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Last time things got derailed p badly. My car was in the shop for eternity and life just keeps dishin. Ive been trying to keep busy. I was gonna do a theme but i couldn't think of anything lol. So my quests are p much the same as last time except for the project one. It just kinda kept me in a scatter so I'm changing it up. Goals 1. Surf 1x/wk 2. Pushups every other day. 3. Cook 1x/wk 4. Start YT channel. Most of these are self-explanatory. For the YT channel one tho basically i need to make and post at least 1 video by the end of this challenge. Bonus points for more vids. But we'll see haha. Wish me luck!

I just graduated from college. I just turned 22. Time to be a productive human. Goals: By the end of each week in the mini, my points >= half the team average. Bonus points if my points >= team average. Do one thing every day to be a productive human invested in her future. Log that one (or more) thing here with as many details as is appropriate for an online forum full of strangers. This can be as small as watching one educational YouTube or Khan Academy video to finishing cleaning/painting my room to filling a box full of things to sell in a garage sale to nagging my doctor friend to follow up when he says we'll be in touch about me shadowing at his office. Cooking dinner for my family does not count. Cooking dinner for a friend's family (e.g. our church friends whose daughter is having brain surgery) counts. Basically I'm not allowed to sit on my butt all day every day being lazy. Work up to waking up at 6am and staying awake. This obviously requires going to bed early. June 3rd is an exception due to going to a potluck, but my parents are eating paleo so I need to eat paleo. AIP would be even better (cleaner, not because I have any known autoimmune diseases) but somehow I don't think I'll be able to get out of eating tomatoes and coconut milk when my mom uses them to cook. Except for using butter (ghee is such a pain to make/buy), their current diet is almost Whole30 compliant so... Starting 31 May (because birthday 30 May --> sushi, mochi ice cream, and champagne) and excluding 3 June, eat paleo. Use BEMER at least once a day. Bonus points for twice a day. Go to three church things outside of regular service. This can include volunteering to pack or distribute lunches for kids who were on free/reduced lunch during the school year. These can count toward being a productive human although I should strive to have something else as well. Go through 1 skein of yarn a week. I guess it can be split up but I want to see some of these million projects done already. I have 4 bins of yarn under my bed and a basket of reject projects. Two of them have yarn that is not tied up in or for any project. I'm not allowed to touch those or buy more until the other two bins are empty. SUMMARY #dobetter in the mini Be productive. Don't be lazy. Wake up earlier. Naps are for wussies. Eat paleo. Use BEMER. Moar church. Use up some yarn. All this in addition to my other ongoing goals: DuoLingo, making the bed, eating breakfast, etc. Month Church: X _ _ Mini: X X/ _ _ Yarn: X X X _ Week 1 (4 days) Mini: X Productivity: O O / XX Wake up/bed early: X X X X Paleo: X X X C BEMER: / X / / Yarn: X Week 2 Mini: X/ (X or X/ only) Productivity: X X O O X O O Wake up/bed early: / O / X / / X Paleo: X C X X X O C BEMER: / / X / / / / Yarn: X Week 3 Mini: X Productivity: X O O O O X / Wake up/bed early: / / / X / X / Paleo: C O / X X O O BEMER: / O X X / / X Yarn: X Week 4 Mini: / Productivity: O X X O O X X Wake up/bed early: / X / X / / / Paleo: / / / / / / O BEMER: O X X / / / C Yarn: O

Time to cycle into summer! I feel kind of low-key clever with that title, because it means so many things: * I'll be cycling weeks - this week is good and possibly reasonable, but next week I am on vacation and things might get nuts. good nuts, like, on vacation nuts, but that means calorie restriction might be higher during week 2. * which is the second pun, I'll be motorCYCLING (lolz wokka wokka thanks I'll be here all night) * and then summer happens, right? on June 21, whether we are ready for it or not. So after vacation I need to cycle back into a better homebody mode, and get the yard in shape so I can sit in it and think about how beautiful my life is. no problem, right? GOALS. I need up update with goals. thinking about them. will update. um something something run faster something something do push-ups and yoga something and also don't eat too much. something. Goal 1: Every Day Things: * log every day food * do push-ups every day. I don't care if it's counter. do them. * do over the head leg butt stretches. Like THESE: (really PLOUGH POSE). When I do this right now, it really emphasizes the tight spots in my hips and hamstrings -- so I am going to practice it for a while and see if it helps. (um, stretchy people and yogis, do you think it will help?) * post to NF! I want to get back into the habit after my last vanished challenge. ESPECIALLY post weekly updates against goal progress. ESPECIALLY. * use the hobobujo to track the awesomeness. Goal 2: Move that BODY. Because of my vacation week, I'm phasing this one in a little. * Week 1 - run 2x and yoga 2x. Go to TKD as much as possible. * Week 2 - make a vacation plan, and do it. ~~~ Ideally by this point I'll be feeling pretty awesome about running 3 miles in a row ~~~ * Week 3 and 4 - start the hal higdon intermediate 5K training program, designed to improve your 5K times. This involves running 5x a week! which is pretty intense. I'll see how it goes. Goal 3: Be better at food. this is totally vain, and I hate that I've been "DIETING" for so long but -- the 18 year old is graduating from high school and we have a big party planned for him on 7/1/17 and it's our big blended family which is totally nice and awesome but also secretly a little awkward and I would like to go into that party from a position of feeling amazing about myself. Considering you can't outrun your diet, I'm going to need to really focus on diet. Goal INFINITY: yo, do some stuff for yourself. I mean, vacation is going to be great. Also, do a tiny thing in the yard. start a new knitting project. get the sourdough starter back out. go see wonder woman. just DO SOMETHING NICE. but: HIIIIIEEEEE!

