GeordieWife

fiber 1 rocks! you can grind it up and mix it with bread crumbs (or just plain) to make fake frying breading...it's pretty good. I've tried chicken strips and made homemade jalepeno poppers. Go to www.hungrygirl.com for awesome 'replacement recipes' for favorite foods. It's a great website! PLUS it calculates the points for many of the items and does a comparison to the regular recipe (makeovers!)!!!

that website again is:

www.hungrygirl.com

I've started exercising 4 times a week about a month ago and gained 3 pounds, I am so frustrated that my clothes don't fit as they used to, and am trying really hard. I also can't say no to Carbs, I need to lose about 10-15 pounds.

I need to lose alot. Nearly one year ago my doctor told me ...lose weight...lower cholesterol...lower blood pressure...or else! I actively started trying to lose weight....cardio 4 times a week, cut refined foods almost completely (but not carbs)...in six months I lowered my bad cholesterol by about 20 points! My triglycerides plummeted, and my blood pressure came down to normal. BUT..I had lost NO weight....I still have not lost any weight. I suspect...it's those bloody CARBS! and CALORIES! I just get so hungry! It's frustrating.

...if you've done so much and still haven't lost any weight, you should try and get a blood test done to make sure everything's fine with your thyroid....

i actually got checked about 2 months ago, but i never called the doctor back to get the results.. i just got caught up with school and all this paperwork and i kept giving myself the excuse taht i'm not losing weight because i'm depressed and its affecting me whether i know it or not....

good luck!! we should try posting some good diets that reallyyy work...i have one.....actually, its on my desktop..hehe...this actually works!! but don't stay on it for longer than a month...and weigh your self every 2 weeks...

I'm already on 100mcg a day of synthroid I'm therapeutic in my levels right now

I've started exercising 4 times a week about a month ago and gained 3 pounds, I am so frustrated that my clothes don't fit as they used to, and am trying really hard. I also can't say no to Carbs, I need to lose about 10-15 pounds.

I need to lose alot. Nearly one year ago my doctor told me ...lose weight...lower cholesterol...lower blood pressure...or else! I actively started trying to lose weight....cardio 4 times a week, cut refined foods almost completely (but not carbs)...in six months I lowered my bad cholesterol by about 20 points! My triglycerides plummeted, and my blood pressure came down to normal. BUT..I had lost NO weight....I still have not lost any weight. I suspect...it's those bloody CARBS! and CALORIES! I just get so hungry! It's frustrating.

Okay...I just thought of something (after doing a slightly OCD compulsive check on USCIS)...if I don't get an email from CRIS (which I signed up for that service), is checking USCIS a moot point????? Should I just wait ever so patiently (yeah right!) for the email from Cris, or the hard copy in the snailmail? I'm tired of logging on and seeing that infernal date just sitting there. Okay..my feigned optimism from last night is lacking I know...but it's Monday and I've had no coffee!

I just got in from Christmas shopping and having my engagement ring cleaned and inspected (has it been six months already?????). They put new rhodium on it and it looks brand new. I did that while I shopped and I had horrible separation anxiety about it! I was without it for four hours! It's nothing compared to being without Peter however....the whole limbless thing.

But hey! I watched an old favorite silly movie...Monty Python Holy Grail. Just think of the black knight...it's just a scratch!!! Tis only a flesh wound! We'll be put back together soon! All the while we hobble on with all the fight left in us! We can do it girls....BAH! to the MMR! Tis just a scratch! We're tuffies!

Just think...before the weather gets warm again, we'll all be together with the ones we love....for good!! Never to be separated like this again! And think too....we'll never take our love for granted ever. We have an advantage over those who have never known the pinings as we have.

Okay. I'm done being the little miss sunshine pollyanna.

another good reason not to eat out! blech!!!!

sears is ok.. used to work for them.. the only good thing about that was the discount..

I used to work for them too. It's good to see that they are doing something for the common good of this country. When I worked for them (I sold tools for several years..yup I was a 'tool girl'), they were going through their retiree buy outs and I witnessed some hardships with the older folks who didn't take the packages. It was pitiful..men who were much older than me, in their 50's say, making less money than I was (a young woman of 22). It was corporate blackmail in my opinion and since I parted ways with that company the only thing I buy there is handtools because I know they'll replace my broken ones and it will cost them. (I dont' even buy those that much anymore!). But hey...i'm not bitter!

That is GREAT!!! HAHAHA! Now if I do that at my wedding it will seem passe`...sigh. GO Sir Mixalot!!! lol!

I baked a cake today..want some debz?? hehe. I've been trying to stay busy so I don't check uscis knowing they're scheduled maintenence thingie is now....so I've done laundry, cooked, wrapped ALL my christmas pressies, filled out christmas cards, now i'm trying to thin out my dresser space. Peter has two drawers so far to put his things in. Hm. I've got a lot of #######. I'm having a ####### sale on ebay too...maybe I'll make a little dosh to make up for christmas!

Peter sent this to me the other day. It's an old song, realllly funny and cute (in a dry British humor sort of way). But....I wondered afterwards just exactly what was Peter trying to tell me???? Anyone have any ideas?

Enjoy:

I'm glad you got your dress sorted Debz...a big worry away I'm sure! I do understand about you missing Nick...it seems to me...the 'missing' gets worse with each visit. Especially right after we part ways. Peter came and stayed for nearly his full three months last Christmas and we got settled into a nice cosy togetherness feeling and it was like I lost a limb when he left. Now we've been apart since August, and it's not easier persay, but those pangs aren't as bad. I just console myself with thoughts like "At least he's not in the military doing an 18 month tour of duty". That does help alot, as my best friend's husband was away for that long.

I think I should improve my attitude (thanks for the kind words StillThePrettiest!), and things WILL get better!

I understand what you mean jundp.....if i'm busy or.....enebriated (sp?)....then I don't think about it nearly as much. I'm just sad I won't get to spend Christmas with Peter...or my children (their dad's turn). I want my family alllll together for the holidays. I won't sit and wallow about it though, I think I've pretty much decided about working at the kitchens downtown and serving the homeless to help fill the time (and get a good deed in for the year..lol). Maybe bringing a smile to someone else who is less fortunate will make me realize Idon't have it so bad!

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I just want a fricking NOA2 people. I know I can't do anything with it yet because we have NVC and Frankfurt to deal with, not to mention P's thesis to finish. But GAH.

4 and a 1/2 months....

I'm with ya!!!! omg....I'm dying here! It would be an awesome christmas pressie, but I want it now!

Thanks for the kind words Debz. Sorry you were dragged out so late. I'm sitting here with my wine about half pi$$ed now and can barely read the posts...lol. I hope I dont start crying...don't you hate that????

My SO talks really funny being from Newcastle Upon Tyne, England (he says I"m the one that talks funny...but oh well). This thread reminded me of something a friend sent me. It's hysterical....I understood most of it, but had to look a few phrases up on google. Enjoy y'all!

http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~evans/stuff/americans_in_uk.html

StillThePrettiest...congrats! And congratulations to all the other people who are approved. I hope the rest of us are approved this next week. I'm getting tired of checking uscis for nothing! I've almost conceded to the fact that it's never gonna happen..not ever! sigh. Someone kick me in the backside will ya?

Here's Minnie and Melvin... a portrait of complete marital bliss...

They're still blissful Steven.....just tired from all the sex!

In a fit of giggles here now...lol special ed...DO YOU HAVE ANY JELLO?????? hahahaha Remember that schtick since we were talking about jello in the other thread..hahaha.

Now this is the sort of rubbish we need to STOP!!!!!!!! argh! #######!!! 9 and 10 year olds!!!!!

Kids deal with eating disorders

10:52 AM CST on Wednesday, December 5, 2007

By STEVE STOLER / WFAA-TV

WFAA-TV

Lauren Pate Also Online

Steve Stoler blogs on his son's eating disorder battle

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Children's Medical Center:The Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay Center for Pediatric Psychiatry

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SomethingFishy.com: Website on Eating Disorders

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EDReferral.com: Eating Disorder Referral and Information center

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The Elisa Project: Educate, Prevent, Hope, Heal

DALLAS - Diets can begin innocently, but they can also soon turn into one of the most terrifying and agonizing experiences for a parent.

Children not eating and wasting away slowly is a problem that has plagued parents across the country.

Now, there appears to be an even more disturbing trend. Kids are being diagnosed with eating disorders at younger and younger ages.

Just a few years ago, the idea of treating a 9-year-old child for an eating disorder would be shocking; but sadly, that has changed. At Children's Medical Center of Dallas, it's no longer unusual to see kids as young as seven being checked into their special unit for children with eating disorders.

Deciding she wanted to slim down, Lauren Pate, 11, said she started counting calories.

“I was losing weight," she said. "I was getting on the scale every day. I was getting lighter and lighter and I was like, 'Well, I still look bad. I still don't like the way I look.'"

A few pounds dropped, but Lauren continued her diet. In fact, she couldn't seem to stop.

