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First of all, I passed my Nerdiversary! Go me! BUT I failed miserably at the practice PARE. In a sad, pathetic way. I gave myself a day to be emotional about, and that was yesterday. So today, I have a plan. Like in the Dragon Age game series, you have different options for your character and I think I need to go to the drawing board and make myself into the character I'd like to play as. I need to work on getting my weight down. I need to increase my strength for push/pull and carry. I need to improve my VO2 Max. I need to work on stairs. I want to improve flexibility. So here I am, almost always a Rogue (in the assassin guild, this should surprise NO ONE). With that in mind I need to improve on the following skills: Potion Making (Poison and Herb lore) Also known as food in my world. So... starting today no alcohol, no bread/rice/potatoes, as little dairy as possible. Basically as close to Paleo as I ever can get. And I really need to track this shit. Dual Weild This is where I need to start working on being a better Rogue. So I need to increase cardio because damn, the PARE was a slap in the face. Also, going to start doing stair running daily. With my regular workouts and some flexibility work in there as well. Recruit Companions So I don't go insane, I still need my party banter. Here is where I will continue to work on writing anything daily, and try to make a point to do something relaxing every week. Gearing Up Not sure how to explain this one yet.... I have a schedule of workouts. I have locations where I can workout.. I have a food tracker, and portion control cups. I feel like I need to get hardcore disciplined on recording what I am doing though. So contemplating a fitness tracker/monitor thingy. Any suggestions? I want one that tracks my daily calorie burn, not just one I turn on for workouts. Maybe even one that can track sleep patterns because that'd just be cool.

Oh yeah baby, A Dragon Age theme. It seemed appropriate given what I plan to do to myself this month...... Durable like a Warrior Train to run the PARE On Feb 28 I run my practice PARE test. This will tell me how close I am to actually passing it (if I don’t actually pass it during the practice run). Then I either go ahead and run it for real soon after, or develop a 3 month plan to GET me there. Cardio 4 times a week Weight Training 4 times a week Grounded and Centered like a Mage Act like a responsible Adult Feeling in control of my environment helps me feel like I’m in control of my headspace too, and vice versa. Get a chore list set up for both myself AND the husband to check off tasks (use colourful markers) Kitchen (fridge, dishes, floor, COOKING) Bathroom (toilet, tub, sink, floors) Vacu-dust (living room) Garbage run (kitchen, bathroom, cat litter) Don't be Oghren....just don't. Eat to live Follow portion set up and food lists, I get 4 units of veggies, 3 units of fruit, 5 units of protein, 3 units of carbs, 1 unit of healthy fats, 1 unit of nuts/seeds, and 4 units of healthy condiments. Use wisely (note: I will purposefully underutilize carbs and over utilize veggies, that’s allowed because otherwise I will over utilize carbs) Record food habits Prep food in advance to make life easier Control alcohol intake Limit mindless eating Mastery of the Rogue Practice and Consistency Not being good at something is allowed, but not working on getting better at it isn’t. All of these things will help me and I need to work on doing them. Work on shoulder/body flexibility DAILY Work on chin up, handstand, pistol squat weekly Work on writing everyday, even if it’s garbage Progress pics and measurements at beginning and end ONLY

APPARENTLY I STARTED THIS IN THE LAST CHALLENGE THREAD OOOPS. FML LINK OVER TO THE PROPER ONE HERE http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/77881-trewest-and-the-grind-quest/ Oh yeah baby, A Dragon Age theme. It seemed appropriate given what I plan to do to myself this month...... Durable like a Warrior Train to run the PARE On Feb 28 I run my practice PARE test. This will tell me how close I am to actually passing it (if I don’t actually pass it during the practice run). Then I either go ahead and run it for real soon after, or develop a 3 month plan to GET me there. Cardio 4 times a week Weight Training 4 times a week Grounded and Centered like a Mage Act like a responsible Adult Feeling in control of my environment helps me feel like I’m in control of my headspace too, and vice versa. Get a chore list set up for both myself AND the husband to check off tasks (use colourful markers) Kitchen (fridge, dishes, floor, COOKING) Bathroom (toilet, tub, sink, floors) Vacu-dust (living room) Garbage run (kitchen, bathroom, cat litter) Don't be Oghren....just don't. Eat to live Follow portion set up and food lists, I get 4 units of veggies, 3 units of fruit, 5 units of protein, 3 units of carbs, 1 unit of healthy fats, 1 unit of nuts/seeds, and 4 units of healthy condiments. Use wisely (note: I will purposefully underutilize carbs and over utilize veggies, that’s allowed because otherwise I will over utilize carbs) Record food habits Prep food in advance to make life easier Control alcohol intake Limit mindless eating Mastery of the Rogue Practice and Consistency Not being good at something is allowed, but not working on getting better at it isn’t. All of these things will help me and I need to work on doing them. Work on shoulder/body flexibility DAILY Work on chin up, handstand, pistol squat weekly Work on writing everyday, even if it’s garbage Progress pics and measurements at beginning and end ONLY