Hufflepuff Common Room
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Congratulations Molly!!!! That is indeed very exciting. I worked as a pediatric nurse for 20 years and LOVED it (I worked in the neonatal intensive care unit). You will do great.
My stats for yesterday: 12/07
Newts: 18
Owls: 0
House Pts: 0
Sorry guys!0 -
Congrats Molly! That is so exciting. Good luck on your new journey.
12/7:
HP: 60
Newts: 20
OWLs: 8
I'm doing an outdoor boot camp and was in so much pain yesterday from the workout the day before so when I got home from work I stretched for what seems like forever. It helped a lot. I really like that challenge.0 -
Hello! I posted new progress pics today ... Just wanted to share the link if anyone is interested or looking for motivation. I am so proud of myself :happy: Fair warning though I am in my underwear. I know that offends some people.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/416378--warning-underwear-pics-32-lbs-and-onederland-success?page=1#posts-57217900 -
Queeda--Pictures are awesome! Great job so far...I am teetering on the onederland success...
Stats today
HP 84
owls 20
newts 12--I also took off for my unhealthy meals today...fast food won out...0 -
Much better with the snacking today!
Newts-16
Owls-0
Hp-41
I need to stretch more0 -
Hello! I posted new progress pics today ... Just wanted to share the link if anyone is interested or looking for motivation. I am so proud of myself :happy: Fair warning though I am in my underwear. I know that offends some people.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/416378--warning-underwear-pics-32-lbs-and-onederland-success?page=1#posts-5721790
Wow! What a great accomplishment. You look amazing and remember more importantly than looking amazing, you have done a great thing for better health as well.Keep up the great work! You are an inspiration to all of us.0 -
Good morning Huffies,
My stats for yesterday
12/8/11
Newts: 18
Owls: 0
House pts: 00 -
My stats from yesterday:
12/09
HP:0
NEWTs: 20
Owls: 0
I didn't work out but I was really good about snacking healthy.
P.S. I just changed my username from "rsagi" to "Timtam_slam".0 -
hey! i was hoping i could be a hufflepuff? i have always figured that would be my house;)0
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hey! i was hoping i could be a hufflepuff? i have always figured that would be my house;)
Of course you can! If you go back in this thread a bit you can find the rules. I am the Head of House for Hufflepuff. My name is Queeda. Feel free to ask any questions that you have after reading. Welcome!0 -
Numbers for the week so far:
OWLs - 82
NEWTs - 91
House Points - 430
Also stayed the same weight.
Queeda, one day i'm going to lose 2 more pounds and my ticker is going to say something like "0 lb to go"and at some point my aim will change from losing a bit of weight to maintaining the same weight...how would the weigh ins work then? Could the quiddich cup incorporate a system for my goal?
By the way, great work on the loss - the difference is so clear, you must feel very pleased with yourself!
EDIT - will there be new prefects or do I need to think up another fun and interesting challenge?
EDIT AGAIN - changed my numbers because I forgot some mins I did not log0 -
Numbers for the week so far:
OWLs - 82
NEWTs - 91
House Points - 430
Also stayed the same weight.
Queeda, one day i'm going to lose 2 more pounds and my ticker is going to say something like "0 lb to go"and at some point my aim will change from losing a bit of weight to maintaining the same weight...how would the weigh ins work then? Could the quiddich cup incorporate a system for my goal?
By the way, great work on the loss - the difference is so clear, you must feel very pleased with yourself!
EDIT - will there be new prefects or do I need to think up another fun and interesting challenge?
EDIT AGAIN - changed my numbers because I forgot some mins I did not log
Once you get to goal weight I will just keep you the same each week. It will neither help or harm the team at all. Even if it did it's not worth losing you. Just keep track of your exercise minutes and that will help. We seem to exercise the most anyway we have won the house cup every month since we started. Also new Prefects will be announced today. I am still calculating. ... That might be you again, but I will know soon. Thanks0 -
Hello Hufflepuffs! Time for new Prefects. Congratulations to Charlotte66 and Bumflapassasin (again :happy: ) !
Charlotte66 please post the food challenge and tell us how many Newts it will be worth and Bumflapassasin please post the exercise challenge and tell us how many NEWTs it will be worth.
After this round of Prefects are done I will be posting a special Christmas/New Year or Holiday week challenge for 2 weeks so there won't be any Prefects for that week and then we will pick the Prefects back up in the New Year!0 -
Working a lot of nights lately and have been too tired to work out. Excuses, excuses...Boo! Also, I weighed in at 136 this morning. I don't think I'm going to reach my weight loss goal by Christmas, but I suppose I should be happy that the scale is moving in the right direction. Hope everyone is having a good week!
Thurs 15 newts 0 owls, 60 house points
Fri 18 newts 0 owls
Sat 18 newts 0 owls0 -
Evening all, I hope you are well. I'm up at 2am with toothaches :sick: also I sliced my thumb and little finger on my scissors while cutting my friend's hair :ohwell: it's just not fair!
Final numbers for the week, though I may be a bit late since prefects are already picked:
OWLs - 82
NEWTs - 110
House Points - 430
For this week's challenge I'm going with abs exercises.
>>>A set of 10 crunches of any kind (e.g. normal crunches, bicycle crunches, crunches that twist or have your legs in the air at 90 degrees, crunches with one leg resting on the other knee...) will earn you 1 OWL.
