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Particularly with the holidays (and health issues that are destroying my love of holiday food) here I've been struggling to stay consistent one well, anything. So I finally buckled down last week, ordered a night time probiotic with sleep blend, and some protein that is supposed to taste like mocha caramel (heres to hoping!) to supplement my food and try to keep my stomach in check so I can finally get back on the workout wagon! Finding time between family, decorating, and cleaning has been no easy task either. But thats it, enough is enough, I need this, my health needs this, my body needs this!! So here is the start to the next chapter, and I'll keep rewriting this broken record of a book till I get it right!! Anyone looking for a killer at home workout I highly recommend the Fit Model Fitness leg workout... I am in pain.... Split Lunge with Dumbbells 10x each leg Repeat 3 times Step-Ups 10x each leg Repeat 3 times Sumo Squat Booty Pulse 20x Repeat 3 times Dumbbell Deadlift 10x Repeat 3 times Bulgarian Split Squat (need a chair or bench) 10x each leg Repeat 3 times Sprints 100 meters 10 times

Wow, May was... May was a lot. it was a lot of stuff, and I did it all, but I didn't feel awesome while doing it. June is here and I feel like I'm not prepared for summer! So I'm doing a "SUMMER I AM HERE AND I AM LOVING IT BY GEORGE, LOVING IT OR ELSE" challenge, in the sense that I need to have some regular things figured out so that I can be my awesomest all the time. So this challenge I WILL SEIZE SUMMER LIKE I SEIZED THIS TINY FRUIT SNACK FACSIMILE OF RAPHAEL. MONKEY WRENCH we are going on an Epic Journey with the boys cross country for 10 day right at the end of the challenge. That's right. Seventeen, Twelve, my husband, and I. it's going to be amazing. and possibly smelly. we are camping and I don't really know how long we will be in the car every day. so, the end of week 3 and all of week 4 will be.... interestingly patchy. OK GOALS GOAL 1: MORE PROTEIN, MANAGE CALORIES. MORE PROTEIN went really well last challenge! I averaged in at about 144 g. For this challenge I want to get above 120 g. I ALSO would like to keep eating at about 2000 cal/week, and I have been very flexible in eating back my logged (via fitbit hr) exercise. I'm a little worried about this goal while I travel. We'll see. GOAL 2: MOVE MY BODY I did slack a little while I was overwhelmed in May, and I want to get back into good form. Good form means getting better at * YOGA - I did some yoga on friday and MAN it felt good and MAN it pointed out that my leg and hip flexibility actually really is not doing so hot. [bonus I can do this on the road, also]. I would like to do 1-2x a week yoga * HOOPING - I do want to practice and get better. I got a much smaller and lighter hoop, and I really need to practice to be able to hoop on-body with it. I'm planning to ring a hoop on the road also. yo, though, I'd be happy to get in 30 minutes a week for this. * RUNNING - my next race is a 5 mile run on 8/7. That means that, until we get back, I need to stay comfortable with 3 miles so I can crank it up to 5 miles during the month of July. 3.5 miles would be better until I leave. I would like to do 2-3 x a week running. * OF COURSE TKD. of course. To my benefit, I am also participating in a "be fit" challenge at work which tracks active minutes. I am currently in the top 25%. If i keep yoga-ing and running and hooping I will stay good, but I really do need to keep up. The top contenders are exercising at about 1+ hours a day. I'm coming in at about average of 45 minutes a day. This challenge runs for 6/1 to 7/31. also LEAVE ROOM FOR THE MINI. GOAL 3: MORE DISCRETE AND USEFUL MEASUREMENTS Here's something I didn't do at all,and which I am super disappointed in myself from last challenge. so, I'm going to do it this time. I will be lenient on this goal while I'm traveling, though. LIKE, I won't be able to weigh myself, because I have a wifi scale and I am NOT going to travel with it. and it would be pretty weird to take underpants photos in rest area bathrooms, for example. but the rest of the time: * photos every week, and for sure start and finish. * use my goofy skuplt thingamabobby every week, and for sure start and finish. * tape measure every week, and for sure start and finish. ok and also backstory! I'm karinajean, 39, live in NY state, commute to NJ about an hour each way (so lots of time in the car). I joined the NFA in October 2013 and over the last 2 years I've gone from 206 to around 183. I practice tae kwon do several times a week, take weapons and boxing classes in addition, and have an overarching fitness goal of doing good form push- and pull-ups. I have a crazy mean (yet super sweet) cat and live with my husband full time and my stepdudes 1/2 time. I motorcycle, knit and spin, and am endlessly ignoring how messy the house AND YARD is. I'm an ASSASSIN because I like doing all the things, and because I want to be able to do push-ups and pull-ups -- these seem like very efficient movements that will exercise my upper body and core, and if I can do those and run and do martial arts (NINJA) I will feel totally strong and fit and capable. The MERMAID comes in because I saw it in a dream when I was a very young child and I believe it. looking forward: I have a bunch of 10Ks lined up for the fall, which I'm excited by. we are, as is our tradition, going to the beach in August. I'd kind of like to spend July in some kind of a cut, maybe not eating back my exercise calories (that's worked really well for me in the past). if I'm going to keep eating this much protein I would like it to be more fun, too.

