Hufflepuff Common Room
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Hello!
I'm new but I would like to be a part of Hufflepuff house!
Can anyone fill me in as to what goes on and what to do here?
Welcome to Hufflepuff!!! :flowerforyou:0 -
Hello Friends! - I have finally went back through my HRM and got my stats for House Points since the first of the year. (Since I have done a poor job at tracking anything!)
1/1-1/7
HP - 355
This seemed terribly low for me... I remember posting 600+ most weeks. Sigh! I have really got to kick up my game! Cycling back & forth to work doesn't take as long as it used to and I haven't been to the Y yet this year. I do hate those big crowds that are at gyms in January... waiting for those ppl to give up.... I am still avoiding the scale, even more so since I had Taco Bell (for the first time in 6 months) yesterday.
My son is finally home from his holiday with his grandparents... With him come back my 2 little dogs (& chaos - Te he he he!). Beyond the death of his father, we are dealing with the fact that he is VERY far behind in his reading & writing. (Coming from a small town with lower standards then moving to a Chicago Magnet school with an accelerated reading/writing program.) I am stressed that he is going to fail first grade. Agh! The joys of parenthood! I get paid in giggles, hugs, & kisses!
Kisses, hugs, and giggles are the best! Is it possible to get him into a tutoring program after school. That could really help with his reading/writing. If you want some extra practice for him pm your email and I can send you some of my resources. I teach advanced kindergarten so it should be good practice for him. Don't worry about the scale right now ... Just take baby steps. Slow and stead wins the race.
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House Points for the week so far
NEWTs 5
OWLs 7
House points 100
My friend's being kicked out and wants my "spare" room (which is actually where my niece stays when she visits so not actually "spare") but I know if she moves in our days as people who are civil to each other are numbered (hence my resolutely living alone). Obviously if she gets desperate I'll have to help her out but it's killing me to tell her it's a last resort. gah!
That is a tough situation, but you definitely need to think about your sanity. It's always good to err on the side of caution. Good luck!0 -
More numbers totals for the week so far:
NEWTs 12
OWLs 7
House points 100
Might get some exercise done but you know what? I'm feeling lazy and tired and I was almost on time for work today so I may cut myself some slack.
I've got some shopping to do; going on a sewing course on 20th Jan and need to get something to sew and something to sew with. It's meant to be a leather workshop but I can't find anything leathery, nor can I find any patterns I'd want to make out of leather so they may have to put up with me doing my own thing. Looking forward to it though, I reckon it'll be fun...And you never know, I might post a picture of something I've made
This does sound fun. I wouldn't mind doing something like that! I hope you share a picture with us!0 -
I feel like a bad leader :sad: but I did try to respond to a lot of the posts. I'm not doing well with the food challenge but I am exercising every chance I get and dropping weight so no worries Hufflepuffs' I am still thinking about you all day and remembering to make good choices for us all. I this group. Please don't give up on me :flowerforyou: .... *Bows head in shame and exits room* 0
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Good morning Huffles,
I don't think I have posted any stats thus far this week--so this should catch me up 8 )
My stats for Sun. 1/8 through Wed. 1/11
Newts: 9 newts
Owls: O sadly
House points: 60
Have a great day everyone.0 -
Wow I have been slacking this week. I'm sorry, I haven't been pulling my weight at all so I'm sorry. It's been a stressful week. I am missing my best friend like crazy, she is my rock and now she is back at University, almost 100 miles away. Gahh I miss her.
Stats for 11/1
OWLs - 1
NEWTs - 2
H.P - 50
12/1
OWLs - 2
NEWTs - 0
H.P - 60
I feel like my weight will be up this weekend, just an inkling I have but I hope that's not the case.0 -
Wow I have been slacking this week. I'm sorry, I haven't been pulling my weight at all so I'm sorry. It's been a stressful week. I am missing my best friend like crazy, she is my rock and now she is back at University, almost 100 miles away. Gahh I miss her.
Stats for 11/1
OWLs - 1
NEWTs - 2
H.P - 50
12/1
OWLs - 2
NEWTs - 0
H.P - 60
I feel like my weight will be up this weekend, just an inkling I have but I hope that's not the case.
I'm sorry you are having a rough week. I hope you get to see your friend soon or at least get to keep in touch through other means of communication.0 -
Here's my stats-
Tues-4 newts, 0 owls
Wed-3 newts, 0 owls
Thurs- 2 newts, 0 owls
90 house points for these days.
