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So, this is likely to be a minimalist challenge: Summary: Due to being way behind at work and Ms. Moros being very sick (but recovering), I will focus on what I can do each day, rather than what I would want to do or my perfectionistic self expects me to do. So, keeping it brief, Ms. Moros has been very sick since our son's wedding. She's gotten extremely anemic, and last week, was in the ER due to a bad infection. She's getting better now, but is very weak and it is taking a long time for her to get back to normal. In addition, I am still very far behind at work, and the stress levels are very high. Right now, I am trying to exercise just to burn off stress, not for a particular fitness goal. I really have only two goals this challenge: Do what I can do of my plan each day. If that turns out to be meditation only, so be it. Post every day to NF. When I post every day, I get better. When I procrastinate or hide, things get worse. I've attached my normal challenge stuff, but I need to remind myself that my real goals are #1 and #2 above.

Accountability time!! I've been a long-time Nerd Fitness lurker and have done a couple of half-assed attempts to get back to my former weight of 140 (was last there 5-6years ago). Attached are my previous attempts in Jan 2017; April 2018, and Today Sept 5th!! I'm in it for good now! Motivation has always been an issue for me. My sister had introduced me to the PACTapp a while back - where you set a goal and if you keep it, you earn money - but if you don't meet it, you lose money. It was a terrific motivator for me! Alas, PACT had sync issues and ended up closing down due to too many glitches. Now there's another website called HealthyWage where you can set a weight loss goal and choose what you're willing to get/part with. I am aiming to lose 30lbs in 7 mos. I'm putting up $75 of my own money each month for those months and if I reach my goal, I get a bigger payout than what I put in! Woot! I love $$$ and fat loss! I'm trying to get my sister to join in the fun (because there are team goals as well) but I didn't know if anyone else using Nerd Fitness was also on Healthy Wage - then we could form a Nerd Fitness team together! I think you can search via user name (I'm Ashleigh David)... here's a link/invite to use/explore the site (full disclosure, its a referral link, so I would get some perks if you sign up through there) https://hwage.co/394448/ If anyone is already a member, let me know and I'll try to find you so we can band together in Nerd Fitness greatness and glory!! Happy Wednesday... Ashleigh AKA Unicoroner Jan 2017 April 2018 Today!

Eating: “Food is Fuel” * No chips * 1 serving of fruits and veg per day * Drink 8-10 glasses of water per day Exercise * Intentionally Run 3 days per week * Body weight workout 3 days per week * walk 1 mile per day minimum Life * meditate for 5 minutes before bed every night * set up my office/exercise room * Read a non-school related book

Alright nerds. You may have forgotten me. Life conspired to take me out of the game for way too long. I ended up with more responsibility at work (lame excuse I know). I also messed up my shoulder so thoroughly that I needed a huge surgery and almost a year of recovery. But that's all behind me now. I've put all the pieces in place. Protein? Check. Gym membership? Check. A fridge full of Costco chicken? Check. Let's do this. I'm starting out about 15lbs too fat so my plan is to go back to the diet that worked before (Paleo) and ease back into things with a good mix of riding to the gym for cardio and a shit ton of powerlifting/Olympic lifting for exercise. Over the next 3 weeks my goals are: 1. Hit gym 4 days/week 2. Transition back into Paleo 3. Drop 2lb/week I'll update more tomorrow. Also: is there a non-facebook messanger place where y'all chat these days? I miss IRC. Discord? WhatsApp?

Hello there! So I literally took a huge break for the past year as my mental health severely declined and I have been fighting to stabilize. (Yay! I have!) Now I am ready to rumble. What I am looking for: - Accountability -Information Sharing -Encouragement Goals: - Goal weight 125-135 -CW: 192 - Learn to eat veggies - Jog/run 1 miles -Bike 5 miles -Beginners Yoga - Just *feel* good and more able to be active I am currently using habatica as my habit forming and tracking app and I love it! Currently trying intermittent fasting but struggling filling my "feasting" time with healthy foods as I loathe veggies. I do fencing once a week, swing dancing once a week, and am trying to get into the habit of cardio and strength training on alternate days respectively.

