Ravenclaw Common Room

azsuzi

I had a pretty good day today! I did 3 sets of the exercise challenge over 3 days, so earned an OWL for that. I'm really pleased to see that my knees are holding up better than I thought they would. The hardest part for me is the jumping jacks - I need to find a better bra before I do some kind of damage!! :laugh:

We're still waiting for three people to weigh in:
craft338
kellllog
nonni54

I'll post our results tomorrow. Hope I don't have to hand out any detentions!

Good night all!

lottee1000

There are some ker-azy numbers for exercise minutes being posted, I am so impressed with some people!! Still sticking with the exercise challenge, was just wondering, is anyone else logging it? I haven't so far but am tempted to time how long it takes and log it as calisthenics. What do you think? Failed on fibre yesterday (in fact, generally failed in life yesterday) but am trying to be back on track today. Hve a good Tuesday, all x

TwiFan5

Am struggling with the food and exercise challenge this week so am not happy about that.

Scarlettdawn764

Not having trouble with the fiber, but I'm having issues with the exercise challenge. Like I said, I don't really watch tv, so kinda hard to do those exercises on a commercial break. I don't see myself getting any OWLs for that this week.

DefiningRaquel

Hey Everyone,

I just joined MFP and found the forums. I was wondering if i could join you guys as Im a total potterhead and Ravenclaw is my house ( im a closeted nerd ;P). It would be a great source of motivation as i get started on my journey. Hope you guys have a good week ahead

nekoemi

There are some ker-azy numbers for exercise minutes being posted, I am so impressed with some people!! Still sticking with the exercise challenge, was just wondering, is anyone else logging it? I haven't so far but am tempted to time how long it takes and log it as calisthenics. What do you think? Failed on fibre yesterday (in fact, generally failed in life yesterday) but am trying to be back on track today. Hve a good Tuesday, all x

Squats, lunges, and jumping jacks are great for getting your heart rate going, so I would log it (especially if your setting is sedentary... if you are higher than that you might not have to)

momofJandA

The hardest part for me is the jumping jacks - I need to find a better bra before I do some kind of damage!! :laugh:

I have issues with the jumping jacks too!! If its not my boobs its the "leakage" :blushing: Birhting 2 children both almost 9lbs will do that to ya!

I don't log the exercise challenge exercises- guess I should!!!!!
Today's Stats:
Exercise: +1
Food: +1
Spirit: +1

Weekly Stats:
OWLS: 10 House Points: 170

_gwen

for anyone looking for something new to do my mom sent me this today:
http://www.everydayhealth.com/videos/8-week-slim-down.aspx

Thanks for sharing!

_gwen

*Progress towards week of 9/18 OWLS -9/20 update*
House Spirit (post ) - +2
Food (fiber) - +1
Exercise (calisthenics) - +0

*September exercise minutes*
Month to date total = 445
Week 9/18 to date total = 75
9/20 exercise minutes - none to report so far, I plan to walk at lunch time

_gwen

Hey Everyone,

I just joined MFP and found the forums. I was wondering if i could join you guys as Im a total potterhead and Ravenclaw is my house ( im a closeted nerd ;P). It would be a great source of motivation as i get started on my journey. Hope you guys have a good week ahead

Welcome Raquel

DefiningRaquel

Hi Gwen Thanks for the warm welcome.

Here's my first weigh-in, hope im doing this right. All nervous and excited

Current weight : 130.1 lbs
Mini goal : 121 lbs ( Before 24/12/11)
Final Goal: 108 lbs

kellyisloved

Unfortunately, I don't have much time to write (earlier shift today). I'll get a proper update on here soon with some point and owl updates. Hopefully everyone else is doing fabulous!

azsuzi

Happy day Ravenclaw and welcome to our newest member, Raquel!

