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OMG, I just snorted in real time! :smile:

Definitely! Just keep us updated!

I might get my arms done eventually (they're starting to sag a bit), but my first order of business is the tummy tuck and a breast lift.

Very true. And don't forget the people that ask a question and then ignore all the answers/advice except the bits that THEY want to hear. Person 1: "Will this hurt me?" Person 2: "Probably." Person 3: "Likely." Person 4: "Nope, I did it, you'll be fine!" Person 5: "Yep." Person 6: "It might. Ask your surgeon and do what he recommends." Person 1: "Thanks, Person 4, that's what I thought!" :huh2:

Jesus, I just found that stupid fucking thread that got locked. Do people NOT read their posts before they click submit? How can they honestly say that they don't understand why people were starting to get pissed? I'll give a heads up to anyone who believes that a size six is ugly. You probably won't want to read the rest of my post. < < < < < < < < < I really think a lot of it is jealousy, plain and simple. Here some people are, confronted with people that did it the right way and reached a healthy weight with a sensible diet and exercise, while they've relied on basically starving themselves. Like I said on your blog, Chickie, 95% of the time someone saying shit along the lines of "If I had a BMI of XX, I'd be skin and bones" doesn't even REMEMBER being at that weight. They don't have a damn clue what they'd look like, they are just making excuses because they either A) don't want to put the necessary effort into getting to that point, or :scared2: really don't think they CAN get to that point, so they pretend that they don't want to. Both of which are FINE and DANDY. No one says that everyone has to be a perfect weight. But damn it, ADMIT that you don't want to put in the effort that getting there would require. ADMIT that yes, the weight you are settling for is still medically overweight. If you're happy with that, super, that's all that matters. But don't sit there and serve up a lot of BS about how people that are a perfectly healthy weight are unattractive or talk a bunch of that "to me, to me, to me" crap, because the only person you're fooling is yourself. And hell, after being 250/300 pounds for years, do most people honestly think they can look at themselves and actually see what they really look like? We all get so used to seeing something look the same way for years, that anything that differs from it isn't going to look right to us. Hell, I still think I look the way I did 60 pounds ago, while people that haven't seen me in a while are calling me "skinny minnie." I'll fully admit that I don't have a damn clue about how I'm going to look when I get to a healthy weight. I'll also admit that I used to be one of those people that said, "I think I'd look horrid at that weight." And yeah, it was jealousy and wanting to pretend that I didn't want it because I didn't think I'd ever get to that point. I probably pissed a bunch of people off with that, lol!

You guys probably already know how I feel about it, so I won't go into it.

Dude, I wish! That would solve a LOT of problems.

Phew! When y'all started talking about someone under their goal weight, I was worried you were talking about Wasa or Chickie. I was over here thinking, "But they do know what they're talking about!" Never mind, I've edumacated myself, carry on, lol!

True, we can't say with absolute certainty that a child would not be obese if the parent wasn't feeding him/her horrid food. To say that it doesn't have an impact is just ignoring the issue, though. It's like people here who complain that they aren't losing weight and then talk about the full-calorie Starbucks drinks they're sucking down every day, the fried foods they eat, etc. I mean, come on. To use the example that Wheetsin posted, if a parent is feeding her 7 year old child 4 eggs and soda every morning, it's easy to deduce that it might be a pretty huge factor in the child's weight. The fact that there might be another contributing factor to a child's weight does not mean that the other contributing factors should not be dealt with. For most adults and children, obesity isn't a result of, say, Cushing's syndrome or massive thyroid issues. It's most likely a result of a bad diet and limited exercise. Just like any other problem, when you are looking for a solution, you try the simplest one first. And in the case of obesity, it's diet and exercise. If that doesn't work, then you move on to looking for more complex solutions. Now, that doesn't mean the family has to nag the child about losing weight. But feeding the child a decent breakfast and refusing to stop at McDonald's every single day isn't nagging. There is a midpoint between being a fascist about food and allowing your child to eat a ton of grease, fat, and calories. To use a bad analogy, it's like someone going to a car repair center because their back seat was wet after a storm. Yeah, the seal around the door might be leaking, but they should first check to see if the window was open.

I was on Yasmin for several years and it was great. Never had weight gain or any major side effects, other than mood swings at first.

So I start my new part-time job tomorrow morning. I'll probably be working there at least three days a week, with possible part-days for two days a week. It pays pretty well for an entry-level part-time job ($10/hour) and the work is mostly office stuff that a trained monkey could do - lots of routine paperwork, data entry, that sort of stuff. I'm also still looking for some additional work, since they aren't open on weekends or later than 4:00 on weekdays. I've applied and been interviewed for a barista position at a Starbucks that's close to the new job (not that I know anything about coffee, lol), where I could work either early mornings or late afternoons/nights, and I'm hoping to get that, as well. I'm obviously not looking for anything long-term right now, just something that brings in some money ('cause teaching part-time as a grad student pays absolutely peanuts) until I can GET OUT OF THIS FREAKIN' TOWN AND AWAY FROM THIS DAMNED UNIVERSITY. Ahem. Well, I guess you understand how I feel about this place and how burned out I am, now, lol!

