alatina

outside Melbourne then spending 3 weeks on Heron and Lizard Islands.

nah Im not on yahoo but I am on msn and aol

cool-maybe we'll get together some time.You are fairly close to me.Maybe we can catch a movie sometime-got some good ones coming out-I want to see that exorcist of emily rose movie and the one with jodie foster

hey-what area of houston?im near willowbrook mall-maybe we can get together some time-are you vlounteering at the dome?maybe we have run into each other?

most likely-but just find some other way to channel these energies.

australia has kickass insurance-its where we are retiring to and go every year-havent been this year but am getting married there and im anxious to get there again-loooooooove it.

keeping you and your family in my thoughts-hope all works out.

Ok as you know Katrina wiped out many MANY families sadly one of the families devastated by this was my parents home in Alabama-they built this house over 50 years ago and it is where everyone of there 7 children grew up-It was my childhood home and the lose of it is devastating-worse than the home is the loss of every heirloom and every photo we ever amassed as a family with exception to ones we as their children had.My parents are 78 years old and it is overwhelming the loss.My parents can rebuild eventually and have 7 children to help them do so but alot of my friends from high school are also in a sad state-people I dont even know but see on television are heartbreaking also.With that said we are going to try our best to get to my parents this weekend-Im in Texas and getting thru LA is gonna be a feat in itself not to count the fact that gas will be near impossible to get and even then itll be high but to me I HAVE to do this.I ask for any nonperishable items you can contribute,house items you name it.I realize few will be able to get these to me in 2 days but I will in deed be making another trip so if any of ya'll can send anything-towels,blankets,giftcards whatever I will be happy to present it to the shelter in my parents area and to friends I know need it in alabama.We ourselves are going to stock up on what we can here in Houston before we leave but as you can see the devastation is astounding and is more than 1 person can even begin to comprehend but anything you can do is appreciated.I also have a paypal addy I am taking donations to so I can buy items here and get to people I know and can see with my own eyes need it-I believe Red Cross is a very VERY useful company but alot of people get lost in the shuffle in these tragedies and we are hearing ALOT about NO but I hear very little if anything about Fairhope alabama which is where my family and friends live and I want help for them.ANYTHING is appreciated-email me for my addy or paypal name.

want to say thanks to everyone who has offered help and to hope for others-the numbers are overwhelming here and the stuff will certainly be distributed out to people who surely need it.

I think almost everyone would still do it-only a few of us feel as if it may have been a waste of money but it seems as if its just the impatient ones like myself-lol

yessssssssssssss-I definitely want these-can use them for the stuff Im collecting for katrina victims-have post in here somewhere-will pm u my addy.

this whole situation is sad and my family and friends from childhood live outside mobile alabama..you know the area you are hearing very little about as far as help?It makes me mad and sick to see them pushed to the side-they are screwed like everyone else and I am heading down there myself with what relief I can offer-I got a company contact to bring a truck down there with clothes/food and stuff that I collected-I dont give a rats ass if they try to stop me going my usual route home to alabama-ill just go around-its too much to think of the stuff going on there right now and to have people tell me that they deserved it since they didnt leave-what the..?!?!?!?where the hell did you think some of these people were gonna go?they have no cars,money or place to go and some were in damn shelters that were ravaged by katrina-im a bit hot under the collar with alot of stuff right now but I am so glad to see the good in most people coming thru.I have a thread in chat asking for donations to this specific area that is home for my family-its fairhope alabama and any thing you can donate is appreciated-PM me for my addy if you like or I can get you directed to that area drop off if you prefer to go directly that way-I dont care how ya do it... all works for me.

niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice-always a good thing to get $$$

oh lord do I feel ya on this slooooooow lost thing-I was banded April 27th and have only lost 32 pounds and 18 were in the first 2 weeks-this is unbearable.

eat some bread or steak-that ought to give ya a good ole PB

so long as your doing something ya know? I know what you mean its just sooo hard to look at these people-I mean we go downtown every night to see what we can do and its just a sea of depression and sadness and Im not even in N Orleans-Houston is just a chaos but it is indeed getting much better-they are certainly eating well-kinda makes me a bit sad to know it took something like this to really get Houston caring more-we have thousands of homeless here every day that no one cares to feed or clothe-anyway I tend to get on a soapbox with these things-comes from being a social worker for 8 years.

thank you-I am hoping to get stuff in soon as there is a name and face to the people I want to help-makes it more personal for me and makes me a bit desperate sounding I know but it is my friends and family not nameless people which I agree need help for sure.

thanks Bubba and Zoe for the things you are sending to me-this will be much appreciated-just hope that out of 90 views to this post ya'll wont be the only 2 to reply with stuff although I am sure everyone is doing something in their own way perhaps in their own local area-just want the small towns not to be forgotten ya know?This really hit home for me-very sad.

thanks both of you.we have been going down to the dome the last 2 nights-I just feel like I HAVE to do something.For a few years now I go down on friday or saturday night to give houston homeless sack lunches and now I am just broadening my scope-there are alot of people still on the streets near the dome but Im not sure how to continue on because they are getting VERY hostile I dont even know what to say to them-the ones who were bussed in only to find out the dome was packed are very mad but houston is doing its best and working on alternatives.Anyway anything ya'll can donate is appreciated as the N O people are getting ALOT of help but like I said b4 the smaller outlying communities get lost in the shuffle sometimes.

oh my-Im just glad Im off to a church to volunteer evacuees today-i feel I need to be in a cleansing environment after this post-lol.well that and the fact I too want to know what ya got-lol.

We are actually not leaving in morning like I thought when I wrote this-looks like we are heading there next wednesday for safety reasons and other reasons.My SO is going with me and another friend from that area who has family there.So that gives people 5 days to send stuff to me and also hope gas prices go down and have place to fill up when get there along with the fact my parents have FEMA and other people coming out to house on monday and tuesday-hopefully will only make this one trip til things cool down.

seems like mine said 4-6 but dont remember-cant imagine these few days will make that huge of a difference.

its not to minimize anyone elses weight loss its just how i feel about me-but this thread wasnt about me.thnx everyone.

thanks everyone-didnt mean to highjack the thread from original poster.

Im just having hard time with all this "its a tool" "slow weightloss" stuff. Ok here is my honest true heartfelt real deal. I was unable to control myself when it came to eating before and this is a tool but so was everything else-if I could do it myself then I would have-this is not making much difference in my behavior Im a food addict period.