lilbichy Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 This is my second challenge. The first one was so much fun; I couldn’t wait until the next one started. I even convinced a friend to try it out. =) My goals may be slightly similar, but I added extra stuff to get me out of my comfort zones and challenge myself more. Lilbichy’s quest to look her best!In September I will be attending an anime convention and have decided to try Cosplay for the first time. My daughter is doing it as well. I know most people try to get in better shape for weddings, vacations, etc….not me! I want to look my best in my Cosplay Outfit. Which is just a Kimono but still, I want to rock that Kimono. How can you look good without doing some work? Goal #1 – Fitness (+2 STR, +2 DEX, +2 STA)Cardio – 2 days a week, 30 minutes at gym and one 10 minute video at home. I got a couple of 10 minute solution boot camp and kick boxing videos that I want to try doing. Switch up the boring cardio days a bit!Weights – 2 days a week, I have already set up a workout schedule for weights, divided between upper and lower body. Since I am still lack confidence in weight area at the gym, these are all exercises I will be able to do at home.Class – 1 day a week. This is my “get out of comfort zone†part. Each week I will try a new class somewhere. I have already decided to try classes at gym, rec center, yoga, and even attempt a beginning cross fit class.Stretch – 1 day a week, 30 minutes minimum. I stretch randomly throughout the day, but found last challenge that spending 1 day a week focusing just on stretching made my body very happy! Who doesn’t love a happy body? LOLGrading – This will make for a total of 36 workouts. 33-36 workouts = A, 29-32 workouts = B, 25-28 workouts = C,21-24 workouts = D, < 20 workouts = F Why work out so much if you will just feed yourself full of crap? Goal #2 – Eating (+4 CON)This one was a challenge for me. I still would like to follow a Paleo eating plan. Last challenge I averaged 75% eating paleo. I would like to get that up. I do have 2 cheat days set up, my birthday is at the end of August so I will have meals with my mom and dad, and I want to eat whatever I want!Grading – over 90% clean eating = A, 80% - 89% = B, 70% - 79% = C, 60% - 69% = D, <59% = F Doing all this good goes unnoticed if you don’t track it! Goal #3 – Tracking (+3 WIS)Daily tracking for food and exercise. Mental tracking, 5 days a week I will write down 1 positive thing. Could be 1 thing I am grateful for, 1 think I like about myself, or even 1 thing I am proud of accomplishing. I want to track 5 of these a week minimum. Grading – 2 points daily for food and exercise, 5 points weekly for mental tracking.103-114 points = A, 91-102 points = B, 79-90 points = C, 67-78 points = D, < 66 points = F Those are all things to get my mind and body ready for NDK! Now on to side quests for life in general. (+2 CHA)How can I Cosplay when my costume isn’t finished. I need to spend time each week getting our costumes completed. We don’t have a lot more to do just the little time consuming things. My kids have expressed desire to use our storage room as just like a hang out room, to do nails, set up for their school work, etc. Each week we (I) will spend time making this happen for them. Time to focus on myself and my mental health! I have ordered a Self Esteem work book to help me build confidence. I will work in this workbook for at least 30 minutes each week. Grading – 3 points awarded per week.16-18 points = A, 14-15 points = B, 12-13 points = C, 10-11 points = D, <9 points = F Beginning Stats:Height - 5'5"Weight - 123.4Neck - 12.5Chest - 35.5Bicep - 9.75Waist (taken at belly button) - 31.5Hips - 35.5Thigh - 19.5 Link to comment
sumdawgtwigg Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 Nice! A anime convention body challenge is much great than a beach body challenge, and a more noble, in my opinion! Can't wait to see your progress this time around. Good luck! "It's always the ones that don't do anything that try to bring you down" - Henry Rollins "There is no meantime, there is only now" - The Ditty Bops Trail Blazing Elf Ranger Sumdawgtwigg Level 3 STR-3 DEX-4 STA-4 CON-3 WIS-5 CHA-2 Fitocracy My Game Blog DO IT CHALLENGE! Link to comment
goodbye_farewell Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 Good goals, good scoring. Looking forward to seeing the costume... Link to comment
Chris-Tien Jinn Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 Subbed - good to see another IT woman out there. And cosplay .... nice!!! 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
