Ravenclaw Common Room
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@thewinged - I know what you mean. All I drink is water and coffee, so I always feel like I'm cheating on water challenges too! But its a good reminder for me to make sure I'm drinking ENOUGH water instead of sucking down the coffee.
I am not getting my ab-work in this week like I had hoped I would. Worked overtime both Monday and Tuesday - by the time I get home, there's not a lot of time to devote to exercise. I'm going to have to find new ways to fit workout time into my days.0 -
Hey all,
@thewinged... I am going out right now to find some swings! Sounds like a great workout!! I wish I could LIMIT my wine to one glass a week though, sigh.
@azsuzi... Can you do ab stuff at work? I never remember to do them, but my old colleague swears by contracting her abs while she sits at for giving her a great six-pack...
@korkster... 100 crunches?! You mad?!
This logging thing is difficult to get back into the swing of, must try harder!0 -
Back from my vacation. I ate so bad! The guy that I was with for most of the week ate pizza and Mexican. I loved it all, cause I don't eat it often when at home, but I am feeling fat and pudgy
I did get a run in on Sunday and I did A LOT of walking around the race track on Monday and Tuesday. Even found some trails while looking to get to other corners of the track. 0 -
The contracting abs thing works. I don't know about a 6-pack, but you definitely feel the burn after a while. It was one of our challenges before, and it kicked my butt. Plus, it's so easy to do... since we all sit...
The 100 crunches aren't bad. I break it up into 50, then 25, then 25. I do it while I watch TV for distraction. Usually when I get home (~9pm).
I also work out the arms in the morning (~5:20am). Just lifting weights, but it helps get me started in the day.
...maybe I should start the ab contract thing again...
I wish I had a swing here! Haven't seen one in ages!0 -
Hey Ravenclaws!!!!!!!
Just stopping by for a quick hi- I've been a bit crazy lately between my own work (curriculum writing), the addition to the house, and my husband's work (he's working 65 hours this week) so not much checking in lately. Luckily I've been getting my OWLS just because all I drink is water (12 cups a day or more) and I do 200 bicycle crunches a day (I'm really looking to find some abs under my layer of fluff.0 -
I did my usual morning walk/jog thing today. I thought I was walking slow, so I included my jogging bits. I even added one going uphill (like a crazy person). Made it in less than 14 minutes! 6 minutes shaved from when I first started. This was also the first time I've ever doubled-over and gasped for breath like I was dieing, but I did it. :bigsmile:0
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HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE! :bigsmile:
Did my jog again. Feeling good.
Today is expected to be a "high" calorie day. Well, higher than usual. Have a happy hour to go to. My goal is to sample a bit so people don't ask me anything, but not to gorge. I resisted my ultra-love (bread) yesterday, so I feel I'm prepared.
Hope everyone is doing well. Have a good one!
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Great job on the run/walk. I'm doing the C25K program and on week two. I had to start over cause I was out of commission for 5 weeks with my sprained ankle.0
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Hey everyone! I missed posting yesterday cause work was crazy busy and I was exhausted when I got home. All I wanted to do (and all I did
) was sit in front of the TV when I got home. Went to bed early only to be woken up an hour later by a loud family quarrel next door. :ohwell:
This weekend will be spent on homework - of course! - and getting my son ready to start classes next week. I am so excited that he has decided to do something more than barricade himself in his room and sit in front of his computer all day! YESSS!! :drinker:
Hope you all have a great weekend!0 -
Hi everyone!
So, my new 'logging every day and being really good´ resolution has failed because I moved to Spain on Friday, and we don´t have internet or anything sorted in my house yet. I LIVE IN SPAIN NOW THOUGH! Super exciting!
As you may have seen, Kelly is having a short break whilst she sorts things out and as other people are so busy at the moment with holidays and so on, I propose we take a short break from challenges etc and then get going again properly in September. So this will be a break week (still post and so on, but no challenges!) and then we shall get organised and start properly on the weekend coming.
And for now, remember, wit beyond measure is man´s greatest treasure!!0 -
Morning all!
I dropped the ball a bit on the weekend, and the results weren't good. I'm holding off on weighing until tomorrow morning because I just can't believe that number.
Sure, I had two high-calorie days, but I also exercised, and didn't eat back all of those calories... so... whatever.
Hopefully by being good today (and yesterday) it'll right the weekend wrong.0 -
Hi guys, sorry I haven't checked in for two weeks! :noway: :noway: :noway:
I've just moved houses so I've been pretty preoccupied with that
I've logged in an approximate weight/exercise and will start afresh for this week 0 -
Well, that temporary weight ain't coming off. :grumble:
Been doing my exercises, eating about 1450 calories (try to do less, but I get so HUNGRY!), and... nada. The scale won't budge, and I don't know what I did to deserve such treatment. It can't be muscle; that's a lot of muscle over the weekend.
