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  Exercise support group

  by hungry4life in

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  we have had some posts concerning body size, build and weight and it seems to be an issue that concerns many of us.

  well ok i am tired of complaining about feeling out of shape and i am finally ready to do something about it.

  i started jogging tonight not a whole lot (1 1/2 miles in a jog/walk combo).

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  I just learned how to work on people with carpal tunnel syndrome..
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  Any one here Know much about homeopathic med's?

  by lydia in

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  hey i am just wondering again - ( i know i might just get lost ..but????).

  has any one here done any research or ever practiced homeopathic medicine??.

  i am looking into it and would lve any input on it..

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  Just one more thing. When I originally injured my hip I went to a Chiropractor. Although the head doc there was good, the guy that examined me was new. He took no x-rays and never had me do any kind of exercises to rehab the joint. Despite going in up to 3 times a week the damage was there for a long time, I just didn't realize it was there because the pressure was relieved from the adjustments. Looking back I think it would have been appropriate to do that or even work with a physical therapist. However, it doesn't mean Chiropractic is useless, but just that it has it's place. Now I come up with a treatment plan myself, employing the services of different doctors and health care professionals. Some of it is common sense if you think about it, I didn't think too much at the time and just relied on the doc to "make" me better. It's best to be active in your treatment and health maintenance.
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  What - if any - Religon are you now practicing?

  by lydia in

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  i know this seems like a dumb subject.. but i often wonder if many of us still believe and feel the need to worship - and not the borg either .

  so here is a poll.... what religious orginization - if any - are you affiliated ( this does not mean you had to join it)?.

  or - do you feel that everything is wrong due to the borg..and will you ever consider going to an organized religon again??.

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  JT said:

  As I told the guys here at work, just think the "God" of the Jews, christians, Musliums, Hindus and buddist,etc. watched as over 500,000

  You know it's funny, I think it's been mentioned several times here, maybe just by JanH and myself but Buddhism has nothing to say about God, so how is it you include Buddhism in that statement? Granted some Mahayana Buddhists lean in that direction, but it is frankly against what the Buddha stated as his main teaching. When asked if he was God/a god he said no, and simply claimed that he was awake. What he talked about was suffering and how to end suffering.

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  I have to agree with all of that. If I were to be in another group, I would lean towards Buddhism, but it "ain't gonna happen". I shudder at the thought of having to go anywhere to worship. Ugh!!

  Well first of all, considering the previous point above there is atleast not an object to worship, but again I have to say that even the connotation of the word is not what Buddhism is about. Secondly, you really don't have to go anywhere. (besides, you go to a yoga class don't you? It's like going to a meditation class) Practice for householders is very different from the monastics, so in a way it's pretty easy. Now I don't want to hijack this thread, but suffice it to say that if we only look at the external appearances and oversimplify and generalize you'll end up with a distorted view. If anyone really wants to discuss this we can start another thread, I suspect we have atleast a few members on this board who are knowledgeable about this.
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  I'm in agony

  by rem in

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  my wife just left me this morning.

  i've been crying all night.

  i am so drained.

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  Sorry to hear that Rem. You know, it's interesting to note that there is a relationship stage theory out there that basically says after a while the two people drift apart, but in the end you can have a better sense of who you are as an individual and be interdependent but not codependent. I wish I remember a reference but it was a brief mention in psych class that wasn't even material we were tested on. Maybe a board member who's a mental health professional will know. In any case, I thought as an intellectual you'd be interested and I figure it could be encouraging in a way.

  Mark
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  Funny things that have happend to you

  by Introspection in

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  what are some of them?

  i think sometimes those are funnier than any joke, after all it actually happend!.

  well off the top of my head, one thing that happend to me was i slipped going in to my history class in hs, and ended up looking like i was doing a split.. i know that's not much but my class and teacher got a kick out of it at the time.

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  Should have known with the Cornholio pic.. Anyone want to say a few words about TP now?

  BTW, as an explanation in one episode of the show he was deported to Mexico because they couldn't understand what he was saying..
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  Eating right for your blood type.

  by D wiltshire in

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  over the last 7 weeks i've been trying to follow macrobiotic and eating right accourding to my blood type.. the results have been really good and i highly recomend it.. my cholesteral has gone from 290 to 184 and my wieght has dropped from 200 to 172 and i eat regularly and perhaps a little more than most people.. i will provide more info latter if i get inquiries.. .

