Riverleaf Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 My overall goal is weight loss (130 to go), but this challenge I want to work on strengthening my functional fitness. I slacked off over the holidays, and will be renewing my commitment. Tired and trite, but I'm not making resolutions. I'm making small changes and habits. 1. Exercise 10 minutes 5/7 2. Practice 10 mins of French 5/7 3. Eat 5 fruits & veggies a day 5/7 Life: 100 words written/edited 5/7 Perkele party overhaul. Time to start smaller 5 Quote level 3 Hobbit - AssassinAlchemist - transforming myself one day at a time."Wit beyond measure is mans greatest treasure." - Ravenclaw Current challenge: River Tackles the BasicsPrevious: #1 : #2#3 Doodlies Weight Loss 16.8%16.8% To Mordor 0%0% Link to comment
peelout Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Thought I'd sneak in for a peak. Curious as to your 1 yr goal if you have one. Like where do you want your challenges to take you (fat loss, cardio, a marathon, strength goal, improvement in a sport, etc). Also, what kind of writing do you do (diary, fiction, articles, etc). 1 Quote Current Challenge We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Diet is 80% of losing weight, exercise is 80% of motivation. The only thing I am 100% sure of is my ability to be wrong. Link to comment
jmk Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Following 1 Quote Goal Weight: 145 Current Challenge Link to comment
breadstrings Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Simple and easy. I like it. 1 Quote Link to comment
Riverleaf Posted January 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Peelout - I'm working on weight loss and it's going to be a bit of a long haul. Writing - right now I'm focused on writing and editing a novel, but I have a variety of other writing/editing coming up this year so that's why I kept it general. Thanks for checking in on me! Thought I'd sneak in for a peak. Curious as to your 1 yr goal if you have one. Like where do you want your challenges to take you (fat loss, cardio, a marathon, strength goal, improvement in a sport, etc). Also, what kind of writing do you do (diary, fiction, articles, etc). 2 Quote level 3 Hobbit - AssassinAlchemist - transforming myself one day at a time."Wit beyond measure is mans greatest treasure." - Ravenclaw Current challenge: River Tackles the BasicsPrevious: #1 : #2#3 Doodlies Weight Loss 16.8%16.8% To Mordor 0%0% Link to comment
Sarah Barr Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Following! I'm not making resolutions. I'm making small changes and habits. Nice one. Quote Sarah Barr - Level 13 Warhobbit STR 18 | DEX 7 | STA 17 | CON 38 | WIS 28 | CHA 12 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 (Current) Accountabiddlydoodlies Group Current Weight: 106.1kg Recipe Book "I hold... that a man should strive to the uttermost for his life's set prize" - Robert Browning Instagram (Things I have painted or made.) To-Do ListIdiot Jar Limit: £5.00 Current Idiot Jar Total: £0.00 Current Idiot Jar Forfeit: [TBD]. Link to comment
Riverleaf Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 1/4 - Exercise: 15 Min - 1/5 Walk to Mordor - Great start, forgot my fit bit today, 0/5 Eat Lean, not lardy - 1/5 Write/Edit - 0/5 1/5 - Exercise - No - 1/5 Walk to Mordor - Yes 1/5 Eat Lean, not lardy - No - damn you m&ms and overtiredness! 1/5 Write/Edit - Yes 1/5 1/6 - Exercise - Yes - 2/5 Walk to Mordor - Yes 2/5 Eat lean not lardy - No :*( 1/5 Write/Edit - Yes! 2/5 1 Quote level 3 Hobbit - AssassinAlchemist - transforming myself one day at a time."Wit beyond measure is mans greatest treasure." - Ravenclaw Current challenge: River Tackles the BasicsPrevious: #1 : #2#3 Doodlies Weight Loss 16.8%16.8% To Mordor 0%0% Link to comment
Terah Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 1 Quote Doodlie for life, Pancake by choice Current Challenge Spoiler Challenge 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Challenges 2017: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 Challenges 2018: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, Challenges 2019: 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 Challenges 2020: 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 Link to comment
Shello Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Somehow I missed this one... But I'm here now. stalking commencing. Quote Race: Amazonian Ogre Princess | Class: Ranger | Profession: SuperHero | Affiliation: Doodlie and Pancake for Life Respawn Challenge Arcs: 2021 | 2022 I am not saying I am Wonder Woman. I am just saying no one has ever seen me and Wonder Woman together in the same room. Original Spawn Challenges 2014 - 2020: 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, ?? Roadmaps: 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 Starting weight = 290.4 (2014); Current weight = 241.2; Total pounds lost: 49.2 Link to comment
Riverleaf Posted January 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 1/ 7 Exercise - Yes - 3/5 Walk to Mordor - Yes 3/5 Eat lean not lardy - No :*( 1/5 Write/Edit - Yes! 3/5 1/8 Exercise - Yes 4/5 Walk to Mordor Yes 4/5 Eat lean, not lardy - No 1/5 Write/Edit - Yes 4/5 1/9 Exercise - No 4/5 Walk to Mordor - No 4/5 Eat lean, not lardy - No 1/5 Write/Edit - No 4/5 1/10 - Under the weather yesterday and today, so I don't think I'm going to get five workouts for the week and I'm sorry I feel down on the job Waffles! Hope to be feeling better in a day or two. 2 Quote level 3 Hobbit - AssassinAlchemist - transforming myself one day at a time."Wit beyond measure is mans greatest treasure." - Ravenclaw Current challenge: River Tackles the BasicsPrevious: #1 : #2#3 Doodlies Weight Loss 16.8%16.8% To Mordor 0%0% Link to comment
jmk Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 1/10 - Under the weather yesterday and today, so I don't think I'm going to get five workouts for the week and I'm sorry I feel down on the job Waffles! Hope to be feeling better in a day or two.Don't feel bad, take care of yourself first! 1 Quote Goal Weight: 145 Current Challenge Link to comment
peelout Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 BS on not getting w/o's in this week. Can you do 1 set of 10 freebody squats? Unless you u are in such dire straights that you can not do 1 set, why not do them? This is called a "Placeholder" w/o. It does nothing for fitness, but is incredible for programming the mind. It strengthens the exercise habit by reminding the brain that exercise is now a habit, not a choice. It gets done regardless, even if it is only 1 set of 10 squats. If you do them, your day is a success because you strengthened the habit, even if the exercise benefit was near 0. Of course the placeholder is only for when lift throws the occasional curve, not a weekly occurrence. Just a thought. I like your 3 day summaries. So much easier to see trends than everyday entries. Keep at it. Quote Current Challenge We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Diet is 80% of losing weight, exercise is 80% of motivation. The only thing I am 100% sure of is my ability to be wrong. Link to comment
Shello Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 BS on not getting w/o's in this week. Can you do 1 set of 10 freebody squats? Unless you u are in such dire straights that you can not do 1 set, why not do them? This is called a "Placeholder" w/o. It does nothing for fitness, but is incredible for programming the mind. It strengthens the exercise habit by reminding the brain that exercise is now a habit, not a choice. It gets done regardless, even if it is only 1 set of 10 squats. If you do them, your day is a success because you strengthened the habit, even if the exercise benefit was near 0. Of course the placeholder is only for when lift throws the occasional curve, not a weekly occurrence. Just a thought. I like your 3 day summaries. So much easier to see trends than everyday entries. Keep at it. I like the idea of a placeholder workout. Great idea. Quote Race: Amazonian Ogre Princess | Class: Ranger | Profession: SuperHero | Affiliation: Doodlie and Pancake for Life Respawn Challenge Arcs: 2021 | 2022 I am not saying I am Wonder Woman. I am just saying no one has ever seen me and Wonder Woman together in the same room. Original Spawn Challenges 2014 - 2020: 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, ?? Roadmaps: 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 Starting weight = 290.4 (2014); Current weight = 241.2; Total pounds lost: 49.2 Link to comment
Riverleaf Posted January 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 1/11 - Exercise - Yes 1/5 Walk to Mordor - Yes 1/5 Eat lean - No 0/5 Write/Edit - No 0/5 1/12 - Exercise - Yes 2/5 Walk to Mordor - Yes 2/5 Eat lean - No 0/5 Write/Edit - No 0/5 1/13 Exercise - Yes 3/5 Walk to Mordor - Yes 3/5 Eat lean - No 0/5 Write/Edit - No 0/5 Still Battling this nasty cold. I'm at least getting daily 10+ min walks in, although I only made 10,000 steps once this week. Just trying to get through and not eat too much. When I'm feeling poorly I want all the sweets! Hope to be feeling better for next weeks round. 1 Quote level 3 Hobbit - AssassinAlchemist - transforming myself one day at a time."Wit beyond measure is mans greatest treasure." - Ravenclaw Current challenge: River Tackles the BasicsPrevious: #1 : #2#3 Doodlies Weight Loss 16.8%16.8% To Mordor 0%0% Link to comment
Son of Rylos Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Lots of fluids, make sure you rest but keep that walking in, and tell that cold who's boss!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
Riverleaf Posted January 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 1/14 - Exercise - No 3/5 Walk to Mordor - No 3/5 Eat Lean - No 0/5 Write/Edit - Yes 1/5 1/15 - Exercise - Yes (Yoga!) 4/5 Walk to Mordor - No 3/5 - Yucky rain! Track Food - Yes! - 1/5 Write/Edit - Yes 2/5 Tweaking my goals a little bit as it was too general for me. I really need the daily feedback of tracking for now. Perhaps someday in the future I might not need it so much. Cold is starting to ease (I hope) and I've got a pretty relaxing weekend planned so I hope it will be on it's way out by Monday at the latest. Got Steve's book on my Kindle and have already started reading it. Yay! 2 Quote level 3 Hobbit - AssassinAlchemist - transforming myself one day at a time."Wit beyond measure is mans greatest treasure." - Ravenclaw Current challenge: River Tackles the BasicsPrevious: #1 : #2#3 Doodlies Weight Loss 16.8%16.8% To Mordor 0%0% Link to comment