And, of course, when it stresses you out, you get hungry. Three Ghiradelli squares and a bag of jerky in, and it's only 9:30am.
Whatevs. I can still turn it around, but perhaps what I need is a "f" it day and just enjoy myself.0 -
Hmmm... Has our Hogwarts group finally died?0
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I'm still here azsuzi!
Haha. I am always the one that pops in irregularly and makes excuses though.
I do still check this every few days even if I don't post that often.
Today I weighed in to the surprise weight of 55.9kg! :noway: I've never gotten down that low before. Pretty awesome :happy: . I put it down to the "Moving-out-of-home Diet" which basically means that now, if I'm hungry, I have to 1) leave the warmth of my room (this is a cold house, we have heating in the bedrooms but not the house generally) 2) clear the tiny kitchen so I can make something 3) actually make something 4) wash up and clear the tiny kitchen again. That just looks like too much effort half the time, so I've been eating a lot less. I tend to make a big salad to take to work every day as well, because I don't want to buy lunch, so no doubt that's helped.0 -
I'm still here just not as active as I would like to be. School officially starts tuesday so I'll be back in my usual routine and will check in every day again (shh I do it during prep- here's not much "prep" time at home with a 4 and 2 year old neither of whom actually nap)
I ran 13 miles Thursday- in 1 hour 52 minutes- I was completely STOKED!!!!
My half marathon is in 2 weeks . . . last long run is tomorrow and then I will taper down so my body can heal before the race0 -
I'm glad to see that there's still life in Ravenclaw! And I guess I shouldn't be too surprised that no one's around on a holiday weekend (in the US) at the end of the summer. I'd miss you all if we close up the common room - we've been together for so long! :flowerforyou:
But the other houses are looking pretty sorry - Slytherin has pretty much thrown in the towel, Gryffindor hasn't had a post in 2 weeks and Hufflepuff is barely hanging on. Its looking like Ravenclaw might be the lone house again. Bron and Kelly have done a great job as acting Headmistresses trying to hold it all together, but without enthusiasm and participation from all the houses, the energy of inter-house competition fades away. That's why Ravenclaw went out on its own after the initial challenge ended last year (wow! has it been a year since the last movie came out?). Its just easier to focus on our own little group.
OK - enough with my moody ramblings... So, if Ravenclaw is still here, we need challenges!! And we need to get back to announcing our weekly Prefects and such! Since Lottee doesn't have reliable internet right now and Kelly is dealing with personal issues, I will step in and keep Ravenclaw moving.
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Here we go - Sept week 1 challenges:
Food: Eat your fruits and veggies! Aim for 3 cups of veggies and 2 cups of fruits each day (hint: 2 cups of lettuce and other salad greens counts as one cup). Here's a link to give you some ideas: http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/everyone/fruitsvegetables/cup.html#1cup
Exercise: Keep it moving! Take the stairs, park away from the building, use the bathroom on the other side of the building, etc.
Spirit: Post! Let your fellow Ravenclaws know what you're up to.
Happy September Ravenclaw!0 -
Azsuzi, you are a star! And, as of tomorrow, I am back at work (eek) and so will have reliable internet access everyday. Thank you so much for doing the challenges, and I will get on with reminders and prefects and so on this week. The spreadsheet is updated to include this weekend, and I will clear it of people who seem to have dropped out after this weeks weigh-in.
As for me, am slowly settling into Spain, my housemate is lovely and the flat is good, no internet or anything yet though as the paperwork moves sooooo slowly!! Amazing weather though, and have got a new running route sorted, which I am going to try out tomorrow morning.
Hopefully, as people go back to work/college/school they will drift back to Ravenclaw, and if not, we'll just have a really small group of old favourites! I will be logging on every day from now (I know I've said that before, but no excuses now!!) so I hope to see you guys in here as well!
Lottee x
Edit- just seen the spreadsheet as well Azsuzi! I was going to leave this week as an extra week and have next weekend as the first weigh-in of September, as we need a catch-up week at some point, but we can totally do that at the end of this month intead, so thanks loads!!0 -
Hi all!
Wow, exhausting first day at work, information overload! Had a lovely swim in the school open-air pool afterwards though, so that de-stressed me a little bit... Free school lounch everyday though, need to avoid that temptation...
