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Introduction Hello, I'm ElfiKay! Although this is my third or fourth challenge, I feel like it's my first. I broke my foot a while back, and it's finally healed! I'm still not allowed to run, but I should be running again by partway through the challenge. Since there's no point in just holding my breath until I'm running again, I'm moving my focus up - literally. This challenge will be mostly about weight loss through diet, climbing, and aerial exercise (my friends and I found a pole dancing fitness studio, and I'm stoked. Won't need a good foot for that! Plus it'll be the closest to dance I've been since I had to quit ballet/jazz/hip-hop a few years ago.) Before the broken foot drama of the past months, I was getting into really great shape and showing good results, and I want those back. Main Quest Lose weight. Goals 1. Diet: Cook about 1500 calories of healthy food every day instead of eating out (or cooking unhealthy food). 2. Up in the Air: attend and all 'aerial' classes each week. 1 rock climbing class, 1 pole dance class, & 1 practice session at the pole studio. 3. Back on the Road: go for a half hour walk twice a week until my foot is strong enough to run again, then restart C25K runs. Life Quest Start strong in school! Same as last time's life quest, I want to study for at least an hour every day. At first it will be really annoying, since as classes first start up, there wont be much to do, but maybe this way I'll be more on top of my classes from the get go, rather than letting projects and papers pile up. Before classes start, this hour will be spent reviewing Japanese. Measurements Height: 5'9" [not expecting that one to change, but it's a measurement, so there it is] Weight: 190 Waist: 31 Hips: 43.5 Grading Each goal will be graded weekly & be worth 1/3 of that week's total grade. My final grade will be the average of all six weeks + 5 points extra credit if I complete my Life Goal. I need to make at least a C+ (75%) to pass the challenge. I used to say 70% was fine, but I got that last time, and felt like I really hadn't passed the challenge. So I'm upping the passing threshold. Diet - out of 10 points on a day-to-day basis. 4 points for cooking (1 for breakfast, 1 for lunch, 2 for dinner), 2 points for staying under 100g of carbs, 4 points for staying under 1500 calories. The week will be the average of my daily grades. Up in the Air: Percentage of classes attended each week. Back on the Road: Percentage of walks/runs completed each week. EXCEPTIONS FOR GRADING: Any workouts and their accompanying stretch scheduled for days that I am sick or injured are excused. HANGOVERS DON'T COUNT. If I have an interview, or a career fair during a class, it may be replaced by either CC or the abdominal 5 that day. Also, since classes dont start this week, I can replace the workouts with bodyweight workouts in my apartment until they do start. I will post my weekly grade every Sunday evening before bed, including my Life Quest grade for that week. Motivation At this point, I just want to get back to where I was. Once I'm there I can look forward again. I'm tired of moping around all the time and falling farther and farther behind in absolutely EVERYTHING. I'm tired of watching my hard-earned muscles melt back to flab. I'm tired of making excuses every time I order delivery or eat out. I want to feel good about where I'm at again and see myself make progress again. As for super-concrete motivation - I have rewards! Passing the challenge will earn me a workout clothes shopping spree! The amount will be based on my financial situation at the time. Right now, I could maybe afford a pair of socks, but maybe by the end of the challenge I'll have the money for something, haha. Attribute points will be assigned as follows, for a total of 15 possible points. DEX(max 3) - 1 point for doing light stretching before my workouts. Another point available by being able to sit cold splits by the end of the challenge. Final point for stretching on my rest days. STA(max 1) - 1 point for starting to run again. STR(max 2) - 1 point for completing at least 70% of my workouts, another point for completing 90-100%. CHA(max 2) - 1 point for every 5 pounds dropped (this will carry on from challenge to challenge. eg - if I lose 7 pounds this challenge, and then 3 next challenge, I will earn 1 CHA this challenge, and then another 1 CHA the next challenge for hitting the next 5 pounds.) I cannot gain more than 2 points each challenge, as that would mean I'm losing more than 2 pounds a week, which is not healthy. CON(max 3) - 1 point for maintaining my diet. 1 point for averaging at least 6 hours of sleep a night (use SleepCycle app to track). 1 point for not getting drunk more than once or twice a week. WIS(max 4) - 1 point for passing my Life Quest. Another point available for getting at least a 3.5 this semester. Another point achievable by hitting 4.0. Final point by finishing the book I'm on and starting another. Alright, I believe that's everything! Thoughts?