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So there I was in the wasteland, with like 2 HP left, and I keep getting murked by small critters that I've haven't been able to get any momentum going. Disappeared since challenge #89, and since then I've been sleeping on the couch because of water damage and mold infestation and the insurance agency being an insurance agency. The only reason I'm able to keep it together is I swallowed my pride and borrowed a large amount of money from my mother again because nodody will subscribe to my OnlyFans. Me trying my best every day: Anyway, I'm just here to get started, literally. I'm going to treat myself like the most unmotivated beginner (which I am currently), and set the bar really low. Easy stuff to start with. Everything else I do is extra: LIFT: 10 Goblet Squats PROTEIN: 1 protein shake BREATHE: 10 deep breaths

(This one is picture heavy because I was avoiding real things when I made it, so sorry about that). Okay, spoiler info for those new to the Enrichment Center, (also this challenge is totally portal themed, because well, I kinda feel like Chell right now. Okay, as everyone knows, my last 2 challenges went up by well, a combustible Lemon My theme song for this challenge: Still alive That being said, basically I need to do what I must because I can. I need to get back to testing and back to getting healthy. So I am going to go back to what WAS working before well, Lemons…. So I am going to re-enter and face GLaDOS and the mess, and try to make it out of the chamber without well, dying In all reality <I think facing lasers and floors of acid and nasty water that will kill you and shooting robots sounds easier than well, the last few weeks, so it can’t be that bad right. I think zero week will be a initial reading, which means I am not going to set a “goal” per se of how many boxes I can do per thing, but see how many I can do at all, then week 1 I set the goals a bit. Or I can listen to GLaDOS and just set some goals. Especially since this challenge will include the 3 first days of school and well, getting into new routines. So here we go. Time to enter and start testing and if it doesn’t go well, I am just going to blame GLaDOS. Goal Value Description Strength 1 Balance ball crunches 1 Squats 10 1 Wall Sit (sec) 1 Side kicks Do 3 1 Leg lifts 3 1 Reverse sit ups 1 sit ups 1 Knee to Elbows 1 Push ups 1 Balance Ball push ups Flexibility 1 Wrist Extension Stretch 12 1 Upward dog/Child pose 1 Meditating Groot 1 Lord of the dance Yoga (ankle above head) 1 Butterfly 1 Bridge Do 4 1 Ballet/toe Touch 4.00 1 Sitting Fix/Shoulder stretch 1 Warrior 1 1 Warrior 3 (Eagle bird thing) 1 Side stretch 1 Forward bend Life and Family 1 Play with Cats 1 NF time 1 Water the garden 1 Soak up the sun 15 1 Spend time with Agents 1 Harvest 1 Walk the garden 1 Plan 1 Be in bed by 11:30 1 Floss in morning Do 7 1 Floss before bed 1 Work on one thing off of Part B list Daily 7 1 One good thing 1 Read at least 5 minutes a day 1 Homework time daily Fight Chaos 1 Pennisula/Island Clean all these daily 1 Table / Half wall 8 1 Desk 1 Bathroom up 1 Clean off file cabinet Do 3 1 Bathroom down 3 1 Clean off door to basement 1 Clean off Dresser At least 5 minutes per room (at least one) 1 Garage 1 Front room 1 Computer room 9 1 Basement 1 Clean 1 thing in file cabinet do 3 1 Clean off nightstands 3 1 Counter over dishwasher 1 File 1 thing a day 1 Purge 1 thing a day Walking 1 Walk 10500 steps 4 1 Walk 15 minutes a day 1 1 7 hours with 250 steps do 1 1 Walk to Mordor Fuel 1 No eating after dinner 13 1 No stupid sugar 1 Track breakfast 1 Track Second breakfast do 6 1 Track Elevensies 1 Track lunch 1 Take Probiotic 7 1 < 3 bottles of tea 1 Eat Bananas Daily 1 Eat dried Apricots 1 Eat Breakfast 1 Eat Lunch 1 120 oz of water Total of 28 pts out of 71 possible. I should be able to do this right. And then I can have cake:

I'm back and ready to nuke! So guys, i joined the rebellion one year ago but i have never managed to complete more than one challenge. I'm here again trying to improve my life, which is pretty depressing and sad, as it pains me to admit. Something quick about me : i'm a 23 years old male that lived the childhood like an hermit, and there i think the majority of my problems are born. I have made a tremendous amount of progress in these years, going from a hermit to someone who is considered to be the crazyhead of my workplace for my entusiasm and good madness. However i seem to be unable to male friends, i don't know why...today i had a crysis thinking of giving up on everything but then i get back to the path again. So, maybe i will even get a friend here at the end hope is the last thing to die These are my current priorities and goals: 1] House of the rising sun : -Waking up at 4:00 am. Currently i wake up at 5am, in my first challenge i managed to reduce my waking time to 4:00am, but then i lost motivation and after a month i gave up...i wanna do this again, i had so much time back then... So the strategy is to reduce my waking time 1 minute a day. Every day i will change my alarm, so for example if today i woke uo at 5 am, tomorrow i will wake up at 4:59 etc 2]Get in shape: Pretty basic. I'm a very big guy, 1.90m x 105kg. I'm pretty athletic but also i have at least 15kg of bodyfat in excess. I'm already going to the gym 6 times per week but i need to improve my nutrition, which is the main cause 3]Eating healty: I get into the habit of cooking 4 healty meals per day but then again i gave up because i wasn't able to wake at 4 am anymore and i didn't had the time to cook. So again, my goal is to cook 4 healty meals every day, protein, legumes and vegetables 4]NO FRUIT You might say "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" Well, i eat at least 8-9 of them when i get hungry for a total of 2-3kg. I need to stop with fruit, relegating it to just one day a week 5]Be creative I sucks at this. This is my biggest problem in life. I simply have no idea of what to do when i aint working. Sure, i know lots of things about books, games, cinema and sciences but i lack life experiences. Due to my loneliness i have never done the things that other guys have done so this is actually a very important point. I don't know where to start...perhaps with an origami? A drawing? I will figure it out This is just a first post, i have very little time during the day and i'm not a native english speaker so for me is pretty challenging to write in english. I have lots of things to improve but now lets start with these Thank you for reading, i'm always looking for friends and people to talk with. I would love to have a "Meal buddie" which shares with me his/her meals to keep ourselves motivated!

