Slytherin Common Room :)

I love having challenges I'm very competitive and I don't like to lose probably like most people in this house!

That's great! What should our first challenge be? Let us put our cunning heads together and go above and beyond.(:

hmm I am thinking an exercise challenge...what do you guys think?

The term doesn't officially start until Monday, Sept. 5th, but I've got 2 challenges for all of you before we get started!

This weekend, walk/jog/run a total of 6 miles AND drink 9 cups (72 oz) of water each day!!
For the 6 miles, you can either split it up and do 3 miles each day, or do it all in one shot - it's up to you. This won't count for any points for our house, but it'll be a way to keep you moving this weekend!!

Have fun!!

The term doesn't officially start until Monday, Sept. 5th, but I've got 2 challenges for all of you before we get started!

This weekend, walk/jog/run a total of 6 miles AND drink 9 cups (72 oz) of water each day!!
For the 6 miles, you can either split it up and do 3 miles each day, or do it all in one shot - it's up to you. This won't count for any points for our house, but it'll be a way to keep you moving this weekend!!

Have fun!!

I am in!!!!!!!!!

3 miles down this afternoon! Also pushing 60lb stroller (2 children) good work out

Whoops had the worst weekend and only just read this. Certainly let the team down this weekend and it's over now!! Sorry team!

No worries Lynn! It was just a little mini challange that I put up to get up moving and motivated. It didn't count towards any house points or anything. Just a fun little get-up-and-go pre-term challenge!

anyways, my challenge to all you slytherins is to do 200 squats today... who's with me????

I will do it!!!

So I thought up some daily challenges for everyone if you choose to accept them:

Wednesday: 100 jumping jacks and keep your sodium intake under 2,500 mg.
Thursday: 50 push-ups (regular or modified) and keep your carb intake under your goal
Friday: walk at least 1.5 miles and drink at least 9 cups of water
Saturday: 1 minute Bear Crawl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7AMnJgdt78) and keep your fat intake under your goal.
Sunday: Rest

So I thought up some daily challenges for everyone if you choose to accept them:

Wednesday: 100 jumping jacks and keep your sodium intake under 2,500 mg.
Thursday: 50 push-ups (regular or modified) and keep your carb intake under your goal
Friday: walk at least 1.5 miles and drink at least 9 cups of water
Saturday: 1 minute Bear Crawl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7AMnJgdt78) and keep your fat intake under your goal.
Sunday: Rest

I can do everything but the sodium. I have to have a minimum sodium intake of 2,500 for my heart problems

Emma- Then your goal is to keep your sodium intake over 2,500!!!


To all Slytherins- If you have a medical condition that prevents you from doing any of the exercises or any of the other goals, please don't do them!! We want you healthy, not hurting yourself!

Hi there!

I am Samantha, a currently unemployed struggling author living out the "glamorous" starving artist life. I decided to start my weight loss journey seriously after being denied sedation at my dentist's office due to high blood pressure. I have a bit of a phobia of the dentist, so that is completely unacceptable.

I am a big nerd and enjoy reading, writing, and video games - leading to a very sedentary lifestyle in the past. However, I have owned DDR for several years and have just purchased a few dancing games for the Wii as well as Wii fit plus. The way I look at it is if I can make exercise fun then I will be more likely to do it. I am looking forward to eventually being able to participate in athletic competitions.

DDR

Did anyone do their jumping jacks??? I made it to 75... :-(

For today, I'm pretty sure I've already blown my carb intake... But I WILL get the push-ups in!!!! How is everyone else doing?

Forgot to check out this common room, so have missed everything!! As it's allready friday here in Australia I'm on to that challenge. I've allready done my Friday program at the gym which includes a good cardio and upper body workout, (treadmill included) so hopefully I've covered the 1.5 miles. The water has started and I will keep that really in my focus because its been a bit of a downfall lately! So I'm in! Gonna check out that bear crawl, bet it's nasty. I'll attempt it after my spin class tomorrow as that's a real pearler and I need all the energy I can muster to stay on that bike! Anyway even though I didn't do thos specific exercises I've been pretty good each day with other programs so have sort of passed the test, in a round about way!

Good luck all!

How is everyone doing today? Any interesting stories? Successes? NSVs?

I got back from vacation on Wednesday night, and finally had time to read through all of this... ha. Time to see how much exercise can actually fit in my full schedule!!

About me:

I'm a 26 year old piano and violin teacher. I teach private lessons at my students houses. I was unschooled my whole life, and the only schooling I did was advanced piano masterclass and orchestra in college.

I've always been petit (I'm 5'2" and have always been in the weight range of 102-120 lbs in my adult life so far). Last year I had some bad stomach problems that lead me to not be able to eat for a while, so I lost a lot of weight very quickly. The doctors never found out what caused this, but the pancreatic enzymes they put me on helped enough so that I could start eating again, and slowly build my life back up to normal (almost no more cancelled work days due to unbearable stomach pains).

When I started eating normally I was ravenous, and within 5 months I went from about 104 lbs to 120 lbs. When I got to 120 I realized that if I didn't balance out my habits it would keep climbing, and I was NOT willing to let that happen.
I heard from a friend of mine that she was having success with weight loss by using a calorie counter. I never thought I'd want to do that, but I tried it since it's in a cool app and I love cool apps
So far I've really been enjoying the process. I have been doing it for over 90 days now, without even skipping one day! I log when I'm over, when I'm under, everything accurately. I've lost about 10 lbs (I vary between 106 lbs and 111 lbs mainly), and am in the maintenance stage now.

I love how logging my calories feels like a game with this site. I want to get a good score every day! This encourages me to exercise more than I ever have, which feels AWESOME.

P.S. I'm a huge HP fan. I have three cloaks and three wands, and have hosted 2 HP parties... haha I'm a huge nerd ;-D

A new week is coming up so we need some sort of challenge. Anyone have an ideas?

Do you have any challenges that you want to do this week??


I have one for the overall week - increase your exercise by an additional 15 minutes each day if you can. That extra time will help you burn more calories and will also help with our scores for the House Cup!!