maigrey Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Hi everyone! I've been an Adventurer for the last two challenges, but last month I started Crossfit. I hate the conditioning portion of it (who doesn't), but I love the lifting, and I think I've found a plan that I actually enjoy! So without further adieu... Challenge #4: Home, Home on the Range(rs)..... Note: as I will be in Boston Nov 13 - 17th, I am excused from the quests for those days, but all quests restart THE MINUTE I land in Chicago. No vacation prolonging allowed! Main Goal: be able to shop at Old Navy and/or Target (and not in the women's section) Quest #1: Get strong! I'd like to add muscle while I try and lose weight as well (or at least maintain the muscle I have). To do this, I will: Go to Crossfit 3 times per week. I joined in the middle of october and I love it. I hate the conditioning but I love learning and we are learning a lot of lifts! I've even been told I have the makings of an Olympic style lifter 10 min per day of ATG squats to improve mobility (not necessarily all at once). I get one rest day per week on this. If I don't do this on a specific day, I need to do 5 squats per minute missed the next day Quest #2: Eat to fuel my body appropriately. This is generally my sticking point because I love processed carbs. To do this I will: Follow "Palegrey" standards. This is the whole30 approved food lists, with the addition of: Yogurt Cottage cheese Protein powder Oatmeal One serving per day of ONE of the following: Chocolate almond butter, 70% dark chocolate (or greater), Starbucks hot chocolate Kerry Gold Butter Salad dressing Incidental alcohol from things like extracts I am allowed up to 2 non-Palegrey meals a week, to keep life somewhat sane Track food every day to make sure I am eating enough In order to do 1 and 2, I'm going to have to get back in the habit of cooking and prepping. So each week in order to succeed with my goals, I need to: Plan meals for the week Go grocery shopping Do a weekly cookup Life quest #1: Declutter my house, starting with filing for 15 min a day.Every time I do not do this when I am at home, I need to do 5 squats for each minute I did not do this Life quest #2: Get back to the business of dating, starting with updating my profile. I need to work on this for 15 min a day, again with the squat penalty. Things that need to be done for my reference: Update my profile [it is SO OLD] Go shopping for rejections every day Look into signing up for other sites BRING ON THE GIFs and encouragement, fellow nerds! Quote Battle Log of AwesomeCurrent Challenge: maigrey goes MAD ..isonPrevious Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4(ish), 5(ish), 6(ish), 7(ish), 8(ish) Link to comment
StarGazer Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Why hello there, accountabilibuddy! 1 Quote Link to comment
Xena Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Go shopping for rejections every day I feel like I "should" tell you to be more positive, but this made me giggle. Also love the squat penalties. Also...you could do squats/pushups/situps in Boston...just a little tough love for you :-) Quote Xena, Level 14+ Valkyrie Ranger January 2017 December 2016 Oct/Nov 2016 Link to comment
maigrey Posted November 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 I feel like I "should" tell you to be more positive, but this made me giggle. Also love the squat penalties. Also...you could do squats/pushups/situps in Boston...just a little tough love for you :-)Actually, this works a lot better for me - if I have expectations like "go on a date" or find the man, I get all stressed and am likely not to actually do it. This way there isn't any pressure. I'm going to Boston to see nerds and there will be lifting, but I don't want to stress over anything while there. 1 Quote Battle Log of AwesomeCurrent Challenge: maigrey goes MAD ..isonPrevious Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4(ish), 5(ish), 6(ish), 7(ish), 8(ish) Link to comment
StarGazer Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 Actually, this works a lot better for me - if I have expectations like "go on a date" or find the man, I get all stressed and am likely not to actually do it. This way there isn't any pressure.I'm going to Boston to see nerds and there will be lifting, but I don't want to stress over anything while there. Just be prepared for the possibility of my deciding you need to do some of your atg squats (flexible enough bottoms permitting because I know pants don't often agree with that - or at least my pants don't). Don't worry, if I make you do it, I'm doing it too. Quote Link to comment
maigrey Posted November 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 Hah if you make me do it you're going to owe me some water drinking Quote Battle Log of AwesomeCurrent Challenge: maigrey goes MAD ..isonPrevious Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4(ish), 5(ish), 6(ish), 7(ish), 8(ish) Link to comment
StarGazer Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 Hah if you make me do it you're going to owe me some water drinking Deal. Quote Link to comment
tundralily Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 Love your challenge! Have a great first week! And by request... 1 Quote Level: 8 Race: Wood Elf Class: Ranger at Heart - Training with the Adventurers Current Adventure: A New HopePast Challenges: 1st ✲ 2nd ✲ 3rd ✲ 4th ✲ 5th ✲ 6th ✲ 7th ✲ 8th ✲ 9th“I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and the dreamer of improbable dreams†- Eleventh Doctor Link to comment
starpuck Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 Here for the fun. Tracking alongside with ya. (I just went back and added in all 1000+ calories of cookie dough and junk food splurging, siiigh.) Goals look good!I actually like your rejection shopping turn around. 'Dating' scares the hell outta me too. Hang with a guy? SURE!!! Go on a date with a guy? OMG OMG OMG OMG. Way to word it to change the trigger responses. 1 Quote Level 81 ~*~ Ranger Deviant Art Gallery || YouTube Channel Current Challenge "It is difficult. All things worth keeping are." Thane Krios - Mass Effect 2 "Maybe it's not as simple as you imagined, Seeker." Varric Tethras Dragon Age 2 "Staying within your limits is no fun, Ryder." Vetra Nyx - ME: Andromeda Spoiler ::PAST CHALLENGES:: 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 | NEIN | 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 | 77.5 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 Link to comment
maigrey Posted November 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 Love your challenge! Have a great first week! And by request... YAY I love those GIFs. Thanks1 Here for the fun. Tracking alongside with ya. (I just went back and added in all 1000+ calories of cookie dough and junk food splurging, siiigh.) Goals look good!I actually like your rejection shopping turn around. 'Dating' scares the hell outta me too. Hang with a guy? SURE!!! Go on a date with a guy? OMG OMG OMG OMG. Way to word it to change the trigger responses.Yeah, when I said that to my therapist, she started laughing and then said "that's going to totally work for you, brilliant!" ... and it did! Quote Battle Log of AwesomeCurrent Challenge: maigrey goes MAD ..isonPrevious Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4(ish), 5(ish), 6(ish), 7(ish), 8(ish) Link to comment
maigrey Posted November 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 2014-11-10 update Quest #1: Get strong! Go to Crossfit: Yes 10 min per day ATG squats: 10 minutes completed Quest #2: Eat to fuel my body appropriately. This is generally my sticking point because I love processed carbs. To do this I will: Follow "Palegrey" standards: Yes Track food: Yes diary here. Plan meals for the week: Already Done! Go grocery shopping: Already done! Do a weekly cookup: Already done! Life quest #1: Declutter for 15 min a day: 15 minutes completed Life quest #2: 15 min/day online dating: 0 minutes completed Penalty Squats Owed: 45 Crossfit this morning - did push press and push jerks with the technique master coach. This was the LAST ONE, I have graduated foundations and can move to the normal WODs now. Which is somewhat scary on its own, but it's going to make it easier for me to get 3 workouts a week in as there are more options for the main WOD than the foundations course.Food was good and I stayed palegrey, even though I regretted putting the chocolate almond butter in my oatmeal because the rest of the day I wanted ALL THE CHOCOLATE and was sad about not having hot chocolate. Oh, you tricksy little girl, Little Heather....Filing is done - finished culling out old stuff from the filing cabinets, so tomorrow I can start on actual filing, hooray!I haven't gotten to updating my profile and I'm exhausted, so hello penalty squats. I'm going to change this to 3 squats per minute missed because math is hard... Quote Battle Log of AwesomeCurrent Challenge: maigrey goes MAD ..isonPrevious Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4(ish), 5(ish), 6(ish), 7(ish), 8(ish) Link to comment
