KCAnathas

Tracking progress... What have I done this week to conquer my quests? I have entered all the food I've eaten. 2 days and counting. I'm not necessarily doing this to track the amount of protein, fat, and carbs I have, but more for the "second guessing", do I really want to eat that aspect that comes along with tracking my food. The reduced calories and balanced diet is more of a bonus. Meal prepping has not gone as well as I would have liked. It's nice having a plan in place for the meals, but when the nightly routine is done, the last thing I want to do at 9:30-10 at night is do anything more in the kitchen. Hopefully next week, Sunday, I'll be able to get more prepped for the entire week. As for working out... I haven't yet. Other than doing a few pull ups in the basement while watching the kids. Much like meal prep, by the end of the night, I'm exhausted, and not really in the mindset to work out. And the alarm goes off at 5 already. Working on this. I just need to re-commit to getting up early and just do it. No progress on my back story... Maybe adding 10min of meditation (headspace) will help. Good day. KCAnathas

Feeling overwhelmed. I don't know where to start. I want to start everything at once. How do I keep this in check so that I don't burn myself out right out of the gate. Baby steps... Quests for this week. Make a realistic plan for my current health and wellness. Resume tracking my food on MFP. -I was at 180 consecutive days, and down nearly 30lbs. Backslid over the past month with vacations and just general slothfulness. Meal plan for the family for the entire month of September. Complete. -Next month I'll include weekends and lunches. Meal prep for an entire week on Sunday. -Currently just doing it the day ahead. Work out 2x. -Run or strength training count. Here's to the week ahead. (Stretch goal: Write my back story. This is really hard for me.) Next week. Focus on Mental Quests...

Macomb here. I'm new to the NF lifestyle, but motivated to make the change. Sent from my SM-G920T using Tapatalk

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." Putting this here to encourage a start. More to come... Sent from my SM-G920T using Tapatalk

Thank you. I think some book suggestions would be great. I spend roughly 2.5 hours driving in my car every day. I typically listen to audiobooks. Usually just some sci-fi or fantasy. Maybe I should change it up a little. I started listening to Level Up Your Life, and I think the only frustrating thing is not being able to write down all the thoughts I have while listening and driving. Job wise, I probably have no good reason to complain, other than my heart just isn't into it recently. I just feel stuck. There's no challenge from day to day anymore. Anyway, I'm going to try to have my back story done by the end of the week. It's hard when I only get a few minutes a day to really sit down and write something. I try to periodically check the forum to see what's new, but its still a little overwhelming. (insert catch phrase here...) KCAnathas Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

Hey there fellow Rebels. Feels kinda awkward yet to consider you my fellows. I'm tired of my status quo. I need to step up my life. I'm just starting on this gaming lifestyle this week. Not that I'm new to trying to improve my life. Earlier this year I joined the under armor YVSTY challenge. I was going pretty good, although my goal was not the 1,000k. However I hit a setback when my knee was injured from pushing too hard, too fast. Now I know that I needed my challenge to be more diverse. I was so concentrated on the one goal, that I wasn't able to adapt when my body wasn't letting me continue. I recently hit a relative low patch in my life. I've been grasping for anything to pull me up, but not having anything set myself in motion. I made a decision this week to start reading Level Up Your Life, and think this may be the first day of the rest of my life. I'm a father of 4. @3, 5, 7, 9. Married 10 years now. Been at my job for going on 10 years now. Between home life and work, I really feel like I'm in a rut. Heck, it's deeper than a rut. It feels like the damn Mariana Trench some days. I'm stuck in my job, and responsibilities have me buried so deep that I don't feel like I have time to do anything that makes me happy. I had the hardest time picking an alter ego name. Ultimately I went with KCAnathas. KC, cause that's me, and an-áthas, which is Irish for very happy (not that I speak Irish, but Google says so, so it must be, right?...) Quest 1: Create a NF / LUYL character, back story, and initial quests. (Sorta check... I really have a problem coming up with my back story. I guess that's why I'm writing this post like this instead of just the "hi my name is" post.) Quest 2: Introduce myself. (Check. Glad to be here. I'd really like to get to know and follow the community. You all seem awesome!) KCAnathas Sent from my SM-G920T using Tapatalk