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Okay, I've officially got the Nerd Fitness sickness, as I CAN. NOT. WAIT. to start my next challenge on the 8th. No, I must jump in...today. I am currently doing a strength & conditioning program that is a combination of Strong Curves and general crossfit madness, and I THINK - after many fits and starts and revisions - I have got my program designed to give me the benefits/results I want. At any rate I have it where I really, really like it, and the good workout you do is better than the perfect workout you don't. Right? Riiiight. So since I don't need to tweak that a whole lot, my challenge this time is to add several small, "biohack" style tweaks to my daily routine to see if they give me any benefit in body composition/energy/Jedi Mind Control ability. Challenge ONE: I have 4 biohacks: Lemon juice or cinnamon before meals: reportedly helps keep blood sugar down. I have a family full of diabetics so I keep a close eye on my blood sugar, I even bought a glucose monitor and stick myself on the regular to keep track of my stats. Pushups & Bodyweight squats before meals: supposed to train your body chemistry to direct the fuel you ingest to your muscles, instead of fat storage. 9 hours of sleep daily: to improve recovery, reduce cortisol, and iron the pattern on my pillow into my face. cryotherapy: two cold bath soaks per week. Helps reduce inflammation, stimulate metabolism. Plus it's summer in Georgia; this sounds delightful. (Tim Ferriss readers will recognize these as being directly stolen from 4-Hour Body.) Challenge TWO: Implement a morning routine I tend to lose track of my day in the morning, and then everything goes to hell in a handbasket. So I'm going to implement this routine at least 5 days out of 7: Get up at 6:00 am Same breakfast daily: 2 hard boiled eggs, small piece of lean meat, half an avocado or some fruit. 15-20 minutes mobility work (yoga, stretching, hand eye coordination work - i.e. tossing a tennis ball around) into the office for some early work. Challenge THREE: Write an Ebook This one is a little different, since it's not fitness related, and it's also sort of stolen from Elsfaire, who is posting about a most excellent pregnancy book she is writing and you should totally read, even if only your cat is pregnant. I have been playing around with two eBooks, a tour guide to movie locations in Atlanta (a ton of movies get shot here) and one on spiritual retreats in the Southeast, that I think people would find interesting and I could sell via amazon. When you don't have an actual deadline, however, it's hard to tie yourself to the chair and write, so I am committing to writing 100 words a day on one of those two projects and I will post updates here. I expect you all to shame me mercilessly if I don't make my word count. My workouts will stay the same. Just for grins, because I've never posted it before, here's my gym routine. I go twice a week, and I ride my bike two or three times a week. day one: deadlift military press hip thrust (voted most embarrassing move to do in a public place, by... me) step-up wall ball KB Swing crunches balance work - this is new, I'm trying to add some movenat-like stuff to the regime. Will update. day two: back squat bench press glute bridge back fly box jumps monkey bar KB swing/run combo (frequently followed by gagging) clamshells or crunches Okay, that's enough for now, I think... carry on

Hi there folks, I'm Christine, I'm almost 38. I'm 5' 11'', about 280 lbs. Work at home mom, with a 10 year old with severe autism, and an almost 2 year old. Stress makes me crave sugar. Sugar makes me calm. Sugar is also killing me as I have diabetes. I need to be around for my children as long as I possibly can, and there's still a lot of the world I want to see. Been eating paleo/primal for 2 weeks. Getting into the part where I start craving like crazy. If I can get through the next two weeks, I'll be golden until any huge life events interfere and make me stress out again. I'm here to try and carry me through the rough patches. Two weeks ago, my blood sugars in the morning were 160, 165. This morning, it was 96, and I've dropped my insulin by 10 units. That's pretty fucking amazing for two weeks. No idea about weight loss - don't care. Just want to stop drilling holes in my kidneys. I've restarted my fitbit, average is about 6000 steps a day. Done the body weight beginner workout (at least as much as I can), every other day for the last week. So, 5/6/14 - Fasting blood sugar -96 Exercise - 6179 steps Beginner body weight workout 2 reps finished of: 20 squats, 12 pathetic half pushups, 10 pathetic lunges, 15 lifts of 15 lbs kettlebell on each arm, 15 sec plank 30 jumping jacks in which i jiggle and pant and my toddler laughs like crazy Food cheating - 8 fries fries at lunch, 1/2 elmo cracker, too many random grapes