Purplegirl

Hi Mindrah, since you replied to my challenge post I thought I'd check yours out! Six minutes run sounds awesome to me, I got up to 90s run/ 2 mins walk on C25K before my foot let me down so I know what you mean about not being a natural born runner. It looks as though you are doing really well with your goals and I love your images. How do you do those coloured bars to track your progress?

Thanks Mindrah! Good luck with your challenge too!

Hi everyone, this is my first post so here is some stuff about me: I live in England with my husband and two boys, I'm a scientific editor and am both very overweight and very unfit. Like most people I've resolved to fix both these things frequently and failed, but am hoping that this time will be different. I really like the Nerd Fitness approach! At the beginning of January I started to follow a fairly low-carb eating plan (avoiding the d-word there), which turns out to be fairly palaeo-ish except that I include dairy, and I also started the C25K running programme. Hooray! However I now have extensor tendonitis in my left foot so I can't run (and also can't walk far without it hurting a lot). But this time I won't be derailed; I thought strength training sounded like a good option until I could start running again and discovered NF while doing some research. So here I am starting my first challenge - I realise there are only three weeks left but I didn't want to wait! My 'big' goals are to lose weight, get healthier and stronger, and keep my house tidier, so my challenge goals all relate to those. I do have depression, so 'get healthier' includes making sure I take care of myself mentally as well. Here are my goals for this challenge: 1) Stick to low-carb (palaeoish) diet at least 6x days/week (ideally all) 2) Swim 1x week 3) Strength train (bodyweight circuits) 2x week 4) Use headspace for 10 mins at least 5 days per week 5) Take any clean clothes upstairs at bedtime every day (baby steps...) Anyone else here from the UK? Bye for now!