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Mad Hatter Vs Elastigirl Rules; Start Date Thursday June 26, end Sun July 20 Track your food intake and meet your goals 5 out of 7 days (you have 2 days where you don't have to track but they may not both be on weekends and it is advised that they still remain close to your goal) since we are starting midweek, the tracking starts today, but no off days, so our max score for this week will be 4 Post your total days tracking for the previous week on Sunday/Monday The one with the least amount of points must pick a BW excercise they hate and do it for a large amount of reps in one day Elastigirl will do 50 burpess in one day At the end of the challenge, the one with the least amount of points (THE LOSER) will post a video of themselves standing on their head, citing the praises of the winner * since we are starting midweek, the tracking starts today, but no off days, so our max score for this week will be 4

I'm BACK!!! ^.^ I barely completed my last challenge, back in last July, and decided it was best to take a step back for a while. Even though I completed a challenge, nothing stuck. I gave up walking and trying to eat better. Everything. But I never stopped visiting so I figured it was time to give this another shot. Main Quest · Lose weight and get healthy. To feel happy with myself again. Goal 1: Food Tracking! (+3 WIS) Track what I eat each day. I know the things I need to change (breakfast!!). So I'm hoping by tracking each day, I'll help myself get away from the normal, carb-filled breakfasts of bagels and muffins. Goal 2: Eat more Veggies! (+4 CON) (+2 CON) This is a two part goal that I'm hoping to accomplish. Part one is adding more salads to my life. I love salad and it's an easy way to get more vegetables in.! I tend to get lazy nights/days and just make dinner and don't add a salad to my meal. Let's change this! I'm aiming to have 5 salads a week.(2 points for this part) I'm cutting the salad part out of this. I'll probably still eat them but it's not going to be a focused goal. It sounds stupid to me now. Not sure if I'll add anything in with this. Part two is cook with a new vegetable each week. Part of the problem I get with cooking is that I get tired of cooking with the same things. So this should help prevent that! I'll track what vegetables I try and if I like them or not. Will also add notes of trying it different ways to maybe make it better. (2 points for this part) Goal 3: Exercise! (+1 STR & +2 STA) I failed here last time. I made too many excuses. I'm still making excuses. BUT now, with this written out, I can be held accountable! Add movement to my day. (I have a desk job so I sit for long periods of time and it's frustrating. I end up with sore muscles most days. Sore, from sitting! Ugh...) The goal is to walk everyday at work. If not at work, I can take the puppy out when I get home. I also want to add in a body workout routine. This can should be done once or twice a week. Life Quest: Be an active forum member. (+5 CHA) (+3 CHA) This is to help me be a better communicator. I tend to stalk fellow rebels without leaving comments and supporting them. I can't want support without giving it. (Need to figure out how to grade this still.) I could use some help on the attribute points, I think this is set up decently enough. ^.^ If not, let me know. I lowered some of my attribute points. I believe I went too high with 2 of them.

