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When most people picture nerds they picture someone like me. Short, chubby, with asthma, a math major, playes the xylophone.... I have it all. I have had a lot of trouble with being fit because of lots of physical short comings. I don't mean that I am drastically over weight, I have a lot of phsycial inabilities. I have dislocated both my knees, my right elbow, both my shoulders, and I have asthma which is heat and physical activity induced. I have curbed my weight to some degree by eating pretty well. Althought I only found out reacently that I'm lactose intollerant... which works well with your paleo diet ideas. I became interested when I was looking throught this site and I saw they have a modified chin up that I COULD ACTUALLY DO! Most people think you can do certain physical feats because even with your weight or mindset, if you just try a little harder that you can make it. Well it doesn't work if your never supposed to run again... Doctors orders, or you can't hang from a chin up bar for fear that your shoulder will pop out of it's socket... Plus, I recently found bike riding, which I am allowed to do and getting pretty good at! And so my quest begins... Stats: Age 28 (pretty much... I have like a month to go) Weight 207lbs height 5'5" Pants: womens size 16 Main Quest: It has been my goal (since I talked with my doctor) to be 160lbs or under. Not to look pretty or wear a bikini, but because he said that 160 lbs is the safe weight for people (like me, who have a high risk for diabetes) to not become diabetic. 170lbs was the weight listed on his paper, but he suggested 160lbs to be well out of range. 6 Week goal: To be biking to work 3/5 days a week. (preferably everyday... but hey, lets be reasonable to start). When I say biking to work, I mean all of my work. I substitute teach 6.5 miles from my house. I then travel roughly 6 miles where I work for an after school program, and then travel 11miles back home. I have already started working at this, but hey, a quest sounds like way more fun. 3 steps to help me complete my quest: 1.) Bike 1-2 miles with my dog every day (he enjoys it) 2.) Bike 6-8 miles 3/5 days for the first 3 weeks, and then 8-10 for the last 3. 3.) Cut dairy completely out of my diety (I'm almost there) except 1 day a week, where if I so choose I can have a small milkshake because they are my weakness in life. Life Quest: Quit biting my nails. I have whats called an "oral fixation" issue. I know it sounds really dirty, but it just means that I like to chew on things, like pen caps, pencils, my fingernails... it also causes me to eat even when I'm not hungry just to be chewing on something. I am going to use gum to try to curb the habbit from biting things that are not really good for my health and maybe go from there. Motivation: To never get diabetes. Also, I coach a competative high school marching band. They are my passion in life. For the last couple years I have had a student with a disability of some sort that causes his muscles to slowly disintigrate until he dies, which is suppsed to be like in his early 20's.One day at a competition I had to lift him out of his weel chair and into a seat and I almost couldn't do it, and I also almost caused him to lose his pants. It was embarressing for him and me. I would like to be stronger so that never happens again, and because he will never get the chance to decide to be stronger, and it would be silly of me to waste my life not trying. scoring: 3 points for completeing a task perfectly.for a week 2 points for completing it with no more than 1 day off 1 point for completeing with no more then 2 days off 0 points for completeing a task with 3 or more days off. 2 points for every week I don't bite a nail 1 bonus point for every pound I lose. 68 points possible: A= 68-61pts B = 60-54pts C = 53-48 pts. 48pts or less is a fail. I hope I have hit everything... let me know if I missed a part! -Samantha Jane "Your life is an occasion, rise to it." -UK-