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Greetings nerds! Healthy mama here... My real name is Kelly and I'm 27 years old newlywed and new mama to 7 week old Brianna Lyn and a step mama to 6 year old Lilly May. Lets go a little further back, I've always struggled with my body image, I have terrible self esteem and my best friend yells at me a lot because of it. She's actually floating around here as PrincessHeather. (Hi Bestie!). My husband also doesn't get my self esteem issues all I can say is it's a daily struggle that I try to overcome everyday. I love Mexican food and vegetables and dislike meat. A lot. There is no ethical issue towards the consumption of meat I just tend to have some kind of wacky aversion to it. Sucks. I force myself to eat it though because I need the protein. Before you go on some rant about how I can replace protein and all that, believe me I know. This has also been a battle since I was a child. I got married last year on May 17 and I conceived my baby girl June 6th 2014. She was 100% planned baby and my dream come true. I feel super fortunate that I get to be a stay at home mama with her. However prior to having her I was 160 pounds, two days before I had her I was 207 pounds and at 6 weeks postpartum I was 175 pounds. I haven't been on the scale since because scales are seriously scary. I can fit back into about 60% of my pre pregnancy clothes, and I am exclusively breastfeeding my baby girl which helps with the weight loss. Pretty sweet to me. My main issue is the rest of my baby weight, and tone up. Baby made me kind of soft but not flabby. Working out with a 7 week old can be tricky. She doesn't always want to cooperate. I'm doing calorie counting currently but mostly to make sure I eat the extra calories needed for breast feeding rather than starving my fat into submission which makes no one happy. I'm also doing (or attempting to do) Pilates/yoga mixture at home. At least when the little one cooperates. I would like to be 135 pounds, more fit, and just overall healthy. It's super easy to sit at home all day and do nothing since I'm a stay at home mom. No bueno.

Hello! I'm a mum to two little ones- a toddler and an almost 1 year old! It's too soon to completely lose all of the baby weight (at least 20 more lbs!) by the end of the challenge, but I want to get a boost of motivation. My topic is kind of a joke...but really....I don't want Baby Big Boy to turn 2 (in 2016) and for me to still have some of the baby weight! I have been working out for about two months or so, but want to be more consistent- and I need to work on being more active throughout the day. And then there's that major sweet tooth! I cook pretty healthily (if i may say so...!) but my downfall is portion sizes and a mad urge for sweeties! So, my goals: MAIN QUEST: Lose 25 lbs (all of Big Boy's baby weight!) 1) strength train 3x week 2) Eat 3 (or more) servings of veggies/day 3) When there are two forks in the road, choose the more active one! (e.g. walk to a nearby park instead of driving, play with my kids instead of sitting and watching, stand while reading my iPad, etc.) --- other random goal: to meditate/have a morning devotional for 5 minutes everyday to start the day off right! My main motivation: to be able to keep up with/outpace my kids as they grow older (I'm sure they'll get faster once they're no longer toddlers!), and to be healthy into old age for my husband (both of our parents have major health issues). Bonus motivation: I love to sew, and if I'm smaller, I'll need less fabric when I sew my own clothes! I already have some nice fabric to use, but I'd like to be a smaller size before cutting into it. Thanks for reading, and I'm looking forward to doing this Challenge with you all!