Hello again! For this (my 4th) challenge, the main quest is still the same as before: getting healthy and strong. I'll still be working towards those pull-ups (ok, chin-ups first) 3x/week (Tue/Thu/Sat), and my basic routine will stay the same this time around: Bodyweight workouts on Mon/Wed/Fri, yoga class 1x / week. Goal 1: (Walk the) plank on non-BW days , 3x/week (+3 STR, +2 STA) If I can keep up the progression from the past weeks, I'll reach the starting point (5 x 8 negatives) for the Scooby "walk the plank" program during week #2 of this challenge. Yay! Since I need some rest between those sets, I'll continue doing side planks and wrist & elbow mobility during those periods. It has turned out to be a good combination over the past couple of weeks A: 3 WTP days / week => 18 WTP days total B: 2 WTP days / week => 12 - 17 WTP days total C: 1 WTP day / week => 6 - 11 WTP days total F: anything less If I miss a WTP day or two (I'll be traveling for a couple of days at the end of January, with no access to a suitable pull-up bar), I can try and make it up during the rest of the challenge to reach the desired total WTP days. Goal 2: Do at least 120 complete Turkish Get Ups OR 240 TGUs up to bridge and back in 6 weeks (+2 STR, +2 STA) I'm currently learning to do the TGU, and I find that practicing every day is both time consuming and also pretty taxing. I can't add TGU practice right after my strength exercises, so I will have to spread those out a bit. I'll only count complete TGUs, any other practice of specific steps will not count for the grades. Considering that my left knee is giving me increasing trouble right now, putting my weight on it repeatedly during TGUs seems like a really stupid idea. So, since the buggy thing seems to be set on being obnoxious, I'll have to revise this goal and simply leave out the parts where I put weight on my knees. The first part of the Get Up should be fine, up to the "bridge" stage (before I sweep the "off" leg under and behind, into what later becomes a lunge position). So on days when the knee is troublesome (or if the PT generally forbids putting that kind of stress on it), I'll just do the first half of the Get Ups - I'll just have to do twice as many... A: >= 20 complete TGUs / week, >= 120 TGUs total OR 40 half Get Ups / week, >= 240 half GUs total B: >= 16 complete TGUs / week, >= 96 TGUs total OR 32 half Get Ups / week, >= 192 half GUs total C: >= 12 complete TGUs / week, >= 72 TGUs total OR 24 half Get Ups / week, >= 144 half GUs total D: >= 8 complete TGUs / week, , >= 48 TGUs total OR 16 half Get Ups / week, >= 96 half GUs total F: anything less Goal 3: Have a closer look at my diet (+2 CON, +2 WIS) While regular exercise has not only become a habit, but fun, I think my nutrition could be better. I decided to start tracking at first. Just see what and how much I'm currently eating. I'm not confident that I can handle anything more right now, so tracking will have to do in the beginning. I'll decide how to go on from there after this challenge. In the past I have started several attempts to track, but I found it very cumbersome and usually gave up after a couple of days because I just couldn't be bothered. A: tracking 7x / week B: 5 - 6x / week C: 3 - 4x / week D: 1 - 2x / week F: no tracking at all Life goal: Finally get a good (!) job reference from my former employer (+1 WIS, +1 CHA) In our neck of the woods it is not only customary to get a reference from your former employer when you leave a job, but it is your legal right. I wouldn't care so much, if it weren't for the fact that many potential employers will take a close look at your references when they are looking for new hires. I would really, really love to finally check this off my list and just forget about the former job from heck. But I have been struggling with this for the past months. Not only did my former employer take almost six months (!) to finally get this reference done (they should have one ready on your last day of work!), it also contained formal errors, plus (adding insult to injury) - concerning some key phrases, or the lack thereof, it was a rather negative reference, and I believe I deserve a little better. I hate this haggling and I shouldn't have to do it, but I can't leave it at that. *sigh* A: formally correct reference with the additions I would like C: formally correct reference without any changes to the contents F: not an option. I need at least all the formal errors gone. Have a successful challenge, everyone! EDIT 07th Jan for the first Mini Quest.

