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Indra Tzal channels Samus Aran to do battle on Tallon IV After finishing up my last challenge I was just healing up from an injury (pinched nerve in hip that took 2 months and way too many visits to the Physical Therapist office to heal). I am finding myself finally able to hit the workouts again. BUT I am finding that in the 2months of not being able to do much of anything I have lost a lot of ground. Due to pain/stress eating I have gained back a lot of weight., I have lost a lot of my strength, flexibility and endurance and also can no longer pull myself up into a pull up. Cries OK Over it! Time to move on and get what I lost back! One of my all time favorite games is Metroid. I have always loved the story line and game play. One of my faves is Prime. In the beginning of the game Samus Aran has all her boss gear that helps her get to the BOSS to take on the Parasite Queen. After defeating the Queen Samus has to evacuate the ship that is falling apart. As she escapes she is hit by a shock wave that strips away all her upgraded features. I feel like I have defeated the Parasite but am now dealing with the fallout of the injury that has kept me down and out so long. MAIN GOAL: Recover lost upgrades (skills, strength, flexibility, endurance) do to a battle with the Parasite Queen (Injury) to loose 50lb by July Battle 1: Now that you can battle, DO IT! And earn back my Energy Tanks. I had to stop doing my regular workouts do to the injury. I did however do some modified Tai Chi to help me stay sane while I healed. Now that the PT has cleared me to workout I am slowly working back up to regular workouts 6 days a week. Battle plan: Workout 6 days a week. A balanced mix of Strength, Yoga, Pilates and Cardio ( STR: 2, DEX 2, STA 2) I am excited to get back to work. Nothing de-stresses me like doing a nice hard workout. I love body weight strength training. I love the relaxation and challenge of Yoga. I love the core work of Pilates. I love the endurance building of Cardio. I think a good balance of these will have me back on track in no time. Battle 2: Earn the Morph Ball to shrink down to size. I have let myself give in to pain/stress eating. Mindless and empty to the point that I don't even realize I just ate a whole bag of chips or the 3rd enchilada. I can not give up on myself or my goals. I need to get the snacking and fatty foods under control. Battle plan: Focus on cutting out Fatty/Sugary snacking. Pump up Protein intake. ( CHA: 1, CON: 2) I have tried to really limit my intake by having particular macros and cal intake and that has stressed me out and made my pain stress eating really bad. I have found that limiting myself to much (at least for now) is making me stress. I need to go back to the basics and pay attention to what I am consuming, really paying attention rather then the mindless eating I have allowed myself to go into. I also need to remember to build muscle I need to eat more protein. Battle 3: Earn the Gravity Suit by doing the Pull Up Challenge OK so I know in the game its made for under water but as a girl who has NO interest in being in deep water the Gravity Suit will be more of an Anti Gravity Suit. ;} Help me lift this body up to do my 3 pull ups again. Battle plan: Work on the NF pull up routine 3 times weekly. (STR: 1, STA: 1) I will be working my way through the NF pull up routine. I love the progression. Each level will be a week of the routine. If I can keep that up. Hopefully I can progress back that quickly. If not I will not penalize myself but will continue with the level until I ready. As long as I am working on it at least 3 days a week. Life Quest: Life Battle 1: Don’t let the metroids suck you dry!! Those pesky Metroids always trying to suck the energy levels out of you. Got prepare for them and know how to get them off. I feel like everything my family does leaves my savings account empty. I am constantly bleeding out money for everything. I had bills from the dentist and from physical therapy that was leaving me running pay check to pay check. It stressful! Then I get my last pay check and there is a note on it. “You have $520 in your Cafeteria Plan that needs to be used by the end of the year or it will be taxed and returned to you.†$520!!! I had completely forgot about that!!!! Amazing what $20 every two weeks can do. Battle plan: Save $25 each paycheck (WIS: 2) SO I am using that to ease the bills from the dentist and physical therapy, I will do the medical cafeteria plan again with my company but I think I will also start one for a savings plan. Start with $25 every check and maybe as I get some of these bills payed off maybe a little more. Life Battle 2: Cleaning the Metroids off Tallon IV Because my main Life Quest will only happen 3-4 times during the 6 week challenge I am going to add another small Life Quest. I work 5 days a week and feel like my days off are spent trying to clean up the house. Laundry, kitchen, yard work, kids rooms, and a constant de-cluttering of the house. I have read a few blogs about organizing the house and will be doing that challenge as well. http://www.livingwellspendingless.com/category/31-days-to-a-clutter-free-life/. I have no time to game and read dang it! I need my nerd time back!!! Battle plan: Take 20 minutes each day to de-clutter the house. (CON: 2) Each day I will take 20 minutes to work on the house so I am not overwhelmed on my day off and can take a DAY OFF. Decluttering will be picking up the random things around the house, through in a load of laundry, wipe off counters, and other little things that will save time on my days off . Scoring: Scoring will be on the following grading system. I will be using the Daily Success app ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dancingdroid.dailysuccess&hl=en)on my phone to track daily progress. Battle 1 36 days of working out. 6 days a week for 6 weeks A= 36-29 days B= 28-22 days C= 21-15 days D= 14-8 days F = 7-0 days Battle 2 and Life Battle 2 42 days of no fatty foods/Snacking and Cleaning daily A= 42-37 B= 36-29 C= 28-21 D= 20-11 F= 10-0 Battle 3 18 days of pull up routine A= 18-15 B= 14-11 C= 10-7 D= 6-3 F= 2-0 Life Quest 3-4 paydays in the 6 weeks. I want this one pass of fail. $25 is very little and will add up fast. I am excited to get into this and really get back to myself. I drifted into a really dark place for awhile when I couldn't workout and was in constant pain. I just want to take it slow so I do not re-injure myself but want to regain the progress I had made. I will be playing with Samus!!! She's my life long female hero. I so got this!! ;}