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This game was amazing and I am using Aloy's journey as a structure because in August I have my very own Proving coming up in the form of a vacation with my skinny fit sister. I CAN DO THIS Quest 1: Surviving as an Outcast: in order to survive without a tribe Aloy needed to learn to hunt, gather cook and care for herself. I need to relearn some of that too. I want to revamp my diet so that I can lose weight. I am very unhappy with how my body looks and with the exhaustion and general discomfort that carrying all this weight around with me entails. I want to have more freedom of motion, more options at the clothing store, and less self consciousness in my skin. Challenge Goal: Lose 4% of my body weight - Log food on myfitnesspal daily - Pack my lunch for work 5/5 days Goal 2: Train for the Proving. Aloy trained for her entire life to be fit enough to win her way back into the tribe. My Proving is taking a different form. In August my sister and I are going to England. I want to be able to keep up with her on hikes and tours and I want to be comfortable on the plane and on rides or buses. No matter what I need to raise my endurance and cardiovascular health by then. Challenge Goal: Complete Darebee: "Foundations Light" daily Goal 3: Becoming the Seeker. In her role as a Seeker for the Nora, Aloy has to go outside of the sacred lands and learn about new cultures. I need to broaden my language competency to make me a more versatile and employable therapist. I want to become fluent in Spanish. I was fluent in college, so methinks it will come back faster than picking another language to focus on. Challenge Goal: Do one Duolingo Spanish lesson daily Goal 4: Collect the Histories of the Metal World. I love stories and I have been writing in some from or another almost as long as I can remember. Depression did a pretty good job of eating all my creative juices in the past 10 years and I know that if I will ever complete this dream, I have to get back in the habit of writing again and I need to rebuild my skills. My goal is to take a stab at NaNoWriMo in November. Challenge Goal: write at least 100 words from a writing prompt 3 x per week.

Fala Goes Hunting Fala Fourtusk snorted twice, decisively. She lifted each foot, stamping her trotters down through the thin frost and into the moldy leaves underneath, settling herself firmly against the earth’s grounding. Her energies were jumpy and electric in her boar form on a good day, but on this morning the woods were murmuring in a worried sussurus of windblown leaves. There was nothing for it- Fala had to ground deeper and find her way to the Arch Dryad before whatever the treegirls were mumbling about came to be. This stretch of woods was hers and she would guard it to her last dying breath. The bristles on her humped red back stood on end as the green growing energy of the forest spilled up into her. Her eyes took on a faint green glow as she turned, dowsing this way and that seeking the trail. She turned, circling in place, reaching… Ah! There! A faint whiff of apple came to her, sweet ripe scent out of season. Fala ran, surprisingly fast despite her humped shape.The apple scent led her deeper and deeper into the glen, had her dodging and ducking through tunnels of briar. As she came closer to the heart of the forest, she began to see ripples of energy, apple green tinged with red and gold. The smell of blossoms was all around her and she felt saliva pool in her mouth as she craved the sweet tart taste of the end of season’s orchard windfalls. She twisted and strained, pulling herself through a narrow opening in the brush and stumbled out into a sunny clearing. The space was circled with apple trees, a ring of ladies in waiting surrounding the great central tree, the home of the Arch Dryad of the Calderwood. Fala rushed to cross the space, nodding to the treegirls as she passed, barely making time for formality. The weight of the forest’s ominous potential rode her, driving her inwards like a whip’s lash. She skidded to s stop before her matriarch and slid to her knees, transforming into her half human half boar shape on the fly so that she could speak the tongue of the treegirls. She waited panting, for the Dryad queen to acknowledge her, her breath panting into the silence, a harsh and grating sound. The Syrwoman looked up, confused, to see the Arch Dryad bent in concentration over the prone and bloody body of- a human? --'--,--@ Hi all and welcome to my new challenge! I realized that I was missing writing fiction as part of my challenges here, and I had a bit of an idea for a story to act as a metaphor for some issues I am having in my life surrounding my body image and my relationship with food. I plan to update daily and to pair story posts with my successes and failures on the challenge as well as 4 weekly updates to make sure that Fala's story actually gets finished! Challenge goals to come in the next post.

Fresh off the boat here and excited to get started. So here's my level 1 challenge Diet: Swap out one soda per day with black tea. I've been rearranging things so that tea is always within easy reach at home and the office. Make at least 7 meals per week at home. Since I'm in the habit of eating out for every meal, that's more or less a 50% reduction. Fitness: Walk at lest five minutes per day. Level Up Your Life Five Minutes Daily Meditation For some reason the site seems to be refusing me (displaying as offline) whenever I try to post my intro on the correct board. Anyone know what' going on there?

