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Noodles913 , 10-01-2004 06:50 AM

HI GIRLS!!

Welcome to fall!! Even here down in Tucson it's turning colder. Only the mid 80's instead of 100s, and it cools down at night now so I can leave my window open instead of running the A/C 24/7. Cuts my electric bill down too. I don't think I ran the heater but maybe twice last year. I have a feeling though that this year it's going to be a bit colder so I might have to run it more. Darn!!

Not much is new here...We're going to have a community yard sale on October 23rd, so I am going to spend these next 22 days getting ready for it. I have WAY too much junk and it's time to get rid of it!! OUT!! Hopefully anyhow.

Sunday is my daughters 11th birthday. I can't believe it. Seems like yesterday I was at the hospital walking and waiting for labor to start, and now she's almost a teenager!! I miss the baby days...she let me cuddle her then.

Well, guess that's enough boredom for now. Let me know how you all are doing ok!!!
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Jennifer 3FC , 10-01-2004 10:39 PM

Hi Noodles! Have fun at your yard sale. My neighborhood has a big one every year. They even bus people in and put in porta-johns in the center of it all. I had to work during it this year, so no fun for me!

Right now I'm staring at my bottle of Met XR, wondering if I'll start it tonight. I probably won't. I really don't want to do this again! I get my updated IR test in a couple of weeks, so hopefully I'll get good results and he'll tell me I don't have to take it.
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Noodles913 , 10-02-2004 02:52 PM

That's what they do here, Jennifer. They bus people in!! It's great!! I'd rather be out there shopping though, but I have too much stuff around here as it is so no shopping for now...at least at yard sales.

Last night I started to price stuff and somehow wound up cleaning my whole desk and bookcase instead. Oh well...now I have organization again. And a closet full of stuff needing going through. Oh well I have 22 days to do it. I'm sure I can accomplish alot by then. And if not they do this again in April...plus there is always the swap meet. The swap meet is at night here. It's really cool!!!

Well, how is everyone else doing?? Check in so we know you're ok!!
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Girlie , 10-03-2004 02:14 PM

Jennifer...
You mentioned you don't want to start Met XR again...why is that? Just curious. Bad side effects?

I was on Met (not XR) a couple of years ago after my endo diagnosed me. I hate to take any meds though...so I did for a year. When I went to a new gyno/fertility specialist, he looked at my charts and said the endo didn't even give me the tests to determine whether I really needed it, like the 2 hr fasting. So I did and everything was fine and I never needed it.

I hope you don't need it either for whatever reason. Plus any meds get expensive.

Girlie
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Jennifer 3FC , 10-03-2004 08:15 PM

Hi, Girlie. It always gave me stomach cramps and diarrhea in the past. I also constantly imagined my liver and kidneys hurting after I read the side effects! I still keep staring at the bottle on my desk. I might as well take it and then if my blood work later in the month comes back good I'll quit again, unless I'm tolerating it very well. I doubt it, though! He feels really sure that it will help me lose weight better than I'm doing now. Maybe by the laxative effect!
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Noodles913 , 10-04-2004 06:59 AM

LOL @ Laxative Effect!! But sadly, that is how alot of women first lose some of the weight via glucophage/Metformin. Then when your body adjusts it all comes back unless you keep on track with a proper diet and exercise. Something I haven't been doing well lately. But this weekend I did manage to get my office book cases and tables and desk cleaned and organized and I priced about 6 boxes of yard sale stuff. Only 10000 boxes to go!! Or so it feels like it. Last night for the kids birthday, we went out to dinner at Applebees. I was a good girl and got grilled chicken. I couldn't eat it all. We're going to celebrate her birthday next weekend by taking a weekend trip to the giant mall in Phoenix. Sounds fun huh!! I love shopping. You can tell by all of this stuff I have hanging around.

Hi everyone else!! Hi Lurkers!! I know you're out there...lurking away...
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Jennifer 3FC , 10-04-2004 08:40 PM

I still havent' taken that Met yet. Since the last time I took Gluc XR, they've come out with a generic XR. Good to know! I got a tetanus shot on Friday and I haven't felt good ever since. Might be coincidence. Either way, I don't want to take Met on top of an already icky stomach, so I'll wait a couple of more days.

