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Well I’m back again. After an extended break where I basically gained the weight of 2 small children, I’m throwing myself back into this community. If you see my joined date, you can tell that I’ve been around for a long time, but I haven’t been back here in a few years. I need a complete overhaul of my lifestyle. I can’t keep with the status quo anymore. I’m extremely unfit, even compared to this time last year. I get basically no exercise during the day, and I’m now at the point where the only thing I can wear is maxi dresses (or mu-mus if we want to categorize it that way). I’ve made some small changes so far this week. Husband and I have set up a dedicated area under our patio, with flooring and weights, so we have no excuse there. And being summer its hot during the day (I live in Western Australia, we’ve had 40+ degree Celsius days for most of the last week), but its still bright in the evening, which is perfect time for us to do workouts. Here are my stats. Age: 31 (32 in Feb). Height: 168cm Weight: 163kgs. So yeah, that number is pretty horrific to me. Last night we managed to get in a bit of a strength training workout, and I was shocked by how little I was able to manage. We will be making changes to the plan so we do it in a circuit, rather than a lot of reps of one exercise, right after another. Everytime I restart, I say my goal weight is 100kgs. This time it seems so unachievable this time around. BUT if I break it down into 1kg a week, then it would take me just over a year to get there. With that in mind, my goal is to get down to 110kgs by the end of the year – a 50kg loss. I’m going to start breaking it down into chunks though. 6 weeks, 5kg. That should be doable. I am half way through week 1 and I haven’t done much this week, so I’m giving myself 6 weeks to do the 5kgs. Due to my size, doing a huge amount of exercise will be a struggle, so there will definitely be a push on nutrition. This is just step 1. I’m trying not to do too much too quickly, but even that first step is something.

Howdy from a long-time member! I joined almost ten years ago (Wow!), plugged along in a few challenges, succumbed to physical ailments and couldn't keep up, had a major but private (meaning I didn't share it w/NF) respawn event back in 2016, made peace with reality, and let my life be my fitness routine. I became a full-time RVer, spent a LOT of time outside, and occasionally worked really hard. The latest episode of working hard was this summer as a seasonal grocery store stocker. I got to lift lots of really heavy stuff and even climbed/descended 16 stairs carrying heavy stuff. This did amazing things to my body. When the job ended, I didn't want to lose all that strength. This fall I developed a workout plan using old reliable NF resources (the blog, the Academy) and have been working out for 7 weeks straight, already. Cool! I don't know yet if I'm here to participate in challenges; that depends on a few things. While I'm very research-y and methodical and Must Achieve! by upbringing, what actually is sustainable for me is go-with-the-flow, adaptability, wait-and-see, and don't set the bar too high. In fact, throw the bar away completely, and be amazed and surprised at whatever happens. I think this is why challenges have become counterproductive in the past. Not ruling them out forever, but I'm not making any declarations, either. But I hope to be poking around the old threads or asking questions. More specifics (and even more words, 'cause that's the kind of nerd I am) over in the 'About Me' section of my profile. And I am overjoyed to report that my back healed, and wonder of wonders, I am able to do amazing things like jumping jacks and [rope-less] jump rope and even sprinting/running whenever I want to without fear of my body breaking in the middle. WIN.