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It was the dawn of the Third Age of Fitness, two years after the back injury. The Achgiguwen Project was a dream given form. Its goal: to create a healthy lifestyle where I can truly enjoy the remaining years of my life by being active, free to engage the fun parts of life at home and homes away from home. It’s a calling, to be active, more fit, more restful, a better father, husband, and friend. I went from 255 to 320 during the back injury years. It’s not going to be easy but it’s my last best hope for health. This is the story of Achgiguwen, the lively one. The year is 2014. That name of the place is Nerd Fitness… Hello. My name is Achgiguwen. I’m a huge sci-fi fan and love Babylon 5. I used to be a wrestler in high school, martial arts in college, and taught gymnastics in my early adult years. I’ve always been a person who loved my endurance, constitution, and long distances. Life caught up with me: work, marriage, kids, injuries. I started almost 10 weeks ago at 320 pounds and not able to do many things that I love. I am now down to 288 pounds, and can now jog, and start to have fun with my kids and family. I still have problems bending over. Even though I'm better that when I started, I feel like I am still out of shape making it difficult to deal with the things life throws at me. My wife introduced me to Nerd Fitness, and she has been the rock that has kept me going strong. I am also on this mission so I can spend the best and remaining years with my wife happy and active. Main Quest: Getting into the shape I need to accomplish my missions. Signs and Portents part 2 – Challenge 2 All of my goals are set for the entire 6 week challenge, to help motivate and keep me on track. Goal 1 – The Parliament of Dreams: Like the Centauri, I love to eat.. especially at night within a hour before bed.... just a bedtime snack, like a small chicken taco. Since I usually go to bed around 10 pm, I plan to not eat/snack on anything after 8 pm. every night. The only exceptions is good fruit (bandannas or oranges), or one of my healthy (under 100 cal) fruit bars. This will be tracked on my battle log. Measurement Reward 42-37 successful days +3 Wis 36-31 successful days +2 Wis 30-25 successful days +1 Wis Goal 2 – The War Prayer: A racist group is terrorizing aliens on Babylon 5, stabbing and branding them. I need to search all of Babylon 5, that means all 5 miles, all 100 levels, of all 6 sections. Measurement Reward 100 miles +3 Sta 60 miles +2 Sta 30 miles +1 Sta Measurement Reward 1000 flights of stairs +3 Dex 600 flights of stairs +2 Dex 300 flights of stairs +1 Dex Goal 3 – And the Sky full of Stars: Just like Sinclair's mind is being rebuilt, I need to build an entire world for my D&D group. I need to finish castles, countries, monsters, maps, adventures, NPC's, and other stuff. Measurement Reward 10 hrs +3 Cha 8.5 hrs +2 Cha 7 hrs +1 Cha Goal 4 – Death Walker: "Death Walker" has been spotted on the station. I plan to make sure I"m not her next/last victim. I intend to beat the 6th Temple of the Legends of Zelda workout. I want to accomplish this by doing the workout twice a week, completing 1 new temple a week. Measurement Reward Complete temple 6 +3 STR Complete temple 5 +2 STR Complete temple 4 +1 STR