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Day 4 yesterday bit of a mixed bag. Stress and rush are taking over my time. I'd only managed about 3.5 hours of restless sleep between day 3 and 4, and again last night. BBW- Done, and it went better than last time, didn't feel quite as awkward and shakey, still only an 8 second plank is definitely a weak area for me fitbit - Done Stretch- not other than post workout, and I can feel my body tightening up now.Woke up with calf cramps so I have to work on this today Water- I only managed 2.8 litres instead of my aim of 3.5 - 4.0 Paleo- Successful, although I probably ate less than I should have, My stomach hurts whenever I eat or drink anything, even water, I think it's stress reaction, although it's new to me. Made Art- no, no chance. Challenge My schedule around conference is filling up and it's a lot of meal based appointments :/ at this point my plan is to be as diligent as I can, but acknowlege that it might look like I'm dropping the ball entirely. I might need to change my goals to things more like "don't mindlessly eat" and give myself mental points for " saying no thanks to a drink or dessert" because I know myself well enough that if it looks like a cascade of failure I'll be more likely to just resign myself to not trying and rstarting when I get back. I don't want that, because that kind of excuse got me all the way to 41% BF! I feellike I might need to make my big goal "don't stop trying" basically.

oh anubis! This shake makes me fart wow Thick, juicy, room clearing butt thunder wow I don't think I've produced a pungent melody like this in all my life before Nor have I ever been so relieved to be home alone.

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Day 3 This was a terrible day. I was hit by credit card fraud last night, so I had to spend most of my morning at the bank( needing a new credit card 2 days before flying is not recommended), my SO had some really heavy psycho-emotional stuff happening today that I was helping with and then Aunt Flo dropped by 6 days early ( probably stress) BBW- I wanted to today, but I didn't get there.Even if I wasn't rushed off my feet,the hormonal gut punch and bloat would have made it torturous fitbit-Successful, or at least I only have about 400 steps to go and housework that needs doing, they're perfect for each other. Stretch-nope, not yet. hoping to still get there before the end of the day though, as a mental regroup. Water- done, I keep a liter bottle in my bag, and had 3 of those throughout. Paleo-Successful-ish, which I'm really proud of. I literally didn't have time to eat today, I grabbed a small stash of raw almonds and ate while driving and dropped by a health store and got a protein shake between errands, which was something I wanted to potentially get for my trip anyway.( don't worry I do know about the calorie con that is snacking on nuts like almonds) Made art- I did! while queuing at the bank, and I even like what I drew and will probably work on it some more. I'm really at peace knowing that I did my best with what I was dealt today, even tho it was what I was aiming for.

I live in a much more tropical climate in the southern hemisphere, tomatoes are go.

hmmm, ok, that's pretty much what I figured was happening, thanks for the info. I honestly have no idea which class I'll be in later, The only thing I seem to be naturally good at is sitting in a chair People are often surprised by how strong I am, like they see my round shape and assume I'm weak, in reality I'm the person you should call to help you move furniture, this makes me think warrior might be in my future. Day 2: Woke up in agony, obviously I completely underestimated how much work my muscles actually did yesterday I hit my fitbit goal by parking away from where I needed to be, taking long detours through aisles I didn't need to visit, taking out the trash and sweeping our driveway. Hit stretching goal by stretching long and hard to try and relieve all the aches, mostly successful but still feeling tweaks in calves, quads and back, going to have a bath and another round before sleeping. Pretty good paleo day broken by a small pumpkin based pizza ( the base is sort of ok at 5%carb and a GI of 43, it's the cheese that makes it less ok, paleo wise) I'll definitely hit my water goal before sleeping, only a little short right now I haven't made any art these 2 days, so thats my only real miss so far.

Thank you, that's really encouraging and tells me I'm aiming ok. I realize I should have been more specific about my white carbs. I'm reading your wariness as "whole grain vs white bread is not paleo, darling" I'm eating carbby things like zuchinni and brocolli, occasionally things like pumpkin or a fruit but not grains or bananas or potatoes.Roughly using the glycemic index as a way of ranking my carbs. Pasta may as well be in a different universe. (obviously this is my aim, but we'll see what the realities are over time) I have begun walking everyday. I have definately more than halved my carb intake, I've probably close to fifthed it. Don't consume any sugar outside of what naturally turns up in my food, like tomatoes. I also really want to start lifting free weights ( soon, once my nutrition is stable for a bit, my estimate is around first week of April) I think I'll go with a more conventional "weightloss" goal for now and pitch it at 25lbs by May 10 because I was at 225 when I started and the round number would be additional awesome. Obviously I want to aim higher(lower?) and faster, but keeping it reasonable and attainable is better for the long term. Thanks for the feedback!

Thanks for the feedback Hart, it means a lot. I would greatly appreciate someone checking in on me I'm I bit wary of calorie tracking because I've been derailed by it before. I live in a bit of the world not really supported by MFP and when I tried to use it I was stuck having to invent things, and trying to find equivalents. I remember one incident where i was trying to find an equivalent for a more oily species of fish and was 40 minutes into looking through the genus on wikipedia to try to not mess up. Over time it just became an ongoing point of failure that eroded my sense of achievement. The flip side of that is that paleo is easier where I live, we grow ... everything(except our own coffee I think) and I can literally walk to a dock and buy lunch from a guy with a rod. So I'm tracking my macros and listening to my body( when it hasn't had any white carbs, listening to it when it's glucose hungover is stupid.) To me this is a more sustainable approach. Yeah I like having the numbers, but I hate not being able to trust them, one huge advantage of the fitbit is that it's automatic. Obviously if I end up hitting a hard wall, this is the first thing I'll be focusing on to solve it.

