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I have been gone from the challenges and the forums for a while now. Life has been crazy. I respawned early in the year with a simple idea: eat healthy and incorporate movement into every day as much as possible. My goal was pretty big for a 30 year old lady with a desk job: lose almost 20 lbs to get down to the weight I was at 8 years ago before I started my undergrad. Today, I stepped on the scale and realised that my slow and steady, sustainable and maintainable approach had gotten me to my goal weight of 140 lbs! My challenges had gotten pretty boring for any NF readers, which is why I decided they were unnecessary. Generally success was measured in not going over my calorie deficit goal and making sure I walked at least an hour every day (often, due to an active an hectic summer, I got much more physical activity than that, but it was a good baseline). Today, I saw the results of my hard work: success!! But this is not the end of my journey, oh no. That was merely chapter 1. The next step is clear, I will need to up the ante and improve my overall fitness, especially my strength. This is a pretty awesome milestone, with lots of room to keep improving! Hopefully I will be on my way back to a Warrior's Guild near you in the near future to get back to strength training! Good luck to everyone else in crushing their health and fitness goals!!