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SECOND VERSE SAME AS THE FIRST! 1. Do physical therapy 2. Eat gluten free 3. Write good things BONUS - Do things THUMBS UP.

Although technically this is my... fifth challenge. I guess I just wanted to throw a Doctor Who reference in there what with the Regeneration and all. Second verse same as the first! 1. DO PHYSICAL THERAPY 2. EAT GLUTEN FREE 3. WRITE GOOD THINGS

So I thought about it means to be a successful assassin and found it covers many things. Endurance, strength, stamina and dexterity are obvious, but things like stealth and adaptability are also important. I decided to give myself a basic fitness test (no judgement, just want to know where I am starting) and as a result, I have determined the following goals. My first goal will focus on stamina. If the Zombie Hoards start coming, I need to be able to get away quickly and regroup. I want to be able to run (not walk or jog) a whole mile. If I manage to do this before the 4 weeks are up, I will work on improving my time. I would like to do this 5-7 times a week if possible. Week 1 run at least .25 of a mile walk/jog the restWeek 2 run at least .5 of a mile walk/jog the restWeek 3 run at least .75 of a mile, walk/jog the restWeek 4 run full mile= 3(STA) = 2.25(STA) = 1.5(STA) = .75 (STA)Next I need to work on my body strength and dexterity. If I need to climb the side of a mountain or navigate treacherous terrain after taking out the evil warlord, I need to be able to move. I worked with my physical therapist (dealing with a back injury) and developed the following workout. 3 Sets (Every morning for stretching) Trunk Rotation 10 times Bridge 10 times Spinal stretch, Hold for 15 seconds 3 times both sides Dog to Camel pose 10 timesKnee Planks, Work up to 2 min each setQuadriceps Stretch, Hold for 15 seconds 3 times both sides2 Sets Heal lifted squats with 16lb weight 10 times Over-the-Head weights with 10lbs 10 timesLateral shoulder raise with 8lbs 10 timesBoxers, 10 each side, 3lbsCurls with 8lbs 10 times= 5 days a week = 3(STR) & 3(DEX) = 4 days a week = 2.25(STR) & 2.25(DEX) = 3 days a week = 1.5(STR) & 1.5(DEX) = 2 Days a week = .75(STR) & .75(DEX)Let's face it, if my diet sucks, I won't be able to accomplish any of my physical challenges so I must take on the task of "Fruit (and Veggie) Ninja". I need to eat a total of at least 3 servings of fruits and veggies every day. (not to be confused with 3 servings of each, every day) = 6 days a week for both = 2(CON) = 5 days a week for both = 1.5(CON) = 4 days a week for both = 1(CON) = 3 days a week for both = .5(CON)Finally, what good is an assassin if they are only limited to basic English?! A truly successful assassin can travel and if necessary help our allies, so towards that end I will teach myself French. = 1 hour 6 days a week = 2(WIS) & 2(CHA) = 1 hour 5 days a week = 1.5(WIS) & 1.5(CHA) = 1 hour 4 days a week = 1(WIS) & 1(CHA) = 1 hour 3 days a week = .5(WIS) & .5(CHA)

For January I invoke my namesake the Roman Goddess Terra (AKA: Mother Earth and Gaia) DRAFT - but I wanted to get something posted ASAP!!! Create an amazing foundation! Mother Earth is a giver and provides us with so much, but she must take care of herself first! Exercise: BJJ >> 2-3 times a week. Conditioning (strength) class >> 2-3 times a week Foot care/yoga >> daily Skiing or walking will happen when the weather allows Other health related goals: Mostly Paleo eating with MFP logging. Sleep aim for 7+ hours per night Do something just for me... The craft room needs an overhaul so I can be productive in it!

Hi! I'm Raptron, gymnast, lifter and now pokétrainer extraordinnaire. My regimen of gymnastics, strength training, and now even cardio a few times a week has prepared me to take on the best and the brightest trainers in the region. Each week, I will have to fight the pokemon of a randomly generated trainer in order to progress through the tower and demonstrate my prowess in this elite competitive event. This challenge may or may not have been inspired heavily by the Assassin mini-challenges over the past months. LET'S FIGHT!!! Goal 1: Fill the Pokédex *Collect poképoses using the following chart *The pose cannot be collected until they are photographed/proven to exist Unfortunately, the League does not allow trainer fistfights as a substitute for pokemon battling. I will need to fill up my team and my stables with strong animal companions. I generated random numbers based on the Gold/Silver pokedex and have filled it up on the chart above. I will likely wind up adding some poses throughout the challenge if I find any particularly interesting ones. Given the layout of the challenge, I technically only need to have six in order to fight the trainer battles I'll be generating at the start of each week, but the more varied Pokemon I have at my disposal, the better, as there are some interesting power ups available below based on type! Goal 2: Train for all the elements *Floor exercise: dance elements + choreography and for full floor routine pick 2 types -- Powers up NORMAL, GHOST, GROUND, FAIRY, OR PSYCHIC *Uneven bars: any skills -- Powers up WATER, ICE, DARK, OR DRAGON *Balance beam: 3 of all skills -- Powers up BUG, POISON, GRASS, FIGHTING, OR ROCK *Vault: handsprings or half-ons -- Powers up FIRE, ELECTRIC, STEEL, OR FLYING Completing certain skills on each event shall allow me to choose a type that will be POWERED UP and do double damage for the next set of attacks from a Pokemon of that type. Pokemon that are strong against the trainer's type will benefit from 1.5 damage on top of the double damage they would already deal from being super effective for an impressive damage stack. These trainers won't have a chance! Goal 3: Attack with functional movements! *Pokemon Slot 1 -- Hip-realignment: Each PT exercise focused on hip realignment is an attack *Pokemon Slot 2 -- Hip flexor focus: Each PT exercise focused on reactivating/relaxing hip activation is an attack *Pokemon Slot 3 -- Back extensors: Any exercise without back extensor activation is an attack *Pokemon Slot 4 -- Glute targeting: Any glute-activation focused exercise is an attack *Pokemon Slot 5 -- End of motion splits: Exercises focused on active, end-of-range splits is an attack *Pokemon Slot 6 -- Each 10+ minutes of cardio is an attack Once I'm equipped with my Pokemon, each Pokemon slot can attack the trainer's Pokemon through specific moves! If that Pokemon is powered up, its attacks will do double damage. The first two slots are simple to make sure I have a good baseline of damage against any trainer that gets in my way because I need to work on my PT exercises daily, but if I want to finish them off quickly or generate a particularly hard battle, the other Pokemone will be able to chip in and really DISH. Goal 4: Recover with delicious Pokéfood *Each day of hitting protein will recover half an injured Pokemon's missing HP *Each day of hitting within the desired calorie range will recover half an injured Pokemon's missing HP Back-and-forth damage is an inevitable outcome of turn-based combat and I need to make sure my Pokemon don't faint on me. To do that, I'll have to nourish them appropriately! I haven't decided exactly how these fights are going to play out in terms of damage to my Pokemon + damage to the trainers', but there is always back-and-forth unless you manage to 1-shot them. I'll use some artistic license to add flare to these battles including who gets to start first, how many rounds of back and forth there are and how damage is issued. We'll see. Strap in because I'm going to take down anyone in my path and be the very best (haaaah)!

