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For my first 4 week challenge: Diet eat low to no carbs bulletproof coffee or no coffee only 1 dessert a week, if that. Fitness (pick one) walk twice a day on work days complete 3 week yoga retreat (beachbody on demand) workouts daily starting on the 26th Continue Body Beast workouts daily (beachbody) run M/W/F/Sa to train for Space Coast Full (11/27) Level Up Your Life (Pick One) 5 minutes meditation daily Clean kitchen daily work on a small area of the house, deep cleaning work on dress at least 2x a week Have a 5 minute dance party each day

Good morning! I'm Michelle. I'm an academic librarian and a Beachbody Coach. I've been consistently doing Beachbody programs since January 2014. I'm currently in the middle of Body Beast and working on getting stronger while losing the 20-30 pounds I gained while on anxiety medication. I'm on meds for anxiety and depression. I love lifting. I'm an aspiring author. I'm in the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) wherein I fight rapier, just barely getting started in the heavy fighting with plans to get into combat archery, I love helping in any way I can. My persona is Elinor Gyles who lives in Tudor England. One of my current quests is working on a full tudor/henrican court dress. As a Beachbody Coach I motivate people in person and online through their fitness journeys. I've assisted friends in losing up to 70+ pounds and start eating healthier. I'm currently working on transitioning to a lower carb diet like keto. I have 2 cats, Sayuri and Kaylee whom often come out to the gym while I'm lifting to motivate or distract me. Please feel free to ask me any questions!

MAIN QUEST: Lose Weight Feel Great! To hit my goal range of 125-135 and do it in a healthy way! Goals (diet and fitness related) that will help me achieve Main Quest: I feel like I just haven't made much progress at all the last 15 challenges. I keep losing and gaining the same 10 pounds lately... Not really sure how to fix this, but I just keep trying! Back story: All through high school I struggled to GAIN weight. I weighed 110 pounds all through high school. I am 5'2", so that's a "healthy" weight, but I really was way too thin and didn't have any muscle. Then I started having babies and started gaining weight. My heaviest was 219. I am at 205 now. I have managed over the years to diet myself down to 165 at the lowest, but it was a very unhealthy diet (around 500 calories a day) and I started losing my hair, so I decided I would rather be fat and have hair than to thin with no hair lol 1. #OneDerland - Get under 200 lbs - This is obviously a pass/fail, and I know a lot of people will say "muscle weighs more than fat blah blah blah" but I weigh 205 lbs and I am 5'2", this is ridiculous! I NEED to lose pounds! Edited to add: I guess I need some plan to get me there, huh? I don't like counting calories all the time because I tend to obsess over it and then I just don't eat, which is unhealthy. (I understand that counting calories works for a lot of people, and my NASM training is going to tell me all about it lol but I just get too obsessed) I also tend to do whatever eating plan my current Beachbody program uses, but this means changing my "diet" every 4-8 weeks, which is also not working for me. So, I think I am going to take a Paleo 2.0 approach with occasional calorie counting, just to make sure I am not eating way more than my body needs. I will be eliminating the following: Gluten - already gone from my diet Processed junk Soy Sugar I will eat minimal dairy (already stopped drinking milk, but still eat hard cheese and butter) No stopping for candy bars and sodas!! Gotta get my shit together! A: 25-28 days B: 21-24 days C: 17-20 days D: 13-16 days F: <13 days Pass = 2 CON, 2 CHA 2. #FitGirl - Workout 6 days a week. This will include 22 Minute Hard Corps, Girls on the Run and CIZE on the weekends. A: 22-24 days B: 19-21 days C: 15-18 days D: 12-14 days F: <12 days Ability to earn 2 STA, 2 STR, 1 DEX points. 