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Hi All, I have been reading the blog and the newsletters for over a year now, but I've never joined a challenge. Today, the newsletter popped up in my inbox right after I got done having a conversation with a friend about getting back into my workout routine. So here I go. I'm joining the nerd fitness rebellion My main quest: Be about 20 lbs lighter with a balanced workout routine that involves Yoga, Lifting Heavy, and some fun movement. 3 sub goals for the next 6 weeks: 1. lift 2x a week 2. yoga at least 1x a week (and handstand practice) 3. walk or do a workout video of choice 1x a week Life goal: meditate at least 3 times a week I am a mother of 2 and a full time teacher. The past year I have taught myself web development and I will be switching careers in June. While I have been busy geeking out on my computer, I have lost my routine of working out. It's time to get that back. The next 6 weeks will be crazy busy while I balance teaching as well as projects for my new employer. I'm hoping joining the "rebellion" will keep me motivated and accountable. Rhoda

I just finished an amazing game on my playstation, so what better way to fill the now gaping hole in my life than with my own game! First things first, my diet is horrible. HORRIBLE. I have been training for about a year now, but you can't out train bad nutrition. So my goals (main and otherwise) will all be focused on my diet. Here we go: My main goal, is to cosplay Artemis from Young Justice for our next pop-culture convention, Supanova. (of April next year) Her outfit has no middle section, and she is a female superhero. Say no more =_= I'm really going to have to focus on my tummy, and get those abs back! Let's just not talk about her hip flexors please... I'd imagine my smaller, week-to-week goals would be along the lines of actually eating some veggies with my meals, (at least 5 days a week, as opposed to no days a week), Cutting out soft drinks again, and of course, training at least five times a week. No more of this half *ssed rubbish that I've been trying to pass off as training recently, but proper hardcore sessions. And I have to get my sugar intake back under control. So I will mull over what needs to be done, and confirm these smaller goals accordingly, to pave my way to superhero success! Just don't tell anyone I am the worst at archery...please...

Hey guys, Thiefzer0 here. I've lurked a while, and always take time to read Steves awesome e-mails/blog posts. Thought I would get on board with this challenge! First off, some about myself. I started trying to lose some weight back in Jan/Feb as yet another new years resolution except this year I found myself about 40+ lb. heavier than my ideal weight and I'd begun to really FEEL it. You guys know what I mean right? That feeling where you have noticably less energy, can't even WALK a flight of stairs without being winded, just a general feeling of being slothly and unwieldly (if those are words lol). So anyways, beginning of Feb. my girlfriend and I rather spontaneously broke up after trying to deal with multiple issues for months and months. We had been together almost 2 years. Anyways that was my breaking point, and decided rather than sinking into the pits, getting depressed, and letting myself go and risk losing everything (my home, my job, etc), I was going to pull it together, man up, and get things done. That was around the time I first found nerd fitness. No idea how, must've been aimless Googling as usual, but it was a breath of fresh air to me and reinforced ideas I was already beginning to grasp. Namely that fitness didn't HAVE to be this big scary intimidating thing reserved only for the "attractive" and "jocks". So I left work one day and went to our company gym and just sort of walked in, confused... but eager! It's been a heck of a journey, along the way I've met so many new friends, effectively rebuilding my social/support circle from the ground up with healthy, active, and supportive friends. My birthday was this past Sat (June 1) and my "uber" goal so to speak had been to get to 185, which I am happy to say I achieved! Total I have lost just over 30 lb. since I started, and dropped from 34% body fat to (last I checked, maybe lower now) 19%. ANYWAYS, enough with the long rambling intro... guess I could've posted that in another forum actually. Let's get to the meat of it, LE CHALLENGE! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Become a Ranger: My four goals are what I consider necessary to call myself a ranger, in the sense that I'll be in good enough shape to basically take on any challenge, and be equipped for most anything. To me that's the essence of the ranger class. Rangers are typically very self sufficient "solo" types, which suits me 100%. CURRENT STATS: Sex: Male Age: 32 Weight: 183 LB. BMI: 25.2 Body Fat: 19% Goal 1 (DIET): Eat at least 50% more VEGE's and LEAN meats each day, while cutting back carbs at LEAST 50%. Goal 2 (fitness): Pass the US Air Force BMT Physical Fitness Test and enlist in the Air Reserve (before I reach the age cutoff). A stretch goal for this is to achieve the "Warhawk" designation (extraordinary / highest standard) which requires: Run 2 miles in 13:30 minutes, 1.5 miles in 8:08, 75 pushups in 1 minute, 80 situps in 1 minute, and 10 pullups. This stretch seems ... well, like a HUGE STRETCH, and maybe a bit unrealistic given where I'm currently at. I HAVE HOPE! Goal 3 (related to goal 2): Do 5, 10 or (stretch goal) 20 pullups! Goal 4 (final stretch goal): Obtain body fat % in the single digits! MY PLAN: My plan is to start using MyFitnessPal daily (to let others help hold me accountable!!!) and record everything I eat, and all my fitness activity. I have been working SO HARD this year, and now it is time to STEP IT UP, and LEVEL UP! Going to try to find a plan to steadily build up pushup/situp capability daily, and start running (walking/jogging and building up) until I can sprint/run 1-2 miles. Not sure HOW I will do all this, I need you guys help! Other than that I don't know. I have been seeing a personal trainer for 3-4 months and my last day is this Friday, so now it's all in my hands. ANYWAYS, thanks for reading for those who did, and if you want to buddy up for this challenge e-mail me through the website or PM, or whatever. Thanks guys!!! ~thief