Hufflepuff Common Room

lhurtubise

I like the food challenege.

I want to do arms for the exercise challenge just not sure how to tally the points up I don't want to make it horribley hard but something along the lines of so many reps you get so many owls.

What type of arm exercise will we be doing exactly. I can help you with the points if you tell me exactly what kind of exercise we will be doing ...

momie0205

I would like to do something with weights. For people that don't have weights you can use cans. Is it to broad just to say do something with weights and your arms. Like reps of ten of whatever you choose. I just would like to work on my arms for sure.

merryfaith

Totals for this week:
Exercise: 40 minutes
Stayed under my calorie limits everday!! Woo.
Weigh-in: 115.2 (lost 1.4 pounds!)

momie0205

Just wanted to share these - they were taken this morning

Looking good!!!!

momie0205

Totals for this week:
Exercise: 40 minutes
Stayed under my calorie limits everday!! Woo.
Weigh-in: 115.2 (lost 1.4 pounds!)

Way to go. I hope to be really close to your weight one day.

momie0205

I stayed under my calories today. that is about it for the day. We were really busy with birthdays and I was with my kids by myself while my husband started his second job tonight so I had bed time getting ready duty and everything all by myself. Which can be a bit of a pain when all 3 need something at once.

msrobinson77

:grumble: On my way to work out and do some arm weights. I'll check back later to see how to count them. Hope everyone is having a good morning:-) I made the most delicious smoothie for breakfast: frozen berries, low cal yogurt, carrots, spinach and splenda-YUM!

Aunt Flo is in town which would explain my total lack of motivation to exercise the last few days-I just hate her and the evil chocolate cravings she brings!!

Molly_Louise

Another confession from me.

I don't know my real father. I pretend it doesn't bother me but really it does.

It's funny because in reality, I never share anything, and definitely not anything like the three confessions I have made on here. Not sure if that's a good or a bad thing though...

lhurtubise

**This week's food challenge!!**

As I said yesterday, I am responsible for this weeks food challenge and here it is!

This week, we are monitoring our carbohydrate in take! While carbs are a vital part of our diet, as with everything, an excessive amount can be bad for you. So, we're going to monitor ours for the week!

I was thinking 3 NEWTs if you manage to stay under your carbohydrate 'goal', whatever your set goal may be.

I was also thinking an additional 2 NEWTs if you drank your 8 (or more) glasses of water a day. So, this means that there's a possible 5 NEWTs available a day. I've been slacking on my water intake recently, and since it's getting colder and winter is drawing closer, I figured people may be more likely to opt for a hot drink (which is still fine!), rather than a glass of water, but it is still important we drink our recommended amount of water a day as hydration is very important!

Ihurtubise, if you're not happy with this, or if anyone else isn't happy for that matter, then don't be shy about it and please do let me know!

.Great challenge! I like it! I think I will take it a step farther and try to reduce my carb intake by 10%. I feel that MFP allows me way too many carbs! Also LOVE your pictures. You look awesome!

lhurtubise

I am hungover sooooooooooo bad AHHH! I feel like I got hit by a bus ugh! On a happy note I was so sexy this weekend! I really have severely low self esteem so I don't usually think I look good, but I was very confident this weekend. It was my best friends birthday so I drank WAY more than I normally do and I am paying for it now!

Molly_Louise

Queeda, thanks for the comments regarding my pictures. You look amazing in the picture you posted!

I'm unsure what the fitness challenge is this week, and with it being gone 10pm here, I won't be able to earn any OWLs but my stats for 9/10 (it's 9/10/11 today, woo! I know America writes the date the other way around, so it's not the same for you)

OWLs - 0
NEWTs - 5
House Points - 35
Weight - 165

lhurtubise

Another confession from me.

I don't know my real father. I pretend it doesn't bother me but really it does.

It's funny because in reality, I never share anything, and definitely not anything like the three confessions I have made on here. Not sure if that's a good or a bad thing though...

