Let's kill those rats and spiders!

[maenumania]

Hello everybody, first challenge! YAAAYYY!

Attention, long thread ahead, but there's a shortcut to long story short 

 

I'm following nerd fitness and the rebellion some weeks now and can finally participate the Level 1 challenge! It made me tingly to read all those first level stories and knew I was too late to start the whole 6 weeks! but finally, my time has come 

 

My main goal is something I wanted to achieve every once in a while but never achieved it and I guess it's the dream of almost everyone in here

 

*drumroll*

 

A six pack! 

 

But I never had the willpower or rather the endurance to hold on to a plan because I'm getting impatient when I see no really success after a while, then disappointed and then I gave up 

So I set the time target for this goal to mid-june, because then are my summer holidays and I like to make a good impression at the beach when I don't want to keep my shirt on!

 

When I earlier tried to get a sixpack, I set my focus on hard training, never on my eating habits and I guess that's a big fault, because as I know now after reading the blogs here on NF, a six pack is made in the kitchen, not in the gym! 

 

So my diet quest is to eat paleo most time of the week!

 

"What does that mean, most time of the week?" I'm glad that you asked! From monday to friday I eat 3 big meals everyday (don't worry, I eat vegetables, fruits and nuts as snack between those meals ), the breakfast, lunch and dinner, that are 15 meals on weekdays, on weekend I eat different, sometimes 3 big meals, sometimes only 2, so I say 5 on weekend for an even number of 20 in total.

And because there's always a chance that I eat with my friends in a restaurant once in a while or get invited, I'm now allowing myself to have two spare meals not paleo, that's 10% if my brain doesn't fail me!

 

But as we all know by now, losing fat works faster/better if you do some sports beside, and that's where my workout quest starts:

I tried an interval training last sunday and I loved it, I still feel a little bit sore in my thighs!

 

So I like to do interval three times a week!

 

But I need to get  some challenges for my upper body and my other muscles too, so I like to include a variety of workouts I do for my strength and endurance, I don't set specific workouts in these quest, because I like to do different types of workouts, the only requirement I've got for these workouts, they have to be exhausting, else it doesn't count.

 

Do exhausting workouts three times a week!

 

These are my quests for the next six weeks and I'll keep you up to date with what workout I did, how everything goes and so on!

 

Thanks to everybody that took the time to read my whole thread, you're great!  

 

 

Long story short:

 

Main goal:

Get a six pack till my summer holiday in mid-june

 

Missions:

-3 interval training per week

3x=100%

2x=75%

1x=25%

0x=FAIL

 

-3 workouts per week (strength/endurance, doesn't matter as long it's exhausting)

3x=100%

2x=75%

1x=25%

0x=FAIL

 

-eat 90% per week paleo

100-90% paleo = 100%

below 90% = FAIL

 

 

Side Quests

 

-Work on my flexibility

Maybe this is gonna be a main mission on one of my following challenges, because I can't even touch my toes

 

-Convince the European rebels to set an official date for the meet-up

Because it would be awesome to meet other rebels!

 

-Reduce my TV consumption

I try to minimize the time I spend in front of the TV, that's the time I need in future to do some awesome workouts

 

-Take one step after the other into the next level

I try to reach my 10'000 steps every day

 

 

These are the goals for my first 6 week challenge, I'm always open to suggestions, improvements, notes or congratulations  

 

 

Motivation

 

To look good, become healthy, fit, strong and maybe one day even a role-model of someone I could inspire...I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday.

 

And here's a before picture, so you can tell better if my progress is successful

starting photo  

 

half time photo

 

the final photo

My starting weight is 72kg and the height is 173cm

Weight after 3 weeks: 70kg

Weight at the end of the first challenge: 69.2kg

 

Progress overview:

 

Week           1           2           3           4          5           6

Intervall       3/3        3/3        3/3        3/3       2/3        2/3

Workout      3/3        4/3        3/3        3/3       4/3        1/3

Eat Paleo  19/20    18/20    15/20    18/20   18/20    12/20

[Nuala]

Hello, I'm Nuala, robot mistress of pain aka one of the Assassins Guild leaders. I saw your message in the General chat thread so I went to chime in

 

As a future assassin, feel free to hang around in our assassin chat thread: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/44299-assassins-den-general-chat-thread/

 

When the challenge will be officially started, we will also set up the Assassin phone book, in case you want to meet assassins with goals similars as yours. Meanwhile, make sure to check the Climbing PVP thread: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/40682-the-climbing-club-nov-2013/

 

Many assassins are here (team sloth ftw)

 

I wish you a great challenge! And be sure we'll keep an eye on you

[maenumania]

Thank you for your trust in me great Nuala! *bows-in-awe* 

I won't disappoint you and the guild!

