Brutal Bears Needs Some Druid Healing

[brutalbears]

Week One Check Point/Progress Check:

 

 

Quest log:

 

Feral Form

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

Week 1:32.2 miles

 

Restoration 

-Do at least two 30 minute yoga sessions a week

Total Done: 0

-Meditate at least 3 times a week

Total done: 2

 

Moonkin

-Get all my school work done each week

Weeks Complete: 1

-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

(13/30 days)

-Attend at least one AA meeting a week

Meeting attended: 1

 

Tank Bear

The Bear Returns!

4 Strength workouts a week.

 

Work outs Completed: 1

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

 

 

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!)

(13,745/50,000)

27.5%

27.5%

[The Swedish Ninja]

Doing great!!

 

Really impressed with your smokefreeness. Keep it up

 

Also love all the pics in your thread

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

Your NaNoWri goal seems to go really well. If you keep up with it like this the 50k words are totally doable. I'm really impressed, because for about ten years I've been struggling a lot with my writing. Perhaps I should participate next year.

You also did well on the smoking front. Good job. Why only 30 days? I thought you wanted to quit for real this time.

You didn't get in all the workouts you wanted to do, but you walked a lot and your week sounded stressful. We are all glad you can do strength traing again now. I guess four times a week would have been too much at this moment. But you will get back to it and the progress you made shows, that you are recovering. Two weeks ago you couldn't walk that much without pain. So this is great progress.

[Surakha]

ten days total!

SO many congrats on this- that is hard as HELL!

[brutalbears]

Doing great!!

Really impressed with your smokefreeness. Keep it up

Also love all the pics in your thread

Thanks!

[brutalbears]

Your NaNoWri goal seems to go really well. If you keep up with it like this the 50k words are totally doable. I'm really impressed, because for about ten years I've been struggling a lot with my writing. Perhaps I should participate next year.

You also did well on the smoking front. Good job. Why only 30 days? I thought you wanted to quit for real this time.

You didn't get in all the workouts you wanted to do, but you walked a lot and your week sounded stressful. We are all glad you can do strength traing again now. I guess four times a week would have been too much at this moment. But you will get back to it and the progress you made shows, that you are recovering. Two weeks ago you couldn't walk that much without pain. So this is great progress.

True, I hadn't thought about how much progress it is to even be walking again. I'm planning on quitting smoking for real this time, 30 days is just a good checkpoint/mark of progress. How is your challenge going?

[brutalbears]

SO many congrats on this- that is hard as HELL!

Thanks! It's been a challenge! How is your book coming along?

[Surakha]

It's slow but steady. I am doing doubles all week to cushion myself. 25k by next sunday!

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[brutalbears]

It's slow but steady. I am doing doubles all week to cushion myself. 25k by next sunday!

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nice, I'll be rooting for you-I need to pick up the pace myself-I'm going a little too close to just enough each day to be comfortable.

[brutalbears]

Monday 11-9-15:

I walked 4.2 miles, did a strength workout, meditated, hit 15,010 words, completed day 14 with out a cig, and damn am I feeling good about the start to this challenge!

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

True, I hadn't thought about how much progress it is to even be walking again. I'm planning on quitting smoking for real this time, 30 days is just a good checkpoint/mark of progress. How is your challenge going?

Ah, a checkpoint. That sounds reasonable.

I'm fine. This week I'll be a little busy. But my meditation and other strategies are helping me to get through. For example I'm really glad about my packed lunch this week.

[brutalbears]

Ah, a checkpoint. That sounds reasonable.

I'm fine. This week I'll be a little busy. But my meditation and other strategies are helping me to get through. For example I'm really glad about my packed lunch this week.

Das is gut. And, that is about all the German I have left from high school, lol. Maybe I should start learning the language again. I'm glad that you have some ways to cope with a week that isn't going as planned!

[brutalbears]

Tuesday 11-10-15:

I walked 9.4 miles, hit 15 days with out a smoke (half way to my check point), hit 17,216 words, did a upper-body work out, defeated the wandering monster Wednesday (2 minutes of planks), and did a meditation. 

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

50% that is GREAT! You can make it. Do you already register a difference in your senses? A friend told me, he suddenly started smelling more, when he quit smoking. When I stopped smoking I was somehow more aware of smokey hair. After a Party I couldn't stand it to go to bed without taking a shower first. Because I couldn't stand the smell of my own hair. But I never smoked regularly.

