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Oh really? I'm glad I'm not the only person who caught this.

Not enough! Heh. At my last check-in, I was running between 20-25 minutes a day, plus some warm-up and cool-down walking/jogging. This week's been disappointing, however. I couldn't run between Friday and Sunday due to working for the BSA at a leadership training camp, so I kind of slacked off until Monday. Actually, funny story, I was 16 minutes or so into my run on Monday, when I got a call from my roommate on my cell, which I probably shouldn't have answered. But I did, and he told me that our apartment was robbed in Auburn. Whoops! So I didn't finish that run, although I did jog a bit once I was done calling various people to take care of business, to get back to my house faster. I drove back to AU that night. Today I only got about 14 minutes in until I called it a day... running in the early afternoon was a poor choice in timing, in Alabama's signature early-summer 90-degree humid weather. I'll try and get out earlier or later tomorrow. Anyway, I don't run very fast, but for me, who's never done organized sports or anything, going a mile or two straight without breaking is actually a Huge Improvement. Four years ago, when working on my Personal Fitness merit badge for the Boy Scouts (required for the highest rank of Eagle), I definitely couldn't complete much more than half a mile without having to stop and walk for a bit. So in that context, it's not bad. Nonetheless, I set a goal in my last checkin to try and work up to half an hour of running by the end of the month, so I've got some work to do over the next ten days.

Welcome, Mechasonic4ever! Be sure you check in on the weekends with how your plan is going! DragonAvenger, I wish I still had my old DDR pads. Unfortunately, I'm on the third floor of my apartment, so my downstairs neighbors wouldn't appreciate me stomping out Sakura on Heavy above their heads.

GEEZ Running in this 90-degree weather is killer. That is all.

I'll agree with everything positive already mentioned about the movie. But my favorite part was definitely the soundtrack. I don't know how they made a soundtrack for a two-hour movie almost completely based off of the Speed Racer theme song, but they did. And it as awesome. If you're going to see the movie, try and count how many different ways they present the "Go Speed Racer Go" theme in the movie... it's hilarious.

My bad! Sorry!

Alright folks, it looks like we're missing quite a few people from this week's check-in. Namely. Fishy; DragonAvenger; Kenobio; The Xyco; amarriedmegaphone; Blue Magic; Lord.Roderick.i I'll shoot these guys a PM. Now that we're about two weeks into the game, and summer's really starting to get underway, I know personally I'm finding it tough to keep up with my fitness plan. But it's more important to keep with it now than ever, because once I make running and working out part of my routine, it'll be a natural thing rather than something I have to make myself do. I'm hoping that these folks just haven't bothered to check in, rather than trailing off on their fitness plan. On that note, I'm gonna shoot off the PM and then go for a run.

Weekly Checkin Long story short, not a great week. Being at home with my family is evidently not conducive for my fitness plan... different food's available, I don't have a track or gym to work out at, etc. I haven't bothered counting calories since I got home, but I've been eating less, but more frequently... rather than two or three big meals, I've been trying to do three or four smaller ones per day. I'll be out of town starting this afternoon, and won't get back until Sunday. I will run on Sunday through Wednesday, and then I'll be back at my college at least until my next check-in, so I can go do some weights and such. I'm adding a sort of mini goal to my plan... I want to run for half and hour straight by the end of May. That'll give me something to shoot for. EDIT: I've moved Patrick Burns and OA to an inactive list, since I haven't heard from them since before the last check-in. If you guys are still alive and working on a fitness plan, let me know and I'll move you back to the main list.

Okay, thanks everyone who checked in. We still have a few people who are MIA for last week: Patrick Burns Random Hajile Blue Magic OA I'll send them a PM if I don't hear from them in the next couple of days. Otherwise I'll have to start an inactive list or something. Keep up the good work, all! Personally, I'm struggling with this week. I think I've decided that counting calories isn't feasible while I'm at home... it's a lot harder when you aren't cooking your own food a lot of the time! However, I am making a point of eating healthier... the usual staples of my home visits (Pop Tarts and Pringles and the like) are replaced with some of the healthier choices I've picked up on over the past week. (Fruit, salad, etc.) That and watching portion sizes, and I should be good until I become the master of my own diet again. Also, no gym means no real weight training. I don't even really have a good place to do pushups and the like, so I'm limiting myself to just running. Which is fine - I need a lot more work there anyway. My neighborhood is pretty nice, and big enough that I can usually mix up the direction I head when I go out running, so it's a lot more interesting than the track in Auburn, or certainly more than an elliptical machine.

Weekend Check-In Alright, well, I'll start us off. My graduation is tomorrow, so I won't really have time to check-in later this weekend. I kept up with a text file all week, so this should be easy... Highlights Okay, well. As far as the diet goes, eating less than 2000 calories is a lot easier than suspected. I don't think I ate much more than that normally (probably 2000-2300ish), but I'm aiming for 1700ish daily, at least until some of this fat goes away. I bought some multivitamins, so I shouldn't have to worry about missing out on important nutrients and such. I should point out that I didn't really keep to the plan Wednesday night, but, hey, I'll allow myself a little leeway for my graduation party. As for working out, I'm doing alright. Due to the meyham of graduation, I probably won't make it to the gym or running today or tomorrow, but come Sunday I should be back on track. Until I make my glorious return to Auburn University in June, though, I won't get to go to the gym. I'll concentrate on working on my cardio via lots of running around my neighborhood in Huntsville... or wherever my wanderings take me in the coming weeks. In short, so far, so good. I definitely had a moment during my weight training the other day where I wanted to wuss out, but then remembered I'd have to fess up to it here, so I pushed through. So yay for this thread.

http://www.doulifee.com/Storage/OC_Removed/ Specifically, http://doulifee.com/Storage/OC_Removed/Tetris_New_Melody_mix_OC_ReMoved.mp3 most likely.

I hadn't thought of that... but I don't think the mods would appreciate us flooding the Competitions forum with a bunch of OCR Fit threads. For now, we'll just do it in this thread, although I might adjust how things are run in the future.

Sure aren't. Welcome! Hey, good job on keeping away from the cancer sticks. Part of your check-ins should include if you smoked or not in the past week... that way, if you're honest, you'll know you can't sneak a smoke without anyone knowing. Speaking of which, everyone, this day-to-day posting of your exercise is great. 'Keeps the thread alive and everyone involved. I am going to ask, for my own convenience, that on the weekends when I check up on everyone, if you could repost your week's activities (or summarize them) in a single post, so I won't have to jump around the thread trying to find everything. These check-ins should happen roughly Friday-Sunday, though I'll understand if you need to post early or late depending on, y'know, real life. If you need to miss a check-in, shoot me a PM letting me know what's up so I won't think you went AWOL. I'll PM everyone on Friday to remind them of all this. It's great to see so much participation!

Dang. I went to the Student Activities Center today for the first time in a few weeks... amazing how taking even a month or so break from working out can take its toll when you go back. I did a lot more weight training than I've done before today as well... 3 reps of my usual routine instead of just two as I'd done during the spring semester. It's a pity the school shuts down after graduation this Saturday, and that I'll be at my parent's home anyway, so I'll be taking about another month off of weight training after Friday. Boo.

Put this on YouTube plz. I'm too far away to go myself, sadly.

Buh-dum-tssh! Nah, Graduate Teaching Assistant. I've actually never noticed the shared acronym until now.

Good thing I don't play in real tournaments.

I chose early August since that's when people start gearing up for school. (I have GTA orientation the next Monday, plus band camp that I'll either be participating in or volunteering for.) I'd suggest keeping the same goal, and if you don't make it in three months, you can always keep working at it until you make it... you won't be penalized as far as the game is concerned as long as you keep to your plan and report in on the weekends. Also, pending the success of the Summer Session, we'll run it again in August. I'll probably do it by "semesters", since as a student that's how my life is organized, so the next one would be from August to the end of the year.