One of my favourite Shakespeare lines, I don't imagine you could say that out loud without sounding like a badass, and I need more badassery in my life, so I shall endeavour to embody all that is encompassed in that line. Goal 1 ~ Set Up for Success Go to bed at 11 on work nights, midnight on non-work nights. Up with the alarm all mornings on which one is set. It really clicked for me in the last challenge how much easier things are to accomplish when I've had good rest (I mean, I knew this, but apparently I didn't really KNOW this). My job is such that I will have disrupted sleep some nights, since I'm on call and could be called out for emergencies at any time, but when that happens, I need to find a way to persevere the next day and do the thing anyway. The 'getting up' part is harder than the 'going to bed' part, but I struggle with both at times. Score: 0/28; 0/28 Goal 2 ~ Stretching and Physio and Yoga, Oh My! I'm doing physio for some hip/glute issues I've got going on, so the goal is to do that plus some stretching every day. I also quite like the NF yoga (though I've only done Water A so far), but it takes longer than my regular stretching and I don't always have the mental energy needed to do it, so I'll aim to do it 2x/week in place of regular stretching. Score: 0/28 (overall); /8 (yoga only) Goal 3 ~ Stick to the Workout Plan My schedule for the next while will be a bit all over the place, since two coworkers are going away for 6 weeks of training and I'm the only person available to train the new people. I'll go back to making weekly plans based on my work schedule, and then I'll stick with them. See above for persevering on less-than-ideal days. The plan will consist of 2x strength workouts/week and 2x regular runs/week and 1x intervals/week, in some order as to fit between work shifts. If I have to run on the treadmill when I'm on call, I will, but as many runs as possible will be outside. I will also be playing hockey once per week, on Sundays, staring in May. This can't replace any other workout during the week, it's extra. Score: /4 Goal 4 ~ Pushups I'm putting it separate from the workout goal, since I keep forgetting. I can get 10 good ones, plus another 5-7 wobbly ones, so I think I'll start by doing 3 sets of 10 every other day for the length of the challenge, then retest my max. I need to increase my numbers to being able to do at least 37 in one set, for future police testing. This one isn't as urgent as the running, but slow and steady will get me there eventually, and I find I tend to stall easily on these, even when I'm consistent. This time it's about consistent practice, and I'll work on increasing numbers from there. Score: /14 Goal 5 ~ Stick to the Food Plan I signed up for 2 months of Eat to Perform about 1/2 way through the last challenge. So far I'm doing well at sticking to their prescribed macros (mostly), and I'm not anticipating having too much trouble with this one. However, the aforementioned wonky work schedule leads to some weeks where I don't have 2 days off in a row, so I'll have to make sure I'm buckling down on the meal planning in those weeks. Score: 1/28 Note In the last challenge I said I wanted to go to a Monday-Sunday week, so I had 2 days at the end to catch up if needed. With the wonky work schedule, that doesn't matter so much, so I'll stay with the Sunday-Saturday week for now. When I get my weekends back, I may change again, we'll see. (Edit: changed the order of the goals to reflect my priority, and fixed the scores on pushups and stretching goals)

A lot of this is going to be the same ol', same ol', but I really want to focus on my running in this one. I've been too lax with it, between laziness and using the gym as an excuse not to run (as in, 'Oh, I'll go to the gym today, even though the plan was to run today, and just run tomorrow' *doesn't run tomorrow*), I really just need to focus on that right now. In terms of the police testing, other than pushups, I'm pretty well strong enough for it all, it's my endurance (or lack thereof) that kills me. So: Goal 1 ~ Run 4x/week Three treadmill runs of 5k, increasing the speed each week by 0.1 mph (with a starting speed of 6.5mph), which will put me at my short term goal of 7mph by the start of the next challenge (in theory). Might have to dial this back just a tad, I got fairly sick over the holidays (still am fairly sick, actually, but a bit less so), so I'll have to see how I recover from that during this zero week, but the only dialing back will be the speed I start/finish at, I'm sticking with the speed increase plan regardless. The fourth run will be Wednesday nights, sprints at the indoor track. This'll be a hard one to get up for through January, but once February rolls around, I'll be driving out there on Wednesdays for soccer anyway, so the plan is to go a hour or so early and do a sprint workout beforehand. Again, this might get dialed back a bit once soccer actually starts, I'm anticipating it not being very intense, but I could be wrong. Goal 2 ~ Pushups Need to get back on this train, so I'm going to try doing one more every day for the whole challenge, until I stall out or feel like I'm overdoing it. If I can keep it going the whole time, I'll start with 1 on day one, and finish with 28, which would be better than my PR for 1 set. No idea how this'll work, but *shrug* Goal 3 ~ Clean up the diet Just be mindful and prepared, basically. Less eating out, more homemade meals. Be aware of what supplies I'm running low on and replenish before I'm out of them. Batch cooking on the weekends, making a point of preparing overnight oats and a container of lunch the night before, so I can just throw them in a bag and go to work. Also, no more bedtime snacks, have some milk if I'm really that hungry. Goal 4 ~ Sleepy time TV off by 11pm on work nights, 12am on non-work nights, up with the alarm. I'm really sucking at the latter, and seem to bounce back and forth on the former. Just gotta buckle down and do it. Goal 5 ~ Stretch Daily. Pick a forward fold exercise from Focused Flexibility and work on that in particular, and the rest of my body in general. The key to this will be to find a way to remember to do it earlier in the evening, I usually think of it as a 'before bed' thing, and then it's almost 11 and I'm like, well, guess I better go to bed on time, shucks! General To-Do's Firstly, I want to figure out how to work lifting back into my schedule. Part of what got me away from it over the last little while is that I'm not feeling confident as the weights increase, and I don't have anyone to spot me. While I realize I could ask a random, that's way out of my comfort zone, and being in a gym is already out of my comfort zone, so it's not gonna happen. I'm really hoping my sister will join the same gym as me, as she's been talking about, and we can make 2 times per week work to go together. If not, I'll figure something out. Secondly, this list (to be added to as I think of things): ~ Paracord dog leash + bracelet ~ Birdhouse geocache ~ Other general geocache maintenance ~ Clean my room