I'm not looking or feeling so good right now. I'll have to fight may way through this. - WhiteHairedWolf I totally could have completed my first challenge, which I attempted back in January, but I didn't. That was then, this is now. Meal planning - stick to a healthier diet for the entirety of the challenge, with planned meals for work and healthier snacks. Scoring: Two cheat meals or less per week = 100xp; Three = 70xp; Four = 50xp. Exercise - do more than four rowing sessions of 20m each per week for the entirety of the challenge. Scoring: More than four = 100xp; four = 90xp; two to three = 70xp; one = 50xp. Alcohol - drink less of it! Stick to wine or rye bourbon for the entirety of the challenge. Scoring: four wine/whiskey servings or less per week = 100xp; five to six = 70xp. Spend 20m cleaning or otherwise prepping for our move every day of the challenge. Scoring: seven days = 100xp; five to six = 70xp; three to four = 50xp. Since I'll be scoring this challenge weekly, there will be a total of 1600xp possible with 400xp per week. As long as I get above 1000xp total, I'll consider this challenge completed! I'm just getting started again, after all.

The Awakening Doing a hard reset, coming back from a long hiatus. I want to be able to play with my kids and keep up. I want to be able to climb a mountain and see the other side. I want to be able to be a hero when the need arises. I want to grow old with the love of my life. Now it the time to put my body into the condition it needs to be in to fulfill what I want it to do. Goal 1 Eat In order to know how to improve you must know where you are. I will track my diet for the month. At the end of the month I will have the information I need to know what needs to be changed. This should be an easy win, but we shall see. Goal 2 Run I am going to run a 5k, but I have to get into shape. My goal is to run a mile non stop. I will do this by running at least 2 times per week. Goal 3 Get Stronger I am going to get functionally stronger. My goal is to do a pull up again. I will do this by incorporating rows and negative chin up/pull ups. Goal 4 Write/photos I am going be an outdoor writer/photographer. My goal is to publish and article and participate in the Petepixel 52 week photo challenge. 4 photos will be published in Instagram for this. For the writing side. I will submit at least one article for publication during the challenge. Adventure I will do something worth telling other people about. Don't know what it is yet.

It is time once again to regenerate. It's been a fun run in this body, but seriously it's time to go... but one can hope I'm going to end up with a much healthier model. Maybe ginger? This time around I'm going to try to keep it simple, we'll not be saving the world, just taking in the sights, getting acquainted with my companion(s) and see if we can survive. Step One: Nutrition After a regeneration it is important to get the right nutrition - I will be doing the elimination diet again this challenge. I was sooooo close last time I tried, almost made it to the end, and choked 2 days before the reintroduction phase and went wild on alcohol and sweet treats. This time in order to keep on track more, I will be posting my meals on youfood daily still, but also keeping a detailed journal about how I am feeling. I will also be making a reintroduction plan to make sure once I get to the end I know in what order I'm doing things. scoring for this: Each Meal posted on Youfood is worth 1 point with a maximum of 3 pts per day, with a half pt for snacks. bonus point at end of week for posting a meal plan on Friday. Step Two: Movement The doctor and his companions are always on the go, running... and running... and dancing... lots of dancing second goal this month is to move every day. on alternating days I'll go between bodyweight workouts designed to help get me ready for aerial silks when I can afford it, and dancing to kpop music. For bonus points I will post a Wednesday bridgeclub photo on Facebook, on Friday I will post a video of my kpop dancing progress. I think this challenge I will continue working on Dope by BTS as this one is seriously killing me. At least once a week I will have a rest day, which will consist of yoga/stretching for flexibility. Scoring: 3 pts for each completed workout (less awarded if not completed, but started), 2 pt for a bridge club photo, 2 points for Kpop Video. Step Three: Rest I just got news today that I will be starting a new job on Sunday night, and it's the first time I will be working 3rd shift. I need to establish a workable sleep schedule to be productive in everything else, so I will be making a goal to wear my cpap to bed every day, and will award myself points for how long I sleep, and bonus points for hacking my sleep. Scoring: 3 pts daily for sleeping 8 hours with CPAP, 2 pts for 6 hours with CPAP, 1pt if below 6 hours or without CPAP. bonus points for these hacks: .5 pt for each time an essential oil is used to aid sleep. 5 points for purchasing blackout curtains and clearing them with landlord. 5 points for purchasing mouth guard, 5 points for purchasing eye mask, .5 pt for using soothing music or white noise. BONUS LIFE GOAL: Cleaning House Each day I will be taking 20-60 minutes to deep clean one aspect of the apartment. We recently had a city inspection which did not go so well, so my landlord is breathing down our necks to get the place cleaned up. Each day I will pick a room or section of a room (such as a set of cabinets, or an oven or closet) to work for 20-60 minutes (depending on the size of the project) and really clean organize and consolidate. I'm tired of living in clutter. For accountability I will take Daily Before and After photos which will be posted once a week for tips, or if there's anything that looks like it may have been missed. This will be a passed goal if at the end of the challenge the apartment is inspection worthy, A/O passes a follow up inspection if we have one in this time.

