Congrats

Congratulations on finishig the two challenges and flexibility week! Great work!
Congratulations also on the promotion, even though it is not exactly what you expected, it sounds like you have a pretty good plan going forward

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed Fremen val.lavigne86 JCU - Thank you all! (:

Summary:

Sat - 3/12
Baseline Lvl 3 Days 1-3
Walking Challenge Day 22
Easy Abs Challenge Day 22
Flexibility Challenge Day 15 - on pause because it contains side lunges
Easy Arms Day 13
Posture Challenge Day 13
Ctrl+Alt+Shift
Cardio HIIT Challenge Days 1&2
Unbound (Flexibility Week 1/7)
Caloric Deficit: no
Reading: Yes

Sun - 4/13
Baseline Lvl 3 Days 4-6
Walking Challenge Day 23
Easy Abs Challenge Day 23
Easy Arms Day 14
Posture Challenge Day 14
Cardio HIIT Challenge Days 3&4
Stronghold (Flexibility Week 2/7)
Caloric Deficit: Yes
Reading: Yes

Mon - 3/14
Baseline Lvl 3 Days 7-9
Walking Challenge Day 24
Easy Abs Challenge Day 24
Easy Arms Day 15
Posture Challenge Day 15
Cardio HIIT Challenge Days 5&6
Office Push-Ups II
Anchor'd (Flexibility Week 3/7) - I hated this
Caloric Deficit: No
Reading: Yes

Tue - 3/15
Baseline Lvl 3 Days 10-12
Walking Challenge Day 25
Easy Abs Challenge Day 25
Easy Arms Day 16
Posture Challenge Day 16
Cardio HIIT Challenge Days 7&8
Tug of War (Flexibility Week 4/7) - I loved this
Caloric Deficit: Yes
Reading: Yes

Wed - 3/16
Farpoint (Flexibility Week 5/7)
Caloric Deficit: No
Reading: Yes
Got a promotion at work today.

Thu - 3/17
Baseline Lvl 3 Days 13 - 15
Walking Challenge Day 26
Easy Abs Challenge Day 26
Easy Arms Day 17
Posture Challenge Day 17
Cardio HIIT Challenge Days 9&10
Earn Your Lunch
Liber 8 (Flexibility Week 6/7) - I accidentally mixed day 7 with 6 but it's ok
Caloric Deficit: Yes
Reading: Yes

Fri - 3/18
Baseline Lvl 3 Days 16-18
Walking Challenge Days 27&29
Easy Abs Challenge Days 27&28
Easy Arms Day 18
Posture Challenge Day 18
Cardio HIIT Challenge Days 11&12
Bowman (Flexibility Week 7/7) - DONE
Caloric Deficit: Yes
Reading: Yes

Sat - 3/19
Swimming in the Caribbean sea in St Kitts (:
Walking Challenge Day 28
Easy Abs Challenge Day 29
Caloric Deficit: No
Reading: Yes - finished reading a book! (:

Sun - 3/20
Walking Challenge Day 30 - DONE
Easy Abs Challenge Day 30 - DONE
Caloric Deficit: Yes
Reading: Yes

Consecutive days of fitness: 78

I got promoted at work, which is something I'm excited for from a professional standpoint but extremely disappointed in in terms of my financial gain. There's a labor shortage going on fleetwide and a lot of people are covering work for missing people, including me. Basically, my supervisor left and I'm stepping up. However, there's no one coming to replace me, so I'll be doing double the job. My job is basically a mixture of technical and creative work, I film, edit and broadcast on a daily basis, I'm in charge of satellite maintenance, broadcast systems, troubleshooting, I work as theater show support + with my new position there's also team management & organization, paperwork, inspections, blablabla. I'm just starting to think that for the level of work I'm doing, I deserve more (and I've heard that other companies do pay more and give more benefits). Which is why I was so disappointed when I saw my salary "increase". Anyway, the plan is this: I'll finish my contract as best as I can to gain experience. A lot of people are super excited that I'm taking over because the supervisor that left was sometimes a bit difficult to work with and I know that I'm a pretty good team player. As soon as I'm used to the new routine, I'll finally update that CV and send out job applications and see what's out there. Hopefully, I can get a good offer and this could also give me ground to re-negotiate my contract at my current place, because, believe it or not, I actually feel pretty ok working here (I've worked at a lot of really shitty places so I know what's out there; granted, there can also be something better out there as well). Unfortunately, liking my work won't pay my bills, especially with prices rising like there's no tomorrow.

My knees are a lot better, I'll do one more rehabilitation week (starting yesterday) and I'll be focusing on finishing most of my challenges & programs I've started. I'll do a plan for the future towards the end of this week.

Belated congratulations!

Congrats on Baseline and best of luck with your knee rehab Hope they feel better quickly!

Congrats

Congratulations on finishing Baseline at Level 2 Also very good decision to keep it easy on the knees until they get better, with knees this is the only option otherwise things get worse! Sending healing vibes your way

JCU NancyTree Silent Wolf Gandhalfit SheWhoMustNotBeNamed stongecat Whirly - thank you for your support and your wishes! (: I am starting to feel better, still taking it slowly, though.
LizardFriend95 - it really makes a difference. Sometimes, if I'm feeling down, I check my thread and it's really motivating to see everything you've done gathered in one place. Sometimes SEEING is better than just knowing. (:

Workout summary
Mon - 4/7
Office Push-Ups
Caloric Deficit: no - division movie night with snacky snacks
Reading: yes

Tue - 4/8
Baseline lvl 2 Day 28
Walking Challenge Day 20
Easy Abs Day 20
Easy Arms Day 10
Posture Challenge Day 10
60 Days of Cardio Lvl 2 Days 25 & 26
2-Minute Workout - DONE
Flexibility Challenge Day 13
Caloric Deficit: yes
Reading: yes

Wed - 4/9
Easy Arms Day 11
Posture Challenge Day 11
Upperbody Press Lvl 1
Baseline Lvl 2 Days 29 & 30 - DONE with Lvl 2, moving to Lvl 3
Walking Challenge Day 21
Easy Abs Day 21
Flexibility Challenge Day 14
60 Days of Cardio Lvl 3 Days 25 & 26
Caloric Deficit: Yes
Reading: Yes

Thu - 4/10
Office Push-Ups
Easy Arms Day 12
Posture Challenge Day 12
Walking/hiking 2km
Swimming in the Caribbean sea (:
Caloric Deficit: no
Reading: Yes

I had a pretty good day outside, riding the catamaran in St. Lucia. Got super sunburnt (yes, I did use sunscreen, factor 50!!) but it was worth it. (: I can totally notice the difference in my mental health being able to leave the ship at least 1/week.

Fri - 4/11
Office Push-Ups - DONE
Caloric Deficit: no
Reading: Yes

Consecutive days of fitness: 69

Starting tomorrow, I'll dedicate 2 week to completely rehabilitate my knees. They are getting quite a lot better but sometimes I make a move and my left knee, which is the more problematic one, is still irritating me. I don't experience any big pain (I did that in the beginning and immediately started toning it down). I remembered that I had this physical exam 3 years ago and a doctor told me that one of my legs is slightly shorter than the other. When I get back home, I'll go and follow up on this. See what I can do about the situation.
As of right now, I'm basically pausing all programs and workouts that include running, squatting, lunging, anything that puts a lot of pressure on the knees. This means that 60 Days of Cardio is on pause, as it includes a lot of lunges, squats, etc. I'll continue with everything else. I've added a Cardio HIIT challenge on the list, to keep me in shape, it only includes jumping jacks, side jacks and an elbow plank, and all of these exercises are fine. I'll also be doing the Flexibility Week challenge starting tomorrow. I'll continue with the Guardian training plan, I'll just do workouts that focus more on the upper body.

So behind, but I love the idea of writing out the things you completed over the year! It seems like it would be really motivating to see it all. I might borrow it .

Belated congrats on all your accomplishments and I hope your knee feels better soon!

Healing vibes for your knee

Congrats on the Knee Push-ups Challenge & 50 Squats a Day Challenge!

Hope your knees feel better soon

Hope you knee heals soon!

Healing vibes for your knee