'Tis the season for a new challenge! Yay.... I think. I'm saving my Swords of Power challenge for January/February when I will have maybe come up with a way to assign attributes that aren't all purely mental and habit control (ex: "avoid the influence of Mindsword/Skulltwister by not even looking at memes or Netflix or Crunchyroll or <insert long list of distractors>", "do not sit at home doing nothing for all of break like you're possessed by Soulcutter", etc etc). Anyway, what better way to theme at this time of the year than through Christmas celebration! (awkward fragment is awkward lol) Note: still a draft. "The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear." Practice clarinet and accumulate at least 10 points per week -2 points for no or insignificant practice 0 points for significant practice less than an hour in duration +2 points for the first hour in a day +1 point per each additional half hour +1 for singing practice "The four food groups are candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup." make good choices in food so I can make all the bad choices when Christmas cookies and candy roll out. Goal: average 2 points per day He's making a list, checking it twice Basically making sure I stay on top of academics into the Finals season and through winter break. I'm taking Bio 2 next semester but it's been 6-and-a-half years since I had AP Bio so woot. Going to keep working on Japanese as well. All the tacky Christmas clothing! Tacky Christmas socks Flexibility exercises for splits. EVERYDAY. Following advice from 30 Days & Stretches to Splits with supplementary material from GMB Fitness (both links I found here on NFR) Tacky Christmas sweater 100 Push-ups challenge starting on week 1 column 1 Tacky Christmas hat At the moment, this just encompasses all the other physical activity I might do. He knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you're awake Sleep! I've been doing better with the sleeping part. Now I just need to do better on the awake-time time management without sacrificing sleep (oops). Happy Birthday Jesus Daily reading the Bible in preparation for Christmas. Even if it's just 5 minutes. Church.... kind of counts? So 8 possible pts /wk I'm running out of list related metaphors. I need to post a log (or at least a point distribution) here every week. I'm going to make it so that if I don't post my weekly log, all of my positive logging points negate. I also need to update my spreadsheet daily (so I don't forget details). I'm not 100% sure yet but I think this week is going to overlap both the end of my SU challenge (because the infrastructure is already there in that spreadsheet) and the beginning of this challenge. I'm still going over some ideas with regard to point distribution, category weights, and adjustments so that negative points just zero out instead of bleeding into other categories. I might use a combination. Reward system (likely related to presents under the Christmas tree) forthcoming.

Hello everyone! Last month's challenges were loads of fun. I really enjoyed following along with several people and hope to follow a few more this time. I'm doing things a bit differently this month. First, I'm not starting any new Nerd Fitness Academy quests. I'm going to do the ones that I've been working on, but that's it. Second, I'm only going to add two new challenges which will be on going throughout the next 5 weeks and beyond. These are Co-Op, so you are very welcome to join in. Part One: Diet. I've been following a personalised version of the Nerd Fitness Academy Paleo Diet. No white wheat flour (whole grain and white flour from potatoes, beans, and rice is allowed) and no foods with added sugar. In addition to this, I've been trying to drink nothing but water throughout the day. Tea/coffee is allowed, but only before 10am and diet soda is allowed but only after 8pm. No caffeine or food after 9pm, no alcohol during the week, and no snacking between meals with the exception of a desert after supper. The only exceptions to this are on games nights and if my blood sugar level drops too low. To help keep snacking to a minimum, I've started to use nicotine free shisha sticks which help keep my hands busy and are better than gum. This month I will be working on cutting back on dairy and beans, which means no dairy except in my protein smoothies (one per day) and in my tea/coffee. Diet, part 2. Each week, I will try two new recipes from the Nerd Fitness Academy recipe web page. I will post a link to the recipes as well as give a quick run down of how to do it for those who can't access Academy pages. Part Two: (Gainz Co-Op Challenges) Pull Ups. During the last challenge, I noticed a lot of people who said that they either are working on gaining strength to be able to complete one pull up or that they wish they could do one pull up. I'm one of those people. So, this month and next, I'm doing the 20 pull up challenge, starting with week -2. This challenge, if you start on week -2, will last 8 weeks. With a bit of luck, by the end of the 8 weeks, we will be able to do at least one unassisted pull up with proper form. Push Ups. I figured if we're going to gain upper body strength in order to do pull ups, a push up challenge would help. Meet the Hundred Push Up Challenge. This challenge lasts 6 weeks, but we're going to push it out to 8 (see what I did there?). Week -2 will be column one of Week 1, Week -1 will be column two of Week 1, and Week 1 will be the first column of Week 2. These will be proper, plank style push ups, not incline or knee push ups. Both challenges will be done on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of each week.

You ever have one of those challenges when you want to join in, but you're not entirely sure what to set as goals? Then you come up with 1 or 2 ideas and a semi-cute theme, so you try to cram a bunch of random stuff in so the theme works? This is one of those. Goal 1 - TWenty push-ups a day - I'll be using this and this as inspiration, but my plan is to increase the difficulty each day. I also want to use this time to focus on the mind-to-muscle connection that I learned about from here. Goal 2 - INcreased mobility - follow the mobility prescriptions from Kelly Starrett's Deskbound. This is a carryover from last challenge. Goal 3 - KInetics - I want to hit my daily step goal every day. Right now, it's only 4,000 steps, but my job is very sedentary. I have been trying to do a mile walk on my lunch break and on days I get that in, I have no problem hitting my 4,000 steps. Goal 4 - ESchew - as in "deliberately avoid using" - There are several current behaviors that I should eschew in favor of better habits. I want to eschew drinking soda in favor of drinking water I want to eschew screen time in favor of face-to-face time with my wife and kids I want to eschew playing on my phone in favor of reading a book I want to eschew sugary snacks in favor of fruits and veggies Now let's show those TWINKIES who's boss!!

Lots of you know I'm a distance runner. The past couple months I've been struggling with some lower back pain that I've been managing/treating/beating-into submission. For various reasons I couldn't complete several of my challenge goals last time. So I'm recycling three of them and thinking hard about the fourth: 1. Run 92 miles. This should be no big deal. As a bonus, each week that I log more than 25, I get to run an extra ZombiesRun mission. 2. 250 pushups. I'm going to take zero week to make sure my tricep is ok. If yes, I'll do these in sets of at least 5. In week 1 I get 1 minute per set. This will decrease by 5 seconds each week. I can take the full minute any week for a set bigger than 5. 3. 50 negatives (chinups). In zero week, I'll test this out a bit and see if my tricep is ok. I would like to start the challenge with an assessment on the gravitron, but I'm going to skip that out of caution. 4. Spend 1 hour per week learning about and working to manage some work-related stress (and perhaps aspects of my life/psyche that make me more vulnerable to this stress). This is really where facing the siege comes in. I need to kind of wall myself up in my castle and figure out what changes I want to make and where to direct my energy. The actual challenge activity each week could be working through a book I've recently bough (t"The Compassion Fatigue Workbook"), reading other resources, journaling, meditating. Some of this could be deliberate self care...like finally taking time to go to the doctor or getting a massage. That "counts", but at least some time each week should be spent reading, writing, reflecting or otherwise trying to "treat" this condition. Figuring out how to "refill the well". A bonus component of this goal is to end the challenge with at least one actionable idea I will try to pursue to help others at my workplace with the same problem. Could be as simple as buying a second copy of the book, putting it somewhere accessible and letting people know it's available. Could be writing a blog post. Could be putting together a webpage of resources I've found useful. I've been talking with some of my peers. I'm not entirely sure the problem is widespread, but I can't possibly be the only one. Bonus goals: I'm doing the Daily Dare PvP. It's a different bodyweight exercise every and and is a lot of fun. Everyone is welcome!! I'm tracking calories, and for every week that I average under 2000, I get to download a new i-tunes song. (weird that a <$2 expenditure is so motivating)

