NeuroWitch Posted July 25, 2021 Report Share Posted July 25, 2021 Last challenge was not too bad. I definitely wasn't perfect, but I was more successful than I usually am. Also, I found that some goals just aren't right for me. With that in mind, I am going to keep some of the goals from last challenge, and change up some of the other goals. I am planning on starting today, and tracking through Week 0 as well...just to continue the momentum from last challenge. Goal 1: I will do a workout every day. This could be a bodyweight workout, or it could be going for a 1 mile walk. Every day that I do this, I get 1 point. Stretch: On bodyweight days, I can earn an extra point for also walking a mile. On walking days, I can earn an extra point if I go for a 5k walk instead. Goal 2: I will hydrate properly. I am still working on nailing this one, so I am sticking with 1 point every day that I drink 4 glasses of water. Stretch: I can earn an extra point for drinking 8 or more glasses of water. Goal 3: I will track my calories daily. I earn one point simply for having entered all of my calories consumed into my app. Stretch: I can earn an extra point for staying under my calories limit for the day. Life Goal: I have morning and evening routines set up, but I am not consistent when it comes to actually doing them. I can earn 1/2 a point for doing my morning routine and 1/2 a point for doing my evening routine. I am not expecting perfection, especially since I have a trip to New York City with my youngest daughter coming up at the end of August, and I don't plan on being too picky with my eating since I will be on vacation! As with the last challenge, for every 15 points that I earn I can purchase one book for my Kindle at the end of the challenge. 5 Quote Link to comment
RaveOnOn Posted July 26, 2021 Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 This is a great gameplan. Specific and measurable! You can't do much better than that. Good luck! 1 Quote [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Atheist Naturalist Halfling Ranger STR|2 DEX|3 STA|2 CON|3 WIS|3 CHA|2 “Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.â€― Neil Gaiman Link to comment
NeuroWitch Posted July 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 Week 0, Day 1 Goal 1: I went for a 5k walk today! 2 points Goal 2: I drank 8 glasses of water today! 2 points Goal 3: I tracked all of my calories today, and came in under budget! 2 points Life Goal: I completed my morning and evening routines! 1 point Today's Point Total: 7 points Cumulative Total: 7 points I might need to change my rewards to a higher number of points per book! 3 Quote Link to comment
deftona Posted July 26, 2021 Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 Following along! I love how you've set this challenge out - it's very specific and measurable. 2 hours ago, NeuroWitch said: I might need to change my rewards to a higher number of points per book! Oh gosh no, buy ALL OF THE BOOKS! 2 Quote If it's not siesta or fiesta, I'm not interested. Profile picture credit : NF's resident super artist - NinjaKitten Link to comment
Novaurora Posted July 26, 2021 Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 Great challenge!! 3 hours ago, deftona said: Oh gosh no, buy ALL OF THE BOOKS! I have to agree with Deffy here. There can never be enough 1 Quote “And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” John Steinbeck “Do I dare disturb the universe?” – T.S. Eliot “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” – Toni Morrison "All we have to do is decide what to do with the time given to us" JRR Tolkien Human Bard: CON 2, WIS 5, INT 1, CHA 2 Current Challenge: Nova Levels Up (and maybe doesn't abandon a challenge...) Link to comment
zeroh13 Posted July 27, 2021 Report Share Posted July 27, 2021 Great start!! 😄 Quote Current Challenge: Zeroh, stick to the routine! Link to comment
Elastigirl Posted July 27, 2021 Report Share Posted July 27, 2021 I like the way you set up your goals with one point for tracking all your calories and another for sticking to your calorie goal. 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
Chesire Posted July 29, 2021 Report Share Posted July 29, 2021 On 7/26/2021 at 2:09 AM, NeuroWitch said: I might need to change my rewards to a higher number of points per book! I supposed you could, but more books this way! This is a fantastic, successful problem to have. Dang! I'm just doing too well for my challenge! Quote daily dare 36 35 34 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 #8 #7 #6 #5 #4 #3 #2 #1 Link to comment
NeuroWitch Posted July 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 Ugh! This has not been a good week at all. I managed to royally screw up my neck somehow. I went to the chiropractor, but I am still in a lot of pain. I have another chiropractor appointment tomorrow. Hopefully, that one will result in me being pain free! Regardless, I plan on getting myself back on track tomorrow. Goal 1: I walked a mile. 1 point Goal 2: I drank 4 glasses of water. 1 point Goal 2: I only tracked half my calories and definitely went over for the day. Life Goal: I completed my morning and evening routines. 1 point Today's Point Total: 3 points Cumulative Total: 10 points Quote Link to comment