I started Nerd Fitness in June and was doing well up until the beginning of August, at which point I got derailed. I went to Minnesota for a week and got Lyme Disease from a tick bite I didn't even know I had. I grew up going to my family's cabin in north-central Minnesota and I've had plenty of mosquito and tick bites but never got sick. Lyme disease is A-W-F-U-L. To make a long story short, after I got diagnosed properly (that took 2 weeks) it then took me another six weeks to get through the antibiotics and get to a point that I feel like I have enough energy to do a strength training. I'm super hyped with the new launch of updated bodyweight workouts (I'm not at the point of using the new ones yet) and really want to restart here in October for the Bodyweight Workout Month. The problem is having time available. I've had to take a second job to make ends meet in September and I am trying to find a new job that will pay enough to live on by itself, but nothing so far. So, I work A LOT and don't have much time for bodyweight workouts (which I prefer to do in my home), BUT I DO have time to do it. It's just tight. Therefore, I am telling you all that I am making a commitment to start bodyweight training again and GET IT DONE! Here is my plan: Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 6:15 PM, then eat dinner with my son who lives with me; Friday from 7:00 to 7:45 PM, which is when my kids get back from their mom's house and are with me for the weekend; and Sunday evening from 7:00 to 7:45 PM, after my kids go back to their mom's (my son who lives with me can drive them to their mom's). So I DO have time to workout, in spite of how it feels. It feels like I have NO time and ZERO money...both are lies in my head. I am becoming the kind of guy who sees reality and works with that, rather than cower at shadows dancing around in my mind. This is my reset after an illness which knocked me off the horse...this is me getting back on the horse and not letting go!

The Fall Out: I joined back in April and dropped off the face of the forum just a couple of weeks later. It's not surprising; my life became super busy. For May, I mostly kept to my plans of diet and exercise, but they didn't hold up when June arrived and I was completely burned out from traveling out of state every weekend the previous month. Since then, I waffled between watching what I was eating and exercising. By August, I gave it all up. I think I started out with too much change in a short period of time. The Call to Change: For the past two weeks, I've just been focusing on my eating habits. They were always pretty abysmal, with hardly a green veggie in sight and snacking for every little problem I ran into. But now, I carefully monitor how I'm feeling: am I hungry or just bored? I also plan out my lunches and dinners. I successfully meal prepped my lunches for the past two weekends for the following work week. It's great to just grab and go in the mornings, not having to worry about time or be tempted to buy lunch on a whim. I also found out that I'm sensitive to dairy, since I'm not pounding my face with food so often I can't pinpoint what's exactly making my tummy upset. This has made a significant change in my body. Last week, there was some serious distention in my abdomen and my pants would be tight. But this week, I actually, for a lack of better descriptor, "look skinny." My abs are not flat, but the distention is hardly noticeable (only after eating usually) and my pants fit comfortably; not digging into my belly. But not every day has been perfect; I still love cheese and milk, so on days where I have cheese on my sandwich and milk cooked into my oatmeal, I notice I feel "fuller" than the days I went without. I haven't had ice cream since I noticed my sensitivity; I miss it. lol. Future Plans: I was going to just stick with eating well and keeping up the meal planning for the rest of September and then get into exercising starting October. I want to do bodyweight workouts to start with. They were challenging when I started them back in April! Unrelated to fitness, per say, I am writing in my planner again and want to keep it up for the rest of the year (I stopped using it right when I fell through with my last diet and exercise plans). I think it helps me stay on track because I can reference it when I'm feeling overwhelmed and see the cute designs and encouraging words I wrote when I was feeling better. It's like a little pep talk from my past self. lol. Question time! Obviously, my eating habits dictated what happened to my body and how I felt about it. Would keeping up this type of habit result in my abs getting flatter? Or do I need to exercise to see more change? Or is this a "every body is different" type of question and answer? If you made it to the end, congratulations! I'm really humbled that you wanted to read my little story of getting back on track! I don't have much, but here is a cute puppy as a reward.

Hi guys! So about a year and a half ago, I was in an accident at a LARP and hurt myself pretty badly (The tendon on the inside of my leg that goes into the groin!) and I fell off the wagon pretty hard, to the point where its been that long since i've done anything weight-related. I recently restarted a gym membership (at a much more newbie-friendly gym) and want to get back on the horse as it were. There's two rules about this though:1) No suppliments, since i've decided they're expensive/dangerous/not needed and 2) I'm not worrying about food right now until the gym habit is in place (3-4 weeks). What precautions should I take to keep my mostly-healed injury from hurting, and is there a way to make going from zero to excersizing again at the end of your 20s (i'm 29)?

