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In other news, I just stayed up past 3 am to finish a drawing for a deviantART contest...only to just miss the deadline by SECONDS! I'm sharing with you because my drawing was HP related (for those interested in seeing it):
http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=bronwenarts#/d47jhx5
I just looked at the site and you are one fantastic artist..0 -
Jumping jacks are hard for me to do:embarassed: . I will work up to more. started today with 2. If I have to do this 13 times then it will be a total of 26 per day. Is that allowable? :huh:
I do not own a scale that I trust. I will be weighing in when I see the Dr. Sept 2.:flowerforyou:0 -
I wish to join
Current weight-198
September 1 GW- 198
October 1 GW-190 or 185lb0 -
Jumping jacks are hard for me to do:embarassed: . I will work up to more. started today with 2. If I have to do this 13 times then it will be a total of 26 per day. Is that allowable? :huh:
I do not own a scale that I trust. I will be weighing in when I see the Dr. Sept 2.:flowerforyou:
Earlier in this week I posted a link to a low-impact modified version of jumping jacks. If you want to get more in, you can try that, BUT I don't want anyone pushing themselves farther than their bodies can go. Especially for you guys who started late in the week! There will be a new challenge posted late tomorrow or early Monday, so don't stress if you can't get that far in a couple days, ok?0 -
Don't worry I have been working with this body for a long time. I just need to keep small until my weight goes down again.
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I have been doing my jumping jacks, but trying to do a minute at a time so I can log it in here.
I tried a little experiment. I did regular jjs and the modified ones that were posted here earlier. I checked my heart rate after a minute of doing each, with plenty of rest time in between, and my heart rate was exactly the same. I did have to put a little more umph into the arm movements and was able to do about 20 more in a minute than with the traditional ones. But I was equally succesful. So anyone feeling not quite up to doing jumping jacks don't give up, try the modified ones.
I wish I found this challenge a week ago, maybe my weight wouldn't have been stuck this week.0 -
Hello my loves! I think I have found the place for me!!! Yes, I know that I have a Slytherin shirt on my profile pic...only wearing it becase of my sister. I do believe that I am a Gryffindor unfortunately I have not been sorted in Pottermore yet. Waiting for my email. BTW I type this as I sit here and watch Harry slide down the pipes into the chamber.
OK...now to the MFP part! LOL I would love to be part of your group and join in your challenges. Please let me know what we are doing this week.
Adriana
STARTING WEIGHT: 170.4
CURRENT WEIGHT: 157.2
OCTOBER 1ST GW: 145
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Happy Monday everyone
I do believe this is weigh in day! And it is my first so I am very excited! As far as the challenge went (jumping jacks), I may have been a little to optimistic promising to do 5 minutes each day (350 jacks) so I didnt quite make that but I did indeed complete 150 so that adds up to a total of 30 house points I think?
SW - 179
CW - 154.2 (down 1.4lbs from last weigh in!)
GW Sept 1st - 154
GW Oct 1st - 150
Hope everyones doing great and cant wait to hear this weeks challenge :bigsmile:0 -
Happy Monday.
No weight change for me, this week.
I got 25/30 house points.0 -
Good morning fellow Gryffs!! As of today I have earned 15 house points for doing jumping jacks all 3 days since I joined this challenge. (I understood that each day you did 25 or more you get 5 points. An earlier post sounds like you get 5 points for each set of 25. I did about 600 since I started so I might have more points, not sure which is correct.)
I lost 2.5 pounds since last weigh in which was the same day I started. so...
SW 186.5
CW 184
GW 9/1/11 184
GW 10/1/11 180
I hope everyone had a great week. Good luck this week.0 -
Happy Monday everyone
I do believe this is weigh in day! And it is my first so I am very excited! As far as the challenge went (jumping jacks), I may have been a little to optimistic promising to do 5 minutes each day (350 jacks) so I didnt quite make that but I did indeed complete 150 so that adds up to a total of 30 house points I think?
SW - 179
CW - 154.2 (down 1.4lbs from last weigh in!)
