Posts by miss_trouble

No no I'm pleased!

I didn't think you would be able to get an individual count for them (I am not going to eat 100 grams or even a cup, I just want them as a little snack through the day to help up my fats and protein, plus I find them really filling) and I was just happy to see them, cc is so great!

Sorry for being a big weirdo :D

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Ergh, some of my boyfriends girl friends put eyeliner on him on the last day of college, it looked so so so horrid, hes ginger and pale with blue eyes he just looked dead. In no way shape or form should a boy wear make up!!

I like all kinds of boys, all kinds of dress styles! I'm only specific about some things, I like a boy to be at least 6' minimum, I'm like 5'6"-7" and wear heels all the time and very high heels when I am going out, I don't want to tower over my man! Also I don't want my boy to be skinny, and expose his skinnyness (no tight jeans please ergh! They make boys look like storks with giant feet sticking out at the bottom)! My boyfirnd works in a supermarket and the pus side of him doing more hours is his back, shoulders and arms get really tonk and look great!

But honestly, the most most most important thing is they are nice and they are smart. Anyone can be attractive one they have those two qualities down!

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What about a nice salad as well as sandwhiches (for a real picnic you shuld have cucumber sandwiches and cheese and beetroot!)? You coud just do a plain green salad with different leaves in, or you could steam some spring veggies (mangetout/baby corn/green beans) with a home made light dressing or squeeze of lemon juice and have that cold. You could even add a small serving of pasta in there to fill you up a bit more.

Or some fish, smoked salmon would be nice and posh with some nice bread and low fat cream cheese, or tinned crab, salmon or tuna in a salad or sandwiches. Or a lean meat like chicken or turkey if you don't like fish or the smell puts you off (I dunno how hot it is or how you are planning to carry it round)

You definately need stawberries (a punnet to share, no cutlery is essential!), maybe grapes/pineapple/pear/apple in a fruit salad, sugar free jelly, if you have the cals for the day maybe a small slice of cake, or your favorite dessert.

And dont forget to be practical if you want it to be perfect! Insect repellant, something comfy to sit on, suncream, a place to put all your dirty crockery if you are using it, make sure your tupperwarecloses properly so everything is transported with no spillages, wet wipes, plastic bags for rubbish, a camera for photos!

Have a lovely picnic! I am jelous you may be able to tell I love picnics!

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I'm not sure about Ireland but in the UK some places, usually posher ones or bigger ones will advertise no msg, if you can you could ring up and ask before hand. Or in they are a chain you could check on line?

Sometimes, its really is very hard to make a decision and the best tactic here might be to do some extra exersize during the day, make sure you eat a filling but low cal lunch and brekkie and a snack before you go so that you're not too hungry when you arrive at the resaurant. Drink plently of water or diet fizzy drinks if you must throughout the meal and eat small portions, splitting the starters and puddings. You could even leave a bit hungry and have a little snack before bedtime if you can resist.

Sometimes you just have to try and limit the damage, esp. with Chinese food! Just remember to enjoy yourself and your company and don't get cross if you cave in a little bit during the meal, its just one day!

Have a lovely evening!

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" I have a PhD in BS, my friend. "

Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!

I have worked in:

Clarks: Kids shoe shop

The Early Learning Centre: Kids toy shop

John Lewis: Department Store

Blockbuster at the moment.

I've also done temporary admin and catering work (too much to list), volenteered at Oxfam, work experiance with Lib Dems and worked for the local council with my friend dressed as a Kangaroo.

Not bad for three years!

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What about the local lesure cente? That the gym I'm with, its 3 pound for off peak access. BUT then again, say if you go to the gym 4 x a week (4 x 3 = 12) every month (12 x 4 = 48) and thats not even a very nice gym. And its 5 pound at peak times (before 9 and after 6) so I dunno, it depends how much you are going to use it, if your going to be committed I guess its not that bad.

Does your uni not have sports or athletics teams you could join? Or like a joggers/runners club?

Hope you get sorted soon!

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PS. Also, be cheerful, you guys are supposed to be getting a new state of the art gym built this year or next year sometime, I noticed because my little sis is thinking of going there!

The FSA suggests these fish as sources for oily fish:

Salmon
Trout
Mackerel
Herring
Sardines
Pilchards
Kipper
Eel
Whitebait
Tuna (fresh only)
Anchovies
Swordfish
Bloater
Cacha
Carp
Hilsa
Jack fish
Katla
Orange roughy
Pangas
Sprats

But remember, if you may have a baby in the future, or are pregnant/breastfeeding you shoud limit your portions of oily fish to two a week because they contain pollutants (this doesn't harm you short term but is a problem if your continuously eating loads of oily fish!)

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Yeah, dont fight back, men are alot bigger and can do alot more damage to girls than the other way around.

If is isn't severe enough to go to the police, could you speak to someone at your school or college? They might be able to refer you to social services who could find you a place to live? Or if you are planning to leave after your legal, do you have friend or another family member who could put you up for a spell?

I think you have to tell some authority, especially if you aren't going to be able to leave the house soon, you need to get yourself out of the situation.