So, I'm going to release my sob story unto you all. It's not as bad as others, but for me, it is. And I've hit the bottom point, I thought I had hit the bottom last year, and lo and behold it got lower (higher?). Note: This is super long. I just need to get it all out. I'll put a big bold spot where I get back to this current restart. TL;DR: Was active as child, got made fun of for smelling, downhill slide to gaining weight. Had gallbladder issue that lost 30lbs before surgery, tried losing weight, stopped, started last year, aunt passed away, another downhill to gain more weight. I was a cute kid. Around 10, my oldest sister took some photos of me in black and white, and I am the cutest little girl posing near a tree in a cemetery in a tiny Massachusetts town you ever did see. That tiny Massachusetts town? Also a downfall. As far back as I remember, I can't remember liking how I looked. In 2nd grade, a kid made fun of me by saying I smelled like a skunk. Normally, this ONE remark would be forgotten by the numerous people in any class of school. But not in this tiny town. There were probably a total of 50 kids in my grade, 15 probably in my classroom. Everyone remembered. I had no friends. I became reclusive and it has effected me to this day. I got into softball when I was a bit older. I'd already gained some weight, but I wasn't super huge. I was tall and it didn't completely show. Then I learned I had a knee condition. Osgood Schlatter's Disease. Doctor said to stop softball and hobbies with repetitive knee motion. A year later I was told I didn't have to stop riding my bicycle. Which by then had been under my younger sister's care and stolen. The food cooked at home wasn't healthy, I was overloaded on sugar, and nothing that was healthy tasted good. So I got heavier, and heavier. Had to move during High School just as I was making friends. So that didn't help. Then came the new school, then came college where I could eat anything I wanted at the cafeteria. I attempted to work out, but I didn't have my heart in it. Depression hit. I failed courses, I nearly got kicked out of college. After a year or two, my family convinced me to go to a psychiatrist who diagnosed me and gave me medication. So, that's well and good. But does nothing for my weight. So then I go down to work at Disney World. (Yeah, you heard me.) It was going fine, then I started to have incredible nausea and a pain that doubled me over. And they would be at the same time. I could handle one, but not both at the same time. So I often had to throw up anything I had in my stomach so I could deal with the pain. One bite too many of anything fried or dairy and I was out of the game for the rest of the day. Got to the point I had a roommate drive me to the hospital. Missed work because of that, and was told it seemed to be a gallbladder thing, and I had to see a specialist to see if it needed to get taken out. 30 lbs (13.6kg) later I got my gallbladder out. Had to leave the program. Back to Maryland, didn't go back to school. My mom joined a gym and added me on. We had a personal trainer even. But for some reason, again my heart was just not in it. Back to Florida, craziness ensued, got my first boyfriend. Went to Vermont with a job that paid more than I had ever seen (I mean, not A LOT, but more than I'd ever made) and closer to my siblings. Boyfriend moved up after a few months. Got our own place. NOW WE GET TO LAST YEAR... Last year in June, I started eating better. Mostly veggies, salads were my lunch every day. Mostly romaine, with some spinach added later, chicken, maybe some cheese, and a bit of balsamic vinaigrette. I started loosing weight! I added in the Couch to 5K program, for a week I stayed the same then I started loosing again. I lost about 25lbs (11.3kg). June to October, I'd lost half of what my goal was to get a tattoo for the weight loss journey. End of October I learned my Aunt was likely not going to make it, and probably within the week. Early November, she passed away. She was the first close family member I knew and loved who had passed away. I lost it. I couldn't keep it up, I fell to food, I stopped running, claiming it was getting too cold, even got a gym membership and then say I have no time for it. I've gone up to my now highest of weight of 325lbs (147.4kg). I had "tried" over that time to get back into it all. I bought a dress this past weekend and realized just how LARGE I was. Now much these extra pounds look like. It's hard to tell I weigh as much as I do. I tell my friends my weight, and they can't believe it. Which probably is another reason I never bothered. I don't care about the weight. I want to lose the inches. I want to be strong. So, I've signed up for a 5K in October. When I did my C25K stuff I could do 5K in just over 30 minutes. About 40. I'm doing it with a coworker, and today is the first day we're doing something. We both said "let me know any time I'll join you!" I decided yesterday we needed to decide days we're doing it together.

Yeah, so I didn't die or anything, things were touch and go for a while there though due to lack of sleep because we now have a four month old. I had pretty much given up on anything related to fitness for a bit there. I didn't even touch a barbell between last November and the beginning of April. I had done some various bodyweight exercises during that time, but I couldn't ever get into a routine. Now we're getting into some nice sleep patterns with the baby and things have been going better the past few weeks. But for now I'm going to continue going at this easy. Goal 1: Lift 3X a week. I'm doing stronglifts for now because I want to make sure my body is used to moving again and most of my mobility is back before I start doing any extra weight or movements. Another reason though is that I don't want to have to think about what I'm doing anything beyond "What did I do last time? Ok, add ten pounds to that." I want to keep this to a MWF routine because that will help me discipline myself better and not be as likely to let myself sleep in and tell myself I'll move everything back a day. Also, these days... Goal 2: Saturdays are for yard work. I grew up on a farm, I know how to raise vegetables, my parents yard was pasture that we just happened to use a lawn mower on. Now I have to keep my yard manicured, and take care of bushes and plants. The other day I was having conversations with coworkers about what the best grass to use in shady areas would be... I have no idea who I am anymore... Between moving in and the early pregnancy stuff last year, the yard wasn't a high priority for me. I want to do better this year. At a minimum I want to keep it mowed and trimmed nicely. My goal for this is to do that once a week, and I have a few extra projects that I want to work on, but I won't use them as part of the goal. Goal 3: Eat pretty good. Right now pretty good is about all I can do for food. I don't have full control over my dinners, so I can't plan everything out as well as I'd like to. I can control breakfast and lunches pretty well, so I'm pulling them back in a little to give me a little more wiggle room at night. My weekends aren't as easy, I tend to go overboard and snack a lot throughout the day, I definitely need to tighten that down. My goal for this one is to track everything pretty good throughout the week, and track everything on the weekends. Goal 4: Mystery goal!!! There is no goal four, I have a newborn, I don't have time to be doing anything extra. (Did you really think I was going to make a parks and rec challenge and not put Ron Swanson in?)