I don't really get to discuss my journey with my friends, so I'm posting just to get it all out. Here goes... I've battled with my weight most of my life. It's a long boring story, so I'll skip that part. However, I've studied myself, and now I'm aware that I'm an emotional eater. Which didn't help my case at all when my boyfriend was diagnosed with cancer in Feb 2015. I spent an entire year pouring over medical articles and researching alternatives in efforts to help him heal. All of the credible articles and forums pointed to eating more veggies, juicing and getting exercise as the biggest way to heal all that ails you. I begged and pleaded with him to eat the healthy stuff yet all the while I ate more and more bad things in private. My nerves were bad, I couldn't sleep, we had to move in with my mom when he could no longer work. It was an overwhelming and completely stressful time in my life. Oh yeah, I also have a five year old daughter who I couldn't spend as much time with because of all the stress and worry I was dealing with. So that just tacked on the guilt, worry, fear and frustration. I felt like a bad mom and powerless to help. We never agreed on what tv shows or movies to watch. However, we bonded over our mutual love for sci-fi and superhero movies. Which is another reason I think this group will be beneficial in my healing process. I also have his xbox that I have no games for. All he played were zombie games and stuff like that. So I'm hoping to pick up some recommendations. He passed away this February, almost a year to the date of his diagnosis. Prior to him getting sick, I was wearing size 14 and now I find myself squeezing into size 18s and XXLs. A big part of why I'm hear is because I feel like I'm not honoring his memory by continuing on this unhealthy path I'm on. From my year-long research of disease, I know what I am supposed to eat and I know that fitness is key. But I need all the help I can get battling the urge to give up and self medicate with food. My Main Quest: My motivation for joining this group is actually not physical. Of course, looking like a badass is a great result of being healthy, but for me it's more than that. I want to FEEL better. I've noticed that certain foods make me feel sluggish and most often they are in fact bread and sugar. I've just gotten used to feeling bad. But since "Feeling Good" is not a measurable goal, I'm listing something that I'm scared to put out there, but it would be awesome. I'm turning 40 in September and I'd like to confidently wear a bikini on Miami Beach. For me, that's fitting in a size 12 bathing suit. (I know the American standard of beauty is a size 6 or something, but honestly that's not my goal.) To do so, for the next six weeks I will: Work out 4 days per week with at least two of those days being strength training I will replace my frequent fast food meals with salads or paleo approved meals when I'm on the go at least 3 days of the week Cut my sweets habit down from 2 a day to 2 a week. My Motivation: I want to be an example for my daughter of how to eat right and take care of herself so she doesn't deal with having to constantly "think" about her weight all her life. I'm soo sick of THINKING about my weight! I want to put a system in place that works and stick with it forever! and ever! I also want to have the energy and good spirits to play with her and enjoy her as a kid. Many of my friends, no MOST of my friends are on some kind of medication-high blood pressure, diabetes, depression, etc. I want to manage my body without relying on pharmaceuticals (no offense to the pharm reps on the board) My long-reaching goal is to be a health coach so I can help people avoid getting cancer in the first place. To be a health coach, I have to in fact BE healthy. Go figure! Leveling Up: Get into real estate investing Pursue a travel photography business I've been mulling around for a few months Pay off my student loans Whew! I know what you're thinking...that just wasn't long enough. lol But seriously, it helped so much to write that out. Let's see where this thing goes.

