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Thank you all for your information. I would normally quote you when responding but I didn't want to plaster this post with quotes lol. For those of you that recommended the IIFYM calculator, thank you! It really is a good one and tons of information. I'll post my results in the next post because I can't post pictures unless I use the app ><, going off "sedentary" and no work outs, so any woodworking or weekend outings I do is a bonus in calorie burn. (We went to the renn faire this weekend, lots of walking! Plus I worked in the garden and painted part of a fence.) I definitely did not think badly about anyone's suggestions, in fact you are still probably right even though I am petite. I was definitely feeling down after weighing on Friday and feeling like I failed, especially after such a good week. My fiance encouraged me to weigh again in a couple of days before making any changes, so I did, and guess what? I'm down again It's a very slow pattern of weight loss so far, about 1 lb a week loss while I'm sticking to under 1500, but it's sustainable so far.I don't feel overly hungry all the time, nor do I try to binge eat. It's enough cals in a day to allow me to go out to eat every once in a while, as long as I'm careful. Thank you for all of your support as well, I think it would probably better benifit me to add some exercise in eventually as well, but I've just never enjoyed regular exercise, which is why I'm hoping to get into martial arts again. No idea where I'm going to start with that though... still a lot to consider. For now, I'll stick with my 1400-1500 cals and slow, but steady decrease. I'll post my first weeks scores tomorrow!

Yea that is a good idea. I've specifically been calorie counting, I'm sure all calories aren't created equal though. I should do more research about good vs. bad calorie intake

WOO!

Woo! a fellow crafter It's nice that you were able to complete the cross stitch even though you weren't fond of the fabric. I always find it hard to finish projects I don't like, but I'm always pleased when I do.

Thank you very much for your input. The thing is I actually am a really petite person only 4'11" 158 lbs right now and pretty sedentary. I work at a desk but I'm relatively active at home with my hobbies. I don't want to hurt myself, but at the same time I don't want to be too lenient on myself that it doesn't help.... Starving myself is the last thing I want to do lol. I've never been much for exercise, because I would rather be crafting. I move quite a bit while wood working and sewing and such, but it's definitely not like working out. Thanks

Wow two big workouts in one morning, good luck!

Yay for tons of yarn! I love making hodge podge blankets of whatever colors I have lying around. Always seems like they have great character. Good luck on your goals they look awesome.

That is awesome, hope it works well for you! For your goals too. I love salad, and grow a garden every year so that I make sure I have tons of veggies on hand, and I either need to eat them or they go to waste lol.

Awesome thanks! I look forward to creative accountability group, sounds awesome. Yes, this first challenge I wanted to start off a bit simple with my health goals, but I look forward to getting back into martial arts to assist in weightloss and body toning, plus peace of mind Dailies: Calories: Monday - 1360 Tuesday - 1406 Wednesday - 1480 Thursday - 1485 Friday - Saturday - Sunday - Level up my health: Pack a lunch for work 4 days a week 3/19 - On track! Keep track of calorie counts every day 4/28 - On track! Level up my life: 14 hours of cleaning 2/14 - on track! Level up my hobby: Complete 5 unique items, including how-to blog posts Items complete: 2/5 How-tos complete: 0/5 I was pretty disappointed today, as Friday is my weigh in and I didn't see any progress. I felt like I did a great job sticking to my goals but I'm thinking my goals need to be a bit more strict. Aiming for 1500 a day seemed a bit easy, and I should drop it down to 1300 for next week. Although it's not actually part of my challenge to hit a specific number, only to track every day, it's just an aim. I got a lot of cleaning done yesterday and my home feels so much better for it. I'm please with how this part of the challenge is going so far.

Awesome goals! I particularly like the hobby's one. I find them to be incredibly important, especially with a stressful job. May I promote crochet, so much fun, so versatile Also, woodworking is my personal fav lol

I think the universe is trying to tell me something. Someone requested in my Rebel challenge for me to read WoT, and now this challenge you have. I guess I should really read it lol.

How does the whole picking a class thing work? I notice you all have spiffy little Monk symbols....

Hello, I'm a rebel and am strongly considering joining the Monks for my next challenge. I've been poking around your board and reading some of your challenges and I really like them. Currently my challenges are more healthy eating and life based, but I want my next challenges to also be centered around getting back in to martial arts. I've studied Shitō-ryū and Taekwondo but it has been many years. I'm also very interesting in meditation although I really don't know where to start with that one. I've been reading up on your meditation board. So much good information there... So yea, I just wanted to introduce myself

wow the pictures are huge I'm sorry. I had to upload them from my phone to get them to work.....

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Great goals! What is the Deskbound 14-Day challenge ? Sounds interesting, as I too am desk bound 40 hours a week.

Ok guys, stats first. Yesterday was pretty good, could have been better. Calories: Monday - 1360 Tuesday - 1406 Wednesday - 1480 Thursday - Friday - Saturday - Sunday - Level up my health: Pack a lunch for work 4 days a week 2/19 Keep track of calorie counts every day 3/28 Level up my life: 14 hours of cleaning .75/14 Level up my hobby: Complete 5 unique items, including how-to blog posts Items complete: 2/5 How-tos complete: 0/5 I'm also going to include pictures of three projects I've been working on. Two wand holders and replica flying brooms from the Harry Potter movies, as well as some "in the making" shots. *edit* aaaaand the pictures aren't showing up. It keeps telling me I can only upload 0MB of media.....

Excellent points structure I love the goals, and the prize. What is an adobe exactly? Just curious.

lol thanks, I'll be working on some tonight so maybe I can oblige

Woo! First challenge

Ha I give you an A for story telling through gifs lol

Excellent goals! I look forward to following this to see where it goes I wish you a very awesome challenge! Oh and welcome, this is my first challenge here as well.

Thanks! I appreciate it I'll try to take some pictures once I get everything going. My fiance is AMAZING and has agreed to go to our friends house on his own tonight to do a load of laundry so I can stay home and work on things, both cleaning and woodworking/sewing wise. I'm pleased to finally get some time to work.

Very awesome, I have a credit waiting for one of these on audible... I'm trying to decide between GoT and WoT. lol... Reading GoT bothers me because I know there is no ending, so I'm leaning toward WoT