Hello! I'm Traaki, and this is my second challenge. I'm new to the Assassins (obviously) but looking forward to meeting more guildmates. Main Quest: I have some backlog of important stuff to take care of. I feel like I'm knocking it down, slowly, but I want to amp that up and have these issues dealt with by the end of this quest. In a few months, I'd like to be absolutely crushing my bodyweight workouts, and these quests will help me get there. Quest 1: Work on my dang knees. +4 CON +1 CON if completed before Week 3 As alluded to in my previous challenge, I've got a painful knee problem. I've seen a PT who said it was a tracking problem. I'd like to get a second opinion and start seriously working to fix this issue. I also hate making appointments. If I can get my knees in a functional state, I'll actually be able to do squats! And lunges! And ride my bike! And most importantly: I'll feel like a functioning human being again, instead of a decrepit horrible person. And ain't nobody got time for feeling like that. The steps required: Find a primary care doctor who takes my insurance.Make an appointment & get a referral.Go to the physical therapist. Do the dang exercises. Measurement: A+ = Do exercises for at least 3 weeks, A = Do exercises to help my knees, B = Go to the physical therapist, C = see the new doc for a referral, D = find a new doc, F = do nothing. I'm going to allocate one extra stat point for getting this done early--last time I avoided making my appointments to the very end. Quest 2: Practice handstands 3 x week. +1 STR +1 DEX These will happen after my bodyweight workouts, and on Sundays. I used to take gymnastics classes and modern dance classes that asked me to do handstands, but I never felt super confident--if I stayed up it was more luck than skill. So let's change that! I'm allocating fewer points here because this doesn't contribute to my main quest very much--I'm just excited about it and don't want to wait. Measurement: A+ = 19+ days, A = 18 days, B = 12 days, C = 6 days, D = 3-5 days, F = 0-2 days. Quest 3: Do two bodyweight workouts each week. +3 STR +1 DEX I have one week left in the Level 1 NF Bodyweight Workout. I'll finish that out and then move to the next level. Measurement: A = 12+ workouts, B = 9-11 workouts, C = 6-8 workouts, D = 3-5 workouts, F = 0-2 workouts Life Quest: Make an appointment with my dentist, hair salon and bike shop. +3 CON, +1 CHA if haircut achieved by September 25 I only made half of my appointments last challenge, so I'm keeping it on here until these babies are DONE. I added on my bike shop because I haven't been biking very much and I really want that to change. I want to get my hair cut before September 25, because I'm teaching a workshop that week and want to look A+. Measurement: A = 3 appointments (and haircut before September 25), B = 2 appointments, C = 1 appointment, D = 0 appointments Motivation: I'm looking to knock down some technical debt, sorta. But instead of crappy old code, I'm talking about crappy old habits/issues that I haven't taken care of. I want to get my knees and my bike into shape so I can resume my car-free ways. I want to keep up my bodyweight training because I'm starting to feel like I'm actually getting back into shape.

I decided to jump back into the challenges. A little last minute, but I hope it's the right decision. I was considering taking a break or at most jumping to the accoutabuddies to do some even more last minute cramming pre college. Maybe that AA degree would look cool on my wall, but would it benefit me more than something else I cold get done with the work and time I have right now? I know my mom would be upset, but given the choice between what to do with the few hours I have after work and the realistic amount of motivation I could put into a goal, rehabbing my body is always going to take precedence over shiny things to hang on the wall. I can go to school, actually that's the plan. Who cares? I just don't see the long term benefit of throwing all my effort at a slip of paper I'll only ever use for transfer credits. I will for certain be using this body. Is it the best decision? Who knows, but I'm going to make it.