Hello everyone! I'm a 25 year old girl from a faraway land of Serbia. I hope that I will be able to tell who I am gradually by participating in this community, and with updates to this thread. I have just recently heard of the NF Forums, but I've had NF Academy on my wishlist for years, from when I gained some significant weight for the first time (because of mental health issues, particularly a one stay at the mh hospital where I devoured sweets due to my state). That was 4 years ago, and before that my body was lean and attractive, even though I didn't deliberately made it that way. I was very comfortable in it. Now it's the opposite. After that start, I continued gaining more and more weight, but thankfully, I'm around 15 lbs lighter than a year ago, and my weight stayed the same last few months. I respawned a couple of times in the NFA, but I was too depressed to keep up with stuff from it. I even tried hard planning my first challenge when I first discovered the Forums, but I couldn't complete the process, so I gave up. The classes and corresponding quests are what drawn me into NF the most, and these challenges connect them perfectly! I've spent hours planning this challenge too, and I'm stoked to finish, and to finally be a part of it! Other than that, I'm curious about a lot of different topics, i.e. I have a broad range of interests, and I'm in the process of recommitting to my old hobbies and finding new ones. Actually, I want to finish reading one self-help book/program, and restart an online course in order to gain more clarity on what I want to pour my energy into, so I can live my best life. The one thing I have been most consistent is learning languages on my own, but I still know only English and basic French. I also used to play a lot of different video games as soon as my father could teach me to use the computer, but now I'm mostly, from time to time, playing The Sims games. Now, onto the challenge details: My current Main Quest is the following: Learn to manage my mental health, take care of my psychological issues/mind, and lose around 32 kg/ 70 lbs. (not during the challenge, but that's what I'm striving for in the long run), and the supporting quests are: Start journaling every day. Pick one of the 3 techniques, and do it before bed/in a cafe/when solo/etc. Get the table lamp for reading and journaling before sleep Continue deliberate, everyday (at least) 5 minutes walks Do yoga 3 times a week, and try to do it as early in the day as possible (starting from 10/08) Drink only tea, black coffee and water. Brainstorm the ways to get as soon as possible into the routine of making tea and coffee on a stove

It's time...for another respawn! My "Big Picture" Goal: My overall goal is to lose weight and increase my strength and flexibility. I used to play all the sports when I was younger, but eventually developed some knee issues and started eating more while becoming less active – we all know what that leads to… so brings me to today. 5ish years since I was last at a healthy weight, barely squeaking through my last three classes of grad school, stressed in general, and lacking motivation because I just feel tired, achy, and gross all the time. I’m respawning because I love the support, inspiration, and challenge that Nerd Fitness supplies me with! However, after lurking for the last 2-3 years and not sticking with anything (other than keeping a baseline weight of 175-186lbs) I upped my motivation game by betting on myself via HealthyWage.com. My sister had introduced me to PACTapp a year or so ago and the financial push/pull was actually very effective at getting me out the door and active! However, the PACTapp had lots of bugs and they ended up folding. When a friend mentioned HealthyWage to me, I decided to go all in! I’m 42 (the Answer to the Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything!!) as of 5 days ago and I’d love to be able to kick ass in my HW challenge of losing 30lbs over the next 7mos! Main Quest! Increase productivity! Over the course of this challenge, I will be up and out of bed before 5:30 am at least 4 x a week! I need to be up at that time on the days that I work, so I should totally be able to do it one extra day a week for starters instead of sleeping in late on my days off. I’m aiming to be one of those productive morning persons who naturally wakes up at 5 every day! Work out! Over the course of this challenge, I will make it to the gym at least 3 times a week! I work 13ish hour shifts at the hospital 3 days a week, so there is no reason why I can’t make it to the gym on my other days! Eat clean 80% of the time! As a nurse, there is always a variety of sweets, pastries, and other unhealthy snacky snacks lurking in the break room – making it quick and easy to cram something in my mouth instead of eating properly prepared and nutritious things. Over the course of this challenge, I will prep meals for myself each week and will ingest non-processed, whole foods 80% of the time – allowing a 20% cushion for other things that I haven’t prepped. Track it!! One of our nursing tenants is “if you didn’t document it, it didn’t happen!” Likewise, I feel that I need to write stuff down to hold myself accountable. Over the course of this challenge, I will document my meals and exercise in MyFitnessPal (with help from the Fitbit app). Pictures attached for accountability and to remind myself that it's ok to keep respawning as many times as it takes! The tank top is the most recent one...the white shorts/black sports bra one is from Jan 2017, while the turquoise shorts/black sports bra is from April 2018. This time around, there will definitely be changes!! Ashleigh