[brutalbears]

Wednesday 11/12/15-Thursday 11/13/15:

I walked 7.9 miles, hit an AA meeting, hit day 17 with out a smoke, did two meditation sessions, hit 21,006 words, and I did a hell of a lot at work! I think I am going to try my hand at some geocahing this weekend, seems like a cool way to get in some physical activity.

[brutalbears]

50% that is GREAT! You can make it. Do you already register a difference in your senses? A friend told me, he suddenly started smelling more, when he quit smoking. When I stopped smoking I was somehow more aware of smokey hair. After a Party I couldn't stand it to go to bed without taking a shower first. Because I couldn't stand the smell of my own hair. But I never smoked regularly.

It is weird, I am starting to smell things I haven't smelled in years. It is rather over whelming, and awesome. I'm really impressed with myself for making it this fat, I don't even want a cig right now! 

[oldnews]

Major congrats on meeting the halfway point on your smoking cessation.

 

I've never really fully looking into Geocaching, but it sounds interesting. Hopefully you enjoy it a lot!

[elvenengineer]

My bf got into Geocaching for a while, he really liked it.  Good luck hunting!

 

Congrats on the not smoking victory!  Last year, I used to eat clementines in my office like every day, and one of my coworkers decided to quit smoking.   One day he came into my office freaking out because he could smell my clementines from HIS office, and he was so excited.  I was happy for him, sounds like it's a brand new world!

 

Also, super impressed with your writing word count. I thought about doing it this year, but.... maybe next year. School is enough writing for me right now.

[brutalbears]

Major congrats on meeting the halfway point on your smoking cessation.

I've never really fully looking into Geocaching, but it sounds interesting. Hopefully you enjoy it a lot!

Thanks it's pretty awesome, I haven't gone this long with out a cigarette since I was 13!

[brutalbears]

My bf got into Geocaching for a while, he really liked it. Good luck hunting!

Congrats on the not smoking victory! Last year, I used to eat clementines in my office like every day, and one of my coworkers decided to quit smoking. One day he came into my office freaking out because he could smell my clementines from HIS office, and he was so excited. I was happy for him, sounds like it's a brand new world!

Also, super impressed with your writing word count. I thought about doing it this year, but.... maybe next year. School is enough writing for me right now.

Engineer! It's good to hear from you, I need to go check out your new challenge-thanks for the support!

[brutalbears]

50% that is GREAT! You can make it. Do you already register a difference in your senses? A friend told me, he suddenly started smelling more, when he quit smoking. When I stopped smoking I was somehow more aware of smokey hair. After a Party I couldn't stand it to go to bed without taking a shower first. Because I couldn't stand the smell of my own hair. But I never smoked regularly.

Oh did you say you found mandrill by the way? I would love to check up on him!

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

Oh did you say you found mandrill by the way? I would love to check up on him!

Somehow he disappeared again. I wanted to give you the thread of his new challenge, when he made one. But he didn't so it. But I'll give you his profile.

http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/user/37072-stonemonkey/

 

I guess he is again getting absorbed in studying.

[brutalbears]

Friday 11/13/15-Sunday 11/15/15 (and weekly update)

Wow what a weekend, I can't remember a weekend I did this well. I got all my school work for the week done, I hit 23,500 words (1,500 short of my goal, bust still impressive, hit 20 with out a cig, walked a whopping 19.8 miles (in 3 days!), spend a few hours geochaching (and loved it), played an hour of flag football, did an upperbody strength workout, and meditated each night...*pats self on back*

 

Weekly Update:

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

 

Restoration 

-Do at least two 30 minute yoga sessions a week

Total Done: 0

-Meditate at least 3 times a week

Total done: 9

 

Moonkin

-Get all my school work done each week

Weeks Complete: 2

-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

(20/30 days)

-Attend at least one AA meeting a week

Meeting attended: 2

 

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: 3

Lower Body Workouts done: 1

Spoiler 

 

 

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 11-16-16:

I walked 3.1 miles, hit day 21 without a cig, did a strength workout (leg day!), and came to a realization: I won't be able to finish the NanoWrimo Challenge. While writing a book is something I would really like to do it is clear that it isn't feasible at the moment, with where everything is at I had to choose one thing to go; the choices are school(it is mid terms week!), work, work outs, or my novel-so priorities dictate that "Swamp Rats" will be put on hold and penned more another, more fitting day...

[LittleTurtle]

21 days!!  Congratulations!!