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Inspired by the recent Nerd Fitness article "Want Results? Be like Groot. I am Groot." The past couple of months with Nerd Fitness has been life changing. In just a few weeks I have accomplish more than I have in years of trying to lose weight and be strong. I do not want to become stagnant, but what I have been doing has worked. So I am going to keep on keeping on and continue with some of my quests from previous challenges. I AM STRONG Q1: Do Bodyweight Work Out 3 times per week. Measurement: A) 6 weeks; 5-4 weeks; C) 3 weeks Reward: A) 3 STR & 2 STA; 2 STR & 1 STA C) 1 STR I AM AGILE Q2: Juggle for 20 minutes 3 times per week Measurement: A) 6 weeks; 5-4 weeks; C) 3 weeks Reward: A) 3 DEX; 2 DEX; C) 1 DEX I AM HEALTHY Q3: Go outside for at least 10 minutes 5 times per week Measurement: A) 6 weeks; 5-4 weeks; C) 3 weeks Reward: A) 4 CON; 3 CON; C) 2 CON I AM WISE LQ: Skill advancement: 30 mins studying 3 times per week Measurement: A) 6 weeks; 5-4 weeks; C) 3 weeks Reward: A) 3 WIS; 2 WIS; C) 1 WIS

Hello! I wanted to introduce myself here in preparation for the next six week challenge! I've been reading the Nerd Fitness articles for around a year, and they have had a huge impact on my life (for the better)! Since finding NF, I have lost nearly 2 stone, and hugely overhauled my diet. I am now right at the upper limit of a healthy weight (according to my BMI), and in the best shape I have ever been in in my life. I took up running a year ago after a lifetime of hating exercise, and found that I was actually capable of doing things with my body, which was a great revelation. I ran a half marathon last month for the first time and felt so proud of how far I have come. Now I have got my body basically under control and into slightly reasonable shape, I'd love to get fit, flexible, strong, coordinated and generally feel like the master of myself, rather than like someone who just lives in this body! I recently used my 20 seconds of courage to enquire about ballet classes in my city, and although I'm absolutely dreadful at it, I'm getting better. Anyway, I'd love to hear from anyone, and especially fellow ballet beginners, those who are working out 'what next' after getting to (or near to) their target weight, or anyone who's far too far away (and poor) to ever be able to go to Camp NF - it looked amazing and I'm so jealous! Anyway, I'm rambling. Can't wait to meet you all. Please say hi!

CRAZY TIMES! I just got back from 9 days of camping, I only just barely had enough time to unpack all the camping supplies last night (didn't sleep well). Also, just before camping I was moving into a new house, I had only slept there 3 nights and so it still doesn't feel like home, so a big part of this challenge is going to be re-establishing my healthy routines. Since it doesn't feel like home yet, cooking and exercising have felt wierd and off thus far. Also, it feels like I am living in someone else's house and I have yet to take any ownership. I feel like this whole challenge is going to need to get reskinned with a "Dr Who" theme because it is starting to get all Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey. A lot of whimsical. Mostly because I am out of routine and need to recreate new healthy routines. The good thing is that I was in the habit of doing lots of good things. But there have been some forces of chaos that have distrubed my habits and routines. Intro This is my third challenge. Link to my previous challenges are in my signature, as is my weekly daily battle log posts. Why I am here My current goal is weight loss. I want to get healthy again and do not consider myself there yet, though over the past 5 months and 2 challenges I have made a lot of progress. My weight had been on a slow incline and my health on a slow decline for almost 5 years now since getting married and I am in the process of undoing all of that. So I am relearning to love myself. My long term goal is to drop 60 lbs from 277 at 1/1/15 to 217 at 1/1/16. That would put me at 16% bodyfat which is my ultimate goal right now. To do so, I have been eating Paleo and doing Beginner Body Weight Workouts for the past few months. Starting Stats: Weight (lbs) - 245.6 Bodyfat (omron) - 26.2% Bodyfat (caliper) - N/A Height - 6'3" ... Waist (belt) - ??" Belly - ??" Chest - ??" Biceps - ??" Thighs - ??" Motivation 1 - I want to look good nude. I walk around my house near nude most of the time, or at least I used to but I am in a new house and now have roommates. 2 - Related to number 1, a big part of my motivation is to look Damn Fine in nothing but a swimming suit for next year. 3 - Another part of my motivation is that I expect to be single within the next month or two, right about the time I hit 30 years old. So I want to look good and feel good about myself, because I want to find a new life partner who both looks good and feels good about themself. I would not want to be in a relationship with someone right now who feels the way about themself that I felt about myself five months ago. 4 - Related to number 3, a big part of my motivation is becoming a person I love. Learning to care about and for myself. Main Goal Lose ~60 lbs. in order to hit 16% body fat. The body fat portion of that is my long-term goal (regardless of where the weight ends up). Currently, I have lost 26 lbs. towards that goal. I lost about 10 lbs. last challenge. I may have to step up my intensity to actually hit or exceed my goal. Last Challenge Summary This Challenge Goal 1 - Food Habits I want to get back into the habit of cooking meals for myself regularly and daily. Prior to moving I was cooking around 14-16 meals for myself a week. Since moving I am intimidated by the fact that it no longer feels like my kitchen. I don't know where anything is and there is a lot of clutter to work around. My goal is to get back to cooking about 8-10 meals a week. It was a lot higher before because my old place was a 5 minute drive from work so I could go home and have ~45 minutes to cook myself lunch on my lunch break (that is no longer an option). But I want to be cooking breakfast for myself every day and a few evening meals a week. One challenge with this is familiarizing myself with a new kitchen and a new environment. Another challenge is that I will also often be cooking for more people than just myself (which is both harder and easier). It will take more time to cook for 3-5 people than 1, and require a lot more preparation (meals are harder to just impromptu throw together, at least, I am not as practiced at this). Also, this is about creating and maintaining healthy food habbits, so I am also going to force myself to be mindful of the amount of "junk food" I allow myself to eat. My goal is to encourage myself to eat healthily without intentional restrictions (if I can't do well under such loose controls, I will return next challenge to a more structured goal). So to me this means allowing myself to drink without having excess. It also means I can have pizza, but not every night (there is a Little Cesaer's & Taco Bell right across the street from my new place) Grading: I am not expecting myself to start cooking 5-9 meals during the first week, but I am going to track how many meals I cook a week for the next 6 weeks and I want to see continued improvement as I familiarize myself and grow back into a routine comparable to my old. This will be graded based on continuous improvement and based upon where I am at the end of the challenge (in creating / maintaining good eating habits). Goal 2 - Exercise Habits Ugg... where to start. I did not do my BBWW while camping (more on that in my battle log), so I had a week off. I am working on settling back into some kind of a routine as far as when, where, & how I am going to workout in my new place. The problem is we have hardwood floors, so it creaks a ton when this Yeti is bouncing around and working out. This morning's workout I did in the upstairs bathroom b/c it has tile floor, so slightly less squeaky. I need to ask the primary tennant (who has his bedroom directly below me) if the noise bothered him at all. I could move my workouts possibly to the main floor. The ceiling in the basement is super low and we also have couch surfers crashing the night down there... so settling into my workout is still "in-process". I also only did 3 sets of the BBWW. And I need to find some kind of weight to use for my rowing. All of that said, I think my bare minimum goal is to be doing 3 days of 3 sets of BBWW a week. In addition to that, I want to get back into the habit of playing Racquetball regularly. However, we have moved away from the gym we were used to RBing at, so now we need to get comfortable and settled into a new gym. There are 3 options within about 5-6 miles, but the LA Fitness only 1 mile away doesn't have RB courts :-( Grading: I want to be back in a "routine" of feeling comfortable doing BBWW in my home. I also want to be back into the routine of playing RB at least once a week (2-3 times / wk would be awesome, but I might need to find a 2nd partner in order to get over 2 times a week in). The grading for this will also be a bit whimsical... as is this whole challenge. Goal 3 - Settle Into New Home This gives me 6 weeks to unpack all my "stuff in boxes" and be fully settled in. Honestly, there is so much going on in my life right now and I often feel totally overwhelmed when I get home and the last thing I want to do is spend my 4-5 hours in the evening of "me time" working on going through a bunch of boxes of stuff. (Some will be thrown out, Some will get stored in the basement for easy access however basement space is already crowded with the other two people's stuff, Some of the stuff will be moved to the other side of the state to be stored for a year or two in one of my parents' basements). So far I have managed to unpack: clothes (dresser, closet, etc), bed, desk+computer (last night I just got sound setup, microphone & speakers) and then played games with friends for ~90 minutes (for the first time in over 2 weeks). I have about 12 boxes of stuff to sort through and room to store maybe 2 boxes worth of stuff plus another 2-4 of those in the basement. "Stuff" is = games (board games, a few consoles, etc), books, DVD collection (most of which is obsolete b/c roommates), miscellaneous knicks knacks and paddywhacks. Grading: I don't want to be so hard on myself as to make this a pass-fail (b/c maybe I haven't transported everything across the state within the next 6 weeks), but it is a fail if I have not sorted through everything by then, and I will rate myself based on how comfortable & settled in I feel at the end of the 6 weeks here, which means having everything unpacked as a bare minimum. Also means going out of my way to familiarize myself with my new house (excepting the kitchen which is covered in Goal 1) and roomates. Of note, the Sunday night prior to the challenge was only my 4th night sleeping in the new place and I am basically in the "Just Moved In" phase with everything still in boxes except the most basic essentials. Goal 4 - Push Harder By the end of this challenge, I must do 1000 Burpees. (Avg of 25 a day for the remaining 40 days, goal added on Day 3 of challenge). I keep thinking, "why am I doing this to myself?" and "this is going to be so hard". Trying to offset those doubts with "I know I can do this" and "everything good is worth working your butt off for" and even "I need to push myself even harder to make it to my goal." That said, I know that I might not make it, so my grading is based on how many Burpees I have averaged doing. Grading: A (100%) for doing 1000+ (avg of 25/day). B (75%) for doing 800 (avg of 20/day). C (50%) for doing 600 (avg of 15/day). D (25%) for doing 400 (avg of 10/day). Rewards 1- Food Habits: 1/6/7/0/0/0 +1 Str, +1 Sta, +1 Con, +1 Cha (Str b/c of eating better when cooking for self thus more protien, Sta b/c better energy for workouts, Con b/c eating healthier when cooking, Cha b/c I will be cooking for others) 2 - Exercise Habits: 9/18 + 1/0/1/1/0/0 +3 Str, +1 Dex, +1 Sta (b/c exercise, I am to the point where my stamina has significantly improved and now I am doing more muscle development rather than just establishing a base cardio) 3 - Settle In: 2h(~10%) / 1h (~20%) / 2h (~50%) / 0 / 0 / 0 +1 Wis, +1 Cha (because I will have more peace-of-mind and more time to spend with people and do so more efficiently). 4 - Push Harder: 325/1000 +2 Str, +2 Sta Minis 1- 2 Truths / 1 Lie - Done +1 Cha 2- Scheduling Life - Done +1 Wis 3- Climb a Mountain - Did not do (did 30 MC on 1 day) 4- Fall Noms - Chilli - Done +1 Con 5- Happy Thoughts - Did not do 6- Push It - +1 Con (done)

Well after my relatively successful last challenge I am back and moving forwards again. After a brief discussion with my Bec I have decided to focus on these next three tasks from my list of things I need to be doing to get back on track. So here they are. Goal One: Morning and Nighttime Routines From the Art of Manliness website I have read about the importance of having a routine in the morning when I first get up and one at night before going to bed. So I have written up simple instructions for my morning and bedtime routines. The plan is to stick to them everyday. I think Constitution and Wisdom are the appropriate stats here. Critical Hit: 6+ times per week 4 points Hit: 4-5 times per week 3 points Block: 2-3 times per week 2 points Dodge: 1-2 times per week 1 point Miss: 0-1 times per week 0 points Goal Two: Walking the Dog Our pup Kodi, needs to be walked daily, I need to walk daily. So by putting the two together I have a goal for this challenge. I will use Map My Fitness to track my walks for accountability. Stamina and Constitution will be the Stats for this goal. Critical Hit: 6+ times per week 4 points Hit: 4-5 times per week 3 points Block: 2-3 times per week 2 points Dodge: 1-2 times per week 1 point Miss: 0-1 times per week 0 points Goal Three: Gardening It is spring and we still need to build vegie gardens [i failed to do this in a previous challenge] and get them going. I also need to get on top of the mowing and weeding. We have been at our house for a year and the yard still looks derelict. I am taking responsibility here for that and getting the garden sorted. It is my plan to spend about 5-10 hours per week in the garden. Aiming for an hour per day on average. Fortunately Map My Fitness has entries for both lawn mowing and general gardening. So I will use it to track my gardening time. Dexterity and Constitution will be the stats for this goal. Critical Hit: 6+ hours per week 4 points Hit: 4-6 hours per week 3 points Block: 3-4 hours per week 2 points Dodge: 1-3 hours per week 1 point Miss: 0-1 hours per week 0 points My remaining three points I will give out at the end of the challenge based upon what seems appropriate at the time.

Hi Everyone. (feel free to scroll to the bottom for the real goals) Time for a proper introduction. I've previously posted in the Assassin's forum but this challenge isn't very assassin-y and I probably need a but of a focus reset. My real name is Diana - I'm coming up on the big quarter century in January next year and to be honest I'm having a bit of a freak out. I've kinda been floating along through life mildly successfully but not overly. Early last year I changed jobs and immediately went backwards in kinda everything - my health started to get worse; i started yoyoing with my weight and mental health. This month we parted ways under some really stressful circumstances leaving me with what feels like the most ridiculously food; stress and sleep hangover and without a job. I'm not too concerned about finding the next job so much as the right one so I will be taking the chance to sit back and reset both my health and my life. I'm also really bad at saving because of the same reason I eat junk food - I was dealing with my mental health issue by buying and eating. Which is bad. The other side of the coin is that last year I randomly decided to start playing soccer after falling back in love with the sports that I haven't liked since I was a child. For no apparent reason (probably the fact that I am REALLY loud) the (now ex-) coach put me on goals and I fell in love with the position - even though I sucked the whole way through my first year because they just never got around to teaching me. I've just finished my second season now and I still adore it. But after realizing how much weight I put on I mentioned to my coach how much I was planning on losing as a start; and he was both super supportive and demanding enough to hold me to it. The problem for me is not so much amount or intensity of exercise but the food I am eating. All my problems boil down to two things lack of self control and lack of organisation. If I can work on fixing these then the rest will start to come on its own. And I finally have some some time frames that I plan to lose this weight by. My best friend lives in Denmark now and will be visiting in late December - and I plan on losing 12kg buy the time she arrives which would put me close enough to ideal weight for my height (and about 4 in this challenge specifically which would put me at 75/6). The soccer season is currently over so I will be having a number of different exercise types. On Saturday morning it is boxing; at some point at the end of September indoor soccer will start up again and I plan on getting in about 4-5 exercise sessions a weeks. and make sure I am hitting my step goal on Fitbit 6/7 days a week. (The First Week this goal will be 10k as I will be on holidays at my parents house; but after that will be 13k) And as I such I will be dropping my food budget to $150 a week which allows me to buy and cook good food and eat out occasionally. I will be tracking my food either through Fitbit or MFP and post the totals at the end of the week And I will be focusing on making sure I tidy and keep my house and stay organised and don't buy things I won't need. I have a purchases list on my home PC of things I'll be purchasing in the next few months most of them are things like car rego; but I also have some sporting memberships. For every exercise session I'm going to put $5 in a jar that I will use to save up to buy a something I have not yet decided on. TL;DR This Challenge I will aim to; lose 4kghave 4-5 exercise sessions a week and put aside $5 per exercise sessions for something to be decided onreach my steps goal 6/7days a weeknot spend over my food budgetkeep my house tidy; focusing kitchen and not throwing my clothes on the floor and making my bed.

Ok my friends this is my first ever Woot Room post. In the three months I have been a part of Nerd Fitness, I have lost 3.34% off of my bodyfat percentage. On the 01/12/13 my Bodyfat% was 36.44. Today on the 01/03/14 it is now 33.10%. According to my measurement anyway. That is more than one percent per month. Woohoo! If I keep going at this rate I will reach my target bf% of 17 by August 2015. Alright. I am very happy with my success.

Hey all, I need a little help. A friend suggested that I Cosplay Kratos from god of war at PAX east this year. I really like the idea and I think It would really give me a great goal to work towards.. the only problem is... well, have you SEEN kratos?! At 6'1" and about 200 lbs, I have a good base but I really need to cut down while adding a TON of mass to my chest.. I have around 6 months to do this. Ive been cutting weight for a few months and my waistline is down to around 30 inches. Problem is I carry all my fat on my stomach so I really have awful abs. I guess what I am asking is, do you guys think I can do this justice in that time frame, or should I scrap the idea for now and do it later on when I have a lot more size and am much leaner? (side note, While the photo of me is clearly edited, I did my best to not add much definition. This is a pretty average day as well, I did not do anything special to fill myself out or get lean) THANK YOU ALL IN ADVANCE FOR ANY COMMENTS AND HELP!!

ok ok, here I am up for a new challenge, my first one as a ranger, so hello Rangers. I'm coming from the assasins because during this challenge I want to continue with my weight loss goal as well as improve my stamina (that's new for me) so I've been told this is a god place for that. Right now I'm playing in a basketball tournament at work and i want to get back to my best basketball shape ever which was 10 years ago. I want to dunk the ball again. the last week of the challenge is going to be very tricky, it is my honeymoon, but I will try to include my honeymoon into the challenge, we are going to playa del carmen and we will be walking and walking and walking, dancing, climbing, swiming scuba diving and also eating (yikes), that all-inclusive deal is going to be my best friend and my worst enemy but I'm up for it. this is me going into the challenge: Height: 6'2" weight: 191 lbs BF%: 17% these are my goals: MAIN QUEST: the same as always, become a viking, having less than 15% BF and being strong as hell and i already drink beer so I got that going for me which is nice. Also sometime next year i want to hike humphrey's peak. GOALS: - drop my BF% to 16% - increase my pullups from 6 to 8 - squat and spinning (dunking and stamina) - Diet, maintain my Paleo diet with the ocasional milk and yogurt. I'm currently lifting weights but this time it is not going to be a challenge, I'll add more reps to my sets but no more weight, only if I feel like it I will add more weight. currently: Squat: 190 lbs bench: 150 lbs deadlift: 150 lbs Thanks Rangers

Mind over matter. I heard that a lot as a kid. Recently, I have begun to see the importance of mind over matter. You can overcome any obstacle when you set your mind to it. And let's face it, I have a lot of obstacles to overcome. I've already started making improvements to my life that will help me become a healthier person. Make as many changes as I want, without a healthy mindset I will undo any physical progress I have made. I completed my first challenge with flying colors. I did so much better than I expected. But the whole time I was thinking about what I could have added to my challenge and how I wasn't doing enough. I eventually was able to start pushing that mindset to the back burner as I started making progress. It would still crop up and make me feel like I wasn't good enough and I should just give up. But I refused to listen and finished strong. Now it's time to take those thoughts and unhealthy mindset off the back burner and tackle it head first. The best way to defeat this mindset is to train myself to think positive. I'm going to start meditating, and I've broken my meditation into two parts: reading and coloring. I can't do the whole "empty your mind" thing, but I can focus on my breathing when I color. It's weird but it works for me. My mindset is going to be the primary focus this time around, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to neglect everything I worked on last time. I'm continuing to improve my diet by continuing to Paleo and keeping a food journal. During my last 6-week challenge, I developed a need to eat chocolate. I'm guessing that's due to all of the sugar that was cut out of my diet from carbs. I bought a lot of chocolate (enough to last a few weeks) and plan on gradually weaning myself off sugar. I'm also going to continue doing yoga, but this time I'm working out 2-3 times a week. Update: Facebook has became a major source of stress for me. I need to spend less time on Facebook and more time on Twitter. I'm going to stay off of Facebook except for once a week. I will not touch FB except for one day of the week. (The messenger app does not count. The only time I check it is when I have a message or want to send someone a message and can't find my phone.) This is going to be difficult since I check FB daily, multiple times a day. The goal is to spend 6 days a week on Twitter and 1 day a week on Facebook. Mind: Daily meditative reading Daily color meditation Daily reading Weekly share: share one positive quote, verse, poem, or thought each week. Vlog at least 3x a week (to keep a visual track of my progress) Check Facebook 1x a week. This gives me enough time to check my notifications and see what's going on. Check Twitter 6x a week. This includes posting on Twitter. Matter: Do yoga 2x a week Do handstand helpers 1x a week Eat Paleo 3x a week Eat less chocolate Keep a food journal/log Life Quest 1: I want to make my own yoga mat rug/towel. I plan on crocheting it out of cotton yarn. During this challenge, I must complete making the first 53 circles. Life Quest 2: Alright, this is something I've wanted to do for years but always allowed everyone to talk me out of it. I want to get into longboarding. I don't want to do any fancy tricks. I just want to ride on a board and feel the wind blowing through my hair. I can ride a bike but I don't seem to like it as much as the idea of skateboarding. I own a Ripstick, but I'm not balanced enough to keep it moving long enough to enjoy it. I liked it, but I think a traditional board will work better for me. I'm currently too heavy for my Ripstick and the only board that can handle my weight is a bamboo longboard. The current goal is to get all equipment that I need. Equipment needed: helmet, knee pads, elbow pads, gloves, and a longboard. Equipment owned:

Hi everyone! I have always been curvaceous and at the peak of my health when I was a sprinter in high school I took my flat tummy and big butt for granted. In fact I did not like my body I longed for the "runway model" look. Now that I'm older I have embraced my shape. Also an infamous reality star who shall not be named has made the big bottomed look mainstream. Unfortunately for me I have gained lots of weight in my midsection and no longer have the same hourglass figure. Last year I lost about 45 pounds doing non strict paleo and daily workouts. I still have about 40 more pounds to go. I stopped exercising but restarted again last month I restarted without much movement on my scale. Wishful thinking says that it is because my body is recompositioning and not because of my little cheats here and there. I know that it takes time but I hope this challenge can keep me accountable. Stats Age: 26 Gender: Female Height: 5'7.5" Weight: 196 Future Class: Ranger/ Druid hybrid Main Quest Lose 40 lbs and eventually make fitness a lifestyle. I have learned so much about fitness and nutrition on this journey I think I would love to get NASM certified once I hit my goal weight a transform the lives of others as a side job. Smart Quest 1: burn 1000 calories a day in exercise I just got a Fitbit Charge HR 3 days ago and I realized that I am not burning as many calories during my exercise as MyFitnessPal was telling me. Now that I have a more accurate indicator I would like to make a goal of burning 1,000 calories a day. I currently workout about 90 minutes a day doing everything from HIIT, yoga, and dance. I will add 30 more minutes a day and increase my intensity. I used to avoid very high impact exercise because I have exercise induced asthma but I haven't had to use my rescue inhaler in 3 months so I'm likely fitter and can push myself harder. I will just test myself and keep my albuterol within reach as needed. This also ensures that I will lose at minimum 2 pounds a week if I keep my nutrition in check I love to dance I always feel full of life and sexy when I finish a dance class or Zumba. I also love the YouTube channels of Fitness Marshall and Dance Fitness with Jessica. My goal is to spend at least 30 minutes in the morning dancing before work to get my mojo and energy up so I can start the day with positivity and light. By the end of the 6 weeks I want to choreograph a dance of my own and post it to YouTube! Smart Quest 2: Keep in touch I have a hard time maintaining regular contact with friends and relatives that are not nearby or that I do not see often. Having a strong support system is very important to optimal health. I just moved back to the Bay Area after being gone since high school and I can definitely feel the discomfort of not having a strong social circle yet. My goal it to call or text 20 different people week, that comes out to about 3 texts/calls a day which is very doable. I must invite at least one of them to do something social like dinner, festival, local event- that way I can strengthen a friendship and also explore the area more. Smart Quest 3: Track my progress on social media I am tracking my journey on instagram @savoirchic (follow me!) and also on my blog www.savoirchic.com and I want to make sure to make at least 3 posts a week. I have had my blog for years but I do not post consistently and I regret it. Posting makes me take time out of my day to evaluate my process and progress, connect with other people in similar situations, and keep myself publicly accountable. Also post on Nerdfitness and finish all the mini-challenges. Motivation/Life Quest I am single and part of it is because I can be very shy around men. I know that losing weight will give me more confidence to be flirty and find my feminine wiles and also make me more attractive to a wider range of men

Hey guys! It's been a while since I've been around, but now I'm back and am ready to focus on my fitness and diet goals! I've discovered over the past few months that when I don't set clear fitness goals for myself or have people hold me accountable for them, I slip up a lot! The past few months have had a lot of ups and downs consequently. I've learned my lesson though and now plan to get involved in the coming NF challenges so I can make the changes I want to happen a reality! MAIN QUEST: Lose 35 lb of fat and get strong GOALS FOR THIS CHALLENGE: 1. So Long Sugar! I eat sweets way more often than I should and need to cut down if I want to lose weight. Diet is the key to weightloss afterall!This challenge I will permit myself to have a maximum of three sweet/dessert items over the course of the challenge. So max of one every two weeks. I'm aiming to eat paleo for the rest of my meals, but if I eat pizza or other non-paleo things occasionally, it's no big deal. I plan to get more strict with my diet in future challenges. 2. Drop Down and Give ya 20! 20 consecutive pushups this challenge. Since last summer I've steadily worked my way up from none to 12-15ish pushups now. I think 5-8 more is reasonable for a 6 week period. My minimum passing score for this challenge will be 18. I plan to do strength training workouts 3 days a week to help me meet this goal. 3. Run Forest Run! I'm been out of running for a month due to injury, but am back to normal now. I'm pretty out of shape, but would like to get back to running a full 5K by the end of this challenge. I recently started running outside and have decided that I really enjoy it, so I'd like to do that when the weather is nice. My aim is to run twice a week - one time outside and one time on the indoor track. I'm choosing to run inside as well because the track is flat and I can more accurately measure my distance and time. [The outdoor trek is a combo of uphill and downhill]. I'm not setting a time goal on this, but am aiming for completion. Side Quest: Stay motivated! To do so I plan to post on at least 3 other person's boards once a week and find some motivational fitness quotes and stories to inspire me. STARTING MEASUREMENTS: Waist: 34.5" Chest: 39" Hip: 40.5" Butt: 42" Thigh: 24" Calf: 16" Biscep: 12.75" Weight: 180 lbs Good luck ya'll!!

