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Mouse Rising: Recovery and Resilience an injured mouse is still a tigress My friends, let me lay it out for you - I've got patellofemoral pain syndrome, aka Runner's Knee. It happened a month in to my training last challenge with Zombies, Run! 5k Training. I got it because I was being stubborn and pushing through way too much. So my challenge this time is to keep things slow, keep them on track for a strong recovery and keep moving towards both weight loss and injury prevention. This is my challenge. The Mouse Rising: A Monk In Recovery Her knee elevated, an ice pack resting on it, our heroine Mouse sat at a table in the city square, an egg roll in front of her. She poked at it absent-mindedly with a fork as she poured over readings a medicine man had given her. All of which were exercises and stretches for her to complete with her injured knee to strengthen and correct her form for running. She was frustrated. She couldn't run, she couldn't squat or deadlift, she couldn't do a lot of the ass-kicking she had gotten used to. But she still had her mission, and it was within sight. The Path of Adipoxia leading to the Dragon Flabxia was at the other side of that mountain in the distance to the city. That mountain that blotted out the sun - but not for long. She would succeed at this. This, and her other, more personal mission - a mad writing festival she had signed herself up for. GOALS Diet For Recovery [CHA +3, CON +2] I will stick to keto once more, as much for how much it helps me with water weight as for how much it helps me stay away from sugary snacks and high caloric food. Also, I want to see how it affects my cholesterol - as much for my curiosity as my dad's, who has been insisting I do a blood test for a while now, despite my previously excellent results on the diet. (Blood test results, I should clarify.) For this, I will eat keto (<25g carbs) and 1375cal 95% of the time, meaning I will have 6 days over the challenge (at most once per week unless emergencies force my hand) to eat either out of keto or above caloric deficit. But as much as possible, I'll try not to break both in one go. *Note for the caloric deficit: I am just barely over 5' and I am not able to be physically active as much as I am used to. I have done careful calculations as to my BRM and TDEE and 1375cal is well within healthy range for me. I am somewhat ticked when people claim I don't eat enough. To put things in perspective, if I were to eat at maintenance, I would be eating close to 1750cal with my current level of physical activity. So, frankly, thank you for your concern - but "you call that breakfast" or other comments like that are what I typically put in "Annoying Comments You Hear All The Time". You've been warned. Grading: A: 6 Free MealsB: 7 Free MealsC: 8 Free MealsD: 9 Free MealsF: 10+ Working Out and Physical Therapy [DEX +2, STA +2, CON +1] As I have Runner's Knee, I am forbidden from running (sad), but I have been cleared for using a stationary bike! I haven't tried it yet, so I'm a bit apprehensive, but I'll give it a go this week. Also, my weights are restricted to bodyweight and upper body - so basically, of the big three, I'm only able to do bench press for now. I will work out building up to my usual 5 or 6 days a week, starting with 1 day/week for 1 week, 2 days/week for 2 weeks, 3 days/week for 3 weeks... etc. On the days that I don't do my regular workout, I will do my physio (which will, of course, be part of my regular workout a well). Grading: A: 1 + 2x2 + 3x3 = 14 workoutsB: 13 workoutsC: 12 workoutsD: 11 workoutsF: =< 10 workouts Prepare to Rise! [WIS +3, STA +2] (I don't know, my creativity is shot, okay?) One thing that I've been slacking on recently, which has led to a lot of bumps in my diet, has been preparation in advance. Breakfasts, lunches, snacks and sometimes dinners were things I always prepared in advance in my first challenge and it helped me really get on track. So I want to get back into that. What this goal looks like is every weekend (Sat or Sun), I will cook my breakfasts for the week, my lunches for the week and buy dinner supplies. I will also pack snacks for the week. I'll also choose my work out days and so on and so forth. Grading: A: 5 weeksB: 4 weeksC: 3 weeksF: =< 2 weeksNOTE: As my first week is a long weekend, I'm not really counting it as half the week will be gone. And long weekends give me lots of time to cook my meals as I eat them, which I enjoy much more than eating something out of a microwave. Personal Goal: NaNoWriMo If you've never heard of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), here's the deal: write 50,000 words in 30 Days. At the time of writing, it's been several days since I've been at the 50,000 point, however, I have not yet reached the end of my plot outline. Therefore, I will continue to write while I still have plot to work through. Grading: Pass: Story is finished by Nov 30Fail: Story is not finished by Nov 30 STARTING STATS Weight: 125.8lbs Height: 5' 1/4" Neck: Bust: Arm: Waist: Stomach: Thigh: BF%: