Ravenclaw Common Room

lottee1000

Bethany I'm sure its not option three! And if it is, then fingers crossed for next week, i'm sure you'll see results soon!
Am just posting to show off really-in two days i have done both challenges, and... 135 minutes of exercise! I know the exercise minutes challenge doesn't start yet but if i keep this up i'm getting us a lot of house points!!

My target for September is 178lb, this will put me into the 'overweight' category instead of obese!! Enjoy your week ravenclaws

_gwen

Well... it's official. I hate scales.

1) My scale at home is off.
2) The scale at the rec is off
3) I really am a fat *kitten* who can't lose weight and instead gains seven pounds in a week.

What about just plain old water retention? I changed scales this week too, and I'm up 3.8. Fortunately we haven't started the inter-house challenge. If you think about it, it gives us a leg up. Your showing a gain before the Quidditch cup challenge, not during.

My boyfriend decided that the new scale was a piece of junk (it was originally his), so he did some research and bought another one. At least he thinks it's wrong, and that I'm definitely losing weight. LOL

_gwen

My target for September is 178lb, this will put me into the 'overweight' category instead of obese!! Enjoy your week ravenclaws

Great goal Lottee! I recently moved from obese to overweight, and it feels great to drop that label.

azsuzi

Well... it's official. I hate scales. When I left for school, my scale at home said I was 226.5. This morning I weighed myself at the rec here at school and it said I was 233. There is no way I could have gained almost 7 pounds in a week, when I have been under calories almost every day, worked out consistently and scrutinized over the dining hall menus over what I could eat. So I guess there's only three options:

1) My scale at home is off.
2) The scale at the rec is off
3) I really am a fat *kitten* who can't lose weight and instead gains seven pounds in a week.

I think it's most likely option one, because the scale at the rec is the kind you see at the doctor's offices. It could be option three though.

This is just so frustrating, I just want to curl back up into bed and forget about everything else today. Screw classes.

Hey Bethany - this is what I posted on your thread...

Scales are indeed infuriating. And you will probably see another weight shift when you finally get your own. From my experience, even weighing with light-weight pjs on makes about a 5 pound difference. So if you were weighing with nothing on, first thing in the morning before eating or drinking anything and now you're weighing fully clothed after breakfast - yes, you will see an increase.

Also, if you're working out more now that you're back at school, your muscles are going to hold on to water to help them heal - which will show as a weight gain temporarily. Make sure you're drinking lots of water to help flush the toxins from your system. It seems backwards, but drinking water really is necessary to help you lose weight.

Try to stay positive - what truly matters is how your clothes are fitting and how your body feels. The scales are just a tool to help you guage your progress. I'm so proud of you for sticking with it! :flowerforyou:

We're all here for you!!

psb13

1) My scale at home is off.
2) The scale at the rec is off
3) I really am a fat *kitten* who can't lose weight and instead gains seven pounds in a week.

i vote for #1 or what gwen and azsuzi said about water retention. you are not a fat *kitten*. you have just shifted to a new scales. you need to start your trend all over again and go by the numbers this scale says, but don't try to compare weights from 2 different scales...apples and oranges!! you can do this and we are definitely here for you!! :flowerforyou:

Samiwhereareyou

so if were not starting till next week what is happening this week are we still keeping track??

missbeccaanne

I was just wondering to we put our points in everyday, or just at the end of the week when we weigh in?

azsuzi

@samiwhereareyou: we are keeping track of rainbow meals, exercising our neglected body parts and daily posting for our OWLs to determine the week's prefect. We'll start counting our exercise minutes next week for House Points.

@missbeccaanne: post your points on Sunday when you weigh in. I count my points Sunday thru Saturday for each week's totals.

TwiFan5

Am weighing in at 100 Ibs and my September goal is 98 Ibs am trying to take it easy and slow. I will start keeping track of my points next week.

NikkiMustang77

oh wow, school starting kicked my *kitten* as far as posting >.<
weigh in: 151.0 (weird, round weight)
can guarantee i didn't get any of the challenges, if there were any, so yeah.
see you all on Platform 9 3/4!!

azsuzi

Hey guys - I nearly forgot!! This week's Prefects are:

Matchamatcha lost 1.5%
_gwen for 14 points (I had 17, but since I'm Head of House, I probably shouldn't be in the running for Prefect too - LOL!!)

And the overall winner for the month:

Samiwhereareyou lost 4.2% - that's 7 pounds!!

Congratulations everyone for a wonderful month!! We lost a total of 41.5 pounds!!

psb13

good morning Ravenclaw!! looks like we posted some good numbers this month!! congrats to _gwen and samiwhereareyou!!
looking forward to seeing all of you on the platform!! :flowerforyou:

lottee1000

Hi guys, happy Wednesday! Didn't meet the eating challenge today but did swim front crawl, and I never work my arms so I guess that counts for that? Now I'm hungry but already over on my calories for the day, so trying to distract myself with the internet! I hate it when this happens! (also, am fairly sure am not actually hungry, just bored and around food, so really am trying to resist...)
Fingers crossed I have some will-power!!

bethanyweathers

I think my September goal will be to get to 223. It's 10 pounds. I really wish I could get into the 2-teens, but I don't think that will happen. Let's hope this goes better than August did!

_gwen

Tomorrow is the big day! Don't lose your train ticket!

azsuzi

Hello Ravenclaw! I'm all packed and ready to go. See you on platform 9 3/4!

@psb13 - I made your spaghetti squash casserole again last night - REALLY yummy! Thanks for sharing it! (for those of you interested, the recipe is on page 5 of this thread about half way down the page.)

Have a great day everyone!

psb13

Hello Ravenclaw! I'm all packed and ready to go. See you on platform 9 3/4!

@psb13 - I made your spaghetti squash casserole again last night - REALLY yummy! Thanks for sharing it! (for those of you interested, the recipe is on page 5 of this thread about half way down the page.)

Have a great day everyone!

azsuzi-i made your spinach quiche cups the other day. only problem with them is that my daughter keeps eating them they are soooo yummy!! thanks for sharing that one!! :flowerforyou:

i decided on a september goal of 175. it had originally been my goal for the "lean by halloween" challenge, but i think since we're heading back to Hogwarts i should be able to make it sooner!!

i'm sooo excited for tomorrow!! trunk is packed, ticket in hand....darn i wish i had an owl!!!
see you all at the platform!!
first years-you are gonna love this!!

Samiwhereareyou

woo hooo Ima winner!!!! Im ready to lose 10lbs by the tme sept is over!!!

cherubcrnp

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Matchamatcha

Oooh prefect, how exciting! :laugh:

Even better, I get a free gym membership with my new job! I'm joining a 12 week boot camp program they have tomorrow, so hopefully that will keep me committed to exercising, I really do miss my jogging, but tend to make excuses.

What are the house challenges for this week? Is it still 4 colours in one meal? If so I'll add 1 pt, will work that into my dinner.

psb13

YAY!! it's here!! good morning Ravenclaw and happy september 1st!! i'm ready...how 'bout you?

_gwen

What time does the train leave again?

tigersmoondiva

GOOD MORNING RAVENCLAWS!

(No my caps key is not stuck I am just very excited. Today is the day the train leaves yes?) Today is day three of my paleo adventure. I hope I have more energy today than I did yesterday. My son's concentration has certainly improved already. Will either do some swimming (indoors) or bikeing (outdoors) - depending on if it's in the triple digits this afternoon or not.

bethanyweathers

Ack! I missed the train! (stupid portal, thinking I was a mere muggle!) Anyone have a flying car I might borrow? I promise to keep it far away from any whomping Willows.

Samiwhereareyou

ohh golly we still weiging in on sunday or is it changing??

azsuzi

So - I had typed up this nice message and then the internet dropped off the face of the earth and I lost it all! :ohwell: Let's try again!

Welcome to a new term! For those of you just arriving (Bethany - have you made it to school yet?), the house challenges this week were:

Food: 1 meal a day with at least 4 colors
Exercise: target an area of your body that you neglect and work on that this week
House Spirit: 1 point for each day you post to the common room

These challenges will end when you weigh in this weekend.

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Today is the official start to the new inter-house competition. Weigh ins will take place Friday - Monday each week starting September 2. When you weigh in this week, post your current weight, your goal weight for the end of September and the number of points earned for the above challenges.

Once you weigh in this week, you can begin tracking your exercise minutes to earn House Points. Try to weigh in on the same day each week so that you will have a full 7 days of exercise minutes to report. Then, each week when you weigh in, include the number of House Points you earned. I will report the average points earned by the whole house to the Head Master to count toward our monthly total which will determine who wins the House Cup at the end of the month.

Weight loss percentages for the house as a whole will be used to determine which house wins the Quidditch Cup each week.

Our in-house challenges will earn you OWLs. Each day you meet our weekly challenge, you will earn 1 OWL. Each day you show your house spirit and post in the common room thread, you will earn 1 OWL. The student with the most OWLs at the end of each week will become Prefect for the week. I will post the weekly challenges by Friday each week so you can start on them after you weigh in.

Are you ready for some fun?? Welcome to Hogwarts!!

bethanyweathers

Whew! finally arrived! car broke down somewhere above Manchester, had to call a hippogriff to pick me up, but I made it! Lugging my trunk this far definitely gave me a workout too.

Ready for the new term! Let's rock this, Ravenclaws!

missbeccaanne

So excited about the start of the new term and a new month and new goals,
I have had a loack of appetite the last couple days but I may be getting a gym membership this month so that should help out so much.
Good luck to every one and lets get that Quidditch cup!

bethanyweathers

Under in calories today! YES! (first day in three days, so this is a big deal).

Also, I think I had four colors in my dinner tonight. There were red peppers, carrots, pea pods and I had green/white grapes. Since the grapes are technically a different shade of green, does that count as a different color?

azsuzi

Under in calories today! YES! (first day in three days, so this is a big deal).

Also, I think I had four colors in my dinner tonight. There were red peppers, carrots, pea pods and I had green/white grapes. Since the grapes are technically a different shade of green, does that count as a different color?

I would say that counts! Good job! :drinker: