Spark Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 I’m out of excuses. When I started here, I was an enthusiastic amateur who had just decided to maybe give this fitness thing a try because otherwise I was going to die. I might be hyperbolizing there, but I assure you that it’s not by much. In my time at NF, I’ve gone from “clueless†to “aware of being clueless but getting quite good at coming up with the right answers about fitness.†It’s an important transition that has left me with no excuses. I planned to get from my previous weight (459 at the time) to 400 pounds in a year, by the end of October and my next birthday. I am currently at 447, having lost eight pounds during the previous six-week challenge. Good, yes. I’m proud. But there’s gotta be more. Time to get real. Challenge 1: Keep my daily calorie intake to no more than 1800. This is in addition to my half-ass version of Whole30 (what you’ll see me refer to as Whole23.4, which is essentially Whole30 but with a blind eye turned to my consumption of cheese). This might be a bit of a stretch, so I’m willing to gauge my efforts and see whether I’ve scheduled too few calories here. I suspect that I’m right on the money. We shall see. This is all a mad experiment with yours truly as the subject anyway. Challenge 2: Work out five days a week. That’s Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat. Monday and Friday are the newcomers to my previous workouts, and they will include exercises that I can do at home. These will be the days for slosh pipe walks, kettlebell swings, and sledge work. Also I plan to put my ab roller to good use, and do some bodyweight squats as well. Tuesday and Saturday are gym days, wherein I work my arms. Bench Presses and dumbbell rows feature heavily, but until now not heavily enough. I will find more things to add to them. Thursday is legs. Calves for sure, both sitting and standing, and squats with a barbell. I know that it’s the great cliché to have the weightlifter with the chicken legs, but the fact is that I weigh 440+ pounds. I can kick a hole in a barn door just from the muscle I’ve accumulated while walking around. All this in addition to the walks I take with my lady. Challenge 3: I’m a writer. Hi! I’ve started work on The Mercenary’s Guide to Sunken St. Louis, the second book in the Mercenary’s Guide series. I want to get a ton of it done. I tend to view a day as wasted if I don’t get 2,000 words written. There are 42 days in a NF challenge cycle. I want to have 80,000 words done in this story by the end of this challenge cycle. That’ll be about halfway through the book, I figure. Challenge 4: As always, come here and at least say hi once a day. 10 Quote Level 10 Superhero Trainee (Ranger)Str 20 Dex 12 Sta 15 Con 15 Wis 13 Cha 16 My Battle Log: Getting Back on the HorseChallenges! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10NerFiWriCh Completed: 1! My book! The Mercenary's Guide to Ruined Seattle. To all you saints and sinners!You losers and you winners!Here's to one more day above the roses! Link to comment
Spark Posted April 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Today! 1. Total calorie count, according to my app: 1,479. That includes after-dinner snacks. It's amazing how far eggs and veggies can get you.2. Did my heavy sledge, my KB swings, and my ab roller. That sucker hates me.3. 2000 words today.4. Hi there! I'll get to looking into other threads tomorrow. Cheers! 2 Quote Level 10 Superhero Trainee (Ranger)Str 20 Dex 12 Sta 15 Con 15 Wis 13 Cha 16 My Battle Log: Getting Back on the HorseChallenges! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10NerFiWriCh Completed: 1! My book! The Mercenary's Guide to Ruined Seattle. To all you saints and sinners!You losers and you winners!Here's to one more day above the roses! Link to comment
DarK_RaideR Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 I’ve started work on The Mercenary’s Guide to Sunken St. Louis, the second book in the Mercenary’s Guide series ALL THE YES ALL OF IT 2 Quote Lvl 54 Multitasker Link to comment
EricMN Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Love the slosh pipe and the sledge. Hate the ab roller with a passion.Sub'D for writing inspiration and general awesomeness. 1 Quote Rebel Scum - Current Challenge Link to comment
