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Heya! I'm a 24- years old girl from Finland, traveling trough south Spain (Malaga, Sevilla) and trough Portugal (Faro, Lisboa, Sintra, don't know which other places yet) during this challenge (and maybe the next one). Decided to come back to do a NF -challenge to keep myself accountable, and hopefully meet awesome people to meet in person now or later on I've had some huge changes in my life and world view during the previous years. I used to focus on playing computer a lot. Now (even though games still are awesome) am gravitating more into nature, meditation, shamanism, in person connections, writing, dreams etc. I am a beginner student of yoga and tantra. Meditation is something I've done weekly for a year (and sporadically earlier). This travel I am making is a trip I take as a journey deep inside. This challenge is mainly a way for me to direct the flow of my energy to that direction, to enjoy life, connections and the world on a deeper level, even when pressured. Inner Wisdom - Daily habits until the New Moon on 1st October My character I will get a mark for each day I complete the goal. I count the challenge completed, when I get 30 of those marks, even though the idea is to follow that on each day. Nutrition for the soul I eat only vegan food, free of glutein, soy, sugar, caffeine, alcohol. 30 xp This is a blend of spiritual reasons and health reasons. I am inspired by the article of Steve Pavlina that even a temporary trial will establish a pattern it's easier to come back to if needed. 70ish % of what I eat normally adheres to this, but when not at home I tend to go back to wheat-milk-meat, so making a resolution makes it easier to stay well. And it's part of my fast. I will be eating a lot of fresh vegetables, berries, nuts and seeds. Fruits too, trying to be sensitive how I feel with the fructose spikes. Greens. Spice and herbs and oils. And rice, quinoa, amaranth, oats, legumes. Flow with my body I exercise, with the focus in the sensations of my body, for at least 10 minutes daily. 20 xp I really love to dance, kayak, do yoga, walk in the nature.... but I tend to do them sporadically instead of as a routine, and forget about it when I focus on something else. A little bit every day, learning a routine to be in sync with my body while doing that, is a habit I want to establish. Calm to the mind I meditate daily for 10 minutes or more. 20 xp Time to take my meditation practice to personal level. Expressing the heart I journal daily. 15 xp. I may write as short or as long as I want, I will just pick up the pencil each day. Of my thoughts, feelings or actions. Of ideas or spiritual awakenings. Of sorrows or hard situations, anything. Connecting to the dreamworld I write nightly of my dreams. 15 xp I want to establish a deeper connection to my inner world, and have already with few days of dream journaling found that I remember them a lot better. It's a whole new world to discover I would love to connect with other beings Now I'm off to a writing workshop of inner dialog

Introduction: Hello ! I'm SchrodingersMinion and this is technically my second challenge , but I hadn't posted anything online last time on account of being a scaredycat so I'm going to treat this one as first I'm almost 22 years of age. 5'5" . Found NerdFitness a year ago , slapped myself figuratively and literally and got my fat arse in a humanoid shape by going from 243lbs to 145lbs ( it's 138lbs today..but 2lbs are whizzing in and out of my weight at all times ) I'm a weapons engineer by profession . I design weapons and dream of one day being dressed in a soldier's uniform instead of an engineer's jumpsuit. I've lost 100bs of all the extra I had accumulated and I figure now is the time to go from 'making sure you still have a body underneath all that fat and laziness' to 'sculpting a fine body' . I've to loose 5-7 lbs more to be the perfect weight for my body and though I am now a funsized human being ,and my legs are toned-ish because of all the running I did in order to loose the weight... but the arms , the arms are just...pudgy , for the lack of a better word . So , I'm looking to tone that shiz . Main Quest: Go from being a non-combatant weapons expert to a combatant weapons expert. Kick some ass ! Quest 1: Upper Body workout at the gym 25 minutes a day, 4 days a week in addition to current routine. I don't do anything major