Introducing myself to the group

[love2the9s]

Hello everyone,

I have been an on again, off again fitness person for the last few years (ok, 10 years). Hoping to stay on from now on. I joined the Academy this morning and am still going through the mindset quests. I am here because I don't have a community where I can share my goals and progress/seek support/offer support/etc.

My goals are to continue to get stronger (I have been doing strong lifts but just shifted down to core workouts (squat/rows/deadlift/presses) at lower weights/more sets/reps; to lose weight - my diet is not 90% clean, so hoping to do that to help lose about 50 lbs.

I want to start feeling proud of how I look and to feel strong. Lose the belly, get more flexible. But I am starting with diet. I let my "cheat" days get the best of me and they turn into weeks. I have no more junk in the house (well gummy bears). And I have made a plan to pre-plan and pack meals for the next month, sort of an advanced tracking.

Thanks for reading!

[Tialoredron]

Welcome to the Rebellion!

 

I am not personally a member of the Academy, but I believe they have a facebook account you can join.  This is a separate entity but of course is all under the umbrella of Nerd Fitness.

 

Most of the community works on building good habits and destroying bad ones by developing goals for a 4-week challenge.  We have just started the first week of the current challenge and its a great way to get the accountability you want. It's recommended to do your first challenge with the Rebels over here; and Spezzy has made this super-awesome walkthrough to set up your challenge if you are so inclined.

 

There are plenty of other avenues to be involved in an accountability groups; please ask any questions you have and reach out to Guild Leaders/Ambassadors if you have any Guild specific questions (I'm sure they won't mind general questions either come to think of it).

[SkyGirl]

On 8/14/2017 at 3:36 PM, love2the9s said:

Hello everyone,

I have been an on again, off again fitness person for the last few years (ok, 10 years). Hoping to stay on from now on. I joined the Academy this morning and am still going through the mindset quests. I am here because I don't have a community where I can share my goals and progress/seek support/offer support/etc.

My goals are to continue to get stronger (I have been doing strong lifts but just shifted down to core workouts (squat/rows/deadlift/presses) at lower weights/more sets/reps; to lose weight - my diet is not 90% clean, so hoping to do that to help lose about 50 lbs.

I want to start feeling proud of how I look and to feel strong. Lose the belly, get more flexible. But I am starting with diet. I let my "cheat" days get the best of me and they turn into weeks. I have no more junk in the house (well gummy bears). And I have made a plan to pre-plan and pack meals for the next month, sort of an advanced tracking.

Thanks for reading!

 

Hello Rebel! How was your first week in the Academy? Good for you cleaning the junk food out of your house - that's a tough thing to do but it really helps!  

 

Are you using a software to track your meals? Or something a bit less structured? 

[love2the9s]

Things went well.  Meal prep worked and I am using the fitbit app to track meals.  Thanks for checking in. I got a bit bogged down with the first week of school, but I made up one of the workouts I missed and am back on track as of yesterday, alternating cardio days and workout days.