Survival of the Fittest Kind of a cool phrase. Science-y and warrior-sounding post-apocalyptic vibe at the same time, depending on how you read it. I picked the name because I liked it, that’s all. My challenge is very similar to my last one and to many before it, but I have a couple little twists and I’m pretty excited about it. 1. Run 92 miles. This is just a little increase from my last couple, but the added treat is that for every week I’m over 25 miles, I get to play an extra mission on ZombiesRun. I’m using the free version and have been rationing and hoarding them. I’ll use up my backlog of missions, but only if I “earn” them. If I use up all my backlog, maybe I’ll break down and pay for the app J One modification…I have a hiking trip planned during the challenge. I don’t always count walking miles, but this will be hard enough that these will count. 2. 250 pushups. A substantial increase over last time. This time minimum per set is 3 in week 1, 4 in weeks 2-3 and 5 in week 4. Think I can aim toward bigger sets, but don't want to make it toooo hard. 3. Gravitron - 50 negatives – Gravitron. I’m excited about this goal. I’ve been working toward chin-ups for a while, mainly by doing negatives. That’s a good way to work, but hard to tell if you are improving. I use the gravitron (assisted pull-up machine) as a gauge of progress…but I’ve been slacking on this lately. Idea is to max out on the gravitron in zero week, work through 50 negatives over the course of the challenge, and then test again (final test can be during the next zero week). 4. Shape your Environment. I had a work-related goal last challenge and found it really helpful. This time I’m going to organize my office and try to make it a nicer place to work. I spend a ton of time there and I don’t really find it to be a very relaxing, creative or comfortable place. I made a specific list of things I want to do, and I’ll spend at least 4 hours working on it (aiming for an hour a week). If I somehow finish the whole list in less time, that would be fine too. As a bonus for finishing this, I’ll buy something to make my office nicer. I’m thinking either some paint (no one said I couldn’t) or a cool plant. So yeah, kind of the same stuff I always do, but it somehow feels exciting. Bring it on! I’m also doing the Daily Dare PvP. It was a lot of fun last time.

Hello! I'm Phoenix and this is my first NF Challenge! Walk to Mordor - I started this a couple months ago and am on mile 355. It has been super fun and I love Lord of the Rings! I may reach Rivendell in this time and if I do, I will reward myself by watching the movie and having a hobbit-themed dinner with friends. 90 Pushups - Not consecutive... Just 3 sets of 10 regular, 10 diamond, and 10 wide everyday to work on strength. Running - Run 3 or 4 times a week. 6min Abs - Do daily: 1min crunches, 1min flutter kicks, 1min penguins, 1min scissor kicks, 1min Russian twists, 1min plank (or similar) Spanish - Start to learn Spanish for a trip later this year I'm soo excited and glad I found NF!! Let's do this!!

Hello! I'm Phoenix and this is my first NF Challenge! Walk to Mordor - I started this a couple months ago and am on mile 355. It has been super fun and I love Lord of the Rings! I may reach Rivendell in this time and if I do, I will reward myself by watching the movie and having a hobbit-themed dinner with friends. 90 Pushups - Not consecutive... Just 3 sets of 10 regular, 10 diamond, and 10 wide everyday to work on strength. Running - Run 3 or 4 times a week. 6min Abs - Do daily: 1min crunches, 1min flutter kicks, 1min penguins, 1min scissor kicks, 1min Russian twists, 1min plank (or similar) Spanish - Start to learn Spanish for a trip later this year I'm soo excited and glad I found NF!! Let's do this!!

Honestly, not a very theme-intensive challenge. But I want to be fit enough to take on anything…even fighting ghosts! Plus I whiffed on my mileage goal last time, and it’s “haunting” me. Some of you will remember, I'm having some problems with lower back pain...I'm continuing to work on this. 1. Run 88 miles. I had to downscale this goal last time, so now I’m gunning for it. In a moderate, controlled PT-friendly way (this is relatively low mileage for me, but it’s what I think my back can handle). 2. 200 pushups. but here’s the trick to keep me from procrastinating…they have to be in sets of at least 2 during week 1, 3 during week 2, 4 during week 3, 5 during week 4. Goal is easier if I get a lot of these in early in the challenge. 3. Multipass: This is a “do all the things” goal. In the summer, there are so many things I want to do, and I get frustrated if healthy things I want to do don’t “count” toward my goals….so I’m counting any non-running exercise, and special running workouts. “silver medal” for 7 points per week. “gold medal” for 10 pts/week. Examples: Half Point: PT exercises, 7 minute workout, 5x30 s added “strides” at end of normal run, short (10-15 min) yoga, Darebee Daily Dare. Full Point: Yoga video or class, lifting at gym, paddleboarding, hill workout (5-6 repeats high intensity), track workout, 10+ mile run. Two points: 3+ hour hike. 4. The Internets: Work on my website at least an hour per week. Can “bank” one hour from zero week. ** Sort of bonus goal (not sure I want to stick with this the whole time): count calories. I’ve been doing this for a little over a week. Aiming to stay under 2000* each day. It’s mostly involved batch cooking, measuring portions, and not eating crap. Particularly tricky not too eat too much in social situations. All stuff I already know, but putting actual numbers on it has been interesting. (*2000 isn’t a particularly aggressive goal, but is a sort of test in itself. Online calculators suggest that if I’m exercising intensely I need 2300-2400 per day for maintenance. In theory I should slowly lose at 2000. Will see how that works).

