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Epic quest for adventure 2016 Year of the Viking 2016 will be the year of the viking, this year i want to work towards some strongman runs called the strongviking. SO 2016 will be the year of the viking So i sorta stole this from my fellow doodlies. The idea is to set out a roadmap for the year 2016 and cross things off when i finish them. Boddy goals -Weigh 85 Kilo's -Be able to ro run 15K -Be able to start parkour training -Pick up Karate training -Correct the posture Food goals -Get a grip on my sugar consumption. -Get a grip on my impulse buys regarding food. -Learn 2 new recipes every month. -Control the meal sizes. General well being goals -Learn how to meditate -Meditate once a week -Finish my first year -Get my drivers license -Read 10 books by the end of the year -Start writing short stories Important dates 19/20 march 7km mud edition of the viking run 21 may 13km hills edition of the viking run 11/12 june 19Km water edition of the viking run

Back with the Assassins! So last challenge did not work out so well because life happens and I'm honestly just super lazy. So what can I do to not be so lazy? Practically anything! I'm going to be focusing on more life style challenges just to get me motivated to get out of bed and move. Main Quest: To live life to the fullest and be healthy. My practical goal is to get to a size 8-10 pants size or lose 30 lbs. P.S. My triathlon training was a bust. I'll get there someday but right now I need to try something else. Quest 1 Just do something active for 30 min 5 times a week or a total of 30 sessions. From walking, to running, to swimming, to riding my bike, to dancing. I just need to get up and move! For my crazy life I might as well try a crazy strategy. A= +3 Str, +2 Dex; B= +2 Str, +1 Dex; C= +1 Str, +.5 Dex Quest 2 Actively study or do something with my brain 4-5 times a week or at minimum 24 mental workouts. I'm still working on GRE and studying, but I'm also working on a science integration curriculum. I think I teach a class or work with students every day now so this teacher needs to stay sharp. A= +3 Wis; B= +2 Wis; C= +1 Wis (I would also put intelligence (INT) here too but I don't think that's a category) Quest 3 Actively keep my room tidy and wash my dishes in a timely manner. It's kind of sad that this is in here but it's the truth. I am combating laziness here and my environment is very important to changing this bad habit. A= +3 SDex, +2 Con; B= +2 Dex, +1 Con; C= +1 Dex, +.5 Con Life: Budget again. Because life. A= +3 Wis, B= +2 Wis, C= +1 Wis This challenge is to help me combat laziness, to stop being depressed, and become motivated again. I'm really glad that challenges refresh every 6 weeks because then I can try again. It’s time to get out of the pity parade and move!

I started this particular chapter of my journey back on January at the gloriously miserable weight of 228lbs. Not the worst iv ever been! (Plastic summer I went from 240is to around 200) but still, dissatisfied with my reverse progress, I decided to crack at it, and stick with it til the jobs done. As we approach the end of June, iv had a chance to reflect on some old photos and asses my progress! A whole back I posted a woot about dropping under 200- since then iv dropped to, as of today, 191lbs, which is the least iv weighed pretty much ever. If I carry on with the same weight loss trend as iv stuck to so far, I'll be in the 180-s by the start of July. Yet, for the past few weeks, iv been miserable, feeling like nothing's changed and that I looked no different. However, today I stumbled upon some old photos, and though the change isn't enormous, there was definitely visible progress. This cheered me up no end. If your reading this, and your cutting, for the love of all that is good, take progress pics! You never know when your gonna be miserable and deflated and feel like nothing has changed, and you need that boost, of something completely undeniable in front of you to make you see the changes. This ended up being a really long post! All I wanted to say was: TL;DR 228 to ~190 in 6 months. Yay me, and stuff.