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A few of us have made a pact to come up with new goals and post them here to keep each other accountable. The last couple weeks after the challenge have been, well, a challenge, so I am ready to get serious again and reaching new goals.

I started working on my personal power statement, which I plan to keep with me at all times and read at least 5 times a day. This is still a work in progress, but this is what I have so far, spelling out my goals until the end of the year:

It is December 31s… Continue

Hi all,
I got this base recipe from www.marksdailyapple.com, and have been experimenting with it for a couple of weeks. I love it, and wanted to share with you:
I am giving you the base recipe, (plus the variations I have tried).

1/2 stick of butter (or equivalent in coconut oil or olive oil)
3 eggs
1 lbs of shredded carrots (and/or sweet potatoes, apples, beets, broccoli....)
1 cup of ground up walnuts (almonds, pecans, hazelnuts)
season to taste (salt and pepper for savory, cinnamon, pumpkin… Continue

Our 90 day Look Great naked Challenge is coming to an end soon, and I was pondering what would be next... I realized that I learned a few things about myself in that time:

- working out twice a day for 30 min each is not something I want to keep doing! I feel worn out and tired.

- Working out twice a day has given me great muscle definition, and even though I had been working out consistently before and lifted quite heavy, now I can finally see my abs again and my legs and arms look much bette… Continue

Okay, we are ready now for the last 3 weeks of our challenge, and the first 8 weeks have been great. This last week, no. 9, threw me a little off, since it was our rest week.

And rest it was! Too much rest, and too much food, especially non ED food... I had already reached my original goals and somehow felt really accomplished, like I deserved some rest and TLC. I made it to the gym a couple of times this week, took a yoga class, swam a little, and did the mobility matrix a few times, but that… Continue

Almost 2 months since we started the LGN challenge: workouts twice daily, ED diet including the wave, and for me an 8 lbs weight loss. What a 2 months! I am used now to getting up earlier to do my first workout, and either doing my second in the gym over lunch or before bed.
So when Dax's e-mail came in this morning with the news that next week would be an active rest week, I was part relieved, and part worried.

Relieved, because I can feel the stress in my joints, and I know that active rest i… Continue