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Hey everyone, Just wanted to give you all a heads up. I may have to start the September Challenge a few days late. We got hit semi-hard by Hurricane Irene this weekend and are still without power and water (I have well water, so in order for the pump to pump water out of the well, we need electricity). The electric company…

I'm in little ol' Rhode Island impatiently waiting the arrival of Hurricane Irene. :) I'm a science geek so I'm wicked excited for the hurricane! I havent seen a good one since Hurricane Bob in 1991!!!!

I'm so excited to get started and working with all of these wonderful people!! :)

I'm not sure of how many people will be in each House, but that's why I thought to rotate who was on the "team" each month. Other members can do the challenge, but only the House members selected for the "team" will count for the points earned. Like I said, just an idea. :)

Another idea for a Quidditch Match - each month each House picks 7 members to represent them, and those members are in the Quidditch Match for the month. These 7 people then have a specific monthly challenge that they need to complete, and each day they complete it, they get 1 point. If they double the challenge, they get…

I just put in my info to join Slytherin! This is a FANTASTIC idea. Kudos to you all! I don't think I've ever been so excited for a challenge!! :)

I would LOVE to join!!! I was BORN a Slytherin!!! :D

Sidenote to the Sidenote: I don't think the prayers are to prevent earthquakes. I believe they are for the communities and people that have been impacted by them.

Felt it in Cambridge, MA!

So after a week of not being able to work out, being stressed beyond belief and Francesca coming (AKA TOM) my weigh in is at 252. That's a 6.8 lb GAIN. Let's just say, I'm not a happy camper. :/ Oh well. School is DONE (for now) and I can get back on track 100%!!!

I also have the Polar FT4 and LOVE it. I refuse to exercise without. The chest strap is small enough so it doesn't get in the way and the watch is pretty comfortable. I actually wear the watch part everyday just to remind myself daily of the journey that I'm on and it's motivation to get in an exercise every day.

One of my favorites is "What?" by Rob Zombie. Anything by him really works too. Same with White Zombie. umm... I like Godsmack so they are always on my list. Iron Maiden. Korpiklaani - They are a folk metal band from Finland. They are awesome!! Alestorm - Folk Metal band from Scotland. All of their songs are Pirate themed!…

My weigh in for today: 245.2!

I'm the Team Captain for The Lost Causes!!! I've updated it above!! :)

TEAM The Lost Causes - If everyone is ok with it, I'd love to be the Team Captain! :)

Added myself to The Lost Causes!!! woohoo!!

My favorite is Cottage Cheese with Chive. The chive gives it that extra flavor. Have a 1/4 cup of that with some carrots and you have a delicious light and healthy snack! :)

So I am still particitpating with this Challenge, but I'm going it on my blog instead of in the thread. If you'd like to look, here is the link to my blog: http://feedsparingly.blogspot.com/

I measure that same areas that Corgi does, minus the calves. My scale has been moving very slowly has of late but inches are coming off! Since I started Power 90 on July 23rd, I have lost 1 inches around my neck, 2 around my waist, 1.5 around my hips, 1 around my chest, 3 around my right thigh and 2.5 around my left thigh.…

Fellow Crohn's Patient here! Mine isn't very severe and I told my Dr that I don't want to take any meds unless I absolutely have to. So far so good! The change to my diet and getting exercises in there has helped immensely! It runs in my family so I've seen the affects it can have on people all my life. Wasn't very happy…

I've never been one for creamers, but I have Crohn's Disease and I can't have diary and always used to put milk in my coffee. I cannot drink it black... I tried and it's gross. Now I use Almond Milk. The Dark Chocolate one is my favorite. :) Almond Milk only comes in Original, Vanilla, or Dark Chocolate, but when you want…

It's not as intense, but it's still intense and works. Haha. The best way to describe it is beginner's P90X. I was also originally going to get P90X, but after reading reviews, so many people said that if you are not used to working out and aren't in the best shape, it's better to start off with Power 90 and then work your…

Oh yay! I would love to do this! I see that I'm a little behind so here are my Days 1 - 6. Day One: Your Stats currently weigh 246 lbs Brown Hair Green Eyes Exercise Routine - Power 90, EA Sports Active 2 for the Wii, Walking, and occasionally Just Dance 2 Day Two: How tall are you? Do you like your height? I am 5'8". Now…

The 2 main things that I'm using are Power 90 and EA Sports Active 2 for the Wii. I'm also trying to work in more time walking so I can eventually start running (which I'm gonna try to do this weekend!!!) :)

One I hit 200 lbs (only 46lbs away!) I plan on getting my next tattoo. Once I hit my ultimate goal of 160/155lbs, my reward will be my wedding ^_^

I don't have a Kinect, but I have the EA Sports Active 2 for the Wii. They also make the game for Kinect. I use it all the time and every workout I do on there, I'm sweating!

When you hit "Add Exercise" and it bring you to the Search option, type in something to search for. For example, Wii Active 2. After it says that it can't find it, there is a link at the bottom of the boxes that says "Can't find what you're looking for? Add an exercise to the database" Click on that link and you can add…

Weekly Goal: 3,700 Mon: 703 (Power 90 Cardio, Wii EA Sports Active, Walked 1 mile @ 3 mph) Tues: 631 (Power 90 Sculpt, Wii EA Sports Active) Wed: calories burned (how they were burned) Thur:calories burned (how they were burned) Fri: calories burned (how they were burned) Sat:calories burned (how they were burned)…

I think a Sodium Challenge would be PERFECT!! I really need it because that's something that I'm working on and struggling with. I was doing great last week, finally lost some weight after I plateaued and I gorged myself a little and my sodium was through the roof on Saturday and Sunday!! I weighed myself on Monday and I…

I think it looks great too!! Are we going to have weekly challenges?? If so we should get one going for this week ASAP! :)