JessOfAllTrades Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 Totally get working out for great cosplay. Also love that you put finishing the costume into the challenge! Best of luck and cannot wait to see pictures! Storytelling Rebel | Blog | Twitter "“You've seen my descent, now watch my rising." ~ Rumi Link to comment
dr3wcifer Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 ...Aaaand followed. Good luck!My wife & I are planning on going to DragonCon next month (our first convention) and contemplating cosplay as well, though we have no idea who to go as. Level 1 Avatar 'That's all I've got. It's pretty much my whole identity. Dr3wcifer: the meat and sarcasm guy.' The Avatar's current 6WC Run 30min 4x/wk | Stretch 30min 4x/wk Link to comment
Paisley Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 great goals - can't wait to see the final pictures of you in your kimono. Level 6, Ranger Challenge I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, Current Challenge My Sewing Blog Link to comment
tracknut Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 Great goals! Sounds like you have a great plan in place to meet them. Good luck! 1st Challenge/ 2nd Challenge/ 3rd Challenge (Current) STR: 2 | DEX: 2 | CON: 3 | STA: 5 | WIS: 2 | CHA: 3 Excellence is born of preparation, dedication, focus and tenacity; compromise on any of these and you become average and being average sucks. Link to comment
xxfoldem Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 Thanks lil' for showing me this! I'm building mine now! I know you personally, so this the accountability will be strong in both directions. I have no doubt you will rock your goals! Link to comment
Knightwatch Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 Can't wait to see all the ass you're gonna kick this challenge! "The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder." --GK Chesterton Domine, non sum dignus ut intres sub tectum meum, sed tantum dic verbo et sanabitur anima mea... http://www.facebook.com/#!/jbaileysewell Link to comment
chickie.monkey Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 Wow! What great motivation! I hope you post a picture when you get your costume settled! Also, let's kick some Ranger butt. We need new tshirts! Level 11 Unicorn Ranger Current Challenge Previous Challenges 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 “Decorum is highly overrated and probably causes cancer.” ~ Jenny Lawson Link to comment
prefect42 Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 Very nice! Also, woop woop for late August birthdays! We'll have to have a cross-squad celebration/gif party. "Did you go to the gym when you were alive?" "I died in 1938. For exercise, we drank sloe gin and smoked Lucky Strikes." - Dead Like Me Link to comment
lilbichy Posted July 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 Wow! What great motivation! I hope you post a picture when you get your costume settled! Also, let's kick some Ranger butt. We need new tshirts! i have a tshirt addiction! I am glad we are on the same team, time to kick some butt!!! Very nice! Also, woop woop for late August birthdays! We'll have to have a cross-squad celebration/gif party. Heck yeah! Virgos rule! =) Thanks lil' for showing me this! I'm building mine now! I know you personally, so this the accountability will be strong in both directions. I have no doubt you will rock your goals!anytime! ty for being my in town accountabilibuddy! hopefully we can help each other out through the challenge =) =) Link to comment
Eirlys Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Hi Lilbichy I don't think I've posted on one of your threads before - so 'hi' and can I first say I LOVE YOUR HAIR!!! omg rainbow. So COOOOL!!!! I also have a secret hankering to (1) go to a cosplay convention and (2) have the abs etc for it! These cosplay/con things seem to be quite big over in the US! Have you got a character in mind? And I spot Chris mentioning you're in IT... can I ask what you do? I'm a techie! And it's always nice to meet others Eirlys - Long Time Wood Fairy Druid Current Challenge: S4 (Sleep, Sugar, Spending, Son) Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery Done is better than perfect -- Facebook Link to comment
