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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.... This challenge is all about rolling up the positive changes I made last month and keeping the good work going. I'm mostly focused on exercise this challenge, because I want to get my body as fit as possible for pregnancy, whenever that happens. My whole family joined a gym this week, and I want to be the cheerleader who gets everyone going regularly! I'm excited to get to workout with barbells and go to yoga classes again, and to workout with my husband. Plus, I started playing Pokémon Go, and walking and biking have never been quite this enjoyable! I want to take this inertia and transform it into a habit of movement and positive energy. And who better to symbolize that than the most upbeat bot in the galaxy? ○◍○◍ Movement (2 STA, 2 STR, 2 DEX) ◍○◍○ Sometimes you're rolling through the never-ending desert of Jakku. Sometimes you have to do some heavy lifting to make sure your ace pilot doesn't crash his X-Wing while trying to take down the Starkiller. Sometimes you have to sprint after that thief who definitely took your master's jacket! I’m using the Primal Blueprint Fitness Pyramid to guide my exercise this challenge. I’m focusing on being more agile: anything goes as long as I keep rolling. Examples of exercise are listed below each movement type. I’ll be recording time spent, with total time counted at the end of the challenge. Move Frequently at a Slow Pace (STA) Goal: 5 hours per week = 20 hours total Walking / Hiking Cycling Yoga Aerobics Class Lift Heavy Things (STR) Goal: 1.5 hours per week = 6 hours total Body Weight workouts Barbell/Dumbbell workouts Rock Climbing/Bouldering Sprint! (DEX) Goal: 10min/week = 40 minutes total Sprinting! Intense hills while cycling ○◍○◍ Fuel (2 CON) ◍○◍○ Astromech droids get off pretty easy - they fuel up for the job and aren't tempted by what's being served up in the mess hall. They follow their programming and get the job done. My programming is going to be: eat clean and low-carb. I'll be following the Primal Blueprint Carbohydrate Curve recommendation to stay between 50g – 100g of carbs a day. I’m using the Banting Green/Orange/Red lists as a guideline; each food has a cost in points: Green List: 0 pts (free!) Orange List: 2 pts per serving * Red List: 5 pts per serving * The servings on the orange list can be large (i.e. 1.5c of butternut squash) so a half portion is only 1 point Goal: 2 points per day, +5 points per week = 75 points total ○◍○◍ Bullet Journal (2 WIS) ◍○◍○ Yeah… I’m hopping on the BuJo train. Last challenge I started writing a to-do list for work every day and it was really helpful! So want to extend this to other parts of my life. I plan to make a daily list of all the tasks I need to get done at work, home, and otherwise. I earn 1 point per finished task. Goal: 5 points per day = 140 points Tracking Spreadsheet Reward I've never tried a reward system during a challenge before - I always felt like health was it's own reward / or worried that I'd just give myself the reward anyway, even if I failed. But I'm going to try it out this time and see if it helps motivate me to get better grades on this challenge. I'd like to get a little BB-8 toy or art for my office or home, but normally don't buy that kind of thing because it's a bit frivolous. But if I get all As for this challenge, I'm going to reward myself with some fun BB-8 or Star Wars swag! Decided! For each category I get an "A" in, I can pick up an adorable Force Awakens Tsum-Tsum: I have my eye on Rey, Poe, Finn, and BB-8 for sure. And they're only $5.95 each, so not going to break the bank!