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I am back again, Challenge Number 3. Yep, first two were failures. First one was a spectacular crash and burn. Second one, I didn't quite make it, but am still functional ish. Challenge Number 3, the number one goal is to not be broken at the end of this challenge. This will take some doing as historically I fall apart after three to five weeks of steady PT. Goals are basic. RICE + stretch my feet to fight the planar fasciitis. This needs to happen daily. Run 3x week - end goal 8 min mile. Pushups and situps, 1 min - 40 pushups, 1 min 52 situps - do on run days. Pullups at the end of the workout. Where ever that gets me, it gets me. Walk the dog, twice a day, every day. Don't eat horribly. Little baby steps, stop stressing over eating etc and just win as often as I can. - Murphy's Roommate

I’ve got 9 weeks until the Super Spartan I signed up for. I am also moving to another country 3 days after that. So my main quest this challenge is going to be further preparing for the Super and I’ll have a little side quest of getting things done to prepare for my big move. It’s going to be crazy, I am going to be busy, time is going to fly by! Last challenge I had a rough go after the halfway point, it looked like this: Week 1: 87% Week 2: 87% Week 3: 80% Week 4: 40% Week 5: 53% Week 6: 67% So this challenge I am going to add an extra rule in order to hopefully motivate me to keep at it throughout weeks 4-6. I am going to have to a minimum of 80% each week in order to pass that week. If I don’t get 80% I fail and get nothing for that week. I think it will work because I love seeing my stat points increase. I also need to post notes everywhere to remind myself that if I don’t put in all the effort I won’t get the points. SO my goals this challenge…. 1. Workout 3x per week. (STR: 2 DEX:1) I am changing up my workouts a little this go round. I love Love LOVE lifting heavy things but I need more practice lifting and moving my own body around. Once I relocate I am 95% sure I won’t have access to (and won’t be able to afford) a gym and weights so I will have to get a bodyweight routine under way. Instead of only barbell training I am adding my pull ups back in as well as some serious burpee work! Oh and hand stand practice too!!! I will have to separate my workouts in to barbells and bodyweights because I don’t have time in the mornings for bodyweight stuff. AM – Squats & Deadlifts PM – Pull ups, Burpees, & Hand stands 2. Run 2x per week. (STA:2) I don’t overly enjoy lots of running but I still need to keep doing it in order to be able to run the Super. I’m dropping down to 2 runs per week and I am pretty sure all the burpees from goal 1 will add some extra conditioning too. I will be doing 1 hill sprint type run and 1 long trail run each week. 3. 6 cups VEGETABLES every day. (CON:2 CHA:2) I had a food goal last challenge and I sucked at it….mostly because it was too vague and I allowed myself to throw in too many ifs, ands, and buts. This time I am really simplifying it. I am not sure if 6 cups will be way too much so I may tweak this goal after a few weeks. The plan with this goal is to eat all the veggies first so that I will be satisfied enough not to want any other snacky crap later on. 4. Post in my NF Academy battle log 4x per week. (CHA:1 WIS:1) I love the NF Academy women and have been slacking on my interactions with that forum. I want to keep this a big part of my life because it is a huge motivation for me to keep conquering my goals. When I am actively participating in the forums I am very successful with my goals so this should be a win/win. And then to prepare for my big move…..(WIS:2) - Change all addresses so my mail doesn’t get lost - Sell my futon - Sell my truck...stupid truck sell!!! - Move my horse and my dog :’( - Get extra insurance - Pack/purge more crap This is all stuff that needs to get done and in order to motivate me to get it done sooner rather than later (when I will be panicking) I am going to give 1 point for every 3 things I get done. Mini Challenge: I am going to participate as much as possible as long as it isn’t interfering with my other goals. So here we go again! LETS DO THIS!!!! **Any suggestions, critiquing, and comments are appreciated**

Hello everyone, My name is Sandylion, and I am a lazy-person. Starting today, I am a recovering lazy-person. Last year in June I was super proud of who I was and how I looked. I was lifting heavy things, I was social, I looked good. Then some $h!t hit the fan, I got super depressed and started wallowing hard-core. Things have gotten better, a lot better, but I've lost so many good habits that made me happy. I am going to get them back! No more excuses. I have this habit of doing nothing, then attempting to do all of the things, then failing, and going back to doing nothing. Hence the lazy-person issue . So, here I am again and we are going to make this happen. Main Quest: Happy, Healthy, and Hot. Explanation: Build back habits lost in last bout of depression. Stop eating all of the craps that make me feel gross. Lose the 30-depression pounds. 3 Incredibly specific Goals: Happy- Don't die on habitrpg.com (I've got a whole bunch of daily habits on there) Healthy- Eat only my lunch at work. No chocolates, no Starbucks apple fritters, no cookies, or taffys or anything else that people bring in constantly. Hot- Follow the plan to do hand stands and do 1- 5 min work out every day. Or yoga, cause yoga is good. Side quest: Improve marital relations. Spend 1 hr 3 times a week with the DH just being couple-y . If I make this more complicated, I will give up.