Gryffindor Common Room

nerdyandilikeit
nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
edited September 30 in Motivation and Support
Hello, my fellow Gryffindors! This is a loose extension of the Gryffindor thread from the Harry Potter Weight Loss Challenge that recently ended. If you weren't part of that original group, you are still welcome, but only if you believe yourself to be a true Gryffindor at heart! (If any of you from the challenge feel you actually belong in a different house, Ravenclaw has a thread of this sort (Ravenclaw Common Room) that I'm sure you could inquire into, and possibly Slytherin and Hufflepuff will follow shortly (I'll keep you posted here as I find this out).

UnoDiamante (our Head of House from the last challenge), has named me her successor, so from here on out I'll be the one organizing things to give her a break :)

I want to leave this pretty open to make it whatever it needs to be from week to week. To start, leave some suggestions of where you might like to start or what sort of challenges would help you. I'm thinking we'll still do a weekly weigh in just to keep us accountable to ourselves and to encourage each other. We can have mini challenges within our House, and possibly we can compete in agreed-upon challenges with other Houses depending on what we decide to work towards each week.

This group doesn't have a start or end date overall, it's basically a never-ending sort of place where Harry Potter fans can always find each other and be geeky together.

I think I'll leave it at that until I get some more input from you all on where to go from here :)

Bron
Gryffindor Head of House
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  • EmpressOfJudgment
    EmpressOfJudgment Posts: 1,162 Member
    Yay!!! :)

    Will we continue to have our weigh-ins?
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    I think so. We can see what day works best for everyone, but I liked having them. :)
  • TourThePast
    TourThePast Posts: 1,753 Member
    What a great idea!
  • Nekoashi
    Nekoashi Posts: 220 Member
    This is an awesome idea! So glad we'll be able to continue supporting eachother and of course engaging in some Harry potter fun! :D
  • kelsue35
    kelsue35 Posts: 463 Member
    i will def be checking back here everytime i come on to mfp. i love all you gryffindors!

    i think we should set a calorie burned goal for ourselves. like say no less than 3000 but you can set any calorie goal for yourself as long as its higher or equal to what the minimum # can be.

    anyone else like that idea?
  • rockabillydarlin
    rockabillydarlin Posts: 240 Member
    Hi everyone! I wasn't part of the HP Weight Loss Challenge BUT I'm a huge Potter fan (it's ridiculous, really) and even though I think I'm more of a Gryffinclaw, all of my HP paraphernalia is Gryffindor... so I guess I feel like I belong here more than Ravenclaw. ;)

    So if this is an open group, I'd love to be part of it. I've fallen off the wagon lately but now that I have my new job and am getting settled in, I'm ready to get back to work. I think I need to have a group to be accountable to in order to help me get back into gear.
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    Hi everyone! I wasn't part of the HP Weight Loss Challenge BUT I'm a huge Potter fan (it's ridiculous, really) and even though I think I'm more of a Gryffinclaw, all of my HP paraphernalia is Gryffindor... so I guess I feel like I belong here more than Ravenclaw. ;)

    So if this is an open group, I'd love to be part of it. I've fallen off the wagon lately but now that I have my new job and am getting settled in, I'm ready to get back to work. I think I need to have a group to be accountable to in order to help me get back into gear.

    Dude, I'm so happy you're here, girl! Welcome to Gryffindor!
  • nrg607
    nrg607 Posts: 12
    Ooooo!
    Same as above, I wasn't in the last one, but I'd sure like to join this time 'round. :D
  • peariel
    peariel Posts: 91 Member
    Yay! Thank you for keeping Gryffindor alive and well! :D<3
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    Ooooo!
    Same as above, I wasn't in the last one, but I'd sure like to join this time 'round. :D

    Welcome to Gryffindor! The more the merrier :)
  • amandapratt
    amandapratt Posts: 177 Member
    I think we should do challenges again! Those were fun :) Count me in as a fellow Gryff :drinker:
  • Dawn_Renee
    Dawn_Renee Posts: 1
    I am here :) Thanks to cousin Bron.
  • UnoDiamante
    UnoDiamante Posts: 356
    Thanks for keeping this going Bronwen!! :)
  • blondie2285
    blondie2285 Posts: 40
    Sounds good! Who won the challenge by the way??
  • missjaeda
    missjaeda Posts: 22
    I would love to join! Definitely a Gryffindor at heart. Lightning bolt scar tattoo and all :)
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    Sounds good! Who won the challenge by the way??

