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It's my first challenge here at Nerd Fitness! Yay! About Me: Age: 25 Sex: Lady Height: 5'4" Weight: 138 Race: Halfling/hobbit I've chosen to side with the assassins because I've always wanted to be that slim, strong, rock climber, gymnast kind of person. I'm making this a T-Rex challenge because that's how I feel my body is like right now; I have great muscular legs, and wimpy arms. Thus, my fitness goals are going to revolve around getting my upper body up to speed. Goal One: Fitness I can't do one, and I really really want to. If I can only do one at the end of this challenge, I'll be a happy T-rex. I also want to form a plan and stick to it. I'm really good at either going into the gym with no plan at all or making a plan and doing it for two days then quitting. Method: Following an adapted Nerd Fitness beginner body weight plan. Updating this thread daily with the results of my workout. M/W/F Performed as a circuit, as many times as I can handle 20 Body weight squats10 push ups (gradually decreasing incline)20 walking lunges10 dumbbell rows 30 second plank I cut the jumping jacks because I really really hate them, added time to the plank cause I'm awesome, and made the push ups incline because I want to get better at standard push ups (not girly knee ones). Always warming up before and stretching after! Seriously, I love stretching; it's the carrot on the end of the workout stick for me. T/TH Running/ Sprinting. I like the Zombies, Run! app. Mostly running out in the real world, but I'm willing to treadmill it up if it's rainy/stormy/uber humid out. I live in florida and it's getting to be summer, so I'll try to avoid heatstroke Sat/Sun Active recovery, rest. I have a 30ish minute Yoga Stretch Dvd that I love. Stats: +3 Strength +2 DEX +3 STA Goal Two: Nutrition! Seriously, I'm terrible at this. I don't have much of a sweet tooth, but I do love me some salty fried potatoes! Chips and alcohol are my two biggest trigger foods. I cannot buy a bag of tortilla chips and expect it to last more than a day. Method: Planning out my meals and not keeping trigger foods in the house. Four days at a time seems to work for me and it's really just me saying "that's when I'll cook this" and "that's when I'll eat those leftovers". If I try to do a whole week, it gets overwhelming. Maybe one day I'll track calories/nutrients, but for right now I just want to focus on forming good paleo/gluten free habits. Also, food tracking can take me into weird, disordered eating territory that I don't want to deal with right now. Stats: +2 CON +2 WIS Goal Three: Lifestyle This is really a collection of mini goals that don't really fit in nutrition or fitness; just little things and habits I want to build on. Method Getting my vitamin D on: 15 minutes of no sunscreen out door time a day. Keeping it clean: Staying on top of my dishes and clutter; Wiping down counters, cleaing dishes right after I cook, one put-things-away sweep a day. Also doing laundry before I run out of clean clothes. Read: I used to read a lot, but it's been slowly getting replaced by more and more computer time. 1 hour (at least) of reading a day! Put that scale away: Not weighing myself until after the challenge is over. None of my goals are really weight oriented, so I need to stop multiple times a day weighing. Stats: +2 CHA +1 WIS I just need to take it one day at a time and keep my eyes on the prize (and really stop using awful cliches).