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Here is a suggestion. Only buy 7 bottles of soda for the entire week, at the beginning of the week. Then tell yourself, that you want to at minimum have 1 bottle at the end of the week as your reward for only going through 7 bottles in one week. A few years back, I had to give up soda for heath reasons. I gave it up. After like 6 months, I decided I wanted to try a soda as a treat to myself. What I found out was that it tasted horrible. Like cough syrup. I don't know how I ever drank that stuff. My one other suggestion is to keep your water bottle in front of you. For me, if its out of sight, its out of mind. I might go an entire day, and not realize that I haven't had anything to drink all day. That puts me in a position where I might want something other than water. I have the ability to rationalize pretty much anything to myself as a good idea. When I keep my water with me, I won't be thirsty later in the day, and I won't be tempted to drink what I shouldn't. I'm worried that you might mentally be taking yourself out of this challenge even before it starts. If you feel these goals aren't meant to be, then maybe you should change them up a bit. Put yourself into a position where you know you will succeed. That will help you build some confidence. Little wins add up to big successes. Good luck on those goals!

Good luck with your goals! I had this same problem last time I tried doing a challenge. I'm trying to follow a bunch of peoples quests to hopefully not feel too alone. I tried doing Paleo a bit a few years back. I ate chicken and broccoli every day for like a year. Now, I can't even look at it. I seem to have a lot of trouble finding some good paleo/keto/lchf options that don't require 900 ingredients I've never heard of, or will never use all of again. So maybe you aren't as neurotic as you might think. I am in the process of learning to ride a bike. But I refuse to do it around my neighborhood. Instead, I have been going out and finding empty parking lots on streets with little traffic cause I don't want people to think, "Oh hey look at that loser over there trying to learn how to ride a bike."

Oh I have a suggestion for staying hydrated. I noticed something a few years ago. For me, if I don't see my water bottle, I don't even think about drinking anything. Out of sight, out of mind I guess. This happens to me all the time, I will be busy at work, and it will get around 4pm and I'll start getting a headache. Its then I will realize that I haven't had anything to drink all day. So my suggestion, is to keep it always in your vision. When it's there I tend to drink it. Good luck with your goals!

Good luck hacking those portals!

What...double post? hmm how'd that happen.

Still have room for me? My Quest: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/51027-jdkc4ds-quest-its-too-late-for-creative-titles/?p=1131811 Mostly I am looking for like minded folks to talk with in my attempt to make it 6 weeks!

I am totally gonna try out that progress bar. neat.

Wow! I must say I was not actually expecting anyone to respond. You guys are awesome. Since you were kind enough to respond, I'll try and answer your questions: I have. Crockpots are awesome. I need to find more summertime crockpot recipes though. I have lots of recipes for soups and stew which I like to do in the cold months, but I just don't find them very appealing during the summer. I have heard of nature box. I listen to a podcast on Monday's on my way to work and they always talk about Naturebox, one of their sponsers. I might take a look at them. I think really I will probably boil some eggs on the weekend and take one everyday for a snack. Then I only need one other snack. A piece of fruit will probably be sufficient. Will do. I'll definitely check that out. Good question. I didn't really specify. My main focus is on my lunches on days when I'm at work. There is too much temptation to hit up the food truck, which isn't the best for me food. The real problem I am going to have with this is variety. I hate eating the same thing every day. Sometimes it ok, but I prefer to switch it up a bit. If I can plan in a little variety, it will reduce the likelihood of me opting for take out. Dinners are a whole other ballgame. I usually go to my folks for dinner at least one day a week, so that helps. I just need to plan for maybe 3 or 4 days a week of having something on hand to make for dinner. ​That's an interesting idea. Back a couple years ago when I was doing 20 minutes on the stationary every morning, I watched though the entire series of Frasier. It might be an interesting experiment to start that show over (if its still on netflix) Cool. I'll post over there right now!

