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Hey there, Adventurers! It's been, what, a year? Two even?? And my physique sure shows! After my demotivating 7-month-long plateau, I stopped logging in and started a "maintenence" period with a halfassed fitness schedule -- which, when not maintaining a food log, roughly translates to "lol let's gain like 40 pounds back". Yyyep. A few months ago, an old friend contacted me in hopes of losing weight together. We haven't worked out together for a month or two (I need to text her! Why am I ignoring a potential squadmember!), but our efforts kickstarted me back into the fitness lifestyle and I'm down 17 lbs, inching my way closer to my goals once again! I remembered how much I loved NF, and after lurking a bit, I'd like to dive back in! I don't feel like waiting for the next challenge, so I'll use the remainder of this one as a springboard! Stats: F/20/5'8" Starting weight: 226 Lowest weight: 164 Restart weight: 198 Current weight: 181 Goal weight: Hella jacked Main Quest: Aesthetic-wise, I've been obese my entire life... now I want to be muscular! Fitness-wise, I have two things: I want to be a skilled poi dancer. This will require a lot of practice, endurance, flexibility, and hitting myself! I also want mastery of my body. "Mastery of my body" has a lot of interpretations, but to me, it means I have the strength and flexibility to do all sorts of things -- pull ups, spontaneous handstands, climbing stuff, balancing on stuff, etc... Fun, skill-oriented things my body has prevented me from being able to do! So, without further ado... Let's hop back to it! ~Rhyme's respawn half-challenge~ Diet goal: Stop sneaking bites of junk! I have a bad habit of nibbling on junk food because "it's only a bite, I don't have to log it!". Eventually this turns into "Uuuh I bet that entire family-sized bag of Doritos was probably like 200 calories, I guess I can log that in..." *pushes this morning's food log under the bed* Anyway, that needs to stop! If I really want junk food, I have to weigh out a portion and log it in before I eat it. I'm super lazy, so this is typically enough to deter me! If I want to sneak bites of something without logging it in, I better be in the mood for spinach or berries! Fitness goal: Work out three times a week! I've been working out pretty steadily, once every other week or so! ...No? Not buying it? Okay.jpg Let's up the ante a bit! "Work out" can mean anything active; for me, this typically means a fuckaronditis version of Stronglifts, but going on a walk counts, too. However, there is one thing I won't count towards this goal: Fitness goal: Work on poi fundamentals three times a week! I spin poi pretty often, but I tend to stick with things I know. I'd really like to get better so I can do more free flow. I'll start by working on some fundamentals, namely, planes and reels. There's no particular skill goal this time, just work on it three times a week! Life side-quest: Get to work on finals! I have a tendency of put off things I don't want to do in hopes of enjoying my free time instead... but then my free time is tainted with the anxiety of my looming responsibilities. This is especially true during finals week. No more! This time, I want to be prepared. Let's get things ready AHEAD of time. No more sleepless nights! For this challenge I will work on something related to classwork every day! Life side-quest: Get to know the Rebellion! Guys, I have a confession. I have a terrible, terrible lurking habit. I, like, never post on websites I browse. EVER. One of my previous challenges involved forcing myself to post, and it made a noticeable difference -- I had a LOT more fun than when I posted whenever I felt like it! I'd like to recreate that result and make myself more accountable to boot. For this challenge, I will post at least once a day! Time to get outside now -- the weather is great and there are walks to be had!

Well, I haven't made a post since June. Long time! I've had a great summer, started my first semester at my new college, have a 4.0, and finally have my last week next week! I've been thinking for such a long time about how I really need to get back into the swing of things - I have 5 weeks off so there's no excuse I could possibly throw myself. My goals are simple, and they're just to get back on the bandwagon, be active for at least 30 minutes a day, and be mindful of what I'm shoving in my mouth. I bought myself some stuff on black Friday to help me out and it should be coming in tomorrow - new exercise clothes, a new mat, shoes - I'm hyped and ready!