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Greeting Rangers! HAPPY ZERO WEEK!!! Wandering Warrior RedStone here, joining ya'll in what may be a long, overdue visit My first OCR is coming up soon, so I thought this would be a great time to pop on over for some Ranger mingling I'm looking forward to getting to know you better, and see what this Ranger brain business I keep hearing about is like! Normally I would be all about Zero Week (ZERO WEEK!) and use the week to have some mini challenges and think about what I want to tackle next... but my last challenge was 5 FLIPPIN WEEKS OF ZERO WEEKS and I... cannot, any longer. I love me some Zero Week, truly, but I'm looking forward to some simple consistency. So. ON TO THE CHALLENGE! I'll be adding some OCR specific jams to my routine, and changing a few things up in my nutrition in a kind of scary/exciting way for me. I'm also in the the middle of a big sea change in my life, which may or may not effect the way things go down during this challenge. (Long story short, I just finished schooling and certification for a career change, and am currently interviewing for new jobs! Soooo... with any luck my schedule will be changing dramatically, but nothing is concrete enough at this point to prevent me from getting the biz laid out.) TRAIN FOR ADVENTURE If you're an adventurer like Finn, you never know what you might have to face... I have a lot in my Rx that's prepping me for the unforeseen obstacles ahead of me, but there are some other things I'd like to work on as well. Training is: 3X (per week) Lift Rx 2X (per week) Run Rx Grip Work -1X (per week) 50 rep light gripper -1X (per week) dead hang to failure (I have chin ups in my lift Rx, so I'll treat that as day 3) 5X (per week) 3rd World Squats for time 3X (per week) (SIGH) Burpees: Start at 5 per session, add 5 each week. 25 per session by end of challenge 5X (per week) Morning Sil Lum Tao (Kung Fu Form) 1X (per week) Walk to town 2X (per challenge) go to playground and do monkey things _____ EAT UNAPOLOGETICALLY I don't have the best track record about eating the things. Recently I've made some interesting push/pull strides in eating more, tho it's messed with my head a bit. I've got my foot in the door of good head space, and I want to just push myself over that threshold already. I'm almost at 2 weeks of NOT compulsively tracking the foods, and have decided to put away the scale for awhile as well as the number game is playing up my BDD something fierce. I will be continuing with my daily measurements and meal planning. (This is where I struggle the most and need the most work ) Nutrition is: DON'T track regularly* Weigh in only once per week Meal plan weekly Allow/plan for 3X treats per week Continue research and consider fish oil. Report back *There are once in awhile days, particularly when scheduling is off, that I may need to run my numbers to prove to myself that I should be listening to my hunger and allowing myself to eat more. TLDR: I started tracking to make sure I was eating enough... I wasn't. It's easier for me to ignore hunger than to mindlessly snack or over do. I don't consider this tracking on the regular, more of an occasional system of checks and balances. If I'm eating at the right time, regularly, this isn't really an issue. _____ SORT THE TREEHOUSE Finn and Jake might have a treasure room... and who knows, maybe I do too? I... probably just have to remove the layers of junk that's all over the place to find it! .....right? LIFE STUFF IS: CLEAN -Office -Sewing Room (BONUS) -Studio (BONUS) 5X per week - Read a trade article in the morning 1X per challenge - Get mortgage pre approval/send to realtor Sooooo I realize this is a lot, and of course I'm holding back on more I want to include. To be fair, I'm in a weird transition where I was totally tied up doing all the things for school/work, and now I've got a whole lot of nothing but time. This, as I mentioned, could turn on a dime. So in light of that possibility, here are the things that would be on the chopping block, just to be clear about priorities. (This is not a way out before I even start, just a cushion of - it's ok if things get crazy.) _____ THINGS I WOULD DITCH BECAUSE I GOTS NO TIME FOR YOU, YO DITCHABLES IN THE CASE OF SUDDEN EMPLOYMENT Burpees. Obvs *grumbles about stupid burpees Morning Forms Cleaning So I think that's plenty to get going on! I'll spend some time on a bujo tracker in the upcoming days, but meanwhile I'm very much looking forward to challenging with you guys this go round, and learning me up some awesome ish while I prep for my OCRs!