hi, my name is fearless and im a former scout. im injured ( chronically inflamed achilles tendons) and can't run. also i have a barbell i really want to learn to use. in this challenge i want to develop a couple of new habits. i will add something new every week to complete my goals and change things slowly. i don't have a clue about lifting and am scared shitless of eating primal. still, i have a name to live up to! goals: main quest: lardbusting. eat primal six out of seven days a week by the end of this challenge lose 5% body fat and get down to 38%learn to do a beginner lifting routine ( based on the book "new rules of lifting for women") and install the habit of doing this 3x/week. track every workout.work on my book project for 12 hours a week. week 0 will be moving flat on thursday therefore have to improvise a bit. get as much knowledge as you can about primal eating and lifting go shopping and fill fridge in new flat with real food eat 5 primal meals this week no more sugar make a before photo, measure yourself and get your body fat measured at a drugstore post food diary every day will add more later...

I'm not sure how to go about this post, honestly. I mean I know the gist of it, obviously, but I'm not sure what my quests should be because I don't know where to go from here. A little history, a year ago I started cycling down my carbs. I was averaging 182gr of carbs a day with less than 100gr of protein and fats (combined). That's not a good balance. So I started working my carb average down to 75gr by 5g when I'd reached the average (my ultimate goal is to average anywhere between 75 - 100gr once I've reached my goal weight). Two weeks ago I reached 90gr (after a lot of hard work) but since that day I have gone back up to averaging 120 - 180gr a day. I had also managed to stop my binge eating and hadn't had a binge (as far as food is concerned) in months (pretty much the whole year) and now I struggle to control myself. I'm not sure what has happened or when things just changed, but I find myself giving into my cravings and then it's a case of just continuously eating and eating and eating (an example, was yesterday I bought a soda, 3 bags of crisps, a chocolate and a pie and ate all of it in less than 30 minutes). I was never like this before. I can't even seem to stop myself, even after I'd told myself not to do it. I am a self saboteur. I know what I need to do and I know how I need to do it but the minute I start making progress, I go and ruin it for myself. The binge eating is a good example. The problem is I'm not sure what the triggers are, when they happen and how I get around them (well duh, if I don't know what they are, how do I prevent/manage them). I grew up rough, but my life is great now so it's not like I have those stressors anymore. I need help identifying my triggers. Why do I keep sabotaging myself? why hasn't anything changed for even though I've got so many great habits in place and so many fantastic things happening in my life? Why can't I get it right? Anyway that's why I am here I guess. Here with the Druids. I'm here to learn more about finding "inner peace", recognising and fighting my demons and battling my biggest nemesis - myself - from the Masters themselves. Main Goal: I can say a lot of things here, but let's be honest my biggest goal right now is to lose weight, lots of it. Overall I need to lose about half of my weight (weigh between 120 & 130kg, haven't weighed in ages). So... Overall goal weight: 65-72kg (depending on muscle) 2016 goal weight: 110kg Challenge Goal weight: 120kg Quest 1: Keep cycling down to an average of 80gr carbs I know that it seems like dropping an average of 10gr is very little, but apart from the above reasons, I'm finding that once I reached an average of 110gr, it was taking me on average 2 - 3 weeks to drop the next 5gr. So 80gr is manageable and achievable by the end of this challenge. Quest 2: Identify triggers and work out a plan of how I'm going to manage them I know this goes against all we preach - SMART goals - but I honestly don't know how many triggers there are. I have a definite plan - Assess, Investigate and Manage - and I would be happy to just find 1 trigger and have a plan of action in place to manage it when it comes around. If I find more, bonus! I'd say I would journal, but I honestly hate journaling, so I am going to rather post my thoughts here and perhaps someone has some insight - please be as harsh with me as you need to be, I won't be offended (I've learnt to assess something before opening my mouth). Quest 3: Find a new job I am currently trying to ensure my family's (mine and Jax) mental health for next year. Jax is our bread winner which has allowed me to work for passion instead of money, but next year he will be studying his MBA full time and we will be reliant on my income, so I need to find a job that I'm passionate about and pays enough to cover us. Luckily it's not a lot more, but it still needs to happen. So at least 40 applications and 3 interviews over 6 weeks. Quest 4: Spend 20% less on junk food and eating out It's a pretty self explanatory quest, but my boyfriend still pays for a lot of our nights out. Which is fine, because if we're at a restaurant I'm prone to eating good healthy meals. I don't eat desserts and I mostly eat meat (steak) or seafood with veggies/salads anyway. AND he doesn't indulge me in the other junk food. No more than R980 over the challenge. And that's it for now. If anyone has any ideas/advice for me I'd love to hear them. I know that there aren't any fitness goals, but honestly until I can get my head space right I am struggling to get fitness in as well. I love cycling and I can't even find the "energy" to fit it in. Reward: If I reach my goal weight, my boyfriend has said that he will buy a stationary bike for me.

