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Overview / Motivation: I finally broke through the mental brick wall (aka My MBA) last week while wrapping up the previous challenge. I walk this coming Sunday which still seems surreal - being done has not really set in yet. It's been a 3.5 year challenge that is now well worth the mental and physical battles of late nights (and the occasional all-nigher), too much caffeine, and lost weekends. I'm excited to check off the MBA Epic Quest after the ceremony on Sunday. MBA fun aside, it is now time to get back to my basement gym which I finished cleaning off at the end of last week, and start to rebuild much of my lost progress over the past few months. I was able to maintain a good level of fitness thanks to a good diet, NF Yoga, some running and intermittent fasting, but lost a good amount of muscle mass. Now it's time to kick it up a notch! I'm also wrapping up my goals development. I'll be building out my mission and longer term goals associated with Adventure, and Impact/Legacy. These will be the most difficult for me to build out personally, but will be well worth it once they are done. Main Quest (revised for 2016): Hit the following benchmarks in strength and stamina: Bench Press 250 lbs. Squat 250 lbs. Complete 20 Pull Ups Reach 180 pounds Side Quests: Average 3 Weight Training Sessions / Week Points Potential: STR +5 Grading: A= Average > 90% B= Average > 80% F= Average < 80% Complete 1 - 2 Mile Runs per week Points Potential: STA +3 Grading A= Average > 90% B= Average > 80% C= Average > 70% F= Average < 70% Average 2 NerdFitness Yoga Sessions / Week (Use any video) Points Potential: DEX +3 Grading A= Average > 90% B= Average > 80% C= Average > 70% F= Average < 70% Life Quest: Set Final 2 Long Term Goals (Adventure & Impact/Legacy) Points Potential: CHA +4 Grading Pass / Fail

Dizz puts on her ranger hat and surveys the terrain. She has come far on her journey, but there are mountains to crest and plateaus to demolish. She assesses her equipment and decides it's time to change tactics. Her tiefling nature has left her resistant to the elements, but not immune to the criticisms of humanity. She has a sixth sense for tracking, but some obstacles must still be avoided. Cactus, cliffs, lack of water all are challenges to face. To help townsfolk accept her, she has learned to juggle and entertain with an orb in her pack. I have spent the last .... 4? 5? challenges with the scouts. I just finished a 3 day camp with 9 year olds. 12 hours of making/breaking camp, hiking, sharing and exploring per day. Guestimate is about 6-7 miles total. The kids wore out before I did. It was very scouty. I was wearing a Ranger uniform and everything. I have another camp to work at at the end of February. So.... I'm leaving the scouts for now to go to the Rangers. I'm expanding my fitness from just running to weights and body strength as well. I feel like a jack of all guilds right now, but this seems like the best fit for now. I was with the rangers about a year ago, when I was just starting out with NF. I focused on running for most of 2014 and now can do a 5K no problem. I am still out of shape as far as strength goes and the plan is to add that in. I'm mostly doing the weights in the gym. Body weight workouts hasn't been working for me. Mostly going to the gym, since I like being around people. I started eating paleo last month and dropped 6 pounds, despite the holidays. Woohoo!!! I'm continuing that path. Goals: STR: Lift weights 1x a week. Increase weight as needed. 3x8 sets DEX: Juggling 1x a week. Learn 1 new pattern by end of challenge CON: Run/hike 2x a week Starting stats Weight: 204 lbs Waist: 33 inches Hip: 45 in Arm 14 Thigh 24 Calf: 17 in

I have signed up for the Cosmic Run down in Raynham, MA. Funny they still call it Boston even though its 35 miles outside of the city. Anyway here is the link to the run if any one is interested. Run, jog, or dance your way to the finish line. http://www.cosmicrun.com/locations/boston/