Silmarilliane Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 Hi there I'm on my tenth challenge, say whaaa?! So my last challenge went pretty well in the sense that I followed my goals, but I ended up eating pretty badly and put on weight (and generally feel a lot flabbier now... maybe in my head) I am now one year on from my most sucessful challenge - the epic point-based challenge 3, so I'll be reviewing that part of my life quite (food and exercise-wise) a bit to work out what went right. Calorie counting: Yes, definitely back on this. Mfp set to sedentary, lose 0.5lb per week (1550) and adding exercise calories. I'm going to attempt to log absolutely every day - last week I attempted logging cals last week and discovered I was eating 2000+ a day Ruling for this is that I'll tot up my daily remaining calories (over and under) and the total for the week needs to be under. Bonus points if every day Mon-Sun is under. Press-ups: Because I love them, these are staying. Aiming for 20 a day but only lose points if I do less than 150 a week. Again, bonus points for going over 1000 by the end. Walking: So this and sleeping go hand in hand slightly - if I get a late night, I sleep in and then either get the bus or stay on an extra stop of the tube to get into work on time. As I'll be logging exercise again I'll keep a spreadsheet of miles (or log them on mapmyrun) and try to keep it as high as possible. Mainly I just need to go to bed at a reasonable hour. Weights: This have really gone on the back burner for me lately, but I really want to keep up with them. My dumbbells are currently 12.5kg each and I've been focussing on bicep curls, military press and bench press. My aim is to do any sort of weight training three times a week. I think I'll need to diary these in to make sure I stick to it. So that's my challenge. Spreadsheet will be posted soon 1 Quote Level 34 Rogue Ranger Welcome to the Dungeons of Doom; locate the Amulet of Yendor ♀ on Level 26 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 Link to comment
Silmarilliane Posted September 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 I'm so keen I posted it thrice Actually, tapatalk said it had failed to post, totes not my fault! 1 Quote Level 34 Rogue Ranger Welcome to the Dungeons of Doom; locate the Amulet of Yendor ♀ on Level 26 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 Link to comment
deftona Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 Subbed! Umm... Suggestions very welcome, kthxbai Yes. Life goal - grow to love Ben Howard Or at the very least, stop ditching your friends when they declare their own love for Ben Howard... 1 Quote If it's not siesta or fiesta, I'm not interested. Profile picture credit : NF's resident super artist - NinjaKitten Link to comment
DarK_RaideR Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 I'm so keen I posted it thrice No you didn't 2 Quote Lvl 56 Madman Link to comment
Silmarilliane Posted September 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 Yes. Life goal - grow to love Ben Howard Uhhhmmmm.... I really will try. But only for you, ya hear me! Quote Level 34 Rogue Ranger Welcome to the Dungeons of Doom; locate the Amulet of Yendor ♀ on Level 26 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 Link to comment
Silmarilliane Posted September 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 No you didn't Hooray, thaaaaaanks Quote Level 34 Rogue Ranger Welcome to the Dungeons of Doom; locate the Amulet of Yendor ♀ on Level 26 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 Link to comment
Silmarilliane Posted September 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 Challenge added now! Quote Level 34 Rogue Ranger Welcome to the Dungeons of Doom; locate the Amulet of Yendor ♀ on Level 26 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 Link to comment
sterre Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 Yay! Looks like a great challenge! I'll be following along and good luck! 1 Quote Level 9 Amazon Druid STR : 17 | DEX : 23 | STA : 22 | CON : 23 | WIS : 21 | CHA : 15 Challenges: 10, 9, 8, 7.1, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3.1, 3, 2, 1 Battle Log Link to comment
Silmarilliane Posted September 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Made so much difference starting a challenge yesterday - logged calories and 450 under for the day. Also got the dumbbells out for some bicep curls and did 20 pressups in the morning 1 Quote Level 34 Rogue Ranger Welcome to the Dungeons of Doom; locate the Amulet of Yendor ♀ on Level 26 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 Link to comment
deftona Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Made so much difference starting a challenge yesterday - logged calories and 450 under for the day. Also got the dumbbells out for some bicep curls and did 20 pressups in the morning You're on fire already, go Sil! 1 Quote If it's not siesta or fiesta, I'm not interested. Profile picture credit : NF's resident super artist - NinjaKitten Link to comment
deftona Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 *coughs* Update *coughs* Quote If it's not siesta or fiesta, I'm not interested. Profile picture credit : NF's resident super artist - NinjaKitten Link to comment
Silmarilliane Posted September 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Oh yeah! Under cals every day except one but total of 1885 under for the week Don't have my spreadsheet at home (d'uh) but pretty sure with pressups I have done daily: 20, 0, 30, 30, 25, 25 so far, so will do 30 today just to be sure I'm over 150!Dumbells were done on Monday (bicep curls) and Friday and Sunday (bicep curls and deadlifts), so a pass on that too, yeay!What I've found from the last challenge is that I don't actually need breakfast - in fact last week having food in the morning gave me indigestion, so this week I've been having a coffee in the morning and then lunch when I'm hungry. Basically I've been eating when I'm hungry rather than when the clock says I should. I think this is good progress for me 1 Quote Level 34 Rogue Ranger Welcome to the Dungeons of Doom; locate the Amulet of Yendor ♀ on Level 26 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 Link to comment
