...i have my first comedy performance saturday, and i'm 15 pounds overweight.
i don't care that i'm still (albeit barely) in the acceptable weight range for my age/height (47/5'1"); i want to be thin again.
short of not eating for a week, does anyone have any suggestions?
hi rosemarie!! good for you!
15 lbs. is really not terrible, but you are the one who must be happy. all of the plans work if you work them. weightwatchers, slimfast, la weightloss, jenny craig, etc. i liked jenny craig because you get to eat all day long, however it is expensive, about $70-$80 per week for their food. decent food so if you can afford it.....
good luck! nowisee
how's your weekend going?
mrs ozzie and i have spent a very happy time with friends from the australian navy and enjoyed a fine meal at a really fine vietnamese restaurant up "in the big smoke".
what were we drinking?
you must not read the bible alone without the accompaniment of a watchtower, or other watchtower publication.
according to my brother the big elder, this is it!!!
this war with iraq will bring on armageddon for sure!!!.
so if thats the case (and he is an elder so he can't be wrong can he??
yes, let us all hope and pray that we die soon, the sooner the better. because if we don't die right now we will be doomed to die later forever! oh, and before we die (soon we hope) let us just do everything that we want to do. let us get it all out of our system. and then...please let us die. pu-leese.
just a thought that i would like to get other opinions about.
i've always wondered this: one man and one woman (adam and eve) living in perfect conditions with only one temptation - to refrain from eating from a stupid tree.
they failed that simple test.
hindsight is 20/20. hopefully the human race will have learned that they cannot live without following the wisdom of the Creator.
i guess the only thing i could say is that i wish john were still here. he was such a voice out of the darkness. deep, loving, profound. and he reached so many people, me included. imagine. love is the answer. give peace a chance. all you need is love. war is over if you want it.
i loved him and his spirit lives on.
what do you think about offerings or collection plates being passed at church's?
i sometimes go to this christian church and they pass a plate.
being raised a witness, i sometimes get a weird feeling that they are doing something wrong and it bothers me?
i sometimes get the same feeling in the church i attend. it is something so alien to jw.
it helped in reading acts, to see that the apostles were supported by contributions of believers.
it is a long entrenched custom, and really a small issue i think. i have never felt that i was being watched to see what i was contributing. no one really pays any attention.
when i first began posting here, about 4 weeks ago, i found that i just could not tear myself away.
since i work at home it was a constant temptation to just sit at computer for a few minutes which invariably stretched in to an hour, 2 hours, 3 hours.
i would break, then come back for more.
when i first began posting here, about 4 weeks ago, i found that i just could not tear myself away. since i work at home it was a constant temptation to just sit at computer for a few minutes which invariably stretched in to an hour, 2 hours, 3 hours. i would break, then come back for more. i can easily see myself someday just sitting here from dawn to midnight. do you too spend a lot of time here? why do you think?
for me, it's the "faithful and discreet slave class".
that jws loved one another. that elders loved/shepherded the flock. it seemed that what they loved was their position and the limited counterfeit bit of glory that that brought to them. otherwise why the dishonesty?
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hi gang..... i havent posted for quite a while but i thought you would like to know that all the tests and brain scans ( not the brain washing kind... already done that ) have revealed that i have fibro my algia,,,,, and not multiple sclerosis like i thought i had .... bo y am i glad those tests came back negative........ .
so as many of you know there is no cure for this disease ,,,, except pain meds and exercise....... its symptoms are fatigue,,, sleeping problems...many sore spots on your neck and legs...... and so everyday i go for a walk at our local mall and it seems to be helping me alot .... i am trying to keep a positive attitude and stay away from meetings and soo---called friends i used to have....... now i have all of you...........one way leads to diamonds ,, one way leads to gold... another way leads toeverything youre told... in your heart you wonder which one of these is true...when you find the answer in you.......so in all your journeys you may travel far ,, pilgrim its along way to find out who you are.,...........
there is an excellent book dealing with this subject: "fibromyalgia & chronic myofascial pain syndrome - a survival manual" by devin starlanyl, md, and mary ellen copeland, ms, ma. isbn l-57224-046-6. devin starlanyl herself suffers from this and her book is comprehensive.
there are many things that can help this condition, but you must be pro-active.
best wishes, nowisee
to clarify:.
on this site, and others, i regularly come across people who say they are "moving on", or "getting a life for themselves", or simply stating that they have "outgrown this place".. now, i'm not talking about people who have simply got bored with posting, or are cheesed off with someone else and decide not to post anymore.
i'm talking about ex's who have come here purely as some sort of therapy exercise and believe that, once recovery is achieved, that "moving on" is a necessary conclusion to their re-adjustment back to normality.. in other words, like sandra bullock believed in "28 days", they assume that leaving is a sign that they are no longer operating dysfunctionally.
i found out about this site roughly 4 wks ago, lurked for l day then began posting. for the 27 yrs. that elapsed between leaving wts and 4 wks ago i really had no one to talk to who could really understand what i had gone through and what had happened to me, why the wt experience was so profound and intense, and what it was taking for me to essentially deprogram myself through research and study and prayer. i have found this to be validating and reassuring....i'm NOT crazy!!
also since my work is fairly solitary, i work at home in an art studio, i often feel like i am becoming a hermit. this forum has solved all that! it is wonderful to have a ready made social circle which is loving and accepting in the comfort of your home. it is amazing to find real friends who actually care in a little plastic box. it is also gratifying to think that one might be able to return the favor to others.
thanks all.
