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The more things change... By the end of the first week of the new challenge D and I should have closed on the new house and my son will be visiting to help us unload the U-Pack Pods. We're purchasing some of the furniture in the house, this includes a treadmill, I can walk/run/intervals again! This should also mean the beginning of my new schedule and mostly working from home I know I haven't talked a lot about my new job but I love the fact that I get to be an accountant, utilizing programs and processes that are valuable should I need to find another position in the future, and my boss is really fuckin cool! I'm not expected to just know it all and I actually am being shown what to do and what I'm responsible for! Oh, and in a paperless office The Plan... Control - Comfort eating and drinking was an issue, be mindful of this until in the house then back to Cardio. Update - Post in thread three times a week. Track - Sleep (at least 7 hours a night) Food (eat when hungry, stop when full, track to be mindful) Extra - Rides, 5k's, events, and life events go here Done - 🌈 Not Done - ❄️ So as we can see things will change about mid-way through, I'll have to be flexible while life settles into whatever a normal pattern will be,

Hey guys I am new here. I 've got the following routine: 1st day legs and delts, 2nd day chest and triceps and 3rd day back and biceps. I want to level up and try some strength exercises such us: deadlifts, bench press, squats, shoulder press, sled drag etc. Do I have to change exercise routine? Or I can add them to right day? (e.g.: squats to the leg day and bench press to the chest day). If yes, how to put the others that require the whole body (e.g.: deadlifts, sled drag) ?

Because life this year felt like: (Yes. A friend and I have a thing where we describe life situations with poorly drawn dinosaurs.) Anyway. With all the over-scheduling and things constantly happening and lack of sleep and non-stop caffeinating and gym and dance and work and deadlines and... It feels lie I have no control over my own life, and then OH HI DEPRESSION*, MY OLD FRIEND I've been basically feeling like shit for the last few weeks. The last time this happened, there were some major (and scary) life changes that I needed to do, and I did them. Things became better pretty much instantly. I want to be happy again, and successful, and not over-reacting to petty bullshit. According to Mark Manson's Guide To Happiness: And: (Obtw, Mark Manson just released a book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck. It is awesome and has NF Steve's seal of approval.) The point is that I don't have any fucking control over my life right now, and I need to start getting some control so that I can stop feeling like shit. Goal 1: Figure out what my ideal self is (as suggested in Level Up Your Life). I'm not sure how I'm going to do this yet. Probably via thought-vomitting on the Internet. Goal 2: Do one thing every day Goal 3: (Side goal that will be figured out later. I have too many in mind and I don't want to overwhelm myself) More to come later.

Good morning everyone! My name is Travis, but of course I go by Synyster here. I have been with this site for many, many years! I have been in and out quite a bit, mostly due to personal issues. I am re introducing myself as I have not been on here in almost 3 years!!! I was doing some research for my website when I came across some old posts I had made here and nostalgia hit hard like a rock. I am still very much in to fitness these days. I have ventured in to bodybuilding and plan to compete next year. I moved last year from Las Cruces, New Mexico to D'Iberville, Mississippi and have met a lot of bodybuilder friends here! I have learned a ton from them and improved so much more than I could ever hope for! I currently work for a company called Freedom Boat Club in Biloxi, and it has been a major blessing! Here's why: 1. I get to work with boats all day! I clean and fuel them, and when no one is using them I drive them around for fun!! MAJOR PERK THERE! 2. If I'm not busy (like today) I have been given the freedom to work on my own business! AWESOME SAUCE! 3. Because business is slow (it is a brand new club in Biloxi, just opened about 4 months ago so it is growing) I only work 3 days a week! It's bad hours for pay, BUT 4. It has pushed me to invest in a domain name and host. With that I have started up my own blog, experimented with an affiliate product (I will probably remove it shortly, but it is still up for sale for the time being) and am now taking a 90 day course to help build my website up to grow my Subscriber list! The research I was doing for my website led me to a forum post here about online entrepreneurs. I was reading it and saw my profile and thought "Whoah. This is years old!" Do you guys know how AWESOME it is to look back at something from a FEW YEARS AGO and see how much you have progressed? How one little thing had pushed me to finally invest in something I have only read and dreamt about doing?! I'm super excited guys! And I am SO VERY HAPPY to come back here, share my experiences and LEVEL UP with NERD FITNESS!! WOO!

Hi NF'ers I have just started actively following a fitness plan and tonight is my first evening shift at work this week; I was wondering if there were others out there like me who have a varied schedule, and I was curious as to what you do / eat / drink to keep yourself energised and feeling well without succumbing to copious amounts of caffiene and sugar (two of my biggest downfalls!) What kind of meals should I eat to keep myself energized, or is a quick afternoon nap more the way to go? Or do I just continue my daily routine (breakfast, lunch, workout, dinner) as per usual and just "suck it up" whilst at work?