Hey guys, So I have had quite a journey up to this point, although I am stuck treading water in an eddy and feel like I am bobbing underwater too often. I have tried to get back into shape since a broken ankle/leg last year and it has been several years of struggling with fitness. I used to be a decent athlete, and all the injuries have piled up and slowed me down considerably. I just picked up 'Level Up Your Life' and so far it has connected with me pretty significantly. I have a lot of things that I need to get organized, and things that I need to change to get back to a better me. I am very close to signing up for the Academy, but this newfound anxiety is affecting me with that decision as well. I have about a million other things to say, but I really just need to try and get that first step back in and put work towards the mounting list of goals that I have been ignoring.

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I am officially hitting restart after giving up on the game months ago. I was here for a few months and participated in some challenges but then went on vacation and never came back. My wife and I went on a cruise back in October. I had lost about 30 pounds up to that point. I gained half of it back on the cruise. I put on 15 pounds in one week. I’ve been stuck there ever since. I just haven’t had the motivation to try again. I was defeated by myself. It’s time now to get off my ass and give it another shot. This morning I woke up and thought I needed a change but now I stand at a crossroads and I don’t see a path forward that looks appealing to me. One path is full of continued obesity, health problems, and early death; the other is land mined with defeat, disappointment, and continued struggles but hopefully eventually changes to health and fitness along the way. I have known for months I needed to change course and get back on the path toward health and fitness but that’s the path in the woods that looks dark and gloomy with dead tree branches overhead and a dense fog hanging low to the ground. It’s a scary looking path that is all uphill. The other path is full of sunshine and rainbows. It’s an easy path with cupcakes and tacos hanging off the tree branches. I know it leads nowhere good but the journey is so much easier and a lot tastier. Well, I’m going to man up and start back down that scary looking path again. Hopefully I have the courage to keep going this time. This challenge will be my first steps in that direction. So here I am, standing at the crossroads and stepping off into the direction that looks least appealing to me but knowing it’s the path I must travel. It is the only path that ends in a place I want to be. Current Stats: Sex: Male Age: 34 Height: 5’10†Weight: 250.0 lbs. Stomach: ??" Chest: ??" Neck: ??" Bicep: ??" Thigh: ??" BMI: 35.9 Main Quest: Lose 50 pounds I’m ready to start walking down the scary path but I’m gonna do it slowly. I’m only setting two goals for this challenge. They may not be very aggressive goals but they are much more than I was doing yesterday. Goal 1: Count my calories as accurately as possible. My goal is to hit 1800 calories (or less) per day for the entire challenge. Calories will be tracked using My Fitness Pal. Graded weekly, the final grade will be an average of the weekly grades A = 1800 Calories per day B = 1900 Calories per day C = 1950 Calories per day D = 2000 Calories per day E = More than 2100 Calories per day Goal 2: 1000 push-ups throughout the challenge. That should be 250 push-ups a week. Graded weekly, but the final grade will be based on the percentage of push-ups completed during the entire challenge. A = 200 - 250 push-ups for the week B = 150 - 200 push-ups for the week C = 100 - 150 push-ups for the week D = 50 - 100 push-ups for the week E = Less than 50 push-ups for the week

Yup. Hi guys/gals. It's me again. I know I know, Haven't I got enough already? Actually... No. Hi peeps from the internets. After a LOOONG time break, and with the new Character thingy, I decided I wanted to come back to this place. So I made a Restart. Overall, I think what really got me down was that I burned "myself", my flame, too fast to quickly. I Jumped into the challenges and everything head first, and Although it was a great way to break the walls that stopped me from posting up, made me start to loose focus on why I did It, and what I wanted to accomplish. So yeah, I'm starting new now. I Probably won't jump into challenges right now, and I'll lurk around, gathering information and everything, and only then I will challenge myself. Also, I definitely don't see myself doing every single 4WC. I think I will use the 4WC's to do what needs to be done, Changing Habits. So, it's only after some thought and consideration that I will do any commitment. I'm not afraid of failure, I just want to be in the right place to make that decision. So yeah... This is the "new me". Let's see what comes out. PS: I haven't even really started to think about Epic Quests on my "Regular" life, but I'll get there... sooner than I think, Probably. Keep up Jumping, Pumping and Running

Alright, Where to begin? I work 50 hours a week, at two jobs, an Asian Restaurant and a Deli. I'm supposed to be studying game design but I may have just failed because I didn't submit any work in the last month because I've had an increase in migraines and was told two weeks ago that we have to move by Jan 16th. I suffer Severe Depression, and am on Meds for it. I also suffer Anxiety. I've been going through a rough spot of late due to all the stress and am struggling to not shut down. I could sleep all day, quite literally. I am a nerd, I love books, video games, art and alternative culture. I am a goth. I have bodys mods and want to get more. I am determined to slowly (because I honestly cant handle much more.) change my routines, to eat healthier and exercise. I am going to be positive and happier. I am going to meditate and control my thoughts. I am going to be more productive, and not let myself drown.

