Miss Hisme is Going to Level Up Like a Boss!

[Hisme]

I'm very excited to starting my second challenge, and I have to say how awesome NF is for getting me to work out like I've been in the past few weeks. I never, ever thought I would be stoked about buying a heavier barbell (or even using a barbell) but I AM. Got a new one yesterday. So excited to start using it.

 

Here are some stats on my goals and current position. I'd appreciate any encouragement - I thrive on words and my family, while supportive, doesn't say much about my fitness goals and it's kind of discouraging feeling like I'm doing this alone. Help me, Rebels!

 

MAIN GOAL

 

Reduce bodyfat percentage and increase muscle.

 

GOALS

1. Get strong enough to do real pushups.
   I'm astoundingly weak-armed, and can barely pull off one regular pushup, so I will be working on pushup progressions in the next 6 weeks by adding them to my already established strength training workout routine 3x per week.
    
2. Dance!
   I will dance 2x per week (alternating with my strength training workouts) for at least 30-45 minutes. I find dancing enjoyable so it's a good way to get in a workout that feels like a reward for having done strength training the previous day.
    
3. Eat more Paleo.
   I've been having some stomach problems (mainly killer acid reflux) so I'm going to cut out most non-Paleo foods to see if that will help me. I will also continue drinking lots of water because it's good for me!
    
4. Specify my career goals.
   I've been freelancing as a graphic designer for the past year and there are pros and cons about it. I've been considering going back to working at a company but I'm on the fence about it. For the next 6 weeks I will continue to freelance but I will carefully monitor my work habits so I can decide at the end of the 6 weeks if I want to keep freelancing or not. Yikes!

 

[Nuala]

Solid goals and well thoughts, you're already on the right track! What kind of pushups progression are you doing? 

[OwlLady]

Hi there, Miss Hime!

Good to see you're so exited about your goals - well, they are pretty exiting, indeed, aren't they?

I'm pretty weak as a whole, yet, so, for me, it's already awesome that you can do a push-up Hooray for you!

And dance, dance, dance your way through the next six weeks! Weee! I love dancing, too, you see, although I'm only kind of good at DDR and such dancing games, hehe.

 

Hm, just one question, Miss Hime: to which fat% do you wish to drop?

 

Good luck and a friendly bear hug to you!

[GeoChip]

Yes, push-ups! You can do this thru the progressions. Best of luck.

[Elastigirl]

Great goals. Getting strong enough to do push ups is a great feeling.

[lyranedara]

Welcome, Hisme! Your goals look great. Good luck with your challenge!

[Hisme]

Whoo, life got busy and it took me a while to get back on here and reply. Thanks for the encouragement, everyone! I really appreciate it!

 

Solid goals and well thoughts, you're already on the right track! What kind of pushups progression are you doing? 

I'm following the progressions suggested in one of the NF blog posts, starting with wall pushups, moving down to elevated and then knees and then real ones. I did something weird to my right shoulder a couple of days ago so I will have to be careful from now on because it's giving me sone grief and I don't want to injure it, but I'm still going to push towards that goal!

 

 

And dance, dance, dance your way through the next six weeks! Weee! I love dancing, too, you see, although I'm only kind of good at DDR and such dancing games, hehe.

 

Hm, just one question, Miss Hime: to which fat% do you wish to drop?

DDR is fun! My sister and I are currently using Just Dance 2 to get some exercise in. If I actually dance full body (which people should do anyway becuase just waving your arm around is CHEATING) and do lots of the harder ones, a 45 minute workout on this game gets me sweating and feeling great. I'd like to get back into "real" dancing though - I used to do ballet and hiphop when I was younger but it's hard to find classes I like for adults in my area!

I'm currently around 24-25% body fat and I'd like to drop down to around 20% eventually. I know this will take more than 6 weeks so any progress in this time period is good progress.


And thanks again everyone!