Hi all I'm Noor, the Halfling Assassin and wielder of arcane forces. If you have followed me for a while you may have read about my various exploits working to remove a curse where I spent time as a stone giant, along with my friend Sovellis. I have a tendency to add fiction into my challenges because it makes it more fun, but life has been so busy lately that I decided to take a break and to reground with some Druids I know. Now, I'm back and I am working to get healthy so I can return to sports I love like climbing and dancing. ACTing Assassin Quest: Main quest: reduce my body size by 4% a loss of 15.12 lbs Goal 1: Log all food using myfitnesspal, remaining under total calorie goal Goal 2: Eat primal consistently, whole 30 style (basically this is a whole 30 with dairy added in) Goal 3: In addition to my daily yoga for my back pain, I will work out on the elliptical machine daily, adding more time each week. I am going really really slow on this because I am so sedentary and my back is so painful if I am not careful, I want to give my muscles enough time to adjust and catch up. This is the planned schedule, which I can slow down by repeating a week if things go awry. 05 minutes - week 1 10 minutes - week 2 15 minutes - week 3 20 minutes - week 4 Lifestyle Goal: Complete the first 4 weeks of ACT bootcamp from The Weight Escape. ACT is the school of therapy that I use in my work as a psychologist. It is really more of a lifestyle and worldview than a series of techniques and I find that the more I focus on my values and on living in the now ( the two main tenets of ACT) the more I ma able to find joy and meaning in my life. The boot camp allows me to mindfully check in with my values and this particular series of exercises are tailored towards those of us who struggle with weight management, so it is ideal for me right now. I am not bothering with grading this time around, since NF is in the middle of implementing the new leveling system and I am not sure what that will look like yet. Expect intermittent fiction and hopefully daily status updates though! --'--,--@

Who else is excited about the new NF character system? A new year, a new start. Anyway, I have included my quest goals below. 1. Character Creation: Create a character in the new model and post regularly a. Create a character under the new advancement system b. Post on my main thread weekly c. Join and complete the sub quest d. Text my friend at least three times per week to update fitness status 2. Body Weight Awesomeness: Complete a daily body weight workout a. 200 pushups b. 200 situps c. 200 squats d. 2 90 second front planks 3. Martial Arts Level-Up: Prepare for my test in late January a. Practice martial arts forms for 30 minutes, 4x per week b. Practice Hook, Crescent, and Spinning Roundhouse Kicks for 30 minutes, 2x per week c. Practice stances for 15 minutes, 2x per week 4. Internet Control: Limit time-wasting internet exposure a. Leave laptop at work Monday-Thursday b. No web browsing at home c. Video games only in the morning before work d. No more than 1 episode of tv per day Looking forward to a new character on Nerd Fitness and an improved one off it.

Hey everyone, I'm behind on posting my status. I'm attempting my 6 week challenge again. My last round fell apart towards the end because of family health emergencies. I found myself struggling to stay current on my workout, eat non-emotionally, and not sink into depression. I tend to be a major people pleaser and put myself last especially when other people need care. Looking back on what went wrong last time, I fell apart because I didn't have plans in place to take care of myself when my original schedule wasn't realistic to maintain. My huge goal is to have enough strength and flexibility to do tricks on my slack line. I'm most excited by the Assassin's guild because the quests are more challenging for me. I want to go from weighing 178lbs to weighing 155lbs. (The end weight represents what I was before I tore my ACL and felt my best.) I'm not a huge fan of focusing on a number, but at the moment I think it is the most measurable. For this six weeks I plan to do the following: - Do the bodyweight workouts 3 times a week. - Yoga at least one day a week. I'd like to shoot for twice a week, but I tend to take on too much and then struggle to stay afloat. - Work on my art at least one hour a week. I'm taking a self-paced course on drawing with pen and would like to make time for this. The measurable item would be drawings when the six weeks are up. The objective is to teach me to make time for myself. -As a mini-quest, I'd also like to post in the forums at least once a week. Just to build the habit. That's the plan at the moment. For week 1: I completed two workouts of the bodyweight brigade and walked my mini-Aussie 21 miles.

Fellow Assassins, I’m back to training and self improvement after suffering a head injury during sports play. I'm thankful for a slow, but full, recovery. My goal for these next six weeks is to become more efficient, so in that spirit, I’m going with a short, no-nonsense kickoff post. Daily Pushups and Situps Routine – 200 pushups and 300 situps every morning (it’s going to be tough, mornings are my weakness) Shorter Showers – this sounds banal but after getting hurt, my respite was long showers. Got in a really bad habit here and want to limit showers to three minutes. Bed Time – Go to bed by 11:30 every night (other than Saturdays) Eat three meals a day – I have gotten in the habit of skipping breakfast.Looking forward to doing these. My life is really good, but a couple of these things have been bad habits that make me get unnecessarily down on myself. Appreciate your support as I try to break some bad habits and build some good ones. TCK

Mainly I'm doing this because things have gotten pretty boring around the Anthyitis Household, yet I remember how content I was while I was training for my first half marathon in 2013. I had a goal and I did something every single day to work towards it. I pushed myself every day and I felt awesome on a daily basis, plus I got to take home a medal at the end of it. I'm not ready to run another half marathon, but I would like to feel like a kickass super heroine again. BTW, I've been a member of the Academy for a few months but I mainly just lurk. Nice to meet you! Main Goal: Lose 6 pounds 1. Prepare my own meals, with only one takeout meal a week. I'm am super addicted to fast food, mainly because I'd rather spend time the time that I would be cooking doing other things. Even though I'm a great cook and my food is way more delicious than anything that ever came out of a paper bag. I'm going to be doing a lot of roasted veggies for the next six weeks, because they're low effort. 2. Walk at least five minutes per day, preferably with my dog. Hellhound doesn't get enough exercise either. If he gets out more regularly, I bet I can find another nickname for him. 3. Weights at least three times a week. Maybe it'll just be bodyweight at home to start, cause I'm still gym shy. I'd eventually like to work myself up to attending a Body Pump class. Life Quests: Two, cause both are important to me. 1. Read an actual, real book for ten minutes a day. Not only do I feel like I'm way too addicted to technology in general, I keep buying books and not reading them in favor of ebooks and audiobooks. I miss having a dead tree in my hands! 2. Create and stick to a budget. Since I'm trying to both cut down on fast food spending and make a dent in my credit card debt, I need to do this! My computer is being silly and until I can get it fixed, I'll be using Every Dollar. Woot! Let's get started!

