Librarian of Doom

Definitely wanting to get back to some kind of lifting program this challenge. I'm in!

Relax feat: I'm going to do at least one yoga video at home this week

Oooh, I love your goals! And if you have questions about 3D printing, I have a smidge of knowledge from work, so feel free to hit me up here or wherever!

thanks! Trying to make them super easy and doable so I'll just...do them. Week Zero: Contacted the lifting gym. They don't have showers; trying to figure out if I can work around that by using a friend's house nearby or coming home to shower and change afterward, since it would technically be on my way to work, sort of.

Hi! I love your quests and your bullet journal: it looks so functional! I'm trying to get in the habit of using some sort of planner thing to keep track of what I'm doing, but building the habit of using the planner has been the most difficult part so far.

Glad you're planning to be kind to yourself while also trying something new. Good goals!!!

Solid goals and rationales! Shaking my pompoms for you!!!!

Imperfect is important. I'm still struggling with that concept as I enter my late thirties. Excited for your new adventures! And thanks for sharing the Dedicate challenge...I may need to start that, since I've been feeling a lack of mobility lately.

Your goals are so good! I especially feel you on the Spanish and art challenges; I keep letting my negative inner voices stop me from working on those, even though I want to. I bought some art classes on Udemy; I think next challenge my life goal will be to start working through them.

Went to check your battle log and sending all the hugs and also congratulations! (and thanks for reminding me I need to nag my partners about planning our commitment ceremony, since we proposed back in July). Good luck with your challenge!!!

A sick partner throws everything out of whack; glad to hear she's better! Also proud of you for the Plague Protocols; it's important to celebrate what you're able to do, even if it's not as much as you'd like.

Welcome to the Rangers! It sounds like you've got a solid handle on your long-term goals and the smaller goals for the challenge! I'm cheering for you!!!

I'm also respawning, so it's nice to have company! Your goals sound very doable; good job breaking them down into achievable steps!!! I keep trying habitica but I get overwhelmed by seeing my ongoing tasks written down. I need a better system, or less tasks

Thanks! I'm doing my best to take small, attainable steps, but I'm glad to be back among the Rangers again. Balance is the HARDEST. But the good news is I can keep trying LMAO, yeah, I used to think I had no free time...I look back on those days and want to smack myself. I have to keep reminding myself of what my mentor said, which is that my kids are never going to be this small again. They're going to continue growing toward independence and this stage of life will pass. It's just tricky when the baby refuses to sleep unless she's on top of a human (and sometimes not at all). At least we have 3 parents to juggle her between.

I feel you so much on so many of these things, particularly eating under maintenance being a stressor. Sending you all the hugs and cheering you on to make your own miracles.

I have also been in EAT ALL THE THINGS mode, so I feel you. Solid start to your zero week though!!!

Sorry to hear about your ribs; injury is so frustrating when you just want to DO THE THINGS! I hope your recovery goes smoothly and that you're able to progress at a good pace!!!

Thanks! I've definitely found that sense of community here before, which is part of the reason I'm back!!!

Okay, maybe not quite 84, but about 4, I think, since the last time I did a challenge. To do a Luis-from-Antman-style recap (feel free to skip): So I was a school librarian who hated my job but loved doing CrossFit and then I got a job at public library and I was like "Whoa, this is better" but then my work hours and driving 3 hours round trip until we sold our house made it difficult/impossible to do CrossFit but then we sold our house and got an apartment and I started doing CrossFit again but I work until 6 pm and if I go to CrossFit at 6:30 my kids are in bed when I get home and also my boss is verbally and emotionally abusive so I started looking for a new job but it's been two and a half years with no luck so I started self-publishing romance novels on Amazon but that takes away exercise time too and whenever I went to work out I felt guilty for taking time away from the kids and my partners (I have 2 partners and 5 kids now, life has changed) and super anxious and depressed about everything so I stopped but then I felt terrible. TL;DR: My job sucks but I can't find a new one right now; I have a full-time job, 2 partners, 4 kids, and a part-time gig as a self-published writer. Also a prescription antidepressant. So. It's time to start baby-stepping my way back toward a more balanced life. And since the Rebellion helped me with that the first time, I'm hoping to use it as a tool for positive changes again. Diet/Fitness Goals: Find a gym that works with my schedule. There's a local lifting gym I've been meaning to check out, but if that doesn't work, there are other options, or I can use the city employee gym. I just really miss the sense of community that comes from CrossFit and would prefer to work out with other people around. Exercise in the mornings once the kids are off to school, 2-3x per week. If I'm not in the gym, I can do a quick bodyweight workout or a yoga video. The goal is to build the habit and the mindset. Cut back caffeine to one cup of coffee in the morning and one small soda at lunch. I've been letting myself go since my partner had the baby and it's almost certainly affecting my quality of sleep, not to mention my anxiety. Life Goal: Work on revising my YA novel at least once a week. I've got a pretty good routine going for writing my self-published stuff, but I have a mentor helping me revise the YA novel; I just need to bite the bullet and work on it. Life being what it is, I'm not sure how much time I can spend chatting on here, but I'm going to do my best to check in at least once a week.

Big woots on everything going on here, and super jealous of beach days. It was being pretty nice around here but some nastiness is supposed to roll in tonight

I realize the weight loss/lack of weight gain is just as frustrating as the opposite, but it's hard to empathize sometimes. Sorry. I like your Wednesday routine, though!

Really proud of how you pushed on through this challenge, especially through all of the life that happened. Especially proud of how you've been breaking the after-dinner snack habit!!!

Great job this challenge! And mad props for jumping on the bosu...that is some scary shit right there. I know exactly what you mean by the false starts.

You've been really great with consistency this challenge! And I hear you about having to make new habits...It's hard. I wish my job was working out. Then I could fit in everything I need to do/want to try.

Challenge Wrap-up 21 CrossFit days is a B for that, 7 runs is a very low C. Calling it a C+. Not a failure, I did stuff, but not as much as I could have. 11 days is a C. Most of the days I skipped involved heavy pullups in a WOD, so I got a workout then as well. I saw some progress. If I carry this goal over, I need to accommodate days when my arms are already trashed from a pullup WOD 29 days of good macros for a C. Took a bit to get a game plan figured out, but I think I know how to handle it going forward. 26 days for a C. I remember mobility on CrossFit days, I just need to work on making it part of my daily routine at home. 29 days of writing for another C. I got my fanfiction over 51k words, which means between October and now, I've written over 101k words. Not too bad. So a pretty solid C challenge. Not my best, but I kept moving forward and didn't quit!!! I did things!!! Yay!!!!!!