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I'm back! Back for the 2nd 2014 NF 6-week Challenge and my 6th 6-week challenge overall. The lowdown: Epic Quest: I have signed up for a 10k on April 6th, 2014, the RockNRoll half-marathon on May 19, 2014 and the Portland half-marathon on October 5th, 2014. I would like to finish the half-marathons in 2h30 or less and would really, really like to finish the 10k at about 60min. Currently my average mile is between 11:15-11:30, which means I have 6 weeks to cut close to 90s from my mile in order to accomplish the 10k in 60min. Doable? Let's hope so! This challenge I want to focus on flexibility and staying positive. For the first time ever, I will also be rewarding myself for activities done. I think that was a missing component in challenges past. Side Quest 1: Be Conscious This quest's focus will be about food. My quest is to write and be accountable for everything that I consume. The purpose is to meet my daily food needs and keep in touch with how I feel when I eat certain foods. I am aiming at 85-90% paleo as well as drinking 96 oz of water daily. For every day that I write down all that I consume will be a $1 towards whatever I want to spend it on at the end of the challenge. Side Quest 2: Be Brisk This quest's main purpose is to get me to finish the 10k at the end of this challenge around 60 minutes. I will be training for the 10k and the half-marathon concurrently. I plan on getting in 3-4 runs a week as well as doing body weight work outs. I plan on rewarding myself $1 per mile run and $1 per body weight work out. The money will be used to spend as I wish at the end of the challenge. Most likely I will buy clothes Life quest: Be Friendly To be honest, I wasn't sure I would be coming back for another challenge. A couple of people I have been challenging with since last year have dropped out and it really bummed me out. I do credit the Nerd Fitness community for the success I have had in my weight-loss and ass kicking journey and know that if I stop now, not only will I not be done with what I want to accomplish, but I will miss ya'll. My life quest is focusing on getting to know more of the community and the ass kicking rebels. I pledge to cheer people on at least 5 times a week or more. I know that my participation has a direct effect on my performance. It is time for me to continue the trend and get involved more. GAME ON!

Howdy all, it's your favorite future kilted groom all up in the hizouse! Obviously I haven't gotten any cooler during the challenges, but that's just all part of my charm. This time around will be continuing to attempt to build habits, tightening the belt, and getting myself focused. I'm going to try to be more strict this time around. I'm starting to run low on time and I need to start getting actual results going on, well...I got some results from the last challenge. I definitely feel stronger and notice more musculature, but I've not done much in the weight loss department...only having gone down three or four pounds during the last challenge...and that was only at the very end. I'm hoping to speed up my results this time. I also intend to return to the measurement tracking and picture taking this challenge, so keep on the lookout for this post getting updated on the 23rd with that information. I might refine these challenges within that time frame as well... we'll see. MAIN CHALLENGE As for the past few challenges, I've been saying "Look awesome in a Kilt for my wedding day" I'm going to say that's still the goal but I want to be more specific. I hope to hit around 180 lbs by the wedding date of 09/20/2014. That's a weight loss of around 40 lbs, might be a bit much so I won't be devastated if I don't reach it, but that's the dream. MOTIVATION The motivation is the hope to see the looks and reactions of everyone when the see me in the best shape of my life standing up at the infamous altar. Not to mention the increase capability, improved emotional state, and other benefits from the healthier life. SUB-QUESTS Quest 1 - Path to Paleo: Avoid Cereal Grains and Dairy [CON:5] Carried over from the previous two challenges, I'm sticking with this until I can manage an A rating. A: No Cheats For All Six Weeks B: 1 Cheat A Week For Four Weeks C: 2 Cheats a Week for Four Weeks D: 3 Cheats a Week for Six Weeks F: >3 Cheats a Week Quest 2 - Snackless Living: Cut out snacking between meals [CON:2] One of the issues of the failure to lose weight was likely due to the amount of snacking I did between my main meals. I hope to resolve this and focus on weight loss by cutting out snacking all together. A: No Cheats For All Six Weeks B: 1 Cheat A Week For Four Weeks C: 2 Cheats a Week for Four Weeks D: 3 Cheats a Week for Six Weeks F: >3 Cheats a Week Quest 3 - Work it Out: 3x Exercises 3x a week [STR:3|STA:2] Even though I didn't quite ace the last one, I was close enough that I thought I could upgrade this to add in additional exercise. The aim is to do at least 3 exercises at least 3 times a week. A: Perform Exercises 3x a Week All Six Weeks B: Perform Exercises 3x a Week For Four Weeks C: Perform Exercises 2x a Week All Six Weeks D: Perform Exercises 2x A Week For Four Weeks F: Perform Exercises <2x A Week For Four Weeks SIDE QUEST Side Quest - All About the Benjamins: Create and Stick to a Budget [WIS:3] Financial woes have proved to be a major source of stress and frustration, and I worry that it will eventually cause issues within my upcoming marriage as well. For now I have a habit of living paycheck to paycheck, and doing a poor job of it with an ever increasing regularity of overdrafts thus causing me to lose even more money. This is a situation that needs to stop, and in order to do that I'll need to create a budget and stick with it. Game plan is create budget during first week, and then stick with it for the following 5 weeks. A: Create Budget in Week #1 and stick to it for 5-6 Weeks B: Create Budget in Week #1 and stick to it for 4 Weeks C. Create Budget in Week #1/2 and stick to it for 3-4 Weeks D. Create Budget after Week #2 and stick to it for 3 Weeks F. Do not create budget, or stick to created budget for <3 Weeks MEASUREMENTS Weight: 225 lbs Waist: 43.25" Hips: 42" Chest: 42" Neck: 15.5" Thigh(Left): 21.75" Thigh(Right): 23.75" Bicep(Left): 13.5" Bicep(Right): 13.5" Body Fat %: 33% Photos: MINI-QUESTS Mini-Quest 1- The Dietician is Back! - Completed +1 CON Mini-Quest 2 - The Latest Plot - Completed +1 CON Mini-Quest 3 - Be Brave - Completed+1 STR Mini-Quest 4 - Stop, Collaborate, and Eat Some - Completed +1 CON & Belt of Dietary Willpower Mini-Quest 5 - Run! Run for the Hills! - Completed +1 STA Mini-Quest 6 - We RAKNominate You! - Completed +1 CHA So here we go, time to try to kick some kilted ass.