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Hello everyone, here is my new challenge. This time it's about the mind, sleep, eating properly and improvements in my training. I want to use my mornings better. Get up earlier, make breakfast, do a workout... etc. But without a decent amount of sleep i'm not going to pull this of. So i want to get enough sleep. I recently startet using the meditation app "headspace". I want to stick with it for a while and see if i get any benefits out of meditating. Sleeping and meditating are the first part the challenge. The second part is about food. When i have rice, potatoes, pasta or some kind of bread for lunch(not to speak of a desert) i tend to get really tired and have trouble concentrating. I want to avoid these carb sources as much as possible. In addition to that, i want to cook more. I recently ordered a slow cooker and want to use it as much as possible. The last part is basically a todo list, i want to complete. Here it is mostly martial arts related stuff. My teacher is slowly cutting back on class time and i'm afraid, with him gone in a few years, that the fighting side of training will slowly fade away. I have some ideas on that on my mind and want to take the first steps on this. But besides those topics, there will be some other things on the list. The rules Relax my mind: * I need to get seven hours of sleep. So this means lights by out at 0 pm. * I want to meditate 15 Minutes a day using headspace. Feed my mind: * For Lunch at workdays, i will try to avoid potatoes, pasta, rice and bread. The place where i eat my lunch has a different soup on the menu each day. If the soup is not that tempting, i will go for something meaty with vegetables. * I want to cook at least four times a week myself. Clear my mind: I want to clear the following todo List. These are i things, that are in my head for quite some time now. 1. Order and read "Meditations on Violence" from Rory Miller. 2. I want to contact my teacher and speak about my concerns and and what he thinks about how his students can establish fighting training by themselves. 3. Ask a friend about some grappling workshops he organizes. Check if it's possible to take part. 4. I know a guy who trains Baguazhang mostly by himself. He once told me, that he is looking for sparring partners. Contact him. 5. A friend of mine does boxing, kick boxing and judo. Contact him and see if he wants to train together. 6. Another friend studies aikido. Contact him and see if he wants to train together. 7. I hang my heavy bag mostly on a roof beam with a rope. From there it has to be taken down, when we are having a party in our flat. After this it takes me ages to set it up again. It at least want to hang it up again. But i will look for a more permanent solution. 8. In October there is a tournament in spain. I have to check my finances and calculate the costs, to see if i can take part. 9. Wrap up my Game of Thrones Tabletop RPG Campaign. 10. I need some new nice pictures of myself. Contact a photographer. 11. In November will be for a weekend in London and then travel to spain. I need to get this organized. 12. I need to move my desk at home a bit. So let's get to work...

.:: Good morning humans of Nerd Fitness! ::. ABOUT ME: My name is Sara, I’m 23 and I’m very late for this challenge! British girl currently living and working in Japan, I have been a Nerd Fitness Rebel for three months now and it has helped me build healthy habits and increase stamina. In a country (that I absolutely love but) where many women put themselves through harmful diets in an effort to look thin, I am glad to have found a community that puts emphasis on getting strong! In addition, I have been aspiring to live a more mindful and minimalist life. Meditation and decluttering my flat are hence part of the challenge! I am going back to the UK in a month for my cousin’s wedding, which coincides nicely with this challenge! CHALLENGE QUEST: build muscle and lose 4 pounds (of mostly fat!) 130 lbs -> 126lbs, complete a handstand. 3 STEPS FITNESS: Complete 3 cardio + 2 strength training workouts a week, first thing in the morning. Increase intensity of workouts weekly and keep record. FOOD: An average of 1’600 calories of healthy real foods a day. No starchy carbs after 5pm. MEDITATION: 5minutes, 4 times a week. SIDE QUEST: 30 minutes of decluttering my flat, 5 times a week. Fellow Recruits, よã‚ã—ããŠã­ãŒã„ã—ã¾ã™ï¼ï¼ˆI humbly put myself in you care/let's do this!!）

Motivation: Taking a break from my brief stint as a Ranger to bring myself back into a state of balance, focus, and calm. The daily craziness and stress of my family’s schedule is crushing me – I am tired, unmotivated and lacking focus and drive to be the person I want to be… I want to explore the benefits of meditation, yoga and more brain exercises to help restore the inner ‘me’. Main Quest: Focus on a balance between mind, body and focus to rebalance myself in what feels like a very unbalanced point in my life. This quest will provide an achievable path over the next 6 weeks to work my way back into working out via body weight and quick hit exercises, and focusing on my mind and inner-self through ‘brain training’, meditation and yoga. Success in this quest will be subjective, but I will measure success in coming Existing Main Quest On-Hold: This quest will go beyond this challenge (and probably the next few), but my main quest is to hit the following benchmarks in strength and dexterity/stamina: · Bench Press 300 lbs. · Squat 300 lbs. · Complete 20 Pull Ups · Complete 20 Minutes of Hill Sprints (NerdFitness Academy: Ranger Quest) Side Quests: Restoration of Mind · Sharpen mind with Lumosity Training (average 4x per week) · Complete 3 Plank Sessions per Week (Mind over matter) Points Potential: +3 DEX & +2STA Grading: A= Average 4 Lumosity Sessions / week; 3 Plank Sessions per week B= Average 3 Lumosity Sessions / week; 3 Plank Sessions per week C= Average 2 Lumosity Sessions / week; 2 Plank Sessions per week D= Average 1 Lumosity Sessions / week; 1 Plank Sessions per week F= Average 0 Lumosity Sessions / week; 0 Plank Sessions per week Restoration of Body · Alternate between 50 Pushups and 50 Body Weight Squats Each Day · Average 4 Yoga Workouts per week Points Potential: +2 STR & +3 STA Grading A= Average 100% (Daily) Exercise; Average 4 Yoga Workouts / week B= Average 90% (Daily) Exercise; Average 3 Yoga Workouts / week C= Average 80-89% (Daily) Exercise; Average 2 Yoga Workouts / week D= Average 61-79% (Daily) Exercise; Average 1 Yoga Workouts / week F= Average <=60% (Daily) Exercise; Average 0 Yoga Workouts / week Restoration of Spirit · Practice Mediation Daily (Zen12 Program –12 minute guided meditations that I will listen to upon waking up or before bed Points Potential: +4 WIS Grading A= Average 100% (Daily) Completion of Meditation B= Average 90% Completion of Meditation C= Average 80-89% Completion of Meditation D= Average 61-79% Completion of Meditation F= Average <=60% Completion of Meditation Life Quest: Revamp our Family Budget – we have a loose budget, but with a baby now it would be good to have something more solid to work from each month Points Potential: +1 WIS Grading Pass/Fail Initial Stats (11/10/2014) Race: Human Age: 30 Height: 5’10†Weight: 174.6 BMI: 25.0 Body Fat %: Waist: Hips: Chest: Bicep: Thigh: Calf: Neck: