MrsFeanor Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Starting Measurements: Weight: 135.4 lbs Fat %: 30 Bust: Waist: Hips: Squat: 66 lbs OHP: 31 lbs Bench: 30 lbs Deadlift: 110 lbs ---- Quest #1: Trains to face the Red Bull Being brave enough to face the Red Bull will require an extraordinary measure of strength. Continue SS Programming 3x per week +3 STR Quest #2: Escapes from Mommy Fortuna Escaping from the Midnight Carnival requires dexterity of movement to sneak away from Fortuna and the Harpy. Foam Rolling 3x per week (training off days) +2 DEX Quest #3: Eats a taco Gaining strength and dexterity requires getting enough fuel in the tank. I am not looking to hit numbers for this challenge, because I think that would set me up to fail. Just to get in the habit of tracking. Once I have data for the month, I will look at adjusting my diet to hit the numbers. Track protein & calorie intakes 6x per week +2 CON LUYL #1: Travels on and on It’s a long journey to find the other unicorns, and that requires a plan. This quest is aimed at getting me to consistently plan out my days, so I’m not just floating through my days without know what I’m supposed to be doing. Bullet Journal 5x per week +1 WIS LUYL #2: Sparkles and shines A small habit to get shiny. Shine Your Sink 7x per week +1 STA LUYL #3: Talks to the butterfly I need to actually practice the lessons my coach is giving me. This is a target to build space into my schedule for that. Vocal Practice 3x per week (training off days) +1 CHA 1 Quote Level 4 Halfling Warrior | STR 9.5 | DEX 0 | STA 4.2 | CON 6.68 | WIS 6.9 | CHA 4.3 | Current Challenge -- Get obsessed with consistency in the actions that feed the goal. Getting obsessed with the goal won't work and neither does having moderate goals. It's like thinking about laying down perfect brick after perfect brick rather than going nuts over when you'll see a building emerge. -- Amir Siddiqui Quoted in JC Deen's Staying Leaner Longer Twitter | Instagram | DeviantArt Link to comment
erosan Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 UNICORN POWER!!! http://pbfcomics.com/103/ 1 Quote "Unfocused" Wizard // Rationalist of the order of Bayes Lvl 5 Assassin. Lvl 33 Jack of all trades. 7 STR|6 DEX|7 STA|7 CON|16 WIS|8 CHA Current challenge Wizard in the making: ero san's continuing road of magic My drawings Sketchbook, Other afiliations The Loft Link to comment
RedStone Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Unicorrrrrnnnnnn <3 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
starpuck Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Omg. One of my favorites as a kid. And also ... if I think back and reflect now, what set me up to love anime in general. So many feels in The Last Unicorn! Great goals you have here. I really like the plan of attack. Following along for greatness! 1 Quote Level 82 ~*~ Ranger Deviant Art Gallery || YouTube Channel Current Challenge "It is difficult. All things worth keeping are." Thane Krios - Mass Effect 2 "Maybe it's not as simple as you imagined, Seeker." Varric Tethras Dragon Age 2 "Staying within your limits is no fun, Ryder." Vetra Nyx - ME: Andromeda Spoiler ::PAST 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 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 43 | 44 | NEIN | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48| 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 77.5 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 Link to comment
Emerald_Dragonfly Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Here for the strong, beautiful creature of strength. Plus the unicorn. ;-) 1 Quote ~Emerald_Dragonfly Level 13 Warrior Link to comment
SpecialSundae Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Excellent challenge! Wonderful to know someone else has a singing challenge too. 1 Quote Link to comment
Luciana Valerosa Culming Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Oh, wow. I loved that movie. 1 Quote level 12 Hobbit Monk (respawned September 2016) STR 4 | DEX 15 | CON 16 | STA 15 | WIS 33 | CHA 24 | Halfling | Newbie | Fencer and Bookworm Introduction | Character | Daily Battle Log | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | # | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | #### | 17 | Current Challenge Spoiler I'm exercising, because I want to get my stamina and strength. I enjoy medieevil swordmanship, Tai Chi, yoga, aikido and fire spinning. I'm also a roleplaying nerd and a book worm. Let's fight the procrastination dragon! Link to comment
erosan Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 I guess you are the right girl to ask about this, but is there any resource you'd recommend to start learning to use watercolors? and how do I chose a set of them/beginner brushes and things? I seriouly doubt the classic kid sets are any good... Quote "Unfocused" Wizard // Rationalist of the order of Bayes Lvl 5 Assassin. Lvl 33 Jack of all trades. 7 STR|6 DEX|7 STA|7 CON|16 WIS|8 CHA Current challenge Wizard in the making: ero san's continuing road of magic My drawings Sketchbook, Other afiliations The Loft Link to comment
Hermione Gainser Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Ahh! The Last Unicorn! I loves it! Great goals! Quote "I'm just going to remember to not eat like an asshole most of the time" - MoC three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: one must squat.- Brobert Frost Half-Elf Warrior | Current Challenge New Battle Log | Old Battle Log Special thanks to AkLulu for drawing my awesome avatar! Link to comment
MrsFeanor Posted May 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 13 minutes ago, erosan said: I guess you are the right girl to ask about this, but is there any resource you'd recommend to start learning to use watercolors? and how do I chose a set of them/beginner brushes and things? I seriouly doubt the classic kid sets are any good... I'm just getting started myself. A friend of mine who helped me get started with this, and sells her art for a living uses Artist's Loft watercolors from Michael's. They're really inexpensive for getting started & experimenting to find out if you like watercolors. So when I started, I picked up a set of those and some of their brushes. I'd like to try their watercolor paper as well, but haven't gotten around to it. As far learning, hit up youtube, and search for "how to watercolor ____ " (insert the subject you're interested in there). You should find a lot of different ways & styles, then follow the artists/channels whose style you love. For getting started, I'd really recommend a channel called "The Mind of Watercolor": Hope this helps! 2 Quote Level 4 Halfling Warrior | STR 9.5 | DEX 0 | STA 4.2 | CON 6.68 | WIS 6.9 | CHA 4.3 | Current Challenge -- Get obsessed with consistency in the actions that feed the goal. Getting obsessed with the goal won't work and neither does having moderate goals. It's like thinking about laying down perfect brick after perfect brick rather than going nuts over when you'll see a building emerge. -- Amir Siddiqui Quoted in JC Deen's Staying Leaner Longer Twitter | Instagram | DeviantArt Link to comment
MrsFeanor Posted May 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 So I totally forgot that the challenge started on the 8th. So, here we are... Thursday of W1. Recap flashback W1: Quest #1: 1/3 - Work sets 63lbs*3*5 last night, mostly just to get moving again after damn allergies knocked me for a loop last week. Why do all the trees have to bloom at the same time? Quest #2: 0/3 Quest #3: 4/7 - Learning some things from the data, mostly that I eat too much sweets & fats & not enough protein LUYL #1: 4/7 - Helps when I do it, doesn't when I don't. Funny thing, that. LUYL #2: 0/7 - Need to stop using my allergies an excuse to not do this. My family needs me to stay on top of this so we have enough dishes to cook with. LUYL #3: 1/3 - Lesson on Tuesday, good stuff. Taking it a bit easy on my voice while my allergies balance themselves out. Quote Level 4 Halfling Warrior | STR 9.5 | DEX 0 | STA 4.2 | CON 6.68 | WIS 6.9 | CHA 4.3 | Current Challenge -- Get obsessed with consistency in the actions that feed the goal. Getting obsessed with the goal won't work and neither does having moderate goals. It's like thinking about laying down perfect brick after perfect brick rather than going nuts over when you'll see a building emerge. -- Amir Siddiqui Quoted in JC Deen's Staying Leaner Longer Twitter | Instagram | DeviantArt Link to comment
MrsFeanor Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Week 1 Recap, because I've been terrible about posting. Challenge started really rough, thanks to allergies, but I think week 2 is going much better. Quest #1 - Train to face the Red Bull: 1/3 Missed one because of allergies, skipped the second one to let the kids stay up late to watch Inside Out which we got for Eldest Daughter for her 5th birthday. (My favorite character) Quest #2 - Escape from Mommy Fortuna: 1/3 Not a total fail, but need to get better. My hip flexors will thank me, after complaining loudly. Quest #3 - Eat a taco: 6/7 Tracking is going really well, getting some good data about adjustments to make to my diet. Namely, more protein and less fat. LUYL #1 - Travel on: 4/5 Hitting my days, but also doing it in the morning instead of at night. It would probably help to do this at night to get a better jump on my day. LUYL #2 - Sparkle & Shine: ?/7 - Not sure, I'm pretty sure I hit a couple days last week, but I didn't track it More tracking/might adjust this goal. Hubby and I realized that we were falling into patterns of expectations that don't match what we're good at, so we're switching who does the bulk of the inside & outside work. Which means I've spent my sink time clearing blackberries out of the yard. I think that should count for something... LUYL #3 - Talk to the butterfly: 1/3 Didn't do anything aside from the lesson. Have to figure out how/when to make time for practice. Has to be after the kids are in bed, otherwise I have to fight for the piano. Averages out to about 50%, so I'll need to pick up the pace in week 2. Quote Level 4 Halfling Warrior | STR 9.5 | DEX 0 | STA 4.2 | CON 6.68 | WIS 6.9 | CHA 4.3 | Current Challenge -- Get obsessed with consistency in the actions that feed the goal. Getting obsessed with the goal won't work and neither does having moderate goals. It's like thinking about laying down perfect brick after perfect brick rather than going nuts over when you'll see a building emerge. -- Amir Siddiqui Quoted in JC Deen's Staying Leaner Longer Twitter | Instagram | DeviantArt Link to comment
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