Evening on Day one That was a phenomenal day, and I think mackeral might be my new favourite food, I need to look it up properly as far as paleo thinking goes, I'm worried about the saltiness. I did the body weight workout, but it was tricky, I don't think I can really do a squat or lunge properly yet, I'm shaky and all over the place. I completed as best I could, and I could feel it getting better near the end, I only managed an 8 second plank instead of 15 I'm not disheartened, it just outlines my quest better and gives me more motivation to fix it. It felt like a waste getting all warmed up and then not having enough range of motion and endurance to meet my workout, so I hopped on the stationery bike for an hour and added a whole bunch of steps to my fitbit goal as well.

Hi I'm struggling to find out how long I can expect things to progress in terms of body fat percentage rather than just weight My Current Stats: Weight 225lbs BMI 37.1 Body Fat 41.7% And you can see a picture in my signature, if you want a visual. I have a current goal of getting down to 35% BF, but have no idea what a reasonable timeline is for this, which makes it vague and unattainable and uninteresting. Can anyone help me figure out what a good timeline or goal would be for this? point me to where I can find formulas, or averages based on visual information, A significant date for me is 10 May, and I'm really hoping I can pitch a round number at that as a goal, but I have no idea if this is an option. What I'm doing: I've switched my diet to a lean sort of paleo in which I eat when hungry, with protein focused meals. Which hasn't been that difficult because I was already mostly white carb free, just need to lose the sugar in tea to curb all cravings. I say near paleo because I'm not eating enough leafiness yet, I'm not very good at fridge management and so I tend to lean towards lentils and chicken and broccolli and don't salad often enough (blame Tim Ferris for the lentils, best lifehack to disarm the lazy excuse, you're not too busy to open a can) In the last two weeks I've gone from drinking maybe a litre to almost 4, again just drinking when thirsty, listening to my body. I've begun to consistently hit my fibit step goals, a few months ago it was maybe one day out of a week, now it's at least 3 with only 1 couch potato day. My plan is to push this up to hitting everyday(it's in my challenge) my step goal is only 8000 though, because I'm actually extremely sedantry ( or used to be, I think I just went into recovery) and I needed that number to be attainable. Today I'm starting with the beginners bodyweight workout and I intend to do that 3 times a week. Yesterday I cycled until I made a puddle( a little over an hour), I know cardio like that is a slow boring way to achieve very little, but I'm considering using it as a way to keep my activity up between workout days. Again, the bike is just a hack to disarm excuses, bad weather, don't want to go out, gym clothes in the wash etc.

Total noob here, just starting out on the weightloss part of my journey, so I can't really help with advice. Just wanted to say thank you for this thread, I see myself in this position in a couple of months and this thread just made me feel like I've definitely forund the right community. kudos for putting up your video!

That sounds like an awesome day, good going! I'm glad you found a solution that works with your knees and didn't let that stall you.

it looks like our quests are fairly close to each other right now, I'll be following your progress. How often do you plan on updating? Would you like someone to help you out with a prompt occasionally?

hi basisfunction, thanks for dropping by. I'm fairly high on the "excuses are just low priorities" bend right now Adding an additional mental quest relating to the challenge: Check in daily, don't let the information accrue over several days and try to recount it all, eliminate the extra pressure by just keeping the excel sheet on your phone or something. The Accountabilibuddies section of this forum is incredibly confusing, I looked through it hoping to find a solution to my lack of IRL support, and found an inpenetrable wall of lingoed cliques and distraction. Am I missing something?

Starting a little late, but I'd rather start now than wait. My main quest is fat loss, I'm just north of 40%BF right now, gotta change it. Antisedant quests: 3x beginner bodyweight workouts each weekHit my daily fitbit step goal at least 5 times in each week ( was going to make this everyday, but with the travelling and stuff I'm doing this month it wouldn't have been attainable)Make time to conciously stretch ( I know it's not specific enough yet, I need time to formulate this one still)Nutrition quests: Hit my water goals as least 6 days a weekOpt for a near paleo/banting diet whenever you can(this is going to be tough, see the challenge below)Mental quest: Make art when I can, even if it's just small doodles, I want to pick this hobby back up. Challenge This is actually coming in the format of external pressure, I might have chosen a very poor time to begin. But I'm tired of excuses, and waiting for the right time is an excuse. My schedule looks really intense for the next bit and the challenge is really going to be maintaining focus through this: I'm only going to home for the next 4 days, then I have a 10 hour flight, a 4 hour connection, a 16 hour flight, accomodation with buffet breakfast, conferencing and social eating situations for 7 days, then a 17 hour flight, a 9 hour connection, and then a 10 hour flight. I'll be dealing with jetlag, and the temptations of both exciting foreign food and convenience food. I'm really wearing this determination like body armor.