JohnnyConfidence

Oh No! Don't want to be the cause of your downfall. Great progress though, kicking butt as usual. Look forward to your final recap.

Just posted my mission recap for the last week. I plan on being back for next challenge so add me to the list for the squadron. Looking forward to it!

Week 6 done! Did my workouts, got everything finished up. Overall I'm very happy with what I turned out. Didn't lose really any weight, but I didn't expect too. Can't outrun a diet. However I can tell a difference in my physical abilities just even 6 weeks in. Easier to move, easier to get up and down, all that jazz. Next challenge I think will be all about diet. Right now I'm basking the glory of success. Here is a rundown of my goals and how I think I did: Fitness Goals: 1. No soda. Grade B+ STATS: 3 CON I did pretty good on this. The big temptation is at work and I was able to abstain. Had a few cheats on weekends, but not abysmally so. Want to continue working on this area and cutting back, but overall I think it was a success. Final reward: 2 Con. 2. Track all food intake. Grade D- STATS: 2 WIS 2 CON Terrible. Tracked for probably 2 weeks. Here is the thing, tracking when you eat like crab is impossible. Trying to figure out weights and calories when it's all prepared food is impossible. This will make a comeback for next month only with food goals attached to make it easier. Final reward: 0 wis 0 con 3. Work out 3 days a week. Grade A STATS: 3 STR 2 STA I missed 2 days out of this one. Everything else was done on schedule. Feeling the benefits of it now. Really glad to get back after it. Still not a habit and still very difficult to roll out of bed at 530 to do this thing, but I did it. Also was able to be active in other areas. Looked for ways to just do physical labor. Helped people paint a house, hauled wood, dug a hole, etc. Going to keep pushing it in coming weeks.. Final Reward 3str 2sta Life Goal 1. Write at least one hour a week. Grade A STATS: 2 CHA 1 WIS Hit the 1 hour a week easy. Not only did that but well on our way to a potential gig with Geek & Sundry doing a vlog (You can vote for us here) Overall big success. Final Reward 2 CHA 1 WIS So that's mean. I think I've accomplished enough of what I set out to do to claim my next level and increase those stats. I really have to thank everyone in Rogue Squadron for their support. You all are the greatest. Till next challenge, stay strong Rebels!

I'll be back next round if you all are coming back Been great fun.

Sorry all I've been remiss in posting the last week. Back at it this week. I missed workouts on Wednesday and Friday this week. With the holiday things were crazy and I didn't get it done. Overall though I'm back at it this week to finish out strong.

oops. My bent over row weight was incorrect. I added it up wrong. I was at 120lb for those previous ones. Today I went up to 150. Results below Plank:16 sec (+5 pts)12 sec (+4 pts)14 sec (+4 pts)14 sec (+4 pts)Bent Over Barbell Row:150 lb x 3 reps (+33 pts)150 lb x 3 reps (+33 pts)150 lb x 3 reps (+33 pts)150 lb x 3 reps (+33 pts)Close Grip Push-Up:5 reps (+8 pts)6 reps (+9 pts)7 reps (+11 pts)7 reps (+11 pts)Body Weight Lunge:10 reps (+12 pts)10 reps (+12 pts)10 reps (+12 pts)10 reps (+12 pts)Jumping Jacks:25 jumping jacks (+7 pts)25 jumping jacks (+7 pts)

I love kitties! Watching a new kitten explore and then show some love is awesome. Sounds like a great weekend overall!

Thanks for the votes everyone! Cr33g: We're using a DSLR now, Canon 5d mark 2. We toyed around with having music in there too. I went back and forth on it a few times. Not many vlogs have backing tracks, but music can add a lot to it. Good luck on your dreams and aspirations! I am the worst at drawing anything. There have been many times where it would have been awesome to have an artist to partner with. Much respect to anyone who can do it. Look forward to seeing you put out the next big web comic

Oh Location! I'm way, way, way over here on the west coast. Used to live out on the tipity tip of Washington State but this year moved to Redmond for work. Still squarely in the North West. Also I succeeded in the mini challenge 3, added my dex. Working on mini challenge 4.

I'm giving it a shot. Already doing Squats. Easy enough to put points on the board.

