RES Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 For those who are new or behind, my main goal is weight loss, for health reasons as well as I want to look good naked, and fit in clothes I used to. I love 5Ks and kettlebells. I'm struggling with this goal because it doesn't get easier when you get older. (W) I work from home, (4 jobs) as an accountant, so making sure I have enough movement in my day as well as not eating "all the unhealthy things" is important. It's very easy to lose track of how much time I've been sitting trying to solve an issue. Not having "all the unhealthy things" in the house also helps. I use a 5K training plan that I’ve used in the past, 3 days of intervals and 1 - 2 of strength/cross training days, I may graduate to the 10K and half marathon plans this year, I may not. I just want to keep moving. ( R )I struggle to get enough sleep so that shall remain on the list until it's no longer a struggle. (E) I found a ‘diet’ plan, the Dr. that came up with its target audience is post-menopausal women. So far I’m down 11 lbs. This has kind of stalled no matter what I do about it so I'm going to just focus on not going overboard, stopping when full, and not blowing my calorie budget. (S) I want to hit at least 7500 steps a day, once this becomes habit I’ll raise it (T) Tracking the things that I eat (L) I’ve been learning Spanish on Duolingo, because this country scares me and I may want to move abroad one day. I also want to learn to play guitar, since I have one collecting dust in my room and it will not learn to play itself. There are plenty of free videos on how to do this on YouTube. Learning something, at least once a week (Duolingo goal is daily) will count towards this. (E) Extra things that make life worth living, 5k’s or more that I may do, motorcycle rides, FL trips, and life events will go here. Checking in to hold myself accountable is key to this being successful, I don't want to have to post bad news here. I plan on posting daily to make sure I'm on track where I need to be The Plan... Workout - Intervals/Kettlebells Rest - Sleep (7 hours a night) Eat - Stay under calories and don’t make excuses to eat the unhealthy things Steps - Hitting my 7500 steps a day goal Track - using Cronometer Learn - Duolingo, other stuff Extra - Rides, 5k's, events, and life Update - Daily Done - 🌈 Not Done - ❄️ New Stuff: Yes I carry goals over from one challenge to the next, for those that stick around for multiple challenges (I love you, seriously, thank you!) New stuff will always be at the end of the first post Going to make a couple additions to this challenge now that I've gotten my schedule pinned down a bit better. I want to get my granddaughter's item I've been crocheting since before Xmas, done, since it's only about five weeks before I see her! I also want to do something to focus on me each day, this can be (finally) starting to learn to play the guitar, journaling, or riding my bike. I would say reading but I honestly do that every day, and if I put crochet in there it's like cheating LOL I may count crochet anyway... 7 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 May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 Howdy! 1 Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
Snarkyfishguts Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 If it's for you and it gives you joy, I think it counts! I'm going to tackle a similar challenge in stepping outside my comfort zone and develop some skills and hobbies, but it's nice to be able to fall back on comforting ones that you're already good at, right? So I think that it counts. Following all the rainbows! 2 Quote Link to comment
Sovalis Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 1 Quote Past Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9 Current Challenge: #10 Link to comment
fleaball Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 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
WhiteGhost Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 10 hours ago, RES said: I may want to move abroad one day This can also be scary 1 Quote HUNTER OF ALL THINGS SHINY Intro Thread Challenge Log Bodyweight Exercise Library Recipe Book Shuffle Club Level 2 Ninja Strength: 13 Intelligence: 14 Wisdom: 6 Dexterity:14 Constitution: 12 Charisma: 11 Link to comment