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Main Goal: Finish a 2nd challenge. Subgoals: 1. Bodyweight workout 3x a week I already know I have to keep my right arm out of the mix. I also know that I don't want to work just my left arm and risk creating more of an imbalance than I'm already going to have by the time its partner is finally healed. Ergo, the following: Focus on what I can do, sans my arms - squats, lunges, calf raises, flutter kicks, bicycle/regular sit-ups, V-ups, leg holdsTrack progressRecord progress on Fitocracy and NF 6WC threadScoring: Every workout for the week tracked and recorded = 3 pts -1pt every workout not tracked and recorded 2. Walk, Jog, Run x5 a week I *really* miss my spin class, but I need to focus on getting back into running. Walk, jog, or run 5 days a week (hashing does not count, because that's just weekend fun)Track progressRecord progress on Fitocracy and NF 6WC thread Scoring: Every walk, jog, and run for the week tracked and recorded = 5 pts -1pt every walk, jog, run not performed, or tracked and recorded 3. Food choices x7 a week I was doing exceptionally well at this last challenge, and I would really like to continue the momentum. It feels especially important since I'm still being held back by (yet another) injury. Stay at or under 1500 calories a dayTrack daily intake on MFP and NF 6WC threadScoring: Every day caloric goal is met = 1 pt Every food choice for the week tracked and recorded = 7 pts -1pt every day caloric goal exceeded -1pt every food choice not tracked and recorded Total # of points possible: 132 pts Total # of points currently: 0 Total Points ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************Beginning Stats: Mid-6WC Stats: Final Stats: Weight: Lbs Weight: Lbs Weight: Lbs Waist: in. Waist: in. Waist: in. Arms: Arms: Arms: - R: in. - L: in. - R: in. - L: in. - R: in. - L: in. Thighs: Thighs: Thighs: - R: in. - L: in. - R: in. - L: in. - R: in. - L: in. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ As an ardent Skyrim fan (and always a Khajit), I have determined that the theme to this challenge is going to be completing the Blessings of Nature quest, due to the restorative/healing theme. I'm going to split this quest up into 3 two-week mini-quest lines. Orphan Rock In it the quest, the player must revive the divine Gildergreen tree in Whiterun by first locating and retreiving Nettlebane, a knife capable of cutting the parent Eldergleam tree and obtaining its healing sap. Nettlebane is currently in the possession of the Orphan Rock hagraven; a particularly nasty creature who has no intention of giving up her treasure. Week 1: Travel to Orphan Rock SG 1 - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 3)SG 2 - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 5)SG 3 - 7 pts (Total # Possible: 14) Total - 7 pts (Total # Possible: 22) Comments: Luck was not with Evicious as she set along the road on her quest. Wolves plagued her journey; cold, rainy nights were followed by heavy, humid days; any game she might have sought seemed to have fled from the scent of the wolves on her heels, or else stayed sheltered in secret places far from the beaten path. The only other creatures she encountered were a few stone-eyed hunters just as hungry as she, and some rogue bandits splintered off from their mobs seeking road-worn marks. She was shot in the shoulder during one such an encounter. A pair of fur-clad thugs surprised her at a bend, no doubt assuming that a lone khajit would add an exotic appeal to their current wardrobe. But the archer of the pair was a poor shot and missed all her vital organs, in spite of having the element of surprise. Evicious gutted his partner before he had even stepped from the shadows; a short chase through the trees and the archer also met her daggers, greeted by their red smile beneath his scruffy chin. It was, perhaps, the first bit of luck she had had thus far - but the price was piercing, and the pain of it drained her. Stubbornly, she managed to stumble through the long dark of her injury to Orphan Rock. There, she had her second helping of luck: a soldier from the nearby Stormcloak encampment spotted her before she could proceed to confront the witches ahead. It did not take much convincing before the Khajit allowed herself to be led to the warmth of the nearby fire, and the soothing elixirs from the medic's store. Week 2: Slay the Hagraven SG 1 - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 3)SG 2 - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 5)SG 3 - 7 pts (Total # Possible: 14) Total - 7 pts (Total # Possible: 22) Comments: Evicious stayed at the Stormcloak camp for several days to nurse her wound. Finally, on the eve of the 7th day, she strung her bow and headed up the hillside to an outcropping of rock overlooking the hagraven's lair. By sunrise, the filthy creature's corpse lay stinking outside its shelter; its coven of witches fallen to equal ruin, their bodies strewn amongst the weeds. Evicious held her breath as she rummaged among her victims, then laughed as only a cat can as her claws closed upon Nettlebane's hilt at last. She returned to the Stormcloak's fire triumphant and was much celebrated for her deeds. The soldiers raised mugs in her name and promised to commission a song in her honor, to be sung by the finest bard on Ulfric's coronation day at war's end. The commander also acknowledged his appreciation with a rope of sausages and a brace of pheasant to add to her pack. By midday, she was purring as she set out for Danica and the temple at White Run. Eldergleam Sanctuary Having obtained Nettlebane, the player must locate the hidden Eldergleam Sanctuary in order to retrieve the healing sap. The sanctuary is guarded by several spriggans, including a Spriggan Matron. These creatures may be avoided - but only with great difficulty. Far better to slay them and return the Eldergleam Sanctuary to its original disposition as a place of peaceful pilgrimage. Week 3: Find the hidden Eldergleam Sanctuary SG 1 - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 3)SG 2 - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 5)SG 3 - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 14) Total - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 22) Comments: Week 4: Retrieve the Eldergleam's healing sap SG 1 - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 3)SG 2 - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 5)SG 3 - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 14) Total - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 22) Comments: Whiterun Gildergreen Once the player has obtained the Eldergleam sap, they must return to Whiterun and give it to Danica, Kynareth's priestess and the Gildergreen's caretaker. She then applies the sap, and the Gildergreen is revived. The player gains the favor of the people of Whiterun, as well as the divine blessing of Kynareth. Week 5: Return to the Temple of Kynareth in Whiterun SG 1 - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 3)SG 2 - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 5)SG 3 - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 14) Total - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 22) Comments: Week 6: Revive the Gildergreen SG 1 - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 3)SG 2 - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 5)SG 3 - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 14) Total - 0 pts (Total # Possible: 22) Comments:

WARNING: THIS CHALLENGE IS ABOUT VULNERABILITY, CHRISTIAN FAITH, AND RECOVERY. "Hi, my name is Granny and I'm a grateful believer in Jesus, who struggles with codependency, resentment, and food." For the last 3 years I've been a member of Celebrate Recovery (a Christ-centered recovery program), and this is how we introduce ourselves. While I haven't struggled with drugs or alcohol, I am the child of an alcoholic and the child of an abuser. I do struggle with other behaviors that have hindered my maturity as an adult. Things like stress eating, people pleasing, procrastination and workaholism. Everyone has hurts from the past that they don't know what to do with; habits they've developed to help them cope with the unresolved conflicts in their past; and hangups about how they view themselves and the people around them. CR uses the 12-step model from AA, the principles in the Beattitudes, and cognitive behavior life skill tools to help untwist the damage in our lives. The Rehab Challenge: In this challenge, I'm going to be working on rehabilitation, both in mind and in body. I'm struggling with the aftermath of being injured in a car accident. The last day of the previous challenge (7-19), my hubby and I were in the left lane of a 3-lane road that's also a one-way street. The guy in the middle lane made a sudden decision to take a hard left turn into a business driveway across our lane, and cut in front of us, so close that we couldn't avoid the crash. He said he didn't see us, and I believe him; we must have been in his blind spot and he didn't look over his shoulder before turning left. Now it wasn't a serious accident; we were only going about 35mph, both cars' engines were still mostly functional, even though the body and frame of both were damaged (the other car likely beyond repair). My husband and the other driver were unhurt. Me, on the other hand, I have a Cervical Sprain, which is also considered whiplash but this one was side-to-side instead of back-to front. I also have two compressed discs in my neck, and the injury is making that area of my neck particularly problematic. Soft tissue damage is still being assessed at this point. It could have been alot worse, physically! But it's taking a toll on me psychologically. I'm in pain, seeing doctors and chiropractors and on the phone with insurance agencies and the lawyer, multiple times this week, which takes alot of my time. I'm also working-- owning my own business means I don't get to take a couple weeks off. I can't do my workouts or play disc golf, pick up my grandchildren, etc. I'm having a hard time keeping resentment at bay. I'm also struggling with a desire for revenge, financially. I don't believe that's the right thing to do, so I'm trying to put those emotions into proper perspective so that they don't influence my behavior. *So my goals for this challenge:* Main Quest: Create a plan to rehabilitate physically. Part of this plan will be to keep all doctor appointments, ask probing questions about my condition to make sure I completely understand what is being said, and make a plan to work my body back to it's previous state (or better!), whether that involves physical therapy or other forms of physical activity. Measurement: Keeping all appointments, making a plan for physical therapy, and following through on regaining my physical abilities: +5 Con Second Quest: Keeping it real. Part of this plan will be to recognize when I'm tempted toward using my injury for greed, and reaching out to my accountability people when those thoughts come. Same thing when I can't do something I want to do because of the injury-- recognizing when I'm tempted to hold my anger or frustration inside and nurse it into a cold resentment. I will choose not to either minimize my injury in order to speed the process toward playing disc golf or working out, nor play it up for laziness or to get out of a responsibility or to get sympathy. Measurement: Reaching out to my accountability team, attending all recovery meetings, and refusing to fall into psychological traps or acting out: +5 Wis