Hello friends, This is my first post on NF - in fact I just joined about an hour ago. But I've been creeping about in the shadows for long enough, and maybe joining the Challenge as an official member will be fun. I'm afraid I can't reveal the exact nature of my main quest... Just know that much is at stake and if I'm going to survive I will need to be stronger, more energetic, and more mentally resilient than I am now. Also, I eat way too much candy for a person of my age and general level of gravitas. Here are my official goals for the record: Be in bed by 11, even though everything fun in the world happens after 11. Can anything good happen early in the morning? I guess I will find out. Make a good effort to log food. The important thing, though, is to stick with healthy stuff 90% of the time (what's "healthy" is surely up for debate, but I have a definition in mind). This should be interesting since I hate cooking (but I love grocery shopping). Get some exercise every day. I ran some short triathlons not that long ago and I would run, bike, swim, strength train, or do yoga almost every day. But I have been basically couch-potatoing for the last year or so. Still, I did it before, so I can do it again. I just need to remember how much fun it is to ride a bike in the rain (not sarcasm, I find it really is fun once I get over myself).Side quest: Set aside 10 minutes every day to meditate or keep a journal. Thanks for paying attention to this thread-among-many. I look forward to questing with you all! c-pin

Here we go, first 6 week challenge! Main Quest: Turning the priorities that make me feel at my best into habits. Specific Quests: 1. Twice a day I will log a meal that included both protein and veggies. 2. I will be in bed, ready for bed, with lights out at between 8pm-9pm every night (early to bed, early to rise, and no excuse to be made about 'not having time'). 3. I will do my workout or walking every day, no matter how phoned in I have to make it. Life Quest: I will study for a minimum of one hour every day and have better study habits just in time for finals, fight me dang it. Attributes: TBD

Hello! This is my first challenge and I'm hoping to get this all correct. I'm usually tempted to write huge unwieldy novels in these situations, but I am going to be brief for now. My name is Angela. I am 27 and live in the midwest with my boyfriend and two adorable cats who's pictures will likely frequent this thread. By day I work for social security and by night I like to knit, cook, bake, play games (of board, video, and tabletop varieties), and occasionally exercise. I'm currently overweight and would like to make some lifestyle changes that will help me in losing the extra pounds I'm carrying around. My job involves me often reading stories of people who have become disabled secondary to their poor health choices, often including obesity. My family has a history of type II diabetes, and I am at higher risk having PCOS. It has been eye opening to the potential consequences if I don't adjust the trajectory I am on. Luckily I have total control over this, so things are looking up! As far as my roleplaying character goes, I will decide all that stuff at 3 weeks when I level up. Main Quest: Lose enough weight to fall in a normal BMI range. This is a long term goal, and I don't plan on having any of my challenge goals directly related to this. The idea is to have this be a side effect of better lifestyle choices. My brain doesn't do well with frequent weigh ins or excessive tracking. SMART Quests: 1. Do not eat out at lunchtime at work. This does include one free day a week without consequence for work socializing purposes, though healthy choices would be preferred. 2. Work out with Jason 3x/week at the gym. Right now just doing what feels good, a combo of cardio machines, bodyweight exercises, and yoga. Just getting in a habit is important. We usually go T/Th/Su but we are thinking of changing it up because Sunday doesn't happen as often as it should. 3. Cook dinner at home 5x week at home, including weekends. I've been trying new recipes and am trying to find a balance between tasty and easy. Life Quests: 1. Finish Jason's stocking!! Pics to follow. It is a gorgeous colorwork Christmas stocking that I would like to have finished by Christmas. I have a plain knit Christmas stocking that was knit forever ago by a great aunt that everyone in my family has. I'm hoping to create a similar tradition with our new little family. My motivation is general health. I want to be able to do things for many years without pain and that means making some changes that will help me do that. It's easier to lose weight as a simply overweight person vs morbid obesity. Nip it in the bud if you will. This post will be updated week 3 with character points and attributes. Until then I will try to post every other day in here at least and follow the mini challenges for recruits. ALRIGHT LET'S GO

Hi everyone! My name is Jenny and I’m a 30-year old Belgian girl currently living in London, UK. Main quest: To get stronger and more flexible, and be physically able to do more activities and be better at them. To hopefully get the added benefits of exercising: feeling more energised and slimming down my waistline would be nice. Motivation: I am an amateur dancer, and want to use this challenge to become a better dancer and try aerials or pole dancing in the coming year. Quest 1: Start each weekday with a 15-minute home workout, and a protein drink. Total: 30 workouts, allowing myself to catch up at the weekend if I missed a day during the week. Measurement: A: 26 to 30 days B: 21 to 25 days C: 15 to 20 days Reward: (+3STR, +2STA) Quest 2: Keep a food and exercise log on weekdays, weekend optional. Total: 30 days of log Measurement: A: 26 to 30 days B: 21 to 25 days C: 15 to 20 days Reward: (+3 WIS, +1 CON) Quest 3: Stop snacking after dinner. I will have my last bite of the day at dinner, which will happen no later than 20h, and won’t eat until breakfast the next day. Again allowing myself cheats at the weekend, so again, a total of 30 days. Measurement: A: 26 to 30 days B: 21 to 25 days C: 15 to 20 days Reward: (+3 CON) Life Quest: Go back to journaling. Morning, evening, on the bus, anything counts, but I should unload my thoughts on paper every day, filling at least a page. Total: 42 days. Measurement: A: 35 to 42 days B: 28 to 34 days C: 21 to 27 days Reward: (+3 WIS) Let me know your thoughts or if I should change anything. Gimme a shout if you’d like to be accountability buddies, too. Thanks! Looking forward to this journey J Also, ridiculous question: Do I have to also sign up to Nerd Fitness Academy? I’m guessing yes but couldn’t find the info. Jenny/Enelyah

