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| Motivation | Great Quote | Jan 05 2009 16:17 (UTC) |
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Original Post by corinnelitch:
That is a great quote, thanks for sharing. I like to have these little motivational tidbits all over the place :). Here's what I am looking at today.. My employer posts a daily quote on our intranet homepage at work... today's is pretty fitting for this site: “You can learn from people, and educate others, but the only one you can change is yourself.” My desk calendar also has quotes. Here's January: "Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right."
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| Weight Loss | 300+ Club, counting down to Jan 2010 | Jan 04 2009 00:18 (UTC) |
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Hey Sun! Thanks so much for getting all this going, I think its going to be a great support group. Looks like you missed adding both of us Gracie's to the list. Thanks |
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| The Lounge | Reading Recomendations. | Jan 02 2009 19:59 (UTC) |
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I am also a very avid reader, inhaling books at a rate of about 1 each week. Libraries can't keep enough new stock for me, and our nearest large bookstore is a Borders two towns over. So, I end up doing a lot of my book shopping on Amazon. I recommend going to www.amazon.com, clicking the Books link on the left, then searching by category (listed on the left again). You can read summaries and excerpts on a HUGE selection of books to find out what genres and authors inspire you... because if you haven't read for a while it may have changed. My interests have definitely changed over the years. Anyway, I wanted to issue one warning about the Twilight series recommendations from previous posts. While I personally enjoyed the books, I found them to be misrepresented in the fantasy genre. They may deal in vampires, but the plots are totally typical, syrupy sweet, young adult romance all the way. If you don't like romance, you will not like these books. I second the Dean Koontz recommendation; his books are real page-turners. Oh, and I do think everyone should read the Harry Potter series, Rowling has an amazing imagination. My personal favorite author is Nora Roberts/JD Robb because she writes great series and trilogy novels; but you have to be careful with her books too, as she often crosses genres from Mystery to Fantasy to Romance. Good luck in your reading endeavors! |
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| Weight Loss | 300+ Club, counting down to Jan 2010 | Jan 01 2009 20:11 (UTC) |
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Hi and Happy New Year! I am brand new to this site, just registered a couple days ago and began reading through the forums and setting up my profile, diet plan, and logs. Also created my first journal entry today. Current/Jan 1 Weight: 308 lbs My story... is pretty uninteresting. My weight has had several ups and downs (mostly ups) during my life. Everytime my body has a change that may affect metabolism, my weight fluctuates out of control.
I am 38 now. Over the last two years, I went back to college - online sitting in front of the computer. My father-in-law and my mom both passed away within 3 weeks of each other, and since they were the last of their generation, it meant a LOT of time commitment and emotional stress dealing with in their estates, etc. I also had my own first pretty major health issues arise. Finally, I quit smoking (woohooo) six months ago. All these 'life changes' seemed to play a part in bringing on this latest 40 pounds to push me over the 300 mark. This has got to stop. I guess once I got married and started having kids, my family became my priority and I got complacent about my weight problems. They just didn't seem to matter in the big picture. Now my kids are in high school and are becoming more independent. The big change I plan to make is to finally take time for my own health and well-being. I would like to join the 300+ club because I don't know anybody personally that weighs as much or more than me, but I could really use the support from someone who understands some of the challenges I face... It just doesn't work for me to go into a WW (or similar) meeting and talk to folks who actually weigh less than the pounds I need to lose. Their problems and challenges are NOTHING LIKE MINE! I did look over some of the postings from last year's group and its very inspiring. Congratulations to all who are losing the weight and those who are keeping it off. |
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