Don't forget to weigh-in today Ravenclaws, if you're still around!0 -
Thanks for the reminder to weigh in Lottee. I forgot that today's Monday since its a US holiday - still feels like Sunday! Glad you've settled into your new home and got through the first day of work.
I'm starting the month up a bit. I really do need to buckle down and knock out the sweets and snacks. Why is it that when we're overworked and tired it gets so difficult to stick to a good diet? My hubby says its all about will-power, but I just don't agree. I need to go back and find that article about gateway foods and let him read it. Maybe then he'll understand my struggles...
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Hey everyone! So I'm a little confused about the spreadsheet. Do we enter our owls and house points for this coming week by our weight for September 3rd?
I ate horribly over the weekend and I have got to get back in the habit of going to the gym! I feel like I gained 5 pounds over the weekend but the scale proved me wrong on that which I am definitely happy about!0 -
Hey all, well, I got through the second day as well! Hard wok but I'll get there. Brittlynn- enter your weight for this weekend, and house points if you know them. I don't think there were any OWLS. then, next week, you can log all three.
Azsuzi, I am the same! Will have to try harder this month and I agree, a lot of the time it's not willpower you need, it's a padlock on the fridge!!0 -
Had a lot of fun this weekend, and the scale showed a bit but I don't care. Got 3 new pairs of running shoes (2 neutral, 1 trail) since my last pair bit the dust, and boy it makes a difference!
I've been aiming of doing 10k steps a day as a minimum, but am having difficulty switching over. Today I'm already there, but I also hiked some trails for an hour & a half. Can't do that everyday... gotta work at some point.
Oh! Found an old health assessment from October 2011 and it was amazing how different I was at the start of my journey to now. I think I'll do another assessment in October to compare properly. The differences are outstanding.
Everyone have a good one! Good to see some people back! (Got tired of talking to myself.)0 -
Brittlynn - you enter the house points and owls that you earned last week by your Sept 3 weight. The points you earn in this coming week will go next to your Sept 10 weight.Hey everyone! So I'm a little confused about the spreadsheet. Do we enter our owls and house points for this coming week by our weight for September 3rd?
I ate horribly over the weekend and I have got to get back in the habit of going to the gym! I feel like I gained 5 pounds over the weekend but the scale proved me wrong on that which I am definitely happy about!
I'm doing pretty good today - had to do a bit of attitude adjustment, but so far, no unauthorized snacking! :happy:
Have a happy day everyone!0 -
Hey everyone!!!! I just sat through my second day of 6 hour long meetings- I swear to all high heaven I'm going INSANE!!!!!0
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Haha MomofJandA, I feel the same! God the start of the year as a teacher is boring! All i want to do is sort my classroom out and get on with things, and instead i'm in meeting after meeting about nonsensical systems!
Apart from that though a good week, have managed to exercise every day anyhow! Eating is ok but sporadic, and there's lots of snack food around all the time. MUST RESIST!!!0 -
Ooh, house stuff! Well done to matchamatcha and momofJandA for losing this week!
Our prefects, (for the most amount of house points this week only) are.... MomofJandA, and Korkster! Well done you guys! I think we'll go back to the old system of prefects setting challenges, as the houses aren't doing it anymore. So, Korkster, can you come up with an exercise challenge for us, and momofJandA, a food one? Thanks guys, and well done!!0 -
I realized something this morning while I was running at 5am . . . . I'm NOT young anymore- I can't stay up until 12:30 drinking beer and watching football (GO COWBOYS!!!) and expect to not feel it when I have to wake up at 4:30 for a 6 mile run . . . .
Food Challenge: get you PROTEIN!!!! 1 point for every day you reach or exceed your protein goal . . . . protein helps repair muscle!0 -
Good challenge, I need my protein!!0
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Oops. I totally lost track of time...and forgot to enter everything in! Ah well, I suppose I can weigh myself tomorrow morning before food. This week blazed by...I've been cleaning and re-hauling my room, since a realtor is coming to appraise my parent's house. I still need to finish writing my raptor field report too! Ahhh, so much to do.
My eating has gotten a bit healthier last week, with home-made food mostly occupying the dinner slot. I still munch a lot of candy though, since I am bad at bringing enough food to work (walking for seven hours straight makes me HUNGRY)...so I chow on the candy that is offered for free. Oh sugar, how hard you are to avoid.
I really need to just beef up the snacks I bring to munch on during breaks. Something with protein in it will probably last longer than a candy bar...perhaps beef jerky?
Edit: Man, I feel like I'm cheating at house points (exercise minutes). My job has me walking for up to 7 hours a day (not including my breaks and lunch periods). Maybe I should only enter exercise minutes that I do in addition to my job?0
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