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| The Lounge | Gas Shortage in SE States | Sep 26 2008 21:42 (UTC) |
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I'm in Charleston, SC. For a few weeks now, some gas stations have no regular unleaded gas. And some only serve regular unleaded gas. I don't know why we have the shortage. But it's becoming a bit more common to see plastic bags over the pumps for regular gas, showing that they're out on that pump. Frustrating for me, since I'm a courier. But it's not been bad enough to cause a panic. At least not here in town, that I've seen. |
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| The Lounge | Interesting theory | Nov 14 2007 02:08 (UTC) |
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Original Post by joji732: Hmm, I don't see how fat cells themselves could hold onto memories or emotions. I could see that hormones related with weight change (gain or loss) could effect one's emotional state. I could be wrong. Never know. But I would like to differ with you about that last sentence I quoted. I do think that your emotional issues are tied to your limited quanities. You state that you're an emotional eater. So am I. I found that I was coping with stress and my depression with eating, but not only fattening, processed foods. It was also the quanity of any food. So I think it's that you've inadvertently denied yourself one coping mechanism and so you may feel your emotions more acutely. Again, I could be wrong on that. Just an idea. |
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| Fitness | good exercise video please | Oct 30 2007 19:09 (UTC) |
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I'd have to second the Leslie Sansone suggestion. I really enjoy her workout videos. Here's a link to a website that has clips from all the workout videos they sell: They also have user reviews. I ordered a Leslie Sansone video from there and will order more from them later. It just helped to see some of the video so I could find something I would enjoy. |
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| The Lounge | anybody in SC area? | Oct 17 2007 04:27 (UTC) |
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| I'm in Charleston. | |||
| The Lounge | Anybody enjoying The Office this season. | Oct 15 2007 04:06 (UTC) |
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| I love the Office! Dwight is my favorite right now. "Bears, beets, Battlestar Galatica." LOL And I love Jim vs Dwight. I love Jim and Pam together but I think Dwight and Angela are cute in that strange kind of way. I love Dwight's puppy dog look. Did anyone else join the Dunder Mifflin Infinity website? I'm a huge dork, so I did. | |||
| Foods | My eating habits and what I crave have changed............ | Oct 15 2007 03:37 (UTC) |
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First I wanted to say that I think it's awesome you automatically ordered smaller portions when you went to Dairy Queen. I don't know that I would be so good. Yes, I've noticed the same kind of thing happening to me. But I haven't quite killed my sweet tooth. I've only been using Calorie Count for about 3 weeks, but it really influenced me to up my fruit and veggie intake. Now when I splurge, it's kinda disappointing. I had a donut the other day and it was just so sweet. It was like my taste buds remembered liking that amount of sweetness but my body and mind was telling me that it was not satisfying. Before CC, one donut would start a change reaction of overeating. But not anymore. It just doesn't do it for me anymore. |
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| Health & Support | energy/mood supplement | Oct 11 2007 01:35 (UTC) |
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I've heard 5 HTP helps. It's an herb that you can buy OTC at any specialty herb store, GNC, or whole/health foods store. I bought them a while ago when I got off my anti depressants and I thought that they helped me. Here's a website with all kinda claims and info for it : http://www.5htp.com As Kim said, sleep is always good. You should aim for 7-8 hours a night. Make sure you're eating enough food everyday as food is fuel. If you find you're giving yourself the best food you can, exercising regularly, sleeping regularly and you still feel crappy, maybe (and just maybe) you are clinically depressed. Sometimes depression isn't always dramatic and earth-shattering. Sometimes it's just a general crappy feeling ALL the time for a long time (more than 2 weeks). Just a suggestion. |
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| The Lounge | youtube | Oct 07 2007 05:46 (UTC) |
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I love YouTube! The penguin getting groceries vid was too cute!! I've seen the waterbed practical jokes before. That's hilarious but I'd hate to be one of those customers. I subscribed to this guy: http://www.youtube.com/user/wezz84 I think he's hilarious. Frederick's Interview is one of my favorites. I watch him when I'm having a bad day at the office. It makes me laugh. :D |
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| Health & Support | How do you deal with stress and frustration? | Oct 05 2007 01:28 (UTC) |
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Thanks guys. Those are some great suggestions. I didn't even think that my exercise would be kinda worsening my problem. I do aerobic workout videos at home and it's very fast paced. I think yoga would be a good idea to work in there. I used to do pilates a few years ago, but I think I'm burned out on that. Thanks again for support. I really appreciate it. I was very afraid I would get alot of negative responses. I don't know why. Thanks for not putting me down any farther than I am. (edit: had to add some more) |
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| Motivation | A Fat Rant - Video | Oct 04 2007 04:41 (UTC) |
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Wow, thanks for posting this. Some of the things she said in that rant applied to me and I thought I was the only one thinking like that! (Like "they won't hire me... because I'm fat".) |
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| Health & Support | A Click a day- Help another get a mammogram | Oct 02 2007 04:37 (UTC) |
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| The Lounge | anyone taking an SSRI? | Oct 01 2007 05:24 (UTC) |
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| Have you thought about other types of meds? MAOIs? I was put on Cymbalta about two years ago and I thought it helped me out alot. It's like an SSRI but also works on norepineprine. So technically it would be an SSNRI. :) I guess it depends on what you're diagnosed with and what kind of insurance you have. I didn't (and still don't) have health insurance and my meds were crazy expensive. Also, a combo of meds may help too. I agree with speedqueen...meds vary greatly from person to person. I've always heard from other people that it was just a trial and error thing til they got it right. Good luck. | |||
| Weight Loss | 100+ lbs to Go Losing2gether Sucessfully Club | Sep 29 2007 02:43 (UTC) |
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Oohhhh, what a gooooood DQ idea! I have sooo many different wants associated with my weight loss. They may seem kinda small and petty but they are my driving force and my fantasies. Alot of them seem to surround the idea of feeling sexy/attractive again.
