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Do you try to "shape up" for Summer?
by Open mind in
1. social
2. physical
a while ago* i set a goal to lose 10 pounds before summer.

today's the day.

i didn't make it.. .
Open mind

NomadSoul: Thanks for your suggestions. Wishing you success in your goals.
Nambo: Thanks for that link to the Guardian article. It echoes the theme of a book I'm currently reading:
"Why We Get Fat: and What To Do About It" by Gary Taubes.
(I am not usually a reader of this type of thing. The only reason I took a look at it was because of a recommendation by a bicycle maker/rider who is very much a luddite and not usually swayed by fads and fashion.) The author is a contributing correspondent for Science magazine, as well as The Atlantic, NY Times Magazine and Esquire. While he is not a scientist personally, his conclusions are totally driven by data, not wishful thinking or anecdote.
cult classic: "I think the best thing about summer is being comfortable and uninhibited." Agreed. I'm hoping to get there by the end of summer.
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(gonna post these before Murphy's Law deletes them)
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Do you try to "shape up" for Summer?
by Open mind in
1. social
2. physical
a while ago* i set a goal to lose 10 pounds before summer.

today's the day.

i didn't make it.. .
Open mind

Thanks for all the replies. I'll hopefully get back here later today to address this thread in a manner that Flipper would be proud of.
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(Heading out to a no/low carb lunch with a still-in JW relative.)
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Do you try to "shape up" for Summer?
by Open mind in
1. social
2. physical
a while ago* i set a goal to lose 10 pounds before summer.

today's the day.

i didn't make it.. .
Open mind

The thought of getting in better shape for summer never even occurred to me personally until I hit my mid-30s. I would notice that the pants were getting a bit tighter and I had probably actually gained 5 pounds (HORRORS!!!) .
So somewhere around the start of May, I'd just make sure I started riding my bike every day (or something similar) and by June I'd be trim and lean.
Now that I'm in my late forties, the over-winter paunch gets bigger each year and doesn't come all the way off anymore.
Time to adopt a new way of looking at this.
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Do you try to "shape up" for Summer?
by Open mind in
1. social
2. physical
a while ago* i set a goal to lose 10 pounds before summer.

today's the day.

i didn't make it.. .
Open mind

A while ago* I set a goal to lose 10 pounds before summer. Today's the day. I didn't make it.
Where did I go wrong?
* "a while ago" was yesterday
Do you try to get in better shape for the summer?
How has the passing of years affected your efforts/results?
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From a currently serving elder: an open letter to the organization
by elderelite in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there are 1000's who who hate this religion who are stuck ....inside it.

we work against you, we use our position to convince and sway those that still drink your koolaid.

we feed info to authorities who chase you, we warn off potiential converts by directing them to the real truth.
Open mind

minimus: "Nice letter but they don't care."
(Adding to ldrnomo's thoughts just a bit.)
I deg to biffer.
Or have you forgotten the "Apostate Elder" on the DC drama a few years ago? SCOLIO!!!
They've had Elderelite's number for quite a while now and they do care.
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...My Vacation...
by OUTLAW in
1. social
2. humour
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my vacation is over... .

............................ ...outlaw.
Open mind

My family's interest in anything JWN plummeted when you took your sabatical.
Glad to have you back.
So if we provide KFC and Molson is there any chance we'll ever get you down to Lake Tahoe for a FlipperFest?
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Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY
by TheTruthBR in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
watchtower library online: http://wol.jw.org/.

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watchtoweronline librarywelcome.this is a research tool for publications in various languages produced by jehovah's witnesses.
Open mind

Marking for later.
Thanks to TheTruthBR.
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Aortic Stenosis
by Mall Cop in
1. jw
2. friends
eight years ago before simon changed over to this site, i was known as blueblades.

i mentioned back then 7/21/03 that i was diagnosed as having a narrow aortic valve.

well, the time has come to update all my friends back then and now.
Open mind

Nice to hear from you Blueblades. I really enjoyed your older posts under your former moniker.
I wish you a successful surgery and recovery.
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JW s in Cali
by criticalwitness in
1. jw
2. friends
is their a different set of laws for jw in california?

it seems to be so much more lax as opposed to other parts of u.s?

from beiang able to get tats the parties oh mean gatherings lol just seemed dif anyone else notice?.
Open mind

Bethelites don't call it "Cali-Pornea" for nothing!
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How many here smoke?
by cantleave in
1. jw
2. friends
i don't and am very unlikely to after seeing my father dying of a smoking related lung disease (even though i would like to try a high quality cigar).. but i am curious to see how many people take up smoking after leaving the org.. .
Open mind

I tried a cigar in the $5-7 price range. Didn't like it very well.
A year goes by. My wife joins me in my escape from the JWs, so I figured we'd try a more expensive one together.
Dunhill, in the $20 price range. We enjoyed the first few puffs, but it gets stronger as the cigar gets shorter.
That was a couple years ago. Maybe we'll try another one together at some special occasion.
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