Elennare Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Awesome job. Knowing when to keep pushing yourself, and when you just need a break, and then doing whichever is appropriate is fantastic. Also, your character sheet is awesome. I still need to work on mine. 2 Quote Wood Elf Waywatcher Mandalorian (Assassin/Ranger hybrid) Link to comment
annyshay Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Love how your mind is so strong you can just will the day to be kickass! Then again, you are an awesome person. I should probably use my strong mind for good more often than evil then... Love your origin story for your character! Also I just read about you in the LUYL book and I got excited and showed my husband while shouting "I've talked to her before!" We're even internet friends!!! Very smart with the yoga block shrimp squats. And double yeah on the pike! Also woke to some lovely artificial sun this morning .Now off to read your character thread...Thanks. Mmmmmm fake light. Hah! I want to try eating with my bad hand. That sounds like a great experiment. Much awesomeness continues. Loveee all the hiking destinations on your epic list! Right? Hike all the things! Maybe I'll move my gymnastic wish list over soon. I have a long way to catch up with you. Love your character. The Quests give me some good ideas!Thanks! More coming, undoubtedly. Awesome job. Knowing when to keep pushing yourself, and when you just need a break, and then doing whichever is appropriate is fantastic. Also, your character sheet is awesome. I still need to work on mine.Thanks, lady! Truthfully, most of mine was pre-written and just organized. There will be tweaks to come, I imagine. 2 Quote Love as thou wilt. Link to comment
annyshay Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Day 14 Nourishing Eating - screen for dinner (delivery food while skyping with my Mom) Eating the Moment #5 - practiced eating bite by bite again, see the seven steps per bite that I posted before. Easier this time around, methinks. Nourishing Movement - IS2w3d5 - Strength & Endurance Supersets Warm UpSuperset #1Inverted Press (weight to front)Push UpsRest 2 minutesSuperset #2Hollow Body Series (face up, side, face down, side) 30 seconds per positionHalfway Bridge (still sooooo excited)Rest for 2 minutesRepeat the whole thing thriceJump Rope - 1 minute on, 1 off x3 ALL smooth and solid. Booyah. Nourishing Sleep - fake sunrise and 30 minutes of light in AM, screens off at 8pm, woooooooo! Keeping Track - of all my winz 3 Quote Love as thou wilt. Link to comment
annyshay Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Week 2 - WEEKLY WRAP UPGoal The First = Nourishing Eating5 experiments from Eating the Moment per week - 5/5No screens while eating - 18/21 (not counting work escapades)Goal the Second = Nourishing MovementGMB Integral Strength for the second time - 4/4Lindy HopGoal the Third = Nourishing Sleep30 minutes of light in AM - 7/7electronics off at 8:00 - 4/7Life Goal = Keeping Track"Red Book" - 7/7weekly review of my life - 1/1see supplemental post re: Happiness PVP experiments LESSONS LEARNEDDoctor’s lounge is an eating trigger... stillstressed = dessertsIt is hard to turn off screens when you are still doing doctorly paperworkI basically only eat in front of screens now to hang with people, which is not a huge problemFake Sunrise Light is awesome!I'm Nerd Famous Streamlined a little bit this week. Less fluff. More awesome! Still... I hear more work coming... 5 Quote Love as thou wilt. Link to comment
Mad Hatter Posted January 19, 2016 Report Share Posted January 19, 2016 Brilliant job of keeping up with your goals! I'm impressed. 1 Quote Link to comment
annyshay Posted January 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 Brilliant job of keeping up with your goals! I'm impressed.Thanks. I sure do try... Quote Love as thou wilt. Link to comment
annyshay Posted January 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 Day 15 Nourishing Eating - no screens, cookies *shakes fist* Nourishing Movement - IS2w4d1 - Strength and Power Circuits Warm UpThree of these with 2 minutes of rest between circuits...Broad JumpsShrimp Squat to Flat Yoga BlockChin Ups (Jump, Hold, Negative)Tuck L-sit (this is happening for seconds now... what?)All smooth & solid Jogging in place - 1 minute on, 1 minute off x3 Nourishing Sleep - light in the morning, screens off at night, all the yummy sleepz Keeping Track - yup yup 3 Quote Love as thou wilt. Link to comment
Mr_Willes Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 How did you get started on those l-sits, i just... can't. And i don't know how to work it... 2 Quote ... a little odd in the head ... Link to comment