    Looks like it was Ravenclaw! Darn! :)
  • azsuzi
    azsuzi Posts: 1,169 Member
    Hello fellow HP geeks! Just wanted to post so I can keep touch with you all. Great job to everyone - and I look forward to more friendly competition!
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    Hey Gryffs! Does anyone else like the calorie burn challenge? And does anyone have a preference for what day we weigh in on? Like Sunday mornings or Monday mornings? And if you have any friends that are Harry Potter fans, invite them too! :) Hopefully we can get some things organized this week and officially weigh in by the end of the week!
  • nrg607
    nrg607 Posts: 12
    Can you explain the calorie burn challenge, please? And I'd prefer Monday morning to Sunday mornings, because I'm away many weekends. Also, there are weekend events when school starts up, and I might not wake up until the afternoon. :P
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    Can you explain the calorie burn challenge, please? And I'd prefer Monday morning to Sunday mornings, because I'm away many weekends. Also, there are weekend events when school starts up, and I might not wake up until the afternoon. :P

    Like Kelsue suggested above, we'd set some kind of calories burned challenge for either us as a group or individually for the week. We could earn House Points for meeting our goals, too :)
  • nrg607
    nrg607 Posts: 12
    Oh, I didn't see that post. XD
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    Oh, I didn't see that post. XD

    No worries :)
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    Hey, Gryffindors! Does anyone have a problem with weighing in on Monday mornings? If not, I think we can make that our day. Does anyone else have a challenge idea to start? If not we'll start with a calorie burn challenge.

    Let's start kinda small and work our way up to some big burns, tho. This week we'll have a minimum calories burned goal of 1500 per person (for the whole week). If you do more than that normally, set yourself a higher goal and post it so we can cheer you on. If you have a hard time sticking to your workouts (like I sometimes do, lol), let's aim for the minimum and work our way up!

    Try to give yourselves mini rewards for completing your workouts every day to keep you motivated. Things like a half hour to read a book or take a relaxing bath, or to have a small treat after dinner or something. Little things to look forward to make the big things seem not so far away :)

    And please reply back if you can to let me know what you think of weighing in on Mondays!
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    Oh! and if any of you would like a Gryffindor crest in your signature, here is the one I'm using: http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/285076_578294807203_179201885_32247334_686635_n.jpg

    Just paste this link put [ img ] in front and [ / img ] on the end, but with NO SPACES anywhere in the link or image tags!

    You're also very much free to make your own and be creative :)
  • UnoDiamante
    UnoDiamante Posts: 356
    Mondays sound good to me! :)
  • Marcellus_08
    Marcellus_08 Posts: 253
    PICK ME! I WANNA JOIN!
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    PICK ME! I WANNA JOIN!

    Heck yeah, girl!!!!!! You're SO in :)
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    Ok, my starting weight: 257.8!

    I think the Ravenclaws are setting themselves a goal to finish by the time Pottermore opens in October. I think it would be nice to have a mini-deadline to keep us on our toes. What do you all think?
  • peariel
    peariel Posts: 91 Member
    I'm all for a mini-deadline! :)

    SW: 154.2
  • Juliebean_1027
    Juliebean_1027 Posts: 713 Member
    Monday mornings work for me! I didn't weigh in this morning, but I can get my 'starting' weight to you tonight when I get home! Thanks again for keeping this going Bronwen. I'm looking forward to more challenges and creating some HP exercises!
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