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desertlyzard

@makingofastar Good job on going on the walk. Even though it may feel like you haven't made progress since the 5K in May, you did it! You have that past experience to draw on, and take confidence from that and know you can do what needs to be done to ready yourself for the color run. It can be so hard to get started again. I know June was not a good month for me, but its a new day with its own challenges and adventures so I'm trying to let yesterday's be gone. Sorry to hear about your car. It is rough when things so far beyond our influence, like hurricanes or fires, impact our lives. Staying in bed often sounds like the best choice option, but it seldom is for the long run. Glad your feeling better and hope you celebrate your birthday everyday!

desertlyzard

...t here is the challenge for this week:
WEEK 4 - 24th June -30th June

OWLs - 2 per day for each day you complete the following:

40 Minutes - get 2 OWLs for each day you complete a 40 minute session of exercise, be it a walk, the gym, strength training, but a continious session. 1 OWL for each day you do a 20 minute session.

NEWTs - 1 Point per day for each day you do the following:

Try to be under or over by no more than 50 cals of your calorie goal. 1 NEWT for each day you achieve this.

ok, I'm slightly confused, Not that I have results that are worth reporting, but are the results for this week what should be posted in WK 4 of the spreadsheet with the date of July5?

poorcopies

Yes! It looked like a typo, sorry!

As the Hogwarts Head has no internet as a result of storms, here is this week's challenge!

WEEK 1 - 1st July - 7th July

OWLs - 2 OWLs per day for each day you complete the following, or 1 OWL if you only manage 10 a day.

20 Jumping Jacks
20 Ab crunches
20 Push ups
20 Squats

NEWTs - 1 Point per day for each day you do the following:

5 a day - each day you manage to get your five portions of fresh fruit / vegetables a day you get 1 NEWT.

SPEW - 1 point for each day you post in this thread!

biggergirlsrun2

Hey all!

Gained a little bit back this week (only .1lbs). Still makes me a bit sad.
Was crazy busy at work so didn't have a lot of free time to do much of anything and with no groceries in the house, it was hard to find healthy meals (I didn't do too bad though).

Still kind of sitting at the same weight for past 3 weeks or so. Any suggestions on how to bust through this plateau?
Thanks fellow Slytherins!!

P.S. feel free to friend me!

Vegastei

So I got power back lol, on the bright side i had to throw away everything in my fridge so i get to start anew
I can now start to log what i ate for the day again also
@ poorcopies thanks for getting the challenges up

Hope everyone has a great week

fuhrmeister

Hello All,

I am so happy to be a part of this new challenge. Is ther somewhere I am suposed to weigh in and record my OWL's and NEWTS? My beginning weight for this challenge is 215lbs, So tired of being over 200lbs. So here is hoping I can earn us some points nad lose soem weight.

have a great day!

desertlyzard

Hi All and a happy Monday.
Sounds like everyone is ready for a fresh start and to rock on the inter-house challenges! Thanks for posting those!

I did really poor in June, and like makingofastar am stuck in the same three pound range. I what i discovered in June is that I'm not focusing on making this a priority. I don't want the whole "I've got to loss weight" mentality to rule my life, but I do need to make it conscious, and determined, part of my choices. it just won't happen. So my goal for July is to act intentionally!

Have a great week everyone! and check in often!

oh and Fuhrmeister, this is the link I have to the Syltherin weekly weigh in sheet...

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgqIcbJ240bVdFZEMjlkZ3c5NkVxQ0Ffa003M2x5dnc#gid=0

fuhrmeister

Hello All,

I will add myself to teh spreadsheet at hoem this evening. Can't get to it at work. I am in the same boat losing and gainig the same 5 pounds or so. I have been on this site ofr 1.5 years I shuould be so much closer to my goal. But here I am trying somthing new. I know we can all do this.

Monday - earned 2 OWL pts adn 1 SPEW point
Tuesday 1SPEW point and 1/2 way to my NEWT pt so far.

Have a great day everyone!

fuhrmeister

checking in for today. Exercise done..that's 3 days in a row

fuhrmeister

Checking in again today, where is everyone? Ate to much pizza yesterday but worked garden and did my assigned exercises. I hope everyone else is doing well!

poorcopies

I had inflamed the tendons in my knee so I haven't been online the best couple of days, sorry!

Hope everyone is good!

desertlyzard

Hi all,

I took an internet free day yesterday but hope those of you had the day off, had a great day! Went out to Mexican food and ate way to much!

@ poorcopies, how's the knee doing? that sounds really painful.

@ furhmeister, awesome job on the three days in a row!! I didn't get through the exercises in the challenge yesterday, but did do some bike riding and speed bag work. I'm going to go do the challenge exercises right now. thanks for the inspiration!

fuhrmeister

Yesterday was another reasonable day was a few cals over but I managed to be less than 100over after eatign Thai for dinner.

Completed exercise again yesterday. It reminds me how out of shape I am. I used to be able to do crunched forever and now 20 in a row gets a little tough towards the end. So glad I am doing these daily exercises.

Pts.

S- 0
M-3
T-4
W-3
Th-3
F- 1 so far.
Total: 14

Have a great weekend everyone!

desertlyzard

Great job furmeister! Everyday helps retrain the muscles. I've been doing ok with the crunches and Jumping jacks. The pushup have had to been a modified plank style, and the squats really hurt my knees, so have been avoiding those but been trying lunges instead. Not very consistently this week, but enough for a few Owls.

poorcopies - how the knee doing? I hope the swelling has gone and its starting mend.