3. #10000Steps - yep, back to that one lol I feel like I will make myself work out more if I HAVE to hit 10,000 steps a day! (6 days a week... Sunday is my rest day!) A: 22-24 days B: 19-21 days C: 15-18 days D: 12-14 days F: <12 days Ability to earn 3 STA points PICK YOUR SIDE QUESTS Side Quest 1: #Study - Ok, for reals this time... I have access to my course again, so I need to crack down on this. And I need to give myself a deadline. I need to take my test before teacher's academy starts in June (IF I get into the teaching program!), so I need to take my test by the end of May! Grading: A: 25-28 days B: 21-24 days C: 17-20 days D: 13-16 days F: <13 days Ability to earn 1 WIS and 1 CHA point. Side Quest 2: #DropInReady - I am changing this, because the crafty stuff is probably not going to happen this challenge... too much other stuff going on. So, this is just do dishes every night before bed and put away laundry! Grading: A: 25-28 days B: 21-24 days C: 17-20 days D: 13-16 days F: <13 days Ability to earn 1 CHA point #OneDerland - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/5 - 0/26 #FitGirl - 0/6 - 0/6 - 06 - 0/6 - 0/24 #10000Steps - 0/6 - 0/6 - 06 - 0/6 - 0/24 #Study - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/5 - 0/26 #DropInReady - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/5 - 0/26 Rewards(these might change... especially if I just end up buying the stuff before I lose the weight. I'm awful lol): Start: 219 Goal 1: -30 lbs: 190 or waist size 35" - 10 shirts from $6 t-shirts dot com Goal 2: -40 lbs: 180 or Waist size 34" - IKEA desk chair Goal 3: waist size 33" - Target gift card Goal 4: -50 lbs: 170 or Waist size 32" - ?? Goal 5: Waist size 31" - ?? Goal 6: -60 lbs: 160 or Waist size 30" - Blackwing Subscription Goal 7: -70 lbs: 150 or Waist size 29" - Anchor tattoo and wrist quotes Goal 8: -80 lbs: 140 or Waist size 28" - Lionheart tattoo Goal 9: -90 lbs: 130 or Waist size 27" - New wardrobe - shopping spree!! STATS: Female/41 Start Weight: 219 (BMI 40.1) Current Weight: 205 Goal Weight: 125-135 Height: 5'2" Jeans size: 14-16 Diet: 21 Day Fix I reserve the right to change my challenge week to week if I get bored!! 03/06/2016 (will be redoing these April 1st) Waist: 38" Hips: 42" Chest: 39." Thigh: 26" Calf:16.25" Bicep: 13.25"

MAIN QUEST: Lose Weight Feel Great! To hit my goal range of 125-135 and do it in a healthy way! Goals (diet and fitness related) that will help me achieve Main Quest: I feel like I just haven't made much progress at all the last 14 challenges. I keep losing and gaining the same 10 pounds lately... Not really sure how to fix this, but I just keep trying! I haven't written my back story in a long time, so here is a refresher. All through high school I struggled to GAIN weight. I weighed 110 pounds all through high school. I am 5'2", so that's a "healthy" weight, but I really was way too thin and didn't have any muscle. Then I started having babies and started gaining weight. My heaviest was 219. I am at 205 now. I have managed over the years to diet myself down to 165 at the lowest, but it was a very unhealthy diet (around 500 calories a day) and I started losing my hair, so I decided I would rather be fat and have hair than to thin with no hair lol So, I am just trying to find something that works... I am also hypothyroid. I am on meds that I honestly forget to take half the time. I need to get better at that. So, I have been steadily cleaning up my diet. I like