Ranger Drew, Reporting for Fitness

[RangerDrew]

Hello everyone! My name is Drew and I signed up for NerdFitness a LONG time ago, but failed to get any accountability to go with it, so it totally fell by the wayside. Well, now my brother has signed up, and is going through the Academy, so I'm respawning as he starts out. We're both teachers, so as the new school year looms, we have the opportunity to establish healthy habits and schedules this time around. It will be my fifteenth year teaching, which is kind of hard to believe, but the great thing about teaching is that the structure of the year builds in a forced respawn in terms of your teaching practice every 12 months. Now, I'm hoping to include fitness, diet, and all the NF goals in my "New Year" routine. The next 4-week challenge is going to be a great chance to structure that and help get my brother and me follow through and do it.

Thanks for setting up this message board community! I hope it becomes a positive part of the journey for us brothers.

[zeroh13]

Hi Drew, welcome (back)! With the four week challenge I'm sure you'll get the accountability you missed out on last time.

 

What do you teach? I've had a few friends suggest I become a teacher, but I have no patience with kids, lol.

 

Do you have any idea what kind of goals you'll have for your challenge?

[Jennifer Ocean]

Hi Drew! I'm new here, but as a fellow teacher, I send my understanding and empathy your way! Stressful little buggers, aren't they? *sigh* I do love the little learning moments though. You can do it! And so can your brother! Hope to see you both around the forums soon!

[Isaac Clark]

Welcome back! A good support and accountability system is everything when it comes to achieving your goals. As long as you and your brother hold each other to task, I have no doubt you'll both come out of this looking and feeling awesome

[RangerDrew]

Thanks for the warm welcome, everybody! Glad to be here, and ready to get started on those goals. 

As of right now, I'm leaning towards one goal in four categories: nutrition, mindset, fitness, professional. These are a rough brainstorm, but here's where I'm thinking for each area

Nutrition: cook (and clean up) at least 3 nights per week. (I love cooking, but not cleaning up or unloading the dishwasher is my weak spot.)

Mindset: use a meditation app to start my day at least 3 times per week

Fitness: gym twice a week, run three times a week for four weeks (half marathon training starts soon!)

Professional: return all tests & quizzes within a week for four weeks.

[Elastigirl]

Welcome backi! You've got some great goals. @Sloth the Enduring is also a teacher, and probably there are other teachers on this board that I'm forgetting about now.

[RangerDrew]

Glad to find some fellow teachers to discuss scheduling and lifestyle stuff with.

[RangerDrew]

@zeroh13 I forgot to answer your question. I teach Latin III, IV, and AP at a public high school in the Birmingham suburbs. If that's not "nerdy," I Don't know what is!