This is the last KH themed challenge. Hurry up, KH3! MAIN QUEST: Get to my goal weight and be able to defend myself in the (unlikely) event of an attack. How is this already my fourth challenge?? Welp, let's get to it, shall we? QUEST 1: Run Away from Master Xehanort (+3 STA) Let’s be real: Master Xehanort is creepy as hell. You don’t want him anywhere near you, and since he’s got that fucking darkness teleport thing going on, you need to be able to run. A lot. Because if he catches you? Well, let’s just say I don’t have any extra emotional bandwidth for a roommate. CHALLENGE: Train for my 10M by running at least 2x a week (the week after the 10M doesn't count because owww). (Allowable mileage is contingent on what the PT says.) This can be an outdoor run or a treadmill run. A: 2 runs B: 1 run C: 0 runs QUEST 2: Listen to Rhyme (+2 WIS, +2 STR, +2 DEX) This kid is pretty damn smart. She knows what she’s talking about. Her brother might be a moron, but he’s only around because Rhyme has kept his ass from overdoing it and having Josh erase him. So, it might behoove me to listen to her, too. CHALLENGE: Do PT recommended stretches/exercises/workout modifications PASS: Followed PT’s directions FAIL: Did not follow PT’s directions QUEST 3: Aqua is a Badass(+2 CON) Aqua is the most badass character in the entire series (except, maybe, Riku), and you know what her name means? Water. You know what I’m slacking on lately? Water. Since Aqua is a badass, I also know she’d be disappointed if this keyblade master-in-training dehydrated herself. Whoops. CHALLENGE: Drink 24oz of a water daily A: 24oz drunk B: 12 oz drunk C: 6oz drunk LIFE QUEST: Find My Redemption (+2 WIS, +2 CHA) Riku just wanted to get off the island, have adventures. He didn’t mean for any of the shit that went down to happen. He didn’t mean to turn to the dark - he thought he was helping Sora and Kairi. And then he ran away because he couldn’t face what he’d done. I get this. I’ve got a lot of issues. Like, a lot. Most of them are emotional-based. I tend to shy away from strong emotional bonds or attachments because I tend to get burned. It’s not a fun or pleasant feeling. Riku seems to be getting his happy ending; it’s about time I do, too. CHALLENGE: Log my emotional state (in this thread, in a PM with someone, or in a journal) 3x a week A: 3 days logged B: 2 days logged C: 1 day logged Point breakdown: STR : 2 DEX : 2 STA : 3 CON : 2 WIS : 4 CHA : 2 REWARDS: I don't think I'm going to do rewards this go around. For those following starsapart, you know we're trying to buy a house. That's a lot of money. House (when we get it) or pregnancy (when that happens) can be my reward for a while. MOTIVATION: Hit that goal weight! I’m so. Freaking. Close. And the better my weight, the better the odds of conception! Don’t be afraid when I’m running on the streets because damn are people creepy! Actually start to deal with your emotional issues because the constant ups and downs are exhausting! (Pictures and measurements will be added tomorrow since I decided to give zero fucks and just ate half of a pizza, a bunch of cheese stuffed bread, and I'm thinking about cookies and milk because yasss) Before pictures: Measurements: Neck: 13.4" Chest: 36.5" Waist: 32.3" Hips: 41.4" Thigh: R: 24.2" L: 23.5" Calf: R: 16" L: 15.8" Bicep: R: 11.4" L:11.5" Weight: 159lbs Dress/pants size: 8

Hi! Aminarra here... I'm a member of the Academy and the rebellion. Went into a tailspin for about 4 months now (jeeze) and I'm back at it I did yoga for the first time today, I'm starting personal training and physical therapy on Wednesday, and I'm full on paleo. Challenge Goal: STAY FOCUSED Mini Fitness Goals: Week 1 - 1 PT, 1 Yoga, 3 Therapy Week 2 - 2 PT, 1 Yoga, 5 Therapy Mini Food Goals: Week 1 - Pack paleo lunch 5x/week Week 2 - Pack paleo lunch 5x/week I usually stop posting after a couple of weeks, so I'm hoping to make it to week 3 this time! I recently joined the NF Academy Women's FB group, so that will help to keep me focused I did *not* take 'before' weight/measurements yet, but I will. Pinky promise. Let's do this! -Ami

