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Since I have mostly spent my magic on others and on their needs instead of mine, a lot of things in my life need to be changed. After I lost a lot of weigth with Paleo before, I feel it is time now to include sports back into the picture. My first challenge helped me with getting rid of the lame excuse "no time for workouts"… and now there are some good habits which need keeping and maintaining. I will keep these habits from my first challenge: take stairs instead of elevator whenever/ wherever feasible. Get up earlier to make time for a before breakfast workout. Do Pilates-Yoga-combination in the evening, as it has proven to be relaxing and helpful with my back issues, giving me more flexibility. Goal #1: increase upper body strength. Fact is, I fall flat on my stomach if I try to do "real" push ups. Since I recently sort of feel attracted to kettlebells, I will find the perfect kettlebell for me, and start working out with it, learning how to correctly do so. Injuries have to stay out of the picture. I hope it'll get me to the point where I can do a real push up. Might be nice for my arms as well. I don't play Bingo, and I don't want to look as if. Goal #2: reduce body fat. well, I got one of those calipers. Since different vcalculators give me different percentages between 21% and 25%, and tape measures aren't exactly helping, I decided to take the mean value of ALL the measurements. So let's assume I'm at 23% of body fat, which might be close if I compare myself to the pictures of women in Steve's article on body fat. Losing 2% or maybe even 3% of this would be bigtime awesome. In order to lose body fat, I will reduce and monitor carb intake. Anything between 30g and 40g per day is okay. It should be okay, since normally I am barely above 50g a day. It means also strictly to adhere to the Paleo lifestyle. Helping with this goal might be a new piece of equipment, which sits in the basement and whispers "use me, come on!" I'm talking about a rowing machine (husband guy wanted it, too). I have to do every day at least 10min. of intense rowing. Goal #3: have more fun and balance in my life. Honestly, for calling work not a top priority of my life, it is way too time consuming right now. Being away from home between 7am and 7pm SUCKS, and I will change this. Coming home latest by 6pm should be doable. This will give me time to do either writing or sewing or playing with my kids (they're great kids!), whichever strikes my fancy, once I am home or have time off. I might even start making a lot of paleo-compatible food for our pantry. Oh, and no more work on the weekends! Life Quest: grow edible things in our garden and have house and grounds organized and well kept. Concerning on how to evaluate myself on this, I will come up with something soon. This weekend I have a convention to attend, and to prepare presentations, so not much "me-time" there. Maybe I can make it to the hotel's gym, depending on their opening hours. A little side note: I know a lot of women my age (40+) who say that sports won't change much anyway, there's gravity and age and all the other unpleasant things one cannot influence, so why bother. Well... Let's agree to disagree!