1. Main Quest! Regain My Healthy life back by: Losing approx 40lbs (+/- 10lbs)Eating Healthier2. SMART goals Meal Preps (Every Sunday - 5 lunches/week)A-30 lunches prepped B - 20-25 Lunches Prepped C - 10-15 Lunches Prepped D - 5-10 Lunches Prepped FAIL-0 lunches prepped Get through 3 (Or all 6) weeks of workouts (3/week for a total of 18 workouts)A - 18 workouts B - 12 workouts C - 9 workouts D - 6 Workouts Fail - <6 Workouts Practice safe parkour rolls three times a week (20 minutes min time).A - 6 hours or more practiced. B - 4.5-6 Hours practiced. C - 3-4 Hours Practiced. D - 2-3 Hours Practiced. Fail <2 Hours Practiced. 3. Life Goal Build a "Jumping Box" to... jump on.4. Motivation! (My "Big Why" in the Academy) To me, it's very personal (Nobody but me knows it!) and I keep it folded up and in my shirt pocket every day. Now for the fun(er) stuff. My Character! I'm going to flesh this part out. I feel like it's hard for me to say that I'm anything but an overweight human. Granted, I'm known for being manipulative and people don't trust me, so I was thinking a Tiefling. Hopefully, to tie in with my Academy goals, I will join in with the Assassins. You guys want a Tiefling assassin, right?! It'll be fine, I promise. Nothing bad will come of this.... Trust me.

An introduction is in order. Contrary to my name - I am not quite 50 yet! But I am closing in on that number. Over the last few years, the weight has added up (409 lbs) and I am looking at shedding 150+ pounds from my frame. I heard about this web site and it made sense to me as I work in I.T. and have been gaming since starting to play D&D back in the late '70's. I am starting to see the physical effects of carrying around this extra baggage and want to slow that process. MAIN QUEST: To get my weight down to 320 Quest 1 - Bring my lunch from home rather than eating out at least 3x per week A- 20 lunches B- 18 lunches C- 14 lunches D- 10 lunches F- 6 or fewer lunches Quest 2 - Do Bodyweight workout 3x per week A- 18 workouts B- 15 workouts C- 12 workouts D- 9 workouts F- 6 or fewer workouts Quest 3 - Walk at lunch for 30 minutes 2 x per week A- 12 days B- 10 days C- 8 days D- 6 days F- 5 or fewer days Life Quest - Read a book 15 minutes a day A- 40 days B- 35 days C- 30 days D- 25 days F- 20 or fewer days Motivation - I want to begin to get back in shape to walk either the Columbus half or full Marathon when I am 50 years old (completed the half marathon twice). I also want to be able to buy clothes in regular stores and not from the Big & Tall sections.

Introduction: Hi, I am Shannon and this is my first challenge. I like to do Obstacle Course Races, but I weigh too much currently to fully compete in them or complete them. I need to increase my upper body strength, lose weight, and learn how to run. I have a job that doesn't require a lot of activity. I joined the rebellion because I would really like to change my lifestyle and one day be able to take part in Obstacle Course Racing again. Main Quest: Lose 20lbs by the end of the year, 100lbs to lose by Oct. 2016. Quest 1: Start a 5k run app, and commit to doing it 5 days a week over the course of the challenge. Measurement: Able to complete a 5K run Reward: Compete in Polar Hero Obstacle Race Quest 2: Drink 2L of water a day. I drink under a litre currently. This has been hard for me over many years. To make this easier I will ensure that I keep water with me at all times. Record the volume consumed. Complete water quest in the Academy. Measurement: Have to show record of water to spouse. Reward: New water bottle on January 1/16 Quest 3: Eat veggies with every meal. Photo document all meals on Instagram @mrscad_rn Measurement: Reward: Quest 4: Complete 6 days a week at the Obstacle Course Gym. You pay for it therefore use it!!!! I want to be stronger, lose weight and be bad ass this is how I can do that. Measurement: Mark it down. Reward: Spartan Season Pass for three months completed at this level. No summer obstacle races will be booked and gym membership will be canceled if not completed. Life Quest: Complete the Headspace meditation for 42 days. Purchase subscription. Measurement: Record in calendar. Reward: Life Quest: Spend 15 minutes a night cleaning, over the course of 42 days on my spare bedroom/aka room of doom. Measurement: Room will be useable. Reward: The ROOM will be useable. Life Quest: 40 minutes cleaning before mediation and bed. Less screen time before bed. Measurement: Record in calendar. Reward: Happy hubby. Life Quest: Book appointment with naturopath MD for fertility assistance by end of the challenge. Measurement: Reward: Baby within 1.5 years Motivation: I want to have kids, I want my husband to be proud that I am his wife and I want us to have a family. I want to stop restarting my life every couple of months, I want to live my real life. My health right now won't allow me to have children and I need to change my health for my family.