Been putting this off for a while but if I start it, I am sure I can roll with a little momentum. I've been absent off and on from the forums because I can never seem to organize myself anymore or put my fitness as a priority (because I really kinda hate it). But now I am the heaviest I have been in many,many years. I have been battling the same 10 lbs for over 2 years and now I have gained even more. I was doing well for a little while, cut out the vending machines and sodas. Even did some morning yoga which I loved. But everything gets overwhelming and now I am having to rush my child to school very early in the morning. I hate to make excuses but it's been difficult. Do I want to lose body fat? Yes, absolutely! Do I want it more than anything? No, not really. There are other things I am working for in life that take a lot of time and priority over it. I am having a HUGE balance problem. I see a lot of people that love working out and want to push their bodies to see what it can do. Or workout till they are exhausted. I don't. I hate it. So that leaves balancing diet right? Well.... I kinda have an overeating addiction that I have also been fighting for years. I refer to it as the "Archdemon." It kicks my ass every time, especially when I am emotional. I've tried many methods and many groups, still can't seem to shake it off even just a little bit. I had been going to the gym at lunch with my hubby until I hurt my back last January and I was forced to stop. Since then I did a few things here and there, but I'm just really out of the habit. I hate working out. I hate it so much. But now I am paying the consequence. I tend to get overwhelmed by the timing of the challenges, so I decided to start a daily battle log: Doing what I can when I can. Small steps. I can't just leap into it, my life's way too busy and I get burned out too fast. But I have to jump start something again because I can no longer fit into many of my clothes. They are all uncomfortable and I'm just miserable. So I guess I am picking my battle: Hate working out or hate not fitting in any of my clothes?? I have reverted back to wearing my old maternity shirts or my husband's t-shirts that are 1 size larger than my own.

My Story Continued: A year and a half has gone by since the rebels of Nerd Fitness last saw my face (posts), but I have returned. When you last saw me, I was returning to a better place after 4 months in a dangerous world. I was positive. Making strides to improve nourishment in life: mentally, physically, emotionally. But there was a darkness on the horizon, an evil yet to be determined (diagnosed). The darkness is now clear. The evil had a year to take it's toll on my body and mind. Then a year more to ravage my inner being. I feel myself breaking, but I will not give in. This is my last push to fight back and become the assassin I truly am. I have new obstacles to manage, new reasons to fight, and more to work for than ever before. So here is my quest. Full Story: So, I am coming back to Nerd Fitness. Last time I was here I was doing well but was in the process of being diagnosed with endometriosis. Turns out I had a 15lb cyst growing on an ovary which led to getting a pregnancy like belly. This put pressure on different organs and things which caused pain during working out so I had to stop in order to make sure I didn't rupture anything by accident. Had surgery, started a special birth-control like pill to stop cyst regrowth, meds gave me weight gain and mood swings (not nice). At follow-up with doc a year later we decided that I should try no meds for a while to see if I can get my mind and body back on track WITHOUT the cyst growing again. Deadline to find out if I can do it: January 15th, 2016 = ultrasound day. Good news is I am out of the stressful job I had and into the one I liked. I am full time now (I get vacations and sick days!) and on a great career trajectory. I also started blogging. It is a craft and food blog though I truly considered doing a gaming vlog channel instead! My husband and I moved into a larger, nicer home and no longer have a roommate. We are getting married in the new year though we are already commonlaw. So why am I back? Because I need to write my plans somewhere other than a notepad. I need to be held accountable so that I can get consistent. Consistency is my downfall especially with the busy life I try to lead (not well). So here is my plan/quest. The Return of Emlily Main Goal: Return to post surgery state by January 2016 Food Goal #1: Eat 5 servings of fruits or vegetables a day Fitness Goal #1: Walk 5000 steps a day (tracked with my Fitbit or other device) Life Goal #1: Keep one room in the house to my peak standard *The food, fitness, and life goals must be kept for 30 days straight. Once this happens I will award myself points equal to 10 times the number of goal they are. Once I max out the bar below, I level up. My own take on the RPG system. Level 1 0%0% Food Goal #1: 5 Servings of Fruits/Veg for 30 Days 13%13% Fitness Goal #1: 5000 Steps for 30 Days 3%3% Life Goal #1: Keep a Room in Peak Shape for 30 Days 3%3% Stats (Current / Goal): 210lbs / 195lbs Size 16 / Size 14 I plan on posting pictures soon. You can see some from pre/post surgery on my blog (over a year old now). Again, because my busy life I just don't know how often I will be posting. When I first started on Nerd Fitness back in 2012 I spent more time here than actually changing my habits and I don't want to fall into that trap again. So 2x is what I am planning on.

I have been out of contact with these forums for a while, but I need to get back into a good routine. Mission: Run with my wife in the Scenic City Half Marathon in February 2016. Goals: 1. Run three times per week. Building up mileage since I haven't really trained for a race since I ran my first half marathon September 2014. Plan to run early in the morning (what had been my usual routine during earlier race training). Maybe some in the evening if I need to do so. 2. Cross-train three times per week. Body-weight HIIT, strength training, sword training, maybe some sledgehammer HIIT work. 3. Walk for no less than 30 minutes every day. Parking in the back of parking lots helps. Remembering to take a break or two at work and walk around then. Walking around the block in the evening or early mornings that I don't run. Eventually I plan to get a better food plan in as well, but right now I want to get a better movement habit going. Let's see if I can make Cheetara proud.

Hi everyone This is my first post on the forum but I've been following the NF blog for a couple of years now. I'm 23yo and last year I started going to the gym with a friend for strength training. He is a strength training veteran (rugby player for many years) so he acted as my coach in the beginning. Seeing as I hadn't done any sports in my life up to that point, I was apprehensive at first but after a couple of sessions the training really grew on me and became a really important part of my life. My body started to change and I started getting more confident and more motivated. I even kept training during my summer vacations last month. Enter disaster: three days ago I broke my left arm . The stupidest way possible, climbing on a tree. I had a fractured humerus and had an operation to place a plate and screws to repair the damage. The good news is that the surgeon told me there was no damage to any nerves or joints during the operation, so I should regain 100% range of motion and the bone should be completely healed in about three months. I will need about 6 weeks of physical therapy. The bad news is I'm feeling really overwhelmed and depressed about it and I don't know how to deal with it. I had planned to start a 5-day training program next week and on top of that I had a lot of activities with friends planned all around the country (I live in Belgium) for my last month of summer. Now I have to stay in bed with a sling around my arm. In the same time, I've read several horror stories round the net from people who have had similar accidents about how weak they were when they got back to training and how painful it was and how they couldn't train certain muscles etc. etc., which really freaked me out. I keep thinking about what I could be doing right now if I hadn't had the accident and how I destroyed my summer and the next few months of my life. I know this is not the way to go about it but I need help turning this around... Sorry for the WOT, thanks in advance to anyone who read through it

