Posts by boobi_trapp

Thanks everybody! I didn't really expect anyone to chime in.

honestly, I think when you put a general number on something, it kind of voids the whole idea. that said, I knew 35" couldn't possibly be the ideal waist measurement for a healthy woman.

well, i've got to go check out some links now.

thank you. it's much appreciated.

ech. i hate summer. everyone's hot and angry. i don't have a/c and i have a home baking company so it's like 500 degrees in my apartment twice a week. too hot to walk or run outside, or do the elliptical inside, no gym membership. the water coming out of the tap has the texture of gravy. ech.

but if you ask me about winter, i'm sure i've got plenty to complain about there too.

I don't know if it's true, really true. but I bought the negative calorie diet workbook YEARS ago, which sucked and was an awful cabbage soup rip off...

BUT it did have a list of "negative calorie" fruit, vegetables and meats (really just a long list of seafood). I figure these foods are a better snacks and ingredients than the crap I usually eat, so why not.

the lists are really long, so if you really want to know, let me know, and I'll post them.

Original Post by pgeorgian:

before i found kenya, i contacted a couple of boxer rescue agencies by email; they never got back to me. i think they're so selective, if you can't go there in person, they don't even consider you (and there's nothing of that description in my area).

not that i mind; i couldn't be happier with my dog. i'm just saying that breed-specific rescues might be a better idea in theory than in practice.

I guess it depends on where you live and which shelter you contact. I live in Chicago and I have friends that got both of their awesome boxers at a breed specific shelter.

I don't know of a lot of shelters, regular or breed specific, willing to adopt a dog to you if you don't visit him first. That just seems like a bad idea.

Original Post by pgeorgian:

oh, take a breath, boobi. this is the most interest the democratic party has seen in decades. it's all good.

whooo. heat of the moment.

walk it off B, walk it off.

Original Post by rdgatewood:

I'd hope she'd realize that she'd just end up sending a lot of votes to McCain...


I'm don't think that concerns her. Her actions seem to say she's in it for herself, not the political party. But I could be wrong...

you could be wrong...but you're not

So the DNC finally figures out a fair compromise to dole out the delegates in MI and FL. and the Clinton supporters start chanting "Let's go McCain!". Really?

1. what did they expect the DNC to do with 2 states that violated rules? give everything to Clinton because she's whining the most?

2.sooo, instead of supporting the candidate that most reflects Clinton's views and ideals, they're going with the candidate that most reflects George W's views and ideals? why? they're brats that didn't get their way? or, they were never really democrats to begin with?

My ears are open to anyone who can explain this rationale  in a sensible and logical manner.

Original Post by sauciedj:

Please, people found out about Obama because of his win streak and the media. It's called strategy.

Did I even say anything about voters in the caucus states? She's fooling me? I never mentioned popular vote. You're clearly biased against Clinton and taking it out on me for even daring to defend her. But on that subject, if you can find a definitive way of calculating exactly how many people voted for Obama and how many for Clinton in every caucus, then there's the objection scuppered. Clearly, that's not possible, so you ranting about how they "don't count" is irrelevant. They do count, obviously, in delegate count. Her argument is popular vote. As the pundits say, the fact that she CAN move the goal posts further and further back is evidence that this race was not over.

You couldn't be more right, I AM very biased against Clinton. I've seen her lie, "misspeak", pander, mud sling, and blame, blame, blame. I do sincerely apologize for taking it out on you, I'm very passionate about this whole mess.

Her "popular vote" argument is irrelevant, however, if you can't count the voters in caucus states. That's like saying "I've sold 11 cars, even though that guy sold 10 warehouses filled with cars, I'm obviously a better salesman."

and his winning streak was a cause, not effect, of campaigning. campaigning is a strategy.

How 'bout this business with Hillary wanting to seat every single delagate from Michigan and Florida? She doesn't want Obama to have any delegates from Michigan, because he took his name off the ballot, out of courtesy to the DNC (there are so many things wrong with her logic I don't even know where to start). and Florida had pretty much no idea who he was when they voted (against party rules). How about those party rules that everyone agreed to? they shouldn't matter anymore? now that she's behind.

well, I'll be doing my session on monday, i'll check in mid Tuesday, if anyone is interested in seeing if anything is "different".

im_a, I don't think you can compare hypnosis to anything subliminal. It's like comparing apples to something that doesn't work. My mom bought a small truckload of subliminal tapes in the 80's, never did anything, but make me hate the sound of nature and classical music.

Original Post by whitetigress:

Hey, if it's free... I say try it! Just be sure to know what they plan to say to you...

I tried the self hypnosis tapes a few years ago... and YES it worked, only TOO well.

I found myself getting nauseous whenever I even thought of food and actually throwing up after eating certain things. My husband at the time thought I was "doing the bullimia thing again" but I wasn't doing it on purpose. My Mom finally asked me what was on the tapes I was listening to, I didn't know because I always fell asleep.

So, I listened to one while staying awake and it was saying things like "picture eating your favorite food in front of a mirror, enjoy the taste, now look in the mirror... can you see the maggots moving on the food? smell the food rotting? feel the maggots in your mouth?" etc

I stopped listening and the nausea went away.

Guess I'm just too susceptible to suggestion.

wow, that is so metal.

I've got some self hypnosis cds too, and they seemed to work nicely (not at all disgusting, very positive), when I remember them. I'm just really curious about one on one hypnosis.

I won't get into the stuff i make from scratch, and i'm not actually a vegetarian because i cook with chicken or beef broth sometimes for flavor, and also i would rather have a low fat meat option if i'm out, rather than say, onion rings or french fries if that's the only meatless thing on the menu.

but... the majority of my (and my son's) lunches consist of almost anything by morningstar farms. I don't like to do a lot of cooking at lunchtime, i'm usually too busy. I like to top their basil tomato patties with some fat free ricotta, very nice. my son, of course, loves the chik'n nuggets and corndogs (i love them too).

so my recommendation, if you hate cooking, is to go to the freezer section and experiment with fake meat. morningstar farms is my favorite. just make sure to read the label, they're not all low fat & calories.

if you decide to fully embrace being a vegetarian, you should start enjoying cooking, because there are some awesome recipes out there, and you really don't want to rely too heavily on meat substitutes.

the ads that always bothered me were the Kirstie Ally Jenny Craig ads, because it was so obvious that she was lying about how much she weighed.

It just seemed like if you were going to "own" your weight loss, you should at least be honest about how much you weigh.

maybe that's why she's having trouble keeping it off. she wasn't honest with herself or the public to begin with.

there was a toning belt on the market a few years ago, i was tempted, but it still sounded way too implausible. Then i hear a doctor on a show of some kind talking about various weight loss snake oils and he said the amount of shock it would take for the product to do what it promises would be too painful to endure (close if not comparable to torture), and would never be allowed on the market.

and that's when i put my money away.

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