@Raquel - what is your goal weight for the end of September?

lottee1000

Morning all (5 am where I am!) Have decided to log the exercise challenge, not really bothered about the calories but the exercise minutes will be handy for the inter-house challenge, which we def want to win again this week! Timed myself doing them yesterday and it's seven minutes for the whole thing, will probably get them done six times this week so that's an extra 42 house points on top of my normal exercise. Worth logging I think!

psb13

had my first session with Jay, the trainer at the YMCA where we joined. i was pleasantly surprised to find him to be 63 years old and in great shape. he was very comfortable to work with and had lots of great information for me!! looking forward to working with him again on thursday. hopefully i won't be too sore in the morning.:laugh:

NikkiMustang77

Trying to be consistant with my eating habits so I don't wind up with a stomachache - probably gonna wind up going over my goal with that, though. Why must Pumpkin Spice Bagels be so tempting >.<

nekoemi

I don't know if I can post a link from this site, but the BluRay box set of HP movies 1-8 and the limited edition are both available for pre-order on amazon UK (you can still order it from US too).

The standard edition comes out to £32 (about $50 or so at today's rate) which is a pretty great price for 8 movies! The US version will most likely run a lot higher.

The limited edition is £67 (~$105) and is uniquely numbered and comes with other goodies.

Also I don't think these sets contain the 3D version of the final movie for those that are interested in that.

I'm not sure if I'm going to buy it as I was waiting for the box set of all the ultimate editions, but at $50 I might jump at it.

azsuzi

Week 2 Ravenclaw house results are in!

The top loser this week is: momofJandA - again!!
The most OWLs were earned by: _gwen - again!!

Great job and great dedication! Congratulations to this week's Prefects!
(the rest of us need to get to work to dethrone these two )

So this week, _gwen will choose the exercise challenge and momofJandA will choose the food challenge for next week. Please email your challenges to me by Thursday so I can post them for Friday's weigh in.

tameko2

hello happy ravenclaws! I'm doing terrible on the exercise because I don't watch TV. Oh well.

Struggling to hit my protein macro today. I'm 20 grams off and I am sick of protein, I want to eat my baggie of potato chips! *Cries*

_gwen

hello happy ravenclaws! I'm doing terrible on the exercise because I don't watch TV. Oh well.

Struggling to hit my protein macro today. I'm 20 grams off and I am sick of protein, I want to eat my baggie of potato chips! *Cries*

Do you like beef jerky? Kind of salty, but more snack-like than a piece of chicken breast. If you like crunchy, try roasted soy nuts.

TwiFan5

Am just letting you all know that I will be leaving for a holiday on Friday and will be back the day before my birthday (6th October) so may not be able to weigh in so will just use my weight of 102 Ibs for the next couple of weeks unless I am able to weigh myself, I am hoping to still be able to log my food/exercise and count my OWLS and house points etc and will try and post on here but I will probably use the time away to enjoy myself and not worry about my fitness pal but we will see. I am still going to write down my house points, OWLS, what I eat and what exercise I do. :P

Samiwhereareyou

what are the challenges this week I cant find them. Something with jumping jacks???

DefiningRaquel

Happy day Ravenclaw and welcome to our newest member, Raquel!

@Raquel - what is your goal weight for the end of September?

Im gonna go with 123lbs for Sept i hope its fats and not just water weight since i seemed to have jumpstarted my weight loss rather quickly. Good luck to everyone, Lets hope ravenclaw wins the match;)

ps: How do we earn house points? I know you get owls if you complete the challenges or am i mistaken?

tameko2

So, I need some ideas from everyone and since we are all Ravenclaws I think you guys can help.

I hit my halfway mark to my first big goal this week - I feel like maybe I should give myself some kind of reward?

But I don't generally deny myself things (Alone time/fun or buying stuff) AND I'm closing on my new house like uh.....tomorrow. And thus we are totally totally cash broke because we dumped all our savings into the house AND we have to pay overlapping rent for a month and a half. So purchases are kind of out right now.

