RES Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 Turning back time is a nice thought...I turned 20 the year this song was released, Cher, on the other hand, was 43, I remember thinking then and several times since that I would love to look half as good as she did when I was XX years old... Yeah, that didn't happen...course I also don't make the money she does to be able to afford chefs, trainers, and surgeons to keep her looking like that, so I guess it balances out But I digress, this year is the year I turn 50, I'm not going to say these years have all been a walk in the park, RA, nerve damage and spinal stenosis as the result of a car accident, and not exactly taking the best care of myself for 44 of them didn't help. Wednesday will mark five (5! ) years since I found NF...yes I was one of those "New Year, New You" people but I stuck around, learned some things that worked, and a whole lot of things that DON'T! I've been rather lacking in my goals lately, it shows in my health and the way my clothes are fitting...so without further ado, I give you my first challenge of the new year For those that follow my battle log you know my big goal this year is to lose 50 lbs by the time I turn 50 in 10 months, which is 5 lbs a month (and Saturday the 12th is my first 5k of the year ) Steps to get to this goal are not changing much from prior challenges, I just need to make sure and improve consistency! 1. Get to the gym three times a week, with flexibility for work/extenuating circumstances. In those cases I will go as many times as possible. Either taking walking breaks or walking on the treadmill to get to at least 8,000 steps a day, every day, with running intervals every other day will be part of this and separate from gym time, that time will be used for weights and stuff I'm unable to do at home. 2. Continue to listen to my hunger, not my appetite! Eat real food, plan menus ahead of time to make life easier. Continue to prep breakfast/lunch/snacks for the week and during season 3. Live life, don't stress over it. Continue working towards the three year plan. 4. Drink water, get sleep, reduce cortisol production (I stress a LOT over bullshit I can't control) Just as important but not an actual 'goal' is making sure I check in here Hardcore? Maybe, but half ass-ing it is not working...time to full ass it! 13 Quote RES...and I want to live days worth dying for Current: RES: Still in the Struggle Spoiler Really Eclectic Scorpio, Level 79 |1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20|21|22|23|24|25|26|27|28|29|30|31|32|33|34|35|36|37|38|39|40|41|42|43|44|45|46|47|48|49|50|51|52|53|54|55|56|57|58|59|60|61|62|63|64|65|66|67|68|69|70|71|72|73|74|75|76|77|78|79|80|81|82|83|84| | My Character Page | Tracking Spreadsheet | My Blog | Growth happens when you care more about the well being of your future self than the comfort of your present self! "Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery. But weakness, folly, failure also. Yes, failure most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is." -Yoda Link to comment
Salinger Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 Yeaahhh you can do it RES <3 xx 1 Quote Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 Following! 1 Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
Arkania Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 Thanks for the catchy tune 1 Quote Battle Log | Epic Quest | Instagram Actual Challenge: Work hard play hard Old Challenges: Lvl 1 Challenge - Arkania chases herself - Arkania's life will be cleared to the base with downshifting - Arkania transforms to Ronja Rövardotter - Arkania is back in black - Arkania goes far and beyond the Ninja Warrior Casting Link to comment
Rurik Harrgath Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 3 hours ago, RES said: Wednesday will mark five (5! ) years since I found NF...yes I was one of those "New Year, New You" people but I stuck around, learned some things that worked, and a whole lot of things that DON'T! Happy (early) Nerdiversary! I'm another New Year, New You rebel but you've got me beat by a few months! Good luck scratching off those things which don't work and sticking to your self-care guns this challenge! 1 Quote [Level ??] Rurik, the Wayfinder Class: Gloomfall Gunslinger (Artificer/Gunslinger) BRUTALITY 11 | FINESSE 10 | VIGOR 11 | INSIGHT 14 | WILL 13 Equipment: The Alchemist greatcoat armor, Longshot adventuring rifle, Slicer & Dicer dual blades, with adventurer's pack containing an alchemist's kit. "Rangers have to at least give up on pants. It's a special rule we enacted after Rurik became a Guild Leader.” – DarK_RaideR "Did I just get my ass kicked by a member of Metallica meets History Channel's Vikings?" - Wild Wolf "By the Well-Oiled-and-Meticulously-Groomed Beard of Rurik!" - Tanktimus the Encourager Link to comment
