Chickie.Monkey's Faetastic, Succubusty Challenge

[chickie.monkey]

After several failed challenges in a row, the loss of my dad, and well, just shit, it’s time to get off the pity pot and kick some ass. Who better to help me along than the bad ass women from Lost Girl? Let’s get this faetastic, succubusty challenge on they way, shall we?

 

 

Beast Mode - Bo needs to be in shape and strong to fight off the fae that threaten humans and other fae

• CrossFit at least 2x a week

 

Grading

11 - 12   CrossFits = A

9 - 10     CrossFits = B

7 - 8       CrossFits = C

< 6         CrossFits = F

• +2 STR +2 STA +2 CON +2 STA

 

Diet - Like Bo, I need to eat to nurture and heal my body. Also like Bo, I need to learn to control my feeding. When Bo loses control, she sucks the life out of her food. When I lose control, I suck the life out of myself.

• Primal diet 80/20 (whatever that is)

• Don’t eat ALL THE FOOD

• Put a lid on the emotional eating. Somehow.

Grading will be calculated on a weekly basis for a total average.

• +1 CON +1 CHA

 

 

Also handy to remember: feed myself before I turn into a feeding monster.

 

 

For Science - Many science experiments take place in Bo’s place of residence. Due to the absolute sloppiness that is my house, there are many involuntary science experiments going on in mine. Mainly the kitchen. Be clean.

• Scoop (cat and dog) poop daily
• Clean up dishes in sink
• Pick up after myself
• Split house chores with Ennica and DO them.

Grading

Will be based on average per week of how much I get done.

• +2 WIS +1 CON

​

 

The Dollars - Still working on the finances. Keep working towards getting caught up so we can put money in savings. This is a team effort, but I can only be accountable for me.

• Don’t spend money on crap I (we) don’t need​
• Track ALL money out (make sure I’m (we’re) not 5 dollaring myself (ourselves) anywhere)

• Don’t steal from Peter to pay Paul

Grading will be subjective based on how well I do or don't do.

• +2 WIS

 

Let’s get this party started. There’s no way I can fail this challenge. It’s too epically themed.

 

 

Stats:

Weight - 269.2

[joedog]

A friend of mine says it's ok to sit on the pity pot as long as you don't forget to flush.

Looks like a good plan to flush and get back on track.

Sent from my SCH-I435 using Tapatalk

[Raxie]

Lost girl!!! We will kick fae butt

[thekatisalie]

Stalk, stalk

[joedog]

Great. Another challenge, another new tv show for joedog.

Sent from my SCH-I435 using Tapatalk

[JessOfAllTrades]

Love the theme and am excited for you! Best of luck!

[thekatisalie]

Let's DO THIS THING! YE-HAW!

[chickie.monkey]

Lost girl!!! We will kick fae butt

Heck, yeah!!

 

Stalk, stalk

Howdy, stranger! Welcome back!

 

Great. Another challenge, another new tv show for joedog.

Sent from my SCH-I435 using Tapatalk

 

JODY!! Drop everything and watch this show immediately. Like, right now. Seasons 1-3 are on Netflix and 4 should be there soon.

 

Love the theme and am excited for you! Best of luck!

 

Thank you!

 

Let's DO THIS THING! YE-HAW!

 

WOO!!!

[joedog]

 

JODY!! Drop everything and watch this show immediately. Like, right now. Seasons 1-3 are on Netflix and 4 should be there soon.

 

 

 

Working on it boss! Succubusty, indeed! 

[starpuck]

Awesome awesome awesome chickie!       Lots of people had a rough stretch over the last few challenges.    Just remember this very true, very helpful diagram on success!

 

 

This theme you've got going is OMG AWESOME!  And I've never even seen Lost Girl!  (I am so behind on cool nerdy shows, next on my list is Dr Who, but I think I will definitely put Lost Girl on there at some point.)

 

 

• Primal diet 80/20 (whatever that is)

• Don’t eat ALL THE FOOD

• Put a lid on the emotional eating. Somehow.

^^ THIS?

 

HAHA, This is me.   I especially love the 'whatever that is'.  LOL!  I always get freaked out trying to quantify what is or isn't, and how to track if I am '80%' or not.   Then I realized that the few challenges I just ate clean stuff as much as I could, and didn't freak out -- that was when I lost the weight!   So yeah, right there with you.  Let's nail this unquantifiable, hard to track, unknown goal LIKE A BOSS!

 

Excited to follow along with you girlfriend!

[drunkensnake]

Great challenge, (on another note...heh heh sucubusty) The weird thing is, I was thinking of maybe starting to watch lost girl literally a week ago...lol such timings!

screw the pity pot, you know what I say....put that shit behind you! (pot...shit....the metaphor seemed apt) Good luck on the coming challenge!