In Kill Bill, Beatrix takes on a Yakuza gang (The Crazy 88s single-handedly). Super gory, but undeniably badass. So in a very loose homage, 3 goals inspired by the 88's 1. Run 88 miles. (I was going to make it 80, but 88 is so much more theme-worthy). 2. Do 188 pushups (I was going to make it 180, but see above). 3. Go to the gym 8 times. I'm allowed to start this during "zero week" because I'll have some travel during the challenge. One life goal: Wiggle your big toe: She is completely worked over (been in a coma etc) but needs to get moving, so she focuses on one small step. I have some vague undiagnosed hip/back pain and flexibility/stability issues that are starting to affect my running and other parts of life. I've identified one small step. I want to see a physical therapist. Do this, then figure out the next step.

challenge 7 Oh cheese, I totally spaced making a thread! D: I'll pretty this up in a bit but I wanted to clear a spot for my challenge. Yes I am still participating! Last challenge I lost 6lbs and completed everything 100% which included completely sugar free/detox (not even fruit y'all) for the whole challenge. Yay! Main story, Goal 1: get back to pre wedding weight (Goal 2: Pass avg fitness test Goal 3: 25% or less body fat Goal 4: gain post apocalyptic survivalist fitness level Goal 5: ???) The gist: Goal 1) 1200cal weekly avg, 90/10 primal (This worked beautifully for me last challenge) (23/28 +2CON, 18/28 +1CON) Goal 2) Exercise 3x a week (I have been loving this)! (10/12 +3STR, 08/12 +2STR, 06/12 +1STR) Goal 3) Meal prep 5 days worth of 1 meal, every week (also loving this!) (3/4 +3WIS, 2/4 +2WIS, 1/4 +1WIS) Woo! Goal 4) Sugar free EXCEPT booze and fruit. I'm trying to learn moderation when it comes to reintroducing sugar into my diet and I drink basically never soo... (23/28 +2CHA, 18/28 +1CHA) My Motivation 1. I want to be a good example for my sisters and future children 2. To optimally manage my mental health 3. I want to maintain my new healthy relationship with food 4. I want to be more comfortable in my skin 5. To be able to better participate in walks, hikes, and other outdoorsy things I once enjoyed 6. To be able to be pregnant safely and have the energy to play with my child ( disclaimer : I have jacked up ankles and literally very weak core muscles that don't activate properly. So if I got pregnant in my current physical condition I could likely render myself immobile) 7. I want to be able to protect myself and my loved ones 8. To better my chances at having a long and healthy life 9. My husband 10. Myself

[She's] alive, Damnit! Females are strong as hell! Yep, it's Kimmy Schmidt time! With the new series coming out this month, I had no option, and I'm loving it So last I had a good challenge, but having so many guests definitely hurt my progress. I also had several times when I just didn't want to do my quests, I think because they were too long. So this month I'm going for short tasks, done often. Simplify and hit it hard! I do once again have people visiting in the 2nd week, so I'm modifying the goals for that week. (Iowa, not Indiana, but it works ) Quest 1: Crow pose again! 5 times a week I'm going to do a minimum of 5 crows a day, just to get into the groove of it. My goal is a 5 second hold. My current crow video is in the spoiler from the end of last challenge. Quest 2: Pistol squats! Again a repeat from last round, which I'll be modifying a bit. At least 5 times a week I'll do assisted pistols and at least 15 reps of modified shrimp squats per leg. Hopefully I'll get to a intermediate shrimp squat and a full range of motion on my assisted pistol. Quest 3: Stretching/splits. 5 times a week I'll do stretches with the goal of improving my splits (side and middle) and my squat depth/flexibility. My current plan is: Sit in deep squat - 1min Frog - 1 min Hamstring stretch - 30 sec each Pyramid - 30 sec each L/R splits - 30 sec each Middle splits - 30 sec Quest 4: Pushups. Like last round, I want to work on my diamond pushups. 5 times a week I'll work on those, doing as many reps as possible, with the goal of doing at least 4 pushups on the floor. Quest 5: Abs. A few days ago I started a daily ab challenge from Bloglates because I'm missing my regular ab work. So everyday I want to keep up with it. I'm super excited for this challenge, and I'm digging my theme, so bring it on April! Tracking Quest 1: 0/5, 0/3, 0/5, 0/5 Quest 2: 0/5, 0/3, 0/5, 0/5 Quest 3: 0/5, 0/3, 0/5, 0/5 Quest 4: 0/5, 0/3, 0/5, 0/5 Quest 5: 0/7, 0/5, 0/7, 0/7