RES Posted May 1 Author Report Share Posted May 1 11 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said: Howdy! Hello!! 9 hours ago, Snarkyfishguts said: If it's for you and it gives you joy, I think it counts! I'm going to tackle a similar challenge in stepping outside my comfort zone and develop some skills and hobbies, but it's nice to be able to fall back on comforting ones that you're already good at, right? So I think that it counts. Following all the rainbows! I like your way of thinking 8 hours ago, Sovalis said: Yes, especially when it feels like they're all attacking me at once! 7 hours ago, fleaball said: 3 hours ago, WhiteGhost said: This can also be scary True, especially considering not all places like people like me, which can also be said of a lot of places in the US... I may need to figure out how to tolerate the cold better so I can move to a state with more sanity. Today is my 8 year wedding anniversary...last year I was so touched that she took the time to make a special post on the book, this year she barely spoke to me...only difference is the person that came back into her life. Week 0 - Sunday Workout - 😴 Rest - ❄️ Eat - ❄️ Steps - ❄️ Track - 🌈 Learn - 🌈 Extra - I had a small blizzard that blew my calories yesterday and I have zero regrets adulting was done. 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
Snarkyfishguts Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 I’m sorry your anniversary wasn’t what you hoped for. Marriage seems like a lot of work and I’m rooting for your shared happiness. You’d be surprised how quickly you can adapt to cold! 1 Quote Link to comment
RES Posted May 1 Author Report Share Posted May 1 3 minutes ago, Snarkyfishguts said: I’m sorry your anniversary wasn’t what you hoped for. Marriage seems like a lot of work and I’m rooting for your shared happiness. You’d be surprised how quickly you can adapt to cold! The day's not over...there's still hope anyway I used to live in the cold, then I was diagnosed with RA and it can be painful, though not always, when it gets cold... For now I doubt I'm going anywhere though 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
Snarkyfishguts Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 1 minute ago, RES said: The day's not over...there's still hope anyway I used to live in the cold, then I was diagnosed with RA and it can be painful, though not always, when it gets cold... For now I doubt I'm going anywhere though Oof yeah, joint pain is no fun. Also, now that I think about it, colder doesn’t always equal more sane. At least not where I live 😮💨😂 1 Quote Link to comment
RES Posted May 1 Author Report Share Posted May 1 8 hours ago, Snarkyfishguts said: Oof yeah, joint pain is no fun. Also, now that I think about it, colder doesn’t always equal more sane. At least not where I live 😮💨😂 Yeah.,..but i'm sure it's better than here in the dirty south 1 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
RES Posted May 2 Author Report Share Posted May 2 So traditionally we have red velvet cake on our anniversary, yes this tradition continued this year, no I am not taking a hit on eating for yesterday because cake on your anniversary (like your birthday) does not count! I still tracked it, good enough D has been coming down with something since Fri/Sat? which was the reason for her mood yesterday...she did get good news at work and some stuff to help her knock it out...so I jumped to the wrong conclusion yesterday, but I didn't tell her I had jumped to that conclusion so that's a little progress in the right direction. Week 0 - Monday Workout - 😴🌈 Rest - ❄️❄️ Eat - ❄️🌈 Steps - ❄️❄️ Track - 🌈🌈 Learn - 🌈🌈 Extra - For me - I journaled on what had been bothering me the last few months. I did it like I was writing a letter to D and it was good how much better I felt after doing that. 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
DarK_RaideR Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 On 5/1/2023 at 7:36 AM, fleaball said: What flea said 1 Quote Lvl 54 Multitasker Link to comment
Mistr Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 Following along long term (not old!) buddy. 1 Quote Level 71 Viking paladin My current challenge Battle log Link to comment
RES Posted May 4 Author Report Share Posted May 4 15 hours ago, DarK_RaideR said: What flea said 1 hour ago, Mistr said: Following along long term (not old!) buddy. I like that! glad you're here Week 0 - Tuesday Workout - 😴🌈🌈 Rest - ❄️❄️❄️ Eat - ❄️🌈🌈 Steps - ❄️❄️❄️ Track - 🌈🌈🌈 Learn - 🌈🌈🌈 Extra - For me - crocheted on my granddaughter's sleep sack... All this journaling has me seeing some things that make me think my life is going to drastically change in the next year or so...fuck I don't know if I'm ready for all this again but I know I don't want things to stay like they are. 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
