Ravenclaw Common Room

azsuzi

Welcome Ravenclaws! As promised, the Ravenclaw Common Room is now open. Here we can share our stories, offer our support and pose weekly challenges. I'm excited to continue our weight loss journeys together!

momofJandA

Good morning RAVENCLAW!!!!!!!

psb13

good morning Ravenclaws!! off to see HP again..this time in 3D!! glad we aren't breaking the thread!! thanks azsuzi..you are the best Head of House ever!! :flowerforyou:

lottee1000

Hey Ravenclaws!! psb13- let us know if the 3D is worth seeing, I'm sure it is but won't get to see it in 3D until next week so feedback appreciated!

Sarac715

Yes!! I am so excited about this common room!

Sarac715

Yes!! I am so excited about this common room!

craft338

soo happy about the ravenclaw common room!! bumping for later!!

psb13

Hey Ravenclaws!! psb13- let us know if the 3D is worth seeing, I'm sure it is but won't get to see it in 3D until next week so feedback appreciated!

honestly didn't like the 3D as much as the regular one. maybe it's just me, but i didn't think i could see faces and facial expressions as well!! i believe i actually cried more this time!! i was able to concentrate more on the emotions and less on the action. my daughter wanted to stop in to FYI to see about pre-ordering the dvd!! think it might be a little early for that...Christmas release maybe??

azsuzi

Hey Ravenclaws!! psb13- let us know if the 3D is worth seeing, I'm sure it is but won't get to see it in 3D until next week so feedback appreciated!

honestly didn't like the 3D as much as the regular one. maybe it's just me, but i didn't think i could see faces and facial expressions as well!! i believe i actually cried more this time!! i was able to concentrate more on the emotions and less on the action. my daughter wanted to stop in to FYI to see about pre-ordering the dvd!! think it might be a little early for that...Christmas release maybe??

I was thinking Christmas release too. Seems to be about the right timing.

Thanks for the 3-D feedback. I was wondering if I wanted to try to see the 3-D version or not. I think I'll pass - I haven't heard anyone say it was worth the extra cost.

TwiFan5

Hey there fellow Ravenclaws

I went and saw it on Thursday night in 3D but didn't see it in 2D so am not sure which one was better quality.

I thought the movie was bloody amazing and had a few tears in my eyes especially at Snape's memories and the end bit. I loved how everyone cheered when Molly and Bellatrix were fighting.

the_accountinator

Hello Fellow Ravenclaws!

I had SUCH an AMAZING time at the midnight premiere!! There were so many people and wizard duels all over the place! And on top of that, for the first time in a while, I didn't feel squeezed to death in the theater seats! Yay for a NSV!!

I only saw it in 2D. My family has a history of motion sickness problems, and since I've noticed it a bit myself as I get older, I'm afraid the 3D may just make me dizzy.

But 2D still kicked *kitten*!!

lottee1000

Coolio, thanks for the 3D feeedback! I think I will see it still in 3D when there's a big group of us ready to go, but I won't get too excited just in case. Thanks, guys.

azsuzi

Hello Ravenclaw! So, how do you want to do this? Have weekly weigh-ins and challenges and house points with maybe monthly weight loss goals?? For myself, I found that the weekly weigh ins kept me focused and I liked the challenges and the competition for house points.

If we want to keep the challenges going, I need some ideas from everyone. What are you trying to change in your life that we might be able to use as a group challenge?

If we want to keep the weigh-ins going - I need everyone's starting weight (yesterday's?).

Are you ready? Let's go Ravenclaw!!

Ren0913

I love that we are keeping this going. I'm sorry for making a trend of being late, I just have to travel a lot for my job :[ But hope to keep losing weight with you guys! Movie was amazing!!!!

psb13

i agree with the weekly weigh ins-the accountability helps me stay on track. my starting weight would be 188 (2lbs under my HP goal!!) :bigsmile: i will put my thinking cap on in regards to the house points ideas. (reread the last 4 chapters of DH2 last night)

bethanyweathers

Hello Ravenclaws! Glad to be back here, I went WAAAAAY off track while in Ireland. Like, I've never gained so much weight so fast in my life I don't think. So I really need to get back on track. And I'm hoping you guys will be as awesome as you were during the HP challenge.

Speaking of HP, I haven't seen DHP2 yet! I wasn't able to while in Ireland, and I was too jet lagged to see it yesterday. I think my mom and I are going to try to see it tonight. I can't wait to see it, but I'm a little sad and almost don't want to, because it will mean it's all over!

Oh, and one more thing... I'm meeting Tom Felton on Friday. Like for reals. I'll try to post a picture after! I can't wait!

psb13

Oh, and one more thing... I'm meeting Tom Felton on Friday. Like for reals. I'll try to post a picture after! I can't wait!

details please!!! :noway:

bethanyweathers

Oh, and one more thing... I'm meeting Tom Felton on Friday. Like for reals. I'll try to post a picture after! I can't wait!

details please!!! :noway:

There is a movie theatre by my house that does celebrity meet and greets occasionally. They were able to get Tom Felton to come this Friday, and I was lucky enough to snag two tickets for myself and one of my best friends, who is a huge Potter fan (and is in love with Tom lol). It's her birthday in a few days too, so I'm giving her Tom as a birthday present! :laugh:

azsuzi

Oh, and one more thing... I'm meeting Tom Felton on Friday. Like for reals. I'll try to post a picture after! I can't wait!

details please!!! :noway:

