Newbie Book Nerd!

[SassieCass17]

Hey y'all, so glad to be here! I found this site after a post about the camp last week, and I feel like I've found my people. I'm a major book nerd. I have zero eye/hand coordination for gaming, and am not very good at the maths, but if you want to talk books/authors/cats, I'm your girl! I've already had two NF people friend me on FB, and I feel so loved!

 

I've been leveling up with fitness for over a year, after leaving the comfort of my couch! I'm very attracted to the baby-steps philosophy that NF promotes, and I'm really having fun with the idea of going on quests! At the same time, I've found that weight loss, future health, yadayada means jack to me. I need immediate gratification! Bets with myself, points and rewards, and reduced stress are much more tangible, daily results and keep me going. I like to go sloooooow, but NF emails and workout challenges have been very helpful. I don't go as hard as I can when left to my own devices. Already starting to see increases in strength and flexibility in just the first few days! I tried to the body weight beginner video from the email. At first, I was like nope nope nope! BUT, I actually did it. Perfectly imperfect, but still, I was so proud of myself. Getting out of my own head (who I think I am versus who I can be) is my biggest challenge.

 

As for more me:

 

I LOVE swimming. Like crazy obsession LOVE. It's my go-to when (exercising, stressing, adulting) starts to get overwhelming. It's not fitness - it's life. I also enjoy yogas, and running is very efficient to shake all the anxiety out, although I still don't have as much endurance as I'd like. I hope to improve there. I also recently tried a strength training class, and it was awesome! I love feeling strong!

 

Right now, I'd already challenged myself to a 30 day fitness bet. It's 30 days, 30 minutes, and $300 (bets: see above). It's actually the third time I've done this challenge, and I'm straight up rocking it! I'm all about getting guilt-free money to go purchase new gear. I've also found it helps reinforce my commitment to fitness, when I start to drift off with excuses. It was awesome fitness karma that I found NF during this cycle! So, that's my first part of the 4 week challenge, although I'm a little late to the party.

 

Nutrish: I know nutrition is 80%, but I am so not into "diets" which usually mean restriction which always morphs into REBELLION! So, I have a very strict add, don't subtract philosophy. I love setting good, healthy goals. My goal is to drink a glass of water each morning, and carry my water bottle with me out the house. I have years of experience in ED recovery, so I'm not likely to discuss weight loss, numbers, or good/bad food (the idea of "clean"/dirty??? food is so messed up imo - to each their own). After years of practicing ED recovery, I am very experienced in mindful eating philosophies, if anyone is curious about it. Books recommendations too.

 

LevelUP: I love the idea of meditation. My last little goal is to set aside 5 minutes each morning. I used to think I needed 45 minutes each day so I never stuck with it ( . . . Jon Kabat-Zinn, not helpful!) I can do 5 and get that habit solid. Anxiety/depression/stress are all real challenges for me, so this will actually help give me some grounding to rock all these other habits.

 

So, that's me. I was thinking I wanted to join the Rangers (Tanis Half-Elven, amiright?!), but I'm not sure how I go about it. I'm all over the place when it comes to fitness, with a touch of the ADD, so I like the "jack of all trades" description. Plus, my hunnie told me that rangers in gaming usually are associated with animals, and I'm like Snow White with all the little animals flocking to me IRL, which works. I *really* don't want to CrossFit or Paleo though, since that sounds awful. No offense, just not my thing. I like to wander, I like a lot of different workouts, and am a bit of a loner, so I hope it'll work out. I hope I don't have to be an ogre!

 

I'm also not quite sure how the points work. I've gotten some points from the emails, but I don't know where to put them. I don't have to start an excel spreadsheet, do I? Don't make me excel, I'll be lost tinkering with it for days! If anyone knows how it works, I'd appreciate help! With points, not excel.

 

So, books, books, I promised books.

 

Favorite fitness book: No Sweat, Michele Segar

Favorite book about human endurance: Unbroken, Laura Hillenbran (audiobook is amazing)

Favorite book, just because books: Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss (write faster dammit!)

Currently reading: The Tsar of Love and Techno, Anthony Mara

 

So nice meeting you!!!

 

[bker1370]

Welcome aboard.  You are welcome to join the Rangers.  It is as simple as saying you want to be one, selecting us as your guild on your profile and dropping by the guildhall and introducing yourself.  Not all of us do CrossFit, but most of us do cross-training (as in training across multiple disciplines--such as running, lifting, and frequently several other things as well...   a thing we call RangerBrain meaning do ALL the things).

 

No you do not need an excel spreadsheet, many of us them to track how we are doing on our challenges but that is personal preference.

 

Not quite sure which points you mean, but if you are talking about the skill points you see in people's signatures (such as in mine), that is from a system of creating a RL character where completing challenge quests gave you points in different abilities.  However, the official system has replaced that with a new system but many of us kept the old system in place anyway although it is no longer "officially" supported.  So you may do what you wish with those.  Examples of how they would be used with your goals would be something like this:  x number of points to your strength (STR) based on how well you do you on your strength training workouts,  x number of points to your constitution/endurance (CON) for your walking/running, x number of points to your wisdom (WIS) for your meditation goal.

 

Or as they are no longer "officially" supported just ignore them completely if you like.

 

If you are meaning some other kind of points let me know I will see what you do with them instead LOL.

[Elastigirl]

Welcome.You sound like you'd make an amazing Ranger. Lots of Rangers don't eat Paleo, and don't do crossfit. I love fantasy books too.

[ThisMissisup2nogood]

Welcome to NF fellow book nerd! 

Patrick Rothfuss is the bomb.