Paleo, but I also like cheese and beans... I am playing around with the Wild Diet and intermittent fasting and bulletproof coffee and just eating much less processed junk and more whole foods. I am still trying to work out 6 days a week! I was planning to have my home gym set up by now, but the IRS and the Healthcare Marketplace totally screwed us, so we are STILL waiting on our tax refund, which we filed on Jan 28th! UGH! Should be a couple more weeks, but might be longer, and will probably be a paper check instead of direct deposited, which is just inconvenient! Anyway, was planning on doing the Master's Hammer & Chisel, but really want my gym set up before we start that, so on the 1st I am ordering 22 Minute Hard Corps, which is an 8 week program. Plus, I will be doing CIZE with it... not the entire workout, but just the dance at the end of each workout 3 times. So, that's about 4 minutes added onto the 22 minutes, so it should be fine!! In case you have no clue what these programs are, here are videos! http://beachbodycoach.com/esuite/home/ScoutSays?bctid=4544228607001 http://beachbodycoach.com/esuite/home/ScoutSays?bctid=4343082868001 1. #CleanEating - Taking an 80/20 approach to eating clean and healthy and whole foods and just enjoying my meals! A: 24-26 days B: 20-23 days C: 15-19 days D: 12-14 days F: <12 days Ability to earn 3 CON points. 2. #FitGirl - Workout 6 days a week with 1 rest day if needed! - Can count Girls on the Run practice as a workout! A: 22-24 days B: 19-21 days C: 15-18 days D: 12-14 days F: <12 days Ability to earn 2 STA, 2 STR points, 1 DEX points. 3. #TakeYourMedsFool - I keep forgetting to take my thyroid and heart pills... I NEED to do this! A: 24-26 days B: 20-23 days C: 15-19 days D: 12-14 days F: <12 days Ability to earn 3 CON points PICK YOUR SIDE QUESTS Side Quest 1: #Study - Probably should start studying my NASM book again, ya know, if I EVER want to go take the test... Grading: A: 24-26 days B: 20-23 days C: 15-19 days D: 12-14 days F: <12 days Ability to earn 1 WIS and 1 CHA point. Side Quest 2: #EarlyRiser Changing this... I need to be getting up by 5 am every morning during the week to get my workout done and other things! Grading: A: 18-20 days B: 17-19 days C: 14-16 days D: 12-14 days F: <12 days Ability to earn 1 WIS point, 1 CHA point #CleanEating - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/5 - 0/26 #FitGirl - 0/6 - 0/6 - 06 - 0/6 - 0/24 #TakeYourMedsFool - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/5 - 0/26 #Study - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/5 - 0/26 #EarlyRiser - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/5 - 0/26 Rewards(these might change... especially if I just end up buying the stuff before I lose the weight. I'm awful lol): Start: 219 Goal 1: -30 lbs: 190 or waist size 35" - 10 shirts from $6 t-shirts dot com Goal 2: -40 lbs: 180 or Waist size 34" - IKEA desk chair Goal 3: waist size 33" - Target gift card Goal 4: -50 lbs: 170 or Waist size 32" - ?? Goal 5: Waist size 31" - ?? Goal 6: -60 lbs: 160 or Waist size 30" - Blackwing Subscription Goal 7: -70 lbs: 150 or Waist size 29" - Anchor tattoo and wrist quotes Goal 8: -80 lbs: 140 or Waist size 28" - Lionheart tattoo Goal 9: -90 lbs: 130 or Waist size 27" - New wardrobe - shopping spree!! STATS: Female/41 Start Weight: 219 (BMI 40.1) Current Weight: 205 Goal Weight: 125-135 Height: 5'2" Jeans size: 14-16 Diet: 21 Day Fix I reserve the right to change my challenge week to week if I get bored!! I have taken out all my previous measurements, because I am bigger now that I was before... Like, I am either the same size as my before measurements, or bigger, so I am starting over, because this is ridiculous and I am pissed at myself. These are from 2/16/2016: Waist: 38" Hips: 39.5" Chest: 39.5" Thigh: 28" Calf:17" Bicep: 13.5"

