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Thank you! Just tried to make working out and eating healthier a priority and it kind of snow balled from there! Now it just feels normal and routine!

Thanks buddy! Hopefully this is just the beginning!

Alright everybody! It's the final day of the challenge! Since I will be going to a friends birthday party tonight and in all possibility drink around a dozen beers I decided to do my measurements and weigh-in this morning! TO RECAP: Main Quest: To stay consistent and live a healthy lifestyle (eating healthy/training regularly) CHECK Sub Quests: (1) Eat healthy with 1-2 cheat meals every week (lots of veggies, nuts/seeds, eggs, lean proteins, lots of water, etc.) CHECK (2) Train 3-4 times a week (circuit based workouts) CHECK (3) Listen to Level Up Your Life by Steve Kamb (Audiobook) CHECK I think I've passed this challenge with flying colours! I finished Steve's book within the first week, have worked out 3-4 times a week for all four weeks, and have cut down on all the unhealthy snacking and eating mostly healthy and nutritious foods! There was a little adversity with a bit of travel for work and hurting my hand/wrist after week 2 but I think I bounced back and made the best of it! MEASUREMENTS (Start/End) Waist: 34''/33'' Chest: 40''/40'' Arms: 14.5''/14.5'' Legs: 23''/23'' I'm pretty surprised by these results to be honest! I knew my diet was in solid shape (with only 2 real cheat meals and 8 beers consumed over the 4 weeks) and I expected to lose some circumference around the waist. But I was surprised my chest/legs/arms didn't shrink as well (especially since guys tend to hold fat in the chest/legs) since I was doing mostly circuit routines that didn't hit those muscles all that hard. But the body is pretty crazy and I'm happy with the results! This is a picture at the start of the challenge and then this morning. I know there isn't a huge difference between the 2 and the picture quality isn't the greatest but I can see that I'm not as "soft" around the waist in the second picture. The leanest I've ever been with this past April where my waist was around 31.5'' so there's still work to be done! In all honestly this challenge has been more of a mental than physical transformation. During the first 2 months living in Edmonton, it felt like I was almost on autopilot. Sure work was going well and I was getting along with everybody, but I'm not sure if I would have said I was actually happy. When I decided to join this challenge, something just seemed to "click". I was looking forward to each day more and decided to take a more active role in my life. I'm sure a lot of the attitude change came from eating healthier and training (all them endorphins running around my system) but I started to actively try and meet people, and trying more things. Ultimately meeting a pretty awesome girl and going on date #3 tomorrow! But enough of the sappy stuff, overall I think this challenge was a huge success and I'm looking forward to keeping on the healthy train. I want to say thank you for everyone commenting on my thread throughout the challenge, it definitely helps having people around to ask questions and keep you on track! I'm not sure where I'm going to post my next challenge, I'm thinking assassins since the first week of it I will be in the Yukon with probably no gym, but I will post a link here when that happens!

Yessir! Crazy how a little patience and consistency pays off. Plus now that I can start lifting some weights again this next weeks going to be a lil' more fun!

It's doing pretty well! I wouldn't say it's 100% but I did a chest and back workout Monday and it felt good. Yesterday I tried a handstand against the wall and it wasn't quite up to that type of stress but maybe a few more days! I know, time's flying by. I actually thought about that a couple days ago when I was walking to my car after work. I was like, "Damn I've been working out and eating way healthier for almost a month." (it helps that my pants were feeling a little loose haha) Craziness. (I also technically started September 11, but I'll keep that to myself!)

Alllrighty then! Week 3 recap! 1. Nutrition was pretty good but not great. Had a Thanksgiving dinner with one of the roomies family but it was a holiday so no regrets there. Then had 2 beers on a date and definitely no regrets there! 2. Sprained my wrist/hand so did 3 solid workouts focusing on the lower body/abs 3. Wrist/hand is essentially healed (apparently I heal fairly quickly, might have some trace Wolverine DNA!) so did a good full body circuit this evening! For the last week of the challenge I plan to nail down my nutrition, and keep up with the workouts (3-4 a week). Looking forward to the final measurements on Saturday! P.S. THE LAST JEDI TRAILER CAME OUT

I hope you're having a great Thanksgiving! Remember, weekend calories don't count

Haha it ended up being a very pretty girl so there goes the chance for a good story! I'm not complaining though.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend so far! My workout Friday went pretty well, so that was a success! Nutrition has been pretty good so this morning I wanted to weigh myself out of curiosity (My opinion is the scale can be deceiving - I mostly go by measurements) but my roommates don't have one. So I'll have pick one up tomorrow! I think I'm around 175 lbs (5'11'') but we'll see! I did measure my waist and its around 33 1/4'' So it has gone down slightly! I tried a couple push-ups/shoulder presses with just the bar this afternoon and my wrist felt "okay" but a little bit of discomfort so we'll see what Monday brings! In other news, I'm going to a placed called "The Rec Room" tonight where there's ping pong, pool, arcade games, live entertainment, etc. So hopefully that'll be fun and the girl I'm meeting isn't actually a 40 year old dude haha #bumbledatingissketchy

Super jealous. I miss having a dog around! And off to feed wolves? Are you going to a zoo or are you a rare wolf whisperer? Haha.

It sucks that you're not feeling well I hope you feel better soon! But you have an office dog? That's amazing. Is it for someone with a disability in the office or to help with stress? The hype is real, can't wait for the weekend!

So a little mid-week update. Did another workout yesterday and it went pretty well - wasn't really super engaged since the NHL started up last night and I was texting a couple buddies during the leafs opener but I still got built up a good sweat! Canadian problems eh? Also, my wrist is healing up fairly quickly! Still feel some discomfort when I have to grip something while twisting (think driving a car and going around a sharp corner) or putting more pressure on it (pushing open a heavy door) but I think it should be good to go by the start of next week!

@Laghail

First workout of the week complete and it was pretty good considering I made it up as I went along! Monday's Workout: BW Squats (3x20) Reverse Crunches (3x10) (1) Forward Arm Circles (40) (2) Reverse Arm Circles (40) (3) Shoulder Press (40) BW Lunges (3x20) Crunches (3x10) (1) Forward Arm Circles (40) (2) Reverse Arm Circles (40) (3) Shoulder Press (40) Step-Ups (3x20) Leg Raises (3x10) Lateral Raises (3x20) Rear Delt Raises (3x20) Romanian Deadlifts (3x10) Hip Thrusts (3x10) Reverse Crunches (3x10) Forward Arm Circles + Reverse Arm Circles + Lateral Raises + Rear Delt Raises (3x10 each) This workout was surprising fun and only took about 25 minutes. As for all the shoulder exercises I did them without any weight; I was chasing that shoulder pump haha. Doing Romanian deadlifts without any weight probably looked pretty weird but I was really focusing on stretching the hamstrings and keeping the lats/abs tight. NOTES: (1) Exercise was with the first superset; (2) The second ; (3) The third. (4) Frozen mangos are insanely good, 10/10 would highly recommend.