Hello Rangers! I would like to join you for my second challenge. I got through most of the last challenge, but then life got in the way and I sort of dropped off the face of the earth. The last 2 weeks were rough. I think part of what was tough for me the last time around was goals that were a little too strict and didn't allow for real life. I'm going into my busy time at work (actually, it should almost exactly line up with this challenge!), so I will not have a lot of time over the next 6 weeks and I need to be realistic. I will be doing a lot of physical activity at work, but I won't have as much control over what I'm eating and I will have very little outside time for exercise. With that said, I'm going to try to make time for it. Most of the physical activity at work involves strength work (lifting heavy things, moving heavy equipment, etc.), so I'm going to not worry so much about lifting, but I don't want to backslide too much on my running and flexibility. SO! Here are my goals for this challenge: Main Quest: Stay healthy and in shape and get stronger. Goal 1: Get out for a 30+ minute run at least 1x a week. (2 DEX, 2 STA) I know this doesn't seem like much, but when I'm doing 10+ hours of physical labor every day, one run a week would be great. If I can do more, that would be awesome too. Grades: In order to track this goal, I will make each 30 - 60 minute run worth 10 points. 6 runs (one per week) will be worth 60 points. If I get an extra run in, it will be worth 5 points. Thus it is possible to make up some missed points if I do miss a run. If I get a short run in (20 minutes or so), it will be worth 3 points. Runs over 60 minutes will be worth an extra 5 points. A - 70+ points - Exceeded my goal! Got two running sessions in some weeks and got one run in every week. B - 60 - 69 points - Met my goal. Got one session in every week and maybe an extra one. C - 50 - 59 points - Ran most weeks. Missed one session. D - 40 - 49 points - Ran a few times. Missed two sessions. F - <40 points - Ran sporadically. Missed three or more sessions. Goal 2: Stretch (mostly my hamstrings) (3 DEX, 1 CON) This is a carry over from my last challenge. I was pretty good with it, but it was tough to really measure how much I was doing. Plus I didn't account for things like a yoga class, which lasts an hour and really limbers me up. Grades: To take these things into account, I will again use a point system. Every 5 minutes spent stretching will be worth 1 point. If I stretch for 10 minutes 5x a week, that means I get 10 points for the week. A 60 minute yoga class gives me 12 points. A - 70+ points - Got stretching sessions in ~5 days a week. Maybe got a yoga class or two in. B - 60 - 69 points - Got 5 10-minute stretching sessions in per week. C - 50 - 59 points - Got some good stretching in over the course of the challenge. D - 40 - 49 points - Stretched fairly consistently. F - <40 points - Stretched sporadically. Goal 3: Back on the (food tracking) wagon (3 CON, 1 WIS) I was really good about tracking food for several months, then I went camping and my parents visited and I imploded. I need to get back on the wagon and pay attention to what I'm eating. This is going to be hard with my work schedule, but I'll do my best. Grades: This one is pretty easy to track, since I can log on to myfitnesspal and see whether I've tracked. I'm giving myself 2 points for tracking everything for a day and 1 point for tracking some meals but not others. A - 75+ points - Tracked nearly every day, had a few days where I missed meals or didn't track. B - 70 - 74 points - Tracked regularly, had a few days (up to one a week) where I missed it. C - 60 - 69 points - Was pretty consistent with tracking, missed a couple days a week or was a little spotty with recording all my meals. D - 42 - 59 points - Tracked more than half the time, but was sloppy. F - <42 points - Tracked less than half the time. Life Side Quest: Don't be a slob! (2 WIS, 1 CHA) I set myself a crazy goal for doing housework the last time around. I kept the house relatively clean but still felt like a failure because I was trying to do a million chores a day. With work getting crazy, I will not have time to do that but I still want to keep the house nice. The other problem is that I didn't account for chores that take a long time vs. those that are really quick. With that said, I still want to keep my house nice and uncluttered. I will again use the point system to track this. Grades: Kind of like with the stretching, I will give myself 1 point for every 5 minutes I spend on housework, not counting cooking. My goal is 15 minutes a day, with a day off here and there. A - 90+ points - Got in 15 minutes a day, 5 days a week. B - 80 - 89 points - Didn't do as much as I'd hoped but still kept the house relatively clean. C - 70 - 79 points - Did some housework. Was somewhat consistent. D - 60 - 69 points - Well, at least I wasn't a total slob. F - <60 points - Was a total slob. OK, let's do this thing! Running Totals: As of 9/22/2013: Running: 10 points Stretching: 8 points Food Tracking: 14 points Cleaning: 11 points

Strength Workout [ started at july 30 ] Workout A | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 squats ................... 51 kg -- kg bench press .............. 31 kg 31 kg barbell row .............. 27 kg 27 kgWorkout B | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 squats ................... -- kgmilitary press ........... 22 kgdeadlift ................. 47 kgCurrent info [2013/july] BF 67 Kg | lbs 165 cm | inches Body/Diet goals 27% BF 25% BF 23% BF 20% BF 18% BF Fitness goals squats: 40 Kg / 50 Kg ~ achieved on July, 30th '13 / bench press: 26 Kg / 36 Kg / 41 Kg ~ achieved on July, 30th '13 / military press: 27 Kg / 32 Kg / 37 Kg deadlift: 37 Kg / 52 Kg / 67 Kg ~ achieved on August, 2nd '13 / press-ups: +25 / +50 / +75 do 1 chin-up without assistance do 1 pull-up without assistance to do a: 5K race ~ achieved on December, 31st '12 10K race 12-15K race half marathon duathlon marathon