Hi! I'm Catherine (Cutebug) and this will be my first Challenge as a Ranger. I've been indecisive about my guild and staying as an Adventurer, but I think I have found my home. My Main Goal, as always, is to LOSE WEIGHT. Challenge #1 - Cut Out Dairy (cheese and milk) for 6 weeks. This morning, while walking to work drinking my tea, I felt the usual bit of "ickiness" from drinking milk. I don't *always* feel icky or bloated when I have dairy, in fact, it's mostly only if I have lots of cold milk, but it does occasionally happen. And I thought to myself, WHY am I making myself feel icky??? This may also result in me cutting out most, if not all, of my caffeine, as I can't drink tea without dairy milk, or else I get painful stomach feelings and slight nausea (before you go suggesting dairy alternatives, those don't work for my really strange random problem, unfortunately). I'll use coconut milk for any other "milk" requirements. Challenge #2 - Hike and/or Swim Weekly I recently fell off the hiking wagon. I'd like to pull myself back on. Also, I have challenged myself to swim across a lake at the end of summer, so I should probably do some swimming... Challenge #3 - Go to the Gym Twice Weekly I've been visiting the office gym once weekly for the past couple of months. It's been GREAT. I've finally started Deadlifts and Squats, which I couldn't do before due to lack of barbell. The gym also has a pull-up bar as part of the rack, so I'm training for that as well. I'd like to start going TWICE weekly instead of just once. This week will be my first 2x week. Personal Challenge: Make SeedBombs and Enact Guerilla Warefare on My Neighbourhood! I found this lovely sunflower flourishing in a vacant lot during a drought. The vacant lots around here are often littered with people's discarded appliances, furniture, and Tim Horton's garbage. I thought it was so amazing that this one flower randomly made its home in a place like that. So I am going to help nature reclaim the empty spaces and make the neighbourhood more beautiful. I'm also going to go forage for blackberries down the street because it seems like no one else is doing it. Mini Challenge: See that tractor tire in the first photo? I'm going to complete that movement I am starting in that photo. Right now I can only flip the tire from the inside. I'll keep trying and keep training in the gym until I can flip that sucker like they do in all the CrossFit videos and photos! Here's what I can do now

Hi all, I'm Becka and I'm a dragon (mainly because I write a web serial about dragons). My main quest is to lose weight and improve my general fitness. Goals: 1. Continue watching what I eat and achieve my 10% weightloss goal by the end of the quest (I'm already down 5% so this is another 5% loss) 2. Continue to do my ten minutes exercise every day. 3. Add in a modified version of the BBWW every Mon, Wed, Fri. I'm still working on the exact modifications here Life Quest: To write at least 300 words a day. I'll edit this with more detail when it's not bedtime. Becka

I have struggled with my weight for a few years now. I'm 5'2 and I weigh 164 pounds. I have started and stopped working out lots of times in the past few years, and I go back and forth on eating habits too. I hate the idea of going on a "diet", but I did have success with a combination of crossfit and Paleo a few years ago. I injured my shoulder doing crossfit, so I quit that, and I couldn't afford Paleo/became concerned about the amount of meat/almonds I was eating so I quit that too (I was probably doing it wrong, but it was what it was). I came across Nerd Fitness several months ago, got really excited about it and then back burnered it. This weekend I went on a mini vacation, and lots of unflattering pictures were taken of me, which was the tipping point in my motivation to change. I don't feel like my weight is holding me back from doing the things I love, I do mud runs a few times a year, and hiked the Guadalupe Mountain in West Texas recently, but I don't *look* good, or really even *feel* good. I do have PCOS, so keeping my weight in check matters in terms of future fertility and that sort of thing. In March I bought a Groupon for a crossfit gym, and went on and off, but it's too expensive to pay normal prices (I'm a teacher). I joined a normal gym in June, but I've only been like 4 times since then. I enjoy a mix of weight lifting, steady state cardio, and bodyweight interval training, so I'm going to try to integrate that. So here we go. Main Quest: Lose 40 pounds by June 2016. SMART Goal 1: Quit being lazy. Get to the gym and do SOMETHING 3x per week. On the line: +2 STR, +3 STA A: 3+ workouts/wk. +2 STR, +2 STA B: 2 Workouts/wk. +1.5 STR, + 1.5 STA C: 1 workouts/wk. +1 STR, +1 STA SMART Goal 2: Know thyself. Or at least what's going INTO thyself. *Track food/water intake every day, good or bad using iphone app. On the line: +3 WIS A: 40 days of food tracking +3 WIS B: 30 days of food tracking + 2 WIS C: 20 days of food tracking +1 WIS SMART Goal 3: Be the master of my own destiny. Prepare an average of 18/21 meals per week at home. On the line: +5 CON A: 18+ meals per week +5 CON B: 15+ meals per week +3 CON C: 12+ meals per week +1 CON Life Quest: Read 2 books, 1 fiction, 1 nonfiction. Reward: +2 Wisdom Current Stats STR: 0, DEX 0, STA 0, CON 0, WIS 0, CHA 0 And that's that. Looking forward to joining a group for support and feedback. The adventure begins!

Welcome friends. This is my new challenge. Main Goal! My ongoing quest to rid myself of extra, unwanted padding continues. This quest will see me through the rest of my vacation, and my subsequent trip back home to Korea, where my job will start up again. Near the end should be a fairly stressful time, but I'm planning on being fairly in my habits by then. I will complete my main goal through three quests. Quest 1: Run 150 kilometers total I'm hoping to increase my distance this challenge. In order to do this, I have set out a specific goal number. This also is a good way to keep track of the mileage on my brand-spankin-new running shoes. (DEX 2 | STA 3) Quest 2: Paleo 80% We all know we can't outrun our forks. To complete my main goal, I need to take more care with my diet. Going paleo has helped me so far lose 13 kgs. I have gained some of that back, but I know I can get it back off. (CHA 3) Quest 3: Wall-free headstand and handstand This is more of a fun, supplementary challenge than something to work towards my main goal. It's a definite plus in that it forces me to practice my yoga habits more regularly. I like yoga but I find that I don't tend to work it in as much as I should. So, something to complete by the end of 6 weeks. Doesn't matter if it's for 2 seconds or 2 minutes, but I want to be away from the wall. (STR 2 | DEX 2) In addition to these quests, I have Life Quest: Complete my Korean vocabulary book My Korean studies have been lacking in the past 6 months. Dreadful, actually. I'd like to learn it to make my life easier, to be able to help friends, and be more independent in my life, and not rely on others as much as I do. I'm currently in the process of making all of the flashcards. My vocabulary book is the 2000 Essential Korean Words for Beginners, and I plan to finish it by the end of this challenge. In order to do this, I must study everyday, without fail. This is extremely important.(WIS 3) Bonus Quest: Sign up at local gym when returning to Korea To keep improving my strength training, it's time to sign up for an actual gym once I return home. Luckily while I'm in the States I can use my mom's gym. (no points awarded) My journey is about more than me. My goal is ultimately for me, but I am aware that I can pass on some good habits, or at least a good example, to my friends and family members. So, join me during this challenge and together we can conquer the world!!!