Buff Brogan Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 ALL THE YES ALL OF IT totally agree!!! I’m out of excuses. When I started here, I was an enthusiastic amateur who had just decided to maybe give this fitness thing a try because otherwise I was going to die. I might be hyperbolizing there, but I assure you that it’s not by much. In my time at NF, I’ve gone from “clueless†to “aware of being clueless but getting quite good at coming up with the right answers about fitness.†It’s an important transition that has left me with no excuses. I planned to get from my previous weight (459 at the time) to 400 pounds in a year, by the end of October and my next birthday. I am currently at 447, having lost eight pounds during the previous six-week challenge. Good, yes. I’m proud. But there’s gotta be more. Time to get real. Challenge 1: Keep my daily calorie intake to no more than 1800. This is in addition to my half-ass version of Whole30 (what you’ll see me refer to as Whole23.4, which is essentially Whole30 but with a blind eye turned to my consumption of cheese). This might be a bit of a stretch, so I’m willing to gauge my efforts and see whether I’ve scheduled too few calories here. I suspect that I’m right on the money. We shall see. This is all a mad experiment with yours truly as the subject anyway. Challenge 2: Work out five days a week. That’s Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat. Monday and Friday are the newcomers to my previous workouts, and they will include exercises that I can do at home. These will be the days for slosh pipe walks, kettlebell swings, and sledge work. Also I plan to put my ab roller to good use, and do some bodyweight squats as well. Tuesday and Saturday are gym days, wherein I work my arms. Bench Presses and dumbbell rows feature heavily, but until now not heavily enough. I will find more things to add to them. Thursday is legs. Calves for sure, both sitting and standing, and squats with a barbell. I know that it’s the great cliché to have the weightlifter with the chicken legs, but the fact is that I weigh 440+ pounds. I can kick a hole in a barn door just from the muscle I’ve accumulated while walking around. All this in addition to the walks I take with my lady. Challenge 3: I’m a writer. Hi! I’ve started work on The Mercenary’s Guide to Sunken St. Louis, the second book in the Mercenary’s Guide series. I want to get a ton of it done. I tend to view a day as wasted if I don’t get 2,000 words written. There are 42 days in a NF challenge cycle. I want to have 80,000 words done in this story by the end of this challenge cycle. That’ll be about halfway through the book, I figure. Challenge 4: As always, come here and at least say hi once a day.i found you!glad you're back my friend. and you seem to be turning it up to the next level 1 Quote LEVEL: 7 Furyan Ranger - Battle Log - in lieu of this challenge don't look back, we aren't going that way: Rebirth - Wrestlemania Dark Raider vs KZacher From Tartarus with Love - Wrath of the Furyan - it's a secret! - FIGHT! - You can go your own way - The Rational Gaze - Rise from Death to Knife this Beast(part 3-the agony) - Demonized(part 2) - By Demons Be Driven(part 1) - Link to comment
shaar Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 THERE YOU ARE!! Subbing to watch you grab your goals and shake them around in your mouth like a dog with a chew toy. 3 Quote i am not waiting for a hero. i saved myself long ago. Level 58 Bard & Monk of the Furious Heart STR.55 DEX.43 STA.48 CON.51 WIS.53 CHA.65 "Well...in the end, it boils down to two simple choices. Either you do or you don't. You'd think with all the problems in this world, there'd be more answers. It's not fair... ...But that's the way things are. The choice is yours." Link to comment
cn3wton Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 But will it be in paperback? lol Gonna try to keep up with everybody this time I swear, hope everythings going good! 1 Quote "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." - J.R.R Tolkien "Progress, not perfection." "Persist, Pivot, or Concede." - Matthew McConaughey "Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't." Currently Posting in -->Battle Log | The Return Arc - [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Link to comment