To be honest with myself, my last two challenges have pretty much been crap. And after some deep thinking this weekend, I'm going to make a restart both of this current challenge and restart my thinking here. I'm going to get a little deeper in my new challenge post so check me out there!!

So I recently respawned and have taken up swimming! And I have to say it surprised me how good an experience it's been. You see normally I'd go to the gym and lift weights or do cardio, the usual stuff really. But after getting injured the last time I was there I kind of fell off the wagon for a bit. I tried really hard to get back into it but it was rough because things kept coming up (my grandpa passed away so we had to miss the gym for a while in order to arrange that) and before I knew it my month's membership was up and my financial incentive wasn't there anymore. This made forking up another monthly membership fee a difficult decision for me, especially since recently I haven't had a trainer to work with and all of my personal attempts at exercise felt either unsatisfactory or left me in pain. Then the idea of swimming came up. Now I'd normally turn down something as far out of my normal routine as swimming, but given that I'd seemed to have run out of options I tried it out for the heck of it, and I was not disappointed. I ended up getting the same type of muscle burn I would feel from lifting weights at the gym without the strain that would come from lifting. In addition to that it was almost always a total body workout so I did not feel like I was missing out on anything I could have done at the gym. Plus, my new swim coach is great and he immediately picks up on my strengths and weaknesses and has really helped me to improve my swimming. And...it's fun! And not at all as burdensome as the Saturday morning boot camps I used to do or as lame as though dance aerobics classes gym trainers seem to ALWAYS encourage women in the gym to do. I'm mainly writing this article though, to send a message. Don't be afraid to try new things, or even pick back up some old ones. I haven't swum this hard since the 6th grade and I had no idea how much my body missed it. So who knows? Step outside your comfort zone or respark an old flame. You'd be surprised at what you might discover.

So I'm 20 years old, 5"3 and about 170 lbs right now. My weight is not that big of an issue to me but I am looking to lose a bit for the sake of my health and fitness. My mum is a BIG supporter of this (she's a weight loss fanatic) and is always advocating for my sister and I to eat healthy. My main problem is the gym. Don't get me wrong, I love the gym. I love feeling the burn that comes with pumping some weights or doing some aerobics. (I especially love squats and dead lift days.) Plus the results Ii get really boost my self esteem and morale and often keep me positive and help me start my day right. But my problem is that my body's limits and my mind's don't quite mesh. More often than not, I end up in a good place with my exercises, getting a decent rhythm and even starting to move on to heavier weights when...a muscle pulls or some knot develops in my muscles. Then I'll be down for the count and for days at a time just trying to get over the pain. The worst bit is though, that I don't even lift that heavy. I mostly work out with 3-8lb dumb bells or 5-10 lb barbells. And everything else is mostly body weight exercises. Now before I used to have a personal trainer who was working with me to overcome this, but as I have begun to start saving up for college I've had to let him go and now I have to deal with this issue on my own. Does anyone have any advice on what I could do? Do you think I should see a doctor about this?

It's the new year, 2015, and time to get back on the wagon. I sorta fell off of it around October, was dragged for several miles, started to get a hand-hold on the rope and drag myself back up when I hit a big rock and found myself waking from unconsciousness a few hours ago. The buzzards weren't exactly happy that I wasn't dead. (at least they wanted to eat Paleo?) (courtesy of http://wannabesupermomma.wordpress.com/) I gotta be honest. I wanna sit here and cry over getting banged up, but I really can't waste time doing that anymore. I already wasted time falling off the wagon in the first place. Now I need to find that wagon and get back on, pronto! Main Quest (that seems light-years away)Do a Real Pull-up SMART Goals 1. WorkoutI was off for a couple of months due to all the moving and being out of the house while repairs were going on and then moving back in and all the stress that came with it. I did go to the gym once in an effort to reboot myself, but I tried to pick up where I left off and pulled a quad, which put me on the bench for an additional week. When that finally cleared, I was hit with holidays and haven't been back since. Needless to say, it is what it is and I need to scale back whatever I THINK I can do to get back in motion without injuring myself.Update:In order to ramp myself up, I'll be starting out with basic body weight exercising and progressing to weight lifting again later as time permits it. However, for the purposes of this challenge, it's all about getitng out there and getting it done.Every week I'm going to attempt 2-3 body weight workouts. The tricky part is going to be trying to do them earlier in the day and my best to avoid working out at night. I am also going to attempt to get walks in at lunch again, even if it's 27 degrees outside. I need to break up the sedintary ways at work or in the evening to wind down.Suggested ProgressionWeek 1: 2 BWW, 1 walkWeek 2:2 BWW, 2 WWeek 3: 2-3 BBW, 2 WWeek 4: 2-3 BBW, 3 WWeek 5: 2-3 BBW, 4 WWeek 6: 2-3 BBW, 5 W 2. NomsI'm debating doing something like Whole30 again. This time my wife wants to join in, so we might do that. We will get it figured out by the time the weekend is over. Regardless, I need to clean up my eating habits and get back to being mindful. The struggle is going to be eating healthy and eating enough. I've realized I tend to starve myself, thus my body goes into lock-down mode.Update:My wife and I are going to attempt Adrenal Reset Diet. It focuses on clean eating, but emphasises on when to eat what. It's neither low or high carb, but focusing on lowering the stressors in your body (external as well as internal) to get your body out of survial mode and to get your cortisol levels back on track.Week 1: Work toward clean eating and food prep (we're trying to get our legs under us as a family for this)Week 2-6: Follow the suggested portion outlines and stick to the suggested alllowed foods, etc. Update:3. Sleep RevistedA large part of mine and my wife's weight gain and rentention seems to be tied to crappy sleep (among other things). So we're going to make an effort to get GOOD sleep. Since I'm falling under the stressed category, but can fall asleep at the drop of a hat, my goal is to get BETTER sleep (which is kinda ambigious) but here's how I'm going to measure it.I'm going to shoot for 7-8 hours of sleep every night and attempt to remember to perform a progressive muscle relaxation technique when I crawl into bed before passing out.Week 1-6: 7-8 hours of sleep during the weekdays. I'm going to come back and update this post with SMART definitions for the vague musings above. Updated! Feel free to follow me, make comments, and or suggestions. I love company! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This section is a reminder to myself that I have come a long way and yet the journey isn't over.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Previous 10 Challenges:BlamedCat Wars: Episode 1: The Fatman MenaceBlamedCat Wars: Episode 2: Attack of the GroansBlamedCat Wars: Episode 3: Rehinge of the PithBlamedCat Wars: Episode 5: The Return of Three Dead NighBlamedCat travels to Mt. KoltsBlamedCat trains on Mt. KoltsBlamedCat's Second Rite of Ascension Challenge!BlamedCat's Return - Lets have a dark match!BlamedCat's Enough is Enough (Let’s get down to business) ChallengeBlamedCat's Time to Follow the Leader Challenge

