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I swear @Tanktimus the Encourager has a goddamn sixth sense. Here I lay, sick af (ok, not dying sick just craving NyQuil sick), with the Pilates gym I found while absent on the verge of closing, cast adrift in a sea of not knowing where I’m heading next, and who should message me with a reminder that I have Nerd Friends whom I love dearly and have missed that may feel the same? You guessed it: @Taaaaaaaaaaaaank. He nudged and I’m here with at least a placeholder. I aim to get my ish together and come up with an actual plan for my (fitness) life this week. Yell at me on Socials if I flake. It’s about to be Ramadan (and the villagers rejoice) and we are home bound for at least a month (probably). Plenty of time to re-remember how to set a SMART goal, get into a sustainable groove, and get off the constant dining out train. Right? Right. Back to recouperating on the couch and gathering FitSpo underpants in the form of Ramadan gym deals & gym programs and weighing all that against my lack of desire to take an Uber to go work out somewhere loud every day. 😂 I’m still a cranky mess. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ADDENDUM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We'll call this one Darkfoxx84: A Prodigal returns. It looks like it's been a year since my last challenge - also Ramadan-themed—fizzled out. In that year, a year’s worth of things have happened. Fitness-related,lots of Pilates (reformer), very little yoga, but a bit of Pincha work along the way, and a return to vinyasa-based practice over slow flow. Food has been full of false starts & travel has been right back up to pre-pandemic levels. That's about it for a recap. I don't have any fancy work on goals to impart and I'm out of practice organizing my life in Challenge Cycle increments. So let's think Ramadan. Roughly 28 days. What can I get done in Ramadan since my Pilates gym shut down and I'm waiting to see if anything takes its place? How far can I get down a good path, and can I come out the other side of the Month Of Inconvenience ready for my next fitness chapter? I bit at Apple's offer and signed up for the 3-month fitness+ subscription that came with my iPad. They have a 21 day strength challenge. That sounds less scary than jumping into HIIT, so let's start there. Back, shoulders & biceps were my favorite things to work in Pilates anyways. Let's add in a daily :30-ish walk so I leave my building and see sun at least a little. Let's focus on protein first with my meals and work my way back into veggies. Let's also finish march's sewing project -at this point, all I have time to do is repair my walking skirt. On to April's when that gets printed - an Austrian-style dirndl dress. I'm keeping it simple with that. Update often, reconnect with my Nerds and my community

THE PRESSURE IS ON! Respawn, because I have been a slack lately. More nerdy references (and some kind of story line and D&D references) to come in the next few days. There is a Pole Sport competition I will be going to in about seven months, where I will need to be able to move, climb, flip and be awesome like a ninja. In order to not be a disappointment at this competition, I need to do multiple things. Increasing flexibility is the main priority, and getting my ass back into some kind of workout routine is a close second. 1 - Increasing flexibility MUST ABSOLUTELY HAPPEN AND IS NOT NEGOTIABLE (daily except Sundays) 2 - Following the Gymnastics Bodies program on a regular basis (5x/week) 3 - Going for 20-30 min walks at lunch now that the weather is less shitty (5x/week, unless there's a staff event at lunch or something) 4 - Doing the pole workout given to me by Coach (daily: full workout if at pole gym, partial workout if at home) 5 - Drinking more water daily--at least 72oz/day (72oz, because I have a 24oz cup and 3x24 is 72 and I didn't feel like doing any more math than that) 6 - Tracking food intake and rough calorie total (daily, also requested by Coach) 7 - 10 min meditation & journal on a daily basis (I already do this, but want to keep going) 8 - Eat less cheese (this will probably be the hardest item of the challenge) Implied goals: 9 - I will lose some pounds (fat) as a result of all of the above 10 - I will drink less alcohol because I'll be too fucking busy to do so 11 - I will check in to this thread on a regular basis to brag/whine as necessary ;P BONUS task: Working on my cosplay(s). PRE-CHALLENGE LIST, to remove the emotional/mental load: 1 - Cancel the expensive gym membership that I no longer use It's a good place and I've been there for years, but the schedule is no longer working for me. 2 - Booking appointments that I keep procrastinating on booking 3 - Contacting people that I keep procrastinating on contacting (0 of 2) 4 - CLEAN MY FUCKING ROOM so I have space to work out, work on cosplay, etc. 5 - Change my user name on NF, because using my RL name on the Internet is probably not a good idea May will be particularly difficult, because I will have the usual work hours (8AM to 4PM) and then coaching hours from like 6PM to 10PM from Monday to Thursday. This will result in VERY LITTLE FREE TIME and probably a lot of complaining. I want to have all my ducks in a row as well as some momentum before May so that I'll be less likely to fall off the wagon.