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It's time for Challenge Two! Eat like a cat Cats eat when they're hungry. Then they're done. I'm working on embodying this in this challenge. I learned last time that a decade and a half of establishing strong negative cognitions about food is exarcerbated (in my case) by calorie counting/tracking. I spent the last part of the challenge trying to trust the signals my body gave me instead. Eventually I'd like to get to the point where I follow the basic principles of eating intuitively: eat when hungry, stop when full, eat what I truly choose/desire, nothing is "forbidden". The idea is that this removes any subconscious beliefs about scarcity created when you blacklist certain foods, which I have learned has been a binge trigger for me in the past. This is a complicated process, especially for someone who has dictated their eating by external means for so long (i.e. points, syns, calories, etc.) So in this challenge I'm starting with just one component: wait until I'm hungry to eat. This isn't "wait until I'm starving", but "wait until my body sends a signal that says 'I'd like food please' ". I've been practicing long enough to learn the difference in feeling of genuine hunger and a craving, so I can notice when I'm really hungry and when I just fancy something. I'd like to stick to this as closely as possible, with the exception of pre-arranged social events that involve food where it'd be incongruous not to eat (e.g. if going out for a meal with friends). Aiming for scoring this by "Did I eat only when hungry today? (With exception of above caveat)" I am aiming for 100% on this. Drink like a cat Simple rules here: 2L of water per day. Every day . Strong like a cat You can't have fun climbing things and jumping on things if you're not strong! I want to build up my strength in three different main exercises: plank, squats, and press-ups. My plan is to do a bodyweight routine of these exercises at least three times a week, building up and pushing myself a little further every day. By the end of the challenge I'm aiming to be able to do: 10 unaided press-ups 30 consecutive unaided squats 5 minute plank These are "this would be cool!" bonus goals, and are not contingent for success in this goal. Only the commitment of 3x per week is required for success. Run like a cat My cats always look like they're having a blast when they do this, so I want in on the action. For this goal, I want to start the Couch to 5K programme and follow it for all four weeks. (This may require repetition of one week so I'm not making this about completing the first four weeks of the programme, only following it for four weeks.) This involves 3x per week training. I'm looking forward to getting started! Here's to challenge two

Jump starting some motivation with some beastly goals. 1. MONKEY bars 2. CROW pose 3. skin the CAT So, the longer story is that I've stalled in my strength workouts. I have been hitting them about twice a week instead of three times. And by "hitting them" I mean dragging myself, kicking and screaming to get my exercises done. Not very sustainable or enjoyable. So, I'm changing the format of my workouts from a-bunch-of-reps towards progression to a goal. I've picked three movements that are WAY out of reach for me right now. But, step-by-step, I'm going to make progress towards learning these movements. Any and all progress counts. Three times a week. Mostly, I will be focusing on getting strength taken care of during this challenge. I will also give myself bonus points for my other regular goals of healthy eating and cardio goals. Bonus1: Healthy Eating. Shoot for 5/7 days of healthy eating a week. Looking to spy a 75 on the scale this challenge. Bonus2: Cardio twice a week. Building up my knees to transition from elliptical to outdoors running. I'm up to 1.78 miles in the neighborhood. Next step is my old garden tour run (2.37 miles). Looking to mix in a few 5k routes over the Spring/Summer. It's comfy to be back here in the Ranger den after a month over with the Assassins

Meow! As a fierce assassin cat you need to be able to blend in anywhere.... And Lilith's next assassin assignment is to defeat Team Rocket, in their attempt to control the region! The way to come closer to them is to cartwheel, because that way Lilith's dodge skills are highly increased! Also, it looks so cute of course that Team Rocket will be lured into NOT attacking, like this: Then the little assassin cat also needs to be strong, in order to do a lot of damage! Soooo how will I achieve those things? Well here are my goals: Goal 1: Do Stronglifts 3x per week. Goal 2: Do Third World Squat every day. Goal 3: Finish my Cartwheel Checklist (scroll down for the checklist) every week Goal 4: Hooping 1x per week. Quite a lot, no? Cartwheel checklist is based on the things written in http://gmb.io/cartwheel/ Hollow Body Plank 1x Frogger hopping 1x Wrist exercises 1x Triangle Pose 3x Half Pancake Sidebend 1x Pancake 1x Cartwheel 1x Obviously more would be better, but I don't want to overdo it. If I WANT to do more that's fine obviously, but I don't have to. So that's it!