I've been having trouble finding motivation lately (actually, more than lately). Originally, when I joined NF, my goal was to become a police officer (and NF was my path to passing the physical). I still have that goal, but I'm feeling less and less like I will achieve it (I know absolutely I'd be good at it and that it's what I want to do, I'm just less confident that the people in charge of hiring will see that in me). That has translated to less motivation on getting and staying in shape for the physical, which I have to redo every 6 months to maintain my qualifications (because I'm less sure that all that work will be worth it in the end), which then feeds back into my 'I'll never be a cop' thinking, which feeds back into my lack of motivation, and on and on. So, when life gets you down, you know what you gotta do? This challenge will be nothing new (well, a couple things will be, but mostly not). I'm following Dory down into the depths, and hopefully if I just keep swimming, I'll have a little success with the physical, and that will help me feel a little more hopeful about my prospects, and will eventually lead me to my P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney. And maybe I'll even make friends with a whale or a sea turtle along the way, who knows? For the record, I'll be officially starting this challenge on April 3, and measuring my weeks from Sunday to Saturday, so it'll be a full 4 week challenge. Zero week will be status quo on my workouts, I'll probably post here anyway just to keep myself honest, but I won't start counting until the 3rd. Stick to The Plan™ (R - 0/12; P - 0/12) The Plan™: R = run 3x/week (4k hilly route) + 3x20 bulgarian split squats; P = pushups etc. 3x/week. Note: PREP practice on Monday nights counts as a run day, and squats will be depending on how my legs feel after the practice, since the circuit gives my quads plenty of work by itself. Pushups etc. consists of: ~ knee pushups (mini-set method for Zero Week and maybe Week 1, 3 x max for maybe Week 1 and for sure Weeks 2-4) ~ butt things + superman hold - 3x10 + 75s (working on first fully extending my arms, then hold time) ~ hollow body holds (sort of) - 3x30s (working on lowering feet while maintaining proper form, then on increasing hold time) ~ body weight rows - 3x10 (working on lowering the rings, then on some progression towards pullups) ~ 5 minutes of crow practice on the parallettes I recognize that the things in the 'working on' brackets won't happen overnight, or even in 4 weeks, but that's what I'm thinking about when I'm doing them. Also, please ask if you want an explanation of any of my non-technical names for things. Added to this, I'm going to try to do the pushups etc. in the before rather than after work. Morning workouts are iffy with me, but see goal #3. Runs will never, ever, ever happen in the morning, so I'm not even going to try. I don't mind if I do the occasional strength stuff in the evening, but I want to feel like I'm legitimately trying to do it in the mornings. I'm also ok if I leave the crow practice 'til the evening, I'd rather have time to focus on it and practice mindfully than to rush and squeeze it in just because I said I would. Stretch (and Mobilize and Mush) Dem Things (S - 0/28; M - 0/4) S = Stretch the things daily. Do my shoulder physio daily (I mean, c'mon, it's only 2 exercises!). Do thoracic spine mobility daily. Do wrist mobility daily; M = Mush my shoulders at least once per week. (Now that I'm looking at this, the S seems like kind of a lot, since in my head I do 3 sets of all but the stretching. It might be fine, but it might take more time than I think it will. I will try this out in Zero Week and see if I need to tweak it for the rest of the challenge) To Sleep, Perchance to Dream (N - 0/28; G - 0/28) N = TV off by 11pm (reading a magazine after 11 is fine); G = Get up at 8:15am (and no lazing about in bed and/or drifting back off to sleep and then having to rush). Ugh, this is going to be hard... Domestic Rangering (C - 0/1; T - 0/4) C = Clean up my room some time in Zero Week; T = tidy and vacuum once per week to help keep it that way. And, for the love all that is good and holy, put away my damn laundry as soon as it's done!!! Other Things L = Learning forums, one/week, cuz I really need to do these things... Plan my weeks a bit, which means looking at my calendar and posting here each Sunday what days I plan to do what. I have a bad habit of saying 'Oh, I'll do this thing on this day instead' while not realizing I have 1000 other things to be doing on that day and then not having time then I skip a thing I should be doing instead of doing it. Also try to cook/preapare some things on Sunday to have for easy, healthy lunches during the week. Keep trying to eat healthy, which consists mainly of having carby/grainy/starchy things at only 1 meal/day, and being mindful about my treats (I enjoy the occasional Coke, and like to have a small sweet something after dinner, usually one 'line' of a large sized chocolate bar. I don't have any qualms about these indulgences, but I need to be mindful of not overdoing it, it can be easy for me to justify more treats than I really need by saying 'Oh, I only have these things once in a while, an extra won't hurt'). The Count (for easy copy and pasting) R ~ 0/12 P ~ 0/12 S ~ 0/28 M ~ 0/4 N ~ 0/28 G ~ 0/28 C ~ 0/1 T ~ 0/4 L ~ 0/4

I'm moving into the last 5 weeks of marathon training...so the challenge is kind of more of the same. I have two or three hard weeks left and then a taper. Hard weeks are hard. Taper weeks usually lead to obsessing over phantom injuries etc. Hoping you guys will help me hold it together J 1. Plan the run. Run the plan. This is my most important goal. 11 weeks into a training plan aimed toward a 4 hour marathon. week, there are 4 possible points (2 speed/tempo workouts, a long run, and being within 2 miles of target total mileage) 2. 150 push-ups. (Spread over the whole challenge!) 3. 8 times to the gym. Still working very slowly toward chin-ups. Because I can’t do any actual chin-ups yet, I mostly do negatives and use the gravitron as a quantifiable benchmark. I actually improved a tiny bit last month. Able to do sets of 8,8,7 @ “11”. 4. Fun cooking goal. I got a bunch of great spices for Christmas and some soup mixes…make one dish using each of these things (not all together!) 5. Stretch goal. Finish 30 day splits challenge (13 days to go). And do two at-home restorative yoga sessions.

I'll once again be training like a Jedi. Blast Shields and Wookiees are optional. Quest 1. Hand Balancing. +2 DEX Continuing from the last challenge, I'll be working on hand balancing skills with the eventual goal of doing a handstand. Last time I did a pretty good job with Crow Pose, so this challenge I'll be carrying that momentum through. For Quest 1 I will practice hand balancing (Crow Pose, Scale Pose, and Wall Planks) every day. Quest 2. Force Push(up). +3 STA, +1 STR That's right, more Pushups! As with my previous challenges, I'll be working towards my goal of 100 pushups in five sets. Last challenge I got to 82, which is making the end goal feel tantalisingly close. This time I'm stepping it up and going for a total 91 reps in five sets. I incorporate a Pushup test into my workouts once a week. Quest 3. Force Pull. +3 STR No, Kylo. You may not have that saber. My force push is moving along, but my force pulling abilities could do with some work. Last challenge I increased my Chin-up Flex Hold time to 27 seconds, now I'll be working on increasing my reps. My current AMRAP is 6 good Chinups, this challenge I aim to complete 10 Chin-ups with good form. Quest 4. Creating a Holocron. +1 WIS A Holocron is a mystical object that Force users create in order to store their knowledge and wisdom. I'm no Jedi Master, but I think it's a good idea to start recording and taking notes on my workouts. As I did last time, I will use this challenge thread to keep track of my workouts, including notes on progression (or lack thereof). Oh, and I'll be needing a theme song.. Grading A (100%), B (75%), C (50%), D (25%), F (0%)

Overview / Motivation: So the island beat me down quite a bit during part 1. The mental challenges of balancing a tough load of school deliverables on top of work and family life got the best of me and I didn't make the progress I hoped to make. I've adjusted my side goals this time around to hopefully build a routine that is more realistic. I'm excited because this 4 week challenge lines up nicely with the remainder of my big school deliverables, so coming out of this challenge I should be as good as done with my MBA. That said, I will have quite a few intense deliverables during this period, so I will get to see if I learned anything from part 1, and if I can better manage the stress through exercise and healthy living. I'm also continuing my goals development. During part 1 I build out a vision and 2-3 long term goals associated with family, professional, and physical health. My ultimate goal on this front is to build out the same vision and long terms goals for all of the '8 Forms of Wealth.' Based on what I've completed so far this leaves me with: Spiritual/Inner Self, Financial, Circle of Genius/Social, Adventure, and Impact/Legacy. I'll pick another 3 and build out my vision and goals. Looking forward to it! Main Quest (revised for 2016): Hit the following benchmarks in strength and stamina: Bench Press 250 lbs. Squat 250 lbs. Complete 20 Pull Ups Reach 180 pounds Side Quests: Average 250 Push-ups & Body Weight Squats per week Points Potential: STR +5 Grading: A= Average > 90% B= Average > 80% F= Average < 80% Complete 3 - 2 Mile Runs per week Points Potential: STA +5 Grading A= Average > 90% B= Average > 80% C= Average > 70% F= Average < 70% Average 2 NerdFitness Yoga Sessions / Week (Using Star B Workout) Points Potential: DEX +2 Grading A= Average > 90% B= Average > 80% C= Average > 70% F= Average < 70% Life Quest: Set 3 Additional Long Term Goals Points Potential: CHA +3 Grading Pass / Fail