RES Posted May 4 Author Report Share Posted May 4 Work was so insane yesterday I didn't have time to get a workout in, would help if I didn't have hours worth of meetings that could have been emails 🙄 I am excited that some challenging things I've been working on that have no documentation on how to complete, and the person that quit with no notice was the only one that knew how to do them, I've been able to figure out how they were done...may not be exactly how she did it but it's correct, complete, and I have notes on how to do it in the future! Week 0 - Wednesday Workout - 😴🌈🌈❄️ Rest - ❄️❄️❄️🌈 Eat - ❄️🌈🌈🌈 Steps - ❄️❄️❄️❄️ Track - 🌈🌈🌈🌈 Learn - 🌈🌈🌈🌈 Extra - For me - crocheted on my granddaughter's sleep sack, and a little journaling. 5 1 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
TimovieMan Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 Quote Active challenges: New(ish) routine | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) 2023 threads: Challenge VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII 2018-19 & 2021 threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII Link to comment
RES Posted May 5 Author Report Share Posted May 5 I really need to work on my work/life balance...worked on things till 7pm, just because I could Week 0 - Thursday Workout - 😴🌈🌈❄️🌈 Rest - ❄️❄️❄️🌈🌈 Eat - ❄️🌈🌈🌈🌈 Steps - ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ Track - 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈 Learn - 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈 Extra - For me - crocheted on my granddaughter's sleep sack 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
RES Posted May 6 Author Report Share Posted May 6 Another late night at work but I managed to get my step goal without the help of a lawnmower or motorcycle Sleep is still hit and miss, nothing extra last night since I was getting ready to go to FL today Week 0 - Friday Workout - 😴🌈🌈❄️🌈🌈 Rest - ❄️❄️❄️🌈🌈❄️ Eat - ❄️🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈 Steps - ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️🌈 Track - 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈 Learn - 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈 Extra - 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
Snarkyfishguts Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 9 hours ago, RES said: Another late night at work but I managed to get my step goal without the help of a lawnmower or motorcycle Yes! 🙌🙌 Quote Link to comment
RES Posted May 8 Author Report Share Posted May 8 Meant to post this yesterday but got busy once we got home and it completely slipped my mind Week 0 Workout - 😴🌈🌈❄️🌈🌈😴 Rest - ❄️❄️❄️🌈🌈❄️🌈 Eat - ❄️🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈❄️ Steps - ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️🌈❄️ Track - 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈 Learn - 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈 Extra - Florida weekend Took the mama's out for mothers day, and mom II's birthday. Had cake, was delicious In addition to forgetting to post here, I also forgot to do Duolingo...not a great start to week 1 🙄 Week 1 - Sunday Workout - 😴 Rest - 🌈 Eat - ❄️ Steps - ❄️ Track - 🌈 Learn - ❄️ Extra - 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
Snarkyfishguts Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 Celebrations are a good excuse for not hitting all the challenge marks 2 Quote Link to comment
RES Posted May 8 Author Report Share Posted May 8 5 hours ago, Snarkyfishguts said: Celebrations are a good excuse for not hitting all the challenge marks That's some solid reasoning there 1 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
RES Posted May 9 Author Report Share Posted May 9 Didn't sleep good, had too much to drink the night before, so yesterdays workout didn't happen. Week 1 - Monday Workout - 😴❄️ Rest - 🌈❄️ Eat - ❄️🌈 Steps - ❄️❄️ Track - 🌈🌈 Learn - ❄️🌈 Extra - For me, worked on granddaughters blanket. 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
RES Posted May 10 Author Report Share Posted May 10 Slept much better, workout happened but work interrupted so it was cut short. I swear I waste so much of my day in unnecessary meetings 🙄 Week 1 - Tuesday Workout - 😴❄️🌈 Rest - 🌈❄️🌈 Eat - ❄️🌈🌈 Steps - ❄️❄️❄️ Track - 🌈🌈🌈 Learn - ❄️🌈🌈 Extra - Nothing for me today, too busy with work stuff 5 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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