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Hi Rebels! It's been really exciting to read everyone's goals for the next six weeks! I'm really looking forward to the positive energy being in this community creates! I have tried to do a challenge here before and failed. I tried to do ALL THE THINGS and crashed and burned in a sore, hungry heap. But I learn more about myself every time I fail, so here I am again! This time I'm going to keep it super simple - simple goals, and pass/fail results so I know if I get to join a guild next time! MAIN QUEST I want to lose twenty lbs by May next year (160 lbs to 140lbs) but still be able to squat 155, deadlift 135, and do 3 pullups. (These were my stats before I started slacking in the gym a few months ago.) GOAL 1: Track my eating on MyFitnessPal every day. I have a calorie goal (1600) but I am not making it a part of this challenge. The point of this is to make myself aware of what goes into my body so I have more control over it. I know there are some other people who are using this app for their goals, so if you want to PM me your MyFitnessPal user name I'll do my best to encourage you from there too! Pass = 30-42 days tracked Fail = 0-30 days tracked GOAL 2: Get to the gym 3X a week. Getting to the gym is hard for me. Working out when I actually get there isn't so hard. Why? I don't know. But I just have to get there. Pass = 13-18 workouts Fail = 0-12 workouts GOAL 3: Walk to Tom Bombadil's house. This is were it gets really nerdy, ya'll. I've wanted to do the walk to Mordor for years, but never had a way to track my miles when I was walking outside, and I HATE treadmills. Behold, the mighty smartphone! I got the RunKeeper app so now I can always know where I am in Middle Earth! I usually walk 8 - 12 miles per week in the cool parks and state forests around my place. Tom Bombadil's house is 98 miles away from Bag End, which stretches me to a little over 16 miles per week. If you want to join me, here's the breakdown of the miles from Bag End to Rivendell! Pass = Crickhollow (73 miles) to Tom's house (98 miles). Bonus if I can get to Bree! (135 miles) Killed by Nazgul = Don't make it to Crickhollow LIFE QUEST : Go play! I'm going to pick one creative thing to do a week, do it, and document it here for you guys. This could be anything! Knitting, cooking, other crafts that I don't know how to do, visiting a gallery or museum, drawing, trying a new kind of exercise, writing, whatever. The point of this is just to let off some steam and broaden my horizons at the same time. No pass/fail for this. Playing shouldn't be graded! MOTIVATION: Guys, I'm gonna be really honest here. I have no noble motivations at the moment. NONE. Some are actually inappropriate to share with the public, but I'm posting them anyways (poor you). They are all silly, and yet they all move me emotionally, so I don't care. Here's some examples: the look on people's faces when they see me putting 45's on the half rack; the ability to have regular, satisfying poops (who wants to go through life not being able to poop?!); having smaller tits so I never ever have to wear a bra ever (EVER); the ability to hike all day and then eat a giant, beautiful burger; the ability to out-eat everyone else at the table (why...?); the happy feeling my muscles get after a successful pullup; doing bro curls and looking like a total bro; and other stupid things that I would be happy to share with you as the challenge goes on. But the biggest (silly) thing right now is that my husband and I are going to an anime convention in May, and I want to look as hot as possible so all his friends think he's a massive stud (he is). What?! It's my body - I do what I want. Thank you all so much in advance for your support! Let's work hard and kick ass these next six weeks! (Also, if you have a silly motivation, maybe you could share it with me so I feel a little less stupid?)