NeonJabberwocky

Super late response- but 3.5e. Pretty similar to 5e from what I hear- I've never played fifth. It's always heartbreaking when a group falls apart before the good stuff >= My current group is the longest-standing game I've ever had; almost two years now <3 Mooosssst of them have lasted a handful of sessions and then piddled to a stop. Also, yeeeah, I sympathize with this procrastiplanning phenominon. I've been known to do that. BUT, if I don't kinda-sorta obsess over a thing I'm getting into, I'm... likely to bounce off to something else interesting and be entirely uninspired to pick that project back up later. A happy-medium amount of obsession is good for me xD

Awwww adorable kitten =D I've been gradually increasing my speed for a while, now, from where I started at 5.5mph- after I got comfortable running that speed for 20-30 minutes at a time, I started each run going at 5.6mph for 5, then ten, then fifteen minutes. Repeated the process again. I'm running 15 minutes at 5.7mph currently, so hopefully I'll bump that up to 6 soon! ^___^ Thanks to both of you for the support! =D

I'm just celebrating 4 years vegetarian m'self. =) In 2013 I decided to do a veggie trial-run I called Meat-Free March to see if it was something I could possibly do, given that I both love animals and revere life in all its forms, and also really, really loved the taste of meat. >__> Of course, I had forgotten that February's a short month and had already eaten something with meat in it when I realized March had begun, so I put that aside, decided to start my month of vegetarianism on March 2nd, and never ate meat again. It was just that easy. =D On April 2nd I decided to see if I could do a 2-month stretch, in May I figured I'd make it a season-long thing, and by June I was calling myself a vegetarian. For me, it's entirely ethical~ I know that my occasional splurges with cheese and ice cream have got to stop some time, but I try to eat fewer animal products overall. All the same, I'm a long way from being vegan. (Some day I'll make that leap! After I've worked through getting my veggie diet a little more healthy and making sure I get enough protein to run a human body on) Mostly, I just love living a life that conforms, at least somewhat, to my ethics and my beliefs. When I ate meat, I enjoyed the taste a lot, but I also felt like a hypocrite. I work with animals, I adore them, I bond with them. To also eat them felt weird and awkward. I'm happier with where my life is now, and to be honest, the parts of eating meat that I still even distantly miss are all the really gross, fatty, and unhealthy parts. Replacing those with veggie alternatives isn't hard at all and leaves me feeling waaaaay better. (My partner isn't veggie, either, though he's hugely supportive of me, and when we eat something home-cooked it's always something we can both enjoy. Agreed that you can't make vegetarian/vegan vs non-vegetarian into a war- people should do what feels right to them, and the less judgmental you can be, the less people will tune you out when you talk about your own beliefs and the reasons behind 'em.)

Helloo fellow newperson~! I sympathize hard- I play Druid as my favorite class, and who needs physical stats when you're just gonna spend most of the game as a dinosaur, anyway? 8D *coughs* But. Not so much an option in real life. Anywho, I'm cheerin' you on!

OKAY. Hi. I'm new here and don't REALLY know what I'm doing but from what I've seen it looks easy enough~? Goal #1: Eat at least 50g protein every day, without going over my calorie limit (1,600 calories/day) Goal #2: Run a 10-minute mile by the end of the challenge (Okay, I know, that doesn't seem like much to most people, but I've always been a very slow runner and I think it's time to push myself a little in ways I haven't really ever challenged myself before) Goal #3: Work out 4 days a week, every week. No slippin'. Goal #4: Clean my living space before March 19th, and keep it clean for the full 4 weeks. Work on the not-bein'-a-total-slob aspects of life. Let's see how this goes =3

Thanks to both of you! <3 Bean Sidhe- 1) it sounds like your kid is growing up to be AMAZING so good job with that; 2) that sounds like a great way to do it and best of luck to you! and 3) ohmygosh I've wanted to get into LARPing for forever! SCA people are often pretty emphatic about not being a LARP, but the getting-into-character and running around playin' make-believe is what appeals to me! xD I've looked into Dagorhir a few times; might have to give it another look and see if there's a good group near me =D

Oh, so hey there~ Pleased to meet you guys! 27-year-old sci-fi/fantasy lover with a passion for rennfaires, cosplay, makin' things, video games, DnD, doodlin', and pokemon <3 Like a lot of people, I guess I'm mostly here for a sense of accountability (and 'cause a lot of people in my life, despite being wonderful and supportive, don't actually want to hear me get excited about makin' workout gains every week). I've never been particularly overweight or anything- I eat fewer calories most days than I need, I run, I always thought of myself as being in decent shape. But about a year ago, I tried to take an aerial dance course because it's something I've always wanted to be able to do. And while I could manage to do the movements, I could never perform even the most basic steps without the instructor (who was 18 inches shorter than me and probably could have lifted me with one hand without even trying; she was amazing) helping me to get into position. At one point, she encouraged me to lift myself into the ring, which I could get no where near doing; she told me to hang just from the ring and I could barely manage that. I... I had no idea I was that weak. It was really eye-opening, to think you're in decent shape and then realize you are basically fat on bone. >__> I tried to work on arm/shoulder/back/core strength, but found myself flagging and not really making gains, and then... well, y'know how it goes. Life caught up and training fell behind. I've been back on the horse recently, as of about a month ago, and it was going pretty well as far as building habits and Doing the Thing is concerned. But I still just wasn't seeing the change I wanted and was getting frustrated. Googling ways to track my performance brought me to this site and made me think about how I was eating, which was a bit overdue. I ain't goin' Paleo (I'm a vegetarian, heh. I'm sure there are ways to mix the two diets successfully, but it probably requires a lot more focus than I currently have and a pretty restricted meal plan) but I did decide to re-think my "I'm sure I'll get enough protein just eating the way I want to; my body will crave what it needs" philosophy. =P The amount of protein I was getting on a daily basis was waaaaaaaaay low (turns out two garden salads and a small fry, while involving lots of veggies and being under my calorie limit, do NOT constitute a healthy daily meal plan), and now that I have tons of beans and nuts and seeds and soy on hand and make sure I get what I need, I have -way- more momentum- both to work out and to just generally, y'know, live. I took my "before" picture today (actually about a week and a half after starting into regularly strength-training and eating well, but it should still count!). And even though I'm doughy and awkward in it, I didn't even flinch when I took it. There's potential there. *determined face* So my main goal at the moment is to get to the point where I can nail a pull-up- and then get back into those aerial classes with the strength to succeed in 'em. And maybe back into the SCA and fencing. One step at a time!