Any ideas?

psb13

good morning Ravenclaw!! hope we are all off to a healthy wednesday. i had expected to be sore after my first session with the trainer yesterday. i am a little but not too bad, and in the good way-not the bad way. you know...the i feel like i did some good work for my muscles kind of way!! i have been thinking about giving running a try. i ran a little in college but never really all that much. i have been doing low impact cardio d/t some old right leg injuries. i have been considering trying it now that i have dropped some weight. don't want to do any damage tho. i think i might give it a try on the treadmill today and see how i feel. i can always hop back on the elliptical if it doesn't feel ok. happy wednesday to all.

welcome to our newest first year, raquel!! :flowerforyou:
congrats to our rockin' it prefects gwen and momofjanda!!! :drinker:

Matchamatcha

Having a bit of an odd crap day today. Overall not that great. I haven't been able to sleep properly for the last like 6 nights. I really don't know why. But I feel like a zombie and I'm just so very, very tired. Is this what new parents feel like? It's hell. :sick:

I woke up at 5am today in order to go to my boot camp, but didn't check my schedule, and this was one of the rare sessions that was at a big outdoor park which is 25mins bike from my house, so I couldn't go. Rocked up at my gym, only to be reminded of that fact. I was just like nooo I got up at 5am for this!

Then today I had to quit/finish my new job before I even really got started because they weren't happy with my availability over the Christmas period. I couldn't believe it really, I had written down my situation (have another job, not giving it up, and uni) several times over several forms, and even made a point of questioning the recruiter about it during the interview. Then they yoink me into the Manager's office and try to infer that I have stuffed it up for them by being misleading about my availability. I was like yeah, NO :grumble: . So to be honest, I'm glad to be out if things were going to be that difficult, and if everything was going to be an issue. I have another job that I enjoy, and I'm lucky enough to be living at home and not paying rent.

And I've gone way over in calories because I'm simply too tired to do another coat of paint on my wall tonight as planned, and being dead on my feet my inclination is to eat high calorie junk :frown: . Hopefully a 9pm bedtime will give me a fresh start for tomorrow.

/end rant

Sorry for my whingeing Ravenclaws.

Scarlettdawn764

Good morning Ravenclaws! Checking in for my daily spirit OWL.

@Matcha......Sometimes it helps to rant. Makes you feel better, you know? I hope ranting to your fellow Ravenclaws helped and that you can get some SLEEP! Sleep is your friend Kind of hard to get as I new parent I know lol.

Anyways, congrats to our prefects again, and to everyone who lost. And to those who didn't .....YOU WILL!!!!!

psb13

got on the treadmill and did day 1 week 1 of c25k just to see if i actually could run. i got through it without any joint pain. will see how i do later today and tomorrow. i think it's really important to be physically able to run should the dark wizards come after you!! glad to know i still can. :bigsmile:

@matcha-sleep is the best medicine...get some!! no problem ranting here in the safety of the common room. that's why we're here. feel better :flowerforyou:

momofJandA

YEAH!!!!! I get to keep my prefect's badge : does a little dance!!!!:drinker:
Feeling pretty good today- run was exceptional this morning- perfect temperature and I pushed it the whole way. I have a very close friend whose also a runner and there's some "healthy" competition going on between us so I was very proud to report my time to him this morning. Plus my first race is Sunday (so nervous) so its good to know I can run almost double the distance that I will be racing (race is a 5K, 3.1 miles, I ran 5 miles this morning in 46m28s) so I'm feeling pretty good!
I've been getting more carbs than I originally set out to though. I'm trying the 17 Day Diet and the first week it went great (lost 3lbs) but I find myself craving those gosh darn carbs at night- or should I say between 3pm and 7pm. Maybe that should be the food challenge next week? I would fail miserably

Today's Stats:
Food: +1
Exercise: +1
Spirit: +1

Weekly Stats:
OWLS: 10 House Points: 236

_gwen

congrats to our rockin' it prefects gwen and momofjanda!!! :drinker:

Thank you everyone!