Snarkyfishguts Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 First Challenge for the New Year! I'm really excited about getting a fresh start. SMART Goals for Challenge 2023.01 Keep Moving- I'm not ready to let go of squats yet. Also, with traveling, I wanted something I could do standing up. Much like last challenge, it's great if I do more, but this is my new baseline. Also like last time, there is no schedule, I'll just shoot for everyday and rest when I need it. 50 squats 50 calf raises 50 standing twists Wrist PT Stay hydrated- 56oz of water daily. Unsweetened hot tea is also acceptable in these frigid times. emoji tracking! X is missed days Week 0-XX💪XXXX Week 1-XXX🥳✈️☃️X F.U.N. Habits: (Flexible, Uplifting, Numberless) Practice Love and Kindness when I want to stress eat. This is when I take a deep breath and think "I wish myself peace of mind. I wish myself contentment." and when I'm frustrated or pissed off at someone else, I do the same for them I breathe in and think "I wish this person peace of mind and contentment." because it reminds me not only to view that person as a human being and not a source of irritation, and I can address their stupid jerk behavior with less anger and more self-care. 17 Quote Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 51 minutes ago, Snarkyfishguts said: , I do the same for them I breathe in and think "I wish this person peace of mind and contentment." because it reminds me not only to view that person as a human being and not a source of irritation, and I can address their stupid jerk behavior with less anger and more self-care. Don't forget the prayer foe the czar from Fiddler on the Roof: Lord, bless and keep [annoying person]...faaaar from me. 10 Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
Gemma Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 Love the goals - especially the stress-eating strategy! 1 Quote “To see that your life is a story while you're in the middle of living it may be a help to living it well." -Ursula K. Le Guin 2022 Challenges: Push, Core, Simple, Pooh, Timebox, NaNoWriMo 2023 Challenges: 20SOC, Travel, Battery Link to comment
Sovalis Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 I am very here for this! 1 Quote Link to comment
Snarkyfishguts Posted December 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 12 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said: Don't forget the prayer foe the czar from Fiddler on the Roof: Lord, bless and keep [annoying person]...faaaar from me. Yessssssss 🤣 I will add it to my list 12 hours ago, Gemma said: Love the goals - especially the stress-eating strategy! Thanks! I am failing at it already but tomorrow is a new day 2 hours ago, Sovalis said: I am very here for this! I am very glad you are here!! 2 Quote Link to comment
Snarkyfishguts Posted December 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 Off to a squishy start. I entered my goals into Habitica and then got caught up in chores and entertaining annoying uncles. I am really exhausted by family and we’re not done until after this weekend. Sleep now, kick ass tomorrow 7 Quote Link to comment
Snarkyfishguts Posted December 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 Tuesday Update: I removed the Spanish Practice from my Daily Goals and am gonna hold off until February to start that. It feels more like a fun challenge again instead of a "DO ALL THE THINGS" 🥰 I did my exercises today. Adding calf raises and standing twists to the squats is AWESOME. Today I added a calf raise after each squat, and then after ten of those, I did ten twists. It clicked well for me, so that's going to be the way I do it for a while. I FEEL MIGHTY. We're traveling this weekend to visit my Aunt and cousins and see the new baby! I'm absolutely burned out on all things family, but that's no fault of my aunt and cousins. I have three cousins that live down there, and they're all married with kids. The eldest has 3 kids (one is the new baby!) the middle has 3 and the youngest has 4 kids. It's going to be bonkers but fun. We'll arrive Thursday night and leave Sunday Morning. It's not a long visit, but those are my favorite kind. Well, I better go clean all the things 7 Quote Link to comment
Shello Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 Great challenge! I hope you get a little break between family events. Enjoy the visit! 1 Quote Race: Amazonian Ogre Princess | Class: Ranger | Profession: SuperHero | Affiliation: Doodlie and Pancake for Life Respawn Challenge Arcs: 2021 | 2022 I am not saying I am Wonder Woman. I am just saying no one has ever seen me and Wonder Woman together in the same room. Original Spawn Challenges 2014 - 2020: 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, ?? Roadmaps: 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 Starting weight = 290.4 (2014); Current weight = 241.2; Total pounds lost: 49.2 Link to comment
Snarkyfishguts Posted December 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 7 minutes ago, Shello said: Great challenge! I hope you get a little break between family events. Enjoy the visit! Thank you! I haven't seen these relatives since 2018, so I am going to just enjoy being with them. Everyone is going to be tired. My cousins talked to me and they're also wiped out, but we all agreed we're not going to have any big to-do's but we're going to relax, hold babies and just catch up. Mom and I already promised each other we would talk to everyone before we screech "GIMME THE BABY!" LOL 4 Quote Link to comment
KB Girl Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 Baby holding may be worth the needed socialising On 12/26/2022 at 3:17 PM, Snarkyfishguts said: F.U.N. Habits: (Flexible, Uplifting, Numberless) Practice Love and Kindness when I want to stress eat. This is when I take a deep breath and think "I wish myself peace of mind. I wish myself contentment." and when I'm frustrated or pissed off at someone else, I do the same for them I breathe in and think "I wish this person peace of mind and contentment." because it reminds me not only to view that person as a human being and not a source of irritation, and I can address their stupid jerk behavior with less anger and more self-care. Love this! 2 Quote KB Quest: becoming a decent kettlebell lifter and an excellent coach 2023 goals tracker; 591/5000km & reading to my kids 48/365 days (updated march-22) my instagram - my gym's instagram Link to comment
Chris-Tien Jinn Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 14 hours ago, Snarkyfishguts said: Mom and I already promised each other we would talk to everyone before we screech "GIMME THE BABY!" LOL I can relate to this. 1 Quote Level 4 Human Ranger/Paladin "We are better than we know, if we can be made to see it, [then] for the rest of our lives, we'll be unwilling to settle for less." - Kurt Hahn STR: 9 | DEX: 10 | CON: 14 | INT: 13 | WIS: 14 | CHA: 13 Link to comment
Shello Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 16 hours ago, Snarkyfishguts said: "GIMME THE BABY!" Nice! I got my share of baby holding this Christmas too! It's always a joy, including when you can pass them back when they get fussy. 2 Quote Race: Amazonian Ogre Princess | Class: Ranger | Profession: SuperHero | Affiliation: Doodlie and Pancake for Life Respawn Challenge Arcs: 2021 | 2022 I am not saying I am Wonder Woman. I am just saying no one has ever seen me and Wonder Woman together in the same room. Original Spawn Challenges 2014 - 2020: 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, ?? Roadmaps: 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 Starting weight = 290.4 (2014); Current weight = 241.2; Total pounds lost: 49.2 Link to comment
deftona Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 HAPPY 2023 SNARKY! I can feel the peacefulness emanating from this challenge 1 Quote If it's not siesta or fiesta, I'm not interested. Profile picture credit : NF's resident super artist - NinjaKitten Link to comment
Artemis Prime Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 Yay, excited to see you have a great SMART and F.U.N. challenge! Also, I have strong feelings about doing your physical therapy exercises, so expect me to nag you about those. Speaking of... Have you done those wrist exercises today? 1 Quote "For God did not give us a spirit of fear; but a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline". - 2 Timothy 1:7 "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." -Gandalf Link to comment
Snarkyfishguts Posted December 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 On 12/28/2022 at 8:51 AM, KB Girl said: Baby holding may be worth the needed socialising Right? Plus, I like almost everyone so that helps:) On 12/28/2022 at 8:51 AM, KB Girl said: Love this! Me Too! I learned it from the balance app and it really helps On 12/28/2022 at 9:31 AM, Chris-Tien Jinn said: I can relate to this. Baby baby baby baby! I am hoping tomorrow is baby holding day On 12/28/2022 at 11:22 AM, Shello said: Nice! I got my share of baby holding this Christmas too! It's always a joy, including when you can pass them back when they get fussy. That’s my favorite part!! On 12/28/2022 at 12:40 PM, deftona said: HAPPY 2023 SNARKY! I can feel the peacefulness emanating from this challenge Thank yooooou! Happy new year!! 6 hours ago, Artemis Prime said: Yay, excited to see you have a great SMART and F.U.N. challenge! Also, I have strong feelings about doing your physical therapy exercises, so expect me to nag you about those. Speaking of... Have you done those wrist exercises today? Not today. It was a heavy driving day. But I will do it tomorrow. Promise! 4 Quote Link to comment