Spark Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Wow, lots of amazing response already! And...I still suck at going to read other threads. Tomorrow. Always tomorrow. 1. 1650 calories today. Not as hard as I thought it might be, honestly. It's like the great goddess Nike said: Just do it.2. Did my workout at the gym, moving back to the 5x5 model today. It was rough. I LUV IT3. 2015 words. Woo!4. Hi! 3 Quote Level 10 Superhero Trainee (Ranger)Str 20 Dex 12 Sta 15 Con 15 Wis 13 Cha 16 My Battle Log: Getting Back on the HorseChallenges! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10NerFiWriCh Completed: 1! My book! The Mercenary's Guide to Ruined Seattle. To all you saints and sinners!You losers and you winners!Here's to one more day above the roses! Link to comment
shaar Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Just want you to know that every time I see the title of your thread this song pops into my head: 2 Quote i am not waiting for a hero. i saved myself long ago. Level 58 Bard & Monk of the Furious Heart STR.55 DEX.43 STA.48 CON.51 WIS.53 CHA.65 "Well...in the end, it boils down to two simple choices. Either you do or you don't. You'd think with all the problems in this world, there'd be more answers. It's not fair... ...But that's the way things are. The choice is yours." Link to comment
Spark Posted April 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Nice. I was trying to think of a badass title that didn't involve swearing, so this is what I ended up with. =P 1. 1535 calories today.2. No workout. Wednesday is one of my off-days.3. 2013 words.4. Hi! Tomorrow I should be able to get to threads and do things like comment. Thursday I volunteer at a local visitor information station, and they have free wifi and not much for me to do once I'm done with my words for the day. See you then! 3 Quote Level 10 Superhero Trainee (Ranger)Str 20 Dex 12 Sta 15 Con 15 Wis 13 Cha 16 My Battle Log: Getting Back on the HorseChallenges! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10NerFiWriCh Completed: 1! My book! The Mercenary's Guide to Ruined Seattle. To all you saints and sinners!You losers and you winners!Here's to one more day above the roses! Link to comment
Twilight Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Wooooooooooooooo! 1 Quote Link to comment
RES Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Hi! 1 Quote RES...and I want to live days worth dying for Current: RES: Still in the Struggle Spoiler Really Eclectic Scorpio, Level 79 |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|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|78|79|80|81|82|83|84| | My Character Page | Tracking Spreadsheet | My Blog | Growth happens when you care more about the well being of your future self than the comfort of your present self! "Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery. But weakness, folly, failure also. Yes, failure most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is." -Yoda Link to comment
Stonie Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Hi! Checking in from the artistic accountability The second book? does that mean there's a first that I can read? The title to the second sounds pretty good, what's the first one called? I'm doing a writing challenge too, but I set my goal at 100 words a day Working up to 2000 maybe? That's pretty impressive though xD 1 Quote Stonie They/Them Currently reading: Good Omens by Terry Pratchet & Neil Gaiman Currently playing: Outer Worlds (Xbox) Current DnD character: A radio presenter who’s magical bardic weapon is a portable radio broadcaster’s kit Link to comment
Spark Posted April 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 The first one's called The Mercenary's Guide to Ruined Seattle, and it can be found in the link in my sigline there. It's also available in B&N and even a paperback version! I got my writing total per day where it is now through two very powerful tools: NaNoWriMo, and not having a job other than writing. So you know. There's that. Today! 1. 1640 calories. Some of that was cheese.2. Went walking with my lady this afternoon. She hadn't been feeling well, and wasn't up to heading to the gym after work. I had seen her earlier that day, so I went ahead and went to the gym and did my leg workout before the walk. Woo!3. 2030 words. Turns out the Pixie, Shortage Of Honey, is a bit of an accidental smartass.4. Hi! You guys rock. 4 Quote Level 10 Superhero Trainee (Ranger)Str 20 Dex 12 Sta 15 Con 15 Wis 13 Cha 16 My Battle Log: Getting Back on the HorseChallenges! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10NerFiWriCh Completed: 1! My book! The Mercenary's Guide to Ruined Seattle. To all you saints and sinners!You losers and you winners!Here's to one more day above the roses! Link to comment