Hi, guys! It's been a while since I've posted on here. When I started here - I think it was May last year - I was jobless, friendless, and 5' 7'' weighing in at about 215 lbs. It's February now, 7 months since joining. Now I have a job that, though doesn't pay as much as I'd like, pays fairly and I love it. I have friends. And this morning I weighed 191.8 lbs. Perseverance, portion control, confidence. They go a long way. And if you are like me, and you struggle to find reasons to be self confident, just remind yourself that you are your nemesis and you need to show other you who wears the pants.

Checking in and starting my next challenge! I'm a couple weeks behind from starting, I started a new job, so that's exciting! I've been going strong with my weight loss! Today I weighed in at 202.2! That's 40.4 lbs down!! Getting close I know I only have 10 days left in this challenge, but I wanted to throw it in there to keep the motivation going! Level 2 Krav Maga has been going strong! Love it so much. Pushing really hard to be Level 3 by the end of the year, and maybe Level 1 instructor as well!! Main Quest: Lose more than/maintain (42.6lbs) by September 1. This number is from starting January 1, 2015. My Goal is to drop a few more lbs by September 1! I'm close to the goal, so I will keep going! Quest 1: Stick with going to Krav 3 times a week I've been going 3 times a week! Just want to stick with it Quest 2: Run two times a week I want to keep this as a main Quest as I've signed up for the Spartan Super in August! Quest 3: Go 90% Paleo Paleo has not been easy for me. I've done it about 80-90% of the time and I'm okay with that. there are a few things that I still enjoy enough that are not too horribly bad for me. Side Quest 1: Go for a run/walk in the morning before work. Getting closer to this one, i've been waking up earlier, but still need to just hop out of bed and go! Side Quest 2: Finish inspiration website More to come on this Motivation: Friends, Family, Coworkers. I've had a lot of friends follow my progress of working out, running, trends that I've taken on. I want to encourage everyone to not only follow what I do, but to see them commit to it and be healthy themselves. Life Quest: House will be on the market in the next couple weeks, want to make sure that happens! Reward System: Weight Loss Info(Instead of credits, xp, or $, I prefer info. Its value goes beyond anything else): 100% complete - 200 info 90% complete - 90 info 80% complete - 80 info 70% complete - 70 info 60% complete - 60 info 50% complete - 100 info 40% complete - 40 info 30% complete - 30 info 20% complete - 20 info 10% complete - 10 info 700 info total, (100 extra info available).

This is my first challenge and post on nerd fitness. I have resolved to correct some of my personal issues with fitness by creating some accountability in my quest to be better. My only real goal is to exemplify the definition of leaning, which is a change in behavior based on experience. In my case, I have lead a life of ample opportunity, but have yet to seek out or accept any true "behavioral change" in my life. I have learned to admit that I am a true product of newtonian physics. I am a body that is most comfortable and whose state is normally at rest. I require motivation (an outside force) to achieve motion and only the strictest of disciplined environments to maintain it. This challenge will help me create the kind of behavioral change that is required for that discipline to take hold over a lifetime. My motivation is a post from a Facebook webpage of all things. Its from SealofHonor, which endeavors to remember our fallen brothers and sisters on a day to day basis. They posted the photo you see below with the caption, "Your Excuse is Invalid" https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151829989229769&set=pb.182249954768.-2207520000.1379944460.&type=3&theater As you can see, it made an impact on me. I am a soldier and an aviator. I owe the person to the right,left, and in front of me a life with out excuses. My name is Dallas Knox and this is my Challenge.