Riverleaf Posted January 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Cold has blossomed into a nasty sinus infection. Yay. Ugh. 1/16 - Exercise - No 4/5 Walk to Mordor - No 3/5 Track Food - No 1/5 Write/Edit - Yes 3/5 1/17 - Exercise - No 4/5 Walk to Mordor - No 3/5 Track Food - Yes 2/5 Write/Edit - Yes 4/5 Getting back on track with my writing and editing this weekend which has been great. I'm opting out of the pvp challenge this week, and after a doctor visit on Monday - I hope to be back to establishing basic routines again. 2 Quote level 3 Hobbit - AssassinAlchemist - transforming myself one day at a time."Wit beyond measure is mans greatest treasure." - Ravenclaw Current challenge: River Tackles the BasicsPrevious: #1 : #2#3 Doodlies Weight Loss 16.8%16.8% To Mordor 0%0% Link to comment
Riverleaf Posted January 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 I opted out of this past week for PVP and I think I opted out of everything else too! Lol. I did get some significant Write/Edit done, but that's about it. Food has been bad. Exercise has been nonexistent. Might have to scrap this challenge all together and start fresh next time. I'm feeling good about my progress in other areas of my life, but this just hasn't been a priority for me this month. And I'm okay with that. I know I have some fitness/weight loss goals to accomplish this year, but these aren't doing it for me. I've still got a lingering cough from my cold, and it's been cold and wet here for the past week. Quote level 3 Hobbit - AssassinAlchemist - transforming myself one day at a time."Wit beyond measure is mans greatest treasure." - Ravenclaw Current challenge: River Tackles the BasicsPrevious: #1 : #2#3 Doodlies Weight Loss 16.8%16.8% To Mordor 0%0% Link to comment
Terah Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 It's never to late or to early to respawn and/or change your goals. Even just for the last week <4 Just say the word perkele, and we'll be here dancing you to success 1 Quote Doodlie for life, Pancake by choice Current Challenge Spoiler Challenge 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Challenges 2017: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 Challenges 2018: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, Challenges 2019: 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 Challenges 2020: 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 Link to comment
Riverleaf Posted January 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 It's never to late or to early to respawn and/or change your goals. Even just for the last week <4 Just say the word perkele, and we'll be here dancing you to success You're absolutely right Terah! Time for a PERKELE party! 1 Quote level 3 Hobbit - AssassinAlchemist - transforming myself one day at a time."Wit beyond measure is mans greatest treasure." - Ravenclaw Current challenge: River Tackles the BasicsPrevious: #1 : #2#3 Doodlies Weight Loss 16.8%16.8% To Mordor 0%0% Link to comment
Terah Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Happy respawn day! 1 Quote Doodlie for life, Pancake by choice Current Challenge Spoiler Challenge 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Challenges 2017: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 Challenges 2018: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, Challenges 2019: 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 Challenges 2020: 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 Link to comment
Riverleaf Posted January 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 1/25 - Exercise 10 min - Yes, 20 mins! 1/5 Practice French 10 min - Yes! 1/5 Eat 5 Fruits and Veggies - Yes! 7 today! 1/5 Write/edit 100 words Yes! 1/5 1 Quote level 3 Hobbit - AssassinAlchemist - transforming myself one day at a time."Wit beyond measure is mans greatest treasure." - Ravenclaw Current challenge: River Tackles the BasicsPrevious: #1 : #2#3 Doodlies Weight Loss 16.8%16.8% To Mordor 0%0% Link to comment
Sarah Barr Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Happy respawn! Looks like it's going well so far! 2 Quote Sarah Barr - Level 13 Warhobbit STR 18 | DEX 7 | STA 17 | CON 38 | WIS 28 | CHA 12 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 (Current) Accountabiddlydoodlies Group Current Weight: 106.1kg Recipe Book "I hold... that a man should strive to the uttermost for his life's set prize" - Robert Browning Instagram (Things I have painted or made.) To-Do ListIdiot Jar Limit: £5.00 Current Idiot Jar Total: £0.00 Current Idiot Jar Forfeit: [TBD]. Link to comment
Shello Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Happy Respawn! Finish the challenge strong. 2 Quote Race: Amazonian Ogre Princess | Class: Ranger | Profession: SuperHero | Affiliation: Doodlie and Pancake for Life Respawn Challenge Arcs: 2021 | 2022 I am not saying I am Wonder Woman. I am just saying no one has ever seen me and Wonder Woman together in the same room. Original Spawn Challenges 2014 - 2020: 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, ?? Roadmaps: 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 Starting weight = 290.4 (2014); Current weight = 241.2; Total pounds lost: 49.2 Link to comment
Riverleaf Posted January 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 1/26 - Exercise 10 min - Yes, 20 mins! 2/5 Practice French 10 min - Yes! 2/5 Eat 5 Fruits and Veggies - Yes! 7 today! 2/5 Write/edit 100 words Wrote 100 2/5 2 Quote level 3 Hobbit - AssassinAlchemist - transforming myself one day at a time."Wit beyond measure is mans greatest treasure." - Ravenclaw Current challenge: River Tackles the BasicsPrevious: #1 : #2#3 Doodlies Weight Loss 16.8%16.8% To Mordor 0%0% Link to comment
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