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  Anyone know of any effective but simple diets/diet tips? Weight gain after giving up smoking!

  by Lozhasleft in

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  i'm really struggling with this.

  i gave up smoking a few months back and have put on around 20lbs already.

  i've gone up another dress size and i wasn't slim to begin with!

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  Simplest... drink 4-6oz cold water each at the begginning of each hour.

  If you need a stronger appetite suppressant you can order konjac root (main ingredient from most diet pills) from sites like puritan's pride..... it works but when I tried them I was never hungry and a person needs to eat or their body eats muscle. Work in more legumes into your diet and maybe consider researching 'slow carb' diet with weekends off for calorie cycling.

  I also think short burst of exercise should be considered!

  Bosu ball is low impact and excellent for abs.

  Maybe check out Jane Fonda's new yoga video...it looked promising and she has an amazing figure!

  So proud of you for choosing a healthier living!!!

  ~huggles
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  What are you Thankful for???

  by ohiocowboy in

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  i am thankful for my partner of almost 11 years, and am thankful for the friends that i have made on the board, which include, but are not limited to:.

  snowbird, broken promises, glander, mr and mrs. rabbit, big tex, nina, elsewhere, lady lee and all others i have had a chance to know.. i am thankful for our humble home, and am thankful that i have been able to fill it with furnishings and trinkets of yesteryear, things made from people that have been passed from generation to generation over the course of 200 plus years.. i'm thankful that we have enough food to eat, and that we are able to feed the countless raccoons, possums, birds, squirrels, slugs, snails, reptiles and every other living creature that passes our doorsteps and yard.. i am thankful that i had my little girl for 14-1/2 years before she died.

  even though i still grieve for her on a daily basis, i am glad that i was able to share with her and give her the same love that she showed me while she was alive.. i am thankful that we are able to have enough to sponsor 3 children in africa and south america every month, so that they too can eat and have much needed medical care.. i am thankful that the latest overseas fight didn't end in a world war.. what things are you thankful for??

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  I am thankful for :

  Family

  Life

  A future

  Home

  Texans winning game (go Dallas now)

  Sanity

  JWN

  and you Ohiocowboy....by you sharing yourself you have broaden my understanding and appreciation of many of lifes aspects!

  huggles to you and partner "Happy Thanksgiving"
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  Happy Thanksgiving!

  by JustMeNonJDub in

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  so thankful to be out of the cult!.

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  yknot

  

  Thankful for my sanity, family, JWN, perfect pies and a few hours of no CO-a-coming hoopla ...

  Now back to the football game!!!!
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  So Do You Think The Economy Will Change For The Better, Remain The Same Or Get Worse?

  by minimus in

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  what's your prediction?.

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  yknot

  I think we will see some hesitation due implementation of Obamacare but all in all we will adjust and move onward to brighter days.

  My husband was talking yesterday about his plans after his current project is over and he was upbeat, he hasn't been 'upbeat' since late 2007!

  I don't entirely mind the US going into debt a bit more if it is over investing in education and innovation ......I see it as kind of like sending a failing student to tutoring to ensure they get the marks for a full scholarship.

  What names are being floated for democratic nominee in 2016?
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  Greetings! From an Existent JW!

  by Ethos in

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  i'd like extend a greeting to all members of jwn.

  i've been a lurking by-stander of this forum for approximately 6 months.

  i think this forum's best moments can be attributed to the involvement of actual jw's in doctrinaire discussions and to heated (though not always dialectic) debates.

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  Looking forward to more of your thoughts!!!!

  Glad you joined!!!

  How do you feel about yourself being part (or becoming more part) of the growing 'conscious class' within the WTS?

  ~huggles Sister Yknot
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  Are the Adventists looking to attract downtrodden JW's?

  by donny in

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  2. bible

  sorry if anyone has already posted on this but i did not see anything related in the few pages of active topics i checked.. last saturday i went to an oil change facilty and one of their perks is they give you a copy of the current usa today while you wait in your car.

  on page 8a is a full page ad titled "liberty of conscience threatened.... a national sunday law will be established as the mark of the beast.".

  the article then goes on a typical adventist rant about how saturday, not sunday, is the real sabbath established by god.

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  I dunno.....

  I did notice today they were advertizing a prophecy series.
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  Reaction When Telling JWs "New Light" Regarding GB & FDS

  by turtleturtle in

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  i told some jw friends about the confirmed changes to the understanding of who the fds is.

  two brothers that are in appointed positions stated "i thought that was the understanding already".. .

  figures.

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  2009 gave a clear-cut 'NO'
  
  *** w09 6/15 p. 22 par. 10 The Faithful Steward and Its Governing Body ***
  However, were all spirit-anointed Christians involved in overseeing the preaching work and in preparing spiritual food? No. The apostle Paul tells us: "Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform powerful works, do they?" (1 Cor. 12:29) Although all spirit-begotten Christians engaged in the preaching work, only a very limited number-just eight different men-were used to write the 27 books of the Christian Greek Scriptures.

  *** w09 8/15 p. 23 Do You Remember? ***

  Do all anointed Christians on earth share in providing spiritual food?

  No. All who are anointed with God's spirit are part of the faithful and discreet slave class, but those making up the Governing Body oversee the spiritual feeding.-6/15, pages 22-24.
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  JW Homeschool

  by grewupjw1969 in

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  as i was rumbling thru the internet i came across this site: www.newsystemschool.org.

  i didn't know that they had started homeschooling.. .

  grewup.

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  So true Finally Awake!!!!

  My biggest struggle putting my kids in public is they get bored, annoyed at the level of institutional structure or the pressure of hall herding to class with minimum time (but they love the electives and socialization).

  My youngest has expressed a desire to homeschool one semester a year and than 'hang' with buds during basketball and baseball season, while my oldest is devising plans to test out of basic courses and load up on electives...
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  JW Homeschool

  by grewupjw1969 in

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  as i was rumbling thru the internet i came across this site: www.newsystemschool.org.

  i didn't know that they had started homeschooling.. .

  grewup.

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  I know a few JWs who briefly used both newsystemschool and pearblossom....

  I would say that if a parent was clueless of lesson plans then newsystemschool is a good start if online public school isn't available.

  These days it is pretty easy to obtain free resources from online public school textbooks and yags or using achive or google books for historical teaching methods (I loved Ray's Arithmetic and McGuffey's primers/readers)

  Ultimately, homeschooling success (JW or other) depends on the parent (and ideally a great support group).

  Also it is of the utmost importance to abide state laws.
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  Important Supreme Court Case on Monday

  by Hortensia in

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  http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/a-supreme-court-clash-could-change-what-ownership-means/.

  could bring down ebay, and the selling of used books on amazon, and reselling goods on other sites.

  book publishers who sell their textbooks for astronomical prices in the u.s. but much cheaper in other countries are suing entrepreneurs who import the cheaper but identical books and sell them for less.. at issue is whether you own the stuff you buy.

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  Such a sad state of affairs....

  This is why sites like library pirate (textbooks) are getting more traffic ...

  These days the textbook companies still make money when a publisher site is used as part of the class with an average of $75-$100 access fee (free with full price book purchase).