[chickie.monkey]

Quick update:

Been busy, been sick, schedule's been whacked. Week not going quite as planned.

However, this happened yesterday:

Melissa Etheridge took a selfie at her show. We're the blobs in the middle.

Will be back with a detailed update and catch up with everyone as soon as I get a chance.

Blame any formatting issues on Tapatalk.

[chickie.monkey]

Awesome awesome awesome chickie!       Lots of people had a rough stretch over the last few challenges.    Just remember this very true, very helpful diagram on success!

 

 

This theme you've got going is OMG AWESOME!  And I've never even seen Lost Girl!  (I am so behind on cool nerdy shows, next on my list is Dr Who, but I think I will definitely put Lost Girl on there at some point.)

 

^^ THIS?

 

HAHA, This is me.   I especially love the 'whatever that is'.  LOL!  I always get freaked out trying to quantify what is or isn't, and how to track if I am '80%' or not.   Then I realized that the few challenges I just ate clean stuff as much as I could, and didn't freak out -- that was when I lost the weight!   So yeah, right there with you.  Let's nail this unquantifiable, hard to track, unknown goal LIKE A BOSS!

 

Excited to follow along with you girlfriend!

 

Thank you! Lost Girl is awesome. I highly recommend it. I'm all about girls kicking ass. Also, The Doctor is a must see. I say watch both!

 

I thought about using the maths to get my average per week on the 80/20. I might still try to do that, but I hate math and I'm not good at it (which puts me in an awkward position as a scientist), so I think I'll just go with the I mostly ate primal or not. Heh.

 

I hate that I haven't been over to say hi yet. I swear I will do it as soon as I'm done updating here. I feel like such a bad friend!

 

Great challenge, (on another note...heh heh sucubusty) The weird thing is, I was thinking of maybe starting to watch lost girl literally a week ago...lol such timings!

screw the pity pot, you know what I say....put that shit behind you! (pot...shit....the metaphor seemed apt) Good luck on the coming challenge!

^Snerk

 

Yes, watch all the Lost Girl! Seriously, you can't go wrong. 

[chickie.monkey]

Real update:

 

Beast Mode:

Last week I had the super funk and I'm still trying to get over it. It has left its mark on my lungs and I can't do much without a massive coughing fit. So, obviously, I have not been to CF this week and I probably won't make it at all. I did do a lot of walking around downtown yesterday, so I'm going to call that a substitute win. Unfortunately, my lungs did so much suffering from it. My chest is on FIRE today.

 

Diet:

Eating hasn't been going too well either. I have done well today, but the last few days didn't work out due to lack of planning or failed plans. Luckily, there's left over chicken to last the rest of the week. No excuses.

 

The Science of it All:

Poop is being scooped

Dishes are being done

Not doing so great on picking up after myself. Need to be more conscious of this.

We haven't split the chores yet, but I did work on cleaning up the living room and the master bedroom a bit. Still has a way to go.

 

Dollars:

I did buy some merch from the Melissa Etheridge concert (because it's a show and you buy merch), but I used my own "allowance" money and not house money. Nothing to track.

 

Recorded grocery and gas money (which is all that's been spent)

 

Didn't put off any bills to pay another bill.

 

Also, edited for starting weight. Ugh, the emotional eating gain. But, like the great poet Ludacris said:

 

Hopefully I'll find time for measurements. It seems like the last few challenges these have gone undone.

 

 

 

 

 

[Raxie]

Definitely take it easy if your lungs are suffering.  You don't want to over do it.

 

It sounds like you're making a conscious effort to improve yourself, and right now that's what is important.  You'll get there!

 

[joedog]

It has been 5 weeks since I got sick and my lungs are still flaring from time to time. The funk that went around here was a bad one. Hope you're better soon. 

 

Still totally jealousing about seeing Melissa Etheridge. Rarely does anyone good come to Springpatch and I can't get Amy to travel for concerts. When OCMS came here I just told her, I'm going, should I buy you a ticket too. But I don't feel good about doing that when it means a trip to St Louis or KC by myself. 

 

Saw the Season 1 finale of Lost Girl last night. Amy came in during and declared the acting overwrought. I told her that it was the culmination of a season long plot so of course it's overwrought. Then Dr. Hotpants laid one on Bo and I think Amy became more receptive to watching the show. Heehee! 

 

It's going to take us a few days to get back up to full steam but we're both moving in the right direction. Not always hitting the mark but keeping it in mind. I know for myself, I wasn't even giving a frak about the mark during the last challenge. 

[chickie.monkey]

It has been 5 weeks since I got sick and my lungs are still flaring from time to time. The funk that went around here was a bad one. Hope you're better soon. 

