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Saturday and Sunday - Horrible on the veggies and water goals. I need to plan especially for the weekends. Add to that the fact that I also missed exercise on Saturday, and I ate sweets last week 5 days, and I'm feeling pretty bad. I'm calling this the start of a clean slate. I really want to do better.

Yes, doing the tuck L-sit on parallettes is much better. It's difficult now, but this can actually get me to an L-sit some day. Thanks again!

Thanks for the suggestion Dillpedo! Yes, I have parallettes, they were tucked away, out of sight. You're right, I should use those. I have heard that about max reps, but I feel like I haven't worked out if I don't have to struggle. :-/ I will do it though.

So, I have the book Overcoming Gravity. I would love to be able to do some of the strength moves in there, such as handstand pushups, front lever, muscle ups. I'm at the lower levels in strength now, so here's how my workout looks. Warmup Handstand work: wall handstands, trying free handstands (max is 5 seconds) L Sit work: I can't even do the tuck L-sit, so I currently do like a 90 degree (feet resting on chair, legs bent at 90 degrees, and support myself), but not sure if that's helping me at all Pullups: current max is 5 A couple challenges ago I could do 7 Diamond Pushups: max is 10 for first set Dip support holds on rings: Just last time I was able to hold for 13 seconds, but it was hard. Inverted ring rows I have no idea if this routine is good for upper body. I do 3 sets of everything, trying max effort. I just started it maybe 3 weeks ago. We will see.

So, this is it so far: Monday: 3 servings veggies, exercise (pole class + ping pong), 8 cups water, 7 hours sleep Tuesday: 3 servings veggies, jogging, 8 cups water, 7 hours sleep Wednesday: 3 servings veggies, Overcoming Gravity, 8 cups water, 6.5 hours sleep Getting veggies is going well. It's pretty easy, I make sure I get a big salad for lunch, and a veggie for dinner. I am still in the groove of exercising every morning, so that's going fine. I have had to lighten up on the upper body stuff, because I fell down a few stairs, and instinctively reached out to try to catch myself while falling, which made my arm yank a little. My shoulder is not 100% yet, but other than that, I'm fine. I guess I shouldn't try to read while walking down the stairs. You think? Hopefully next week I will be 100% better. Drinking water is also going fine. It's so easy to get in 8 glasses when I concentrate on it. Sleeping is ok. I need to make myself get in the bed and go to sleep instead of playing Angry Words online (I love that game!). I could have gotten 8 hours a couple days if I had not done some web surfing.

I love Rodney Yee. You've reminded me to bring him out again. It's great that your wife will be doing it with you. Believe me, that helps a lot.

Thank you! I used to drink more water too. Now that I'm sweating like a pig while I work out 6 times a week, I'm not drinking as much. It's funny how that works out.

Thanks for the encouragement everybody! I'm ready this time. Yes! You're absolutely right. Glad to be back. Lol! I'm not that smart, I didn't think of that.

This time for my main goals I don't want to focus on results directly. I want to focus on the habits I want to develop, which will bring me the results I want. Goals: 3 servings vegetables daily - CON 3 I don't eat enough vegetables, but when I do, I notice it satisfies my insatiable appetite. work out 6 days per week - STA 3, STR 3 Plan to continue what I've been doing (or trying to do) ... 3 days/week running, 3 days/week Overcoming Gravity + Leg work 8 glasses water every day - CON 3 I've been getting bad about drinking water 7+ hours sleep every day - CON 3 Another thing I've been bad about lately, due to working too much, and stress about work. Hmmm ... A lot of possible CON points here. [starting stats go here]

I want in too! I always want to improve my pullups. My current max is 5.

Goals: Run 5K without stopping. DONE!!! A +5 STA Get to 30" waist. Got to 30.5" (measured at navel). B +2 CON Plan all meals and snacks. Didn't do this. F No internet surfing at work. First half of the challenge I did well on this, but the last week hasn't been as good. C, +2.5 WIS Other thoughts: I didn't do half bad, even though I didn't complete all my goals. Running 30 minutes at a time was something I used to think was impossible, so I am very happy about being able to do it. I also am definitely losing fat. My ultimate goal used to be to get below a 30" waist. I used to think that would be really hard, but now I know I can do it. Within the past week or so I've also dropped a few pounds, so I am now at 168.5, when at the beginning of the challenge I was at 172. Not much in weight, but I can definitely feel it in my clothes. I probably can go down a size now, but I think I will hold off a little. Maybe I will just buy an outfit or two to treat myself. Sweets no longer have a hold on me. :-) Since I decided to cut way down on sweets, I have had sweets exactly once (a frozen yogurt with candy on top). I've stopped thinking about having something sweet constantly, which is great. My husband still buys loads of sweets from Sam's Club (e.g. 20 pack honey buns, 16 pack brownies), but I am not tempted at all buy any of it.