Here's what I wrote 2.5 years ago: New Nerd 08 July 2012 - 11:06 AM Well, I'm not new at being a nerd, I'm quite adept at that, but I'm new to the Rebellion. Posting a new thread is HUGE for me as I'm a chronic lurker. I've been working seriously on my own fitness for about 3 months and have lost a good 15 lbs. I recently joined NF and today was my first workout in the program, Level 1 Rookie! I have a lot more to lose (currently 300 lbs, which is hard to admit, even in writing), and I'm looking forward to my personal improvement and reading about others' progress as well! .Lou186000 I think that 15 lb loss was the limit of my success at that time. It was hard to write that paragraph well over two years ago, it's harder still to look back and see the evidence of a failed attempt. Yet I've come to be a firm believer in facing my demons: it's not fun, but it's a huge help. Being honest with myself has to be part of my process. It's about self acceptance, I suppose. I restarted my path exactly 90 days ago (I can tell because it says "90 Day Streak" on MyFitnessPal, which strangely sounds like I've not worn clothes for 90 days). I started at 312 and have lost just over 30 lbs, which to me is unbelievable. It's the lowest my weight has been in years. I'm trying to keep track of what's working this time versus what didn't last time. Here's a list: I'm logging everything I put in my body, no exceptions. Last time I only logged if it was "good." I wanted to hide my poor choices, even from myself. If I went over my calorie allowance I left it off the food log and promised myself to make it up the next day via exercise or better eating. That plain `ol didn't work for me. Now I'm logging it even if I'm way over. This being honest with myself works stunningly well for me. I'm keeping a personal journal. I've been an avid (sometimes neurotic) journaler for several years. I'm being very sure to write consistently whenever I have a few minutes. It allows me to congratulate myself on a good workout, for example. It's also been a really good place to ruminate on those times when my motivation for both exercise and healthy eating are in the tank. I'm following the Nerd Fitness strength program. I'd been using Steve's stuff previously, and I liked the results I saw. That part's not going away. What's different this time is I allowed myself to "graduate" to Level 3 Outsider, after going through both Rookie and Recruit levels for a few weeks each. Moving to Outsider was a big personal step and one of which I'm quite proud. I'm cooking a LOT. I'm cooking for the family as much as myself, but it's been a great source of control and confidence to know exactly what I'm putting in my body. This one really works for me: I have a picture of Fat Me where I can see it every day. It was taken in Aug, about two months before I relaunched myself on the path, and the picture horrifies me. Last time I took no pictures. This time, I'm taking pictures, and keeping this first one handy as a spectacular reminder about why I have to keep at it. I'm not sure what motivated me to post this today. Maybe it's a stab at further accountability for myself. The success so far has been good and encouraging. There's a long way to go, but I feel I've come a respectable distance so far. At any rate, if you've happened by my humble post, thanks for reading. - Lou

I don't feel very heroic right now but I'm sure it will come back to me. About me: I'm a 38 year old woman living with my partner and a house full of pets in Missouri. I'm 5'10" and currently weigh about 295 (yes, back up from the end of last challenge *sigh*). My main quest is to get under 200 lbs. I'm not sure of my final goal weight but I would like to be around 25% body fat. I'm less concerned about a particular number. I would just like to be able to do things without the limitations of being obese. Boxing: Oh, how I miss my boxing classes. Time to get back. 3 times per week = A, 2 times per week = B, 1 per week = C, 0 = F Food: Jayne follows that up with "Girl's a mind-readin' genius, can't even figure out how to eat an ice planet." You could say the same about me if you change "ice planet" to "an appropriate amount of nutritious food". I'm continuing on with the plan I developed during the last challenge. I didn't track perfectly during the challenge break. I pretty much only tracked enough to keep my streak intact on MFP. So week 1 will be about tracking 100% and hitting my calorie goal of 2170 average calories per day. Weeks 2-6 will be about trying to hit macros. I don't know that I think macros is something I will do for the long term. I'm hoping to use that to help guide me into better instinctive eating habits. Life goal: I spend too much time alone in my bunk. Over the course of this challenge I need to get out and engage in activities, preferably with other people. This goal originally started out as a "being nice to myself" goal. So I still want to incorporate those elements of doing things I enjoy. The last 3 months of work have taken a lot out of me and I need to get back into real life. 4 activities = A, 3 = B, 2 = C, 1 = D, 0 = F Side quest: Did you know that if you google "tasmanian devil rage" you can find an article about perimenopause? I've noticed over the last 6 months or so that my anxiety gets really out of proportion during pre-shark week. Last week was pretty epic. I did some research and it appears that although a bit young, I'm probably beginning the change. Because I don't have enough other fun things going on... So my side quest is getting to the doc. I need to do my yearly check up and getting some prescriptions refilled. I will have to talk to her about what things I can do to help with the Tasmanian devil rage. Normally I wouldn't have made this a challenge goal. But the gif really spoke to how I'm feeling about my reproductive system right now. LOL!