You know that feeling, you rediscover an old game and can't wait to be nostalgic and jump back in, and then the save file is corrupted? Welcome to my life. Okay, I'm being dramatic. It's been a long, long while since I've checked in, and a lot of things have happened, some good and some bad, but that's life. It left me at my lowest point a few weeks back, and now it's time to reboot and start a new file that will be even better than the old one. Because of this reboot/respawn, I'm going back to the level 1s. This challenge will serve to help me figure out where to set my priorities, so there won't be hours of exercise every day, but we'll get there. Main goal: Reboot. Figure out where I am in life, where I want to set my priorities in the long and short term, focusing on the short term since, as you'll find out, my life is in a bit of uncertain waters at the moment. Goal 1: Get the systems up and running. Literally run. However, to ease into it, I just want to run on the elliptical. We have it at home and nobody ever uses it, so I want to. I'm not going to set myself a goal like "an hour every day", but ideally I want to be on the elliptical every morning before work, so mon-fri. Let's call that my stretch goal. Goal 2: Twiddle with the settings. Track things. What things? ALL THE THINGS. I just bought new stationary and a new phone with all new apps (cause it's just so boring to not try new things when you get a new phone, right?) and there are SO. MANY. TRACKING TOOLS. Now, not everything's gonna work. While I would love to be that person who has everything planned out, that also goes against my nature a bit. So this is the time to try and see what works for me. I will make sure to share the apps and things I try, and how I like them - although please be aware that they will be very subjective reviews. Goal 3: Distract myself while I wait for things to load. Do projects at work. Projects currently on my list: New filing system. Work through the old to do list items. Create a wedding master list. Sort through ALL the old things. New mailbox. (I made a TL;DR since the below turned a bit long and off topic!) Workworkworkworkwork. I've just started a new job as a personal assistant and very probably will soon have an additional job as a CEO of a small company. Super exciting, right? My last job was extremely horrible. So horrible that I was on sick leave for two and a half months. However, it has also been the straw that broke the camel's back in a good way, as it left me with no option but to cry for help. I got that help. It's a process and I still battle with depression and anxiety, but it lead me to where I am now, which is an absolutely amazing company full of incredibly kind and funny nerds, and I know that my reaching out for help was part of the reason I was hired. I just read a book called "White Silence" by Jodi Taylor (who is an amazingly talented author and everyone should read the St. Mary's Chronicles, just saying!) and there was one quote that stuck with me. I believe I am one of those people. Whether that is the case because I am who I am, or whether I am who I am because things happen to me, I don't know. But while not all of those things are amazing, I love to live this way and am super grateful because it has lead me along a very eventful path. Aaaaanyway. Due to the nature of my work as a personal assistant, there are very busy times but also a lot of downtimes, especially since I'm still new. I want to use these down times by making projects that will make my boss' life - and thereby mine - easier. So here we go! I've had posts with more gifs but I'm gonna start this clean and post the trackers/things I want to track below. :)