I tried to beat the sad pandas last challenge, but I didn't realize I was PLAYING INTO THEIR HANDS. See, you might not know this, but sad pandas are pedantic, points driven, and very metric based. They want you to try things that don't always make you feel better. they are not totally interested in letting you be a happy panda. so I ended up feeling more sadder, because playing the game by Sad Panda rules meant you are always going to be a sad panda. I don't want to be sad panda! I want to be a sparkly assassin! No more mopefests for me! (bonus halloween photo!) So I need to structure this challenge for LOGGING SUCCESS. my MAIN QUEST is to be a FLASHING NEON ARROW pointing to HOW AWESOME I'm DOING. like this: MY SUCCESS BECOMETHEARROW. First, let's talk about grades. I hate grades. So I'm going to use NOT SO HOT / GOOD / BETTER / BEST to rate myself. GOAL 1: MAKE A LIST / CHECK IT TWICE Every Monday I'll have a workout schedule and every week I'll check off my points. There. Simple. Things that go on the workout schedule may and will likely include: going to physical therapy. arm day at the gym. tae kwon do. extra bonus points (i.e., boost my non-grades up a scale) will be given for massive groups of sit-ups in one day, or similar bulk exercises. tl:dr - write up a weekly exercise calender, track it here, and check off the boxes. bonus bump! do a bunch of extra exercises in a day, like, 100 sit-ups or something torturous. GOAL 2: PLAY WITH ALL MY TOYS So far I've accumulated a bunch of toys. SWORDS. A SPARKLY HULA HOOP. NUNCHUCKS. I have to make time to play with them! I'm not 100% sure yet how this will work. but it'll go on the schedule, and be rated as a separate goal. I'm thinking 5 minutes a day for x days with the hoop or chucks. I don't know enough yet about swords, so that will involve going to weapons class to practice. tl:dr - make a special point to schedule in toy time and hit that goal. GOAL 3: USE MY OWN DATA TOOLS / TAKE THAT UGLY SAD PANDAS I have been doing really really well with tracking all my calories. even when I'm not doing great, I've been tracking for over a year. I know it's a huge part of my success. HOWEVER. better than that success is actually staying under my calories goal. When I look back over the last challenge, I didn't do that. so every week, that's what I'm going to do. (I'm giving myself one exception, for [American] thanksgiving week. I am in a blended family and I think I have to have 2 thanksgiving dinners. I do pretty good with these meals but I like to taste everything and that adds up. Last year running a 10k on thanksgiving saved my bacon, but I can't count on that this year with my wonky knee so I get a pass. tl:dr - Continue to track calories every day AND ALSO stay under my calories goal for the week.. bonus bump! for tracking caffeine too, using the jawbone coffee app. LIFE QUEST: NO REALLY BECOME THE NEON SIGN. I know, it's nuts to want to be stealth assassiny creature yet be a neon sign. but who wants to be a sparkly assassin anyway? ME, that's who. but it's hard to crow on your successes, and I need a little more of an explicit boost. I'm feeling a little slumpy. I had my first nerdiversary during the last quest and while I'm doing super good, and seeing good, long-term results, they're slow, and I'm bored and a sad cupcake, and I don't want to be a sad panda because their panda games are boring and their rules suck and everyone is totally emo and boring (did I say boring?). for my life quest I'm going to really focus on the best most awesome things I'm achieving. and I'm going to report them back. Some of them will be fitness related, some will be body size related, some will be skill related. Some might be totally random and related to things that I've finally completed in my regular life. This is where I'll be giving myself all the presents. I need them right now, yo. tl:dr - look forward to me posting lots of crowing posts. I need to highlight my accomplishments a little more and remind myself how awesome I'm doing. FIRST! | WK 1 | WK 2 | WK 3 | WK 4 | WK 5 | WK 6

Introduction Hello, I'm ElfiKay! This will technically be my third challenge, even though I didn't finish the second! [You can see that train wreck here: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/53587-elfikay-joins-the-assassins/ ] I broke my foot at the start of that challenge, and it still hasn't completely healed - though it's well on the way. Main Quest Refocus and recover. Goals 1. Physical Therapy: Do my physical therapy exercises twice a day. If my therapist changes anything, I'll update this goal to match. (Side note, my doctor recommends I take up swimming since it won't strain my foot and might even help strengthen it. I don't have a swimsuit other than a bikini or goggles or know the rules for my gym's pool, but I'm going to try to do that about once a week if I can get a hold of the above items) 2. Strength: Workout 5 days a week - pilates class twice a week, and Convict Conditioning for the other two workouts. Put some extra effort into arm workouts - crutches gave me some guns & I mean to keep them! 3. Diet: I let my eating go to crap while my foot was really bad for no reason other than self-pity, time to get that back on track. I'll do the same set up I did for the first challenge - 1500 max calories a day and all home-cooked meals. Life Quest So I'm dropping the cross-stitch quest I've been trying to get going on. Not because I'm giving up on it, but because something more important has come up - the end of the semester. During my ridiculous extended pity-party, I not only slacked on the diet, but on studies too, and now I'm SO BEHIND and there's only a month left. In the words of Illidan, I am not prepared. So, my Life Quest will be to do schoolwork/studying for AT LEAST an hour every single day until finals are over. And then, since the challenge goes longer than what's left of school, I want to use that hour to read every night before bed. I started doing that this summer, and stopped for, once again, no good reason. I pretty much spent the last two months doing nothing but moping, watching netflix, and playing xbox. Measurements Height: 5'9" [not expecting that one to change, but it's a measurement, so there it is] Weight: 173 Waist: 30 Hips: 42.5 Grading Each goal will be graded weekly & be worth 1/3 of that week's total grade. My final grade will be the average of all six weeks + 5 points extra credit if I complete my Life Goal. I need to make at least a C (70%) to pass the challenge. Physical Therapy - each day is the average of the twice a day PT exercises, each week is the average of the days. Strength - percentage of completed workouts. Diet - out of 10 points on a day-to-day basis. 4 points for cooking (1 for breakfast, 1 for lunch, 2 for dinner), 2 points for staying under 100g of carbs, 4 points for staying under 1500 calories. The week will be the average of my daily grades. EXCEPTIONS FOR GRADING: Any workouts and their accompanying stretch scheduled for days that I am sick or injured(in excess of the current injury, of course) are excused. HANGOVERS DON'T COUNT. If I have an interview, or a career fair during a pilates class, it may be replaced by either CC or the abdominal 5 that evening. The same applies to finals. I will post my weekly grade every Sunday evening before bed, including my Life Quest grade for that week. Motivation At this point, I just want to get back to where I was. Once I'm there I can look forward again. I'm tired of moping around all the time and falling farther and farther behind in absolutely EVERYTHING. I'm tired of watching my hard-earned muscles melt back to flab. I'm tired of making excuses every time I order delivery or eat out. I want to feel good about where I'm at again and be ready to start making progress again once my foot is totally healed. As for super-concrete motivation - I have rewards! Passing the challenge will earn me a pair of Mitmunk leggings. It's getting cold, and I'll need things like that once I start running again. (Plus they're awesome. I want the chainmail ones I think.) If I get a 3.5 or higher for the semester I can buy myself something worth up to $50. This can be from Amazon, Etsy, ThinkGeek, or I can just go shopping. Whatever I feel like at the time. Attribute points will be assigned as follows, for a total of 15 possible points. DEX(max 2) - 1 point for doing light stretching before my workouts. Another point available by doing some extra stretching on the days I don't workout. STA(max 1) - 1 point for swimming at least once a week. STR(max 3) - 1 point for completing at least 70% of my workouts, another point for completing 90-100%. Final point achievable by getting to Step Three on any of the Big 6 in Convict Conditioning. CHA(max 2) - 1 point for every 5 pounds dropped (this will carry on from challenge to challenge. eg - if I lose 7 pounds this challenge, and then 3 next challenge, I will earn 1 CHA this challenge, and then another 1 CHA the next challenge for hitting the next 5 pounds.) I cannot gain more than 2 points each challenge, as that would mean I'm losing more than 2 pounds a week, which is not healthy. CON(max 3) - 1 point for maintaining my diet. 1 point for averaging at least 6 hours of sleep a night (use SleepCycle app to track). 1 point for not getting drunk more than once or twice a week. WIS(max 4) - 1 point for passing my Life Quest. Another point available for getting at least a 3.5 this semester. Another point achievable by hitting 4.0. It's still possible if I really put my nose to the grindstone. Final point by finishing the book I'm on. Alright, I believe that's everything! Thoughts?

