Emers Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 So I have been reading NF for a while, and decided I might as well follow the forums as well - joining in on the challenges to level up a bit every day. Game nerding hasn't really been my thing, but I figure that - well - nerds also come in all shapes and sizes.Speaking of sizes, I am one of those big ones. 199 cm and 121 kgs at the moment (6'6" / 267 lbs for some of you), this is actually me on the slimmer end of what I have been for the last years. Turns out that bad and heavy eating and little exercise is bad for you - who knew? I have never been particularly good at nutrition, but my biggest achilles heal is definitely coca-cola. Not soda in general, just that particular one. That said, I tend to go for the easy solutions for food as well - pizza instead of salads, so to speak... So last year, having seen some holiday pictures, I decided that something had to be done. So I started running. Quite a bit. Trying to outrun my fork, I guess. I dropped about 17 kgs / 38 lbs and three months later I ran a half marathon in 1:52 (hung over after last night's wedding and after party...). BIG win! To celebrate, I stopped caring about working out and eating right again, and put on weight again in time for winter... Well done, sir, well done... This year, I am working on upping my game a bit more. I have signed up for a full marathon (end of september). Trying at least to finish, but hopefully in less than 4 hours. And then - the big one - not destroying the good work after that's done. Right now I am thinking that after that race, I'll add some weight training into the mix. For now, running 5-6 times a week is sufficient.So, eating (and drinking) right and strength training. Getting these two right as well, I think I should be on my newfound Ranger way. [TABLE=width: 500] [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Level 1 Norseman Ranger Starting: 29 years | 119 kgs | 199 cm [TABLE=width: 100%] Strength: 2 Dexterity: 2 Stamina: 3 Consitution: 3 Wisdom: 2 Charisma: 3 [/TABLE] Challenges: 1 "Do one thing every day that scares you" - Eleanor Roosevelt [/TABLE] Link to comment
AcademicApocalypse Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Hello Emers!Glad to have you on the forums. A new challenge should be starting at the beginning of August, so I hope to see you compete! Academic Apocalypse Covert Bear Moreau Monk [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] STR 4 | DEX 6 | STA 3 | CON 2 | WIS 5 | CHA 3 You can't control which people come into your life, but you can control which window you throw them out of. Link to comment
Emers Posted July 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 No worries, I plan on competeing both in the August challenge, and hopefully later challenges. [TABLE=width: 500] [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Level 1 Norseman Ranger Starting: 29 years | 119 kgs | 199 cm [TABLE=width: 100%] Strength: 2 Dexterity: 2 Stamina: 3 Consitution: 3 Wisdom: 2 Charisma: 3 [/TABLE] Challenges: 1 "Do one thing every day that scares you" - Eleanor Roosevelt [/TABLE] Link to comment
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