T2sarahconnor Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 Well twin, I am in it with you this year! My challenge is similar and will follow the same theme all year. Of course I do have 20 more days than you! Let's get this party started and Go Back together 4 Quote Level 36 Ranger Sorcerer Current challenge Link to comment
RES Posted December 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 Just now, T2sarahconnor said: Well twin, I am in it with you this year! My challenge is similar and will follow the same theme all year. Of course I do have 20 more days than you! Let's get this party started and Go Back together You have no idea how happy I am you're back!! 5 hours ago, Salinger said: Yeaahhh you can do it RES <3 xx Thank you! I can and I WILL!!! 3 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said: Following! Welcome 3 hours ago, Arkania said: Thanks for the catchy tune I'm not as good as my twin in that aspect but the 80's were an amazing time to be alive 1 hour ago, Rurik Harrgath said: Happy (early) Nerdiversary! I'm another New Year, New You rebel but you've got me beat by a few months! Good luck scratching off those things which don't work and sticking to your self-care guns this challenge! Thank you! Gonna take a bit longer to scratch off a couple of those things but I think I'm on the right track! 4 Quote RES...and I want to live days worth dying for Current: RES: Still in the Struggle Spoiler Really Eclectic Scorpio, Level 79 |1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20|21|22|23|24|25|26|27|28|29|30|31|32|33|34|35|36|37|38|39|40|41|42|43|44|45|46|47|48|49|50|51|52|53|54|55|56|57|58|59|60|61|62|63|64|65|66|67|68|69|70|71|72|73|74|75|76|77|78|79|80|81|82|83|84| | My Character Page | Tracking Spreadsheet | My Blog | Growth happens when you care more about the well being of your future self than the comfort of your present self! "Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery. But weakness, folly, failure also. Yes, failure most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is." -Yoda Link to comment
T2sarahconnor Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 Glad to be back Sis! Didn't we plan to visit @DarK_RaideR this year? 2 Quote Level 36 Ranger Sorcerer Current challenge Link to comment
RES Posted December 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 Just now, T2sarahconnor said: Glad to be back Sis! Didn't we plan to visit @DarK_RaideR this year? Pretty sure we plan that every year , but it's going to have to wait for at least three years so I can get my expenses paid off 2 Quote RES...and I want to live days worth dying for Current: RES: Still in the Struggle Spoiler Really Eclectic Scorpio, Level 79 |1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20|21|22|23|24|25|26|27|28|29|30|31|32|33|34|35|36|37|38|39|40|41|42|43|44|45|46|47|48|49|50|51|52|53|54|55|56|57|58|59|60|61|62|63|64|65|66|67|68|69|70|71|72|73|74|75|76|77|78|79|80|81|82|83|84| | My Character Page | Tracking Spreadsheet | My Blog | Growth happens when you care more about the well being of your future self than the comfort of your present self! "Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery. But weakness, folly, failure also. Yes, failure most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is." -Yoda Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 55 minutes ago, RES said: I'm not as good as my twin in that aspect but the 80's were an amazing time to be alive They were certainly a great time to be born 1 Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
RES Posted December 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 18 minutes ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said: They were certainly a great time to be born Sorry, we're gonna have to agree to disagree on this one. I was born in the greatest year of the last millennium http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1969.html 3 Quote RES...and I want to live days worth dying for Current: RES: Still in the Struggle Spoiler Really Eclectic Scorpio, Level 79 |1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20|21|22|23|24|25|26|27|28|29|30|31|32|33|34|35|36|37|38|39|40|41|42|43|44|45|46|47|48|49|50|51|52|53|54|55|56|57|58|59|60|61|62|63|64|65|66|67|68|69|70|71|72|73|74|75|76|77|78|79|80|81|82|83|84| | My Character Page | Tracking Spreadsheet | My Blog | Growth happens when you care more about the well being of your future self than the comfort of your present self! "Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery. But weakness, folly, failure also. Yes, failure most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is." -Yoda Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 1 hour ago, RES said: Sorry, we're gonna have to agree to disagree on this one. I was born in the greatest year of the last millennium http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1969.html I was not intending to start a contest on when the best year was. I was intending to joke about being younger than you. 2 Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