Work has been kicking my butt since we came back from break. I've pretty much been a zombie so not doing great with the workouts. On a happy note, the scale looked good this morning so hopefully that water weight is history. I'm back to obsessively weighing myself every day twice a day. I've been going up and down a pound or two for the last three weeks. Anyhow, hope you all have a great Friday the 13th.0 -
stats 1/11
HP 105
owls 4 (no extra exercises)
newts 4
1/12
HP 80
owls 2 (no extra exercises)
newts 1
Queeda...Hang in there! Nice job keeping keeping up with the exercise
Mandy...Great job with the loss this week
Molly...Sorry you are missing your friend. With all the technology available today, it is still not the same as hanging out in person
bumflapassass--good luck with the roomate situation. that is a tough one. I lived with one of my best friends one summer...there is a reason we are still best friends...because we quit living together
Have a good Friday everyone!0 -
Yay I finally got hold of a scale today! I've been working so hard, I was so excited to get up this morning and have a look-see! And I lost another 5 pounds since last week, yaay! I couldn't quite read it cause I got the cheapest scale I could get which was a dial one, so I just rounded up to the nearest big line I could see, haha. That way it'll feel better when I weigh myself again on a digital scale. :P
Anyway, here's what I've got
Newts 8
Owls 0
and HP- ? I haven't been keeping track of because our gym at school isn't actually open yet (they remodeled it) but walking to class and back from my apartment about twice a day and then I've resolved to go up my 5 flights of stairs every time I come home now. :P I say there's some good exercise in there.
You guys all seem so nice! I'd love to get to know you all more!
Is anyone in college? (or am I a youngin'?) If so where do you go? I go to California Polytechnic State University, otherwise known as Cal Poly. and I major in Agricultural Communications. 0 -
Alright Love
Molly is in education still but I think the rest of us are doing the work thing. But just because we're old doesn't mean we're not cool :glasses:
I work with young offenders in the uk, kind of like a probation officer for kids. Today I had to go to Court because a young person had been arrested in the night and was being kept in cells. I had to help decide what to do with him; in the end he was remanded in custody for the safety of the public. It's quite an interesting job. This evening I'm staying at my parent's house because in the morning my mum wanted me to go and try out a new class with her called Pump FX. I found out this evening that it's a weights class. Not sure how I feel about that and mum's just said that she'll drop me off to the class, go shopping and come and do the second class (spirals) afterwards! Cheeky!0 -
nearly forgot my stats for the week so far:
NEWTs 30
OWLs 19
House points 3500 -
I'm still in education! I'm in sixth form, well to avoid all confusion I'm in the equivalent to 12th grade in high school. Here it's called college/sixth form, but I know you call what we call University, college. Silly language differences :laugh: I'm going to University in September though, to study nursing. I work part time too, in a shop and in a school.
Stats!
13/1
OWLs - 0
NEWTs - 0
H.P - 45
Today wasn't the best day, sorry guys.
My best friend sent me flowers today as she knew I'd been having a bad week. I love her.0 -
stats today 1/13
HP 45
newts 3
owls 1
loveangel--congrats on the weight loss this week!
I am married. I finished grad school in 2004 from UNC (University of North Carolina) and work as a nurse practitioner at an inner city health department. My job is essentially is to keep words like influenza, meningitis, TB, hepatitis, salmonella, pertussis... etc out of the local news (unless we are providing education and promoting immunizations ). Knock on wood...it's been manageable this week...though flu has got to be right around the corner...I also evaluate the new refugees to the area (about 30 a month), sort out their medical concerns, and work to get them established with primary medical care.
bumflapassass--your job sounds exciting...good luck with the exercise class tomorrow!0 -
Wow, you're both from the UK? Sweet!
Carolinagirl- sweet, my mom's a nurse, an RN though, not a nurse practitioner. That sounds like a rewarding job.
Haha and nah, you're probably cooler than me being older! :P Being in college is fun though, I get school stress, boyfriend stress that I never experienced in high school, pretty great stuff. LOL Drama.
Oh and BTW all, my name is Angelina, in case you didn't want to call me by my screenname all the time. 0 -
5.1 pounds on according to mum's scales! Gah!0
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Oh and BTW all, my name is Angelina, in case you didn't want to call me by my screenname all the time.
