Hey! Check it out, I actually lost some weight! I only managed to eat muesli at about 9am and then potato with mince at about 9pm because I was so busy (and maybe because I was destitute too) so that probably had something to do with it. I reckon i'll gain next week but hopefully not what I lost. The hunger games thing has sailed right past me. I'm re-reading the rum diaries by h.s.thompson. I think it's a beautiful book, despite the crassness of the characters. Happy easter everyone. My friend posted healthy alternatives for easter treats on fb. I'm on my phone right now but will share it if I remember when my bf gives me back my laptop...

Congrats to bumflap on the weight loss!
shreddin_mama great job with the spring cleaning...I got a bit done, have way to to get done!

I lost 4 pounds this week, and here I thought I had gained! Now that is a switch for me...but I will take it! Fresh strawberries at the farmers market (local) about a month early...yummy! First bike ride in about a month...I really missed it. Still need to keep them short until I get myself straightened out completely. Have isolated the root of my back pain, and has been improving this week. The two causes, poor core muscles and not enough lateral stretching post ride as I began to ride further. Happy Saturday to all...I hope everyone's day was a great as mine!

Hi everyone, happy Saturday!

Karen (carolinagirl7) and I are sorting out some new things for the house so please bare with us. Well done to everyone who has lost weight this week, I'm hoping I'll be able to say that I have tomorrow. Time will tell though! Work was exhausting today so I am ready for my bed!

Happy Easter for those who celebrate it. Have a great Sunday for those who don't.

HI everyone, happy Easter and a happy Sunday to all!

I'm pleased to say that I am going to being the new Head of Hufflepuff! Karen (carolinagirl7) is going to be my deputy and will take over as Head of House in my absence. Once upon a time Hufflepuff were winning all of the challenges so lets get this house back to where we belong -- first place!!

As Karen said, we're continuing with last weeks challenges. We are going to be (re)introducing prefects to the house. The two prefects will be picked by Karen and I and will be responsible for creating OWL and NEWT challenges for the following two week period. We will be announcing prefects on Saturday 14th of April and the two prefects will have 10 days to let Karen know what the challenges are in order to start on Sunday 28th. New prefects will be announced on the 27th and will have their challenges up and running for the following two weeks. I hope this makes sense and Karen, I hope I've written this out correctly! Please correct me if I am wrong.

We are officially introducing two new forms of getting an OWL into the house as of today. The first we're calling a "spirit OWL". This was talked about last week so some of you may have already been counting this OWL which is absolutely fine. We're just officially introducing it today so make sure you count it as of today if you haven't already. You can earn a spirit OWL simply by posting once in the common room on a daily basis, so you can earn an extra OWL a day if you post Maximum of 1 OWL though regardless of how many posts you make in the common room on a daily basis.

The second we're calling a "perseverance OWL". This is something Karen and I thought of last night so I hope my explanation of it makes sense! You can earn 1 OWL for continual log in on MFP. MFP counts you log in days in blocks of 5 so for every 5 day period you log in you can award yourself an OWL. This means that you can usually earn 1 perseverance OWL per week, but depending on the day your "celebratory" log in happens, you may be able to earn more than one. I hope this makes sense. For example today I have logged in for 230 days so I will award myself a perseverance OWL for this. In 5 days, it'll be 235 days so I will do the same. I hope this makes sense to you all! Hopefully it'll encourage continual log in and motivate us all a bit more too.

I have to give our results to Bronwen by Wednesday of every week so I'd appreciate it if you could have your weight, OWLs, NEWTs and Housepoints for the previous week every week by Monday night (your time, wherever you are) so I am ready to send this off on Tuesdays. If you haven't filled in your weight then I will assume you have not lost anything.

I hope this all makes sense, feel free to ask myself and/or Karen any questions and we'll do our best to answer them ASAP. Thanks for being so patient with us! xox

Just a quick reminder I need everyone's weights posted by the end of today. If no weight is posted it'll be assumed you haven't lost anything.

I'll make a proper post later today I hope you all had a nice weekend and a nice Easter.

Hi Huffles!

A late post from me, it's just gone midnight here so I'll be heading off to bed shortly.

Our weight loss and house point averages get sent to Bronwen and so I sent our results to her earlier, I have to say I'm really impressed! I think we stand a fairly strong chance at winning (not to jinx anything!), especially with our weight loss percentage. Though we're all winners at the end of the day because look how far we've all come.

An NSV for me - I bought a new dress to wear out this Thursday and it's a UK size 10!! Yay, I was so happy when I tried it on and it fitted perfectly. I'll be sure to upload pictures when I am them!

Keep up the good work hufflepuffs! Today is my rest day. My body is sore after yesterdays workout. i plan on waking up earlier tomorrow for a good run. Enjoy the rest of the evening!

Hello Huffles!

Karen, I'm glad your back pain is easing up. Hopefully you'll be able to continue cycling. I love cycling but sadly my step dad never got round to fixing my bike. Ah well, 6 weeks until Summer starts for me so I am hopeful that it'll be fixed by then.

I am in the process of job hunting as my current place of work can't give me any more hours over the summer and the eight I work won't be enough to fund some of my University. There are very few jobs here right now, as with most areas of the UK so I feel like I'm already hitting a brick wall and I've barely started looking. I'll work something out though, so I am not stressing over it..yet!

Tonight I went out for dinner with my best friends and best friend number #1's family. She (best friend #1) is currently studying to become a make up artist and has been picked to help with the make up for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic games this summer. It is an amazing opportunity for her, especially for someone her age (18), so we had to celebrate. I'll post some pictures of her work tomorrow, she's amazing!

Have a great rest of the day, everyone

Woot! Woot! Way to go hufflepuffs!!

Happy Saturday everyone! I have my weigh in tomorrow. I'm not feeling too confident as usual so I will be surprised if I have lost anything. I did surprisingly losing .5lb in the week so who knows what tomorrow will bring!

Karen, thanks for the new challenges, I look forward to starting them tomorrow. I look forward to hearing who the new prefects are. Since I don't know, well done in advance as I will find out tomorrow due to the time here.

I apologise for being 'off' this week. I haven't been feeling myself for some reason, plus a nasty (though very silly) fall the other day has left me with bruised ribs.

Have a great Saturday everyone!

It has been a super rough couple of days for me. I've feltlike giving up almost daily. But I'm hanging in there in hopes I start losing and it gives me the boost I need to keep going. (I got on the scale yesterday, even though I said not til May 1st. I haven't lost anything. Not an ounce or even a milli-ounce. But I guess teh positive is that I haven't gained...)
As some of you know, I moved this past week. I've moved into a house where there is no kitchen. There is a mini fridge, a toaster oven, microwave, and I brought an electric pan so I can make breakfast still. So that makes eating correctly very difficult. I had trained myself over the past month to shop for more fresh fruits and veggies and meats, now I have to go back to canned stuff or fast food (which I'm trying to avoid like the plague!) This is also a SODA filled house. I'm looking at 8 12-packs of soda right now, but I'm still drinking my water. (I spent 2.50 on a 24 pack of water (which everyone else is drinking), and they spend 5 bucks on a 12 pack of soda, explain THAT logic...) Any food I do buy gets eaten by everyone else like I have unlimited money or something! Its very frustrating and disheartening.
I've also been to tired to exercise properly. Whether mentally (dealing with a bunch of people who don't want me around and have made that very clear) or physically (I clean and have been unpacking for a few days), I just can't seem to make myself do it. I've thought about it nightly, but I'm either too tired, too full, or its too late to go jogging around the neighborhood. (Although I am going jogging tonight, NO EXCUSES!)

Ideas? And moving isn't an option. No job = no money which is why I moved to begin with.

But on a positive note, I went out and did some shopping therapy this morning. Walked the mall following the baby for a while. We ended up buying some hair clips, a few candles from Yankee Candle shop. and the last three books of my series The Southern Vampire Mysteries (True Blood books) and I hope to be able to pre-order the new one in a few days. And I only spent $6!!! I win. :P (I opened another Pottermore account, and was sorted to Gryffindor for that one, but I'm totally a Puff...)

Congrats to all for kicking butt and winning House Cup AND Quidditch cup!
Well done on everyone's progress this week! keep it up!

kewl!!!!

I managed to get a few of my veggies in today. No exercise although i did clean my house for 2 1/2 hours to get ready to show it. We are in the process of trying to sell it.

cowsstealmythong- sometimes i dread exercising but once i get my move on i feel loads better and glad i didn't sit it out. I hope you figure it out

Question: Are we adding Newts, Owls and Housepoints from week to week? Or do we start new each week?

We start a new week. As of Sunday April 15 we are on week 3.

Hi everyone!

I submitted our weight and house point averages to Bron earlier today so results should be up by tomorrow. I think we've done well again, especially for the house point average! Obviously it isn't about winning..but that sure helps

I hope you're all having a nice week. Mine is proving to be busy already! Tomorrow I am back working in the school I volunteer at so it'll be nice to return and see the children again. This is my final 7 weeks there so I'm trying to make it a fun last term. On Thursday I'm going out for dinner with a friend which will be nice, and while it is totally not a date I've convinced myself it is! Whoops. Friday I am taking my mum and step dad to see a comedian playing in our town as part of their birthday presents. A very busy week indeed!

How are you all?

Okay...a proper post!
Monday at the beach was absolutely a perfect beach day. I don't think I like the spray suntan lotion...I got many "stray burns" usually around my clothing lines...my hubby is suffering through his "annual burn"...although at one point AFTER he was burned, he did reach for he spray
Tuesday just depressed me more going back to work after a nice beach day...good news my boss was off, so I was not quite bombarded like usual after a day off

Lisa...Where in Fl do you live? I think it is too hot there. I have family in St Petersburg and around Ocala. Either that or I am getting old because I think it is hot here now in the summer. I hope things are beginning to settle down after the move. Think crockpot for your new apartment (though I know it is not the season for it). Jobs here are tight as well, I hope you have some good leads on finding work soon.

Molly...sounds like a busy week ahead of you

Jenn Hope you had a nice trip out of town.

Has anyone gone to pottermore.com yet? I have only got my wand and sorted. I am a Hufflepuff there too. My wand was rowan and phoenix feathers 11 and 3/4. It seems like it will be fun, but a very involved game!

Happy hump day to all Hufflepuffs...looking forward to these stats. Winning isn't everything...but it sure is nice!