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Hello everyone! My name is Pyro and I'm respawning after not being on here for maybe like five years or so...maybe even longer. It's been a bit. Anyway I came back because I tore all my ligaments and my meniscus back in November and I'm about a week post surgery! It's a long story of how that happened, but I do remember having a lot of fun back in the day, trying to accomplish my fitness goals and I've decided that this is the best place for me to take progress of my journey back to walking again. Lots of trepidation because I have no quad strength anymore but I'm here to learn, kill my goals and hopefully recover enough to go back to school in person. Hopefully I'll be able to meet some awesome people and find some accountability buddies to help me out as well and just remember how fun it is to accomplish your goals alongside others. Thanks for reading and I can't wait to get started!

Hello rebels and renegades, I'm returning to the fight after a few years away. In that time, I started a few more battles - one with school (I'm in my last year of law school as of next month), one with work (started a great new job), one with geography (I moved, and am getting ready to move again), one with the pandemic, and some smaller ones with family (lots of loving but misguided situations). As a result of all of that, my health and fitness went down the drain. I gained almost 30 lb. I'm back because I really need some help and motivation to get me on track. I know I'm unhealthy, and I also know I would like to fit my clothes again. Since we're packing and I'm about to be back at school (and lol, I'm about to take a weeklong trip to see my coworkers), my options are limited to what's still usable in my house 2-3 days a week. I have a lightweight treadmill and good running shoes, lots of exercise clothes, some free weights, a yoga mat and blocks, and a rowing machine (that may not be available after next month). Looking forward to getting back to a healthier lifestyle. ~*~ MadMadam a/k/a Layla ~*~

Hello rebels! It's been a very, very long time. I left off being this super cool badass that ran a Spartan race and accidentally did cross-country-runs through landmine-infested forests. I'm a long, long way away from that. Currently I work 60-100 hours a week. I had 4 weeks of forced vacation in April, and even though I couldn't leave my apartment due to COVID-19, I felt the best I have in a long time. My vacation was due to the fact that I got fired for wanting to work from home, and I can't even describe the weight that was lifted off of me. To make a very long story short, my termination was revoked, I'm back at work leading a team of very unhappy people. So on top of the crazy workload, there's a whole lot of emotional stress. I went from enjoying every minute of every day to basically just working and sleeping. Having this very stark contrast now, things need to change. Because there's a lot of things in my life that prevent me from working on my fitness and diet, I'm going to split the challenge into 2 fitness/diet goals and 2 life goals, just to get me started. And I will use the time leading up to it to properly prepare. So! Let's get started. Long-term goal: Be comfortable in myself and my environment I am not super happy with my body. Not super happy with my mental state. Not super happy with my work environment. Not super happy with my home environment. But I really want to be happy, and I know I can be, with a few changes. Fitness goal: Do something for my body - every day. I'm gonna start with a very, very forgiving goal just to lower my chance of falling off the wagon. I am very open to suggestions for short fun things. Currently on my list (I will edit and expand this as I go along): Forward Space workout Yoga with Adrienne Going for a walk/run Meditation on needle-mat Dance-off Work on burlesque act Diet goal: Less sugar I have a new coworker who constantly puts candy on my desk, and always has a literal pile of it on her own. I was never much of a candy-eater, but now I'm craving the stuff. I'm gonna try and buy some fruit to keep in the office so I can snack on that instead it. I'm also gonna try and make a pot of tea in the morning, to drink instead of coke at work. I only drink tap water at home, and never buy candy myself, so the diet goal is solely work-based at the moment. Life Goal I: Unfuck my habitat I moved almost half a year ago now. My place is a total mess. There's a couple things on the list here, I don't have to do all of them, but I'm hoping to do at least one per week. (I will edit and expand this as I go along): De-trash, including the moving boxes and other shit I don't need De-clutter Finish setting up my shelves Get rid of the furniture I don't need (tv stand, clothes hanger thing) Set up my desk Deep-clean the whole apartment (in sections) Life Goal II: Something fun and something important I have found tons of ways to have fun. The biggest one being drawing. But I don't have time to have fun at the moment because I only work and sleep. So - I want to prioritize having fun, while also working on creating more space for having fun. Something fun: DRAW. At least once a week, make the time to draw something. I would be super happy with little drawing challenges/inspiration by fellow rebels, although I can't promise the drawings will be great, I'm still learning. Something important: Apply for a job, at least one per week. Even if I can't find one I'm super happy with, just to get practice.

HI FOLKS! Sassyfrassy (formally known as RoseofMay, names if with the world sparkle in them, and probably a slew of other things because I am truly the most indecisive hummingbird ever!) here! I haven't been around the NF forums for a while. I did come back very briefly at the beginning of 2018, but that petered out very quickly. I'm happy to say that, despite my initial challenge for the new year didn't get anywhere, I've been making positive changes. So, I wanted to make another change and come back to the NF Rebels to share, chat about things, and offer support where I can! I'm going to be putting together a challenge for the next one coming up, but will definitely be looking for feedback of all kinds.

I (previously known to the Rebel community as Sambie Wilkes) am back. It's been a year since I was last here, and more than that since I was last here to do serious work. So much has changed, I just don't even... I got divorced last year; that changes everything. One by one, all the things I thought I knew about myself disintegrated, until I was just a line drawing with no detail or substance. Then there was the grieving time when I did nothing but work, sleep, eat, and process my various losses. And now, a year later, I'm starting to pick up pieces of my identity out of the dust, one at a time, and see if they still fit. So far most things don't. Derby skating doesn't fit anymore. Running doesn't fit anymore. Buddhism and blogging don't fit in the same way; they've morphed into something totally unlike my previous experience of them. I'm a different person now and it's been a weird yet liberating process of starting over. I have a new relationship, a new job, a new house, a new cat. New friends, new family (on my partner's side). New hobbies like doing crosswords and hula-hooping and watching Supernatural, and new versions of old hobbies like hiking, birding, and cooking. New dreams and goals, like finally ditching social work for good and going back to school to pursue my lifelong dream of doing bee research. I have a tattoo now, you guys. And appointments scheduled to get two more. WHAT. I still love Keanu Reeves even though my profile picture here is now myself and no longer his beautiful face. I'm not jumping in to a challenge anytime soon. I'm still in the uncertain phase of figuring out what fits, which means I have gone back to the drawing board regarding modes of activity and dietary preferences. I don't know what my goals are yet. I still sometimes get disoriented by how different my whole world is but I believe in continuing to try and move forward toward feeling whole again. I'm getting there. It's good to be back. I am looking forward to reconnecting with old Rebel friends and making new ones. ~Winx