Nerds, comrades, friends, GREETINGS! Welcome to........ The Big One. The start of the ULTRA. MEGA. SHAAR RESPAWN CHRONICLES. So a quick recap from my last challenge, if you’ve lost your mind in the interim (like me) or if you’re new to these bardly parts - TL;DR, my house sold and is about to close this week, I’ve separated from my partner of 11 years (we live together and are still extremely close, which may make this harder), I’m quitting my job of 6.5 years in 2 weeks, and in the last week of August we’re loading up all of our crap to make the final road trip to move out of NC to MA for me, and NYC for them. Oh, and I’ll be bringing my heavily drugged-up anxiety ball of a cat. >:] Phew. Needless to say this a big, if not the biggest, turning point of my life. There’s a lot at play here mentally, emotionally... everything-ly, it’s been a lot of work to get to this point, and it’s finally here, and HOO BOY HOWDY BUCKLE UP YOUR SEATBELTS KIDS. My last few months have been nothing short of unpredictable and chaotic, and pretty much every aspect of my life has been in a quiet flux and is about to change real soon. Neat!! *^_^* (I’m v. much looking forward to the end result, FWIW!!!) So, my last few previous challenges have all led up to this one. The big one. The start of the real deal mega-frickin’ respawn. And, like the previous challenges, this one has only one goal - survive. I know I can do it, I’ve gotten through so much already, I only hope I don’t take a massive beating along the way. It’s like when you’re getting close to the boss room, and there’s a nicely placed save point, and you’re just kinda like “....Oh.” You know what’s coming. After the boss you get to like, go back to town and repair your gear and take a load off while the plot progresses. But you gotta do the hard work first. I’m going to do my best to take care of myself along the way - making sure I eat enough, get proper sleep, try not to let anxiety ruin my schedule of the aforementioned (because it has already), and try not to overthink things. One day at a time, take care of what’s in front of me, and then move on from there. Once this challenge is over everything will be done and dusted!... Right? (RIGHT.) And I’ll be able to continue my respawn and move on to more focused work - regaining my fitness, retooling my career, ENJOYING MYSELF, yes yes, all of these things! So I’ll get through it in the only way I know how - running and screaming and not letting anything get in my way. It’s worked so far.... Right?! I've got a lot of things I need to take care of so this challenge will also likely feature list after list of crap that I can check off as I move forward. HERE WE GO MY DUDES~ <3 [edit] OH THIS CHALLENGE WAS MY 10000 POST THIS IS A BLESSED AND SPECIAL THING !!!!!!!!!!!!! :DDDDDDDDD

Awwwww but I'm sure it's for the best. HERRO!!!! I think I left my car here a while back. Yes! I am back. I'm going to make a challenge for Sept. 9th, get back into it. Because at one point I was 18.4% body fat and now.... I don't even wanna measure. I don't like how I look, I don't like how I feel health wise. I'm getting VERY busy with Twitch/Art. So it's time to get serious. If other people can work and go to school, if other people can deal with depression every day, if other people can train for 14 years and then win 5 gold medals at the Olympics (I'm looking at you Simone Biles).... then I can prioritize, work out, twitch, art, manage, sleep, and love. In the time leading up to the challenge on the 9th. I wanna work on lil things. -Be in my bed at 2 am -Wake up and get out of bed at 8am -Grocery Shop and meal plan/prep on Sundays (even tho it's the worst day to go) -Keep all other responsibilities in order aka make todo lists and ya know... do them. No theme, just what's needed. On the 9th, I'll splurge and make a theme.

Any chance we could maybe get some reset options? I'm coming back after some time away and want to clear everything, so I can start shiny and fresh. I'd love if there was a way to reset the account as it's a little demotivating to have to uncheck everything you once accomplished, or at least it is for me, lol!

So I fell so far off the wagon that I fell off a cliff I forgot about Nerdfitness. It was my usual San Diego CimicCon is crazy, then recovering from that, then going into BlizzCon is crazy, to the Holidays, to half assed new year's resolutions. Then boom, I'd had enough! I was not going to go up another jean size. Decided to start a new Keto lifestyle. But unlike other times I had attempted lifestyle changes/diets, I planned and prepared. So by the time I started, I had gotten rid of all the crap foods, and had recipes and plan in place. I knew my weaknesses, and had developed coping techniques. Kicking sugar was a bitch, but I'm over the hump. Trips to the supermarket involve only the the outer aisles, no chips, or cookies, or junk food, labels are read (so much sugar in all the things!), and eating whole foods have become the norm. I do cheat, but it's rare and I try and make those cheat meals worth it, like going to a nice restaurant, or someone's homemade fried chicken. I do miss popcorn at the movies, and sometimes the ease of a fast-food meal whispers in the back of my brain, but I have been able to shut those whispers down by focusing on my goals. It's been 2 months and I am almost 20 pounds down. Now that I have re-set my palate and eating style, I need to add some exercise (I'm typing this during the heatwave from hell , so I may have to wait a few more days) The I remembered about Nerdfitness, so I am back baby! Anyway this is just me committing to continuing the journey and leveling up.