lilbichy Posted July 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 ohaio! ty for compliment on hair, I love it too! I do not have the abs for most of the cosplay. I am doing it with my daughter (16) and we both wanted something not too revealing. We are doing Nurarihyon no Mago, Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan. She decided on Yuki Onna and I am going to be Kagibari Onna. They are pretty simple costumes, hers we found completely made and just have to do the little details. Mine will be put together, but since it is simple, shouldnt be too hard. Neither one of us are extremely creative so this works, maybe next year we can get more complex =) You should totally do Cosplay. I work for a network consulting firm. The company handles IT for small to medium businesses that dont want to hire full time IT person. I do all the helpdesk/remote work. It is pretty easy most days. I have a lot of down time to surf net, watch anime, etc. What do you do? Today was pretty awesome Zombie run! My kids, brother and myself all had a blast =) I didnt think I would get much of a workout since the girls decided to be zombies, but afterwards, I can definitly tell I did work a bit chasing people! We were World War Z zombies, not Zombieland zombies! LOL Link to comment
JessOfAllTrades Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Best of luck on week 1! Storytelling Rebel | Blog | Twitter "“You've seen my descent, now watch my rising." ~ Rumi Link to comment
HeathBar Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Awesome goals and motivation! I love doing cosplays but I don't get to go to as many as I'd like anymore. Can't wait to see you rockin that kimono. Good luck. Level 6 Half-Pony Warrior Assassin STR 9.5 | DEX 6 | STA 12.5 | CON 12.5 | WIS 15.5 | CHA 13.5 Current Challenge: Working out for two "Sucking at something is the first step to being sorta good at something" - Jake the Dog Link to comment
Knightwatch Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 So cool that you workout with your family. "The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder." --GK Chesterton Domine, non sum dignus ut intres sub tectum meum, sed tantum dic verbo et sanabitur anima mea... http://www.facebook.com/#!/jbaileysewell Link to comment
lilbichy Posted July 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 So cool that you workout with your family. HA, I convinced my kids to do 2 events with me, the Rugges Maniac back in May (which they have already said Hell no to next year) and the Zombie Run, which they say they probably wont do next year since they had to get up at 6am. LOL Such a great family picture! My poor brother was chased down by 3 female zombies! Link to comment
sumdawgtwigg Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Good luck with the first week! "It's always the ones that don't do anything that try to bring you down" - Henry Rollins "There is no meantime, there is only now" - The Ditty Bops Trail Blazing Elf Ranger Sumdawgtwigg Level 3 STR-3 DEX-4 STA-4 CON-3 WIS-5 CHA-2 Fitocracy My Game Blog DO IT CHALLENGE! Link to comment
lilbichy Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Good luck with the first week! TY!! Day 1 is coming to an end! I was super motivated this morning. Had a Monday from Hell and just kept smiling through it! Now I just have to keep this motivation! I was able to keep up with all my goals for the day. Eating was great! It is funny.... I crave such awful foods like they are spectacular but overall the foods I make on Paleo are pretty tasty! I mean seriously who doesnt love some bacon??? Link to comment
Pallas Athena Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Wow, you're off to a great start on an amazing list of goals, lilbichy! The zombie family photo is hilarious! Also, I'll be interested to know how the crossfit class goes. I don't have it for a goal this time (focusing on weight loss at the moment) but I'm starting to check out the local crossfit box to see if it might be a good fit in the future. Good luck in the challenge! Human Ranger, Level 10Long-term Goal: Hike WA section of Pacific Crest Trail, August 2014Current Challenge | Facebook (personal & locavore) | Blog | Twitter"You stand at the verge, and you could become anything." - Dan Chaon Link to comment
thekatisalie Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 I'm a little nervous to try a paleo diet... Yay for a good day one! Level 24 Frost Archer ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ Current Challenge: thekatisalie is back :: no seriously this time MyFitnessPal || Strava || SmashRun || Twitch I Instagram. I tweet. I cosplay. Link to comment
JessOfAllTrades Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Way to go with day 1! And love the photo - I really want to do a Zombie run. Storytelling Rebel | Blog | Twitter "“You've seen my descent, now watch my rising." ~ Rumi Link to comment
xxfoldem Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 General stress in life can make accomplishing goals much harder. Not you! Even a 'Monday from hell' didn't phase ya. Great job!! Link to comment
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