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Sorry for the repeat. I had a lot of difficulty posting tonight.

Hi Ravenclaws! Another busy day. Had an impromptu family get together today, which I saw as a pretrial for how things will go on Thanksgiving. It was a success! Stayed away from the pie, and even played tennis with my cousin. I'm actually looking forward to the holidays now!

Psb13, perhaps your body over compensated because you skipped lunch. I have this problem sometimes, which is why I pack extra healthy snacks just in case I need them. Good job on resisting the brownies. Today's weigh in: 330.4 house points: 120 food OWL: 4 (no food after 9pm) exercise OWL: 7 (butt clenches, 30 reps 3x a…

Another successful day with the food challenge! Tomorrow is a big day, and it starts at 7am. I hope I have enough energy to make it. Have a good night!

Good morning Ravenclaws! Boy I can't wait for Christmas! Based on the night snacks from last night, I will implement them again tonight for my four hour class. Man, that's painful. This weekend I'm participating in a city-wide emergency response drill, come rain or shine. Should be a full day of running around with a…

The night snacks worked! Finally got my calories in AND finished before 9pm. YAY!

Me? Really?? Wow I'm both excited and nervous. I have some ideas... just need to think about it some. Yay!

Afternoon Ravenclaws! I found out something important about myself by doing this exercise challenge. One would think it's easy not to eat after 9pm, and still meet your calories. I, however, have found this difficult. I work all day, and have class until 10pm 3 days a week. I've only been successful once. Dinner at 5 is…

Morning Ravenclaws! I'm going shopping today and was wondering if people had preferences for meat substitutes. I've added fish to the week, but last week we struck ojt with salmon- man that's a lot of calories. I thought I'd try others, but am not quite sure what would be good. Also thought about using eggplant instead of…

Hmmm... been having trouble eating my calories this weekend. Saturday we went to that hibachi place and I saved calories for the meal, but forgot to eat dinner. Tonight I was working on a research paper and it got too late to get food. I had dinner, but only ate about 1000 calories. I just need to get back on schedule so…

Morning Ravenclaws! Sue, you are definitely right about the winter slump. I *am* a pile of blankets at the moment, and all I want is hot soup. Makes me a bit worried for how we're going to do come Thanksgiving and Christmas. We're having dinner at my aunt's place, so I think that'll help with the leftovers. Yesterday I had…

Repeat post.

This weeks stats: Exercise- 83 OWL no junk food- 6 OWL spirit- 8 OWL abs for 30s 5x a day- 7 CW= 333.2 I think this weeks OWLS will be no eating after 9pmwork for food and rump clutches 30 reps 3x a day for exercise.

Sue, your cat is half your size! That'd be quite a workout picking him up and setting him down. LOL. psb13- love the Harry Potter workout! I might implement something similar for my own exercise goals. :)

Holy cow I can't believe I found this. So are we officially over here or do I bridge between the two? Been doing well on the junk food. Had two oranges now I smell like citrus.

Hi Ravenclaws. Today I'm at jury duty. I was looking forward to it because it means I don't have to go to work. ;) On the topic of ruts (psb13), I think about it like this. I'm in a rut at work. I'm unhappy, things don't seem to be getting better, and I don't want to spend the rest of my life feeling like this. I've been…

One of the few things my family does now to counter-act the need for junk food is to prepare zip-lock bags of vegetables and fruits so they're "ready to go" when we make lunches for the day. For instance, right now I have a bag of celery, bag of carrots, and bag of radishes already portioned out into servings. The bags…

Hello Ravenclaws! First of all, a shout out to my pal Craft338- known her since college and I'm so proud she's doing so well! Next, I learned what happens when I don't think before I eat. I ate a bag of baked chips yesterday. No problem. Then I had a snack at class. No problem there. But when I came home and ate dinner,…

Thanks for the info, Sue! The updated challenge is definitely do-able. Now I must go contemplate what food is worthy of being my reward for the day... such a high honor... the treat must meet the demand! :bigsmile:

Good morning everyone! My mom has lost 10 pounds, and I'm so proud of her! I'm so glad we're doing this together- it feels so great knowing we're making a lifestyle change together. When I tried weight loss before *cough*cough*ww*cough*, I think the most frustrating thing (besides the payment, monthly meetings, and pushed…

Holy cheese batman! Just finished the zumba class. About midway through, my right leg went numb, but I regained feeling by the end. That was so much fun! I'm definitely going again, and recommend it to anyone who's bored with their exercise. It's like jazzercise, but in a salsa/Latin format.

Good morning Ravenclaws! Here are my weekly stats: CW= 335.0 House Points (exercise)= 15 Food OWL (veggies)= 3 Spirit OWL= 5 Exercise has been meager since I'm still starting out, but today I'm going to a zumba class so hopefully that will help. My goal is to get one good workout in a week. Have a great day!

Hello Ravenclaws! Just checking in today. Running low on veggies. Thinking about trying spaghetti squash.

Hello everyone! My brother got hired today, so I'm especially happy. I tried out the pedal exerciser... not worth the money. You can't adjust it so accommodate the desk height, so it doesn't quite work out. I'm still figuring out how to incorporate it or exercise into the work week.

Happy November everyone! Resisted the urge to eat our bowl of goodies. Only had 3 pieces and still stayed within caloric goal. Last night I purchased a pedal exerciser and assembled it. My plan is to do some cardio while I sit at my desk. Hopefully this will be my fix for including exercise into the week. At least for now.…

Thanks for the input, guys! I've successfully dodged the cupcakes all day. Portion control seems to be the way to go... just need to remind myself that we don't need food for 10... there's only 3 of us. I noticed another thing today regarding health supplements. A few months ago my doctor said my iron was really low and…

Happy Halloween everyone! My first holiday with MFP, and I thought I'd ask how people resist the temptation of candy and what not. I thought it would be difficult at home with all the good Halloween candy, like kit kats, reeces peanut butter cups, mounds, and M&Ms, but surprisingly no. When I felt the munchies coming on, I…

It's my first status check, let's see how it goes. Weight: 338.4 November Goal: 335 Exercise House Points: 50 OWL Spirit: 2 Hope I did that right. Have a great day everyone!

Thanks!

Thanks for the many warm greetings! I'm in good spirits today, and noticed that I was strangely getting a kick out of eating celery today. Usually I eat it during lunch, and after a couple of chomps it's gone. But today I had to run an errand, so I thought to bring my celery with me while I was driving in the car. I tend…