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I did my burpees during my lunch at work. I went into an empty office, closed the door and set out my yoga mat. I did maybe 3 of them.... by then I was slowing down, and my form was less then perfect plus my sort of short skirt kept getting in the way. And of course that's when someone had to walk into the office! Yep, that's one of those embarrassing work moments that people will laugh about at this years Christmas party!

That is HILARIOUS! The things we do for fitness

Are we ready for Week 2 of our Inter-House Challenge?!

You all gave us some awesome starting numbers for September, and we'll get to see the results from all four Houses after check in this week!

I apologize for not getting the challenges out before Friday this week, I've been a little disorganized and I just forgot I meant to do it! Most of us check in on Mondays, but I want those of us that might need or want to check in earlier than that to be able to do so.

If anyone needs a refresher on any of the rules for Hogwarts or just Gryffindor, check out the links in my signature.

Remember, House points are earned by minutes of exercise (strength and cardio workouts) and go towards earning us the House Cup at the end of September! OWLs and NEWTs as well as weigh-loss percentage will decide who the Gryffindor Prefects are each week!

Our OWLs and NEWTs this week are as follows:

OWL: Plie Kicks (http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Do-the-Plie-with-a-Kick-Exercise-230509508).

There won't be caps on the points you can earn for OWLs, so do as many as you can without hurting yourself. They seem pretty low impact, but if you need a modification or at least an alternate option let me know! Use whatever size weights you're comfortable with, and if you don't have any, you can use filled up water bottles or cans of soup or veggies. Be creative if you have to You will earn 1 OWL for every Plie Kick you complete.


NEWT: Replace one sugary drink (soda, coffee with creamer, kool-aid, etc) that you would normally drink in a day with a glass of water at least once per day. You earn 5 points for every day you do this at least once (7 days x 5 points per day = 35 points max).

If you don't drink a lot of sugary drinks, make sure to meet your water goal every day this week. At least 8 glasses is recommended, but if you normally drink 15 glasses a day at least, make that that your minimum to earn your 5 points for the day.


***Don't forget to check in no later than the end of Monday! If you don't you will get a reminder message from me. If you don't respond for 2 weeks in a row, I'll take you off the list temporarily. If you'd like to come back just let me know!

***Also, don't forget that you can only report numbers for 7 days no matter what day you decide to check in!

Good luck this week, my awesome Gryffindors! Let's really rack up those points so we can get ahead!

NEWT: Replace one sugary drink (soda, coffee with creamer, kool-aid, etc) that you would normally drink in a day with a glass of water at least once per day. You earn 5 points for every day you do this at least once (7 days x 5 points per day = 35 points max).

Goodness.... this one will be a REAL challenge for me, I love my diet coke (breakfast, lunch and dinner!)! I can do this, I can do this, I can do this.... Come on everyone, I need major encouragement for this one!

Baby steps! You can do it