I think it's great to share! I think you are an awesome person so it's really your father's loss!

lhurtubise

Hello Hufflepuffs! I just got caught up on the weekly numbers! Tomorrow is the last day to check in especially with your weight and house points! I am still missing weights from the following people

becky_turcotte
danizaga
heathally
heyhaleylee
megz4987

Please send in your weight asap. Thanks!
Also a clarification on the exercise challenge this week. Since we are working our arms let's do bicep curls. The amount of weight you use is dependent on your level of comfort. Each set of 10 will earn you 5 OWLs. If you did a different arm exercise before I posted this just count your reps the same! Thanks!

momie0205

Thanks for clarifying the exercise. I didn't know if we were going to leave it broad or not like we do sometimes.

You looked amazing in your dress!!!

megz4987

10/7
OWLS-0
NEWTS-5
HousePoints-45

10/8
OWLS-0
NEWTS-5
HousePoints-0

10/9
OWLS-0
NEWTS-5
HousePoints-140

Will weigh-in in the morning!
I apologize for that, I was (literally) not home all weekend!

msrobinson77

Queeda, you look HOT! Congrats on your progress so far!

msrobinson77

Thanks for clarifying the exercise challenge. There are four arm machines at my gym and I did all four of them yesterday (2 sets of 20 reps on each). I'm not sure that any of them specifically target biceps. Starting now, I'll focus on biceps.

For 10/9
Owls ???
Newts-0 (went over carbs a bit, but stayed under calorie goal)
House points: 30

Have a great day ladies!

~Mandy

heathally

Hey there Huffles. Sorry I've been MIA lately, went on a camping trip this weekend and loved it. Just needed to get away. I'll admit though, I decided before going that I wasn't going to worry about my diet and enjoy those s'mores guilt free so I didn't always make wise choices. Still, the knots have melted out of my shoulders and I'm feeling great!

I didn't keep my calories at all last week. The days I was under, I was significantly under, and the other days I always seemed to go over by a bit. I didn't excercise much either...mid-terms. Just a 40 minute run on Monday and 75 minutes of tennis on Tuesday. Neither of which I posted. On Friday my weight was still 141.2. Part of why I decided to let myself go for the weekend. Not only was I frustrated, I figured that if I could break out of a routine the weight might start coming back off again.

Hope everyone has a great week. I'm off to read some of the old posts and try to figure out this week's challenges!

heathally

Another confession from me -

I've totally fallen for my closest male friend. We've been great friends for a year, but gotten a lot closer over the past 8 months. Had a couple of 'dates' here and there, but decided to just stay friends. Now, I've completely fallen for him when I told myself I wouldn't! Oh dear..

Been there, done that. As a matter of fact, I've been in love with a guy for the last year and just went camping this weekend with him and his new girlfriend The bad thing is she's awesome and I couldn't hate her no matter how hard I tried.:grumble:

becky_turcotte

Sorry, been MIA!!

Current Weight: 191.8

lhurtubise

Thanks for clarifying the exercise challenge. There are four arm machines at my gym and I did all four of them yesterday (2 sets of 20 reps on each). I'm not sure that any of them specifically target biceps. Starting now, I'll focus on biceps.

For 10/9
Owls ???
Newts-0 (went over carbs a bit, but stayed under calorie goal)
House points: 30

Have a great day ladies!

~Mandy

That exercise definitely counts as 20 OWLs. Also if you drank 8 cups of water you get 2 NEWts. Great job!

Jenn_W

OMG!! I haven't posted in days...

Stats first...
10/8
OWLS-0
NEWTS-5
HOUSE POINTS-73

10/9
OWLS-0
NEWTS- Over on carbs but drank all my water... 2?
HOUSE POINTS-25

Total lazy bum on Sunday. I laid in bed most the day, not sure if I needed a mental day off or my depression was winning the fight. Barely walked the dogs, did no real work-out. Listened to the kid talk, and talk, and talk. LOL! I totally paid for it this AM riding my bike into work... OMG! It kicked my booty! I need to get out the Wii fit or do a workout DVD EVERY NIGHT.