Rookies Respawn Ohhh yah its time~ It has been awhile since I have come around to NF but here I am <3 And it is about damn time! MAIN GOAL FOR THIS CHALLENGE: Lose 5lbs ‘︿’ > CONTROL THE NOMS: Eat 500 calories under TDEE Perfect week = 3 points 5-6x / week = 2 points 3-4x / week = 1 point > HYDRATE FOOL: Drink 3L of water every day Perfect week = 3 points 5-6x / week = 2 points 3-4x / week = 1 point > SHAKE DAT BOOTY: Move at least 10 minutes a day (walk, jog, crawl, dance, ride) Perfect week = 3 points 5-6x / week = 2 points 3-4x / week = 1 point LIFE QUEST > JAWS: Floss dem teethies daily Perfect week = 2 points 4-6x / week = 1 points > $$$ : Save monthly amount + pay off visa Yes = 1 points Weekly Grading 11 points = A++++ You are queen of the world <3 7-10 points = A.... YAS get it gurl 4-6 points = B... Cool cool cool... do better 2-3 points = C... •_•) who dis? new phone 0-1 points = F... YOU'VE BEEN KILLED: 10 seconds until respawn

I joined the rebellion six years ago, and I did really well for a while, and then depression took hold and dragged me down. I finally clawed my way out two years ago with the help of meds, but I have been dealing with prodigious weight gain. Two years ago I started ice skating, and last summer I played pick up hockey once a week, but was sidelined with back and knee issues. Since then I've been diagnosed with two herniated discs in my lower back, and an enlarged thyroid. I need to start taking care of myself. I've started walking in the mornings to get active again and I am making gradual changes to my diet. I hope I can stick with it this time.

Feels a bit abrupt to drop back into the NF forums after being away so long, like :poof: I’m baaaack! I’m hanging out with the Adventurers for awhile (my previous couple years’ worth of challenges were done as a Ranger). It has been so long since I’ve been active, and my entire life/routine/body has changed so much in the past two years, that I have no idea what type of activity/lifestyle I’m into now. So, for now, I walk, I hike, I eat a mostly healthy diet that doesn’t fit into any particular category (mostly working on dialing down my sugar consumption without reawakening my disordered eating dragon who has been kept meekly at bay for 4 years now), and I work on my mental health (a host of other dragons). I’m a bit late in posting, but I started my challenge right on time on May 28. I’m easing back into the NF challenge arena with a simple challenge based on streaks. My challenge is intentionally gentle at this early stage. I am 6 months postpartum with my first (and only!) little, and it's been quite a ride so far. I am struggling with postpartum depression and anxiety as well as new variations of old body image issues. I am also pursuing a promotion (with a big increase in responsibility) at work, so I’m stretched to the point where it’s still manageable but I know I can’t add too much more to my plate. While I do have long-term goals for my weight and health markers, I am also working on being gentle with myself at this early stage as I ease back into the mechanisms of a NF challenge in my new postpartum reality. The Streaks: @=completed, X=missed, =gold star day [Nutrition] Eat a vegetable with two meals every day. Gold Star if I manage to find a way to make vegetables palatable for breakfast. Week 1 - @@@@@@ Week 2 - @@@X@@@ Week 3 -@@@@@@X Week 4 - @@@X@@@ [Health] Drink two of my big stainless water bottles full of water every day. Gold Star if I manage three full bottles in a day. Week 1 - XX@X@@X Week 2 - @@@XX@ Week 3 -XX@X@@@ Week 4 - XX@X@@X [Fitness] Walk for 15 minutes every day. Gold Star if I walk for 30 minutes in a day (can be broken into multiple walks). Week 1 - XX@XXX Week 2 - XXXXXXX Week 3 - XXXXXXX Week 4 - XXXXXXX [Life] Write something, anything, for 15 minutes every day. Gold Star if I write for 30 minutes in a day (can be broken into multiple sessions). Week 1 - XXX@@X Week 2 - XX@@XXX Week 3 - XXXXX@X Week 4 - XX@XX@X One-off PowerUps: =complete Call new therapist and make an appointment. Go to first therapy appointment and make a decision about whether or not to continue. Set up auto-pay for my June bills BEFORE the late notifications appear (a new problem for me due to new-mom fatigue and forgetfulness). Get the new plants put into the garden before they all die of dehydration in their little pots. Go to my local Pride festival in June. (happy day! Last minute schedule change meant we could go!) Spend legit hang-out time with a friend. My challenge retrospective post will tally number and length of streaks, and number of Gold Stars and PowerUps obtained. Will update the streaks in this post, and will share progress reports in the thread below.