There is a movie theatre by my house that does celebrity meet and greets occasionally. They were able to get Tom Felton to come this Friday, and I was lucky enough to snag two tickets for myself and one of my best friends, who is a huge Potter fan (and is in love with Tom lol). It's her birthday in a few days too, so I'm giving her Tom as a birthday present! :laugh:

What a present! Sounds like loads of fun!

azsuzi

Here is the last post from Ravenclaw - Harry Potter Weight Loss Challenge thread:

OK Ravenclaw. Here are the results for our final weigh in. We had 20 to complete the challenge - that is AWESOME!! Overall, we lost 264.6 pounds (including those who didn't finish)! That is an amazing number! Of those who weighed in for the final time, we lost 229.1 pounds and 5.943%. Way to go Ravenclaw!! :drinker:

Top honors go to:
Cherubcrnp - 33 pounds lost and 11.96%
MomofJandA - 13 pounds lost and 9.09%
azsuzi - 16 pounds lost and 8.70%

Our house point winner is MomofJandA with 106 total points!

I hope the other houses will post their ending results for the house cup winner. So far there's been absolutely no activity on their threads for a couple of days...

And the charts:






It was fun! Congratulations everyone!!

psb13

Oh, and one more thing... I'm meeting Tom Felton on Friday. Like for reals. I'll try to post a picture after! I can't wait!

details please!!! :noway:

There is a movie theatre by my house that does celebrity meet and greets occasionally. They were able to get Tom Felton to come this Friday, and I was lucky enough to snag two tickets for myself and one of my best friends, who is a huge Potter fan (and is in love with Tom lol). It's her birthday in a few days too, so I'm giving her Tom as a birthday present! :laugh:

now that's what i call a good friend!! enjoy, and be sure to fill us in afterwards!! :happy:

momofJandA

We are all officially AMAZING!!!!

I really like the weekly weigh ins and the house points!

Some ideas for challenges:
stay under sugar for the day (I am having trouble with sugar)
extra strength training (like 50 extra squats, or 50 lunges)
commercial workouts- jumping jacks, crunches, high knees, running in place, etc. during commercials
drink a glass of ice water 1st thing in the morning (this is supposed to help start your metabolism)

momofJandA

oh and starting weight is 130

the_accountinator

Greetings Fellow Ravenclaws!

This is great! I'm totally in for keeping this going and checking in every week. I'm on vacation right now so I'm going to use my last weight as my starting weight and go from there. I'll keep my mind open for some challenge ideas and maybe stop by to post some HP trivia (even though we all probably know everything by now :P)

Last night I caught the last half of a Lifetime film about Jo. I mean, it wasn't high cinema being a Lifetime channel movie about her life but despite that it was kind of cool to see it. Her life story is amazing and what is still amazing is she's not even close to being done! She's a true inspiration to stick with your dreams, which for most of us here includes being healthy. Man she's awesome!

lottee1000

Oh cool I didn't realise we were going to keep on tracking! Ok, I bought new scales today, so I have either put on 5lb since last week (seems unlikely) or my old ones were too old and rubbish, but I am now 190lb. A bit depressing but I will stick with it as these are the scales I'll be using from now on!

Some idea for challenges: walking instead of taking the stairs, getting seven fruit/veggies everyday, not going over on sodium, using a different machine at the gym/different dvd, upping the effort level on the treadmill/elliptical etc, swimming after the gym as a kick *kitten* cool down!

Also if I got Tom Felton as a birthday present, I would DIE of happiness! You are an ace friend!

What day are we checking in?!

bethanyweathers

My starting weight is *sniff sniff* 241. I used to be 229. My goal was to get to onederland before I started school, but now I don't think that's going to happen.

As for challenges, I have a really hard time eating out. As in, I do it a lot. So maybe trying to eat at home and make our own meals more?
Also drinking more water. I never drink enough water.

Also, I saw DHP2 last night. So good! I only cried once surprisingly, when Harry was looking at Snape's memories. I freaking love Snape.

azsuzi

A co-worker sent this link to me. It is a copy of a full-page ad that Alan Rickman took out to say "thank you" to Jo Rowling. Thought you all would enjoy it...

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/05/rickman_rowling_letter.html

bethanyweathers

A co-worker sent this link to me. It is a copy of a full-page ad that Alan Rickman took out to say "thank you" to Jo Rowling. Thought you all would enjoy it...

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/05/rickman_rowling_letter.html

Oh gosh, I love Snape! And Alan Rickman!

Matchamatcha

Hey Ravenclaws! I'm so glad there's a Common Room now!

I would like to join weekly weigh ins etc. again if we continue those. I need the weekly weigh ins to keep me paying attention to eating/living healthily. I've been pretty lazy the last month or so. When is the starting date?

azsuzi

Hey Ravenclaws! I'm so glad there's a Common Room now!

I would like to join weekly weigh ins etc. again if we continue those. I need the weekly weigh ins to keep me paying attention to eating/living healthily. I've been pretty lazy the last month or so. When is the starting date?

Hi Matcha!! Glad to see you. Starting date was Sunday July 17 - but since this is an open group and we're not competing with other houses, weigh in is more flexible. If you don't have a weight for last Sunday, I can use the last weight on the HP Challenge.

Sarac715

My weigh in is 142. Think I'm hitting a plateau though. Its hard to get out an run when its over 90 degrees everyday, its the humidity that gets me. I can't think of any good group challenges at the moment. But I'll keep thinking. I have been good at reaching my personal goals (cutting out added artificial sweeteners mainly. I can drink black coffee now! haha)