Ravenclaw Common Room

I'm weighing in at 166.5 - down a pound from last week!

My secret for getting in all my water every day: I have a 32 oz. water bottle on my desk at work - that's 4 cups. I just sip on that throughout the day instead of sodas or tea. I have another 32 oz. water bottle at home that I carry around with me when I work out, cook dinner, watch TV or whatever. There's my 8 cups!

i have 3 cup bottle that i fill in the morning and finish by lunch, fill it again after eating lunch to finish by the time i go home where i fill it again to finish before bed. that gets me 9 cups in for the day.

Hello Fellow Ravenclaws!!

I'm weighing in today at 283.4, which is down 0.2 since DH.2 but still up a bit from my lowest (280.2). It's the end of vacation week and I'm determined to get back to exercising!

I know you're supposed to aim for 8 cups of water everyday but I usually drink on average about 12 cups. I know that seems like a lot but as big as I am, 8 cups just doesn't cut it for me, especially when I exercise. I veer more toward the idea of drinking 1/2 your weight in ounces (which if I were to do that I'd be drinking like 18 cups a day which I'll admit is a little crazy!).

I said all of that to say, I'll be aiming for the higher end of my spectrum for this week at 15 cups. My secret to getting there: I use a 2-cup cup at work and try to have one wtih each of my meals (breakfast, morn snack, lunch, afternoon snack). It also helps me get out from in front of my computer, which I have a tendency to get too focused on something and lose track of time.

So, here we go! Let's keep the Ravenclaw spirit alive by making smart choices and bettering ourselves!

"I am a wizard, not a baboon brandishing a stick!" - Professor Flitwick

I'm still at 142. I have a big water bottle (50 oz i believe) and I try to drink one of those before I go to work in the morning and refill it and try to have another bottleful after my workout when I get home. I also have a brita on my desk at work so I think with all of that I get my daily water requirement in. I also have bottles with crystal light, but i don't know if that counts.

good morning fellow Common Roomers!! Happy Monday! One of the challenges this week is going to be hard for me. one of the weak areas in my workout is abs. i mostly do cardio but really need to step up everything else. i am going to do my best this week. water shouldn't be a problem though. best of lock for a great day to all. :bigsmile:

...10 minutes doing abs seemed like a really LLOONNGG time yesterday!!

No kidding!

Morning Ravenclaws! (well, it's Tuesday morning here but we are in the future...)

Found a good website here:

http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/abdominalcorestrength1/ss/Quick-Core-Workout.htm

It has a good workout for strengthening your core and abs, and should take just over ten minutes. We can do anything for ten minutes, right?!

Good luck with the challenges today!!

ps Bethanyweathers 7lb is amazing!! Well done!!

Happy Tuesday Ravenclaws!! hoping for a better day today. i ended up working late yesterday which totally blew the plan of going to the gym after work...thusly, i did not burn off the calories i had intended to and was waaaay over for the day. :ohwell: on the up side, my water intake was great!! hoping to make it to the gym after work today. Have a great day everyone. :bigsmile:
PS to Bethanyweathers-AWESOME!!!! congrats :drinker:

Greetings Ravenclaws! I headed back to the gym today (first time since pulling my calf muscle). Though I stayed away from the cardio machines, I did get a get a good 30 minutes of vigorous swimming in and a lot of weight training. I probably spent a good 20 minutes on abs using various machines.

I can't say I've been a successful with the water intake, although I am drinking more these days than I have in the past..

It felt great to get back to the workout. I was in a slump there for a while. Thank you to all for your encouragement, especially Azsuzi:happy:

good morning Ravenclaw!! better day yesterday. got a nice workout in after work. i put in some time on the ab machines, but not 10 minutes-maybe 5-7 so i'm getting there. still good on water. wish i had some now...getting my yearly labs done this morning and i thought they opened at 6am. turns out they don't open till 6:30 so i'm trying to hang in there till then. thirsty and starving at this point!! have a great tuesday!!

sorry about the confusion lottee-had an early start today and wasn't quite awake with my last post!! azsuzi-i agree about the food habits and easily slipping back into the bad old ways!! today is supposed to be my "high" day for zig zagging and i just couldn't work up the energy to go to the gym today!! i have a TON of calories to burn off and i just don't know if i can do it!! i'm gonna take a little rest andsee if that helps. hopefully will be posting back later that i was able to git 'er done!!

Yay! I'm the Prefect! Woot!

Monday was rough for me. My grandma made dinner, which meant plain chicken,mashed potatoes and white bread. Blah, and incredidily NOT filling (not to mention healthy!) So I ended up going WAY over that night. I've been pretty good these last few nights though.

Also, I bought Hungry Girl's 300 under 300 cookbook, which I would highly recommend. It's amazing, and every recipe in there is UNDER 300 CALORIES!!!!!

Good morning Ravenclaws!

I overslept this morning. Oops! But then, everyone else is late in to the office too.

I've decided to start C25K this weekend. I hope my knees hold up. I started taking glucosamine/condroitin supplements a couple weeks ago because my knees had started getting achy from all the walking. It seems to help.