Brutal Bears Needs Some Druid Healing

[brutalbears]

Brutal Bears Needs Some Druid Healing

Introduction

Hey everyone, this is my first challenge with the druids, and I am really excited to be here. I have historically been a warrior throwing around weight in my garage, but constant injuries and illness have really affected my goals. So, the most important thing at the moment is that I am staying healthy, dealing with stress, and not giving up due to injury. I also really need to get plugged back into the community, so I am going to make that a part of my goal for this challenge.

I swore to myself that I would never make a Warcraft themed challenge, for just looking up the pictures for this challenge make me want to play again-and that game stole my soul more than the drugs before I got sober (my sobriety date is 4-30-08). So, Thanks for having me with the druids, I wish everyone a great challenge!

 

Now I will say the geekiest things I have ever said, and if anyone understand what I am saying you are awesome.

I feel like Broll Bearmantle begin a warrior trained as a druid due to circumstance... I have read waaaay to much WoW lore...

 

Quest log:

 

Feral Form

-Average 20 miles walked a week-let's get one step closer to Mordor!

Week 1: 32.2 miles

Week 2: 41.3 miles

Week 3: 28.9 miles

Week 4: 21.9 miles

Week 5: 24.2 miles

Week 6: 25.5 miles

Restoration 

-Do at least two 30 minute yoga sessions a week

Total Done: 3

-Meditate at least 3 times a week

Total done: 10

 

Moonkin

-Get all my school work done each week

Weeks Complete: 6

-Finish at least one book

 

Breaking the Worgen Curse

-It's time to quit smoking. I am using my e-cig to try and drop down systematically drop in nicotine

(30/30 days)

-Attend at least one AA meeting a week

Meeting attended: 3

 

Tank Bear

The Bear Returns!

4 Strength workouts a week.

I had been struggling a lot with my schedule, and weeks being consistent with working out, so

I'm going to try working out 4 days in a row-since they are the only 4 I can commit to, my plan will go as follows

Upper Body Workouts done: 11

Lower Body Workouts done: 9

Warm Up:

10 Jumping Jacks

10 Push Ups

20 Arm Circles-each arm

10 Lunges

10- of each type of leg kick

 

Sunday/Tuesday: Upper Body

This Circuit is done 3 times

8 Pull Ups

10 Bench Press

10 Shoulder Tap Push-Ups

10 Chins Ups

10 Barbell Curls

10 Overhead Press

 

Monday/Thursday Lower Body:

This Circuit is done 3 times

10 box jumps

10 squats

10 lunges

90 second plank

10 dead lift

 

Cool Down:

8 Min custom druid Yoga

 

The Cenarion Circle

Keep up with the NF community, and post to at least two other peoples challenges a day

 

Druid Lore

-I've always wanted to write a book, and I have started and failed several times. So,

-Participate in NanoWrimo and let's write a book this MONTH! (50,000 words!)

(23,503/50,000)

47%

47%

[brutalbears]

Monday 10-26-15

I walked 1.9 miles and decided what I can do for my health why I am getting fit for lifting again. I'm going to give up smoking, which will be perhaps harder than losing weight for me. I have been smoking  a pack a day for over ten years (since I was 13!), and it is about time I quit. Not just for the health reasons, but for the financial. I can't afford to be a smoker in more, its just too damn expensive. Yesterday I busted out the E-cig at 2.4 mg of nicotine, which is not the same a a cig-my cravings are pretty brutal at the moment. But, when I quit for a few months in the past I used the e-cig method and got some decent results. My plan will be to use the e-cig at 2.4 mg until I feel comfortable, then drop down to 1.6 mg-and ideally all the way down to 0 mg of nicotine. Where I failed in the past with quitting was each time I relapsed and had a cigarette I would say screw it and buy a pack, but my goal will be to let having a single cig be a one time thing and not go off the deep end. If anyone has had any success quitting I would love to hear how you did it!