~united2gether~ what great information!! I always wondered about that burn meter and why it would say I burned, say, 300 cals in exercise but only show 3250 burned for the day. I thought it was a conspiracy against me to trick me into thinking that I hadn't burned as much cals as I did! I think the lack of processed sugar is making me crazy.... 8-) |
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| Weight Loss | 100+ lbs to Go Losing2gether Sucessfully Club | Sep 27 2007 19:59 (UTC) |
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| rena- Ouch! I don't know how well I would have handled that. I hate that the first thing out of most people's mouths (when you haven't seen them in a while) is how good you do or don't look. | |||
| Weight Loss | 100+ lbs to Go Losing2gether Sucessfully Club | Sep 27 2007 17:15 (UTC) |
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| Hello everyone. I just had to share something that really hit home for me. I just read the "What Worked for Me" in go4gold's post. What count-it-07 said really and truly hit home for me. I have been terribly cruel to myself since I can remember. Since I was a wee girl growing up in the 80's. But I'm still cruel to myself. I have a hard time seeing a reason not to be degrading to myself. I remember one day while walking around my house, my dad said I should put some clothes on. He meant to wear something less form fitting. I asked him if he thought I was fat. He just blurted out "Yeah!" And I got very upset and started crying. He figured (and has since I was a child and will continue for the rest of his life) that being cruel and degrading to me will prompt me to work harder to lose weight. It did the exact opposite. So I feel like I've adopted this thinking even though I despise it. As if one half of my mind knows it doesn't work but the other half will not let it go. I can't imagine myself saying nice things to myself, such as "You are beautiful," etc because I know it's not true. I hope this is making sense. It's just a big hurdle I have in my life right now. | |||
| Weight Loss | 100+ lbs to Go Losing2gether Sucessfully Club | Sep 27 2007 01:48 (UTC) |
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Just wanted to say thanks for the warm welcome! I hope y'all had a good hump day.
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| Weight Loss | 100+ lbs to Go Losing2gether Sucessfully Club | Sep 26 2007 02:06 (UTC) |
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*deep breath* Hi, I'm new here. ::shy wave around the room:: I'm wondering if I can join the group? I'm not too familiar with chatting in forums (I tend to be a lurker). I would love some support, but I'm really shy. At least at first. So if I've intruded in the group, I'm really sorry! But I thought I'd at least give it a try. ::crosses fingers:: A little bout me: * magickat 1) Starting weight & dated joined: 313 (Yikes!!) & 9/25/07 2) Highest Weight ever: 320 3) Mini-Goals: 1st Goal Weight: 294 by 12/22/07 4) Ultimate goal weight: 180 5) Plan: As of today and the past week, it's been limiting my calories to 2250 a day and exercising 6 days a week. I'm breaking down my weight loss into small goals so that I feel like I'm getting somewhere. I don't even think about being 180. And I'm trying to set myself up with a reward system. Buy myself something nice but small for little goals. I haven't worked it out completely. Again, I'm really sorry if I just jumped in without being invited or allowed to join. I just wasn't sure what to do since I wanted to join the group. -magickat
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So you can log your weight -- which allows you to do the following:
- Plot your weight curve
- Analyze the trend of your weight (see under Recent in the figure above)
- Determine the projected target date (see under Overall in the figure above)