“She would always keep herself covered," said Stacey Pate, Lauren's mom. "When I actually saw her without any clothes on, it was very scary. It was like Lauren was going away from us."

Dan and Stacey Pate took their daughter to a doctor, a nutritionist and a counselor, but she continued to starve and lost even more weight.

“The harder that you try to push and make the person do what you believe is good for them, the more the eating disorder pushes back and tries to maintain control," Mr. Pate said.

Lauren's parents brought her to Children's Medical Center, where she endured four months of intensive treatment.

WFAA-TV

Paul Koke Paul Koke, 10, said he decided Paul Koke, 10, said he decided to start eating healthy one year ago so that he could get six-pack abs. Soon thereafter, he stopped eating altogether. The boy said he would even lie to his parents about eating his lunch.

The 60-pound fifth grader quickly dropped 14 pounds.

“You think you can make your son eat, but you can't make him eat,” said Chris Koke, Paul's father.

Cathy Koke, Paul's mother, said she just couldn’t grasp what was happening.

“He was a boy and he was ten," she said. "Who gets an eating disorder at 10?”

The number may be surprising. Eleven million Americans are

are diagnosed with eating disorders every year. One in ten of those 11 million are 10-years-old or younger.

“There's some illusion that they are in control of it and can stop whenever they want because they remember that they started it, but it becomes a vicious, life-threatening and out-of-control cycle," said Dr. Stephanie Setliff, who treats kids with eating disorders at Children's special unit.

While no one knows the exact cause of anorexia nervosa, Dr. Setliff said a myriad of emotional factors can play a role, which can include a child's personality and temperament to issues at home or school. She said the youngest patients are often the kids who have a difficult time expressing their feelings.

“It just doesn't take very much to push children into a sense of panic and an out-of-control feeling and have them start looking for ways to feel more in control, and that's how these eating disorders can start," she said.

The Kokes said they believe their divorce may have triggered Paul's problem.

“That conflict that they don't have any control over," Mr. Koke said. "It's like, 'I do have control over something,' and somehow they find that in not eating, in their diet. And once that grabs a hold of them and they have control of that, it makes them feel good."

Both parents of Paul and Lauren said their children are now healthy and happy. Treatment helped them control the debilitating illness that once had power over them. However, the children and their parents say it's still a daily, and possibly a life-long, struggle. “

The families said they hope sharing their stories may help others in the same situation. The eating disorder unit at Children's has reported a high rate of success.

The struggle continues, however. More people die from anorexia than any other mental illness.

OMG yes...we used to watch it all the time!!! sooooo stupid but sooooo funny. I liked the special kid. Oh what was his name?? roflmao....haven't thought about that in a long time!

You're a very smart man, Steven.

Charles...I'm still thinking about it.

This is so beautiful, Thanks for sharing it!!!

Cheers to all VJ couples...may all of our marriages last a lifetime..no matter how long that is!

p.s. and have lots of jello sex til we die!!!! here here!

they've already trying to do that, a friend of mine was offered this loan modification. we'll treat your mortgage as a 40 year and not a 30 year with a ballon payment due in 30 years . In the meantime she gets to make payments like it is a 40 year loan but their not refinancing the loan. This is just pushing the risk out 30 years.

Which is good enough seeing that most people will have sold the home within such time frame which, assuming that between now and then the real estate market recovers which it most likely will, would ensure proper pay-off of the loan rather than the otherwise almost certain default and foreclosure.

Also people could make extra principle payments which if you look at an amortization (sp?) table would help tremendously in the first few years of a loan...provided there's no major penalty to do that.

In eight decades of marriage, the couple said they've never had a fight.

"We've had lots of discussions," Scott said.

"I always lose," said Mrs. Scott. "He decides what he wants to do and does it."

there ya go

Somehow I KNEW you would write that! hahaha! But in all seriousness...someone does need to acquiesce most of the time to make a relationship last, or else it would be one long humongous badonkadonk argument for 80 years. That's exhausting!

I call people at random and ask them for money.

So that WAS you!!!! I KNEW it!!!!!!!!

Yeah and he pretends he's with the local fire department. Not cool.

my friends and I would prank call people, and ask for someone....then see how long we could keep them on the phone. Likewise for wrong numbers who called us....we'd say 'so and so's in the bathroom, they'll be right out. Whatcha up to?'

Oh and my brother would ask telemarketers to 'please hold a second and I'll get the 'lady of the house'...then he'd put the phone next to the tv and turn it to CSPAN. He's a riot.

Wow! After the first 60, I'll bet the rest is cake.

Nah..I bet it was rainbows and unicorns the whole time.....