Mind if I call you Love? It amuses me !0 -
134.2 on my scales so i'm sticking with that one... slightly smaller gain!0
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1/11-1/13
HP: 60
Newts: 11
Owls: 4
I started drinking green tea with lunch for a Newt. And it keeps me going through the afternoon!0 -
Hi!
I'm new to MFP and this groups thing in general- are we "sorted" in any fashion or just jump on board into the house we'd like?
I figured the Hufflepuffs would be the friendliest sort to ask...
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Yay! Welcome ubergeek and loveangel! So excited to have some new huffles on board! Über, you are just in time to join us- no need to be sorted. Please post your starting weight for our head of house. Every two weeks new prefects are chosen. We have a weekly challenge for newts and owls and we post work out minutes for the house competition. You can start fresh tomorrow when new newt/owl challenges start or scroll back through the week to find details regarding the current ones.
Epic fail regarding owls this week. I have been trying to drink a cup of green tea everyday, but it's just not as tasty as my coffee that I load with fatty cream and sugar. Baby steps...
Today:
O owls
4 newts
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Weight 197 a 2 pound loss for me this week
1/14
HP 80
Newts 2
Owl's 2
welcome to ubergeek!0 -
Weekly NEWT challenge
Lets focus on calories and water intake
10 Newts if you are under/at your daily calories allowed
5 Newts if you are "in the green" with calories with your added activity
5 Newts if you drink 8 8oz glasses of water daily.
A one time bonus of 50 Newts if you complete this activity.
Some of us are new to weight loss, and others have been at it for awhile. The holidays are famous for derailing our best efforts. I was beginning to become discouraged with my progress and nearly fell back into the trap last week yet again of "whats one more day of screwing up...I'll start tomorrow"
The challenge is for 5 minutes to carry around the amount of weight you have lost to date, and then to post how you felt while carrying around the extra weight. (I was challenged to do it this week by my nutritionalist, I'll post tomorrow about my experience). If you are new to weight loss, carry around 10 pounds and see how you feel when you "lose it". Most of us are going to be carrying anywhere from 10-100 pounds. That is hard to do...and to think we were carrying around this weight with us ALL the time. The goal is to physically remind you how you felt with the extra weight, make appreciate your new weight and (hopefully) inspire you to continue your weight loss efforts, and remind you how bad you felt at your start weight!0 -
Numbers for the week.
NEWTs 33
OWLs 19
House points 410
Had really bad knees today and with it my legs were really achey. It was difficult to do anything as I was in pain just sitting down. Feeling better now though! I reckon it was chicken burgers that made it all better
That's a great idea carolinagirl - I will carry around 10 pounds since I seem to have turned into a yoyo recently going from 2 pounds to go, to 2 lost :noway:
Hope everyone's having a good weekend and welcome to the best house at hogwarts, ubergeek!0 -
Ooh I love the idea of carrying around our lost weight as a reminder of how far we've come. I am in a real funk this weekend-as proven by my breakfast of chocolate chip cookies. Bla!! I have been the same weight (give or take a pound) for a month now. I have been faithfully logging, but to be honest, I've gotten lazy about measuring. It's likely my portions haven't been accurate. I need to really be honest and figure out why the scale is not moving. I know my sodium is too high so I am really going to try to accomplish the water intake this week.
Onto the OWLS challenge for the week:
Get moving and try something new! 5 owls for every 30 min of exercise and an extra owl if you try something new! This could be a new machine, a new class, a new video-whatever you like!0 -
Here are my stats for the last few days:
Thur. 1/12 through Saturday 1/14
Newts: 5
Owls: 0
House pts.: 0
I forgot to weigh myself this morning, so will post my weight tomorrow.
Love the challenges this week. Hoping to score the bonuse 50 newts. Hope everyone has a great weekend.0 -
Ok, so I decided to weigh myself anyway, even though I have already eaten breakfast today.
My weight this week:
161.0 yayyy!!! think that officially puts me back to my pre-holiday weight 8 )0 -
Sorry I'm feeling a bit thick. I went over my cals today but some of my numbers were green. What does "5 Newts if you are "in the green" with calories with your added activity" mean? Can I get some NEWTs here even though I went over my calories?
Waiting for work on the exercise challenge with great anticipation!0 -
My laptop battery is about to run out but my weight is 152!! I will do stats tomorrow, but thought it was best to post weight now xo0
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