Ravenclaw Common Room

Checking in for my Spirit OWL and a question that I hope doesn't make me sound silly? What exactly is an NSA? I see people talk about them in the forums, and have a feeling they have something to do with being complimented on your weight loss? But not sure. Can some one clear it up for me?

not silly at all. it means "non scale victory". something positive to come out of your weight loss that isn't the numbers on the scale. examples could be fitting into clothes that didn't fit before or buying a smaller size, doing a physical activity that you couldn't do before, someone commenting on how good you look, etc. it's one of those terms we all need to ask about eventually!!

Daily check-in. Interview this afternoon, details later!

House Spirit- 2
Food- 5
Exercise- 7
Exercise minutes- 200
Weight: 205.5 - I am thinking I am plateaued. I actually saw 199 about 3 weeks ago. The next day it shot BACK UP to 205- and has gone between 203 and 205 since. I am really getting annoyed

No weight lost last week, only 120 house points and 3 OWLS ...

BUT I WILL TOTALLY DO BETTER THIS WEEK! We finally finished moving, slept in my house and drove my new commute this morning (sigh) so I can get back on the bandwagon. Basically spent the last 2 weeks hardly working out and overeating (although I was more active because we moved a carload every night)

Slipped up and drank pop. Been working for hours without eating. I'm hungryyyyy. [/whines]

After two months of none I have done this twice in a week. At least it was diet :laugh:

just stopping by for a quick hello to mark the new thread in my topics. have a good night everyone!!

I am so sorry for being absent! I am at 160.8lbs this week. I weighed myself yesterday morning, but forgot to post! Also, I am happy to report this week was my first time back at the gym. I worked out twice this week, so a total of 60 minutes (roughly.) Hope everyone's October is off to a good start!

Had a pretty good day at work, and I'm incredibly proud of myself for upping my exercise for a change, lol.

Oh, on that note, I did want to verify that I'm understanding the exercise portion, though. Basically what I'm understanding is that you can earn 2 OWLs per day (if you do an extra 30), but that's the maximum, right? So in a day, the highest number of OWLS possible is a total of four (2 exercise, 1 spirit, 1 food)...yes?

Yeesh, I'm so out of it I had to look up the food goal for this week. At least I'm 2/2 without even knowing it.

The big interview was yesterday. I think the HR person is a bit disorganized. She didn't have me sign an NDA (Non-disclosure agreement) which is very typical when interviewing at a software company. You often end up talking about unannounced products in development. She also scheduled me for four back to back, 30 minute interviews. That's ok, but as a small company of 60 people, making sure I'm a good fit with the culture is important. I also need to convince the engineers that I know the technology, can communicate effectively with them, as well as explain the information to customers. That is very difficult to do in 30 minutes. Well, as I expected, it turned into four 1 hour interviews. In my second interview, the engineer was floored when we were doing a walk through of the product and we were discussing a disaster recovery scenario. Not only did I explain the process, but I thought it would be better experience for the customer to join a recovered server to the customer's domain, instead of keeping the server isolated and doing a simple DNS redirect. (Sorry if that sounds like gibberish to you, it's a lesser known form of Gobbledegook.) He agreed, it would be a better customer experience, but they currently don't support that configuration.

Heh, heh...I have a hunch I'll get an offer this week. :bigsmile:

Spirit +2 - I never count my spirit post until AFTER I post, Sunday and yesterday.
Exercise +0 - probably 0 for me for the week, I'll be happy to get my 5 walks in this week
Food (Greens) +2 - Spinach on Sunday, cabbage yesterday

Still need to calculate my actual exercise minutes. I walked Sunday and this morning, plus my squats, etc.

congrats to desj and sundancer for being our awseome prefects this week!!!

gwen-good luck with the job offer, hope you get it and they offer you tons of money!!

craft338-i'll be holding my breath for you for next weigh in!!!

hope everyone is having a great day. stuck at work late and the end is NOT in sight-probably won't get a workout in. (not that i would be posting while a work or anything!!!)
see ya tomorrow . :bigsmile:

ok I HAVE to do this this week.

So yesterday:

+1 veggies
+1 Exercise (not 2, boohoo)
+1 spirit.... I .... think. My days run together.

Today I already hit the veggies and exercise + 1
I'll do naother 15 extra tonight aaaaaand spirit post for the day is:

I had a yuuummy chicken sandwich today AND I had a milk chocolate ball from sees (40 calories) -- and I'm totally gonna have another one after I have my protein powder. Maybe. I was REALLY craving chocolate while I was blitzing around the mall at lunch time.

Also I went to lululemon and tried on a ta-ta tamer because I was really interested in them. I like it but GAWD 55 bucks for a sports bra. Arrrgh. Unfortuantely it seems like unless I fork up some extra cash I'm going to have a hard time getting something that handles 34 D's well.

Also I went to lululemon and tried on a ta-ta tamer because I was really interested in them. I like it but GAWD 55 bucks for a sports bra. Arrrgh. Unfortuantely it seems like unless I fork up some extra cash I'm going to have a hard time getting something that handles 34 D's well.

Tell me about it - I spent an HOUR trying on bras the other day!! I needed to replace my old one because my shape has really changed and finding the right fit was a nightmare. I had to forgo the sports bra because of cost ($50!) in favor of a couple of every day types, but I really do need a good sports bra before I hurt myself. (Sorry Justin!! :laugh: )

I need new bras too - luckily i have one that i bought because I thought thats the size I was and I was NOT that size at the time but now I am (yay) so I have one at least. I really need a second but one of my old onesis still functioning ok - it doesn't took GREAT (edges of the cup stick out) but its working for now.

If you are a more normal cup size, TJMaxx and REI clearance racks are good for sports bra deals. but because I'm so narrow around the band I find that the bra is either too tight on the cup or too lose on the band. Probably have no choice but to fork out cash for a high impact one. Lower impact ones aren't as picky.