Internet Hugs for Everyone!!!

(Too bad there aren't as nice as real ones...)

Jenn nice to have you back...Thanks for the hug... and I hope you can get your router fixed soon.
I am going to see if I can be more faithful with posts by posting in the morning instead of the evening. I am back to barely getting things logged before I fall asleep with the computer in my lap!

1/4 HP 40
1/5 HP 100

not sure what to do with owls and newts for this week! Happy Friday everyone!

molly so glad you are alright after the car accident. i have a friend who was in a car accident it was truly a freak accident and one of the passengers was not using the seat belt and didn't survive. my friend couldn't drive for years. praying for your and your friends.

what are our owls and newts for the week? so lost....that's what i get for lurking. one more thing chanlleges are from sunday to saturday right?

stats for the past week
1/1 30 hp
1/2 159 hp
1/3 107 hp
1/4 0 hp
1/5 96 hp

after biting all of my nails down to the quick I forced myself onto the scales and found myself to be 1.8 pounds lighter *throws hat in air*

I went to Tesco and did some crazy impulse buying and ended up with a Zumba box set with some shaky dumbells or something so I've invited my sister round and we're going to fool around with that later.

Yesterday was quite a good day because I got up mega early, went to the leisure centre before it got light (still in the clothes I slept in), swam 30 lengths and then went to work (got there on time for a change); then after work I went to a spirals class. Then I decided I'd been far too good and went out and drank cocktails and bubblegum shots. My sister rang me this morning to check on me because she had woken up repeatedly in tears last night having the same dream where I was dead and she was trying to hang out with my spirit or something. Too many bubblegum shots!

I AM SO Sorry. My life is crazy right now with this move. New Prefects are Carolinagirl and Msrobinson. Carolinagirl please start with the exercise challenge and Msrobinson please do the food challenge. I am positively exhausted ladies, but I WILL get caught up on the posts soon. Please have my mercy on me :flowerforyou:

Morning everyone I've not been doing NEWTs or OWLs but I'll start them for this week.

House Points for last week: 280

Hello Loveangel

We weigh in weekly between Friday and Monday. Lost weight is totalled and averaged and entered into the inter-house championships for the House Cup at the end of each month.

We record how many minutes of exercise we have done as house points. These are also added up and averaged each week and entered into the inter-house champs for the Quiddich Cup.

We have prefects within Hufflepuff selected every 2 weeks. They set the House Challenges and we gain OWLs by doing the exercise challenge and NEWTs by doing the food challenge. The challenges change every week so it keeps it more interesting and encourages you to continually try different things. At the end of a prefect's reign, the next prefects are selected based on who got the most NEWTs and OWLs.

We also try to keep the board as active, vibrant and interesting as possible because we are a friendly and supportive group and it's nice to feel like there's somewhere you can go for a chat if you're having a mid-week slump.

Queeda (Ihurtubise) is our head of house but as Ms R has said, she's in the middle of some serious crazy stuff right now and is likely to be feeling quite harassed at the moment but if you want any more details or whatever the rest of us should be able to sort you out.

GUYS, correct any of this if it's wrong!

Exercise Challenge

We need extra activity to burn off those holiday pounds, but we also need something fairly simple to remember to add on to our workouts

1. After 60 minutes of exercise give yourself 1 newt for every 10 minutes over 60 minutes completed (e.g 70 minutes 1 newt, 80 minutes 2 newts and so forth)
2. 10 sit ups give yourself a newt (20 situps 2 newts etc.)
3. 10 jumping jacks give yourself 1 newt
4. 30 sec of plank pose held 1 newt
5. 10 sec of Superman exercise 1 newt
6. 10 squats 1 newt
7. 10 lunges 1 newt

Lets focus on adding just a bit extra to our workouts. I know we rock on house points...but lets give just a little bit more We can do this!

KaBOOM! Sunday stats :

NEWTs 2
OWLs 4
House points 10 (bit pathetic I know but y'know...my Sundays are generally lazy!)

Good evening all! Well, with it being 11:40pm here in the UK I feel like I should say goodnight :laugh: I hope you all had a great weekend. I have no sixth form on Tuesday which I am looking forward to. Back to reality tomorrow though.

Stats for 7/1

OWLs - 0
NEWTs - 5
H.P - 240

8/1

OWLs - 2 (low fat yoghurt and strawberries. Does strawberries count under the 'berries' category on the superfoods list?)
NEWTs - 0
H.P - 21

Weight is now 153!! Woo, 1lb down which I wasn't expecting. BMI is rapidly dropping too, which I am delighted about.

Today I began using the EA Sports Active 2 game I bought in the week. Wow I underestimated the game! It's a lot harder than it looks, but I love it and can't wait until I use it again tomorrow. I've signed up to do the three week programme on it, I decided it'd be an easier start than jumping in with the 9 week one! I definitely recommend it if you haven't got it. If you're in the UK (I think there's only me and bumflapassassin, sorry if I am wrong!), Game have it on sale on the Wii for £7.98 including free delivery, so it's worth getting. I saw it there and that's why I bought it!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone!

Welcome loveangel!
Suzie--I like the powerfood challenge. It is nice to see I already am eating a couple of the powerfoods but look forward to adding a couple more this week!

I am so sorry about screwing up the wording of the exercise challenge, meaning throughout my entire post I put NEWTs in It is supposed to be the OWL challenge. See what happens when hubby tries to rush me out the door to go hiking and I don't reread it before posting...Sorry all!

1/6 stats
HP 105

1/7 stats
HP 77

I had quit totaling owls and newts since I wasn't sure what we were doing
My weight maintained this week at 199. Since I lost so much weight last week, I don't think it is a bad thing

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!

I will get up early to exercise, I WILL!!!!

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

Good evening huffles!
For Sun&Mon-
8 newts (beans, green tea, greens & yogurt)
No owls yet but I did manage 60 house points.

Evening. Numbers for the week so far:

NEWTs 21
OWLs 17
House points 210

Early morning swim again tomorrow...might try to do 40 lengths instead of my usual 30. We'll see how clever I feel.

Hi. My name is Jenn. I was once a very active part of this wonderful little group then....

- I moved my wireless router and couldn't figure out how to make the World Wide Web work at my apartment (Still haven't figured it out! :mad: )
- The Holidays came. Jenn indulged... again, & again, & again, & again.
- The death of my son's father... Made me into the emotional roller coaster mess, I am still fighting with...

I am still without internet at my apartment even though I am paying for it. Ugh! I wish I was tech-smart! I am trying to get back into logging (but all flies out the window when I get home). I have and still ride my bike to work everyday. Some of changes I have made are gone, but some remain.

In general, I am super stressed. I haven't gotten on a scale in weeks. I am terrified. It is my fault. I need to log, I need to show myself how much I really eat. Well, that was depressing...
Moving onto happy thoughts...
This group is amazing! I know no matter what I can count on you guys for whatever I need! Yay! For a Fresh New Year!

I you so much. I wish I could give you a real hug but I am sending virtual hugs your way. You are such an amazing strong person and I know you will get back on track soon.