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Hi, sorry I'm late. No change in my weight this week. /:

But on the bright side, I did gain early access to Pottermore this morning!

YAY! I found the link!

I gave you my weight yesterday so I will start posting here on Monday mornings!
LETS GO GRYFFINDOR!!!!!!!!!

Are we doing the 1500 calories burn in a week this week also?

As Tonks would say, wotcher Gryffindors!

My weight last week was 166.8. My weight this morning is 165.6 -- 1.2 pounds lost for the week! I'm still a half pound heavier than I was when I stopped consistently logging and exercising in May (I was finishing grad school and job hunting, which really made me not give a crap about what I was eating... Taco Bell was perfect for 1am while writing my dissertation). But I think only gaining 1.8 pounds between then and now isn't that bad! I was still trying to be conscious about what I was eating, but often made bad choices that I wouldn't have made otherwise.

I burned 914 calories this week. On a positive note, that's 4 calories more than MFP has for my weekly burned goal. On the downside, I didn't make the 1500 goal. It was definitely a lack of motivation on my part, combined with the disgustingly hot weather. I also commute an hour both ways to work, so by the time I get home I'm feeling like having a beer and kicking back in the yard with a book. However, our play rehearsals have kicked up to three times a week, so that's three days I will be dancing for at least an hour!

Last night I played soccer with my little brother. I've been playing since first grade, and I was on the school team in the fall, indoor travel in the winter, and outdoor travel in the spring/summer. I think there was only about a month that I wasn't on a field. I haven't played in seven years, but god did I miss it! Getting my foot on the ball was like coming home to something. I'm trying to find a non-paying league around here (they are expensive... I used to pay exorbitant amounts for my traveling teams), but my brother plays with his friends often and I think I'll try to get him to play with me as well. It's a great calorie burner and so much fun you don't even know you're exercising.

I'm going for the 1500 goal again, since I didn't make it this week, but I'm going to try and hit 2000 if I can! We'll see how it goes. Hope y'all have a great week ladies (I think we're all ladies here, anyway)!

Welcome, Ellie.
And yes, I've lost inches! I lost 1/4" from my thigh, 7/8" from my waist, and 1 5/8" from my hips. The previous measurements are from 11 days ago, not just this past week. In light of this, I excuse myself for gaining a pound. :P

going to make my calorie burned goal for this week 3000! got 809 down already and its only monday. however i am headed to OCMD for 17 days to visit my sister and hoping to keep it up but last time i went down i was wicked busy forgot workout dvds and was just just plain lazy. I VOW TO DO MY BEST TO GET OFF MY *kitten* while there!


good luck to you all

Thanks for the invite bronwenhilary. Good to be back with the Gryffindors.

Well, after a fabulous weight loss for the Harry Potter Challenge, quite a bit went back on during my hols :sad:

Still, onwards and downwards.

My weight, as of yesterday morning, is 183lbs.

Goal for start of school term (1st September) - I'd love to be a size down (i'm UK size 16 at the mo, so size 14 here I come) and with that, be around 7-10lbs lighter.

For 1st October, I'd like to see more definition in my body, a few muscles and less wobbling flab.

I'm going to take a progress piccie (well, actually I'll have to bribe one of my children to do it!) this week, one in September (which will be my one year anniversary of properly losing weight) and one in October. Let's hope there's a differnence ; )

LouiseXXX

Yay sodium! I apparently went nuts this past weekend and gained 6lbs of water weight. Current weight: 159.4lbs

Hi everyone! I'm pretty new, but I'm so pumped to be here!

My starting weight is 154.5 and I've done 1,330 calories burned for this week so far. It really helps working at a barn where I get to ride on top of my regular workouts!

I am holding a bit of water weight due to sodium, the scale said 155.9 yesterday but it was back down to 155 this morning. I'm pretty sure I'll be relatively happy tomorrow morning haha (or at least I hope so)!