Bit of an introduction for myself. I'm 30 years old now, 5'6" and 209 pounds, down from 242! I've been married to my husband for nearly 6 years and my beautiful daughter is 3 1/2 years old. My daughter was born at 28 weeks into the pregnancy and because of some complications has a severe form of spastic cerebral palsy. Once we brought her home from the NICU, stress and exhaustion skyrocketed and over 3 years I put on over 50 pounds. Becca would only sleep for 1-3 hours at a time (a consequence of her CP) and I was lucky to get 5-6 hours of sleep in a whole day. I spent the time binge eating at night, trying to eat my exhaustion and living a much more sedentary life then I was used to. A few months ago we finally FINALLY found a doctor that helped us with Becca's sleep and with her high tone, which means closer to normal sleep and she tolerates her stroller! So now I'm working on getting down to 150 pounds and keeping/increasing what strength I have because toting around 26 pounds of 3 1/2 year old is not going to get easier without it! I would also like to be within a healthy weight range before we consider the possibility of a second child, which still scares me, a lot. My first challenge went really well and I feel like I've built the habit of both consistently calorie counting and doing some form of activity six days a week. I have noticed my flexibility has become appalling so I'm switching up my focus a bit this challenge. Goal 1: Yoga 3 times a week. I have a 30 day beginner program picked out that should take me through the entire 6 weeks. Goal 2: Do the Couch to 5k running program 3 times a week. So after a badly sprained wrist I'm changing my focus over to the 5k running program. I want to give it a fair shot and this seems like a great time for it and I've always admired people who can run for longer then a minute or two. I've always been overweight and terrible at running/jogging. Goal 2: Progress my incline push ups down to the floor. I'm going to do as many as I can on the floor, then finish with incline push ups and reducing the incline a little each week. I'm still recovering from damaging my rotator cuffs so this goal will be a bit more flexible and proper form will be most important. Goal 3: Organizing some part of the house for at least 30 minutes a day. Or 3 1/2 hours a week. After 3 years of just doing the necessity of house work, we have ended up with clutter piled up everywhere. (Having a MiL that shops as her hobby.. with most of the stuff we get as unnecessary junk. It's starting to drive me a little batty.) I went through some of Becca's stuff the other day to donate.. she had 2 jolly jumpers and cannot use one, at all. I hope everyone else has a great challenge! Enjoy a couple pictures of Becca, they had to be in links because they are too big. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6f4hlVhQc2dcDRrZExlaHlyV00/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6f4hlVhQc2dWnNBMXVSdUZjYVk/view?usp=sharing

Intro: I'm Tracy, soon to be a 44 year old wife and mom from the metro area of Atlanta, GA. I have 4 kids and will be a grandma in Dec. Younger me was naturally slim, but not fit, and I never formed the habit of regular exercise. Older me became a foster mom and gained 100 lbs (and some health issues) during those 8 years of foster care due to lack of exercise, high stress, anxiety and emotional eating. We adopted two with special needs (they are 9 & 11), and I am learning how to handle issues (life) in some way other than with food. I'm setting weight loss goals in 10% increments. Main Quest: Lose 23 lbs and gain strength. (Strong enough to complete 3 burpees.) 3 quests: 1. Continue with my Whole30 (will be a Whole68 at the end of 6 weeks), tracking for accountability on IG 2. Walk 10k steps minimum 6 days a week, tracking with my Fitbit. (Sundays are optional.) 3. Complete the NF beginner body weight strength training workout on Tuesdays and Fridays at 8am. Life Quest: Declutter my bedroom and sewing room. -I will spend at least 20 min each day (Monday-Friday) getting rid of excess and keeping only what brings me joy. My husband and I deserve a peaceful haven to retreat to. I will no longer let it be the catch all room, while keeping the kids rooms orderly and decluttered. My Motivation: 1. I want to be a strong fit woman, in a smaller body, because the woman I currently am is not the example I want my kids and grandchild to have. 2. I want to be a woman that doesn't quit when it gets hard 3. Has confidence 4. Has energy to get all my work done and still feel like playing with my kids. 5. I want to look hot on the Harley with my husband. I may allocate attribute points later on because it would be fun. For now, it kinda stresses me out trying to figure that part out, and I just want to get started.

So this is actually a restart, I did challenges previously, but never quite completed them, so this is a reboot, Ohlemontine 2.0, complete with support. That's right, I've conned persuaded my boyfriend to join me on a 6 week challenge and see how it goes. Hurray! So I did the math recently, and my 10 year reunion will be coming up soon. This is dreadful news, considering I am so much heavier, and have done almost nothing with my life since highschool. Not even college, I went for one year and ran out of money... >_< So the overarching goal for the next 2 years will be to lose 100 lbs, which will bring me back to the weight I was when I got back from my first year of college. In getting to this weight loss goal I hope to make other transformations that will add up to a healthier, stronger, more confident, more peaceful and content person, strong in faith and smoking hot in body xDD This goals specific goal is to lose 5% bodyweight. At a starting weight of 260, that comes out to 13 lbs In order to complete this goal I will be focusing on 3 objectives, and once completed this will add 3 achievements to my status The first Achievement I am looking to unlock is... drumroll please... Aiya Rainy Day Special: Mega Beef Bowl I plan to eat a Mostly Paleo diet. While full Paleo is not feasible with the limited grocery budget and the 2 males in the apartment who will not make that transition without a major fight, I will attempt to be as paleo as possible, with only the occasional condiment or side dish that may not make the paleo mark. I'm grading this on a percentage scale, and anything less than a 80% Paleo for the day will be a fail. I also plan to snack healthier, and smaller snacks, preferably of the vegetable or fruit persuasion. And will be drinking at least 100 oz of water/green tea each day. These are all goals I have been slowly incorporating into my everyday routine for awhile now, so I do not feel working on all three parts of this goal at once will be taking on too much. Second Achievement: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger For the second achievement I will be working on getting fit. I will be getting active at least 30 minutes every day. Activities will include Yoga, Kpop Dancing, Bodyweight workouts, biking, and playing (Actively) with my son. This is a pass/fail, either I do it, or not type of grade. Last, but certainly not least, is the Achievement : The CircleMaker In which I will be strengthening my faith, and spiritual walk. This will be done by spending at least 30 minutes on my spiritual walk. Reading the bible, studying devotionals, prayer, praise and meditation will be the tools used to help accomplish this goal. This is another pass/fail type of grade As for a life quest, this achievement will be called Cleaning House- Literally I will be working on keeping the kitchen clean. The kitchen will need to be clean at least 5 of the 7 days of the week to pass this challenge. Will need to have dishes done, counters/stove washed, floors swept, and dinner taken care of before going to bed. So that's it, the whole story... oh... well i guess I suppose I'll have to update daily. So look out for those... thanks