I am taking the week off from the scale. I need to see how I do without checking it every day. I think seeing that 0.6 gain kills my ego and then all those bad thoughts come rushing in. And then I sabbatoage myself.... Then Repeat crappy cycle.

I am jealous of all that have the day off... Ugh! But I needed to get out of my bedroom...

Have an Amazing Week all my Hufflepuff Gals!!

Molly_Louise

Hi all! Sorry for not posting much the week, I've been so busy with sixth form and uni things but I seem to be on top of it all (for now!).

10/10 stats

OWLs - 20 (4 sets of arm crunches, I hope this is right
NEWTs - 5
House Points - 30
Weight - 165

lhurtubise

Hello Hufflepuffs! I may be a little abscent this week. I have parent teacher conferences (YAY ) so I will be getting home much later and I may not get on MFP as much. I just wanted to give you all a heads up!

megz4987

OWLS:15
NEWTS:5
HOUSEPOINTS:10

Weigh-in 155

lhurtubise

I decided to check in and keep myself accountable to you ladies! I must apologize for the horrible number I had to record for my weight this week. I really ate and drank all I wanted to at my best friends party. I am sure it is a lot of water weight, but I will do better next week for sure! I am focused on my goal weight for my Twilight Challenge and my birthday! I need to get off the fast food again as well! Very disappointed that I have started eating that crap again. I guess this can count as my daily confession!

10/10- No Arm exercise yet. I will get on this I promise
OWLs- 0
NEWTs-5 (Well under my carbs for the day great challenge Molly!)
HP-120 ( I am proud to say I have met my goal of 2 hours a day every day since I set it)

I will continue to do my best! I feel like I should be checking as motivation to make the right choices to keep loosing weight!

heathally

Whew! took me awhile but I finally caught up on posts. Wow, I am really behind the times here, haven't told ya'll anything about myself or any confessions, unless you count camping with the man I'm in love with and his girlfriend. I hate that she's so awesome and they're so great together!

Stats for 10/10:
Owls 20
Newts 5 (carbs aren't my downfall most days...but I almost always go over on protein. I eat lean meat, but love meat!)
House points 36

So an interesting fact about me so you can all get to know me a little more. I'm 35, single (never married and no children to be precise), work as a scheduler for a free mental health clinic (great people watching job!), and currently in college. I went back to school when I was unemployed for nine months and then this job fell in my lap. To be honest, though I'm thankful to have work, I'd rather just go to school full-time and not have to work at all. Planning on transfering this coming fall to a larger university to get a degree in Russian studies. Oh yeah, that's the interesting fact...I worked as a missionary in Russia for 5 years. I've been back in the U.S. for 5 years now and really want to do something with the great experiences I gained there, not to mention the fact that I speak Russian pretty fluently.

momie0205

Ok I know I have been slacking. But I am back as of today. I am going to put my butt back into gear. I can't guarantee big numbers since it is my TOM but I will work my butt off and try my hardest this week. My promise to you guys and to myself.

momie0205

Oh also I stayed under my carbs and drank all my water yesterday. I didn't really eat a lot. But I didn't exercise yesterday. I have been feeling under the weather this past week, I think it is because my kids haven't been sleeping well and waking me up too.

Jenn_W

10/10

OWLs-0
NEWTs-5 (Under on carbs and water=5 right?!)
HOUSE POINTs-200

Left work early today because my son has 'wiping' problems and needed new clothes. I left my stupid cell at home and wasn't at my desk all morning... So, I got scolded by the principle because I don't have a single Emergency contact (besides myself) within 260 miles of Chicago. I am just supposed to give her a name & number of someone local... Who? I have no social life, so no friends. Somebody at work she told me... Ummm, What?!? If I am at work and they are at work, what is the use?? If my son is at school, I will be at work, a small chance I might be sick at home across the street, and if I go to the doctor I will prolly make him an appt for the same time (2 birds, 1 stone). I am crabby. Didn't go back to work, using up my personal time. Grrrr. Grouch grouch grouch.