No prob. And really, I don't think anyone here will judge you if you put up a picture. But even if you don't want to post it publicly, you could take it, and then post it with your after picture at the end

C'mon, guys, don't let me be the only shmuck with shirtless pictures of himself on this thread! Alright, with ten people, this thing's getting off to a good start. Make sure you all keep up with your plans, cause I expect to hear how you all kept to it come this weekend. I've got a text file on my desktop to keep up with my own diet/exercise habits... should be interesting to look back later this summer to see how I've improved.

Tell you what, wait until after I post my before picture... I'm pretty sure I won't scare anyone off anyway. EDIT: Okay, here they are. The hair's disheveled because I just got out of bed. The body's rotund because I never was involved in anything more strenuous than marching band in school. Hopefully by the end of the summer I'll be able to see a difference. Incidentally, I PMed everyone in the other thread who said they were interested in participating, so hopefully we'll get more people joining soon. I'm gonna start a list of participants in the OP.

Again, how detailed you want to get is totally up to you... my job is just to make sure people check in, to keep everyone accountable. More detail is better for others who may be curious about what other people are up to, however. Personally, I'm not an exercise geek... it's something I feel I should do, so I'm making myself do it. However, more details should spark more discussion amongst those of us who are more into that sort of thing. And yeah, I'm gonna put up a Before picture for myself sometime this weekend. It's optional, though.

Okay, and I'll start us off. GOAL I'm 6'0" and 195. My goal is to knock that down to 170. I used to know my body fat percentage, but I managed to lose my record of it, but I believe that 170 would put me in a pretty healthy range, assuming I don't gain much muscle mass. I'm trying to get in touch with the Lifetime Wellness and Fitness people at my university, and hopefully do another fitness assessment, so maybe I'll adjust this once I get those results back. THE PLAN Diet: I'll start out by cutting my caloric intake to 2000 calories. I haven't done the math of my typical caloric intake yet, but I have a strong suspicion that it exceeds that number easily. This first week should be interesting to see how that works out. To do this, I'm gonna cut out the fast food, and stick to grilled meat (goodbye fried chicken ), fruits, and veggies. Also, no more ranch dressing... although I'm unsure how I'll eat raw vegetables without ranch. I'll find a way. I think I should invest in a little notepad to carry around with me, just to keep track of what I eat... Also, I want to cut my soda drinking habit. Just for starters, let's say... one glass of diet soda a day? The rest should be water. This doesn't really directly pertain to my goal, but it's a good idea anyway, I figure. Exercise: Okay, I'm going to set up two different plans, depending on whether or not I'm in Auburn, since I don't have gym access elsewhere. Since my main goal is weight loss, I need to keep the cardio going no matter where I am. So when I'm not at Auburn, 30 minutes a day running, not counting warm-up and cool-down. My neighborhood at home is pretty good for that sort of thing, so I think that'll work out okay. I'll run six days a week, taking Sundays to rest. Also, I'll try to work on increasing my distance run in that time over the summer. When I'm in Auburn, I have a few more options. I like the elliptical machine, because it has less of an impact, and I like having numbers in front of me telling me how I'm working. So, on weekdays I'll do the elliptical machine for 30 minutes not counting warm-up or cool-down, including 15 minutes at at least 9 mets. I'll also do some weight training for another half hour, which won't help me lose weight, but I wouldn't mind having some muscle to replace the fat with, y'know? I think I'll gloss over the details on the weight training for now, since it's been a couple months since I last went... I'll figure out what I need to be doing and add that to my plan at the first check-in. On Saturdays I'll go to the track and do 30 minutes of running, since the fitness center is only open from 3pm-5pm on weekends this summer. I wouldn't mind any feedback from those of you more knowledgeable about this sort of thing than I. I'm ready to get started... in fact, I think I'm going to the track now.

http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?p=403923 Whenever you're ready, feel free to jump into the "competition"! Rules and so forth are on the thread, so check them out. Now, I just gotta write out my fitness goal and exercise plan...