Hello! My name is Chelsea0270516 Once upon a time I was a great ranger - specializing in water related activities. Then my exploring & moving days came to an end as I fell in love with the most amazing Orge. We spent much time in his swamp playing games and watching the world go by. Neither of us wanting to leave the others company for something as silly as training. After we married it got worse for a while & then we both realized - we would be in trouble soon if we didn't make some changes. That was in 2013. Since then we have changed some parts of our lifestyles, but we still have a long way to go. I have lost most of my weight (40 pounds) but I have a little left to fight off. I want to be strong again. My Mission: Treat my body & mind with the respect they deserve so I can become a druid or assassin. Goal 1: Track all food & fluids I eat each day before bed. Tracking makes me more aware & is one of the reasons I was successful in losing 40 pounds to begin with. I need to be consistent with it. A: Every day before bed B: Every day (maybe forgetting until the next day to record something) C: 6/7 days recorded each week D: 5/7 days recorded each week F 4/7 or less recorded each week. (All on avg) Reward: Cake! JK the cake is a lie anyway. My body will reward my actions - I will feel better Goal 2: Be active 5/7 days a week for at least 30 minutes per day. I already walk during my break at work - this will just push me to be more consistent with it. A: 5/7 days a week be active 30 minutes B: 4/7 days a week be active 30 minutes, C: 3/7 days a week be active 30 minutes D: 2/7 F 1/7 or less? (all on avg) Reward: New Armor! (Specifically pants. ) Side Quest: Spend time practicing my religion outside of services. Reward: Mental rejuvenation! Side Quest: Find local rock climbing wall. Reward: Get to go rock climbing!

Hi everyone! Feel free to read my intro here! I'm Sam and I'm already a year or two into my journey of getting healthy, fit and strong. I've just started ballet classes (done 4 x 45 min classes so far) as an absolute beginner (age 25) and want to use this challenge mainly to get as good as I can as soon as I can, which will make the classes more enjoyable (I'm the only beginner), too. My long term goal is basically to be a stronger, bendier, fitter, healthier version of myself who practises sport because I love it rather than just to stay healthy. I'm also still very much learning how to maintain weight and a good food/drink routine, so I need to keep an eye on that too. As such, my quests are: Quest 1: Do 3 hours of ballet a week, including the 45 minute weekly class. This will allow me to work a lot of stuff out in my own time, and should fit right into my routine. Measurement: A: 3 hours of ballet every week B: 2-3 hours of ballet every week C: 1-2 hours of ballet every week. (+3DEX, +2STR) Quest 2: Keep a battle log. I've never kept one before, so I figure properly tracking my food/drink/exercise will let me know if I need to do anything I'm not doing Measurement: A: Record all food, drink and exercise every day B: Record 6 days a week C: Record 5 days a week (+3 WIS, +1 STA) Quest 3: Stick to my recommended weekly units of alcohol. I love beer and wine and it's a big part of the socialising I do, so I'm reluctant to cut it out entirely now I'm at a healthy weight. As I'm tracking things in my battle log, it should be easy to keep within my limits. Hopefully this'll teach me to abstain in advance if I know I've got a big event, which I will have at least a couple of times during the challenge. Measurement: A: <14 units 6/6 weeks B: <14 units 5/6 weeks C: <14 units 4/6 weeks (+3 CON) Life Quest: Get house looking its best for Xmas I'm a huge procrastinator and my husband is something of a hoarder. We've been living in this house for a year and a half and we still have loads of tasks yet to do to feel properly settled. I'm gonna identify twelve of them I'd like to get through before Xmas. This will all mean I spend less time tidying/cleaning/wondering where on earth everything is: 1) paint bedside cabinets 2) paint chest of drawers 3) clear out all old clothes including underwear 4) scan wanted contents of old notebooks and recycle 5) clean, empty, organise, list items belonging in cupboard under sink 6) clean, empty, organise, list items in cupboard next to the fridge 7) organise wardrobe 8) clean, empty, organise, list items under the bed 9) scan photos from lounge bookcase 10) organise and list living room cupboard contents 11) scan and recycle the contents of a folder 12) scan and recycle the contents of a second folder. Measurement: A: 11 or 12 tasks comple B: 9 or 10 tasks complete C: 7 or 8 tasks complete (+1 WIS +1CHA +1CON)

First challenge & I'm a total noob. Main Quest: Do 10 proper push-ups. Q1 Eat a vegetable a day Con: +3 Q2 Exercise 3x per week Str. +3 Q3 Sub a protein shake for 1 meal Sta. +2 Q4 Read The Paleo Solution Wis. +2

