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Can I get fries with that? :thumbup: Seriously...I think that if I were a 10, I'd be very happy. I think within the modeling world they have to be skinny in order to show off the clothes...like walking hangars. I think I remember reading about it a long time ago - where they have to use less material to save money. But, I hear ya! lt's stupid. Size 10 is NORMAL. Hell, isn't 12 normal? I just wanna be a 12/14! :thumbup:

This is an interesting question! I've wondered that, if I chew sometimes will it make it mushy and make it easier for too much to go down. I try to keep it in mind, and just not get too full. I also eye-ball what I'm eating and if I think I've eaten more than I should for a normal portion, I stop. It's definitely been a challenge, though - and thanks for bringing it up. I think the main key is awareness.

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Yep! Better for me, too, that way. Now... I just need to fight that laziness that creeps up! Perfect! That may work much better than my wide-eyed: "What concrete slabs?" Honestly, these ideas are fabulous, and easily within budget. This weekend is the big cleaning weekend and I will be rolling up the sleeves. Tiki lights! I love those. I can do those. Why didn't I think of these? I think the backyard has been the dogs' playground for far too long. Time to take back my yard! Thank you all!

It does a little. I put thick black tarp-like paper down before moving the first ones, and it's held back a lot. I wish previous owners had done that with the pond. I've actually called for a professional to come in. I told bf, though, that we're pulling chairs out of the garage and setting up the "patio" in the back this weekend. :cry_smile: I even have an old grill I can set up. Thanks for coming up with that! It's really perfect.

Yep! Same here...I thought the servers at work were throwing up again.

What a good idea - I can come in and say, "Ooooh - Slimfast sounds so good right now!" She'd jump up and say, "coming right up!" :thumbs_up: I love my mom, I really do - and you're right. It's been our bonding and happiness epicenter forever. It's hard to break that.

I'm really liking my hands...I have knuckles now!

...Hm....I think only if it's burning.

omg...I'm in tears reading this! How awful for you! This kind of stuff gets me sooo mad. I would have been just like you, crying, pissed - but what you do? I was raised to respect police and doctors, etc...so when people in those types of positions act horribly, it blows my mind even more. I am so sorry and I hope you get the resolution you deserve.

I usually like yard work, but not when it's large projects. Love the idea about chairs and plant...make it look purposeful. - I will do this! I love it more and more that I think about it...That will work! Another thing is my front yard. I have a small courtyard with tiny white rocks and weeds keep growing through. So, I decided to pull the rocks up and move them somewhere else, and put grass in the courtyard so I could mow it. OMG. Those stupid little white rocks are killing me. I offered DD 10 cents a rock and she racked up a $100 in several buckets! Now my courtyard is missing 1/3 of its rocks, but I still have hundreds to go. I realized too late the the previous owner put several layers of the rocks there to cover what used to be a koi pond. I may just put the damn rocks back! :thumbup: Sod is pretty cheap, but I need the pooches to not dig it right back up.

Okay...so has the mood lightened to where I can ask: You thought I was an angry cartoon baby, like Brandy did? Maggie happens to be my fav Simpsons character because she's the one who doesn't put up with the BS. Lisa over-thinks, Bart just jumps in, Homer is stupid, Marge puts up with crap - but Maggie? She rolls up her sleeve and with the angry eyes she fixes it. I'm not saying I'm the most like her...just that she's my fav. Bart is probably the most like me. Yeah...I love me some Simpsons, though it's been a while since I've watched it.

I loved sodas and slightly balked when I heard none - forever. But, I still have my coffee and teas, and every now and then a sip of flat soda. It's really an okay trade off for the weight loss. But, to answer the why? I've heard different ones, the main one (from doc) was concern over slipping.

I'm there with Ready....it's not there all the time, but I'm still learning. I recently didn't want a fill because my b-day was coming. I'm still struggling with the holdays = food. I think once you have an addiction, it's always there.

"Where is the logic in that? Where is the ability to be civil, to handle an adult conversation?"