Great to hear from you Seabright, always lifts my spirits. Sorry everyone for not updating in a few days! I've been on target with most my goals, but have been swamped and simply didn't make time to get my updates in. Week 3 scorecard: No Soda: "A" holding strong and staying clean. Also meeting my goal of lowering juice intake. So far so good. Drinking LOTS of water. Which is good for me. Track All Food: "F" didn't track a thing. I'm terrible at this. I also think this is made easier with an eating plan. Since I'm not really focusing effort into what I eat, tracking what I eat is a monster. I do eat quite often at the corperate kitchen and while not terrible food it can be difficult to figure out how to track these accurately. Next challenge is going to be more about diet. I'll be changing what I eat and I think I'll be bringing back the tracking food goal. 3 Workouts a Week: "A+" got my workouts in on main days. On "rest" days and weekends I've been doing extra stuff too. Just activity not working out. Things like extra yard work, helping friends move, going for walks, just activity. It's been great. getting back into that motivated swing. Write an hour a week: "A" been holding this too. My writing partner and I have been going strong on new show ideas for our youtube channel. We are also in the running to get a spot on the Geek and Sundry vlog channel on Youtube. This could be a huge deal! We're in the final stretches of a voting week. If you can help us out it would be awesome! No registration required, just go click vote here http://geekandsundry.com/vlogger/chad-e.-allers This video is my writing partner Chad and the huge challenge he is taking to make this go to the next level. Since I missed my days here are my workout logs from Monday and then Today. Did the dreaded side planks this day. Each side twice. Going to do them tomorrow. Ugh not sexy times at all, and OUCH it was intense. Glad I did it though. Plank:15 sec (+5 pts)15 sec (+5 pts)12 sec (+4 pts)12 sec (+4 pts)Bent Over Barbell Row:170 lb x 6 reps (+50 pts)170 lb x 6 reps (+50 pts)170 lb x 6 reps (+50 pts)170 lb x 6 reps (+50 pts)Close Grip Push-Up:6 reps (+9 pts)6 reps (+9 pts)6 reps (+9 pts)5 reps (+8 pts)Body Weight Lunge:10 reps (+12 pts)10 reps (+12 pts)12 reps (+14 pts)10 reps (+12 pts)Two-Arm Kettlebell Swing:35 lb x 25 reps (+44 pts)35 lb x 25 reps (+44 pts) Today I added weight to my squats. They were getting easier and my goal here is to build strength not stamina. I have my kettlebell handy so I used that. Just gripped it at my chest and did the squats. It increased the intensity immensely, even that little bit of weight. Last time I did the bodyweight routines I didn't challenge myself enough and started stagnating. This time around I want to mix things up and keep it going. I wish I could do push ups. My muscles that let me pick things up are much stronger then my pusher muscles (Technical I know) I'm hoping that continued work in strength and loss of weight will meet in the middle and I'll reach success. Bent Over Barbell Row:170 lb x 8 reps (+53 pts)170 lb x 7 reps (+52 pts)170 lb x 7 reps (+52 pts)170 lb x 6 reps (+50 pts)Plank:22 sec (+7 pts)22 sec (+7 pts)22 sec (+7 pts)Push-Up:7 reps (+10 pts)7 reps (+10 pts)7 reps (+10 pts)6 reps (+9 pts)Jumping Jacks:50 jumping jacks (+15 pts)Dumbbell Squat:35 lb x 7 reps (+47 pts)35 lb x 7 reps (+47 pts)35 lb x 7 reps (+47 pts)35 lb x 7 reps (+47 pts)

Workouts Done! Bent Over Barbell Row:170 lb x 8 reps (+53 pts)170 lb x 7 reps (+52 pts)170 lb x 7 reps (+52 pts)170 lb x 7 reps (+52 pts)Plank:23 sec (+8 pts)26 sec (+9 pts)25 sec (+8 pts)Push-Up:7 reps (+10 pts)7 reps (+10 pts)8 reps (+12 pts)7 reps (+10 pts)Body Weight Squat:12 reps (+7 pts)10 reps (+6 pts)10 reps (+6 pts)12 reps (+7 pts)Jumping Jacks:50 jumping jacks (+15 pts)

I think the off topic room is the place for this. I need some help and thought "I bet the rebellion could give me some votes" :-) My friend and I have been working to launch a youtube channel where we make funny, entertaining, and fun puppet videos. We've been doing this on an off for a couple years now. Well last month my partner quit his job and has now dove in to do this thing full time. To get a boost to our launch we have applied to be part of the Geek and Sundry Vlog network. This could be a huge deal for us! To get to the next level though we need votes. That's where I know you all can help me out. All you have to do is visit this site, and click Vote on the video. You can watch it too You can vote daily and if you can share our voting link I would be forever in your debt. Let me know if you have any questions at all about what we do. Viva La Puppets!

I always enjoy the part of working out where three weeks in you can still find new and exciting muscle groups to make sore...

Always warms my heart to see old friends still kickin butt on the challenges Way to go Seabright!

yeah, warmup before and stretching after. I've read a lot of different opinions about weight loss workouts, and just tried to pick what I think works best for me. Trying to keep my heart rate up seems to help with that.

