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hi everyone! this is my first challenge as an adventurer and my comeback after an epic fail.....glad to be back! Ive been fighting a major depression and quit my former career as a freelancing socialworker. Now I just started working parttime as a teacher for cello at a music school. ( being a classical musician was my first career during my 20s. I hadnt touched the Cello for almost 20 years) After being at home for months it will be important for me to find a new structure and to fit working for my goals into the day without being overwhelmed. Main Goal: LOSE WEIGHT/GET FIT ( Starting weight: 125kg currently: 102,9 kg. Goal: 80kg ) for this challenge I will have 4 action goals: RUN FROM DEPRESSION run a 5k race on mai 10th and get to the finishline in under 40 minutes. GET STRONG read The New Rules of Lifting for Women and complete stage 1. LOSE IT eat according to plan GET STUFF DONE write a detailed plan for each day to get work, fitness, practising Cello, meals and fun organized will add more details soon. cheers! run away from Depression/ get strong for the first two goals i made a workout plan easing into lifting and prepping for the race at the same time. i will reflect after each week in case i need to adapt. each week counts as done or fail. the one workout ill do with a trainer is bootcamp. a mixture of crossfit and running which i started last summer. it is a hell of a workout and i want to keep it in my schedule. (will need to find a way to copy and paste my plan to this post..... i dont have word.....argghhhh) have finished reading the new rules of lifting book today. its awesome! week 1 monday: bootcamp or short run if trainer is taking time off ( school holidays) tuesday: rest wednesday: long run/ intervalls thursday: short run/sprints friday:rest saturday rest lose it means: to eat clean food, not over 1800 cal. ( i counted the meals on mfp this week and if i stick to the right portions i will lose). apart from a visit to a great bio- burger place on easter, im not eating out. i have followed an easy mealplan focusing on protein, not eating sugar ( apart from honey and fruit) and am steadily losing weight. so ill keep it. breakfast: two slices of wholewheat toast, butter and cheese or peanutbutter and honey, coffee with milk lunch: 500g yoghurt with berries and seeds snack: two hard boiled eggs, 30g cheese or protein shake dinner: salat or grilled veggies with added fish or meat ( chicken, steak) or hardboiled eggs or cheese 1 glass of dry wine after dinner Points are given per week and ill count my behavior ( not eating out, eating unprocessed food and portion size, not the number on the scale. exeption: if i have gained weight or not lost anything i will count the goal as fail after 6 weeks. get stuff done im working with google calendar to create a weekly plan every sunday of where i need to be and what has to be done. just started writing daily plans on paper with the details of the chores and times when to do them. it feels awesome and i want to make it a habit! i can do this! *waves exited*