RES Posted December 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 7 minutes ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said: I was not intending to start a contest on when the best year was. I was intending to joke about being younger than you. I figured as much Because I enjoy having you around too much to use the "get off my lawn" meme 6 Quote RES...and I want to live days worth dying for Current: RES: Still in the Struggle Spoiler Really Eclectic Scorpio, Level 79 |1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20|21|22|23|24|25|26|27|28|29|30|31|32|33|34|35|36|37|38|39|40|41|42|43|44|45|46|47|48|49|50|51|52|53|54|55|56|57|58|59|60|61|62|63|64|65|66|67|68|69|70|71|72|73|74|75|76|77|78|79|80|81|82|83|84| | My Character Page | Tracking Spreadsheet | My Blog | Growth happens when you care more about the well being of your future self than the comfort of your present self! "Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery. But weakness, folly, failure also. Yes, failure most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is." -Yoda Link to comment
Jean Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 Ooooooh! I had one of those! It felt so great under the fingers to rotate that wheel. It better had to, too, because I kept failing to correctly dial the numbers (not that I was using it much, being a whippersnapper and all that at the time). I'll be (ghost) following this. Let five be your lucky number. 1 Quote Legally bound to hug people in need. Living life as a Druid is about walking with the beasts. It's about being scared, looking your fears in the eyes and going on anyway. Dread doesn't go away, you just learn to know it. It's still a beast, it still has fangs, but you walk among it. Link to comment
Marauder Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 Having turned 50 just a handful of weeks ago, I approve of this message. 3 Quote Rangering since Sept 2015 Link to comment
Elastigirl Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 The 5th decade of life is good. I didn't realize you were one of the (Hmm, how to say it politely.. uh earlier born ?) people on NF. So many whipper snappers here, it's nice to have a few of us who've traveled the road a bit longer 4 1 Quote Wisdom 22.5 Dexterity 13 Charisma 15 Strength 21 Constitution-13 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind' Luke 10; 27 Link to comment
Mr_Willes Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 8 hours ago, RES said: I figured as much Because I enjoy having you around too much to use the "get off my lawn" meme 80's people do know this! I can vouch for that. I know i know, everybody thinks i'm this young god-like creature, but i was born in the earliest of 80's! Oow the pain of phoning people with a lot of 9's in their number... 8 hours ago, RES said: 8 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said: I was intending to joke about being younger than you. I figured as much LOL, NAILED IT!!! 16 hours ago, RES said: Wednesday will mark five (5! ) years since I found NF... Oow crap i just checked 4 years for me end of (next) month! That's a long time here. But i'm soooo glad i found this place. 3 Quote ... a little odd in the head ... Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 13 hours ago, RES said: I figured as much Because I enjoy having you around too much to use the "get off my lawn" meme Like Mr_Willes, I was born in the early 80's (81) and we had rotary phones far longer than I would have preferred. Willes is right about the 9s, I thought we were in particular danger if we ever had to call 911. 1 Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
RES Posted December 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 14 hours ago, Elastigirl said: The 5th decade of life is good. I didn't realize you were one of the (Hmm, how to say it politely.. uh earlier born ?) people on NF. So many whipper snappers here, it's nice to have a few of us who've traveled the road a bit longer "Seasoned" is the word the 20-somethings I work with call it The 4th decade has been great, I'm really looking forward to the next one! 7 hours ago, Mr_Willes said: 80's people do know this! I can vouch for that. I know i know, everybody thinks i'm this young god-like creature, but i was born in the earliest of 80's! Oow the pain of phoning people with a lot of 9's in their number... I