I was on NerdFitness 3-4 years ago. Doing challenges. Doing pushups, for crying out loud. Then I had a pacemaker put in, and I kind of fell to pieces. It took 6 weeks of rest and physical restrictions to recover from the actual (minor) surgery. The depressive funk I slid into lasted longer than that. I just stopped caring. During the time I had been here on NF, I had lost 40 pounds. I kept them off for awhile. But then, I suddenly found myself hungry. I mean hungry. All. The. Time. Some of the pounds found their way back to me, slowly. Twelve of them, to be exact. I kept thinking I should "do something" about that, but just couldn't muster up the willpower. I was so tired. And tired and hungry people eat. I found myself eating sugary crap just to keep the beast at bay. And to give me energy -- except the sugar did just the opposite. So now I was ravenous, tired, and falling asleep at work. Gaining weight. Did I mention I felt like crap? And thirsty. OMG I was thirsty. I was having that issue a bit way back when here on NF, and just couldn't seem to drink enough water. Well, it got worse. I felt old. Tired, and shriveled up and old. Until I went to the doctor last year, and was diagnosed with *borderline (pre-) Diabetes. Fast forward to now. I've lost almost 30 pounds (down 60 overall from my highest weight). I'm on a low-carb diet (never, ever did I imagine I would do that). I eat more veggies and healthy fats (yay for olive oil!) than I ever did before. Very little processed food (okay, I still go out to eat more often than I should, but I make much better choices now). My blood sugars have improved, but not where I would like to see them. And I still have this bit of belly fat that just wants to hang around. I've done the diet thing to death -- meaning, it's not the food holding me back anymore. I need to exercise if I want to see more improvements in my body shape and blood sugars. So I'm back, with a better outlook. And more energy to do the stuff with the things that need to be done. The stakes are higher now, than they were when I just wanted to lose weight. But I think I got this. Just gotta do it, one pushup at a time. *Borderline Diabetes (pre-Diabetes): Not bad enough to be full-blown Diabetes, but blood sugars not in normal range, either. Basically, your metabolic system is broken, but you haven't quite broken big pieces of it off, yet. Estimates are out there that 50-75% of people who are borderline (pre-D) will go on to develop type 2 Diabetes within 5 years.

I've been a total lazy bum for over a year now. It's time to get back into shape. Here's what I'm already doing: * intermittent fasting (basically I skip breakfast most mornings) * summer courses at the community college * flute gig in August Here's what needs to (or I'd like to) happen: * a Whole30 (I'm starting this next week with my family - we have Hello Fresh arriving this week and it's too late to cancel and we're not about to throw all that delicious food away) * Walk a 5k every day. I don't care how long it takes. Eventually I want to be able to run said 5k. I live around some decent hills (in a state that's mostly flat) so funness. * Strength training. This can be bodyweight or external weights, I don't know. I have access to a free gym on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday during the summer. And Wednesday but I'm not normally in the area so that can be a bodyweight day I guess. * Yoga or something, for my hands and for the rest of me since I currently spend more than two-thirds of my waking hours on my butt and I'm just asking for back problems. * Building back up my clarinet chops for the occasional gig and also because I'm a weeb and I transcribed the Saint-Saen violin piece they played on Your Lie in April for clarinet. * Bible reading and prayer. (Seriously, what is my spiritual life.) * And other book readings. * All while maintaining A's in my classes. (I sit so much because of mountains of physics homework currently. It's made worse by the fact that I sit while I'm procrastinating so I end up sitting more than I need to.) I always need help.

