Posts by singinfatlady

last week: 188

this week: 188

I had a TERRIBLE weekend. Fiance in hospital Thurs-Sunday for severe allergic reaction. Plus I'm in a play with the community theater and this was opening weekend. So I was busy plus my built-in babysitter (fiance) was out of commission so I was really scrambling.

Anyway, eating and exercise were really out of wack... so I'm not real upset about not losing... especially since I saw 184.5 on the scale twice during the week before all this started. So I think I probably lost weight... but I'm holding onto water... This week should be better!!!

last week: 187.5

this week: 184.5

WoW! I'm not even sure if this can be right.... but I'll take it!!!

goal for next week: 183.5

Weight Logs:

1. Sept 20: 195 (yuck)
2. Sept 27: 191 (whew thats better)
3. Oct 4: 191.5
4. Oct 11: 189
5. Oct 18: 195 (ttom! yowza)
6. Oct 25: 188
7. Nov 1: 188
8. Nov 8: 187.5
9. Nov 15: 187
10. Nov 22:
11. Nov 29:
12. Dec 6:
13. Dec 13:

Weekly goals: Nov 1-7

• find motivation for exercise (been barely doin the minimum lately)
• have a weekend free from exessive eating
• be the best mom I can be
• rest up as much as possible for performances all next week/weekend

It seems to me that you might be confused about how the burnmeter works.

The top number in the burn meter (the smaller print) is the estimate that CC has calculated that you will burn during the 24 hour day. This includes sleep time, breathing, organ function, drive time, time at work, time at the gym, everthing.... It is just an estimate, but it is based on the information you have put into your profile settings (age, weight, height, activity level)

It is not a "goal" for you to "earn" up to that many calories in exercise alone.

The number in the middle of the box (larger font) is how many calories CC has estimated that you have burned SO FAR that day. So if it is 10 in the morning, the number will be smaller than if you checked back at 3 in the afternoon. This also accounts for ALL daily activity you have done so far that day. As the day goes on.... this number will slowly reach toward the top number.

If you don't enter your activities... it estimates how much you have burned based on what you put into your profile settings. If you manually enter your activities... it adjusts the amount burned accordingly.

When you enter an activity.. both numbers will change. The top number (24 hour amount) will go up because your whole day figure is different than the original estimate. The number in the middle (SO FAR amount) goes up because you have done more so far than what CC projected.

Hope that makes a little sense

Weight Logs:

1. Sept 20: 195 (yuck)
2. Sept 27: 191 (whew thats better)
3. Oct 4: 191.5
4. Oct 11: 189
5. Oct 18: 195 (ttom! yowza)
6. Oct 25: 188
7. Nov 1: 188
8. Nov 8: 187.5
9. Nov 15:
10. Nov 22:
11. Nov 29:
12. Dec 6:
13. Dec 13:

Weekly goals: Nov 1-7

• find motivation for exercise (been barely doin the minimum lately)
• forgive this weekends overeating
• be the best mom I can be

did pretty good on this weeks goals. might try them again this week plus add watching sodium.

Original Post by bobs9895:

Singin, I did not get a chance to respond to you yesterday.  Maybe you will see it today.

I think Obama has socialist tendencies.  I think if he believes that government can actually fix health care then he is delusional.  I think his tax policy is erroneous.  I don't think he has enough experience to be President. 

But those things do not necessarily scare me about him.  Those are a matter of politics and he just happens to be on the opposite spectrum from me.

Let me add, McCain was not a true conservative either.  For that matter, neither was W. or even his father before him.  The last true conservative was Ronald Reagan and the Republican party has gone far astray from his brand of conservatism.  It may end up costing the GOP for a long time.  I wouldn't even be surprised if the Republican party slowly dies and true conservatism is served by a new party - perhaps the Constitution party or something.

But I digress.

You asked what scares me about Obama and I will tell you.  As a parent, I can tell a lot about my children by who their friends are.  Are their friends respectful?  What is their relationship with their parents, their teachers, my wife and I, etc.  In other words, you can tell a lot about people by who they hang out with.

President-elect Obama has surrounded himself with two very controversial, very extreme, and (in my opinion) unAmerican people - Reverend Wright and William Ayers. 

To me this should be scary for all, not just as conservatives or liberals, but as an American.

It will be interesting over the next few weeks to see who he surrounds himself with as his advisors and cabinet.

 Bob, I'm glad to hear that you share my beliefs but are less concerned. I tend to be a natural worrier, so maybe I can find my peace like you have. I also agree that the GOP might not last much longer.

McCain was not a conservative in a LOT of ways. But he was more that way than Obama and wants to finish the war, so I voted for him.

I agree that those individuals were radical and controversial (possibly dangerous), and that we can gain a glimpse of someone's judgement, personality, and beliefs by looking at who they associate with. I hope it works out to be "no big deal" like we are being told it is.

Original Post by nuggetkong:

For the record, I am a social liberal and a fiscal conservative.  If this race was Hillary vs. the old moderate McCain, we would probably be having a completely different discussion right now as I believe that McCain would have been far more likely to work across party lines than Hillary.  But McCain began to pander to the far right with his Palin pick, and the Republican party has turned away from their roots, and instead has attached itself to the conservative Christian right.  They stopped being about small government and fiscal responsibility and have become a soap box for abortion issues, gay rights issues, stem cell research issues.....it has alienated a lot of independents, some moderate to liberal Republicans and even some moderate to conservative Democrats who might put fiscal stuff before social stuff in an economy like we have today (like myself).  I have voted across party lines before - if I was old enough, I would have voted for Reagan both times.  I think he was the last Republican president that was part of the Lincoln Republicans.  The party has fractured seriously, and they need to consider what direction they want to go.

 yup, the republican party isn't a shadow of what it used to be.  I don't know what will happen to the party in the next days, weeks, months, and years. I don't think its likely to stick around long, personally.

