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Helo a chroeso! Dw i dysgu Cymraeg! Main Quest To live a healthy and balanced life by exercising and trying to eat healthy. My motivation I've successfully dropped weight by counting calories so my diet will mostly be staying the same with 1200 calories per day M-F and then blow meals on the weekends. I've managed to put on some muscle in an effort to become stronger by weightlifting and I’ve discovered that I love lifting heavy things! In May of this year, my husband and I are going on one of my bucket-list vacations: Scotland and Wales! We’re spending two glorious weeks exploring the highlands and Edinburgh in Scotland and the castles of northern Wales. I’m so excited!!! Smaller Quests 1. Walking I need to be in the best walking shape I can be for Scotland; walking up and down the hills in Edinburgh will require lots of endurance. My easy/slightly sweaty pace seems to be about 3 miles per hour. Scoring: x/30 miles in 4 weeks (7.5 miles per week) Reward: +3 STA & +2 DEX 2. Weights No matter what else I do in my challenges here, I still always come back to lifting the heavy things. I like it, it makes me feel better about myself and it’s got practical, real-world purposes. Plus, with diving every other weekend now, I need to be in top physical shape to be able to lift the tanks. I tried backing off on the weights for about 5 weeks to see if that’s what was causing my neck and shoulder pain. I still have the pain, so it’s likely not the weights. So I can get back into increasing my poundage. Scoring: x/4 (1 for each weight achieved) Chest Press: 60lbs → 85lbsSquat Machine: 200lbs → 250lbsBarbell Curls: 25lbs → 35lbsShoulder Shrugs: ??? → 50lbsReward: +3 STR & +2 CON 3. Welsh Like when I went to Cozumel, Mexico, I want to have a basic understanding of the local language. Enough to be able to communicate in a simple conversation with the locals. In Scotland they generally speak English or Scots-Gaelic, but in Wales, they obviously speak Welsh. I’ve already started studying this language and it's hard! I intend to practice it every week day during the four weeks of this challenge. Scoring: x/20 Reward: +3 WIS & +2 CHA