deftona Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 What I've found from the last challenge is that I don't actually need breakfast - in fact last week having food in the morning gave me indigestion, so this week I've been having a coffee in the morning and then lunch when I'm hungry. Basically I've been eating when I'm hungry rather than when the clock says I should. I think this is good progress for me Definitely, this is the first step towards intuitive eating which is awesome! Well done on all that dumbbell work, I know you often struggle with motivation in this respect. 1 Quote If it's not siesta or fiesta, I'm not interested. Profile picture credit : NF's resident super artist - NinjaKitten Link to comment
Silmarilliane Posted September 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Well done on all that dumbbell work, I know you often struggle with motivation in this respect.I actually got our of bed on Friday night to do them as I'd forgotten! 1 Quote Level 34 Rogue Ranger Welcome to the Dungeons of Doom; locate the Amulet of Yendor ♀ on Level 26 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 Link to comment
deftona Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 I actually got our of bed on Friday night to do them as I'd forgotten! Now that's commitment! 1 Quote If it's not siesta or fiesta, I'm not interested. Profile picture credit : NF's resident super artist - NinjaKitten Link to comment
sterre Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Yay! Great job on week 1! 1 Quote Level 9 Amazon Druid STR : 17 | DEX : 23 | STA : 22 | CON : 23 | WIS : 21 | CHA : 15 Challenges: 10, 9, 8, 7.1, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3.1, 3, 2, 1 Battle Log Link to comment
Silmarilliane Posted September 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 As I KNOW you all love a sexsheet spreadsheet: 2 Quote Level 34 Rogue Ranger Welcome to the Dungeons of Doom; locate the Amulet of Yendor ♀ on Level 26 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 Link to comment
Silmarilliane Posted September 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 So last week was pretty appalling for calories. Tuesday I was 250 over due to a work evening event (which involved free drink and a buffet). Got back on track but then Friday was McMillan coffee/cake day and drinks after work (500 over) and Saturday I was at a singing workshop all day and a charity ball in the evening with three course meal including a buffet of puddings (estimated 1500 over). This meant that Sunday I knew I wouldn't be able to claw my way back without either starving myself or doing a marathon so I decided that eating cream doughnuts would be a good idea... Total over for the week was 1600, and the only good thing is that I'm still about 300 calories under in total if I include week 1. Otherwise I did ok: I did my press-ups (155 for the week) and VERY pleased I still did dumbbells three times - in fact, I was dressed up for the ball on Saturday (dress, makeup, hair curled etc) when I realised if I didn't do Saturday AND Sunday I'd fail. So I did three sets of 8 bicep curls all dolled up 1 Quote Level 34 Rogue Ranger Welcome to the Dungeons of Doom; locate the Amulet of Yendor ♀ on Level 26 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 Link to comment
deftona Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Mmmmm, all that buffet stuff sounds amazing, Sil. I wish I was you. 1 Quote If it's not siesta or fiesta, I'm not interested. Profile picture credit : NF's resident super artist - NinjaKitten Link to comment
Silmarilliane Posted September 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Mmmmm, all that buffet stuff sounds amazing, Sil. I wish I was you.Swap?! Quote Level 34 Rogue Ranger Welcome to the Dungeons of Doom; locate the Amulet of Yendor ♀ on Level 26 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 Link to comment
deftona Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Swap?! For what?! What do I have? Quote If it's not siesta or fiesta, I'm not interested. Profile picture credit : NF's resident super artist - NinjaKitten Link to comment
Silmarilliane Posted September 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 For what?! What do I have?COVERT TEABAGGING 1 Quote Level 34 Rogue Ranger Welcome to the Dungeons of Doom; locate the Amulet of Yendor ♀ on Level 26 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 Link to comment
deftona Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 COVERT TEABAGGING IT'S NOT AS FUN FOR THE RECEIVER. Quote If it's not siesta or fiesta, I'm not interested. Profile picture credit : NF's resident super artist - NinjaKitten Link to comment
Silmarilliane Posted September 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 IT'S NOT AS FUN FOR THE RECEIVER. meh, I'd take it 1 Quote Level 34 Rogue Ranger Welcome to the Dungeons of Doom; locate the Amulet of Yendor ♀ on Level 26 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 Link to comment
Silmarilliane Posted October 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Mini update! Calories have been kinda up and down this week because it turns out I quite like food... who'da thunk?Pressups all good and on track and also huzzah that I can now do 3x10 sets of 12.5kg bicep curls! OK they aren't amazing but am still able 3 Quote Level 34 Rogue Ranger Welcome to the Dungeons of Doom; locate the Amulet of Yendor ♀ on Level 26 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 Link to comment
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