Believe me, you don't want to. I've given up on that place. There are a bunch of people there that will drive you up the freakin' wall. Seriously, my teeth grind every time I go there. It's like nails on a fucking chalkboard.

I completely agree with this. Allowing your child to be obese (barring actual health problems causing the obesity, of course) to the point where their health is in active danger (after all, being young doesn't mean you're not at risk of having heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, etc.) is neglectful, if not abusive. (Note: I use the term "abusive" to describe situations where the parent has been educated and has been offered assistance and still refuses to take the necessary action. At that point, the parent is knowledgeable about the results of his/her actions and the risks the child faces and is making a conscious decision to place the child at risk.) I disagree. If a child is maybe 20, 30, or 40 pounds overweight, I don't necessarily think that the parent should be accused of neglect. But if a child is 100 or 150 pounds overweight, his or her health is being placed in very real jeopardy, just as much as an adult who is that obese, and to me that is neglect. Now, I don't think a child should be automatically removed from the household. I think that there should be mandatory warnings, education, counseling, etc., before any other actions are taken. But if, after those, the parent refuses to change, I do think the child should be removed.

I completely agree.

They've gone pretty well. The place I'm working at has just taken over another business, so the owner's rather stressed out and being a little temperamental and a tad difficult at the moment. Luckily, I don't see him very often. I've basically just been keeping busy and trying to stay out of the line of fire whenever he's around, lol! I've not heard from Starbucks, but that's okay with me. I think it would have been a little overwhelming to start two new jobs at once and go from working only a few hours a week to having three part-time jobs. Believe me, I'm loving the low-stress part so far! Other than the owner being a bit of an ass at the moment (the woman I work with assures me that he's not always like this), it's all pretty smooth and boring. It's a nice change from teaching!

Has anyone here tried a Brazilian bikini wax? How painful and embarassing is it?

Good luck, Julie!

Is that shit going on AGAIN?! Where? I've not been reading many new threads lately (mostly just going to threads that I'd already posted to), so LBT has actually seemed rather boring and much tamer than it was a few months ago. I just thought all the nuts that come out during the holidays went back in their holes. Guess I managed to miss all the fireworks.

My hospital billed my insurance just under $50k. The insurance discounted it down to around $18k, and I was responsible for about $8k, overall.

Hah! I just got a picture in my mind of Green whacking some stupid person on the noggin with her keyboard!

Hey, Green! So sorry to hear about all this going down. I sent you an email. (Or at least, I think I sent you an email. I got the address from an email that Wasa forwarded me. Who knows, there might be some weirdo up in Canada reading it right now. ) Just let me know what I can do.

Lol! I'm just sitting here trying to imagine the look on the guy's face, WASa!

I could not have said it better myself. The bottom line is that no one is forcing ANYONE here to read certain posts/threads. Don't like it? Don't read it. Believe me, I understand being sick of reading the same stuff over and over. You know what I did? I stayed out of the sections that seemed to contain most of the threads that I found irritating.

My brother's a lawyer and we were actually discussing situations somewhat like this over the weekend, since my former roommate was sued over a wreck (the other woman waited until the day before the 1-year deadline was up before filing the suit). He said that people wait as long as they can to sue insurance companies because they don't necessarily know how much money they are going to need. For example, if they are badly injured, they may have ongoing medical expenses. If they settle for a certain amount before before they finish treatment, they are limited to the amount of the settlement, even if their medical expenses wind up going over that amount. So if you are still undergoing treatment, you do NOT want to settle right now. You can't go back and renegotiate for a higher amount. Now, are you talking about your own insurance company or another one? I can sort see what I talked about above happening if it's the other person's insurance company that is paying, but I think you should call back and talk to another person if it's your own insurance company. If I've totally missed the point of your post, ignore me! I'm a little scatter-brained today!

Well, the CPS (or whatever it is there) may well be offering education/nutrition classes, in addition to the demand that the children show improvement in a certain period of time. We're just hearing the mother's side of things, since I would imagine that the agency can't legally talk about the case. What she heard may not have been what the agency's representative actually said. If they ARE offering counselling or classes or something, I agree with the agency's actions and demands. Those children are being put at risk, just as they would be if they were being fed too little instead of too much. If the parents refuse to see that, or if they refuse to change, those kids shouldn't stay with them.