Here I am again. If you've followed my last challenge, you know I've had a pretty rough time. I'm nowhere near recovered and just got pretty sucky news from the doctor as well - I might have leukemia. I'm waiting for my blood to be tested, they're all backed up. I'll probably know more by the end of this week or start of next week. My boyfriend broke up with me, I had to quit my job, move back in with my parents and lost everything that was important to me. It may sound silly, but it's true. My whole life was there, all my plans, all my dreams. I didn't have every bit of my future planned out, but the general stuff? There was no doubt about that in my mind. Now there's not only a doubt, it's a fact that everything will go differently. I hadn't planned to go this challenge. But earlier today, I was listening to the radio and I thought "hey, I should pick up my hoop." So I did. And I danced and it was fun and it was the first time I was kind of happy since boyfriend left me. (I really need a new alias for him but I can't bring myself to call him my ex.) All that aside, my current situation is as follows: I live with my parents. I have to get used to that because it's not gonna change in the next few years. I'm searching for an apprentice position. I had one job interview so far and have sent countless apps, but the region where my parents are from is pretty rural and there's not too much to be had here. I'm apparently about to join my mom's all-ladies-gym so I don't sit around all day, because I seriously have nothing to do here. I watched all Game of Thrones episodes in 5 days or so. I have no friends here, no job, no nothing. But I can't not do anything. It's driving me nuts. I need to do something. I've accidentally lost nearly 10kg because I couldn't eat and hardly drink for over a week. So maybe this is a good place to pick back up. I don't want to lose any more weight, but it'd probably be easier to maintain this than to eat it back on and then try to lose it again. I'm not in a place for anything strict though. This will be a different type of challenge. I need to focus on what's good for me, find new things to focus on. Find a job, which is the main focus. There will be no grades. This is me trying to breathe again. Reheat the love affair with my hoop Music, dancing, hooping. Those are things that easily make me feel good. I need more of this. Make my room suitable for life While I was gone, my parents transformed my room into storage. I sleep on a broken bed, which isn't doing my back any favours, and for being DIY and decoration obsessed, this room sucks balls. I'm struggling with this. A big, big part of me doesn't want to admit that this is permanent. It feels like if I make this room pretty, even in the smallest way, I'm surrendering and losing the fight. But there is no fight to be lost. I need to realize this and get on with it. Do sportsy things I'm not in charge of my diet anymore. But my mom cooks healthy, so that's no issue. I can do the sportsy stuff though. I'll be trying out her gym, and while it's a weird type of gym, it's something. App. App app app. And then work I've got 4 apps to send right now and the app generator I use (just puts it into a pretty format and saves CV info and the like) is malfunctioning. Again. It seems to be dying. I'm hoping to get them all out today and look for more tomorrow. Here's another part of me struggling with it, because I keep finding myself factoring in the needs-a-new-alias in my search, and I need to stop this. Finish this book Maybe not finish it. But do something with it. Finish this book is an interactive book that I bought quite a while ago, and I just re-discovered it when moving my things. It's a small project and I've never really gotten far with it. But it's fun and it's time to get on that. Find a newspaper that needs volunteer writers I love writing. I keep telling myself that one day I'll do this. But we all gotta start somewhere, and the earlier the better, right? Find a way to express yourself Just something. I don't know what. Painting, writing, making music, something. Just some type of outlet. These are the things I'd like to focus on. These are things I feel can help me. Some have to be done, like the job thing, others don't. I just need to do something. I'm not GLing this challenge and I won't be able to follow as many people and update my thread as often, simply because accountability seems like a huge mountain for me right now, and I just can't handle it. But I plan to be back for the next challenge, so best to ease myself into it. Have a happy challenge, nerds.