Well I'm off to spend my Saturday shampooing carpets, should be a "fun" day.
Enjoy everyone!

fuhrmeister

nothing good to eat today and no exercise, guess I better do better tomorrow. Good night all.

desertlyzard

Hi All.

since July is an interhouse challenge month, is there a different spreadsheet where we need to log in our info?

fuhrmeister

hello all, I had a bad weekend food and exercise wise but I am pround of my challenge results form last week. I earned 17pts for the week. I need to p[ut all my info in teh spreadsheet I keep forgetting when I get home. So what is teh challenge for this week?

No weight loss for last week, so i am hoping ofr a good one this week.

Have a great day everyone.

Vegastei

i have not done much last week but starting anew this week.
Hope everyone is well
O and were do i log my weight for this week, new spread sheet?

fuhrmeister

Here for my daily check in. Was way over yesterday but proud of myself for logging. Planning to be under my cals and under 100 carbs today.

Have a healthy day everyone!

desertlyzard

Morning all,
Didn't to bad on calories yesterday, but did not get the walking in that I wanted. Tonight is bowling night so I know I"ll least get some exercise in too. Need to make some healthy plans for dinner.

Have a great day!

desertlyzard

Challenges for week two for the interhouse challenge (stold these from another house, so I hope they are correct......)

here are the challenges for week two of July- as decided by Hufflepuff...

Food - Monitor your sodium levels!
Each participant should have the sodium column in their diary and for every day they are 'under' the sodium 'goal', they should award themselves. For every day that the individual is under their sodium goal, they should award themselves 5 NEWTs .
As well as that, for every glass of water an individual has they should award themselves 1 NEWT, so 1 NEWT per glass.

Exercise
This week's exercise is crunches! For every set of 10 crunches an individual completes, they should award themselves 5 OWLs. A bonus 5 OWLs can be awarded for 60 minutes of exercise completed, and that can be any form exercise.

These are more complicated and will result in higher totals than our usual OWL system, so good luck with keeping track of them!

biggergirlsrun2

Hey y'all,

I was just Wondering where the spreadsheet is for July?

Thanks!

desertlyzard

Hey y'all,

I was just Wondering where the spreadsheet is for July?

Thanks!

working on getting it updated. Hopefully by days end tomorrow we will be current and kicking some more butt of the other houses!

desertlyzard

Morning all,

I think the spreadsheet is up and ready to go so LET'S GO SLYTHERIN!!

Hope you all a great day and don't forget to count those glasses of water for extra points in the challenge this week.

fuhrmeister

Ok, so I need to go total up my points, I am an awesome water drinker! but I don't worry too much about sodium personally. I have done a ton of reading on it. The body easily adjusts to diffrent levels of sodium provided that you eat a similar amount each day and have healthy kidneys. PM me if you want me to find a link to the article. That being said my sodium is uasually in the recomended range unless I eat out.

I must put a reminder on my phone to add myself to the spreadsheet. I guess my points for last week didn't count since I never logged into the spreadsheet. Bummer. Is the new spreadsheet the same linnk as on the previous page.

BTW waht day of the week do challenges begin?

Time to get in some crunches.

Have a great day all.

biggergirlsrun2

working on getting it updated. Hopefully by days end tomorrow we will be current and kicking some more butt of the other houses!

Thank you!! You're the best!

desertlyzard

Ok, so I need to go total up my points, I am an awesome water drinker! but I don't worry too much about sodium personally. I have done a ton of reading on it. The body easily adjusts to diffrent levels of sodium provided that you eat a similar amount each day and have healthy kidneys. PM me if you want me to find a link to the article. That being said my sodium is uasually in the recomended range unless I eat out.

I must put a reminder on my phone to add myself to the spreadsheet. I guess my points for last week didn't count since I never logged into the spreadsheet. Bummer. Is the new spreadsheet the same linnk as on the previous page.

BTW waht day of the week do challenges begin?

Time to get in some crunches.

Have a great day all.

Crunch crunch crunch, better than a chip, crunch crunch crunch....at least that's what i tell myself during set.

We can get some clarification next week when poorcopies is back, but my understanding is that the challenges run Monday thru sunday and you can weigh in and record point anytime until Tuesday of the following week. go ahead and log your points for last week. since this is a month log challenge between houses, it would be good to have everything there that we can.

I'm not sure I did the spreadsheet right, but as near as i can tell it is clear out at the end of every month so we can always use the same link, and no one has to redo the formulas for house comparison. Again, we can clarify next week.

Have a great evening/day everyone!

fuhrmeister

excellent, just put a reminde int eh phone to add myself ot the spreadsheet this evening. i am so bad about that b/c I can't do it at work.

60 crunches yesterday. My total pts so far from Mon-Wed are 72. I plan to rock the water and crunches for the rest of the week. Today looks good for sodium so far was at 2700 yesterday.

Have a great day everyone.

fuhrmeister

I finally put my info on the spreadsheet. I need to get to crunching. Some many points to be had. I am up to 87 pts so far.

Have a great weekend everyone.

desertlyzard

Have a great weekend everyone! Enjoy what ever activities you choose do, but just get up and get moving'! (at least that's my approach as homework tries to ties a chain to my desk)