So I tried doing one of these challenges before. I set some goals, I tried joining a group or a pod or whatever, I was expecting other people would really help to motivate, or really just anyone to talk to. This didn't happen. After a week, I was the only one that had posted in the group, and feeling frustrated I just said screw it. This was well over a year ago, but I'm willing to give it another go. Main Quest: As I read through some of the other posts of folks on this board/guild, I am intimidated with the specifics. One person has done all the math for losing a percentage of body fat. Another has a very well laid out work out plan. My goal is to build some healthy habits on my way to losing some weight. I have been noticing lately that my clothes are more snug than they used to be and I have been more out of breath doing things that I didn't used to have problems with. Goal 1: Pre-prepare meals or stuff to make meals for each week by the end of the weekend. Breakfasts should be the easiest. I like drinking a protein shake for breakfast anyway. I just need to make sure I have enough protein powder, bananas, yogurt, and other fruit to make the shake the way I like it. Lunch is the hardest. I have to have something prepared before I go to bed the previous night or I will end up wasting money at whatever food truck is outside.Snacks. Something about right around 10:30 or right around 3 that I suddenly feel like I need something to chew on. While I don't necessarily want to pre-make all my dinners, I need to at minimum have some stuff fairly easy ready to go in case I end up working late. I need to be able to know that if I am running late, that its not going to take me a long time to prepare something. This leads to me eating out my dinners.Goal 1 motivation. Lately I have been finding myself in the rut of, oh I don't have anything already made for lunch, so I'll decide to stop by the grocery store on the way to work. Knowing I'm stopping by the grocery store, I can some how rationalize to myself that I don't want my breakfast sitting in the car while I'm in the store. This leads me to buy junk that I'll eat in the car on the way to work. If I have everything all ready, I won't need to go to the store. If I'm not in the store, those little donuts won't be calling my name. Goal 2: I need to get off my butt. By the end of the 6 weeks, I want to be doing some kind of activity every day. 2 jobs ago, I used to get up every morning and ride my stationary bike for 20 minutes. 20 minutes is the perfect amount of time, because all the "30 minute" tv shows on netflix are actually about 20 minutes. Somewhere along the way, I fell out of this habit. I think I pushed myself to hard. It caused my knees to hurt, and so intending to just take a break, I ended up giving this up. To start out, I am going to do 10 minutes at least 3 days a week. I'll work my way up from there.1 job ago I was all about the public transportation. My job charged $70+ a month to park my car at work. That plus gas as enough to fuel me to take the train into work. The closest train station was about a mile from work. Between moving around in the job and my walk to and from the station, I was getting 12000+ steps every day. In my current job, the highest I have seen is 8000. I would love to say that everyday is like that, but there are some days, some busy days where I'll be getting ready for bed, and I'll only have 2500 steps for the whole day. So I'm going to try to have at least 2 days a week where I am around or above 8000.Goal 2 motivation: Have you ever shopped at the big and tall store? Their prices are outrageous. $60 for new pants and then you have to pay more for alterations? The past couple of weeks in particular I have noticed my clothes aren't fitting too well. My pants are too tight and some of my shirts aren't cutting it. This trend has to change. It's not healthy for me. Goal 3: I want to learn to ride a real bike. You know, the kind with wheels and brakes. I am somewhat embarrassed that I am 32 and I never learned to ride a bike. Over the next 6 weeks, I would like this to change. I've talked to several people on this, and I think I have a plan. I'm going to start out by rolling. Yep, just sitting on the seat and rolling. I think if I can find some open parking lots, that are flat, or have a slight downward slope, I will be able to start to learn to balance.Once I have learned some on balance, I can start using the pedals. I have already taken a couple of steps. I went out to the local bike shop, and they got me setup on a bike that's the right size fitted for me. I was lucky that the guy that owns the shop is also a big guy. I ended up getting a pretty steep discount on some wheels that will hold up better go a guy my size, and some pedals that are a little wider. I want to go "rolling" as I call it...trying to learn to balance at least twice a week until I have a firm grasp on that, and then I want to go pedaling at least twice a week.Goal 3 motivation: When I was growing up, there just wasn't anywhere to go on a bike, so I never learned. As I got older, I found that there were other people I knew that never learned to ride. I convinced myself that not learning to ride was cool and somehow made me unique compared to so much of the population. Over the last several years, I have been seeing lots of fitness trails. Everywhere I go there is a bike trail. I have walked some of them, but many of them are 20+ miles long. I look in the guide books, and they look very nice. I would like to see the for myself. I also believe this could evolve into a great stress relief for me. I was going to forgo the extra life quest as I think learning to ride a bike is a pretty big life goal. But as I was just getting some water, trying to move the dishes around in the sink so I could get my glass under the tap, I realized something. I really need to do the dishes. So for the next 6 weeks, I am going to do the dishes every Sunday. Wish me luck. Overall motivation: As mentioned earlier there is the tight fitting clothes. That is a huge motivation in itself. Even more so, lately I just haven't been feeling like me. Last November I got laid off. It took me only 3 weeks to find a new job, but it was depressing. The day I accepted a new job, my grandma was diagnosed with cancer. She passed away New Years day, 97 years young. I used to go visit her once a week or so, take her to the park, or the store or where ever she wanted to go. I've been lazy since then. She would not approve. Instead of going out to the park, or even just walking down the street I have been staying inside. Sometimes reading, sometimes watching tv. Well it's time for that to end. I know I have the willpower to do this. I just need to focus it on this, instead of trying to get through another season of whatever that show is I was watching on netflix last week. I'm going to try joining one of these squad things again. I hope it will work out better this time. See you in game, -jdkc4d

Long time reader of the site, first time participating in a challenge. My goals: 1. Ride at least 4 miles (~20 minutes) on stationary bike 6/7 days a week. Preferably before work. 2. Bowflex 3 days a week. (Sunday/Tuesday/Thursday) 3. Eat "boring" lunches at work and not go out to lunch with friends/coworkers. Extra Goal: I need to get back to cutting out dairy/sugar, which is really hard for me. This holiday season has been brutal. So I want to set goal to only consume sugar and dairy in my protein shake @breakfast which has fruit and greek yogurt mixed in.

I'm finding that the rotational chops ( ) is the hardest part of the warm up. Maybe I'm just not as coordinated as I thought. My question is when is the proper time to breathe during the movement? I have been desperately trying to not hold my breath and not trip over my feet at the same time. Thanks!

While I dearly love my Kindle, my one complaint is the lack of interoperability between devices. Should a better device come out in the future that doesn't support the kindle format, I'm screwed if I want to re-read a book that I have purchased. I don't like that. I feel that if I have bought the book once, I shouldn't have to buy it again and again. I also don't like that I can't share all my books. That is one of the best things about books is being able to share them with friends. Yes, I know you can loan out certain kindle books, but its not the same.