Buff Brogan Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 The first one's called The Mercenary's Guide to Ruined Seattle, and it can be found in the link in my sigline there. It's also available in B&N and even a paperback version! I got my writing total per day where it is now through two very powerful tools: NaNoWriMo, and not having a job other than writing. So you know. There's that.Today!1. 1640 calories. Some of that was cheese.2. Went walking with my lady this afternoon. She hadn't been feeling well, and wasn't up to heading to the gym after work. I had seen her earlier that day, so I went ahead and went to the gym and did my leg workout before the walk. Woo!3. 2030 words. Turns out the Pixie, Shortage Of Honey, is a bit of an accidental smartass.4. Hi! You guys rock.Walking after leg day is a task in itself 2 Quote LEVEL: 7 Furyan Ranger - Battle Log - in lieu of this challenge don't look back, we aren't going that way: Rebirth - Wrestlemania Dark Raider vs KZacher From Tartarus with Love - Wrath of the Furyan - it's a secret! - FIGHT! - You can go your own way - The Rational Gaze - Rise from Death to Knife this Beast(part 3-the agony) - Demonized(part 2) - By Demons Be Driven(part 1) - Link to comment
Spark Posted April 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Ranger Tears Lid Off! Lid Tears Back. 1. ...2700. I was doing so well until dinner, and there was pizza. Also there were breadsticks. I can resist anything but temptation, as the saying goes, and this time I failed to resist that. I need to remember that putting myself in those situations leads to me failing; I have a much harder time resisting the calories in front of me when they're actually in front of me. >.<2. Did my home workout today, which includes the sledge, slosh pipe, and kettlebells. And the ab roller, which hates me personally after I carry the slosh pipe around for a while. I think they have a rivalry going on.3. 2058 words today.4. Hi! 3 Quote Level 10 Superhero Trainee (Ranger)Str 20 Dex 12 Sta 15 Con 15 Wis 13 Cha 16 My Battle Log: Getting Back on the HorseChallenges! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10NerFiWriCh Completed: 1! My book! The Mercenary's Guide to Ruined Seattle. To all you saints and sinners!You losers and you winners!Here's to one more day above the roses! Link to comment
Spark Posted April 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Things went a lot better today! Sadly, not so much yesterday. Damn birthday parties. Turned out that I was expected at two of them. Did I have fun? Hells yeah. Did I follow my diet or workout plan? No, on an impressive scale. Yesterday:1. 2500+. And you know, it wasn't the cake. I can resist cake, 'cause I've reset a lot of my mental defenses to "hey, stay the fuck away from the cake, Sparky." Grilled, barbequed chicken? Not so much. Sneaky chicken is sneaky. Fail.2. Ran all over town, didn't get to goto the gym. Fail.3. 0 words written. Trifecta of fail.4. ...quadfecta? That's a thing now. Today.1. 1700 calories. Much better.2. Walked a mile with my lady. Better'n nothing, and I laugh when I realize that I couldn't easily have done that much this time last year.3. 4018 words today, putting me back on track in spirit if not in absolute deed.4. Hi! 3 Quote Level 10 Superhero Trainee (Ranger)Str 20 Dex 12 Sta 15 Con 15 Wis 13 Cha 16 My Battle Log: Getting Back on the HorseChallenges! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10NerFiWriCh Completed: 1! My book! The Mercenary's Guide to Ruined Seattle. To all you saints and sinners!You losers and you winners!Here's to one more day above the roses! Link to comment
Buff Brogan Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Things went a lot better today! Sadly, not so much yesterday. Damn birthday parties. Turned out that I was expected at two of them. Did I have fun? Hells yeah. Did I follow my diet or workout plan? No, on an impressive scale. Yesterday:1. 2500+. And you know, it wasn't the cake. I can resist cake, 'cause I've reset a lot of my mental defenses to "hey, stay the fuck away from the cake, Sparky." Grilled, barbequed chicken? Not so much. Sneaky chicken is sneaky. Fail.2. Ran all over town, didn't get to goto the gym. Fail.3. 0 words written. Trifecta of fail.4. ...quadfecta? That's a thing now. Today.1. 1700 calories. Much better.2. Walked a mile with my lady. Better'n nothing, and I laugh when I realize that I couldn't easily have done that much this time last year.3. 4018 words today, putting me back on track in spirit if not in absolute deed.4. Hi!as petefeet just told me yesterday Every one has to live a little buddy, no worries.i think this is pretty good advice. 3 Quote LEVEL: 7 Furyan Ranger - Battle Log - in lieu of this challenge don't look back, we aren't going that way: Rebirth - Wrestlemania Dark Raider vs KZacher From Tartarus with Love - Wrath of the Furyan - it's a secret! - FIGHT! - You can go your own way - The Rational Gaze - Rise from Death to Knife this Beast(part 3-the agony) - Demonized(part 2) - By Demons Be Driven(part 1) - Link to comment