Fitness Goals Starting weight: 210 lbs Maximum set strict pushups: 20 | Challenge Goal: 60 Maximum set strict pullups: 7 | Challenge: 15 Current squat PR: 205 | Challenge Goal: 225 My current schedule to maintain: Crossfit 4x weekly Ultimate frisbee 3x weekly Minimum of 60 pushups/day (including CF/warmups) Minimum of 15 pullups/day (including CF/warmups) Current eating habits that I want to continue: Succeeded in cutting sugary cereals entirely for over a month (and now it feels like why would I ever eat those? Gross!) Intermittent fasting many days from 6pm-10am (not strict, just not eating after dinner/before workout) No sugary treats in over a month (Except for stupid apple pie on easter...) Alcohol calories down to less than 500/week Levelling Up Life Goals STRETCH! Still semi-fitness, but this is the only thing I am not happy with my consistency on. I want to stretch before and after workouts, AND intermittently through the day.

We had a plaque in my house growing up with the quote “Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.†It kind of fits with the theme of this challenge. Essentially, I’m taking my ongoing goals and adding a thread of mindfulness throughout them to try to overcome some of my problem areas (cougheatingcough). Goal 1: Maintain Fitness Routine 3x/week workout - this is usually 1 hour-long bootcamp class and 2 bodyweight exercise workouts based on a mix of starting bodyweight and the bbww circuit. 1 run/week (goal is generally to increase from 2.6 miles to 5K, so I'm pretty close now!)1 pushup AMRAP/weekWalk 16 miles/week - 64 miles totalGoal 2: Movement Focus - Deep Squat Holds Squat daily, and try to squat whenever I think about it at random times throughout the day.Focus on learning better form and increasing mobility over holding for a specific length of timeGoal is eventually 5 minutes/dayThe purpose of this is to do it daily, so no making it up if I miss a dayGoal 3: Conscious Eating Essentially, I want to think of Future NTB when I make decisions about food. Right Now NTB wants to have a treat for one reason or another, but how will that affect future NTB? Maybe it will be a happy memory for her and won’t have many bad effects. But maybe it could make her cravings worse for the food again in the future. Or maybe it could upset her stomach. Or maybe it could set back her weight goals, or put unhealthy junk into her body that will make her feel bad or harm her overall health, or just make her feel guilty and frustrated. So. For every food I eat, I want to weigh that choice. I want to be nice to Future NTB and care about her wellbeing. I want to follow these general guidelines about eating, but I can go outside of that if it makes sense for a particular situation. And if I’m about to sell out my future self, I want to recognize and acknowledge it. Don’t eat after 8pm (or within 3 hours of bedtime)Avoid grains and refined sugarEat when hungry, and take some time to think about whether I’m actually hungry before eating (unless it’s obvious)Try to eat veggies with every mealTry to limit excessive dairy, but eat yogurt weekly for digestion (NEW) Try to take a few deep breaths each time I'm about to start a meal or snack. I'm hoping to establish this as a trigger for mindful eating to help the habit stick.Last challenge I had a 20 burpee penalty for breaking the rules. I might incorporate that into this challenge somehow still, but I'm not sure where it fits yet. Goal 3: Life goal - journaling I don’t write much these days and I’ve been thinking that I want to keep this skill sharp. So I plan to write every day of this challenge on 750words.com. If I succeed, and if I decide this is a worthwhile thing that I want to stick with, I can reward myself with the Day One journaling app.I think this will also be useful for my food goal – it might help with reflection and thinking about Future NTB.I am also starting a bullet journal this month, so that's semi-related.Bonus Quests: 4 yoga videos/classes OR 75 minutes/week = 1 point available per weekAnkle alphabets every day (aim for at least 2 sets) = 1 point available per weekMeditate 7x/week for any length of time = 1 bonus point available per weekHold legs-into-chest pose for several minutes per day = 1 point available per week (this is to support my squat goal)

The fact that I've been a member of this forum for 6 months and haven't done a Star Wars themed challenge is ridiculous.. Main Quest. My main quest is to develop my confidence and physical health/fitness to the point where my low self esteem no longer holds me back from living life the way I'd like to. This challenge I'll be taking inspiration from one of the greatest franchises ever and training like a Jedi. The ever-present pushup goal is still here, and I'll be working on overcoming a fear of inversions, getting better at chinups/pullups, and being more organised with my workouts. Quest 1. Hand Balancing. +2 DEX The Jedi strive for balance, both in the Force and in their mentality. Also, they spend a lot of time doing handstands and levitating stuff. I want to do that. In order to overcome my fear of being upside down I'll be practising hand balancing and general "upside down-ness" 3 times a week every day. This article will be my go-to source. Quest 2. Force Push(up). +3 STA The force push is the essential force technique when in combat. It also looks pretty damn cool. I'll improve my pushing capabilities by increasing the amount of pushups I can do in five sets to 82 total reps. As my current total is 76, this means an increase of 6 reps in 4 weeks. I incorporate a pushup test into my workouts once a week. Quest 3. Hangin' with Obi-Wan. +3 STR Floors in a Galaxy Far, Far Away are pretty unreliable. Obi-Wan in particular spent most of the Clone War era hanging off the edge of stuff during important duels. Lesson learned: Jedi need to be able to hang on to stuff. This challenge I aim to increase my Chin-up Flex Hold time to 25 seconds. As my current time is around 10-13 seconds this should prove quite the challenge. I will test this at the end of the challenge, allowing 3 attempts at reaching my goal time. There will be a mid-challenge chin-up flex hold test. Final goal figure may be increased (but not decreased) depending on results. Quest 4. Creating a Holocron. +2WIS A Holocron is a mystical object that Force users create in order to store their knowledge and wisdom. I'm no Jedi Master, but I think it's a good idea to start recording and taking notes on my workouts. I will use this challenge thread to keep track of my workouts, including notes on progression (or lack thereof). Grading A (100%), B (75%), C (50%), D (25%), F (0%) A B C D F Quest 1 26 days completed 23 days completed 20 days completed 17 days completed 14 or less days completed Quest 2 82 or more reps 81 reps 80 reps 79 reps 78 or less reps Quest 3 25 seconds or more 22 seconds 20 seconds 18 seconds 16 seconds or less Quest 4 Pass/Fail basis. If even on day is missed, grade= F