 

I'll have a look in the assassins chat and the other threads! 

[sjr243]

Good luck on your quest for six pack abs! This reward has always eluded me...  Of course, I have always had a problem with the kitchen part...  Good luck!

[maenumania]

Thank you, I'll keep you up to date about my workouts and recipes if I cook something special

[pattycake118]

Sounds awesome! I'm looking forward to following your progress (and how you do it!).

[RES]

Yum! Recipes!! Good luck on your challenge!

[soli23]

Good luck! I'm here to cheer you on!

[Teros]

Well, if you're looking for exhausting; I use a 20 pound sledgehammer to work out and I'm frigging beat by the end of it.  I have a whole little home gym with some DIY gear:

[maenumania]

@terosx:

That looks like fun

But I don't have enough space in my three room apartement for such a big tire fortunately there are other workouts too that makes you feel exhausted

 

I'll keep you all updated which workouts I do, so maybe I can inspire some of you or give you ideas 

 

[mightstone2k]

Subbing to the challenge thread.  Side quest:  convince the European rebels to set an official date for the meet-up...

[maenumania]

Subbing to the challenge thread.  Side quest:  convince the European rebels to set an official date for the meet-up...

 

 

That could be the hardest challenge of all!

[Lilith]

Yes if TerosX posted in your thread all your "I don't have equipment excuses" all of a sudden won't hold water anymore. Anyway, assassin invasion!

[Mdowning]

Another assassin here to help motivate and answer any questions I can. Looking forward to your progress.

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[maenumania]

Thank you Mdowning, we can all need some good motivation!

 

I just updated my daily battle log, I write a weekly progress overview in this challenge thread, and I try to keep the progress overview in my first post up to date!

[eleven]

Haaay! Good luck on your challenge, I bet you´ll get them abs visible in no time.

I´m super fascinated by peoples paleo-stories so looking forward to reading more!

Meet-up sounds cool. I live in germany, we could practically fist-bump already

[maenumania]

Haaay! Good luck on your challenge, I bet you´ll get them abs visible in no time.

I´m super fascinated by peoples paleo-stories so looking forward to reading more!

Meet-up sounds cool. I live in germany, we could practically fist-bump already

 

I really hope I do, I tried so many years now, started a new attempt every half year or so, but always stagnated after some weeks, but I really feel with the help of everybody in here, I can do it! Nerdpower!!!

 

 

*holding-up-my-fist-northwards* let's do this!

[Igi]

Every day you're one step further from where you began. All you need to do is to go in the right direction, consistently =) I'm with you, bro! To kick and motivate. We're the Assassin Brotherhood, right? and about that European meetup, hell yes. Poland sends its regards ;3

[LopunnyLuna]

Looks like you know where your headed! Good luck! I'm doing paleo too with a meal on the weekend for flexibility, so I don't lose my mind.

[LopunnyLuna]

Looks like you know where your headed! Good luck! I'm doing paleo too with a meal on the weekend for flexibility, so I don't lose my mind.

[eleven]

*mega-fistbump*

[maenumania]

So, week one is over and it was a success, did 3 workouts, 3 intervals and ate minimum 90% paleo! 

 

Let's celebrate!

 

 

I hope everyone is doing good as well?

 

So, hereby I end my first week of my challenge and wish you all good luck for week 2!

[eleven]

High Five! Bonuspoints for correct use of gif!

[Nuala]

Celebration \o/

 

Good job for your first week and... good luck while fighting the sugar demon right at the start of the second week

[Igi]

Wow, congratulations! Especially on your paleo diet, I found out that it's really really really hard for beginners to switch on this completely. Especially with bread and pasta being the base of almost every meal (at least for me). 90% is very impressive! And the workouts, and the intervals... Assassins for the win!