[SoCalBirdLady]

I'm new here, saw an old thread by this name but nothing current. This is a pretty impressive website which I just discovered today as I begin following the South Beach Diet. I was doing ok on Weight Watchers but the point counting drove me nuts.

So I am just checking in as someone new to this site and wondering where the other LGBT Alternachicks are?

[squeaker]

Welcome SoCalBirdLady! but, what in the world is LBGT???

[SoCalBirdLady]

Hi Squeaker--
It is a variety of initials usually in the order of LGBT or even LGBTIQ as I understand it. They stand for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Intersex and Questioning.

Or, perhaps, LGBT might also mean Lettuce, Green pepper, Bacon and Tomato. Sounds almost like that, doesn't it?

I was, of course, meaning the former, not the sandwich. And thanks for the quick welcome!

[Navi]

Sometimes I describe myself as "bi" and sometimes "queer" and sometimes "pansexual" and sometimes just plain "greedy."

This is just fine with DH-to-be. (We get to check out chicks together! )

[Goddess Jessica]

Bi. aka anything that moves

[squeaker]

DUH! I was trying to figure out what it was, and now feeling really silly.

Welcome again.

While I think women can be beautiful, I have never found myself really attracted to one. But to each her own!

Hope you don't mind a straight chick hanging out in your thread too.

[SoCalBirdLady]

Originally Posted by squeaker

Hope you don't mind a straight chick hanging out in your thread too.

Of course not! Just looking to see if there are any other like-minded women much as someone with kids might look for other moms, someone who is a nurse might look for other nurses, etc.

I started South Beach today so of course I am really energized and interested in connecting with others on this board. The real test will be nearing the end of the two week rigid "phase one". I am having some trouble concentrating today and find myself being hungrier than usual.

I have a difficult time being told that I have to limit what I eat... but a WW leader I knew explained it this way: we don't have unlimited time, we don't have unlimited money, so why do we think we can eat unlimited food?

That thought helps.

[mauvaisroux]

Hi SoCalBirdLady, and welcome

We did have a thread a long time ago called Lesbialternachicks and friends but I'm not sure what happened to it...

I am doing a combo of ww and SBD simply for the fact that I wanted to jump start my weight loss and I need to eliminate sugar and white flour products from my diet for health reasons.

If you need help or SBD recipes there is an SBD forum on this site as well. Good luck on your plan

[Navi]

we don't have unlimited time, we don't have unlimited money, so why do we think we can eat unlimited food?

That's an excellent way to look at it. I'm going to keep that in mind.

[Goddess Jessica]

SoCal - I love LA, BTW. Such a fun city! I'm in San Diego.

[blugirrl1]

Count me in equal opp. love here.

[ellis]

Hey, SoCal! Welcome
I'm hetero, but pro: whatever is good for you. And while sex with another woman doesn't appeal to me, I DO think our bodies are much more beautiful to look at than mens.
I think we only had one lesbian here... Soozie. Well, Sarah drops around once in a while... but we're all cool.

[Ilene]

OMG !! My new saying:

"We don't have unlimited time, we don't have unlimited money, so why do we think we can eat unlimited food? "

I hope you don't mind my adding it to my signature?

Thanks...

[SoCalBirdLady]

Lanaii1--

Heck, I don't mind if you add that to your signature at all. I don't own it. The irony is that I learned it from a ww leader but I have decided that ww is not for me (at least for now). It sure does help you stop and think, doesn't it?

[Teufelchen]

Welcome SoCal

I too love that saying and will be putting it up all over, like on the fridge, at work, etc. It's just too true.

I do WW by the way.