Hogwarts Weight Loss Challenge (Term 54): 8 weeks, April 4th - June 1st

Maalea
Maalea Posts: 17,119 Member
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Hello, everyone! We'd like to invite you to he Hogwarts Weight Loss Challenge!
If you want some additional motivation to stay on track and have some fun while working towards your goals, come join us!

We are going to start out 54th term on April 4th. It will be an 8-week term themed around the 4th book in the series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The term will run from Friday, April 4th (with full activities beginning on the following Monday) through Sunday, June 1st.

The list inside the spoiler tags will give you an an idea of the type of challenges you would see each week in our general categories, to give you an idea of the commitment involved. Completing these challenges earns points for your house as we compete (in a friendly way!) to earn the House Cup each term.

MANDATORY Challenges:

Quidditch (Exercise task, running the entire week):
Complete 30 minutes of flex, 30 minutes of strength, and 30 minutes of cardio throughout the week.

Potions (Food task, running the entire week):
Eat the rainbow of fruit and vegetables this week.

Defense against the Dark Arts (running the entire week):
this category may contain some trivia questions about Harry Potter, or some questions for reflection

Weigh-in: runs Friday through Sunday

OPTIONAL Challenges:

Room of Requirement (typically running Wednesday through Thursday):
Complete a 15-minute workout.

Hogsmeade (typically running Saturday through Sunday):
Take 30 minutes to relax this weekend and let us know what you did.

Arithmancy (running the entire week):
Stay under your calorie limit for as many days as you manage

Alchemy (running the entire week):
Meet your water goal for as many days as you can manage

Certain weeks will also have:

Optional Quidditch matches (where you count minutes of exercise multiplied by effort to earn points)

Optional special events, such as a relay race events (one team member completes an activity and then the next person completes the next activity and so on, usually runs 2-3 days) or list events (sign up for tasks and complete them in any order within about a week).

Owls with the acceptance and friend requests should go out on Monday, March 31st through Tuesday, April 1st (and should be received by the end of Tuesday, April 1st).

*** While everyone who applies to join Hogwarts will be sorted into a house, if you do not respond to the prefect who contacted you within a reasonable time frame, then we will assume you no longer wish to participate in the challenge and remove you from the roster so that late applicants can be sorted.

Therefore, we ask those who received an owl on March 31st or April 1st to please join the castle and common room groups by 11:59 pm ET on Friday, April 4th. ***

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Application link: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2Fnd9AHShskCwomK8o7

Feel free to contact a member of the staff with any questions. You may also contact @Maalea and @Kisame29 to confirm that your application was received.

We hope to see many of you join us for Term 54. :)  

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  • iLive2Walk
    iLive2Walk Posts: 4,829 Member

    If you are a Harry Potter fan this challenge is fantastic! I owe much of my success (down 90 pounds and at my goal weight) from this challenge. Hope you'll join us!

  • Maalea
    Maalea Posts: 17,119 Member

    Bump 😀

  • Queenseven7
    Queenseven7 Posts: 12 Member

    I am brand new, just down loaded the app today so not real sure how to use it yet. I love Harry Potter so I think this group sounds great!! Can you explain how it works, do you give us exercises to do or do we just give our starting weight and find out own exercises to do and weigh in each week?? Like I said very new at this and ready to do what I gotta do to loose this weight I have put on.

  • Maalea
    Maalea Posts: 17,119 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48546422#Comment_48546422

    Hi and welcome!

    Each week there are some mandatory "Classroom" tasks (Hogwarts is a school after all): Quidditch, Potions and Defense Against the Dark Arts.

    Quidditch are exercise related tasks. Usually there are 2 or 3 options to choose from, ant their type varies. E.g. it may be a specific workout video, or a certain amount of cardio minutes (and you choose what you want to do), or even a workout inspired by something (then it is completely open, you just have to explain why this your workout fits).

    Potions are food-related tasks, also with some options, and also varying (e.g. have x servings of fruits/veggies per day for 3 days, meet a macro gola for 3 days, prepare a meal inspired by something, pre-plan 3 meals and stick to your plan, and so on).

    Defense Against the Dark Arts is usually something related to Harry Potter (like some trivia questions) or something wellness-orientated, like reflecting and answering some questions.

    Besides these and the mandatory weigh-in, there are also several optional tasks, but until you are used to the general challenge set-up, you can just ignore them at the beginning, so that you don't feel overwhelmed.

  • Queenseven7
    Queenseven7 Posts: 12 Member

    Maalea, thank you for the information. I put in an application last night, looking forward to being excepted!

  • Slimpossible007
    Slimpossible007 Posts: 16,626 Member

    bestest challenge on MFP

    Follows the Harry Potter books and adds some fun to exercising.

    I'm so glad I found this challenge.

  • Kisame29
    Kisame29 Posts: 10,694 Member

    It will be fun to start a new term 🧙‍♂️

  • Impishme909
    Impishme909 Posts: 1,921 Member

    Just a few more days….!!!😜

  • sydditt
    sydditt Posts: 1,623 Member

    Owls are going out soon!!! Can’t wait for the new term to start!

  • mkksemail
    mkksemail Posts: 3,006 Member

    Yay! Just rec'd my Owl ! 🦉

    @mikeyrowlands , There's a new Hogwarts Term starting on Monday, if you're interested. Or, if you want to wait until Summer Term to check it out, that one is only 5 weeks long, usually :).

  • sydditt
    sydditt Posts: 1,623 Member

    There’s still just a little bit of time left to get your applications in before the start of term on Monday!

  • HonorBrace234
    HonorBrace234 Posts: 2 Member

    Hi I will join if it is still open

  • munkeefeet
    munkeefeet Posts: 62 Member

    Just a heads up, I just submitted a second application cause I haven't heard anything back (submitted at end of last term!)

  • Rigibann
    Rigibann Posts: 3,689 Member

    submitted application yesterday - hope I am not too late

  • sydditt
    sydditt Posts: 1,623 Member

    You’re not - there’s still time! See you around the castle.

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  • Maalea
    Maalea Posts: 17,119 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48550656#Comment_48550656

    It's still open, just fill in the application with your preferences, the link is in the first post.

  • Maalea
    Maalea Posts: 17,119 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48550860#Comment_48550860

    You should already have gotten a friend request from your prefects - please accept it so that they can end you a message with all the information. (If this doesn't work, you'll get an email too.)

  • Impishme909
    Impishme909 Posts: 1,921 Member
    edited April 6

    @bookieNJ If you're really interested in joining us you'll find the application link above! It's never too late!!

  • Impishme909
    Impishme909 Posts: 1,921 Member

    @nadinejomaa4 Here's the info if you'd like to join us!

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