Linsanity Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 I just finished grad school, landed a job, and am now starting to ease myself into adulting and feeling out my new home! In the past, I've always let school (and the stress that comes along with it) get in the way of me bettering myself physically and otherwise. Now that that excuse is gone, I've got nothin' but laziness standing between the me of today and the me of tomorrow. Now I need to muster up some motivation and just do it! GOALS: 1. NO GRAINS Exceptions: Rice. Also, I'll allow myself a beer on the weekends and an occasional lunch out with coworkers during the week 2. EXERCISE 5-6 days per week My plan is to do a combo of strength and running. My goals are to increase my running distance (currently 1.5 miles) and pushup #. I'd love to get back to a 5k by the end of the challenge and 10-15 pushups as well. 3. LOG Everyday - Food+Exercise on here 4. IMPROVE MYSELF Either read or draw or both for 20+ minutes every day I'll post stats Sunday! GOOD LUCK YA'LL!! 3 Quote Ranger | LEVEL 5 | Human ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right." - Henry Ford CHALLENGES Current Challenge Link to comment
deftona Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Enjoy just doing it! Good luck with your challenge 1 Quote If it's not siesta or fiesta, I'm not interested. Profile picture credit : NF's resident super artist - NinjaKitten Link to comment
MichiruSedai Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 Great goals! 1 Quote Level: 15 Race: Human Class: Adventurer (Sailor Senshi/Aes Sedai) STR: 14 DEX: 12 STA: 16 CON: 28 WIS: 26 CHA: 15 (unspent points: 6? challenges worth) Weight Loss Progress (SW 12/5/15 272) Mini-Goal: Get back down to my low 152.2 - SW 6/1/17 170.4 - CW 6/10/17: 166.6 regained the last few months - back on track losing in June My Battle Log|My NF Character Sheet Challenges: 1/16-2/16-3/16-4/16-5/16-6/16-7/16-8/16-9/16-11/16-12/16-1/17-2/17- Link to comment
PettyMort Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 Awesome goals that are kind of similar to my own! Hooray! *following for extra oomph* 1 Quote Level 1 Dwarven Ranger STR 0 | DEX 0 | CON | STA 0 | WIS 0 |CHA 0 Battlelog | NF Character Sheet Template 2.0 (stats system) | NF Character Sheet Template v3.0 (XP system) (File > Make a Copy), enter your own details, track everything in one place. Please PM me if you have any questions or ideas. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. - Arthur C Clarke Link to comment
Linsanity Posted June 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 So fun discovery - I'm less fit than I thought! Haha good thing I'm gonna change that! For today's workout I did some pushups and could only do 3 consecutively. I thought I could do at least 5, but guess not! Also, my run was more of a slow jog with walking breaks. So here's to changing that! TODAY'S WORKOUT Jogged a total of 16 minutes. There was plenty of walking in between, but I stopped my watch during that time. Interval Circuit: 15 squats 15 situps 15 pushups x3 FOOD Breakfast - Eggs, salsa & avocado 1/2 Lunch - Eggs, avocado 1/2, and sweet potato hash + apple Dinner - Frittata Snack - almonds Wow, i ate a lot of eggs today! Oddly enough I'm not tired of them! Reading goal check! Read a chapter from Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking. I highly recommend it to introverts who geek-out on personality stuff like myself! It's SUPER good! STARTING MEASUREMENTS These are higher than my starting measurements from previous challenges - which were over a year ago. Guess I got extra inches to lose this time around Biscep: 13" Chest: 40.25" Hips: 42" Waist: 35.25" Butt: 42.75" Thigh: 25.75" Calf: 15.5" Day 1 has been a success so bring on day 2! 1 Quote Ranger | LEVEL 5 | Human ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right." - Henry Ford CHALLENGES Current Challenge Link to comment
Linsanity Posted June 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 TODAY'S WORKOUT Jogged a total of 17 minutes and didn't start walking until after 12 minutes. Makin' progress! Total (jogging & walking) I went 2.8 miles. Slow and steady! Interval Circuit 10 Backward lunges followed with single arm press (both legs) 10 Hollow Rocks 10 Single leg deadlifts 10 burpees x3 FOOD Breakfast - Eggs, salsa & avocado 1/2 Lunch - Burrito bowl (black beans, corn, rice, spinach, salsa, avocado 1/2, chipotle sauce) Dinner - Frittata & apple Snacks - Mixed nuts My food log for the rest of the week should be exactly the same as today's since I batched cooked lunch and dinner last night. Hopefully, it'll stay this boring and ice cream and other horrible things won't show up on the log! Also, drew for 30 minutes today so all goals are complete! 1 Quote Ranger | LEVEL 5 | Human ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right." - Henry Ford CHALLENGES Current Challenge Link to comment
Linsanity Posted June 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 Read for 20 minutes today. WORKOUT Rest Day FOOD Breakfast - Eggs, salsa & avocado 1/2 Lunch - Burrito bowl Dinner - Frittata & apple Snacks - Mixed nuts, cookies & ice cream - FAIL Had a stressful day at work and then was craving sweets so I binged on cookies and ice cream This has been my problem area for a while now - binging. Any advice on how to deal with it? I'm thinking about trying to make biking or walking my go to anecdote because I think doing something outside (or i guess really anything that doesn't require staring at a computer screen, which is what I do at work all day) Running I don't enjoy so much yet so it wouldn't work. . . I'm certified as a LEED Green Associate and so to keep it, I have to earn 15 credits of courses every two years. I have a year left, and have only gotten one credit. Procrastinator much? YES. To punish myself for diet screw ups like this this challenge, I'll make myself earn one additional credit. To earn a credit you have to read a bunch of info on a topic and then take a test on it. I don't enjoy studying and taking tests, but need to get it done so I think it might make a useful punishment. Thoughts? 1 Quote Ranger | LEVEL 5 | Human ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right." - Henry Ford CHALLENGES Current Challenge Link to comment
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