[LittleTurtle]

Good luck with quitting smoking!  I know how hard it's been for my Mom.  I'm sorry I don't have any helpful tips, but I'm here for moral support!  

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

I hope you have a good time with the druids and heal fast to make some gainz next year. To quit smoking can be hard, but I heard good things about e-cigaretes and I'm confident you can do it. And like you said, it will be benefitial for your health, too.

Best wishes for your challenge. Of course I'll stick with you again

[brutalbears]

Good luck with quitting smoking!  I know how hard it's been for my Mom.  I'm sorry I don't have any helpful tips, but I'm here for moral support!  

 

Thanks, the support is more than helpful!

I hope you have a good time with the druids and heal fast to make some gainz next year. To quit smoking can be hard, but I heard good things about e-cigaretes and I'm confident you can do it. And like you said, it will be benefitial for your health, too.

Best wishes for your challenge. Of course I'll stick with you again

You're a champ Luciana!

[brutalbears]

Tuesday 10-27-15:

I walked 2.6 miles, got involved in the NF community, and hit two days of no cigarettes! They say the third day is the hardest, so today may be a challenge. Also, I got to spend yesterday watching my Royals at the Koffman win the first game of the World Series. It was insane, though I didn't get home until 3 am. 14 innings that was awesome!

[fffffinn]

I did the quit smoking thing with my last challenge. I hung on from week zero to week six and relapsed again.   It's one of those things I myself have yet to conquer. I made through couple of weeks pretty easily, but there's something really deeply embedded that keeps pulling me back. I wish good luck for you on that one, I know it can get rough.

 

Actually.

 

I'm pretty intrigued to get back on this thing again… Hmmm. Nooaa..rgh. No. No. NO.

 

Oh sod it. Let's rock.

 

You're making me go through it again. Damn you! Haha! 

[brutalbears]

I did the quit smoking thing with my last challenge. I hung on from week zero to week six and relapsed again.   It's one of those things I myself have yet to conquer. I made through couple of weeks pretty easily, but there's something really deeply embedded that keeps pulling me back. I wish good luck for you on that one, I know it can get rough.

 

Actually.

 

I'm pretty intrigued to get back on this thing again… Hmmm. Nooaa..rgh. No. No. NO.

 

Oh sod it. Let's rock.

 

You're making me go through it again. Damn you! Haha! 

Lol, it is a bitch isn't it. Just like World of Warcraft, no matter how long I have quit I also end up getting pulled back.

[brutalbears]

10-28-15: Boom! Day 3 with no cigs complete, 2.5 miles walked, another week with out a sugary drink, kept up with the community, and a victory for the Royals (Cueto killed it!); who could ask for more?

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

You're rocking your first week. Mine is a little "blah", but I'm really looking forward to the weekend. I inveted some friends. Socializing digital and in real life can be very important. I hope you have a nice weekend, too. Any plans for Halloween?

[brutalbears]

You're rocking your first week. Mine is a little "blah", but I'm really looking forward to the weekend. I inveted some friends. Socializing digital and in real life can be very important. I hope you have a nice weekend, too. Any plans for Halloween?

Glad you have some plans for the weekend! For me, each year a bunch of buddies and myself build a (over a few days, starting today) a giant dance out of an old barn-that is always super over the top and crazy. So, my Halloween will be filled with being the DJ for a Halloween themed dance and lots of World Series baseball, what about you?

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

Glad you have some plans for the weekend! For me, each year a bunch of buddies and myself build a (over a few days, starting today) a giant dance out of an old barn-that is always super over the top and crazy. So, my Halloween will be filled with being the DJ for a Halloween themed dance and lots of World Series baseball, what about you?

We are brewing mead, eat lasagna together, scare/entertain the local kids ( my bf will be dressed up as knight) and play board games. I'm really looking forward to it. Although I still have to prepare a few things.

Your activity sounds a little more exhausting

[fffffinn]

Oo you switched your avatar. It was Oneiros wasn't it? I was a total sanδman geek back in the day. Sadly I sold my collection in order to buy Atari Lynx. Still have the "Orpheus" special issue, though.