Spark Posted April 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 I have to be careful of living a little because I tend to live a lot more after that, with butter. 1. 1840 calories today. Which...now that I write it down, for some reason I was thinking all day that my goal was 1700, and that I went over. Turns out 1800 is my actual goal!2. So the slosh pipe slipped off my shoulders and the temporary cap popped off, so right now it's just a pipe. But hey, at least there was the sledge and kettlebell and the ab roller. When I refill the Bloody Thunderstruck Slosh Pipe I'm gonna add in some antifreeze for next winter.3. 2048 words today. Right on sched.4. Hi! 4 Quote Level 10 Superhero Trainee (Ranger)Str 20 Dex 12 Sta 15 Con 15 Wis 13 Cha 16 My Battle Log: Getting Back on the HorseChallenges! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10NerFiWriCh Completed: 1! My book! The Mercenary's Guide to Ruined Seattle. To all you saints and sinners!You losers and you winners!Here's to one more day above the roses! Link to comment
Spark Posted April 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Woo! 1. 1740 calories today. There might have been some ice cream.2. Hit the gym today! hard. Back to the 5x5 model, so I'm re-learning my resistances, and it turns out I can do more than I thought that I could. Funny how that works, huh?3. 2008 words.4. Hi! 1 Quote Level 10 Superhero Trainee (Ranger)Str 20 Dex 12 Sta 15 Con 15 Wis 13 Cha 16 My Battle Log: Getting Back on the HorseChallenges! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10NerFiWriCh Completed: 1! My book! The Mercenary's Guide to Ruined Seattle. To all you saints and sinners!You losers and you winners!Here's to one more day above the roses! Link to comment
Knightwatch Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Sounds like you're doing great! Good work! 1 Quote "The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder." --GK Chesterton Domine, non sum dignus ut intres sub tectum meum, sed tantum dic verbo et sanabitur anima mea... http://www.facebook.com/#!/jbaileysewell Link to comment
Spark Posted April 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 1. 1870 calories. Not too bad, but I got a little lax. Tomorrow, nothing but 70 calories and funny-flavored water!*2. No workout today. Wednesdays are two of my weekly non-workout days.3. 2014 words.4. Hi! *this is a damn lie 1 Quote Level 10 Superhero Trainee (Ranger)Str 20 Dex 12 Sta 15 Con 15 Wis 13 Cha 16 My Battle Log: Getting Back on the HorseChallenges! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10NerFiWriCh Completed: 1! My book! The Mercenary's Guide to Ruined Seattle. To all you saints and sinners!You losers and you winners!Here's to one more day above the roses! Link to comment
Spark Posted April 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 1. 1650 calories, woo!2. Walked a mile today, which is my absolute minimum on workout days.3. 2018 words.4. WOO HI! 1 Quote Level 10 Superhero Trainee (Ranger)Str 20 Dex 12 Sta 15 Con 15 Wis 13 Cha 16 My Battle Log: Getting Back on the HorseChallenges! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10NerFiWriCh Completed: 1! My book! The Mercenary's Guide to Ruined Seattle. To all you saints and sinners!You losers and you winners!Here's to one more day above the roses! Link to comment
Buff Brogan Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Sherbet is a lie 1 Quote LEVEL: 7 Furyan Ranger - Battle Log - in lieu of this challenge don't look back, we aren't going that way: Rebirth - Wrestlemania Dark Raider vs KZacher From Tartarus with Love - Wrath of the Furyan - it's a secret! - FIGHT! - You can go your own way - The Rational Gaze - Rise from Death to Knife this Beast(part 3-the agony) - Demonized(part 2) - By Demons Be Driven(part 1) - Link to comment
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