Welcome to the Group

Welcome! We would love get to know you, so please tell us a little bit about yourself. You can choose any format you'd like, but most of us here share some or all of the following details:

1. History with weight loss:
2. History with Calorie Count:
3. Reason for joining this group:
4. Some interesting details about yourself, such as your job, your family, your pets and your interests:

And now just go ahead and make that first post!

Hi Everyone,

Just introducing myself. I'm a newbie so any helpful info would be great! I saw there was a group for Harry Potter fans and I had to join!! I'm 24 years old, and I love Harry Potter - both the movies and the books. I have all the books and can't wait for the rest of the movies to come out! :D

Welcome to the darkside ;) You're in good company!

I am SOOOOO sorry folks.  I know I'm coming in pretty late but  I forgot I was in this group.  On Firefox somehow I never really realized it but I've been trying out this new browser "Chrome" by Google and there it was.

Oops...you don't care about that, I'm supposed to be introducting ourselves.

I'm 54 years old, I'm disabled so I'm at home and on the computer a lot.  I originally got on here to keep track of my calories and activities but I've talked to a bunch of people on here and they've all been so NICE.

Ok, about Harry Potter, I LOVE everything about Harry Potter.  The books, the movies, as soon as they come out I have to have them and my husband is very good about getting them for me.  Of course, it doesn't have anything to do with REAL witchcraft at all but it's a good "fairy tale"  I mean, it puts witches in a better light than something like Hansel and Gretel or something like that.

Well...anywho (ahem) nice to meet ya'll.

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Hello Aradia and welcome! 

LOL, we were discussing Chrome in another thread today! Anyhow, feel free to put your two cents in on any of the threads started, or begin your own!  And please check out the thread titled "if you like harry potter..."  We're posting titles of books and movies that HP fans might enjoy, and any contribution you'd care to make would be welcome!

Thanks!!!  I appreciate the welcome.  I look forward to reading all the Harry Potter stuff and getting to know the people in this group.

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Blessed Be

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Hi everyone!  I read Harry Potter every night to my son.. we are currently on book 6 and I don't know what we're going to do when they are over!  I can't wait to discuss them! 

I like the Harry Potter books and movies immensely. I am especially a fan of Snape!

HI! I'm Jasmine and have grown up with the Harry Potter series. I'm seventeen and I love Wizard Rock, if you don't listen you really should there are so many great groups on myspace.

History with weight loss: almost none

History with Calorie Count: Just started less than a week ago

Reason for joining this group: Seemed a reasonable thing to do when the group recommender showed it, considering how much I enjoy Harry Potter (well, Half-Baked Plot and Deadly Ho-hums weren't so great, but the fanfiction community makes up for that!)

Interesting details: not sure there really are any.  41, male, interested in an insane number of things, occasionally like a bit of punning around.

I'm 48, love the Harry Potter series as well. Which was really kinda of funny.

When The books first started out I could'nt see all the fuss.I thought GREAT another Fad! It was'nt til the 1st movie came out and the previews, that i thought wow looks like a good movie.After my daughter and i watched the movie i went directly to Waldens Books and bought the 1st book and the 2nd book.Need less to say I've been hooked since then.

Join calorie count a yr ago lst 30lbs and have been maintaining for yr.Want to lose another 50 so since i had such great luck here came back. And I recommened it to everyone.

I'm a receiving manager at Lowes and I'm married and have 3 girls and 5 grandkids. what else is there to say but HI Everyone Hope to talk to everyone one you and be able to help you keep your goals while you help me with mine.  

Welcome to all new members!  We're happy to have you!

Hi, I'm Jenny. 20 years old, true Hermione with my school study so that doesn't leave me much time to worry about food and working out. Plus, added to that is planning a wedding. And here's the fun part, Harry Potter touches are involved :) I met my Fiance in a Harry Potter chatroom, him as Ron and I as Hermione.  It's only fitting to do that! We're both big HP geeks.

I want to lose 20 pounds at least, back to where I was at the end of high school. I felt better, and my health was better, darn the asthma. And to look smoking hot in June for our wedding :)

OH~ And with being a college student you know that means sitting on your rear a lot. Here's the cherry on top, I'm in an all male degree, PC Support and Networking. The biggest activity I get in school is my fingers. Or networking computers. But still. And seeing all those guys eat all that food, makes me hungry! Just wish I had a metabolism like that. Oh well.

Welcome, Jenny!  Congratulations on your upcoming wedding!  I think you'll be pleased with CC's support in your weight-loss endeavor.

Hi,

I just joined today. I read HP constantly, when I'm depressed its so good to retreat to a world I know. I also retreat to Middle Earth alot. I guess I have read it at least once a year since college, (30+ years ago!)when some of my friends used to leave notes to each other on the sidewalks in Elvish!

My daughter is also a big fan and even had a bumper sticker on her car "Voldemort lives!". Needless to say she is a Slyerin (sp?) fan.

I hope with such good company I will feel like really settling down to losing weight!

Welcome, Peg!  While we are a Harry Potter Group, we're always discussing LOTR and Narnia and other beloved stories.  And CC is a great place for weight loss support, as you've probably figured out ;)

*goes to find a "Voldemort Lives!" bumper sticker*

Hi~

I am Kelly/ 28 years old. I have two kiddos: a girl(5) and a boy (almost 2). I am always up and down with weight but the ups keep getting higher and the downs don't go lower nowadays! I am at about 180(i think-i don't really want to know!), would like to get down to 140, since that was the weight I was when I met my husband! I am only 5'4 but somehow 140 works well for me. I joined this website to help me count calories (diet starting today) and watch my progress but when I saw Harry Potter fans, I sort of forgot about the dieting part so I could introduce myself! LOL anyway-I am always listening to the audiobooks in my car since I don't have much time to read with the kids, and I am in the car a lot. I am new to Harry Potter but a really big fan anyway. I look forward to chatting with all of you while I lose some weight!

Hi I'm 29 years old. currently have no children, but i would like to have one or two someday. my weight has been up and down over the years. i am currently at 221 ( several years ago i was 250+) and trying to loose a few more. i'm about 5'4" so for my height i definatly over weight. i got married last year in may. approching that 1year mark.  a friend of mine introduced me to the books. she would not let see the 3rd movie until after i read the first 2 books. i protested but read them anyway. after that i was hook. i love the books and the movies.

Welcome to the group, Kelly and Phynex.

Hi! My name is Rachel. I've never been a big dieter or even watcher of my weight. But I went to the doctor to talk about some girl-type issues and the first thing she said when she sat down was that I've put on too much weight in the last two years and I needed to watch what I eat. I found CC kind of randomly, but so far I've enjoyed the food and activity logs as a way to keep me thinking about what I'm putting in my body.

I joined this group because it was reccommended to me and I love love love LOVE Harry Potter! I would have hours long arguments about the 7th book before it came out and I read it in one day on a series of flights from San Salvador to Indianapolis. I'm not ashamed to admit I spent more than retail price for the book, but it was totally worth it.

Right now I'm living on my own which makes cooking hard. I'm 25, a copywriter, so I sit at a desk a lot. I'm 2 weeks into a bellydancing class and I hope to join a gym here in a couple of weeks. I hope that I can keep this up.

Welcome, Rachel!  Thanks for joining us!  Feel free to put your two cents in any of the threads or start your own :)