 

Still totally jealousing about seeing Melissa Etheridge. Rarely does anyone good come to Springpatch and I can't get Amy to travel for concerts. When OCMS came here I just told her, I'm going, should I buy you a ticket too. But I don't feel good about doing that when it means a trip to St Louis or KC by myself. 

 

Saw the Season 1 finale of Lost Girl last night. Amy came in during and declared the acting overwrought. I told her that it was the culmination of a season long plot so of course it's overwrought. Then Dr. Hotpants laid one on Bo and I think Amy became more receptive to watching the show. Heehee! 

 

It's going to take us a few days to get back up to full steam but we're both moving in the right direction. Not always hitting the mark but keeping it in mind. I know for myself, I wasn't even giving a frak about the mark during the last challenge. 

 

This is totally one of the benefits to living in Nashville/Music City. Lots of concerts to go to. I still have the Indigo Girls and Tori Amos coming up and I'm debating on Sarah Mac. I saw her last year and Sara B is announcing her tour. I'm totally torn, lol. I usually drag Ennica along since she usually doesn't know who these people are. (what kind of lesbian is she, anyway??). Sometimes she likes it, she liked M.E., sometimes she suffers through it (Sarah Mac). Usually I just shake my head and laugh at her specialness.

 

Perhaps you should have Amy watch Ep. 8 of season 1. Heh. Also, there's much more Doccubus to come, among other stuff.

[chickie.monkey]

Today's update (whatever day it is, I've already lost track)

 

Beast Mode:

Nothing. Sadness. I walked from work to the car and hacked my lung up on to the windshield. I was so very sad. No more dairy for me for a while.

 

Diet:

100% primal. Soon to be 100% paleo since I need to give up the dairy until I can get my lungs under control. So sad.

BF - Chicken (leg/thigh)

Lunch - Chicken (breast), broccoli and ghee

Going to eat an apple and then go to bed

 

The Science of it All:

Poop is scooped

Dishes are done

Picked up after myself (and a bit after En. Do I get bonus points? lol)

Worked some more on the living room, although I think it was additional dog mess and didn't actually lead to progress.

 

Dollars:

Nothing spent.

[cavejen]

Yay for hooking you on Crossfit

 

Sorry to hear about the dairy/lung thing. That doesn't sound good

[drunkensnake]

OH god! lung troubles! Much terrible! 

honestly if a doge gif can't cheer you up, well I'm all out of ideas

 

sorry about the lungs, lungs are such unscrupulous little bags of hot air (hee hee) I'd just be all Fuck you lungs! but then they take away your oxygen conversion and intake system and you're pretty screwed at that point, so, take good care of them! not to try and pass myself off as a lung expert (cuz i'm not) but sometimes when I have such problems I sit in a hot (hot, like steamy....but not for two...hacking is not sexy) and just breathe the vapor good luck with the recuperation! and great job on activity in spite of your lungs!

 

[JessOfAllTrades]

Sorry to hear about the lung issues! However, I am wildly jealous of the concerts you mentioned!

[Raxie]

Hope your lungs are doing a bit better this week!

 

 

It's going to take us a few days to get back up to full steam but we're both moving in the right direction. Not always hitting the mark but keeping it in mind. I know for myself, I wasn't even giving a frak about the mark during the last challenge.

 

So much this.  Being mindful of what you're doing is hugeeee progress.  Even if you're being mindful is just saying, I know I should be doing this but...  It's better than flat out not caring, and means you're in a better position to kick butt the next time you have those thoughts.

[chickie.monkey]

So.... I've been sick (again), slammed at work (where I usually update), and on holiday. I've been doing okay. Eating is around 70%, including vacation. I made a serious effort to eat at least one primal/paleo type meal a day. Some days I did even better. Except for the ENTIRE bag of emotional Oreos I ate yesterday in celebration of my dad's birthday. That day sucked so much.

I haven't done much in the way of exercise due to the lung issues. I did climb ALL the rocks and hike ALL the hikes while in Colorado. Because, COLORADO.

Pictures!

This morning my coworker offered me and another coworker $200 each if we lose 30 pounds in 90 days. If I stick to my challenge goals, this will be easy peasy. Game on!

Now that the lungs are feeling better, I'm planning on hitting up CF tonight.

Will try to catch up with everyone tonight if the blood bank gods are nice to me.

[goodbye_farewell]

Nice pics   Glad to see you are hanging in there. And that is cool you have some monetary motivation to lose weight. Also, you look kinda familiar to me (hard to tell in the pics). You didn't happen to go to high school in Shelbyville, TN did you?

[joedog]

Beautiful pics. I have got to get out to Colorado someday.

That's cool motivation from your coworker! My dad used to do stuff like that to help his guys quit smoking.

Sent from my SCH-I435 using Tapatalk