So I have been following Nerd Fitness for a while, but have never joined the forums before so this is new to me. Let me start out by introducing myself. Hi! I am a Not So Nerdy Nerd...at least I think so. So this is long, kinda rantish, but I gotta vent to someone. Im tired of this, my family doesnt seem to understand where I am at, and I really need advice on how to deal with this and get back on track. I am about to have my 25th birthday and have devoted the entire last year to improving my health and fitness. At the end of June I had a major setback after a pretty awesome day of PRs in the gym with my trainer. I felt great after the workout. I knew I had pushed myself and accomplished new things. I even jogged home which is saying something for me. 2 days later I woke up with what felt like a knife sticking out of my knee. I am no stranger to the sensation either. I had 2 years of PT in high school for patella subluxation. I figured that in my incredibly embarrassing DOMS after the workout I had just taken a few too many goofy steps and aggravated it. Well when it didnt get better I started seeing orthopedists about it. That was a freaking fiasco in itself and maybe is contributing to why I am so frustrated now. I got to the point where I had stopped all lower body workouts trying to make the knees feel better. I gave up everything lower body strength training, upper body/core work that might put strain on the knees, even yoga. In October I finally saw a good orthopedist who sent me for PT. While I was waiting for PT to start (4 week wait for a new patient slot) I started going for sports massage and finally started feeling better. I even walked (averaged 10 miles per day) all over Italy on vacation with minimal pain killers to get me though the week. I felt pretty proud of myself and how far I had come, but I was still getting the pain on occasion. Now like I have said before, Im no stranger to PT, I have a good 5 years of PT behind me for various musculoskeletal issues growing up and being an athlete. I have seen the Therapist 4 times now and I hate it. My therapist doesnt pay any attention to me, talks down to me like Im 5, and doesn't listen when I tell her how I feel about certain exercises. She has me doing strength training exercises I can find on the internet for knee pain that are not challenging to me at all (maybe I am doing them wrong? but who knows because shes not watching). In fact, she had double patients the last time I was there and the other woman noticed how easy some of the exercises were for me (shes recovering from a torn ACL). I feel like Im at a supervised gym session with a babysitter. I think my personal trainer who is a part time rehab specialist could do better at helping me rehab than she is, he at least pays attention to me. I just feel so frustrated. This is not what I was expecting from PT at all. I was expecting personalized workout plans and attention. I was expecting them to fit me properly for a new heel lift per the doctors orders, not shrug and say well this one is close to the height of the old one, try that. I was expecting advice on how to get back to where I was, how to avoid the pain again in the future, what to do to avoid another 5 MONTH down time/recovery period if the pain comes back and most importantly for them to explain to me what they think is wrong with my knees, what is causing the pain and how they are going to help me fix it. I am paying for all this after all, insurance only goes so far. I don't know what to do. Do I go to my next session and try to get the therapist to pay attention to me long enough to try to get some of my questions answered? Knowing myself I would probably clam up and have nothing to say and walk out of there just as frustrated afterward. Do I go back to the good orthopedist who is part of a university medical school, who sent me to their renowned PT center and ask him questions and tell him I dont like the way my PT is being handled? Do I give up on PT all together, printout everything I have found on the internet about my problem (yes I got desperate and starting reading EVERYTHING I could find about patella pain and how to treat it), take it to my trainer and have him work with me? Do I have another option? Im just so frustrated and needed to talk to someone other than my family about whats going on for a change.

Never thought I'd end up as a belligerent tavern-dwelling NPC. Time to unleash the cool rogue it is inside. Main Quest +STAMINA: 5k under 30min. Broke all the rules and did a mini 4 week challenge before this cause I just couldn't wait. For my first real challenge the goal is to run that 5k under 30 min. My current time is 40 min. Here is the plan. Starting out at 4.5mph, I will increase speed by .4mph every week until week 4 when I reach 6mph, then play it by ear from there. Side Quest 1 +CONSTITUTION: Keep doing physio exercises everyday. Following a program like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgIhzlp474A and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpxGJjx_Ovw per my PT. Can't really tell if my back hurts less. But I can feel my posture is way better. Also my gut actually stays in place when I run instead of flopping all about. Side Quest 2 +STAMINA +DEXTERITY: Quadrupedal Gallops and Footwork Getting pretty fast at Bear Crawls. If my wrist stops swelling I'll try doing QM gallops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7iHtOosxZo For footwork I'll practice 4x30s each of Quarter Turns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3rSHB7lSR4 and Side-Steps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY0HYR7ROCc As a Berserker I got my ass handed to me half the time and it sucked. Not during, but the week after when the booze and adrenaline wears off and you are all swollen. Basic Quadrupedal Movement and 5 Basic Boxing Movements My heart says yes but my wrist says FU! No plyometrics on my wrist, just can't handle that shit. I'll continue my bear crawls and add pike crawls [lateral, forward and backwards]. Minimum of 46 reps each per training day [every other day] to build muscle memory. As for the evasive footwork I think I'm getting ahead of myself. My balance is kinda wonky so I'm gonna start out fresh with the 5 moves in this noob video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cB4Uhpmvps&index=2&list=PLYhbuLiV970FgBaztRzhNQDsiQSfB9Uoc 23 reps each everyday. Side Quest 3 +STRENGTH: Babby's 1st Pull up. I got about halfway throught the NF how to do a pull up finally article, then I got stuck. I figure I got 6 weeks to get unstuck. This quest will also require some weight loss. Currently on lvl 2 body weight rows. http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/04/25/do-a-pull-up/ Life Quest +INT: Add a portfolio piece every week outside of work. I found I haven't been drawing enough outside of freelancing and my part time gig. Make that not at all. Once my current project is over in January I'll need a brand spanking new portfolio. Maybe I'll go to a cafe to work because being in my apt is very distracting. The goal is to have 6 new pieces by the time the challenge is over. Motivation: I want to get to a baseline fitness level and blow off some nervous energy. Also get a degree-related job finally and start my career already. But mostly its because I want to look good and have money to buy cluthes and video games. So...vanity and greed? Yup.