That you're a silly Great Pumpkin believer, when clearly science has proven gourds cannot be a deity. :thumbup:

Wasa - I apologize. After reading back, I found what had stuck in my brain. I hadn't realized that you were twisting a previous post around when you said superstition. The other reason why I was focusing on you is you seem to be the front-runner of the athiest argument. You've jumped in when I was replying to other people and even spoke demeaningly about me to TommyO. Why wouldn't you be the one I reply back to? In addition, after reading back and reading the PMs I've received, I realize I'm not the only one sensitive here. We say we believe and you say prove it. We can't - it's how we feel. Can we just let that go, or is there more that needs to be said?

In all honesty, I wanted to know if that was an intended slam that Christians aren't grown up, or it was her timeline...as a child she believed, but turned adult and didn't. I think that it was put-down. (Please, please, please correct me if I'm wrong - Was it really a timeline?) I haven't put down anyone's beliefs here, and it's very obvious that some can debate civilly and others cannot. Others are just looking for a fight and that's evident of their posts throughout LBT - not just here. My initial request was that people tame down the name calling. Again, some people aren't equipped to handle the converstion without that. My avatar has nothing to do with whether or not I'm an adult, or capable of forming thoughts and opinions. I can be silly and light-hearted, and I can be serious. If someone means offense and it's taken, how is that being overly sensitive? Mac, you have it right - if someone calls something you believe in superstition and you say, "Hey, I mind that" and they tell you to get over it - same thing. I took back what I said about my God not meaning as much as your science (my science, too - fyi) but no one here acknowledges that. There is a difference between cramming something down someone's throat and simply denying something. I'm not here to do either - I just wanted the name calling to stop. The whole discussion, though, has me thinking of the movie Contact...The rev. asks Ellie to prove she loved her dad. Sometimes there is no proof - only a feeling. I guess you have to be sensitive to it.

What a cutie! :thumbdown: Thank you for sharing that. It brought a smile to my day.

I just got a new fill after being unfilled for a month. Last night I was able to eat a little bit of chicken, some potatoes and some peas. At first I thought it was way too much food - shouldn't I be tighter? Then, I smacked myself in the head and reminded myself that I ate what "normal" portions are supposed to be and I'm fine. Better too loose than too tight. Been there, done that - not going back.

Hi, Tracy. I'm near Houston, but my BF's family is from Copperas Cove / Killeen area. Good luck to you on finding someone. I'll check if his ex-wife is looking for someone, if you want? She wasn't banded, but she and her daughter go to Curves and are trying to get fit.

I would request that you not start with ignorant, irrational, or superstition. But, I'm sure you don't care what I think. And, I have only been speaking for me. I don't like that Christians have been called names and dismissed as cracked-pot theories on this thread. (And, it has just become Christian vs Athiest - why? What are you so against Christians?) I'm over sensitive that way, so be it. Some have a thicker hide than me, I get emotional over commercials, what can I say? You're not saying, "I think God doesn't exist." You're saying, "I think God doesn't exist and you are silly, irrational and ignorant" for believing God does exist. How can one not go on the defensive with broad statements like that? I have never attacked your belief or non-belief, and I have apologized for dismissing it as being non-personal to you. Obviously it is or you wouldn't keep coming back to this thread, correct?

Thank you...you're 100% right. I have a hard time not taking things that mean the most to me personally, but I gotta learn that other cheek thing. How's that go again? You bash someone over the head, then run? No...wait...that's not it...

This is my whole point about taking it personally because it actually MEANS SOMETHING TO ME on a deeper level than I think you can fathom. I don't take every insult personally, because there are many things I care nothing about, and just let it roll off my back. My daughter means something to me. If someone insulted her, I'd take it personally. My job is means something. If someone insulted my job performance, I'd take that personally. My God means something to me, and to have him reduced to a cracked-pot theory is insulting to me. How can you not see that, or care about that? You fling insult after insult and then say get over it? WTH? Blue fairies mean nothing. I would not insult someone or try to make them believe something different for believing in blue fairies, ghosts, palm readers...etc, even though I don't believe in that. It probably means more to them than what I think. My complaint is that Christians are being called ON THIS THREAD: - ignorant - not capable of rational thought - superstitious - overly sensitive That is just a fact, not an overly sensitive perception on my part.

Wow...speaking for me, and insulting me. I'm so impressed with your ability to think rationally, that I'm almost as speechless as I wish you were.