About me: I'm usually known online as monsupee, a throwback to my high school days. I am not as active a video game player as I used to be, mostly due to lack of time, but still love to play when I have the chance. I'm fairly tall for a woman, 5'10 but have had ups and downs with weight. Life has been a little rough at times, my fathers death, my car accident and surgery afterwards, injuries, my brother's unexpected death, and most recently I had foot surgery for ongoing foot pain. Before surgery I was an active ballroom dancer even though I was in pain, but before pain made me give it up, I used to run, do country line dancing, swing dancing and I like to swim, though I'm a winter swimmer. I'm currently working to build up my strength in my foot and leg so I can start doing normal activities again. Main Quest: Be able to go back to dancing and running, losing weight will likely be a side benefit of being active. Quest 1 - Start doing short walks to get my foot and body back into the habit of moving more. Walk 10 minutes a day 5x a week, with the hope of increasing it to 15-20 by the end of the challenge. Points: 1 pt per day completed Quest 2 - I have a routine from my physical therapist that I should be doing twice a week or if I can't go there, then going to the gym. Bonus points if I add a third day or add in upper body training. Points - 4 points for 2 days, 2 points for 1 day, -2 points for 0 days and 1 bonus for upper body training or extra lower body routine. Quest 3 - Freggies, I'm awful about eating them and it should be easy to add them in to my daily diet, so a minimum of 2 per day with the hope of 4 per day. Points, 1 point per freggie, with 10 points if I hit 7 or more, -5 points if I don't get any

Hello there. I'm fairly new to NF, but I already love it. http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/73074-rikem-starts-a-new-game/#entry1677794 There is a bit more about me. Main Quest: If you read my Introduction topic you know that I Want to get in Parkour. I can start with it at March, 2016 due to some circumstances. Until then I want to build up my power and work towards the goal. So until the end of the year I want to start the 28 days handstand challenge and accomplish a 15 sec handstand and accomplish 10 consecutive pullups. For my first 6-week challenge I start with bodyweight workout level 2 + 21 pushups, 21 bodyweight lunges, 21 reverse crunches and repeat it with 3 less of each kind until 3 where I then try to hold it for 10-15 seconds. I will do this workout 3 times a week. I won't drink any alcohol during this 6-week challenge. I will eat Paleo with the exception of diary and 85 % chocolate occassionally. After the 6-week challenge I will do bodyweight level 3. No sugar drinks at all except for Smoothies. If I do as I state here I will get an A. Anything else is not acceptable and results in a F. Motivation: Every Jackie Chan or kind of movies or Parkour scenes and of course Ninja Warrior. If my motivations drops down I will watch these kind of things listed above to fill up my spirit power. I want to join the Assassins after my 6-week challenge. Some questions I already wrote in my introduction: Do I have to eat more calories to get more muscles, so I can complete my tasks?Is it ok to stick with bodyweight exercises or is there a point where it's just way more efficent to use extra weights?Any other hints you have for starters?I dont want in particular a big biceps or want to lift XY amount of weight. All I want is a flat belly and body control in terms of parkour and bouldering and of course be fit.

It's time for my first full challenge! My goals in vague form: I want to get leaner and fitter, and improve my Aikido, rock climbing and running. And to stop being such a wimp in general :V (As in, I get way too easily pulled of track by every little distraction/craving/bad day. Enough of that.) Specific goals for the next 6 weeks: Lose 5 kg (63 to 58 kg). Grading: A - 58 kg B - 60 kg C - 61 kg Else - Fail. I'm perfectly normal weight, but I'd like my legs and belly to look less flabby. Also, carrying less fat around would be really nice for the climbing and running. No problem with gaining some more muscle after that, though I'm going to implement some intermittend fasting (not sure which scheme yet), and eat lotsa vegetables and fruit and protein. Those things I got down pretty well already, the main problem will be the after-lunch snacking, and I don't react well to (even self-chosen) prohibitions, so I'll do this one result-oriented. Become able to run 10k in 50 minutes (Currently: 5k in 29 minutes). Grading: I'm gonna multiply my speed in km/min (goal: 0.2, now 0.172) by the distance for which I keep it up (goal: 10 km, now: 5.1 km). So now I'm at 0.90 km2/min, and my goal is 2 km2/min. (Weird unit, something that apparently mostly has application in measuring viscosity and diffusion. Well, I'm kinda diffusing around the running track ^^) A - 2 km2/min (10 k in 50 minutes) B - 1.6 km2/min (10 k in 60 minutes) C - 1.43 km2/min (10 k in 70 minutes) Less - Fail. Exercise every evening except for Sundays. For at least 30 minutes. After that, don't use the computer, and eat only protein. Mo: Climbing, Tue: Running, Wed: Aikido, Thu: Climbing, Fri: Running, Sa: Aikido. Grading: That makes 36 days of exercise. A - Perfect game, 36 days. B - 5 out of 6, not too bad: 30 days. C - At least turned up to classes: 24 days Fewer - Fail. This will help me a lot with sleeping well, with losing weight and not too much muscle, and improving my skills. Life quest: Become able to apply Chinese vocabulary/grammar I learned so far. Total 40 h of practice (plus classes). Grading: A - 40 h B - 30 h C - 20 h Less - Fail.I realize my 'A' level goals are rather hard, but that's necessary to motivate me. I'm the "Easy? I can do it tomorrow then... Impossible? Let's see about that." kind of person ^^ Back before my foot injury, I think my best 10k time was 53 mins, so getting under 50 min would be a personal best. So is 6 weeks of not skipping exercise or Chinese studies. And the 58 kg - I've been there before, once, and I liked it. More of it! (Well, technically less, but, eh..)