New PT short term mini-challenge! "Do all the things!" I saw the doctor two weeks ago and he told me I have a trifecta of overuse injuries: plantar fasciitis in both feet, peroneal tendinitis in my right foot, and achilles tendinopathy in both ankles. To fix this he gave me a laundry list of PT to do daily. I can do it all, and on most days I do some of it. But, as in most things, I expect that half-measures won't actually get me fixed. So, I want to challenge myself to do all the things for the last two weeks of the main challenge (I started recording my progress a week late). Here is the list of "all the things": 20 sec @ 8x/day Calf Stretches: knees straight, bend toes/ankle and hold, without weight 1min/side @ 3x/day Massage the plantar fascia with a golf ball 1min/side @ 3x/day Massage the achilles and peroneal tendons 15-20min/side @ 3x/day Low heat on peroneal tendon (heating pad, warm water etc) 15-20min/side ice after running or dancing This is a lot of things!!! Do you have a PT course you're supposed to be doing? Want to track it? Want to join me in tracking it? Maybe this should be moved to the accountabilibuddies section... but meanwhile here it is.

Introduction: I posted an introduction in the newbie forums, and I think it's a really fun look into who I am and where I'm at--it even includes pictures from our game-themed wedding. The thread can be found HERE. In a nutshell, I'm 27, overweight, and unhappy about that fact. Struggles include a "bad back" and lazy gamer tendencies. Main Quest: Lose 65 pounds overall, to make it to goal weight of 180. Quest 1: Pack a Paleo lunch 5 days per week. We eat out a lot, and eat quite a few carbs, and spend quite a bit of money. This should help with all of the above. Measurement: A = Packed lunch, 30 days, B = Packed lunch, 25 days, C = Packed lunch, 20 days Reward: A = +3 WIS, +2 CON, B = +2WIS, +1 CON, C = +1WIS Quest 2: Complete Physical Therapy 5 days per week. This is a recommendation to rehabilitate my back, so there's really no compromise, here. Measurement: A = 30 days therapy, B = 25 days therapy, C = 20 days therapy Reward: A = +3 STR, B = +2 STR, C = +1 STR Quest 3: Go for a walk, 15+ minutes daily. I'm fairly sedentary, so this will help start building the habit. Measurement: A = walked 15+, 30 days, B = walked 15+, 25 days, C= walked 15+, 20 days Reward: A = +3 STA, B = +2 STA, C = +1 STA Life Quest: Get out of debt Goal 1: Track expenses in YNAB every day Measurement: A = 42 days, B = 36 days, C = 30 days Reward: A = +2 CHA, B = +1CHA, C = +0.5 CHA Motivation: I'm tired of being ashamed of my body, and more-so, I'm tired of being in pain daily. Losing weight will help with both of these.

Hi, Chris Hefley here. "indomitableHef" I'm 39, and live in Franklin, TN. Over the past 2 years, I've lost almost 100 lbs. I've always bee an active person, and into outdoor sports, even when I weighed 285lbs. And I had successfully lost 70+ pounds twice before, and gained it all back. So, in July of 2012, I took the drastic step of having a weight-loss surgery. It's called a "Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy". Unlike a lot of the horror stories you may have heard about some weight loss surgeries, this one is very simple. They simply remove a large portion of the stomach. There's no foreign objects in there, no fancy re-engineering. Everything works the same way it did before, but now there's less room down there. It puts a hard stop on "full". I'm not here to advocate for surgery, but it was a good choice for me, and I am pleased to say that my dad and my uncle have followed in my footsteps and done the same thing. I come from several generations of fat people, you see. Like I said, I'm not really here to advocate for that, but I wanted to be up-front about how I lost so much weight. Mods: If talking about weight-loss surgery stuff is frowned upon here, let me know, and I'll make sure I honor that in the future. Now, moving on to my quest and my challenge goals! I didn't _just_ do surgery. I joined a crossfit gym, I started running, and training to run a half-marathon. I enrolled in Jui-Jitsu classes for awhile. I got a fixed-gear bike and started riding around town and riding to work every day. I'm down to 185-190 now, depending on the day. I wear size "medium" shirts now. As a fat kid, there was never a time in my life where I wore a "medium" anything. My fitness level is pretty good, but I want to take it to the next level. Before and After: I still have a certain flabby-ness about me at 185-190. Some of it is probably loose skin, from losing so much weight, but I think most of it is just a layer of fat. I think I'm at about 23%, best I can tell. My goal is to get my body fat % down, really low. Not even sure I'll try to maintain it at super-low levels, but I want to get there, and just see what it looks like and feels like. I think 12% is where I'll set my goal. If it turns out there's some loose skin to deal with in the end, I'll deal with that then. One last bit of back-story. In February, I broke my right Tibia, snowboarding in Colorado. And in March, I had shoulder surgery, to repair a torn labrum. I've been cleared to start running again, as soon as I feel up to it, and I'm getting to the point where I can nearly do everything with my shoulder, but I still have to work on stretching it out and getting my range of motion back to 100%. So, a lot of my exercise goals for this first challenge are going to be physical therapy related, and subsequent challenges will be more hardcore. My Main Quest: To "finish what I started", getting my body fat % down to <12%, to try to remove the bottom layer of flabbyness after major weight loss. Three specific goals for my first challenge 1. Stick to a Paleo diet 6 days a week, with the following exceptions A small amount of super-dark, low sugar chocolate several times a week, during an evening snack ritual my wife and I share. A little bit of bourbon once or twice a week, when I have someone to share a glass with (no drinking at home, by myself). 2. Physical Therapy 6 days a week, alternating shoulder/leg exercises. 3. Do the 30-day Squat challenge: http://30dayfitnesschallenges.com/30-day-squat-challenge/#_ Since losing so much weight, my wife says I have "no ass". I also need to work on flexibility, to get really deep squats. My "Life" side-quest I want to get back into a daily meditation habit. 7 days a week, 15 minutes a day by the end of the challenge period (working up from 5 minutes). I've been in this habit for months at a time in the past, and saw definite benefits in many parts of my life. It's something I want to make a permanent habit of.