Chris-Tien Jinn Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 11 hours ago, Snarkyfishguts said: Baby baby baby baby! I am hoping tomorrow is baby holding day One of the hardest things about the pandemic is that I don't get to hold friends' babies. Hope you have a great day!!! 1 Quote Level 4 Human Ranger/Paladin "We are better than we know, if we can be made to see it, [then] for the rest of our lives, we'll be unwilling to settle for less." - Kurt Hahn STR: 9 | DEX: 10 | CON: 14 | INT: 13 | WIS: 14 | CHA: 13 Link to comment
Snarkyfishguts Posted December 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 On 12/30/2022 at 8:26 AM, Chris-Tien Jinn said: One of the hardest things about the pandemic is that I don't get to hold friends' babies. Hope you have a great day!!! It was a fantastic day!! I got to hold the baby!! 😍🥰 5 Quote Link to comment
Snarkyfishguts Posted December 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 Spoiler Spoilers for baby!! 9 Quote Link to comment
Snarkyfishguts Posted December 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 Day two of my aunt’s house is okay! My other two cousins came with all their kids. This is a family drama day but it’s not my drama and I am very clearly not invited to the drama which is great but also a little confusing as a guest. I‘m playing with the 3 year olds because they aren’t complicated. One is a “puppy” and it’s delightful 3 Quote Link to comment
Shello Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Snarkyfishguts said: Hide contents Spoilers for baby!! OMG what a cute baby!! 1 Quote Race: Amazonian Ogre Princess | Class: Ranger | Profession: SuperHero | Affiliation: Doodlie and Pancake for Life Respawn Challenge Arcs: 2021 | 2022 I am not saying I am Wonder Woman. I am just saying no one has ever seen me and Wonder Woman together in the same room. Original Spawn Challenges 2014 - 2020: 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, ?? Roadmaps: 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 Starting weight = 290.4 (2014); Current weight = 241.2; Total pounds lost: 49.2 Link to comment
Snarkyfishguts Posted December 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Shello said: OMG what a cute baby!! He is AMAZING. He’s so chill and smiling but he is teething and it hurts so he would get fussy and it was so sad. But then it would pass and he would be mellow happy baby again. I was like “he can stay with me forever” Quote Link to comment
KB Girl Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 A very cute baby Playing with the little kids is always an excellent idea at any family gathering I'd think! 3 Quote KB Quest: becoming a decent kettlebell lifter and an excellent coach 2023 goals tracker; 591/5000km & reading to my kids 48/365 days (updated march-22) my instagram - my gym's instagram Link to comment
Snarkyfishguts Posted January 2 Author Report Share Posted January 2 3 hours ago, KB Girl said: A very cute baby Playing with the little kids is always an excellent idea at any family gathering I'd think! It really is. There were two 3 year olds and the one who was not a puppy was a bum pincher and I would say “do not pinch my bum!” And she thought that was hilarious. 🤦♀️😂 1 Quote Link to comment
Snarkyfishguts Posted January 2 Author Report Share Posted January 2 Oof. I didn’t have a chance to work out yet. I got some wrist PT in but basically my alone time was either sleeping or in the bathroom. I didn’t take into account how stupid tired I would be either. I fell asleep at 10 last night and I tried very hard to stay awake until then 😂 but it was a GREAT visit. I loved seeing the kids and I loved hugging my cousins and aunt. My aunt and uncle were so generous in having everyone come to us and hosting the chaos just a few days after Christmas. I want to visit next year, but not during the holidays lol 8 Quote Link to comment
Artemis Prime Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 Glad you had such a good visit! 2 hours ago, Snarkyfishguts said: I got some wrist PT in And very glad to hear this as well 1 Quote "For God did not give us a spirit of fear; but a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline". - 2 Timothy 1:7 "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." -Gandalf Link to comment
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