Xena Posted November 11, 2014 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 Off to a great start! Quote Xena, Level 14+ Valkyrie Ranger January 2017 December 2016 Oct/Nov 2016 Link to comment
Wufkar Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 seriously. I'm Major behind. SO much catching up to do, but I'm here! Quote Current Challenge: Wufkar Stops Making Excuses ------------------------------------------------------ Link to comment
The Tin Man Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 Oh. Hi.You're awesome.And at first I thought it was an additional minute of squats per missed minute and I was going to comment about the brutality of that penalty. Quote The Tin Man: Cyborg Ranger Tin Man's Out of Date Epic Quest I am what I do. Link to comment
Rachy87 Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 Looking good there! That profile update can't be too hard, let's face it you are fabulous! Quote Level X - Human RangerStr: X ~ Dex: X ~ Sta: X ~ Con: X ~ Wis: X ~ Cha: XRachy87 - Going to level up my way, watch this space!Not all who wander are lost Link to comment
maigrey Posted November 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 Off to a great start!Thanks! seriously. I'm Major behind. SO much catching up to do, but I'm here!Ohai!Oh. Hi.You're awesome.And at first I thought it was an additional minute of squats per missed minute and I was going to comment about the brutality of that penalty.Hey there, magnificenter! Ugh, the thought of 1 min per min missed makes me groan. Stupid squats. Looking good there!That profile update can't be too hard, let's face it you are fabulous!Aww thanks! Your pvp looks like a good way to end the year! Quote Battle Log of AwesomeCurrent Challenge: maigrey goes MAD ..isonPrevious Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4(ish), 5(ish), 6(ish), 7(ish), 8(ish) Link to comment
RisenPhoenix Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 O hai. Quote RisenPhoenix, the Entish Aikidoka Challenge: RisenPhoenix Turns to Ash "The essence of koryu [...is] you offer your loyalty to something that you choose to regard as greater than yourself so that you will, someday, be able to offer service to something that truly is transcendent." ~ Ellis Amdur, Old School Link to comment
maigrey Posted November 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 O hai.Oh hey dere - ps you need to fix your sig, I think you are missing something ... I see: <p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Phoenix</strong>, the Entish Aikidoka</p><p style="text-align:center;"> </p><p style="text-align:center;">Challenge: <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://rebellion.ner...>Down</a></p><pstyle="text-align:center;">Battle Log: <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' <a data-ipb='nomediaparse'href=''><a>href='http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/54136-tsune-of-risenpheonix/?view=getnewpost'>Tsune</a></a> of RisenPhoenix</a></p><p style="text-align:center;"> </p><p style="text-align:center;">"The essence of koryu [...is] you offer your loyalty to something that you choose to regard as greater than yourself so that you will, someday, be able to offer service to something that truly is transcendent." ~ Ellis Amdur, Old School Quote Battle Log of AwesomeCurrent Challenge: maigrey goes MAD ..isonPrevious Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4(ish), 5(ish), 6(ish), 7(ish), 8(ish) Link to comment