During the last 4 months of ACL rehab, my lifestyle and activities have been hugely limited and dictated by my injury. Feeling like I have a huge list of things that I have to do but take no joy in, and another long list of things I'm not permitted to do has made me feel quite depressed and helpless. So, now that I've reached the magical 12 week point in my rehab and can do a lot more activities, it's time to take back control of my life. Goal 1: Play every day Yeah, I still have to do PT every day, and I still can't do most of the fun things I love, like climbing, acrobatics, playground parkour with the kids, or handbalancing. But, it's time to find more things that I enjoy. Rather than forcing things for this goal, like requiring pull-ups 3 times per week or whatever, I'm keeping it simple. Every day, I need to do some fitness activity simply because I want to do it and will hopefully find some joy in it (and this will be a lot easier, now that I'm cleared for yoga!). I'm sick of having my exercise routine be either physical therapy stuff or boring stuff that I'm only doing to stay in shape for climbing. It's time to do things just for myself. Grade: #/42 Goal 2: Control the kitchen I'm an okay cook, meaning I have my handful of things that I can make without a problem. But, I'm a pretty timid and boring cook. I would love to reach a point where I have full control over my diet, meaning that if there's something I want to eat, I have the ability and confidence to look up a recipe and make it for myself. To gain confidence in the kitchen, the goal is to try one new recipe each week. Grade: #/6 (Thanks to Hatter for inspiring this one) Goal 3: Reclaim the minutes I'm trapped in the horrible vicious cycle where I'm overwhelmed by my to-do list, so I shut down and just play on my phone a lot. But, wasting that much time playing on my phone makes me even more anxious, to a point where I can't motivate myself to do anything. On top of that, I have a lot of 10-20 minute intervals in my life (from dropping off kids, picking them up, shuffling them to activities, etc.), where the easy answer was to just play around on my phone. So, I've reached a point where I'm always distracted by my phone. The plan is to reclaim some of that time for productive activities. I'm first going to come up with a list of more productive things I can reasonably do in 10-20 minute intervals of time, and then do them rather than always mess around online. I'm also going to make more of an effort to put the phone away when I'm spending time with my family. So far, the productive list is: Playing the piano, cleaning/house chores, reading the news, and watering the plants. I'll almost certainly come up with more ideas over the course of the challenge. Grade is #/42, where I pass if I feel like I did a reasonably decent job with setting down the phone and being productive.

I am continuing on my way to a healthier and stronger me, and the basic building blocks for this will remain the same (that's the "old" part): bodyweight trainingyogaworking towards my first real chin-uptracking my food intakeSince I have become a bit bored with the former routine and have also had little to no progress for the past couple of weeks, I have decided to change things a little. So here's what's "new" (or at least different than before): a slightly different BW routine (including leg raises and dips), 3x / weeksquats will remain kneehab squats for the time being - I'm still in physical therapy, and will probably stay there for a while, and I will need to do some homeworkchin-up practice only 2x/ week, focusing on slower negatives, not on volumenot only tracking my food, but aiming for a specific kcal rangeGoal 1: Chin-up practice 2x / week (STR +3, STA +1) Starting with (hopefully) 2 sets of 2 reps, 15 sec each, aiming for 2 x 2 x 20 secs at the end of this challenge (raise duration 1 sec every week). A: 2x chin-up practice per week, 12x total B: at least 10x total C: at least 8x total D: at least 6x total F: anything less Goal 2: Kneehab exercises 5x / week (STR +2, CON +2) Can be either a PT session with the Drill Master, or kneehab exercises done at home (as part of the BW routine or solo) A: 5x kneehab exercises per week, 30x total B: at least 25x total C: at least 20x total D: at least 15x total F: anything less Goal 3: Food tracking 7x / week, averaging 1400 - 1600 kcal / day per week (CON +2, WIS +2) I'll continue tracking on myfitnesspal, even if I'm not happy with the quality of their food database. A: track food 7x per week, 42x total AND weekly average 1400 - 1600 kcals / day B: at least 5x per week, 35x total OR average between 1600 - 1650 / day C: at least 3x per week, 18x total OR average between 1650 - 1700 / day D: at least 1x per week, 6x total OR average between 1700 - 1750 / day F: no tracking OR average over 1750 / day Life goal: Try at least three new recipes in the next six weeks (WIS +2, CHA +1) The biggest problem here will be the FC, since he's not that adventurous where his food is concerned. So I can either convince him to try something new, or it's going to be something I make for myself. And no, cookies or brownies don't count. A: 3 or more new recipes B: 2 new recipes C: 1 new recipe F: nothing at all... Have a great challenge, y'all! Here's a little Happy Dance to start things off properly... :triumphant: :triumphant: Status: Goal 1: xx | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx Goal 2: xxxxx | xxxxx | xxxxx | xxxxx | xxxxx | xxxxx Goal 3: xxxxxxx | xxxxxxx | xxxxxxx | xxxxxxx | xxxxxxx | xxxxxxx Goal 4: xxx Mini Quest 1: xxxxxxx (60 oz plain water / day) + 1 CON Mini Quest 2: xxxx (goal: 1 x rest day, 3 x go to bed at a reasonable time) + 1 CON Mini Quest 3: x (goal: trust my wussies (wrists) with a (wall) handstand as a first step towards a press handstand) + 1 STR