>>>A set of 10 "supermen" (laying on your front and raising your arms and/or legs) will earn you 1 OWL since this works the back area and probably complements the crunches. Don't forget that if you struggle with raising both arms and legs at the same time you can modify it so either your hands are on the small of your back, in an E shape (your head being the middle sticky out bit), or alternating arms/legs. Remember to breathe out when you raise up; if you get this wrong you're likely to feel pretty awful.0 -
Good morning,
My stats for friday 12/9
Newts : 20
Owls: 0
House pts: 0
My stats for Saturday 12/10
Newts: 20
Owls: 0
House pts: 31
Will post my weight after I weigh in later.0 -
Nice exercise challenge! A few years ago, I hurt my back and went through physical therapy. The therapist had me do the "superman" move every session. She said it's one of the best ways to strengthen your core!0
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Queeda, my weight for this week is 162.4, a slight gain. I plan on more exercise this week so hopefully will be a loss next week. Great job on your loss this week! You rock!0
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Ahhh I'm so sorry I've been absent for a few days. Thank you all so much for the congratulations messages, it still hasn't set in that my dreams are going to come true. Yes, that sounds so cliché and cheesy but I was about 4 years old and one day I proclaimed I was going to be a nurse. 14 years later I still feel the same way I felt back then, and now I'm going to be a nurse!
I know you're missing several days of stats from me, so sorry for this really long post!
8/12
OWLs - 4
NEWTs - 19
House Points - 20
9/12
OWLs - 0
Newts - 17
House Points - 45
10/12
OWLs - 0
NEWTs - 20 - I barely ate all day
House Points - 30
Weight is down to 156, yay!!!
I've been awfully ill this weekend
I have a chest infection along with blisters all in my wind pipe, throat and mouth, so eating isn't the easiest thing in the world, nor is drinking. I was supposed to work a 10 hour shift on Saturday but ended up spending most of the day in hospital as I couldn't breathe properly. I was made to walk around there so they could look at how much air was going into my lungs etc, which is where the 30 mins of exercise came from. I went back to work today, but really regret it. Gahh.
Anyway, how are you all? Good, I hope. I'm going to read through the posts that have been made so I'm up to date with everything! Love to you all xo0 -
Stats
Weight 203 down a pound!
12/9
HP 90
owls 20
newts 16
12/10
HP 60
owls 20
newts 150 -
As I wrote my stats earlier, I thought wow I got 20 newts on Friday and Saturday, and I did a mental recap of what I had eaten those two days to see if I had forgotten an unhealthy snack. Then tonight when I sat down to dinner, I realized, I forgot about my soda that I usually have with dinner, so please subtract one newt for Friday, and two for Saturday for my "fizzies".
Hope you are feeling better Molly, that sounds pretty horrible.
Good night all.0 -
Hey Hufflepuffs,
12/10:
HP: 0
Newts: 14
OWLs: 0
12/11:
HP: 0
Newts: 20
Owls: 0
Weight: 163lb (up 1 pound)
I was really really good all week until last night when me and the guy went out to celebrate the end of the semester. I had a few beers throughout the night and lost a bunch of Newts. When I weighed myself today, I had gained 1 lb this week. I'm hoping that I lost weight overall but am holding onto a lot of that beer from last night.0 -
Good morning,
My stats for yesterday:
12/11/11
Newts: ?? Didn't see these posted anywhere yet, will go through the posts tonight to see if I missed them.
Owls: 2
HousePts: 30
Have a great Monday everyone. In two weeks all of my kiddos will be home for the holidays 8 ) !!!!!! So excited.0 -
Good morning all!
For Yesterday:
O newts
20 house points0 -
I have been slacking like no other!!!
I didn't track anything for the prefects challenge this week.
I did keep track of my house points! Total of House Points from 12/4 to 12/10 is 667.
My weight is 163.8.
I moved my wireless router at home and now can't get the internet to work. OYE! This is not helping! Super busy at work, I will try to stop in later! Xoxo!!0 -
hello everyone sorry i've been MIA this week. i've been dealing with family drama that comes with the holidays. my grandma's birthday is on the 21th and she's been gone 5 years now and the holidays are still a difficult time with my family. then i found out my uncle is on the liver transplant list...it's a very emotional december and it's not even over yet.
here are my stats for the week:
299.4 it's TOM so that's probably why i've gained
HP 359
OWLs 30- realized i do most my stretching at less than 30 seconds
NEWTs 130- i was surprised i didn't snack much this week in general just 4 of 7 days0 -
wot, no food challenge??
just saw my neice in her christmas production at the church. she's ultra excited since she will be 6 tomorrow...she can't wait to get to bed!0 -
Hello all, baby hufflepuff/fairly new to MFP as well...I read the basic group-wide challenge/rule blog post and will be making my way through the common room thread, but can anyone give me a quick run-down of how in-house challenges work or are set up? thanks so much guys.0
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Hi logicandlove, in house challenges are chosen by prefects.
OWL challenge is the exercise challenge
NEWT challenge is the food challenge
Each week the earning/adding up of NEWTs and OWLs are different, and the results determine who the prefects will be. Prefects get a reign of 2 weeks and get to chose a NEWT and OWL challenge each before the next prefects are crowned.
This week's exercise challenge is sets of 10 crunches (any kind) and 10 superman. 1 OWL per set.
The NEWT prefect hasn't yet announced the food challenge and I'm not sure what is going to happen in the meantime.
Hufflepuff is by far the most superior house; I hope you will join :flowerforyou:0 -
I am not sure what happened to charlotte. She was supposed to do the food challenge this week so I will do it.
The challenge this week. Try to follow the food pyramid. It recommends certain servings of each group for each day. For example if it says 3 servings of fruit and you eat 3 servings of fruit you will get 5 Newts. You earn 5 Newts for each section of the pyramid you complete.
Links ...
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/Fpyr/pmap.htm0
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