remember when we got our first push button phone...which is funny looking back now considering I basically carry a mini computer in my pocket 7 hours ago, Mr_Willes said: Oow crap i just checked 4 years for me end of (next) month! That's a long time here. But i'm soooo glad i found this place So am I...that I found this place, as well as being glad you did! 2 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said: Like Mr_Willes, I was born in the early 80's (81) and we had rotary phones far longer than I would have preferred. Willes is right about the 9s, I thought we were in particular danger if we ever had to call 911. This reminds me of the first time I was getting CPR certified (Junior year of HS, so 85/86) one of the things we had to do was call out for someone to call for an ambulance. 911 was not in widespread use yet so we had to memorize the phone number for it...I remember being very worried about what if we forgot in the heat of the moment or were somewhere we didn't know what the number was... 2 Quote RES...and I want to live days worth dying for Current: RES: Still in the Struggle Spoiler Really Eclectic Scorpio, Level 79 |1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20|21|22|23|24|25|26|27|28|29|30|31|32|33|34|35|36|37|38|39|40|41|42|43|44|45|46|47|48|49|50|51|52|53|54|55|56|57|58|59|60|61|62|63|64|65|66|67|68|69|70|71|72|73|74|75|76|77|78|79|80|81|82|83|84| | My Character Page | Tracking Spreadsheet | My Blog | Growth happens when you care more about the well being of your future self than the comfort of your present self! "Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery. But weakness, folly, failure also. Yes, failure most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is." -Yoda Link to comment
TGP Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 just Don't Stop Thinking about Tomorrow! 3 Quote https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/116426-im-awake/ the "NEW" normal is good with me! as Life was Never really Normal anyways.... Link to comment
Salinger Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 Great song!! x 2 Quote Link to comment
Maggie-Miau Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 Early happy birthday to you, RES! Cheering for you to do all the things you set out to! 1 Quote Matthew 25:34-40 Link to comment
fleaball Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 High-five for NF anniversaries this week! also, obligatory 1 Quote Level 69 Battle Kitten Battle Log | Current Challenge MyFitnessPal | Fitbit | Duolingo Ici je vis la vie que j'ai choisie Je suis partie pour reconstruire ma vie C'est dit, c'est ainsi Link to comment
DarK_RaideR Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 On 12/31/2018 at 12:17 AM, T2sarahconnor said: Glad to be back Sis! Didn't we plan to visit @DarK_RaideR this year? Pretty sure it's @EricMN visiting this year, but the more the merrier! Also, tune that happened to come up on YouTube while I was reading this thread: 5 Quote Lvl 54 Multitasker Link to comment
RES Posted January 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 17 hours ago, TGP said: just Don't Stop Thinking about Tomorrow! Never! Can't forget to live like today is my last though...unfortunately the only appropriate video/song I can find is the Nickleback one from 2008 16 hours ago, Miaulin said: Early happy birthday to you, RES! Cheering for you to do all the things you set out to! Thank you! Looking it as a birthday gift to myself 7 hours ago, fleaball said: High-five for NF anniversaries this week! also, obligatory Flea is awesome yours is five years as well if I remember correctly? 4 hours ago, DarK_RaideR said: Pretty sure it's @EricMN visiting this year, but the more the merrier! Also, tune that happened to come up on YouTube while I was reading this thread: Gotta pay off this birthday cruise first...I think all of us need to save for a couple years and have a big get together! Love it! And they couldn't stop me if they tried 3 Quote RES...and I want to live days worth dying for Current: RES: Still in the Struggle Spoiler Really Eclectic Scorpio, Level 79 |1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20|21|22|23|24|25|26|27|28|29|30|31|32|33|34|35|36|37|38|39|40|41|42|43|44|45|46|47|48|49|50|51|52|53|54|55|56|57|58|59|60|61|62|63|64|65|66|67|68|69|70|71|72|73|74|75|76|77|78|79|80|81|82|83|84| | My Character Page | Tracking Spreadsheet | My Blog | Growth happens when you care more about the well being of your future self than the comfort of your present self! "Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery. But weakness, folly, failure also. Yes, failure most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is." -Yoda Link to comment
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