I don't really know what to say, or how to tell my tale, but here's a short, little story of how Calera failed. I thought I was on a roll, crushing through workouts and missions with determination and being able to do push-ups for the first time in my life. Everything was going so well, until I failed a will save: "I'll do it tomorrow." Like a level 4 bard wandering into the Underdark, muttering "I'll do it tomorrow," I put off workouts and missions for weeks. Suddenly trapped within Lolth's web, I realised it was the end. Before I knew it, my healthy progress was out the window and I had traded workouts for more time in Neverwinter, traded my sleep for extra D&D nights, and picked up drinks instead of paintbrushes. (I'm a painter, truly a bard.) First came shame. I had failed, it was done, Game Over. But then I noticed others respawning, and believe me when I say I'm so glad that I'm not alone! It's time to whip out the wand of name change, grab a scroll, and give it another go! With the help of a few friends that've decided to join me in my quest, I hope to keep on this path longer than last time. Hopefully I'll see it through to the end, but if I need to respawn again, I'll know what enemies to avoid.

Hi, my name is Stoney and I’m a serial quitter and shiny-thing chaser. This is my umpteenth respawn here in the forums but fuck it, why not try again? I play roller derby* for my local team in a southern western Australian country town and while that’s been great for my general physical and mental health, I’ve hit a bit of a plateau. And I’m a total perfectionist so I always want to be the best at everything I do. Yay self improvement! That does mean however that I get unmotivated much too quickly and get distracted trying the Cool New Thing™️ that I think is going to help me reach my goals. Nerd Fitness has proven itself to me many times over to be a great place to sort my shit out and get back on track with the things I want to improve on so here I am! *jazz hands* I also fucking love food. That is a problem that is clashing with my new office job. So I’m back. Wheely shoes on and weight plates loaded. I’m gonna be skating and lifting and tracking some food and trying not to blow all my money on Cool New Things™️ - and I would really appreciate the support of this amazing forum. I have some goals planned for the next 6 months so once I get it typed up expect a contribution to the next 4-week challenge. *full contact sport on roller skates, bit like rugby on skates with a human as the ball

Hi -- Still trying to figure out a way to stick with this, but at least this time I did the workout first before logging on. I was diagnosed with lupus in February, and everyone seems to realize that it was there for quite a while but no one put the pieces together until the blood test turned positive. What sent me back to NFA this time was being put on a toxic med to manage pain, and my pain being treated but the side effects being horrific. What's left? My old standbys of diet and exercise, but what can I do without causing flares or injuring myself more? Really, what does a seriously introverted "word nerd" and science junkie MBA student do about exercise? I'm no athlete! I seem to find something different every time I come to the NFA website. Including Steve's brotherly emails with stories occasionally (gently nagging :D). Then I remembered Staci, and learned about her battle with Hashimoto's ...... not sure of the outcome, but I thought if she came from her background, maybe I can also. No cure for lupus, but I am starting from my own ground zero here. I have nothing to lose from going at this, except more toxic drugs and potential organ failure from those drugs. I figure I can only go up. So I did one circuit of the Beginner Body Weight Workout (my exhaustion is that bad, yes -- plus anemia from the med and lupus) -- I did one complete circuit, slightly modified. My diet is already 95% clean, but I can still improve it. I just wish I could sleep!! Yawning my head off as I write this. My goals ..... Stay awake and *alert* at least 14 hours a day. Regain strength and energy to manage normal activities of daily living. Go shopping, run errands, family outings without severe fatigue. Lose at least 30 pounds of fat (I don't know how much I weigh right now, but it's not normal for me). Regain lost muscle from pain and lost range of motion, immune system attacks. Have the strength and energy to build and maintain a regular, lifelong fitness habit.

So it has been a while since I have posted anything here or really visited this site in about a year or so. I am not entirely sure where I left off but I know I had just gotten a new job and was getting into a new schedule. Life happens and I didn’t keep up my visits to the site, but I did my best to keep myself on the path to becoming healthier. There was some back peddling involved I will admit. I believe I have kept steady at least, but have not really made much progress. After a year or so I thought I would have been much farther along than I am now. A few things have happened recently and I feel like today something clicked in mind and I thought, “What better time than now to start again!” So here I am, ready for round two, and ready to start making the progress I should have been doing this past year!

