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So, thinking about the Netherlands this fall, possibly with a stopover in Belgium (I do love my Belgium style beers). Does anyone have any insight or any favorite places?

Hello, everyone! This is my 3rd challenge this year, uhuuu!! Going strong. I am a 21 year old student, living with my parents, finishing school in 3 months and searching for ways of contributing in this life. I have chosen my goals for this time based on the experience i gained during the previous ones. If there is one thing that I have improved by using this forum and the 6WhCh format, is that I now know myself a lot better. And I recognise the importance of SUPPORT and COMMUNITY (the real one, but also the show ) This time around I managed to notify my mom on my intentions to lose weight by eating healthy meals (and i told her exactly what), because having someone close to me cheering me on and holding me accountable is THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. She is on board. The main goals are having â€6 pack abs†(which translates to having a smaller circumference over the hips - 89cm- coming from 93, whit seeing the muscles) AND doing one pull-up. In order to achive these, I am keeping track of the: * food: eat 3 meals/ day consisting of just Proteins (meat/eggs), Vegetables, Legumes (I need the energy and I rather have it from these). - cheat day: after 5 full-days, when I can have whatever I want * outside: get out of the house, walk, move, everyday for min 15 minutes, min 6h/ week- this is for my mental health * Life: go to meetings, workshops, seminars once every two weeks, so 3 times for the challenge, and hang out with people who are my peers Good luck to everyone!

Well it's another one of those stretches where I will be on the road for at least a few days every week, possibly for the whole challenge. So my goals will be built around that... to a certain extent. Fitness Goals: Goal 1: POWER (I really wanted to use a gif of for this goal, but hey, Terry Crews is hard to beat) Anywho, this one is all about learning the Olympic lifts and building up some power instead of the old "Grind 'em out" attitude. Since my workouts already have one day of Olympic lifts built into it, I'm going to focus on practice more than anything. So 3X a week I will practice forms as best as possible (in case I don't have any sort of stick to practice with in hotels) Goal 2: Mobility, do more of it. More Mobility. I did ok on the last challenge, but I still need more. I'm aiming for 15 minutes a day five days a week. Goal 3: What should I eat... Since I'm going to be on the road so much, I need to eat better than normal road fare. I generally burn a lot of calories when I'm working out in the field, so fast food now and then isn't going to kill me, but then neither is a salad on occasions I'm going to have to rely on whey powders more heavily than I like to keep my protein up, but it'll be a small sacrifice compared to adding in 250g of carbs trying to get an extra 50g of protein. So the goal of this one is do the best I can, and make decisions based on what I'm doing that day. Life Goal: I've got a handful of things I keep putting off. Three things specifically... 1) Deal with the retirement fund. (It's some funds that built up from my work out in Texas, I need to roll them over into a new account). 2) Contact a realtor. It's time to start seriously looking for a house. 3) Make a friggin appointment with a chiropractor. I've got to man up and do it. So to recap: Fitness goals 1) Practice olympic forms 3X per week. 2) Mobility 5 days/week 20 min/day 3) Eat the best I can given circumstances. Life: 4)Take care of business.

Help me out, my friends. Time often gets away from me because I have "nothing to do," and I wind up filling it with something pointless such as video games or window shopping. So, suppose you have 60 minutes to do something productive. I'll leave the definition of "productive" up to you. Assume further that you are at home in a small apartment and have access to the usual stuff one can find in a small apartment, except there is no TV. Also assume that by the time the hour is over, you have returned to your baseline state, which is clean and dressed (so workouts, baking projects, etc. that require time to clean up must take less than one hour). Projects that take less time are okay. What would you do? Help me make a big, big list! The more the better. Try to think of awesome things (I know my list so far is mostly chores, which are not that awesome but can lead to greater awesomeness). I plan to choose my favorites and make one of those word cloud posters to stick on my wall, or possibly a checklist. 1. Workout for 40 minutes (shower for 20) 2. Bake brownies (and wash dishes) 3. Learn 20 new words in a foreign language 4. Clean fridge, wash dishes, and vacuum 5. Read 1 chapter of a textbook (but not enough time to do homework problems) 6. Listen to a podcast lecture 7. Go for long walk 8. Call grandparents (yes, this takes a while...) 9. Plan a weekend trip and buy tickets 10. Warm up, do 4 sun salutations and stretch 11. Make tea and say prayers 12. Do the laundry 13. Take bubble bath and groom thoroughly 14 ....?

The Dúnedain are a race of men/women descended from the Númenóreans. Closest allies of the Elves and Valar, the island of Númenór was considered the greatest realm of man and as a gift to the rangers of the north many of them (Aragorn included) were gifted with exceptionally long life! *Nevermind that whole fall of Númenór concept where they stopped serving Eru Illuvator and then the island sank into the sea. :-P Elves, rangers, men, women, hobbits and all NF rebels are welcome to join! Hopefully you join because you love Tolkien as well! I'm not sure if there is anything further I need to add here but note that we're here to help keep each other in check and support people on any fitness struggles they may have. So far we have the below people in the team, if you'd like to join please say hello to them and check out their challenge thread. OKLibrarian Daisy88 JarrodCL Let the challenge begin....

First time to sign up for a challenge. I've just been a little too overwhelmed here recently to post or join any of the challenges. Well, my job requires me being online all the time, and I've started out the New Year with ONE resolution (of sorts) - I want to build one good habit this year. Since I'm online all the time, I realized I just NEED to do this. No excuses. The problem is that I hate setting goals. They scare the hell out of me. It means there's an option to fail, and I really fear failure. But I realized that to develop a habit (any good habit), you have to be patient with yourself. I can't expect to be 50 lbs lighter in a month, stronger and have a perfect eating plan without starting small and screwing up a little bit. So I've already started off slowly this year -- I do something active everyday. I missed a day last week because I spend the two days prior moving and running around, and I gave myself a day off (and forgave myself for "skipping"). For this challenge, my goals are: 1. Walk at least 2 miles 6 days a week. If I don't walk, fit in the Beginner's Strength workout here on NF, or do something on Wii Fit. One "off" day a week is okay, Rachel. 2. When I'm on vacation (woohoo Cabo!), enjoy myself -- aim for 4 walks that week. Vacation is January 17-24. 3. Eat clean for at least one meal a day. This means nothing processed, ideally meat and vegetables. My Level-Up goal -- just getting through this six weeks. It's a big fear of mine that I'll just up and drop it less than halfway through. If y'all have any ideas about how I could tweak my goals, let me know. I'm starting out slow this time.