Posts by dove2424

She's gorgeous.  I think she could be a great role model for young girls.  I just hope that Hollywood doesn't change her.  It is easy to say that you don't believe in being super skinny, but if she starts losing parts or directors tell her she isn't skinny enough, that wears on a person.  The nature of the business that she is in, is not conducive to healthy eating and thinking.  We need more girls with her attitude, and I hope she sticks to her guns.

Original Post by kelrantymus:

Original Post by janelovesjam:

this is what sparked concern:

"The detective told him that his four-year-old daughter had drawn a picture of a man holding a gun. When a teacher asked her who the man was, the girl replied, “That’s my daddy’s. He uses it to shoot bad guys and monsters.”

But, kids know guns hurt things....they know daddies protect them....couldn't the kid have just been drawing out her own idea that this is how daddy would defeat monsters and bad guys? That doesn't seem like real evidence to me.....in fact, in the US, we don't even allow the testimony of children in most cases because of its unreliability.....

Mommies protect them from bad guys too... We don't have kids yet but my husband and I both own guns.  He knows my stand on the issue.  Break into my house and try to hurt me or someone I love and I will fight you to the death.. hopefully yours... not mine. 

Still not real evidence.  She drew a picture of a water gun. 

I am still bothered that they strip searched him.. a pat down search to determine if he had a weapon on him wasn't good enough?  Really?!

Is this for real?  Since when is it illegal to own a fire arm?  Did I miss something?  I am pretty sure we still have a constitutional right to bear arms.  Explain to me how he can be arrested and CHARGED for Suspicion of OWNING a fire arm?  He isn't a convicted felon... so even if there was a gun in the home, I am still wondering how they thought that this was OK to arrest a man for suspicion of owning a fire arm.  Then to strip search him?  o_0

Original Post by sungiant:

Falling off of the treadmill. I thought that I could "ride" it to the end of the track and step off gracefully.

I was watching a movie on the treadmill at the gym.  It was a scary movie.  I jumped at a scene that you are supposed to jump... I fell off the treadmill.  SO embarrassing!  I decided I was done working out that day and left a pretty shade of red.

I'm a C.  Last year at this time I was a full B.  I hope that when I lose 10 pounds to be back to where I was last year, my boobs follow suit. 

I can't believe no one mentioned RENT!!!!

Wicked, Rent, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Chicago, 

I really REALLY want to see Book of Mormon. 

I thought in a previous thread we determined that most people would prefer a gay child??

This is confusing.  And what's with "fashion jewelry"...?  If you ain't got the monsy to by "real"jewelry...just don't!  And who the **** wears a ****ing "broach"?  Besides women of the Red Hat Society??

I get a new dragon fly brooch every year from my step Mom.  I think because she doesn't know what else to get me.  Sometimes I wear one on the lapel of my suite. 

FYI, JCPENNYS is AWESOME now.  Their new ideas of how to run a store and have the sale price ALL the time is great.  I spent a crap ton there two weekends in a row.  I never shop because I kind of hate the whole thing.  I always miss the sale or leave the coupon at home.  I gave up on getting the good price.  But I did.. I DID get the good prices!  I found a GREAT $4 bra!!! It is really comfy too!  New favorite store. 

Florida Driver's license doesn't have a weight.  HA HA!!!

So I was in this boat last year.  I was logging everything and GAINING not losing.  I knew every morsel that went into my body and got a heart rate monitor for the gym so that I could more accurately log my workouts.  I was still gaining.  I upped my calories because people here said I wasn't eating enough.. I wasn't... so I upped.  and my weight increased even faster.. for months I didn't weigh so I wouldn't think about the scale.  I focused on eating right.  When I did weigh I found I had gained even MORE weight. 

I finally went to see my doctor.  He told me I was eating too much at 1500 calories a day.  I went down to 1200.  (In hindsight I should have gotten a second opinion).  I still gained, but a little slower.  I went back.  He tested my thyroid.  That wasn't it.  I finally went to see someone else.  Somehow I explained that I was also exhausted all the time... LIKE ALL THE TIME.  A light bulb went off.  He sent me for a CRAZY blood test. 

Finally a diagnosis.  Chronic Epstein Barr.  I have had this little joy for so long it turned my metabolism almost off.  I had my metabolism tested (I forgot what it is called) I was burning about 500 calories a day... My hypothalamus had taken a beating for so long.  I was also getting hot and cold flashes (a little early for 31) and some other odd things.  After 8 months of medication, (anti-virals 4 times a day and now a new medication to regulate the hypothalamus) I am finally stabilizing.  I am on the path to losing all the weight I gained.  SLOWLY, but hey, 1 pound a month is better than gaining! 

The point of this is, if you think you are doing all the right things, it might be time to see a doctor.  Don't let them shoo you out the door.  Don't let them sell you on weight loss crap.  If they try to make you buy something, go see another doctor.  You never know if your inability to lose goes deeper than you think. 

I have been put on them twice in my life.  Once in high school and my Mom almost immediately took me off of them.  The second time was for a serious neck injury.  I was starving all the time!! I gained 30 pounds in 30 days before I realized what was going on.  As soon as I went off of them, I was able to lose the weight pretty easily.  I will never allow a doctor to put me on them again!