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  join the watchtower or you will die.. only jehovah's witnesses have the truth all other religions evil and from the devil.. you must beleive the watchtower or you're going to die a painful death forever, isn't that really good news?.

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  I believe D. is talking about the book "Eat Right 4 Your Type" by Peter D'Adamo. It looks like a good general plan, the only thing I would say is that even the author has conceded that there is further individualization for you personally, and of course that would take some careful observation on your part as far as which foods work well for you. Sometimes we just have to pay attention. (by the way, a little trick I've thought up is to eat by holding the fork in your left hand, or your right if you're left handed - for a more advanced version try something like chopsticks )
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  Careers after the Truth

  by Demitrius in

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  i assume that there are people out there who feel the same way as me.

  such as when they were growing up in the 'truth', did they forego career/college/university because the new system was just around the corner?.

  now i look back and regret the waste.

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  BTW as far as education and career, I've completed about 2 years of college so far and am currently taking some time out to study massage therapy. I figure college will be a long term goal and may turn out to be just intellectual pursuit.
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  Careers after the Truth

  by Demitrius in

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  i assume that there are people out there who feel the same way as me.

  such as when they were growing up in the 'truth', did they forego career/college/university because the new system was just around the corner?.

  now i look back and regret the waste.

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  I wasn't raised in the truth but was around it during my teens, and while it was an influence to not go to college at the time I think a lot of it was me - I'm not exactly the industrious type. However I also don't regret the whole thing because of what I've learned from these years, and I don't mean "don't join a cult" or something simplistic like that. The thing is the way I overcame all of it is by learning how to deal with my mind and live with a sense of ease, and seeing as how some people who've never been in a restrictive religious group don't even achieve that in their lifetime, I think it all turned out for the best. I think most of it depends on what you do with those experiences.
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  Any one here Know much about homeopathic med's?

  by lydia in

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  hey i am just wondering again - ( i know i might just get lost ..but????).

  has any one here done any research or ever practiced homeopathic medicine??.

  i am looking into it and would lve any input on it..

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  A couple of things come to my mind. First of all, most people do not approach medicine and health care systematically. It's understandable, after all there is so much to know, especially if you're looking at all these different treatment modalities out there and trying to figure out what would be best for which disease condition. But I think the simplistic "this-for-that" logic has got to go, no matter what it is you use.

  Another thing is the clinical evidence that exists for some of these alternative treatments. Of course, this is where the practitioner makes all the difference. No doubt you'd be hard pressed to convince someone like Mega that it's just the placebo effect, but you can convince yourself that it was and that he's simply deluded. I noticed that some of the old codgers that wrote the articles on homeopathy put "acupuncture meridians" in quotation marks, evidently they don't think acupuncture is valid either. Recently my hips were acting up (seems to be a compensation pattern from an 8 year old injury) and I sought the help of an advanced Rolfer. (a sort of deep tissue bodywork, hardly what one might consider massage) Well, it helped, but then I got some acupuncture from my Tai Chi grandmaster who also happens to be an acupuncturist. Frankly I didn't really think a structural problem would be helped by acupuncture, but I thought what the hell it's free (he'll work on his students for free briefly if it's not a chronic condition) so I gave it a go. He hit about 2 dozen points in *five minutes* and after that I was able to medially rotate my leg again, which I still had difficulty doing after 1.5 hours of Rolfing. (which, by the way, is the most effective type of bodywork that I've found for my condition)

  I for one won't dismiss personal experience out of hand, but I do take into account who it is I'm talking to and if there's a good possibility for self-delusion and judge it on a case by case basis. In my own case, I want to see the proof because if it's MY health I want it to be REAL! In fact I have a tendency to be a bit pessimistic at times. I know when I have no expectations that it will work, and I don't put any energy into imagining it will work. In this particular case, the results are immediate and visible - I had an increased range of motion. Now obviously you don't want to try any old thing on yourself because there is the possiblity that it will harm, but sometimes all the study and reasoning is just that and only that. They are only concepts you have in your mind.

  (edited for spelling)
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  KOINE OREGON INTERVIEW AUDIO

  by dungbeetle in

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  http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/a7e370eb/bc/koin-bryant.mp3/koin+bryant+interview+audio.mp3?bcpd158ahhtoeaaz .

  gotta crank up the volume tho...we're new at this!!!.

  thanks dakota red!!!!.

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  It starts downloading for me.