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!

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

Much better with the snacking today!

Newts-16
Owls-0
Hp-41

I need to stretch more

Good morning Huffies,
My stats for yesterday

12/8/11

Newts: 18
Owls: 0
House pts: 0

hey! i was hoping i could be a hufflepuff? i have always figured that would be my house;)

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

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!

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.

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!

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 xo