Draco Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Here we go again.Former 6-week challenger, fallen off the bandwagon.On-and-off runner, sometimes closing in on 10K... but never exercising with consistancy."Skinny-fat" accountant who has made some changes but has a LONG way to go.I've made SOME progress in the time since I first joined NF... about two years ago? Three? Yikes!But consistancy has ALWAYS been a problem for me. I go for things hard and strong, burn out, and am left back where I started. Repeatedly. Year after year after....Running? Worked up to a 5K many times over the years, pushed too hard and injured myself or caught a cold and dropped running altogether, and... stopped.Strength training? I had been doing sets of 10 pull ups at one point. Today I can't do one. Pushups? I've worked my way back UP to a set of four!Food? Over the years the ltitle changes have stuck, the big ones have not. I eat like a pig, constantly. And drink enough coffee to kill a horse. But I'm down from 5-ish sodas a day to zero (maybe once a month or so as a treat). No sugar in my coffee (except for rare occasions), and chomping trail mix or pretzels instead of candy. It's a start.... but I've also gained 17 lbs in the past two years, so....I have lots of areas to work on but am seeing some progress in my life:- soda, candy and sugar-in-coffee practically eliminated from my diet- converted my desk to a standing workstation at work- running 2-3 times a week, but not particularly consistantly- signed up for Endomondo so I can track my runs and post to Facebook for some encouragementAnd I've started various other things and just not stuck with them.Then I saw today's NF blog post in my email. And I realized: I need a rez... and some encouragement... and I know where I can find them. You guys have never let me down, and I've only failed when I walk away from my NF teammates. So here we go again! REZ PLEASE!How will I move forward?- I will seek community and encouragement where ever I can: facebook, endomondo, NF...- I will commit to regular workouts (setting phone reminders to run 4x/week and do BASIC minimal bodyweight exercises 6 days a week)- and I will make one small diet change, since it's the small changes that serm to stick! I commit to making one veggie snack every day to bring to work Quote Current challenge: Draco Used to Be an Adventurer Like You....Previous challenge: Draco Returns for a New AdventureLevel 3 Half-Elf Adventurer6.25 STR | 4 DEX | 6 STA | 4.5 CON | 5.5 WIS | 4.5 CHA “I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.â€â€• Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Link to comment
Draco Posted December 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 Ran 2.63 miles today, forgot to pack veggies but at least I have some fruit. No bodyweight training yet.Does anyone on here use Endomondo? Quote Current challenge: Draco Used to Be an Adventurer Like You....Previous challenge: Draco Returns for a New AdventureLevel 3 Half-Elf Adventurer6.25 STR | 4 DEX | 6 STA | 4.5 CON | 5.5 WIS | 4.5 CHA “I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.â€â€• Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Link to comment
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