Jord Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Challenge is gonna look something like this, details in the second comment below. Eat your damn vegetables already Stop eating all the calories Find balance between strength, cardio, and mobility Get shit done So I don't turn into this: 3 Quote Jǫrð, Delvian Nomad - Level 12 { Battle Log } Link to comment
Jord Posted March 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Saving this spot for the deets, work in progress 1. Eat your damn vegetables already Goal is to eat 2.5 cups of vegetables per day. Last challenge was to eat 1 cup at two meals per day, 2 cups total. When I focused on it, it was pretty easy. This flagged a bit on weekends and the last week of the challenge. I was going to aim for 3 cups, but lets do 2.5 cups to be more realistic. This is the opposite of whatever the Night's Watch would eat on the Wall. If I'm eat a restaurant I should think to myself, "What wouldn't Sam eat?" and order that. 2. Stop Eating all the Calories This is going to take a 3 part effort on my part.A) Track my food honestly. I.E. If I eat 2 tb of peanut butter, write down 2 tb of peanut butter, not 1 tb and hope for the best and cross my fingers that my body doesn't know the difference. B ) When feasible, put food in my tracker before I put it in my mouth. This is really important at restaurants and friends/family gatherings where food is in abundance. C) Eat under 1800 calories on a normal day, Eat under 2000 calories on a workout day. It's a small margin, but this goes back to being as honest as humanly possible. I'm not a calorie computing machine, but I can try my best. Every time I am over 2000 calories I have to pay $15 on my credit card, this comes from my weekly spending money. !!!! 3. Find the Balance, Lift & Stuff ...compounding goals from last two challenges Lift things (Feb Challenge). Continue workout 4x week, minimum 4 lifts per workout with 2 being primary lifts (Squat, Deads, OHP, Bench, Row). Glutes/abs (March Challenge), I need to really be doing these 2x week. I'm going to switch to doing these on my non-gym days @ home. Plus if I get used to doing these at home I won't forget to do them. Instead of saying to myself at the end of a gym session "I'll do these tomorrow at home" and then forgetting, I'll actually do them. Cardio, UGH. (NEW) I really wouldn't care about this except for health reasons. When I'm at the gym, do 30-40 minutes of cardio. I typically do 10 min as a warm up, 20-25 min after lifting. Be more flexible than Samwell Tarly. (NEW) End every gym or glute/ab session with 5-10 minutes of stretches. This must include hamstring, calf, ankle, my trouble spots. That seems like a lot, but it's just putting in writing what I've basically already been doing and defining it more clearly. The things I've been slacking on: Only doing glutes/abs 1x week and I have been shortening my cardio lately. 4. Get Shit Done Same as last challenge. Write down 3 work goals at the start of the day, things I've been putting off. Do the work goals!!!! I also need to plan my garden, but that's probably going to need to happen regardless... 2 Quote Jǫrð, Delvian Nomad - Level 12 { Battle Log } Link to comment
Emerald_Dragonfly Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 3 Quote ~Emerald_Dragonfly Level 13 Warrior Link to comment
RedStone Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 20 minutes ago, fitjulia said: Saving this spot for the deets Brilliant! wish I had thought of that Following obvs 1 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
SevenofSeven Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Seems this is the place to be for GOT and awesome motivational posts! 1 Quote Wait! What............? Link to comment
BarbarianBassBro Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Solid goals, pretty similar to mine. I´ll take a closer look *following* 1 Quote I´m a bass player, what´s your superpower? "Small you are? Lift you must!" Master Broda, at the Dagobrah warrior bootcamp to his apprentice Luke Skylifter "Let not the gains of your heart diminish the gains from your mind for the path of iron is long and full of hardship" Book of Liftviticus ch23, v13 Success starts where excuses end! \m/ Be awesome!!! \m/ My DailyBattleLog: \m/ Commitment on being awesome \m/ My Current Challenge: Click me!!! Link to comment
elvenengineer Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 I should do a vegetable goal..... you and Emerald with your vegetable shenanigans. I did a 'fruit or vegetable with every meal' challenge, and it was pretty successful. 2 Quote Goal: Deadlift a (Female) Wookie (100 kg): 65.8% Link to comment
stepping_out Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Stalking your vegetables. 1 Quote Link to comment
Jord Posted March 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Today is peas and onions, in some homemade indian food. I know peas are a legume, but I give them a pass to be included in my veggies. 3 Quote Jǫrð, Delvian Nomad - Level 12 { Battle Log } Link to comment
Jord Posted March 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 2 hours ago, ~RedStone~ said: Brilliant! wish I had thought of that Following obvs Goals 1 & 2 are up in reply #2. The other two I'll write up tomorrow. 1 Quote Jǫrð, Delvian Nomad - Level 12 { Battle Log } Link to comment
Jord Posted March 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 1 hour ago, elvenengineer said: I should do a vegetable goal..... you and Emerald with your vegetable shenanigans. I did a 'fruit or vegetable with every meal' challenge, and it was pretty successful. 1 hour ago, evabo said: Stalking your vegetables. 5 Quote Jǫrð, Delvian Nomad - Level 12 { Battle Log } Link to comment
elvenengineer Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 22 minutes ago, fitjulia said: Today is peas and onions, in some homemade indian food. I know peas are a legume, but I give them a pass to be included in my veggies. +1 If I do a veggie thing again, I'm totally counting legumes. Also 6 minutes ago, fitjulia said: That is hilarious Quote Goal: Deadlift a (Female) Wookie (100 kg): 65.8% Link to comment
