. Learning to maintain my bike, sleeping in sometimes, planning trips...fun! Is NOT: Working on weekends, or more than 55 hours a week.

you've made such awesome progress!!!

As, apaprently, usual I missed the last day or so of this... But I did really well with at least goal 1 (tracking things) Maybe a little too well...I now have a google sheet with all my macros and weights since I moved. Conditional formatted to change to red or green if I'm spot on or off my goal by more than 10% and weekly averages/over unders. its been fun, but seems a little OCD in retrospect. I like it though! Grade = A Goal 2 not so much: I've done some training but not consistently. Grade = F for this round. I'll carry this one over. Goal 3 was German...I have to practice by default because i live here now. So I'll give that an "A" too. On to the next challenge!

My new apartment....4th floor (germany measures that as 3rd...we start at 1 in the US though not 0) Laundry....basement. There is an elevator, but i'm trying not to use it!

Feel better!!!! Chinese and Pizza are tasty...but...I always feel terrible after eating chinese and try to remember that. I forget from time to time ;-)

We were poking around tattoo shops this morning too! I'm only at 2...but more coming ;-)

Did you make it into the class?

I found you too! I think...Do you have a challenge thread too? I haven't been so regular on time frames, but between 18 and 30 (now) I've lived in 4 US states (moved a few times within Massachusetts too) and 3 countries (USA, Ukraine, and now Germany). Less certainly is more

secondary status update: Did I mention I was tired? I finally converted the kg measurement to lbs, and am down 9 lbs from my initial starting weight. I think I'll try to set my scale to pounds...its much harder to get excited about kg! This new scale does body fat % too...I know impedance measurements aren't the best but its better than the nothing I had before imo! It was in the 36 range..I was expecting 40-something so that was a decent surprise. I don't want to say a good surprise since that number is still sort of shocking...but certainly not a bad surprise

I am so tired! I just came home after an afternoon of geocaching with my coworker...and passed out for 3 hours <3 you both! So far the move has been uneventful, with nothing lost or broken and no major incidents. Just a whole day of lugging nearly my goal weight in luggage ;-) There have been some challenges, like the TV and outlets, but nothing beyond expected. I did have to buy more stuff for the "furnished" apartment than I originally anticipated, c'est la vie! Miming "down comforter" and "pillow" was fun Having a kitchen again is weird...especially one "designed" by a guy who does't really cook (he was mostly into Potatoes and Beer, from what I could tell)...so there is exactly 1 bowl, tons of plates, 3 dull knives, and an electric stove where you have to guess what the setting is because the numbers on the dials spin freely, and therefore don't have a lot to do with reality. I have successfully cooked 2 means and 12 hard boiled eggs though There is a market just a couple buildings down, but its tiny. I'm excited to venture out to larger stores soon. Preferably ones that sell ground beef and chickens. This one has these small rotisserie chickens, but I'm not sure how I feel about just buying one of those a week for my lunches. Before I started traveling so much, I'd make a roast chicken and use that for chicken salads. Enough about potential lunches. Status Report: Quest 1: I've tracked food every day, and worn my fitbit. Since the move, I've gotten to a good # of steps and eaten nothing but real food with low net carbs. Quest 2: Not so much with the actual workouts yet...soon Quest 3: More hit or miss... but I have been successfully interacting with Germans since my arrival, several of whom didn't speak English. The bonus quests are officially on! I've been getting into the primal/paleo swing, and my batcave is set up with a bike trainer and kettlebells Now I just have to use them. haha

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Mini 2: I tried Curling last week..that was new (and fun!), and Skijoring the week before (the dog pulls you while you're on your cross country skis. Highly recommend...except when the ADHD dog gets the scent of an animal and tries to drag you off trail into the woods. Gotta love dogs...) And I'm moving to Germany today. Thats likely to be full of new things!

It's moving day! At the Denver airport en route to the next adventure...which so far has consisted of getting up at 5am followed by a car, bus, train and (in several hours..) 2 planes, 8 time zones and another train. But at the end of the yellow brick road is a company sponsored apartment and work permit in Germany! Imagine how nearly impossible this day would have been 100 years ago...crazy

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