Lara Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 You're so inspiring, darling! Keep up! Quote Link to comment
Elastigirl Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Glad your light came. Fake sunshine is nice. Way to go on rocking this challenge 2 Quote Wisdom 22.5 Dexterity 13 Charisma 15 Strength 21 Constitution-13 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind' Luke 10; 27 Link to comment
Mrs Van Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Day 15 Nourishing Eating - no screens, cookies *shakes fist* Nourishing Movement - IS2w4d1 - Strength and Power Circuits Warm UpThree of these with 2 minutes of rest between circuits...Broad JumpsShrimp Squat to Flat Yoga BlockChin Ups (Jump, Hold, Negative)Tuck L-sit (this is happening for seconds now... what?)All smooth & solid Jogging in place - 1 minute on, 1 minute off x3 Nourishing Sleep - light in the morning, screens off at night, all the yummy sleepz Keeping Track - yup yupI fell behind on some of your awesomeness, but you have been kicking butt and taking names! Crunch the cookies in the shaking fist, then you can't eat them All smooth and solid and jogging! Wow! 1 Quote Mrs. Van's Latest Challenge Zechariah 4:6 "Not by might, nor by power, but by My spirit, saith the Lord." Link to comment
annyshay Posted January 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 How did you get started on those l-sits, i just... can't. And i don't know how to work it...Get in to a tuck L-sit position. Keep your toes on the floor. Hold for time and make it pretty. You're so inspiring, darling! Keep up! Glad your light came. Fake sunshine is nice. Way to go on rocking this challengeThanks! I fell behind on some of your awesomeness, but you have been kicking butt and taking names! Crunch the cookies in the shaking fist, then you can't eat them All smooth and solid and jogging! Wow! Excellent idea. 2 Quote Love as thou wilt. Link to comment
annyshay Posted January 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Way behind on updating means... massive update of massiveness! Day 16-19 Nourishing Eating - no screens, good choices other than sweets... mmmm, I smell a goal for upcoming challenges Eating the Moment #1 - mindful of first bite practice, and repeating it a few times during the meal Eating the Moment #2 - put down my utensils between each bite = hard!!! I did more, but can't remember. Boo. Nourishing Movement - on track here! Crazy spoiler of INTEGRAL STRENGTH below. IS2w4d2 - Strength & Endurance SupersetsWarm UpInverted Press (weight to front), then regular push up. 2 minute rest.Hollow body series then Halfway Bridge. Two minutes rest.Repeat thrice. All smooth and solid. Jump Rope - 1 minute on, 1 off, x3IS2w4d3 - LINDY HOP CLASS IS2w4d4 - Strength & Power CircuitsWarm UpBroad JumpShrimp Squat to Yoga BlockChin Up (Jump, Hold, Negative)Tuck L-sitAll smooth and solid, thrice again.Jogging - 1 minute on, 1 off, x3Awesome Nourishing Sleep - perfect, I love this quest Keeping Track - uh, I think I get docked 2 points... 5 Quote Love as thou wilt. Link to comment
Lara Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Smooth and solid! Smooth and solid! Yay!Impatiently waiting for the relaxed and snappy!!!! Great work! 3 Quote Link to comment
annyshay Posted January 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Day 20 Nourishing Eating - no screens, lots of home cooked deliciousness (paleo Bigos and fudge...mmmmm) Nourishing Movement - IS2w4d5 - Strength and Endurance Supersets - killed it. Again. Exactly like last time - all smooth and solid. Rawr. Nourishing Sleep - light in the morning, no screens in the evening, all the zzzzzzs Keeping Track - back on track 6 Quote Love as thou wilt. Link to comment
Lightning Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 You are doing fantastic!!! Love those shrimp squats with yoga block. I'm filing that away as a 'must be awesome like Annyshay'. I have a lot in that file. 2 Quote Level 23 Assassin Current Challenge "Nothing is true; everything is permitted" Link to comment
Chris-Tien Jinn Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Just in awe .... 1 Quote Level 63 Human ... Oath of Ancients Paladin "We are better than we know, if we can be made to see it, [then] for the rest of our lives, we'll be unwilling to settle for less." - Kurt Hahn STR: 14 | DEX: 14| CON: 17 | INT: 17 | WIS: 17 | CHA: 14 Link to comment