GW Sept 1st - 154
GW Oct 1st - 150
Hope everyones doing great and cant wait to hear this weeks challenge :bigsmile:
Do you get 5 points for each day you do 25 or more or 5 points for each 25? I am new here and still trying to figure it out.0 -
Yes, post the House Points (30 max) with your weight on Monday. So if you set yourself that 350 goal, you can give yourself 30 points. If you change your mind, but do at least 150, you can still give yourself 30 points. Make sense?
This post might help make it clearer for you. So you earn 5 points for each 25 completed 0 -
Yes, post the House Points (30 max) with your weight on Monday. So if you set yourself that 350 goal, you can give yourself 30 points. If you change your mind, but do at least 150, you can still give yourself 30 points. Make sense?
This post might help make it clearer for you. So you earn 5 points for each 25 completed
Yes, up to 30 points max for the week. We're still working out the bugs to the House Points, so no worries 0 -
Week 5- Same0
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I think I was 213.25 last week, and this week I am 212, so 1.25 lbs lost for me. I missed the challenge last week, but if we're still doing the rainbow meal challenge, I got 5 pts last week, and about 3 for the water challenge. I'll try to check in this week to see what the current challenge is.0
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Morning housemates
I'm ashamed to say that I didn't do any jumping jacks (NOT good for my back :P), BUT I lost weight!
Last Monday: 169.2lbs (sorry, I was looking at the wrong day when I previously quoted 168.0lbs; that was Tuesday :P)
Today: 165.4lbs! That's a 3.8lbs loss!!!
Sept 1 GW: 166lbs
Oct 1 GW: 160lbs0 -
Pah! No change this week!
I can't wait to go back to work next Monday, I need routine!!!1
LouiseXXX0 -
i so kicked *kitten* this week.
start......... w 33 h 38 b 40
aug 29.... w 32 h 35 b 36 1/2
woo hoo
also got all my jumping jacks in for tuesday thru sunday plus a few extra!!! thats 30 house points for me YAY!!!0 -
Good Monday to all. I am not quite sure how the jumping jacks are totaled. Does it matter if I did the total for the week in the last 2 days of the week, that is when I started the challenge. I did the total of 25 for Sat = 5 pts then on Sunday I did 5 sets of 25 = 125 for a weekly total of 30. Or does it go by day only so I have 2 days at 25ea for a week total of 10??
I am not sure but I remember something about a water challenge? Is this still going?
Thanks I am working on the scale issue.0 -
Not a good week for me, I put on 0.3lb (though it must surely be water retention) and only managed jumping jacks on three days, which is 15 house points.
GOALS
Start of September 127
Start of October 124
25th July 130
1st August 129.5
10th August 128.5
15th August 127.9
22nd August 127
29th August 127.30 -
My new weight is 186! Down .8, not as exciting as last week, but still something! I went to the state fair this week and didn't eat the greatest there (oops!),so I am happy I lost something! must admit, I did not do any of the jumping jacks.
I did my normal workouts (classes at the gym) that had jumping jacks in them, but I did not go above and beyond to do any extra! Too tired and sore! 0 -
Not good - current weight 176.5, that's a .5 gain. Hoping it's sodium from the Thai food I ate, but maybe not. Looks like I won't be meeting my Sept 1 goal, sigh.
House points: depends. At least 15. If I can count the jumping jacks I did for 30DS then it's 30 points, but I don't know if that's fair.0 -
WEEKLY CHALLENGE!
Hey, Gryffindors! It's good to see all of you working so hard! You make me proud to be a Lion
A lot of you have probably already seen it, but in case you haven't, we're starting a new, 4 week long, Inter-House Challenge next week. We'll start a new one every month until people lose too much interest, too. Here's the link to The Great Hall: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/326416-the-great-hall-of-hogwarts-school
Bump or bookmark that because that's where the Inter-House challenges and results and rules and all that important stuff will show up! Also, I'm going to be posting a blog with all the important information that you can always refer back to, so keep your eye out for that, too (signature badges will also be coming your way for lots of fun things by the end of the week)! And as always, I'll do my best to keep you all posted in case life gets busy!