Congrats on getting your office shelves clean, Noodles. I've been looking at mine for a couple of weeks now. I can't stand clutter. You'd never know by looking around my house though, .
#8

yvonnef , 10-04-2004 08:47 PM

Hi Folks,

Mouse, here is a study that talks about swimming:
Gwinup, G. (1987). Weight loss without dietary restriction: Efficacy of different forms of aerobic exercise. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 15, 275-279

I found it referred to at:
http://www.thefactsaboutfitness.com/...h/swimming.htm

Swimming is a great form of exercise, it says. Also, it's a pretty old study...
#9

Anonymouse , 10-04-2004 09:06 PM

I'm going to send that link for the study to a friend of mine. She is a US Olympic swim coach, as well as having loads of experience in aquatic therapy and rehab.

The study, as I read it quickly, seems to be awfully short on science. I was able to find an abstract of the article on-line... the "review" at the link posted doesn't mention that the women studied had orthopedic impairments as well. And the review itself notes that the women weren't on diets (IE, didn't restrict calories).
I can't help but wonder what kind of effect that has on the study. You can't expect to lose weight just by exercise... you need to eat less, AND exercise.
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Noodles913 , 10-05-2004 02:47 AM

Thanks, Jennifer. I'm trying!! I want to get rid of all this stuff. I really am a very detailed, organized person so it drives me nuts with stuff cluttered. I use to sell on EbaY full time so people just kept giving me stuff to sell. Well now I have way too much and it's time to weed it out!! I just have a feeling it will take me a year at least...and that's working on it almost every day. I should just donate most of it. Fill up some bags and leave it out there for the donation guys. Yeah...sounds good to me!!

Only problem is I have to weed through the stuff to figure out whats worth $$ and what isn't. We're going to try to go to Hawaii next summer and this will be part of the fundage for it. "I sold my clutter to go to Hawaii!! " will be the T Shirt I'll wear.
#11

cfinn , 10-06-2004 02:25 AM

> the "review" at the link posted doesn't mention that the women studied
> had orthopedic impairments as well.

The study mentions nothing about the women having "orthopedic impairments." Women between the ages of 20 and 40, who were minimally to moderately obese (defined as approximately 30% to 40% of total body weight as fat) took part in the study. Any subject with a significant medical problem or any orthopaedic problem which would limit participation in the study was excluded.

Best wishes,

Christian

Christian Finn, M.Sc.
#12

Noodles913 , 10-07-2004 07:13 AM

Hi Girls...

Well, I'm pretty upset today. Last night I was listening to the news while working on PC stuff and happened to hear my eye surgeons name mentioned. I glanced up and caught the tail end of the story. I thought they said murdered, but I really didn't believe it. Well, I checked the local news papers and sure enough... I found this article:

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/crime/42297.php

Needless to say I'm PISSED and upset and it breaks my heart. This man wasnt just a doctor like those old stuffy doctors. When my aunt went in for her cataract surgery at the same hospital 2 months later, he happened to be there doing a surgery and was walking through the halls and stopped dead in his tracks when he saw me and greeted me like I was an old friend. It's because of him I don't have to look at people like I'm a dork anymore. I can wear contacts. I cried happy tears when I walked out of his office because I appreciated it so much...now I cry sad tears for all of the little kids that have this problem and were in line to get theirs fixed. And just tears for the whole brutal thing.

And I keep thinking oh I'm so fat, I have all these problems, then stuff like this happens and it sure puts me back in check with reality and how good I really do have it and how short life is. Ugh. Excuse me while I cuss a little.
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yvonnef , 10-07-2004 11:41 PM

Noodles, I read the article. I'm very sorry, it sounds like a very good person was lost.
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Marianna , 10-08-2004 12:05 AM

Sorry to hear about your doctor - I hope that find who was responsible and they receive some justice....
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Jennifer 3FC , 10-08-2004 12:09 AM

That's so sad, Noodles. And his poor patients, I can't imagine the children that have to get this news. How'd you manage to get him for a dr? My son's pediatrician strictly cuts off people at 18. Was he a childhood Dr for you?

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