Hello everyone, I started off poking around here a few weeks ago, then disappeared because I got married. (YAY!!!) 10 days into marital bliss! Anyway, I'm pretty excited to start my first challenge! November will be interesting because it's a very busy month for me, but I've given too many excuses through the years to start up with them again now. If you want something enough, you figure out how to do it anyway, right? I like to run and hunt (archery, not guns) and I'm starting some bodyweight exercises to increase my strength and agility, so my challenge is going to be Legolas themed. Because anytime something can be Legolas themed, it should be. Quest One: Bodyweight routine, including flexibility and agility work, at least 3 times a week for at least 20 minutes A = 17+ workouts B = 15-16 workouts C = 13-14 workouts Quest Two: Run at least 3 times a week for at least 20 minutes (total - starting off I may need some walk breaks but they don't count toward my total running time) A = 17+ runs B = 15-16 runs C = 13-14 runs Quest Three: Cook at least one dinner a week at home. Also, quit eating doughnuts for breakfast and I only get one "students are gone for the day!" chocolate after work. A = 6 weeks of dinners/no doughnuts or extra chocolates B = 5 weeks of dinners/no doughnuts or extra chocolates C = 4 weeks of dinners/no doughnuts or extra chocolates Life Quest: Spend at least 15 minutes a day studying Spanish (2+ Duolingo lessons and/or communicative exercises like Lang-8) A = 38-42 study days B = 34-37 study days C = 30-33 study days

About Me: I am commonly known as Shorty. I am a 22 year old woman into gaming, writing, roleplaying, and interested in acrobatic style sports such as parkour. While my small frame and low 120 pound weight make me seem fit and in shape, I'm far from it. So much as walking up a few flights of stairs makes me have to catch my breath. I joined the rebellion to get more active and get motivated to get my ass off the couch. About Shorty Scorch: Shorty Scorch was the first roleplaying character I ever created. (I'm talking back-and-forth story type rp, not a game.) I was seven, and Shorty Scorch was what I wanted to be when I grew up: Fast, strong, respected, and agile. Most importantly, a ninja. Now I'm grown up and far from that dream- But I can still hit it! Main Quest: Be able to walk up and down 5 flights of stairs at work in two minutes or less by the end of May 2016. Quest 1: Walk for 10 minutes a day, 5 days a week. Currently, I wake up, get ready to go sit at work all day in front of a computer, drive home, sit for the rest of my day on the couch and game or watch a YouTube series about games I'm interested in. This has dropped my Stamina to non-existent. Scoring: 5 Shuriken = 10 min for 30 days 4 Shuriken = 10min, 25 days 3 Shuriken = 10min, 20 days 2 Shuriken = 10min, 15 days 1 Shuriken = 10min, 10 days 0 Shuriken = 10min or less for 9 or less days Rewards: 5 Shuriken = +3 STA, +2 STR 4 Shuriken = +2 STA, +1 STR 3 Shuriken = +1 STA 2 or less Shuriken = No point gain. Quest 2: Complete the Beginner Bodyweight Workout every third to start, and every other day after three weeks. This will get me in the habit of doing the workout and help me be able to do more reps and more cycles. As of the writing of this post, I can only manage 1 cycle at full reps. I will be lowering the reps for now to attempt to do more cycles, then push myself for at least one more rep each day. Scoring: 5 Shuriken = At least two cycles of at least 1/3 recommended reps for 18 days 4 Shuriken = At least two cycles of at least 1/3 recommended reps for 15 days 3 Shuriken = At least two cycles of at least 1/3 recommended reps for 12 days 2 Shuriken = At least two cycles of at least 1/3 recommended reps for 9 days 1 Shuriken = At least two cycles of at least 1/3 recommended reps for 6 days 0 Shuriken = Two or less cycle of 1/3 or less recommended reps for 5 or less days Rewards: 5 Shuriken = +3 STR, +2 STA 4 Shuriken = +2 STR, +1 STA 3 Shuriken = +1 STR 2 or less Shuriken & F = No point gain. Quest 3: Drink no more than one soda a day. This was a strict rule growing up at our house, and when I left for college, I completely broke it. For almost two years I was drinking nothing but Mtn Dew. Last December, I stopped drinking Mtn Dew completely as it was making me sick, and since taking on a full time job two years ago I started cutting back on soda in general. I'm still drinking a few a day, and that needs to stop. Scoring: 5 Shuriken = No more than one soda a day for 42 days. 4 Shuriken = No more than one soda a day for 36 days. 3 Shuriken = No more than one soda a day for 30 days. 2 Shuriken = No more than one soda a day for 24 days. 1 Shuriken = No more than one soda a day for 18 days. 0 Shuriken = One soda a day for 17 or less days or more than one soda a day for more than 24 days. Rewards: 5 Shuriken = +3 CON 4 Shuriken = +2 CON 3 Shuriken = +1 CON 2 or less Shuriken = No point gain. Life Goal: Complete the 50k words for NaNoWriMo for the first time. I tried NaNoWriMo last year, but lost the majority of my work at the end of it all due to a computer failure. (And good old fashioned forgetting to save.) This year I intend to back files up, break my work out into "days" files, as this story is planned to be in a journal format, and hit a goal of a measly 1670 words a day. Scoring: 5 Shuriken = All 50k words written by November 30th. 4 Shuriken = 37.5k words written by November 30th. 3 Shuriken = 25k words written by November 30th. 2 Shuriken = 12.5k words written by November 30th. 1 Shuriken = Less than 12.5k words written by November 30th. Rewards: 5 Shuriken = +2 WIS 4 Shuriken = +1.3 WIS 3 Shuriken = +.7 WIS 2 or less Shuriken = No point gain. Motivation: On occasion, I have to go from the second floor to the seventh floor at work to pick things up. I want to be able to do this quickly and easily, and without taking the elevators. (Elevators make me nauseous.)