(Name that roguelike, get a bunch of cooked lizards!) The interesting thing about the "unremarkable" dungeon is that it's really not unremarkable at all, but it certainly can feel that way. These goals aren't all that "special": watch what I eat, exercise regularly, and do something other than stare at a computer screen all day every day (and use that time in front a screen productively). Last challenge I think I tried to take on too little in terms of health/fitness and too much in terms of Real Life Improvement. Also, my birthday is near the end of this challenge. LET'S DO THIS. 1. Relentlessly track food: everything that isn't water or unsweetened tea that passes through my mouth should be recorded. I find that just keeping myself accountable tends to keep me in line in terms of goals - I don't eat huge enough meals to worry about the nitty-gritty of counting exactly how much rice I eat with my family, but if I'm not tracking that yes, I did eat many tiny chocolates today, that's where I go wrong. Tracking can be here or on my challenge Twitter, but I should be reporting here at the end of each day. +3 CON 2. Angry Birds three times a week, combined with Molding Mobility and Starting Stretching for their warmups and cooldowns. Self-explainatory. Deceptively simple. My body is ready. I did MM and SS regularly for a week last time as an Assassin Mini-Challenge and I'm ready for them to be part of my daily life. +3 STR +3 DEX Spreadsheet here. 3. Morning and evening skincare and dental care every day this challenge. Just like last time. +3 CHA 4. Do up to three productive things every day, and keep track. "Productive" can be two hours of studying for my actuarial exams, applying for a job, two hours of (learning to) script/code in SQL or Lua, or doing some major cleaning around the house: cleaning the bathrooms, deciding what in our bookshelves is worth getting rid of, thoroughly vacuuming both floors, the stairs, and thoroughly cleaning the vacuum machine itself afterwards, etc. (Tentative list here.) +3 WIS Other goals I'm not going to give myself points for but I'll track anyway: do all the Assassin Mini-challenges, record for my Youtube channel at least once a week, finish my fanfic for the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure reverse bang challenge, lead and/or edit an episode of Roguelike Radio, and do more research for my future marine ecology/evolution themed roguelike (yes this is going to be a thing and it's gonna be awesome).

This is my first challenge. This princess spent too much time in the pub and the kitchen and became a little soft. My lack of discipline has been holding me back physically AND mentally and now that there is an heir to the Wonderpants throne, I have to set an example as well as be fit enough to keep up with him. Today I have managed to keep my caffeine intake more than usual and actually drink WATER. I've been dehydrated for as long as I can remember. I'm at my 6th glass of water today and if I can do 2 more by dinnertime, I get my reward of Cherry Coke Zero. Cutting sugar out of my diet caused me physical and mental depression that lasted about a week. I had no idea how much I had a sweet tooth and how hard it would be to keep it at bay. Diet pop isn't the greatest but it's the closest to dessert I can have, besides the one grapefruit I will allow myself after dinner. So far today: 1 lamb and mint sausage link, 1/4c red kidney beans, 3 tbsp coleslaw (homemade with my own homemade mayo. no dairy or shelf stabilizers) About 1/2c pulled pork with 1 cup kidney beans and a few tbsp bbq sauce. Finished the leftover coleslaw. (this entire meal was leftovers. I'm all about finishing the leftovers) 3 small slices of fig salami and 2 carrots. I've had 2 cups of coffee with less than 1 tbsp heavy cream in each cup My dinner plan is Thai-Style Chicken soup with a side of edamame. I've started cooking with coconut oil and will be using this in place of the veggie oil that the recipe asks for. Activity: According to my Fitbit I have walked 8320 steps since 8:30am. I've taken 18 flights of stairs and walked 3.31mi. I did the KB exercises today. 3 sets of 35. I'm still only at 10lbs but getting there slowly. For work, I am on my feet most of the day. I have been doing chores around the house all day long and took my son out for about 30 minutes of walking. I expect to meet my daily goal of 10,000 steps by bedtime once this break is over and I go back to my regular tasks. There will also be a few more flights of stairs since I'm not done with the laundry and the machines are downstairs. I would have walked longer but this extra water intake makes my bladder so full and I had to come home and pee after 30 minutes. I plan on setting aside at least 30 minutes of Paper Mario Sticker Star before bedtime so I can relax yet keep my brain a bit active.