except 1 kg dumbells at the moment because I wasn't done being an ignorant twit. So , I'm going to research and figure out exactly what I will do in my workout before Jan 5 , so I hit the ground running on this one too Note to Self : Do not forget leg day though . Measurement: A = 25 min for 25 days, B = 15 min, 20 days, C = 15 min, anything lesser than 20 days. Reward: A = +3 STA, +2 STR, B = +2 STA, +1 STR, C = +1 STA Quest 2: I've been eating completely paleo for the past year except for a pro-biotic drink that I take thrice a week. I want to make the meals more balanced .. eg, currently I eat 1 bowl Broccoli/ Zucchini salad+ 1 roasted tomato / some cabbage + 1 tiny tiiinnnyy slice of meat because I am scared of carbs. But , I know there are good carbs ! And I know that digestion is slowly becoming an issue because of the stupid amount of fibre I eat , so I want to include more of carbs and white meat in my diet . Have goggled recipes , bought ingredients . Ready to rumble . And I'm going to get over this lame ass paranoia. Eat actual balanced meals for the whole challenge. Instagram each meal for added accountability . I normally eat 3 times a day , don't really snack unless I have skipped a meal . Measurement: A = 40 balanced meals, B = 30+ balanced meals , C = 20+ balanced meals Reward: A = +3 CON, B = +2CON, C = +1 CON Quest 3: I've planned a training schedule of 6 days a week: hills, on-pace run, easy day..when it's leg day at the gym, and long-slow run/hike. It starts simple and extends the long run and on-pace run time through out the six weeks in order to build more endurance. Gotta stick to the plan ! Measurement: A = 36 days; B = 30 days, C = 20 days Reward: A = +3 WIS, +2 CON, B = +2WIS, +1 CON, C = +1WIS Life Quest: This one is a tad bit emtional , if you have come here to support me ( Thank you btw !! ) but aren't fond of reading " I'mma a hot mess " kind of posts , I would skip reading this quest Right , this is a little bit of TMI territory , my boyfriend ( of 1 year and 7 months now ) asked me to mary him 5 months ago , but I was going through a particularly difficult phase in the weightloss , had serious self esteem issues , was being a borderline controlfreak with what I ate ( the whole NO CARBS EVERRRR , thing ) , had still not gotten over being rejected for my dream job , was secretly a jealous diva ( probably because of the self esteem thing ) ...basically was the same shitty person , just in a 70lbs slimmer body . And he did not deserve that kind of negativity in his life , and I needed to learn to be a goddamn human being , and long story short I said NO , and he said , " Okay then . We're going to wait till you are comfortable with marriage as well . And you will ask me this time around, and I'll be waiting ." That was bloody saintly of him , and the stupidly gorgeous ring he got me sits there on his dresser and he hasn't ever EVER bought that up again and been a absolute peach and well... I am ready and I am going to ask him ! So , I have saved up for the perfect proposal . I have bought the ring , booked the telescope time etc. January 10 , 2015 ( my birthday btw ) is the date . And I have no idea why this dork has stuck around through the horror , but it's about damn time he gets rewarded for the shit he went through . Measurement: A = Did it ! , F = Damn Woman. Reward: A = +3.5 CHA, F = Yo , somebody needs to slap some sense into ya thick head. Just a tiny bit of extra background , in my culture a maximum of one month is allowed between getting engaged and getting married . Yay! for orthodox ideals , innit ? Added pressure for everyone! Motivation: I'm moving to Finland in April and I want to take along my geek of a husband with me then. ( Don't worry , he had already searched for his own lifestlye options there 5 months ago . I'm guessing we will reanimate those and find similar things provided I am not a freaking twit this time around as well . ) P.S : I apologize if the English is tad bit puerile , I know there cannot be a valid excuse , but all of these goals incite a gamut of emotions in me. It'll get better as the challenge goes along , pinky promise. P.S.S : Aeroplanes in the title refers to a 600 hour Flight School Certification Course I'm doing right now , as part of training before I move to my new job. I re-read the post and realized I hadn't referred to it at all. Going to Flight School is basically what I do during the day.