raptron Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 All the great smooth and solidness! Loveeee it. Plus all the eating experimentations. Quote Raptron, alot assassin 67 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Just catching up and being soooooooo in awe I really struggled with my routines over the last two weeks and my schedule is way less hectic than yours, yet here I sit watching you rock ALL your epic goals!! It simply shows me it CAN be done and that is so good to read right now. Oh, and big, big w00ts on your shrimp squats and L-tuck-sits btw and all the rope jumping and running and all. Wow, just wow Thanks for being awesome Annyshay and so inspiring 1 Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
annyshay Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Challenge Wrap Up What?! I miss my 6 week challenges, but change is inevitable. Sorry guys. Work, it was crazy. As much as I just want to say I screwed everything up. You're right. I'm awesome. I did not screw everything up. I prioritized and did what I could. My willpower was all spent on work stuff, so I ate like an a$$hole, but that doesn't mean I didn't learn and progress. So... wrap up. Nourishing Eating - 75% I used and shared many experiments from Eating the Moment. This last week I probably employed them 3/5 times, so I'm giving myself a round 75%. I've learned lots of useful techniques for eating more mindfully. My favorites are taking meals bite by bite and only having one bite of a tempting sweet. I plan to continue using these in the next challenge as I tackle my nemesis... THE SUGAR DRAGON!!! Nourishing Movement - 100% Technically I missed one active rest day. But otherwise, I have stuck to Integral Strength purrrrrfectly. So. I'm awesome! I've done almost all my workouts and they've been pretty much all smooth and solid... so I'm not going to post them. You trust me, yes? Yes! Nourishing Sleep - 82% I missed the screens off deadline a few times this week and twice earlier in the challenge. This week were related to working forever... but I also spent time past 8pm on electronics to "unwind" which is less than ideal. Still... much better sleep habits at night. Having a hard time getting up in the morning despite my new fancy light. This is likely related to overwhelming work stress of doom. Keeping Track - ungraded? Probably my weakest link... but I have systems going that let me keep track and back fill most of my data. I also completed 2 weeks of data collection for my experiential happiness PVP, but I have yet to summarize and post the results. So, stay tuned. Challenge Total - B Level Up! DING!! 3 Quote Love as thou wilt. Link to comment
Lara Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 I think you did awesome! Your job is a very stressful one and yet you manage yourself greatly. Because 75%-100%-82% are excellent results Where is your next challenge, where? 1 Quote Link to comment
SymphonicDan Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 You entire challenge was pretty much "smooth and solid" well done, especially with everything else going on! And I'm excited to see the results of your EH experiment, I just need to write up my conclusions too... 2 Quote Level 25 Cyborg Assassin [ STR 36.75 | DEX 26.00 | STA 28.00 | CON 31.25 | WIS 29.25 | CHA 24.50 ] current 5-week challenge: March 2020 external websites with my resources for... fitness & breathwork | mental math & mind sports | motivation & productivity Link to comment
Lightning Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Fantastic and inspiring as..well...always! I will be with you on taming the Sugar Dragon next challenge. Looking forward to another smooth and solid challenge! Quote Level 23 Assassin Current Challenge "Nothing is true; everything is permitted" Link to comment
annyshay Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 I think you did awesome! Your job is a very stressful one and yet you manage yourself greatly. Because 75%-100%-82% are excellent results Where is your next challenge, where? HERE! You entire challenge was pretty much "smooth and solid" well done, especially with everything else going on! And I'm excited to see the results of your EH experiment, I just need to write up my conclusions too...They're up in the thread now... Over here. Fantastic and inspiring as..well...always! I will be with you on taming the Sugar Dragon next challenge. Looking forward to another smooth and solid challenge!Aw, shucks. Even if things don't always feel smooth and solid, we're making progress every time we try, right? On to victory!!! 3 Quote Love as thou wilt. Link to comment
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