maigrey Posted November 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 I'm back from Boston! And other than getting sick on Friday, and falling like 80 times, it was great fun. I'm terrible at writeups, so you should make @risenphoenix finish his. And, despite not watching what I ate over the weekend, I lost 5 lbs. And yes, I know the scale lies, and I was so tired when I got home Monday that I had ridiculously little to eat, plus being sick on Friday and not being able to eat much ... but still. I did a LOT of walking over the weekend, and "lifted" on Friday, which was really mostly HeatherD showing me and StarGazer some moves, and I did get in some of my ATG squats thanks to Greater Tinney and the partner squat, which was hilarious and I need that picture. I did stay paleogrey yesterday which was awesome - I did not get to a workout because of the timing, but I was all set to get to one this morning and .... ridiculous headache, which I still have even after imitrex. So, i'm giving myself a pass on working out, ATG squats, and filing/rejection shopping for yesterday and today. Tomorrow, though - it's on like DONKEY KONG or RAPTRONNNNN! 2014-11-17 update Quest #1: Get strong! Go to Crossfit: No 10 min per day ATG squats: 0 minutes completed Quest #2: Eat to fuel my body appropriately. This is generally my sticking point because I love processed carbs. To do this I will: Follow "Palegrey" standards: Yes Track food: Yes diary here. Plan meals for the week: No Go grocery shopping: No Do a weekly cookup: No Life quest #1: Declutter for 15 min a day: 0 minutes completed Life quest #2: 15 min/day online dating: 0 minutes completedPenalty Squats Owed: 0 Quote Battle Log of AwesomeCurrent Challenge: maigrey goes MAD ..isonPrevious Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4(ish), 5(ish), 6(ish), 7(ish), 8(ish) Link to comment
maigrey Posted November 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 This has been my life lately: 2014-11-18 update Quest #1: Get strong! Go to Crossfit: No 10 min per day ATG squats: 2.5 minutes completed Quest #2: Eat to fuel my body appropriately. To do this I will:Follow "Palegrey" standards: Yes Track food: Yes diary here. Plan meals for the week: No Go grocery shopping: No Do a weekly cookup: No Life quest #1: Declutter for 15 min a day: 0 minutes completed Life quest #2: 15 min/day online dating: 0 minutes completed Penalty Squats Owed: 0 Stupid migraine headaches. Ugh. managed to still eat on track, but that's about all I did. I can't wait until this goes awayyyy 2014-11-19 updateQuest #1: Get strong! Go to Crossfit: No 10 min per day ATG squats: 2.5 minutes completed Quest #2: Eat to fuel my body appropriately. To do this I will:Follow "Palegrey" standards: No Track food: Yes diary here. Plan meals for the week: No Go grocery shopping: No Do a weekly cookup: No Life quest #1: Declutter for 15 min a day: 0 minutes completed Life quest #2: 15 min/day online dating: 0 minutes completed Penalty Squats Owed: 0 Still feeling super woogy, so bailed on crossfit, and the other stuff. I am slowly getting better so hopefully tomorrow will be a full day.In other news, I showed up for an appointment a whole day early (Queen of the Dorks still in force), but my carrrrr has also come in! Hooray!I'm going to see how I feel tomorrow morning and maybe even catch some crossfit in the morning. ... ugh except it's open gym. Maybe the 7 pm level 1 class.. Hopefully this headachy crap will go away, because I'm tired of feeling like this: Quote Battle Log of AwesomeCurrent Challenge: maigrey goes MAD ..isonPrevious Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4(ish), 5(ish), 6(ish), 7(ish), 8(ish) Link to comment
raptron Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 ~!~~!!~!~!~!! I missed your damn challenge! BUT IT'S OKAY. I FOUND IT. Sorry about your head! 1 Quote Raptron, alot assassin 67 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 Link to comment
maigrey Posted November 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 It's feeling a lot better, actually. I may have finally kicked this thing, too. Quote Battle Log of AwesomeCurrent Challenge: maigrey goes MAD ..isonPrevious Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4(ish), 5(ish), 6(ish), 7(ish), 8(ish) Link to comment
The Tin Man Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Curse the nerd hangover headache! Quote The Tin Man: Cyborg Ranger Tin Man's Out of Date Epic Quest I am what I do. Link to comment
StarGazer Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 In other news, I showed up for an appointment a whole day early I <3 you. Quote Link to comment
wildross Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 Hi!! Quote Warriors don't count reps and sets. They count tons. My psychologist weighs 45 pounds, has an iron soul and sits on the end of a bar Tally Sheet for 2019 Encouragement for older members: Chronologically Blessed Group; Encouragement for newbie lifters: When we were weaker Link to comment
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