Original Post by chris_n_ga:

To the OP, I recognize your right to be concerned about your world.  I've read through all the posts, to me you seem very articulate and intelligent.  I've been on the 'fence' politically for so long now.  However, I'm leaning more toward being conservative as is my right and as is yours. 

You asked honest questions and received such a broad range of responses.  I saw (note 'I', no one else has to agree with what 'I' think, just sayin') thoughtful responses, glib answers, 'you're wrong in what you think and let me tell you why' responses, you're ignorant responses, and as it always happens, rude remarks meant to demean you and not promote healthy conversational give & take.

I, too, was worried about Obama.  But I've been worried about our country under Bush for years too.  I'm going to adopt a wait and see attitude.  Hope is all we truly have at this stage of the game, don't you think? 

P.S.  I added you & a lot of you guys to my friends list, I hope you don't mind.  :)

 I really have seen a broad variety of responses. I can't say that I'm terribly sad to see GWB go either, but he also got a raw deal from the media.

Thanks for your support, and I will add you as well. Thank you!

Original Post by curvesaregood:

I can't wait to see how Obama acts and whether people grow to hate him as much as George W Bush... I only hope he is not assassinated, because then he'd go down in the history books as some sort of martyr.

 I too am anxious to see how Obama acts. I think he has a REALLY HARD job ahead of him. I hope he isn't assassinated because that would be a terrible, terrible thing to happen, regardless of his martyrdom

Original Post by alibsam:

 That's the thing about the US. I can say what I want. Just because I don't agree with anything George Bush did doesn't mean I'm unpatriotic. Get off your high horse.

 you can indeed think and say what you want... but that doesn't make you right... or immune from dissagreement

Original Post by kizzichan:

Personally, I feel that to say that the government would either condone or allow such an attack as 9/11 is quite unpatriotic.  Not to mention that any of you have any real evidence to support the contrary.  Had anyone gotten wind of any REAL evidence of the attacks before they occurred and that they'd not done anything to stop it and that'd come out while Bush was in office, you can bet he'd not only have been impeached but probably thrown in prison.  It's all really as pie-in-the-sky as hoping that someone'll randomly overturn some evidence that Obama's not really a US citizen.

 very good points. No administration on either side would allow such a thing and get away with it.

Original Post by nuggetkong:

 Now you know how we felt for the last 8 years.  Let's hope it turns out better this time.

 I do hope for just that. But keep in mind that both houses of congress have been liberal for 2 years now and have an even lower approval rating than GWB... just food for thought.

Original Post by alibsam:

I find it funny that you think that someone disagreeing with you (because they're liberal) is being angry and snarky.

This thread just makes me laugh. It's because of your choice as president the last eight years that everyone banded together and voted for something new... a change. 

OP- You mentioned North Korea being a threat to the US? How so? Because they have nuclear power? Do you know that Kim Jong Il has been working with the S.Korean and US governments in regards to dismantling that power? They've already taken down one of their plants. You can't assume everything is going to get better over night. And you also can't assume that because we haven't had an attack on home soil since 9/11 that it's because George Bush was doing an amazing job. During the time in Iraq he's done nothing but strain our allied relationships and create more enemies. Yes, the attack was planned and it seems pretty obvious Bush and his administration had caught wind that the attack was going to happen. And what did they do to stop it? Nothing. 

I won't even get started on health care because you obviously think someone should have to work 90 hours a week just to get healthcare. 

 It wasn't my wording, but its true nonetheless. many have been very angry-sounding and snarky.

I will not defend a lot of things Bush did, but I think he did a good job keeping us safe. But Bush was not running in this campaign.

Kim Jong Il has also had to be "pressured" to participate in the efforts to dismantle the program and is not doing so willingly.

Again, I don't mind if socialists, communists, and terrorists don't like us because of our way of life. I'm proud to be an American, and if the rest of you can't say the same I don't know what else can be said.

I have said many times that I think health prices are to high and that private, free-market solutions and personal responsibilty will be the answers. Socializing the whole thing goes against all the freedoms I hold so dear. I guess instead of trying so hard to turn our system socialist, maybe you should consider going where it already exists if its so great.

Original Post by peaches0405:

The democrats now have the white house and majorities in the house and the senate.  It is their turn to have a go at these and other huge problems facing the country.  Lets see what they can do.

Very well said.  as someone who tends to sway a bit more to the Republican side, this is my thought exactly.  I'm not going to cry about it.  I'm going to hope that good things come out of their reign.

 I don't think either party having that much control is a good plan. We can only hope for the best

Original Post by laura42:

O.P.  I share your concerns.  You have been very eloquent, well spoken and well mannered.  Health care and national security are two issues near and dear to my heart.  I voted for McCain because I did not agree with Obama's solutions to these issues.  The democrats now have the white house and majorities in the house and the senate.  It is their turn to have a go at these and other huge problems facing the country.  Lets see what they can do.  As for me, I intend to become more active in my community.  I don't want to sit on the couch and yell at the TV anymore.  That accomplishes nothing.  I am passionate about my politics so I plan on becoming more involved.  If you feel very strongy about these issues as well, maybe you can find a positive outlet too.  Good luck.

 wow. thank you. I'm trying to at least respond to most of these posts, but I think I'll have to stop soon to save my sanity, lol.

Great suggestions. I am always on the lookout, too, for what I can do locally to help our country and our world