Jord Posted March 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 1 minute ago, elvenengineer said: +1 If I do a veggie thing again, I'm totally counting legumes. Also That is hilarious The dietitian is asking me to replace some of my meat protein with vegetarian protein because reasons, so legume consumption is going to have to go up. Might need a legume challenge in May. I can hear the bean jokes now. 4 Quote Jǫrð, Delvian Nomad - Level 12 { Battle Log } Link to comment
AugustaAdaByron Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Following... That is something I should do as well... (And also learn how to type under the quote. Sometimes, like now, I just can't get it to work...) 8 hours ago, fitjulia said: B ) When feasible, put food in my tracker before I put it in my mouth. This is really important at restaurants and friends/family gatherings where food is in abundance. Quote Level "I have no clue" Warrior Current challenge Battle log Link to comment
Rookiebeotch Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Hi, I'm here. Those trying to get protein from veggies might be called health-conscious, but I like to call them fart-lovers. 4 Quote Current Challenge March 2016 Second Challenge First challenge, Battle Log Link to comment
BarbarianBassBro Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 6 hours ago, Rookiebeotch said: Hi, I'm here. Those trying to get protein from veggies might be called health-conscious, but I like to call them fart-lovers. Or gladiators. They used to eat all of them in those days instead of meat. Well, they didn´t have that Spartacus-KingLeonidas-CokeLightMan-look we love, they we´re more muscular-fat. Belly-fat protects from too deep cuts, you know... 2 Quote I´m a bass player, what´s your superpower? "Small you are? Lift you must!" Master Broda, at the Dagobrah warrior bootcamp to his apprentice Luke Skylifter "Let not the gains of your heart diminish the gains from your mind for the path of iron is long and full of hardship" Book of Liftviticus ch23, v13 Success starts where excuses end! \m/ Be awesome!!! \m/ My DailyBattleLog: \m/ Commitment on being awesome \m/ My Current Challenge: Click me!!! Link to comment
Jord Posted March 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 13 hours ago, Rookiebeotch said: Those trying to get protein from veggies might be called health-conscious, but I like to call them fart-lovers. Speaking of this. TMI. One of my doctors has basically prescribed me a colon cleanse. So workouts this week are going to be minimal. I'm not allowed to eat on Friday and Saturday. So I'm unsure of my workouts on Friday/Sunday. I'm going to aim for 3 workouts instead of the usual 4. I missed my workout yesterday due to said colon reasons. My plan is today (Wednesday 1), Thursday 2, and Sunday 3 for workouts. I may not have the energy on Sunday. Also, I have to work late today and tomorrow. Basically zero week is gonna be the week in which I zero out my gut? Spoiler 4 Quote Jǫrð, Delvian Nomad - Level 12 { Battle Log } Link to comment
Granny Nogg Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Following! Colon cleanse. Urm, best of luck? sent from my tiny particle accelerator Quote Granny Nogg - Level 10 Warrior Battle Log| Challenge 8 |Challenge 9 | Challenge 10| My Job | My Epic Quest | Instagram "Those are not my monkeys." Link to comment
Jord Posted March 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 4 minutes ago, Granny Nogg said: Colon cleanse. Urm, best of luck? Spoiler It's the colonoscopy prep without the colonoscopy part. His words "you get the worst part and it doesn't end in getting the good sedation drugs". In February I had (to me) sudden onset of constipation. He wants to see if this corrects it. If it doesn't that I get the fun invasive tests. Quote Jǫrð, Delvian Nomad - Level 12 { Battle Log } Link to comment
Jord Posted March 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Lift goals are now added in reply #2. 1 Quote Jǫrð, Delvian Nomad - Level 12 { Battle Log } Link to comment
Granny Nogg Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Spoiler It's the colonoscopy prep without the colonoscopy part. His words "you get the worst part and it doesn't end in getting the good sedation drugs". In February I had (to me) sudden onset of constipation. He wants to see if this corrects it. If it doesn't that I get the fun invasive tests. Oh man. THAT colon cleanse??? Honey, you have all my sympathy. I turned 50 last summer so had my first ever colonoscopy. It wasn't horrid but the next day I just slept all day. From then on, I was like, "bring on the fiber, baybay!" I hope this helps correct the issue for you! sent from my tiny particle accelerator 1 Quote Granny Nogg - Level 10 Warrior Battle Log| Challenge 8 |Challenge 9 | Challenge 10| My Job | My Epic Quest | Instagram "Those are not my monkeys." Link to comment
Jord Posted March 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 At least I get to accomplish my March goal of "giving up the gut", which I developed in February. Quote Jǫrð, Delvian Nomad - Level 12 { Battle Log } Link to comment
elvenengineer Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Sounds..... terrible. I hope it fixes the issues so you don't have to do it more than once! Quote Goal: Deadlift a (Female) Wookie (100 kg): 65.8% Link to comment
Broba Fett Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 On 3/29/2016 at 8:21 AM, fitjulia said: Every time I am over 2000 calories I have to pay $15 on my credit card, this comes from my weekly spending money. !!!! Love that idea. Either way you're bettering your life. I'll be following along. 1 Quote Spoiler Currently... Playing (Video Game): RDR2 DMing: Tyranny of Dragons. First session 11/29. Broba Fett tracks em down. Facebook (Personal) Facebook (Author Page) Past Challenges: 13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Link to comment
Emerald_Dragonfly Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 It may not be so bad. My husband said that he was disappointed. He thought the...erm...fireworks would be more exciting. 1 Quote ~Emerald_Dragonfly Level 13 Warrior Link to comment
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