Hello All ! I've been a looonnggg time lurker , first time post(poster?) now. I'm hoping I don't break any protocol rules here.. but I figured it might be better to post than not to ! And away we go.. I'm 22 years of age. 5'4" . Got *GROSSLY* obese over a period of around 4 years post 14~15 years of age after I qualified for a premier engineering institute ( have always been a little pudgy , gained all that extra weight due to a lot of sitting on my arse and studying and being an egotistical little chump and not going out to even hang out with people , forget getting in my weekly exercise .) I call this the POMPOUS PEAK point in my life Found NF exactly a year ago today. Not that just finding the website was enough motivation for my triflin' ass appetite and laziness. I graduated with a weapons engineer degree ( Bachelors degree is considered graduation in my country , India btw. ) in the top 5 of my class but got rejected in a ..shall we say humiliating .. yep , extremely humiliating manner at the physical test when I applied to my dream job. We were supposed to run 7 km , I was wheezing like the oxygen had been drained out of the air by 1 km itself. Cried my broken heart ( more like broken ego) out for a week a.k.a the CRYBABY REVOLUTION. Then slapped myself figuratively and literally and got to getting my fat arse in shape. I have been doing a lot of running around. Apart from designated ' exercise time' , have been leaving my car at home and walking to places within 2 km of my place. Cycling to places within 10 km. Taking the car to places further off from that. Threw away all the junk food the night of the CRYBABY REVOLUTION in my life . Haven't eaten any for the last year except 3 slices of cake .. one for my birthday , one for my parent's anniversary , one for my grandmother's birthday. I went completely paleo for 8 months , post which I have been incorporating cottage cheese and a drugstore-variety probiotic drink . I did a 'Nature Trail' 4 months ago. 5 km. Walked , didn't run . Came in last. Took 95 mintues extra after the runner before me. But I wasn't wheezing ! At all. Did a Lake Trail run last monday. 11 km. Walked ( Power walked.. or fast-walked would be a better term) the first 5 km . Ran the next 6. Came in 27th ( Total of 50 runners.) I've gifted myself a gym membership today. Worked out a plan that has lifting , cardio and yoga in it , haven't hired a personal trainer or anything like that yet , want to give it a shot on my own . Will still stick to running nature trails plus this. Just won't be running more than 4km everyday. For starters . I'm not sure if we are supposed to post about our emotional development as well...but I'm going to write it down . I'll edit it out immediately if it's not supposed to be posted . Just let me know . Anywho .. have apologised to my friends who I dumped so unceremoniously at the pompous peak . I must've done something really good in my previous lives because they were gracious enough to not only take me back but to be an active part of my daily workout routine ! Almost all of them are running alongside me ( though majority of them are waaayyyyy faster than I am. ) We all take turns organising hiking trips every weekend. Found my dapper , supportive and most importantly super-nerdy boyfriend amongst all the reconnection. My relationship with my parents has improved tremendously as well. Especially since I have taken the ardous task of cooking for all of us off my lovely mother's hands. Adopted Tarrant , who is the cutest , most supportive and hyperactive dog to have ever existed , hands down . Bonus point .. have somehow managed to develop a sense of humor . Went from being Snobby McSnob to Scobby Doo. I quite like being Scobby Doo Posting here was a sort of catharsis for me . And I would love to know your opinion on what else I could add to my routine/ or change in it. P.S. I will be moving to Finland in September 2015 . I have noticed there aren't that many Indian NFers , but if any are in Finland ( or anywhere a train ride away) .. I look forward to connecting with you ! TL;DR : Lost around 100 lbs by changing my diet and running , running and more running.Went from being a pompous crybaby to a decent human being.Getting closer to my dream job.Would love to hear whatever advice you want to give.Still trying to find the courage to post my timeline of weightloss , will do that soon ! P.S.S : Just re-read the post , and I realise I forgot to mention..I'm female