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I'm so bad at this creative title and theme stuff. I would have had this up sooner if I could have thought of a title. My last few challenges have been mostly about maintaining and continuity. My work is about to slow down so its time to start thinking about what I want to do this winter. I'm really tired of just maintaining my weight. I'm ready to start losing. I want to take a different approach this time. I make all sorts of grand plans without considering what I am really committed to doing. The results have been some meager weight loss and lots of half assed challenges. For week 1 I only have 2 goals. 1) Track my food and aim for average daily calories of 2250. 2) Take a good hard look at things and decide on some concrete goals, short and long term and what steps I'm really willing to take to meet them. Next weekend I will plot out what I'm doing for the remainder of the challenge and what my longer term goals are going to be.

Main Quest: Deadlift 300 lbs 40 is bearing down on me kids....I got a wild idea in April that I wanted to lift all the plates I had in my rusty squat rack set. That is technically 310 lbs but two of the used five lb plates have too much paint and don't slide onto the barbell. Mini Goals: 1. Stronglifts Workout A and Workout B: Two times per week. Make up the missed week of the 6 wk challenge. So that I do 12 workouts. 2. Eat real food, not trash from Fast Food. 3. Sleep 8 hrs per day. Life Quest: Find a new job Staci's story made me realize I could look trim and be super strong and not have to weigh 115 lbs. I want to be really strong and the trim is a really great side benefit. Current Stats: Deadlift 1x5 180 Height 5'4" Weight 200 lbs One challenge I will be having is that I overdid it on meat back in June and I can hardly stand the stuff right now. Lentils will probably be largely featured in my diet. Workout B tomorrow, Workout A on Thursday!