[Pre-Challenge: Complete Mindset Module of the Academy] “OMG Hi! Long time listener - first time caller” Yeeeah… not really. My last 4-week challenge was in April of 2016. A lil over 2 years ago. I’ve hit some snags.. A lot of snags. I’ll spare you all the TL;DR wall-o-text. Long story short, 2016 was a terrible year in a lot of ways… and I thought what I learned and endured through 2016 would lead me to a great 2017. It didn’t. I’m starting from square one now. Story time will happen throughout my journey, sorta like a narrator to put all the pieces together. I’m going to be using these 4 week challenges to catalog my progress through the NF Academy, and supplementing those quests with little extras here and there. Nothing crazy. No more jumping into everything with a mighty furor just to burn out in 6 weeks. No more assuming I obviously know all the answers I just need to “motivate” myself. I’ve got a basic start of ideas for how I’m going to literally ease back into these challenges - and that’ll come later. Right now, I’ve got the pre-challenge I’ve set for myself to go back through and complete my Mindset module of the NF Academy. I won’t apologize - I’m gonna probably spam the everloving s- out of this thread while I do. Thanks to the mindset module, I have a handful of quests lined up starting today (yep - today!) Quest: I am the type of person who will drink more water. I will limit myself to one 12oz soda per day at most for the next four weeks Quest: I am the type of person who cares about her health. I will take the dog for a walk every morning during the work week, and every evening on the weekends. Quest: I am the type of person who enjoys cooking for her family. I will stick to my meal plan 4-5 days a week. Quest: I am the type of person who takes pride in her appearance. I will be more diligent by brushing/flossing both morning and night, along with a morning/night face wash Quest: I am the type of person who is diligent in her commitment to herself. I will check in via the NF Rebellion (the 4 week challenge, or my personal battle log depending on the day) every. Day. to keep myself honest about my progress and my goals. I'll be adding in bits here and there, as well as updating my Mindset Module link (going to the Google Doc where I'll have my Before pictures/measurements/Big Why/etc) as I continue on and make my progress throughout the 4 weeks. ♥ -Annabelle

Helloooo everyone. Take Four Hundred and Ninety Four..... I'm ElvenEngineer, and I am really bad about dropping out of challenges *hangs head* But that's all right! Because gamers don't die, they respawn! This challenge will end the day after my next powerlifting meet! Which I may drop out of! But I will still test lifts even if I don't compete that day! So in the meantime: Goal 1: Eat breakfast EVERY DAY Goal 2: Track SOMETHING in MFP EVERY DAY Goal 3: Do something creative EVERY DAY And above all don't drop out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm going to be honest; I don't really like the fact that this isn't my first respawn post. But hey, if they didn't expect you to make mistakes, they wouldn't have programmed in a respawning mechanic, right? So, here I am again, starting at the basics of level 1. I still haven't quite found what works for me, but I have found things I love to do and want to get better at. Me and my preferences have changed since I've joined this site, and something I thought would never happen actually happened: I've mellowed out. Shock! But one thing hasn't changed; how much I love this place and its philosophy on changing habits and living a better life. Let's do this again, make the change really happen, because I want to do it, for ME.

Hello all! First challenge ever, woohoo! Rebel for over one year, but sadly, the forces of Injury and Sloth held me captive (they are old allies). I overcame Injury just to find myself knee-deep in Sloth, with my hair pulled by Resignation and my getaway car crushed by a 40th birthday cake. ENOUGH! Just today I decided to try out the Forums, and saw the 4 week challenge begins today - eep! So, hastily assembled post and goals: I am 40, and I thought the problems of my 20's and 30's would have worked themselves out by now. Spoiler: they didn't. Ergo, I have to work them out now or I keep them forever. ...Kinda like this extra chin. BEGONE! Challenges: lots of work hours, lots of volunteer hours, couple of pre-teens (that I need to be a good example for!), husband with his own challenges, no money to spend on gyms or classes or trainers. Lifelong procrastinator too. Have a lot of trouble balancing my motivation with the instant gratification of wasting time. In terms of diet, I eat pretty well already - little sugar, little white flour, fast food isn't a thing, etc. And last month I tried tracking macros - and I was miserable. I don't think it was building a healthy relationship with food, and so I'm going to try to just tune in more to my body's cues ala Intuitive Eating. Fitness challenge goal: 30 total minutes of bodyweight work per week (come on, self! That shouldn't be hard! Sheesh!) Diet challenge goals: One meal a day, use principles of intuitive eating to focus on why I'm eating, eating only to satiety, eating with deliberation Life challenge goals: No recreational YouTube or clickbait sites after midnight (YouTube for work = okay) Take your vitamins every day! HERE WE GO!