[oldnews]

Congrats on your smoke-free days!!

[brutalbears]

Congrats on your smoke-free days!!

Thank you! I'm shocked how much being accountable on here has helped!

[brutalbears]

Oo you switched your avatar. It was Oneiros wasn't it? I was a total sanδman geek back in the day. Sadly I sold my collection in order to buy Atari Lynx. Still have the "Orpheus" special issue, though.

Ya it was, easily my favorite comic. Though I had made the mistake in high school of it being the first graphic novel I ever read, now nothing seems good. It set way to high of a bar-though Neil Gaimens books help make up for it. I actually themes my last challenge off of sandman, and now I think I need to go order "overture"

[brutalbears]

We are brewing mead, eat lasagna together, scare/entertain the local kids ( my bf will be dressed up as knight) and play board games. I'm really looking forward to it. Although I still have to prepare a few things.

Your activity sounds a little more exhausting

That sounds awesome though, what board games have you been into?

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

That sounds awesome though, what board games have you been into?

We love "Mansions of Madness". It's a board game series in the Lovecraft Universe. It's a co-op game, where you play against the "Bewahrer".

We also like to play Zombie Dice. Because it's really easy to play and a good game for breaks.

But perhaps we are playing "Zombies" this weekend. My boyfriend likes it.

I would like to try out "Gloom" instead.

 

Oh we have a lot of board games. This are only the ones we considered for Halloween ^^ I like co-op games. But I hate, when we discuss every move a long time. So one of my favorite games is "Room 25".

[brutalbears]

Friday 10/30-Sunday 11/1:

The Kansas City Royals are officially the best baseball team in the world, and I couldn't be happier! My entire lifetime I have waited and cheered for teams that never came home with a gold, but it is finally here! I spent the entire morning making a Royals victory "thing" for my office. Hell ya!

 

Regardless, over the last couple days I walked 11.3 miles, wrote 2,102 words for NanaWrimo, finished all of my school work for the week, and with a warm up done-I am ready to take this challenge head on!

[brutalbears]

Oh, and I also am at a whopping 6 days without a cigarette!

[brutalbears]

We love "Mansions of Madness". It's a board game series in the Lovecraft Universe. It's a co-op game, where you play against the "Bewahrer".

We also like to play Zombie Dice. Because it's really easy to play and a good game for breaks.

But perhaps we are playing "Zombies" this weekend. My boyfriend likes it.

I would like to try out "Gloom" instead.

 

Oh we have a lot of board games. This are only the ones we considered for Halloween ^^ I like co-op games. But I hate, when we discuss every move a long time. So one of my favorite games is "Room 25".

I'm impressed, in my neck of the woods I am rarely out geeked. though I feel like a few of these games are German, and therefore not as popular in the US, lol. Regardless, I've been sucked into Hearthstone and Risk:Legacy recently.

[The Swedish Ninja]

Cool Challenge

Your goals seems to be a perfect combo with a little bit of everything.

 

Great job on the smokefreeness!

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

I'm impressed, in my neck of the woods I am rarely out geeked. though I feel like a few of these games are German, and therefore not as popular in the US, lol. Regardless, I've been sucked into Hearthstone and Risk:Legacy recently.

Of Gloom I have the English version. And we also prefer the American versions of Flux and red Dragons Inn. Flux has a much nicer Layout in the US and for Red Dragons Inn they stopped printing the first game. And they won't translate the third part into German. It's such a good board game. Especially for people who like to play pen & paper in a fantasy setting. It's about a group of heroes, who mets up in a Tavern and play cards for their loot. And the illustrations are really funny.

Yeah, I guess we are board game geeks. ^__^

You seem to do really well, too. Congraz on conquering this smoke demon. You can do it. 0/

[brutalbears]

Monday 11-2-15:

Waled 3.3 miles, joined two accountability groups, got another day with out a cig, got up to 3318 words written, and knocked out some school.

[Elk]

Dang, you're killing it! Good for you!