Novaurora Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 8 hours ago, NeuroWitch said: Ugh! This has not been a good week at all. I managed to royally screw up my neck somehow. I went to the chiropractor, but I am still in a lot of pain. I have another chiropractor appointment tomorrow. Hopefully, that one will result in me being pain free! Regardless, I plan on getting myself back on track tomorrow. That sucks! I'm sorry! An injury always throws an annoying wrench in things. I hope you are pain free soon! Quote “And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” John Steinbeck “Do I dare disturb the universe?” – T.S. Eliot “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” – Toni Morrison "All we have to do is decide what to do with the time given to us" JRR Tolkien Human Bard: CON 2, WIS 5, INT 1, CHA 2 Current Challenge: Nova Levels Up (and maybe doesn't abandon a challenge...) Link to comment
NeuroWitch Posted August 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 On 7/30/2021 at 5:42 AM, Novaurora said: That sucks! I'm sorry! An injury always throws an annoying wrench in things. I hope you are pain free soon! Thanks! I had another chiro appointment on Friday and I feel better, although still not totally pain free. Regardless, I got paid extra this month, so I did some shopping and got new workout stuff (a set of kettlebells, a set of adjustable weight dumbbells, weightlifting gloves, and a set of resistance bands)! Today was a total wash as well, but I am feeling very motivated to turn it around tomorrow. I have my bullet journal set up for August, and I am hoping to lose a decent chunk of weight before heading off on my New York City trip! Plus, I am going to be having to go into work more this month, and having that kind of routine always helps me stay on track a little bit more! 2 Quote Link to comment
Son of Rylos Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 Awesome looking plan and excited to see what happens! 1 Quote Link to comment
Novaurora Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 12 hours ago, NeuroWitch said: Regardless, I got paid extra this month, so I did some shopping and got new workout stuff (a set of kettlebells, a set of adjustable weight dumbbells, weightlifting gloves, and a set of resistance bands)! WOOOHOOO! LOOT! 12 hours ago, NeuroWitch said: I have my bullet journal set up for August, What kinda of stuff do you track? 1 Quote “And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” John Steinbeck “Do I dare disturb the universe?” – T.S. Eliot “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” – Toni Morrison "All we have to do is decide what to do with the time given to us" JRR Tolkien Human Bard: CON 2, WIS 5, INT 1, CHA 2 Current Challenge: Nova Levels Up (and maybe doesn't abandon a challenge...) Link to comment
NeuroWitch Posted August 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 8 hours ago, Novaurora said: What kinda of stuff do you track? This month, I am tracking if I drink 8 cups of water in the day, if I tracked my calories all day in my app, if I did a daily workout, if I did my morning routine, and if I did my evening routine. I also have a variety of non-daily goals listed! Official Day 1 Goal 1: I walked a 5K. 2 points Goal 2: I drank 4 glasses of water. 1 point Goal 2: I only tracked my calories and stayed under (even though I went out for dinner)! 2 points Life Goal: I completed my morning routine. 0.5 point Today's Point Total: 5.5 points Cumulative Total: 15.5 points 2 Quote Link to comment
Elastigirl Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 Look at all those points! Way to go on the first day of the challenge. 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
NeuroWitch Posted August 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 Wow...I went totally off the rails this week! Although, I have still managed to actually lose a little bit of weight overall! On Monday, I did my bodyweight workout and walked a mile. On Tuesday, I walked a 5k to earn my Most Massively Useful 5k medal. 4 points Official Day 5 Goal 1: I did my bodyweight routine and walked a mile. 2 points Goal 2: I drank 4 glasses of water. 1 point Goal 2: I did not track my calories. Life Goal: I completed my morning routine. 0.5 points Today's Point Total: 3.5 points Cumulative Total: 19 points So...I had a terrible night last night. I wasn't tired so stayed up later than I would have liked. Then there was relationship drama in the middle of the night. It all got sorted, because we always talk about things asap when they come up, but the end result of that was me going to sleep around 5am. I didn't get up until 1:30pm. Now everything is wonky and today has been full of tears and stress. Even though everything is good in my relationship, this also brought up some baggage left over from my previous marriage. Argh! Official Day 6 Goal 1: I did not work out. Goal 2: I did not drink enough water. Goal 2: I did not track my calories. Life Goal: I did not do any routines. Today's Point Total: 0 points Cumulative Total: 19 points 1 Quote Link to comment
zeroh13 Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 With the night you had, it’s totally okay to not do anything the next day. Quote Current Challenge: Zeroh, stick to the routine! Link to comment
NeuroWitch Posted August 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 Saturday I did not do any of the things, although I probably stayed in my calorie range (but I didn't count so I'm not sure). My boyfriend and I took our two oldest girls to the local Renaissance Fair, so I had already decided that it was going to be a relaxing day where I didn't worry about challenge stuff. Official Day 8 Goal 1: I did a respawn in the app, so I did the bodyweight test (I was able to do 3 full push-ups!) and walked a mile. 2 points Goal 2: I drank 8 glasses of water. 2 points Goal 2: I tracked my calories and stayed under budget! 2 points Life Goal: I completed my morning and evening routines. 1 points Today's Point Total: 7 points Cumulative Total: 26 points 2 Quote Link to comment
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