Workout logged. So I was going to talk about how I do this workout since it's not totally clear by the pasted setup. The Rebel fitness guide is my starting point. I'm doing the beginner bodyweight routine. However I'm trying to lose weight and to do that I want to keep my heart rate up. I've found that a circuit method works best for this. I do the warm up as suggested in the guide, I've been having some ankle pain so I've cut back on jumping Jack this week, instead doing kettlebell swings for warm up. They are great full body motion with intense heart rate. Everything I need to get warmed up. The main body of exercises rotate each workout. So squats day 1, lunges day 2, squats day 3. Then reverse the next week. The circuits go like this for me. Set1: Legs, push ups, bent over rows, plank. Set 2: repeat. Set 3: repeat, Set 4: repeat minus Plank. I could probably plank on the last one, but the guide does 3 planks. I'm not doing the suggest side planks yet as my core has lost so much ground since last session. Trying to build that back up this time. Side planks are much harder for me to stay on. Between each set I try to take minimal breaks. Allowing myself maybe 20 seconds to catch my breath and drink some water. After that it's right back at the start. This is how I keep that heart pumping. This setup isn't novel, just what I do and figured someone might be curious :-) Oh and I'm doing the mini stretching challenge because I'm terrible about stretching. Added the stretches today. Plank:29 sec (+10 pts)22 sec (+7 pts)26 sec (+9 pts)Bent Over Barbell Row:170 lb x 7 reps (+52 pts)170 lb x 7 reps (+52 pts)170 lb x 7 reps (+52 pts)170 lb x 6 reps (+50 pts)Close Grip Push-Up:5 reps (+8 pts)6 reps (+9 pts)6 reps (+9 pts)5 reps (+8 pts)Body Weight Lunge:10 reps (+12 pts)10 reps (+12 pts)10 reps (+12 pts)10 reps (+12 pts)Two-Arm Kettlebell Swing:35 lb x 15 reps (+37 pts)35 lb x 15 reps (+37 pts)

Doing good here. Updated my thread. This weekend I smoked a giant brisket and have been working on eating that Looking forward to the rest of the week.

Week 3! Week 2 was a mixed bag. I missed my Friday workout. Overslept and didn't make it up. Didn't track food very well either. Stayed off soda. All in all the week was a solid C+. Back in the saddle today. Workout below Bent Over Barbell Row:170 lb x 6 reps (+50 pts)170 lb x 7 reps (+52 pts)170 lb x 7 reps (+52 pts)170 lb x 6 reps (+50 pts)Plank:22 sec (+7 pts)18 sec (+6 pts)23 sec (+8 pts)Push-Up:6 reps (+9 pts)7 reps (+10 pts)7 reps (+10 pts)6 reps (+9 pts)Body Weight Squat:10 reps (+6 pts)12 reps (+7 pts)12 reps (+7 pts)10 reps (+6 pts)Jumping Jacks:25 jumping jacks (+7 pts)Two-Arm Kettlebell Swing:35 lb x 25 reps (+44 pts)

Serasid, hey don't beat yourself up. That's an awesome snack to have if you need it. You could have easily gone for some trigger foods that weren't as healthy. Do we want to snack all the time? No, but I can't think of much else better to snack on when those cravings hit. I'm doing mini challenge two I think. I already eat a lot of protein every day according to my tracker. Almost 100grams. It's probably my main source of food every day. I'm terrible with the vegetables.

Second workout of the new week. Still hard to get motivated but I'm getting them all done, all sets. Pretty pleased. Feeling better already. Just not habit yet. Soon though, soon. Bent Over Barbell Row:170 lb x 7 reps (+52 pts)170 lb x 6 reps (+50 pts)170 lb x 7 reps (+52 pts)170 lb x 6 reps (+50 pts)Plank:22 sec (+7 pts)23 sec (+8 pts)23 sec (+8 pts)Push-Up:6 reps (+9 pts)6 reps (+9 pts)6 reps (+9 pts)6 reps (+9 pts)Body Weight Squat:8 reps (+5 pts)7 reps (+5 pts)7 reps (+5 pts)8 reps (+5 pts)Jumping Jacks:30 jumping jacks (+9 pts)20 jumping jacks (+6 pts) Motivation this morning brought to me by macklemore:

Way to go week one! Great steady progress. Keep up the momentum for week 2.

I'm happy with my progress this week. Fully details on my thread. Glad to hear everyone is making progress! To the question about cooking for the week: I find it very helpful. I end up doing a big cook on Sunday for my lunches. Makes it quick and easy to follow through with my eating goals.

Great first week! Keep fighting the good fight. You'll only feel better, and better as this all becomes a habit.