Being consistent is something I struggle with. In the last challenge, I found a bit of consistency, but the trouble was it was consistently mediocre. So I'll be doing more of the same, but hopefully with a little more consistent awesomeness. Also, progress bars. Goal #1 ~ Run 4k 3x/week* I've decided to dispense with the first half of my 4k route that I've been doing and just run my 2k hilly loop twice. I'm not pleased with this decision, but when I was first training for the PREP, doing that loop once 3x/week as hard as I could got me where I needed to be. I'm looking for a little more endurance overall, so it stands to reason that doing it twice 3x/week should be good. I'll be shooting for max-ish effort each time, with the realization that I'm not a robot so that won't always translate into the same performance each time, and I'm ok with that (accepting that idea can be hard for me). *Note: in the weeks in which I have a PREP practice, that will count as a run day, but I have to go all out on the shuttle run for it to count. I've been giving up on the shuttle because I don't wanna, but I gotta stop doing this, regardless of what I want. Goal #2 ~ Physio, and Extras 3x/week I'm nearly done with the actual physio appointments for my shoulder rehab. It's been feeling really great over the past couple weeks, I'm finally feeling like it's close to back to normal (I did have issues with some of that area pre-injury that are still nagging, and maybe a little more nagging than before, but that is what it is, and probably always will be). So at my next appointment I'm planning to ask what exercises I should keep and what ones I can drop, and discuss some progressions I can take on my own to continue with the strengthening, and how often I need to do them so I keep the gains I've achieved without feeling like all I do is physio, etc. Whatever we come up with will be my physio portion. The extras are one each of a push, pull, and legs, as well as 2 core exercises (one back, one front). I have been doing 2 one day, the others the next, but I'm hoping with shortened physio being the norm, and potentially not needing to do it every day, I can put them all together and do a 'strength' day one day and a 'run + physio' day the next. Or something, that'll probably get tweaked as I figure out what works. Regardless, I wish to do the following 3x/week: knee pushups - currently at 3x19, ultimate goal of 3x37 body weight rows - no current numbers on this, but I can probably do at least 3x10 with decent form, depending on how low I hang the rings. I'm going to try to find a height that gets me to about 8 with reasonable effort (ie. 10 is a challenge, if not un-doable at first), and then work my way up from there. Ultimate goal is one single pullup, but I'll have to take that slow because of various shoulder issues, and this seems like a good place to start (weighted) squats - currently doing 3x30 at 23+lbs, which I'm not sure I'm finding beneficial. I'll probably tweak as I go on this too, as I see what the 2x hilly route does to my leg endurance elbow plank - currently at 3x60s, ultimate goal of 3x180s, but I'm not sure I love it enough to ever actually make it there butt things + superman hold - currently at 3x10+60s, no ultimate goal except to keep improving the hold time hollow-ish body hold - currently at 3x30s with legs only, no ultimate goal other than to keep improving the hold time, at work at being able to extend my arms too. I would do this in place of a plank, because planks are boring, and I actually like this one better. I'm not good at keeping my lower back on the floor though, so it'll be a slow progression. Goal #3 ~ Stretch Daily This is always a goal for me, because I can never make myself do it regularly, as good as it makes me feel. Maybe with a progress bar for all the world to see, I'll do a little better... Goal #4 ~ Crow Practice 3x/week There's a long list of things I'd like to be able to do one day, and I've always thought that the crow pose would be a good place to start with hand balances. Trouble is, I have wrist issues such that I can't put any weight on my hands when they're flat on the floor without ridiculous amounts of pain. Enter: homemade paralettes. I feel like this increases the difficulty in learning the crow pose (?), but I'd like to play around with it for at least 5 minutes 3x/week. This is completely extra to all other things, and will take a back seat if life gets busy, but the way to start is to start, even if it's just a bit. Untracked But Still Kind Of Official Goal - Make good food choices I have extra pudge I could do without, but losing it is not high on the priority list, at least not right now. But that doesn't mean I can have a free-for-all at meal times. I'm generally pretty good at making good choices, but there are some rules I'd like to try to follow most of the time: - carby/starchy/grainy things at one meal/day - fruit at 2 meals/day - veggies at 2 meals/day - no pre-bed snacks (if I'm really THAT hungry, make it a good choice, and not cheese and crackers) - eat only when I'm hungry, stop when I'm not, regardless of what's left on the plate/in the container I also like to try to make a point of planning ahead on weekends to have healthy choices that are filling for my lunches during the week. This doesn't always work out, but I'll continue to try. General List of To-Dos That I'd Like to Get Done Over the Next Four Weeks - learning forum videos x4 (at least) - stuff for Special Olympic volunteering - read a book - $150 into my savings, $40 into my jar

Overview / Motivation: I've decided to embrace my enjoyment of Arrow and start to theme my quests accordingly. My kitchen renovation that started on February 1 is still ongoing which means my squat rack and dumbbells are still covered in material. With that being said, I decided to start to rebuild myself with the basics - push-ups, squats, running and some yoga for good measure. Since the holidays I've primarily been focused on weight loss, but am losing muscle too. Time to change that! Main Quest (revised for 2016): Hit the following benchmarks in strength and stamina: · Bench Press 250 lbs. · Squat 250 lbs. · Complete 20 Pull Ups · Reach 180 pounds Side Quests: Average 500 Push-ups & Body Weight Squats per week Points Potential: STR +5 Grading: A= Average > 90% B= Average > 80% F= Average < 80% Complete 2 - 2 Mile Runs per week Points Potential: STA +5 Grading A= Average > 90% B= Average > 80% C= Average > 70% F= Average < 70% Average 3 NerdFitness Yoga Sessions / Week (2 Weeks Star A & 2 Weeks Star Points Potential: DEX +3 Grading A= Average > 90% B= Average > 80% C= Average > 70% F= Average < 70% Life Quest: Set 3 Long Term Goals Points Potential: CHA +2 Grading Pass / Fail