Thanks Elastigirl! I had a dessert for the first time in a month. I had been having strong urges for sweets for a few days, so I decided that I would go for it. I had frozen yogurt with Butterfingers. It was ok going down (I usually love froyo, but it wasn't great), and I have no urge to have sweets anymore for awhile.

Good job on reminding yourself what you did well on the hike. Negative self-talk can be killer. Great job with your workouts, even while sick.

Thanks Athena!

Run 5K without stopping. DONE!!! I did it! It took 36:24. This morning, when I saw that I was going a little faster than normal, I decided to go for it. It wasn't easy at the end, but I made it.

*Sigh* Both my husband and I got sick (chills, mucus, sneezing, productive cough), so I only worked out this Monday. I'm starting to feel better, so I will make an effort to go for a run tomorrow morning. I am eating normally again, save the fact that I am still eating slower than normal. This morning I was super excited because I measured my waist (at the navel) and it was 30.5". I'm very close to my goal for this challenge of 30". As far as the no internet surfing at work goal, I had my first few days of surfing. I realized when I was at work that I had some things I needed to do some things for my daughter during work hours. Things like what summer camp is she going to go to (this was a couple weeks ago), what are we going to do for her for after school care this year, what school supplies haven't we got yet (I am very last minute with things). I've surfed 4 different days. Those days strengthened my resolve to not surf and work, because once I finished doing what I had to do, I decided to go on "just a couple more sites", then later realized that I had been surfing for 2 hours. I also need to be more prepared, and not wait until the last minute to do things, so that something like this won't happen again. My plan all meals and snacks goal is going terribly. I need to go shopping on the weekends, but lately I really don't feel like it. I need to make sure I do it this weekend.

I guess it depends on the person, but I did chin ups through the day for about a month, and didn't find that it helped me either. I'm not sure why, because so many people say it can help up your chin up numbers.

Yay, thanks! Yeah, I don't know if it's a lifetime thing for everybody, but it definitely seems like it will be for me. Thank you Athena!

Good job on finishing the book. I have several books that I fear I will never finish, so I know how it is. My daughter is only 6 and she doesn't like me right now because I won't let her watch tv for hours every day.

Well, I asked and they said no exercise for 3-4 days, so I will just take the rest of the week off exercise. They say nothing to raise the blood pressure, so walking is fine. In my opinion, when I am off painkillers I should be good to go.

You're doing pretty good with your diet. Your HIIT runs are really impressive. I am planning to start those in the next few weeks to help me with my own 5K goal. Just curious: Do you have a method of measuring your body fat? I was going to put a body fat percentage as one of my goals, but was too cheap to pay twice for the testing my gym uses. They use the BodyMetrix Ultrasound system and it costs $39.95 to get the testing.

You're doing great! I know it's hard to keep on track when you have visitors.

I did a 30 minute run on Tuesday! That was a big life goal for me, something I never thought I would be able to do, so I'm happy about it. I am getting my wisdom teeth pulled today, and they say I probably won't want to run tomorrow. :-( So I will have to wait to work more on my goal for this challenge to run 5K without stopping. I need to take a couple pics of myself. I meant to do it at the beginning of the challenge, but never got around to it. This morning I looked at my legs in the mirror and realized that I can see a little definition! This is crazy to me because I am really losing no weight at all.

Thanks for suggesting it to me. I think I am ready now. Oh, that would be great! I think that right now if I were to have an Oreo it would be heavenly.

Thanks to ocelot, I am dessert free for 7 days now, and it hasn't been bad at all so far. My husband brought home 5 packs of cookies (a sale ), and I haven't been tempted by them. I may try to go without desserts for a few months, then settle into eating sweets once a month. I'm going to bed in 15 minutes to be able to get 8 hours of sleep. Getting up at 5:20 is not fun.