MAIN QUEST: Lose Weight Feel Great! To hit my goal range of 125-135 and do it in a healthy way! Goals (diet and fitness related) that will help me achieve Main Quest: 1. 21 Day Fix eating plan - I have been doing this for almost 3 weeks now and I am loving it! A: 36-42 days B: 30-35 days C: 25-29 days D: 20-25 days F: <20 days Ability to earn 1 CON point. 2. 21 Day Fix workout plan/PIYO workout plan - a different 30 minute workout each day A: 36-42 days B: 30-35 days C: 25-29 days D: 20-25 days F: <20 days Ability to earn 3 STA, 3 STR points, 3 DEX points. 3. Hit my 10,000 steps goal on my FitBit at least 3x a week A: 15-18 days B: 12-14 days C: 9-11 days D: 6-10 days F: <6 days Ability to earn 2 STA point. PICK YOUR SIDE QUESTS Side Quest 1: Work my business I want to replace my income, so I really need to work my side business hard! I also want to help as many people as possible along the way! 1. Add 3 new coaches to my team 2. Add 15 new customers Grading: A: 3 coaches, 15 customers B: 2 coaches, 12 customers C: 1 coach, 10 customers D: 0 coaches, 8 customers F: <8 customers Ability to earn 2 CHA points. Side Quest 2: Budget Now that my husband is out of school and is working at 3 hospitals, we finally have the money to stick to a budget!! I have been working on one, and I want to finish it and stick to it and put money in savings! 1. Finish budget for the rest of the year. 2. Put $2000 in savings 3. Pay ALL bills on time 4. Start credit counseling. Grading: A: All 4 items done B: 3 items done C: 2 items done D: 1 item done F: 0 items done Ability to earn 1 WIS point. 21 Day Fix eating - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/42 21 Day Fix Workout - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/42 10,000 Steps - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/18 Coaches - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 = 0 Customers - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 = 0 Budget Items - 0/4 Mini Challenges: Week 1: +1 WIS Week 2: +1 STR Week 3: +1 WIS Week 4: +1 STR Week 5: nope Week 6: +1 WIS Rewards(these might change...): Start: 219 Goal 1: -10 lbs: 209 - Win the Dietbet - Get $$! - Goal 2: -30 lbs: 190 or Size 16 or Waist size 35" - BeachBody Coach Shirt Goal 3: -40 lbs: 180 or Size 14 or Waist size 34" - Cartilage piercing Goal 4: -50 lbs: 170 or Size 13 or Waist size 32" - New pair of Justin boots Goal 5: -60 lbs: 160 or Size 12 or Waist size 30" - $100 to spend at the Harley Store Goal 6: -70 lbs: 150 or Size 10 or Waist size 29" - Anchor tattoo and wrist quotes Goal 7: -80 lbs: 140 or Size 8 or Waist size 28" - Lionheart tattoo Goal 8: -90 lbs: 130 or Size 6 or Waist size 27" - New wardrobe - shopping spree!! STATS: Female/41 Start Weight: 219 (BMI 40.1) Current Weight: 204 Goal Weight: 125-135 Height: 5'2" Jeans size: 16-18 Diet: 21 Day Fix I reserve the right to change my challenge week to week if I get bored!! 03/11/13 04/22/13 09/18/13 10/02/13 10/23/13 11/11/14 Total Lost so Far Bust: 38" 38" 38" 38" 36" 37" 1" Breasts: 45" 45" 45" 44" 42.25" 43" 2" Belly: 42" 40.5" 39.5" 38" 37" 38" 4" Hips: 45" 43" 43.75" 43" 43" 44" 1" Thigh: 27" 27" 27" 26.5" 27" 26.75" 0.25" Calf: 17" 16.5" 17.5" 17.25" 16.5" 16" 1" Bicep 13" 14" +1" Wrist 6" 6" 0 Neck 14" 14.5" +0.5" Butt (lol) 47" 47.5" +0.5" Ankle 9" Forearm 8.5" New way of measuring some of this... so I will start over from here! 02/02/2015 02/10/2015 02/22/2015 Total inches lost: Chest: 39" 39" 38.25" 0.75" Waist: 40" 39" 38.25" 1.75" Hips: 41" 41" 39.5" 1.5" Right Thigh: 26" 25.5" 25.5" 0.5" Left Thigh: 26.5" 25.75" 26" 0.5" Right Bicep: 14" 13.5" 13.5" 0.5" Left Bicep: 14" 14" 13.5" 0.5" Total: 200.5" 197.75" 194.5" 6"