I'm stoked to be joining the Assassins for my second challenge! From my last challenge, to keep my eye on the Main Quest: Last challenge, I lost approximately 7 pounds (177 to 170). My goal is to get to 150, which is a good weight that allows me to build strength and burn fat, and then fine-tune body comp from there. I'd estimate maybe two more challenges after this one to get there. I definitely improved my strength and flexibility - yesterday, I redpointed an outdoor climb I started last challenge, so that was very exciting. So, this challenge, my main quest will be the same, but my objectives will be tweaked and simplified based on lessons learned last challenge: 1. Sharpen skills on the rock: Get to the rock-climbing gym (or even better, outside!) at least twice per week for at least 90 minutes at a time for as long as my schedule allows. (Lesson: take it where I can get it. Some days might be four hours of climbing, others only one. Baby requires flexibility.) 2. Regain strength and flexibility: incorporate four home workouts into weekly schedule. This should alternate between interval sprints/calisthenics in the park, P90X, a climbing-specific hangboard workout (related side quest: install hangboard that is chilling in my living room), and yoga DVDs. The day after the most intense workout of the week, allow an active recovery day with just a long walk for exercise (> 1 hour). (Lesson: classes require too much time out of the day. Also, strength is equally important to flexibility, and it has also been severely compromised. Find a few intense, short home workouts to fill in the gaps.) 3. Target body comp: Keep carb count below 100 g/day by adhering 90% to Paleo guidelines (I do consume limited dairy and tolerate it well). Do a Whole30 - but make it last the whole challenge. So I guess it's a Whole42? Lesson: tracking is a pain and not really necessary. Use an eating plan that has proven effective for me in the past.) Overall, this amounts to one workout per day and a strict eating plan that does not require daily tracking. Life Quest: Determine new career path. This is going to require a lot of introspection and industry research.i Motivation attached!

Hey fellow Rangers, Posting this right now. Goals to come tomorrow. I'm working overtime tonight, so not much time to post. SO PUMPED FOR THIS NEW CHALLENGE!!

Here is my abbreviated story: Mildly overweight my whole life - Got married - Got pregnant - BAM! Officially Fat (162lbs - 207lbs) My husband and I want to start trying again in September, so I'm trying to lose as much body fat/weight as I can by that point. GOALS!! 1. SLEEP! My husband and I just joined a gym. We will be getting up "early" to go (aka a reasonable time according to the rest of the world). For that to happen I need to go to sleep at a reasonable time. Goal: In bed, asleep by 11pm Sunday - Thursday nights. Exception: Wednesday nights that I work (Every other week) (CON 2, WIS 1, CHA 1) 2. FOOD! My attitude toward food has been halting my progress. I'm in the process of figuring out my TDEE. I want to reduce my calories to equal weight loss of 1 lb per week. Otherwise I want to eat primarily veggies, meats, fruit, nuts and berries although I am allowing carbs and sweets in moderation. Goal: Eat within calories for 1lb weight loss per week (Estimated right now 2030/day, 14,210/week) Record in MyFitnessPal (CHA 2, WIS 1) 3. GET STRONG! I have been loving the results I am getting from the Beginners Body Weight Circuit. I want to add weight to my squats and dumbbell rows as well as continue to increase my push-ups. Best as of now: lifted 15lb with rows, 0lb extra with squats and 4.5 full push-ups Goal: Body Weight Circuit 3x a week. Increase weight for rows, squats 7 full push-ups in a row (STR 3, CHA 1) 4. HAVE FUN! Something I am loving about joining this gym is all the new ways I can exercise. It's actually fun to exercise again!! I want to keep that going. I want to try new stuff- classes, swimming laps, water aerobics, HIIT I'll be mixing this up with some old favorites - walk/run, hiking, yard work Don't count toward goal - cleaning, shopping Goal: 3-5 hours of moderate exercise per week. May include Body Weight Circuit (approx 75 min/week) (STA 1, DEX 1, CHA 1) MEASURING PROGRESS Weekly Weigh-ins on Wednesdays 3 and 6 week Measurements, BF% and Pictures Starting measurements in RED 3/22 4/19 5/6 5/24 Chest (38) 38 36 41 35.5 Waist (38) 37 36.5 36.5 37 Belly Button (43.5) 43 42 40 41.4 Hips (47) 45 44 44 43.5 Right Thigh (28.5) 28 27.5 27 27.5 Left Thigh (27.5) 27 26.5 26 27 Right Knee 18 18 17.5 17 Left Knee 18 18 17.5 17.25 Weight 197 193.6 194.4 194 Upper Arm Right 15 13.5 13.5 14.5 Left 15 13.5 13.5 14.25 Lower Arm Right 11.5 11 11 11.25 Left 11 11 11 11 I will post my body fat percentage in the next few days. I want to do it at home and get it done by the RN at the gym. This challenge ends at an opportune time since my husband and I are going on vacation right after this is over... I'm going to have to wear a bathing suit in front of a TON of family I haven't seen in a year... Great motivation.