We're going to be changing things a tiny bit to accommodate all four Houses competing together, so each House can also make their own decisions from week to week. The Inter-House challenge will be a 2 part thing, minutes of exercise and percentage of weight lost. We will still have food and exercise challenges each week as a House (separate from the whole school).
Here's where things get a little tricky: We will still earn House Points, but they will be earned for minutes of exercise (for every House). 1 House Point (HP) for every minute exercised. The HPs will decide which House wins the House Cup at the end of the 4 weeks, and the 2 people out of all the Houses with the highest individual HPs will be Head Boy/Girl. More on that by the end of the week!
Percentage of weight lost will be calculated as a whole House and at the end of each week the House with the highest overall percentage wins that week's Quidditch Match. At the end of the 4 weeks, the House with the highest overall percentage win's the Quidditch Cup! Since the other Houses weigh in at slightly different times during the week, we're going to say you can weigh in (also report your House Points and NEWTs/OWLs) ANY TIME from Friday to the end of Monday every week of the challenge (starting this Friday 9/2), so Heads of House can have their numbers by Wednesdays and the results for the week can be posted by Fridays and we start again
As Gryffindor House, we will still award Prefects each week based on food and exercise challenges separate from the minutes exercised. To add a bit of extra geeky, the food challenges will now be called NEWTs and the exercise challenges will now be called OWLs. They are worth the same amount, just named to be geeky These points are how I will choose Prefects from now on.
*****Ok, now for THIS WEEK'S OWLs/NEWTs!
NEWT (aka Food Challenge): Eat at least a serving of veggies with 3 of your meals per day.
This could be an omelet with some spinach mushroom and tomato, a salad at lunch, some carrots or broccoli as a snack, and some green beans with your dinner, or ANY variations in between. You just need to have veggies at 3 different times during each day this week. (1 point per meal w/veggie, but aim for at least 3 per day as much as possible)
OWL (aka Exercise Challenge): 60 Cross Over Crunches (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihSmBvM3tw4&feature=youtu.be)
I stole these from another challenge I'm in, and I never got around to doing them, so let's do it together! This works out to 10 per day (Tuesday - Sunday). You get 5 points for every 10 you do (up to the total 60, so 30 points total), and 1 point for every 2 crunches if you don't do the full 10 each day. If you need to double up on some days to get them in, that's totally fine! Just aim for 60 total by the time you check in each week. If you can do more, challenge yourself. If you can't do 60, pick a lower number and push to meet it!
Don't hesitate to ask me questions, and keep your eyes peeled for the Inter-House Challenge updates by the end of this week!
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Not good - current weight 176.5, that's a .5 gain. Hoping it's sodium from the Thai food I ate, but maybe not. Looks like I won't be meeting my Sept 1 goal, sigh.
House points: depends. At least 15. If I can count the jumping jacks I did for 30DS then it's 30 points, but I don't know if that's fair.
I don't have a problem with counting those 0 -
*answered my own question 0
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Hi guys! Looking forward to the Inter-House challenges! Here's my weigh-in.
SW: 154.2
GW Sept 1: 151
GW Oct 1: 145
Week 2: 157.6
Week 3: 155.2
Week 4: 157
Week 5: 158 Think it's safe to say I won't be meeting my first goal. Also, I did 3 days of the 25 jumping jacks, but reading through everyone's posts, I'm a little confused about what point value that works out to. :blushing:
Hope everyone has a good week! Looking forward to the OWLs and NEWTs!0 -
Hi guys! Looking forward to the Inter-House challenges! Here's my weigh-in.
SW: 154.2
GW Sept 1: 151
GW Oct 1: 145
Week 2: 157.6
Week 3: 155.2
Week 4: 157
Week 5: 158 Think it's safe to say I won't be meeting my first goal. Also, I did 3 days of the 25 jumping jacks, but reading through everyone's posts, I'm a little confused about what point value that works out to. :blushing:
Hope everyone has a good week! Looking forward to the OWLs and NEWTs!
If you did exactly 25 on those 3 days, then 5 points for each 25 = 15 points! Way to go!0 -
Thanks for all the work you're doing, bronwen!!0
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No change for me (and my scale broke this morning) :sad:0
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what do we log our cross over crunches as?0
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