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Well, how ever much exersize you do you have to make sure you have a suitable deficit, if your deficit is too big it can hamper your loss, but more importantly you need extra food for doing extra!

So, pop those numbers in the calorie count machine and see where you wind up, it might turn out you need to eat more, it might not, but no one can really tell you without knowing all your stats and goals!

Well done on being so active today! It sounds like you did really great work!

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O lovey,

It might be a good idea for you to try what sweety suggests, do you have full length mirror? Maybe once every day you could stand in front of it and just look at yourself for something like 5 mins, take that time to absorb how you look. I have heard that they use this method sometimes on people recovering from eating disorders, the idea is that making you look at yourself and appriciate what you see forces a more realistic perception of yourself into your head. You might find it helpful to drum what you really look like into your head, rather than what you think you look like/what you used to look like, and this can help you to feel more confident when you are surrounded by other people.

Also, have you considered looking into any trans-gender/gay/bisexual support groups in your area? It might make you feel a little bit less isolated and you can see that there are other trans who have found partners, so you dont have to fear everyones reaction is going to be negative. It also might help you meet some friends who share your experiances and understand your insecurities? Its always nice to feel conected to a community so you know your not alone. And if you thought you might not be ready for face-to-face talkingabout your insecurities, I'm sure there are plenty of support groups on the net to get you started

And maybe you could try seeing a counceller? I don't know how the system works in America but over here there are mental health charities and trusts that can help you to find councellers and support groups, or maybe you could talk to your GP or doctor? (I hope you don't find that offensive, I know a lot of people swear by simply having an impartial voice they can speak to, and who they know will listen)

Dont forget, you have been through massive changes in your life already, its normal to feel adrift when things change, even if they change for the better, just rememer to take care of yourself and love youself, if you can manage that, everything else sort of falls into place!

Good luck!

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PS. You look great in your profile pics, so every time that little gremlin in your head says you aren't good enough, stamp on him!

In the middle ages, women used to be painted in art as perminantly pregnant, to ephasise their fertility, I always thought that was cool,

And Roman women used to shave the hair off their european slaves and make it into wigs if it was blonde or red because red/blonde hair was so rare and considered really beautiful.

Ancient carvings and drawings of European traders in China always emphisise white peoples large ears, large eyes and large noses compared to the face shapes of the Chinese

And the paintings by the Pre-Raphilites were suprising for the time as red hair, big lips and big noses were considered highly unfashionable

Cool eh? Its funny how stuff changes, but the idea of exoticism/rarity carries on i suppose

Dont forget though that Africa trades in a large proportion (compared to its development levels) of agricultural products. Farmers are forced to sell the food they grow to export markets in order to acrue capital, and for the state to be able to payback debts to international economic institutions. These farmers don't get a fair price for the goods they trade because of the low price of primary products and the massively protected agricultural markets in developed countries, such as the US and the EU. Its not about food aid, its about unfair trade policies which advantage Northern countries and hold back the worlds porrest people. Its not simply a case of there not being enough food, there are systemic inequalities that hamper the ability for developing states to protect themselves from crises. That they will be about a hundred times more impacted by environmental catastrophes that developed states also prevents poor states protecting themselves. There are poor food harvests in the developed wolrd as well as the undeveloped world. The difference is people in the developed world starve and die, and lucky for us, we dont.

Also the drive for newly industrialising nations (China/India etc) to wholesale embrace manufactured production, under the guidance of international financial institutions, rather than to continue producing and storing foodstuffs makes them incredably vunerable.

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PS.Also, on a note about chocolate, Mars have recently attempted to patent a specific coco bean which grows in Ghana, which they say gives their chocolate its unique state. This will prevent farmers growing this bean and selling it for their own profit, even though they may use it in an unrefined state and despite the fact its been a staple crop, bringing resources to the community for thousands of years. 

What about something you do as a family, or with your mum/dad? Perhaps you and your mum could go to a ladies only swim session? Or you could play something like tennis or badminton that can be as intense or as light as you want?

Then you get the non-sedentary feeling, and it might give you a good time to bond with your perants, so they can see how committed you are to getting better (I only suggest this because in my experiance, eating disorders of any kind can put strain on a family, so it might be nice to try and be together)

And if you go together, they cant worry about you while you are gone, as perants often do!

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Also the amount of vitamins they are talking about in this study is not whats in a one-a-day multi-vitamin, its vitamins given to sick people, sometimes hundreds and hundreds of times higher than the RDA

So, its old news but scare mongering never the less!

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     What do you normally wear to bed?

A nightie or vest and pants

     What was the last trip you took?

Up to Leeds for the last term of uni

     Who did you want to be when you were young?  (Famous person, etc.)

I wanted to be: An artist, the pope, a nun (when I realised girls couldn't be the pope), a waitress in a diner (specifically an American diner - with pancakes!)

     When was the last time you went dancing?

Last weekend I think

    What kind of shoes are you wearing right now?

None, I'm wearing socks with bears on them

   What pets do you have?

None. I had stick insects once though

   What is one thing you crave almost everyday?

Sunshine, juice, bed (three, cos I cheat!)