Hey y'all! I've been taking the last few days to really hammer out what I want to achieve this challenge. It's going to be slightly similar to the last challenge, but a bit more EXTREME! because we have to be EXTREME!!!! During this challenge, the last week and a half will be spent in the US, which terrifies me because I know just how easy it is there to gain weight. I've worked so hard already, and I really don't want to fuck it up. (also, should be noted here that if you're sensitive to cursing, might as well not look to this thread for advice. I tend to curse a lot) TO THE QUEST!!!! Main Goal: to continue my quest for ridding myself of extra padding as well as gaining valuable health points. I will achieve this by the following quests: Quest 1: To completely run a 5K race. I have just registered for this race, which will happen on July 11th. Registering and paying is a good kick in the ass for me. I hate wasting money. Also I'm telling friends and family back home. I know my mother at least will keep nagging me about it. So, training must happen. Part of this goal will be running four times a week, excluding hashes. Hashes will be like a little test every weekend on my progress thus far. Quest 2: To overhaul my diet At this moment, I'm fairly paleo during the week, and on weekends I just lose it. I'm sticking to paleo much better this time around. It worked so well last challenge, so I know it works. I just have to commit to doing better. Quest 3: To allow myself sufficient rest Right now I'm slipping back into my bad sleep habits. Keeping my phone close to my bed, surfing reddit until too late, and averaging about 5 hours a night. To lose weight and be the healthiest I possibly can, my body requires sleep, and a proper amount at that. Time to redesign my batcave and get myself into better sleeping habits. Better sleep habits also mean my sleep paralysis gets a bit better, which is always a good thing. I might add another goal for a life quest later, but this is a good start, I feel. On-on!

Hi Rebels Since its a few weeks to the start of the next 6 Week Challenge, I thought I'd get started on a log early and get good habits going. The plan is to post each morning about the day before. A bit about me... I'm 33, married with a 4 month old son. I'm 6'1", and I was built like a rake when I was 17 or 18, but 15 years of comfortable office work has meant a gradual weight gain. I hit 100kg this year, and along with the 38" waist trousers and XL shirts I need now, that was enough to make me want to make changes... I don't want to be a fat dad, I'd like to be able to do plenty of running around with my son as he grows up. The Journey So Far... I started calorie counting about 9 weeks ago, and it's worked well so far. I've made changes slowly, first cutting the bulk of the crap out, then adding more fruit and protein in the last couple of weeks. The thing that's really impressed me is that the more I clean up my diet, the less I miss the sweets and chocolate. I'm still allowing myself a treat now and again, but it's down to one or two a week instead of a day. Doing calorie counting, along with plenty of walking, has got 4.5kg off so far. Averaging 0.5kg a week, which is bang on target. This is me on the day I registered for Nerd Fitness - putting them up here for future reference and accountability What comes next? With the diet on its way, fitness is up next. I'd decided to focus on strength training with free weights, and found the Stronglifts 5x5 workout, before I found NerdFitness. It's great to find a community where lifting is regarded as a good way towards general fitness, and especially great that it's a community of nerds The bad news is that, having not done any barbell (or any other sort of strength) work before, 5 sets of 5 reps was too much for me the first time I tried... I managed all of workout A, but was crippled for 2 days afterwards. I've backed off to 3 sets of 5 with the starting weights, which I'll then increase to 4 sets next week, before starting with the 5x5 proper the following. Hopefully the couple of weeks ramp up will give my body time to adjust and the pain won't be so bad... At the moment, my gym time also includes some interval training on the treadmill... I'll keep this up for as long as I can while still keeping my total workout (including warm up and stretches at the end) to about an hour, since my workouts are a long lunch break for me. Goals Long term, I'm aiming to get my weight to 85kg. I'm not setting any goals on the lifting side other than an immediate one to get up to doing 5x5 sets and to stick at it once I start, since I don't really know how I'll take to it. I think that's enough as an intro, I'll add some reflections on today when I post tomorrow.

Ok, ok, they are probably really just average, but compared to last year, in my eyes, they look amazing. My thighs have always been my problem spot, always appearing too thick to me when they really weren't, to a point where I stopped wearing shorts and shorter skirts last year (enabled by the fact that i was living in a cold country), if i wasn't wearing leggings or tights underneath them. Or else I would purposely buy shorts a size larger because as soon as they'd get a little bit tighter, I'd get self-conscious about my legs. Today, I felt like wearing a dress that I normally only wear with leggings due to it being rather short – not only my smaller size means I gain those two centimetres in length it was missing, but I actually like how my legs look in it! Ok, yes, I know, this all makes me sound incredibly vain and self-absorbed, but this is the first time in five years I am actually happy with the way my legs look, so I could NOT not celebrate!

Main quest: Reach 70 kg or under by the end of 2016 - I suffer from idiopathic polyneuropathy caused (apparently) by pregnancy. The heavier I am, the worse the pain and numbness seems to be, so for now I need to focus on the scale numbers. Challenge goals: 1. Drink three litres of water every day - track on Plant Nanny A - perfect record B - missed target 6 days or less during challenge C - missed target 12 days or less during challenge F - missed target by 13 days or more 2. Walk a minimum of 10 mins outside every day - track on The Walk A - perfect record B - missed target 6 days or less during challenge C - missed target 12 days or less during challenge F - missed target by 13 days or more 3. Eat under my calorie goal six days out of seven - track on MyFitnessPal A - 6 days or less over calorie goal B - 9 days or less over calorie goal C - 12 days or less over calorie goal F - missed target by 13 days or more Life side quest: Italian practice on Duolingo A - 42 day streak! B - 420 XP but not a 42 day streak C - 360 XP F - less than 360 XP

Alright so I’ve been pretty diligent about dieting and exercise since January . It’s now 5 months later and I’ve lost close to 42lbs, (yay!) however, I’ve created a horrible habit of eating fast food, and making up for it by eating less throughout the day to create the “calorie deficit†to lose weight. Though I am losing weight, I don’t feel like I’m getting the most of my lift, or my progress. While I am focused on losing weight ( I’m currently 184lbs, long term goal is 160lbs) I feel like my body would benefit a lot more from dropping my body fat percentage, and that’s something I don’t think I’m doing with my current faulty diet choices. I guess my question is, what are some tips you guys have used to wean yourself off fast food? How do you keep your composure? And How have you managed to drop your body fat percentage, in a healthy way?