This is Kiwi reporting for duty - Im a New Zealand Girl, but travel a lot for work and adventure. Im a Scout and am currently undertaking my third NF challenge. As part of this challenge Im tracking what I eat everyday - also running in my trusty vibrams, planking like a boss and attempting to not procrastinate so much! So here I am - I have no intention of tracking calories etc this is just for observation at this stage to I can make small tweaks and learn what I can improve on.

So, I did moderately okay (read: severely average) on my first challenge, but I did finish it and I'm back at it again. Most of my success last challenge was on the exercise portion of my goals (running, really), so this time around I'm really going to focus in on changing my diet through a couple steps. First: Track all the things. [+2 WIS, +2 CON] I will be using MFP to track calories and macronutrients to ensure I'm getting the right amount daily. Using this article, my diet goals are (roughly) as follows: Calories - 1300, Protein - 110g, Carbs - 80g, Fats - 60g. Second: Control your drinking, woman! [+2 WIS, +2 CON] This goal is twofold. First, I will be making sure I'm drinking enough water throughout the day, with a total goal of 96 oz. a day. I think we all know the health benefits of being properly hydrated, so I won't get into that. The second part is that I will limit myself to three alcoholic beverages a night, only twice a week. This is going to be the hard one, being a waitress that works nights; drinking is part of our culture. Also, since I'm staying conscious of carbs and calorie intake, I'm going to have to be extra careful on those days. Likely I won't be drinking anything other than wine or vodka-sodas for the next six weeks. Then we get into the other stuff: Third: Exercise. Just do it <insert Nike swoosh>. [+2 STR, +2 STA] Pretty simple. Keep up with my workout plan. Mon - run, Tues - weights, Wed - sprints, Thurs - weights, Fri - run, Sat - bonus weights (optional). As long as I exercise five times a week, every week, I win! Fourth: Clean your damn room. [+1 WIS, +1 CHA, +1 CON] Well, really your whole damn house. When I get really busy with work, and school, and working out, and having a life, I tend to stop cleaning. I also live with a boy, who by his nature doesn't clean. I also have a dog and two cats, who not only don't clean but also make lots of messes. Come to think of it, so does the boy. Do one significant cleaning thing a day, whether it's a load of laundry (which includes putting it away, slacker), load of dishes, picking up a room, washing the dog, etc. Doesn't have to be huge, or take long, but it has to be done. The attribute points seem a little funny, but I swear there's a reason. Wisdom seems pretty obvious, Charisma is so I can have a clean house to have guests over, and Constitution because having a cleaner house will reduce my stress which will make me more healthy, less prone to getting sick. Starting Line Measurements: Bust: 36'' Waist: 30.5'' Hip: 41.5'' Thigh: 24'' Arm: 12'' Weight: 150 lbs. Cleaning Chores (not all need to be completed by end of six weeks, but just to give me some direction): Daily Maintenance Dishes Laundry Trash Clean litter boxes Weekly Maintenance Dust/Sweep Clean snake tank/feed snake Wash dog Random Chores Organize jewelry (ordered over-the-door full length mirror with jewelry armoire inside today) Organize closet/shoes - bag unwanted stuff to donate Buy decent dresser for bedroom Pack up things for donation - drop off Organize bookshelf/DVDs/games in "Baby Weird Room" (we have these two too-big-to-be-closets but too-small-to-be-rooms areas in the house: "The Weird Room" and the "Baby Weird Room" -- pretty much storage space) Deep clean kitchen - reorganize cabinets - scrub counters - scrub floor Projects Empty file cabinet - get hanging file folders - organize important documents in files -- If BF keeps being funky about letting me use the file cabinet for files, go buy my own file cabinet Build wooden cover for pool table (so cats will stop peeing on it!) Build shelves in hall closet for toiletries/linens Clean and prep back yard to plant herbs and veggies And we're off!

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