Hey everyone! So I tried this once before but only lasted a couple of weeks, so this time I am more determined to follow through. I want to essentially keep my goals the same, and focus less on the scale and more on how I feel and how my clothes are fitting. Main Quest: go down one size! I am currently a 16 and will be a 14 or less by the end of this challenge. Sub quests: 1) strength train 3x per week, no excuses. 2) no binging or snacking on processed garbage. 3) cardio and stretching on non-strength training days Life quest: spend time each week painting or being creative in general. No matter how busy I get I should be making time to do things that are important to me. Let's go!

Welcome to my very first post on the NF boards. Let me preface this entire thing by saying that I am a woman who loves comfort. Anything that makes me "feel" good and comfortable (usually the familiar) is what I am most likely to do. Eat, binge watch shows on Netflix, binge read a series of books, build Legos with my 5, almost 6 (she'd never let me hear the end of it if I didn't tell you all that she's almost 6) year old daughter... you know? All things that are sedentary and generally not complicated. Well, that lifestyle has officially gotten me to a point where I am uncomfortable. I have many reasons that led me to Nerd Fitness a little over a week ago, but the proverbial straw that broke this camel's back was a trip to a theme park where there were a few rides that I was nervous to get on because I wasn't sure my "trunk" was going to fit, and a disturbing situation in which the ride operator actually had to count the number of clicks on the safety bar to make sure that it was tight enough and I wouldn't fly off the ride. Kudos to the operator for making an awkward situation not feel completely humiliating, but it was enough of a wake up call to make me Google "fun ways to exercise" first thing on Monday morning. And wouldn't you know it... Nerd Fitness was the top result. Being the creature of habit I am (notice that "binge" was listed in two of my activities above, and should have probably been listed on the other two), I have been on Nerd Fitness daily soaking up as much information as I possibly can to motivate myself to break bad habits and form and solidify good ones. My first day, I did the Angry Birds Workout during lunch. It kicked my butt, and I was sore for a couple days, but I was excited. I've started to focus on my diet (reducing pasta and bread, another first for me), and have done 3 strength training workouts in the last week (you guessed it, another first). So when I entered the NF boards yesterday and saw that a new challenge was starting up next week, I decided to give it a go. I read through most of the other "Recruit" posts (Hi everyone!), and decided that if I was going to "challenge" myself, I might as well document it and join in with everyone else. This is another first for me. I am typically a very quiet, reserved person. I rarely speak around people I don't know, and not very talkative even when I do know you. I used to say that I'm anti-social, but I don't think that label really fits. I'm just quiet... usually. Enough back story... here is my main goal for this challenge: ** I want to fit comfortably into "that" pair of jeans in my closet. At some point they did fit me comfortably, I just can't remember when. I can get these suckers on, if I jump around the room while pulling them up and then lay down on the bed to zip them, but then I walk like the Mummy without joints. It's rather comical if you ask me, but I do value breathing, so I can't wear them for very long. So that's the main goal. Here is how I plan to attack it: 1. Walk to/from my car to work everyday. I work in a large metropolitan city, and parking is scarce. My car is parked one mile away from my jobsite, and my walk to work is mostly uphill. The day after squats, I must look ridiculous trying to motor up that hill. You're welcome drivers. I'm sure I made at least a few people start their day with a laugh. FYI: The walk back to the car (downhill) at the end of the day hasn't been a picnic either. 2. Breakfast will not contain any grains or other starchy foods. Bye-bye pancakes, bagels, hash browns, cereal, and all other things that had a starring role on my morning plate... 3. Strength train three times per week with gradual progression in difficulty. I'll be moving up from the Recruit workout and starting Bodyweight Workout 1 next week and progressing steadily from there. 4. No dessert until Thanksgiving, and then maybe one medium slice of pumpkin pie. Now this is a monster one for me. We have family dinners at my cousin's house every week, and it always includes dessert. Last night I turned down berry cobbler and mango sherbet. Everyone looked at me like I was crazy. And I typically don't limit dessert to family dinner night. Dessert is a regular visitor at my house. 5. No soda or fruit juice for the entire length of the challenge. This one shouldn't be too hard, but I still think it's important. Caffeine does weird things to my body, so I cut that out over a year ago, but I occasionally have a non-caffeinated soda, and I've been known to polish off a carton of juice or two. (Yes, I am that woman that drinks straight from the carton while standing in front of the fridge. Don't judge. You know you've at least thought about doing it before.) I think that should give me enough of a challenge for the next few weeks. Enough to keep it interesting so I won't get bored, and not so hard that I get discouraged. I've got a pretty good support system at home. The husband has lost over 100 lbs over the last couple years (WOOHOO!!), and the little one never runs out of energy or reasons for me to get off the couch. The dog is not much help, but she's 11, and sleeps most of the day, so she gets a pass. Anyway, that's me and my quest in a nutshell. Lots of firsts, which is very uncomfortable, but the kind that don't make my skin crawl. It's a good level of discomfort. The kind that has hope and promise. Haha... cheesy clichés over. Good luck to all my fellow recruits. We can do this!