[QueenB]

Do we change our thread to 40 posts per page or not? This post should be #31 and I'm itching to start a new thread, but we need to decide if we should stay with the 30 or move onto the 40? To be completely honest with you, I've already changed my settings to 40 posts per page. For those of you that want to do this and don't know how (don't hit me, just trying to be helpful) Go to your user control panel, click on edit options, and scroll down till you see Default Posts per Thread and just click on the drop down box till you see "show 40 posts per page" and choose it and then save your changes.......and wa la! There you go!

So, let's make some individual replys which I haven't done in a couple of days......

Duckie: Hey sweetie, sorry to hear about your bladder infection. I had one about 2 months ago and it about killed me! I ended up going to the ER, I was in so much pain and they said I had a urinary tract infection and gave me an antibiotic and some STRONG pain killers. Very nice. I saw that we are very close in weight too......that's pretty cool. We can make this journey together......I guess all of us are in this together, me and you are just a little closer weight wise. Thanks so much for your support.......that is so awesome. Also, if you will look at the instructions I posted above, you can get all 40 posts on one page and you won't have to go to 4 or 5 pages.....I love it!

Thin: Hey girl......don't get discouraged about WI (not Wisconsin) I think you did awesome considering how much you have to eat out. It will be really nice to see you around here more often once you get your "bra jobs" taken care of. I'm so happy I know what you are talking about now. How's your Mom? Let us know.

Kat: I love the Fall, don't you? It is my favorite time of year!! I am so proud of you for exercising 7 days this week. That is so awesome. I bet those scrubs are about to fall off! Won't be long before your looking for a smaller size huh? Thanks again for all your support and cheering me on the last couple of weeks. I can't even tell you what your friendship.......all your friendships mean to me.

2cute: Don't you apologize for going on about yourself.....that's what your supossed to do hear. My heart broke when you told us that your Dad said you were "incapable" of pushing him. What is it about family? I wish for one second sometimes, that they could realize the struggle that we go through and maybe, just maybe they wouldnt be so inconsiderate. Although, with my Dad, I doubt it. He's mean to everyone, not just me. He just sees my weight as a stumbling block and a weakness, and he loves to pick on other's weaknesses. It's how he makes himself feel powerful. Thanks for being so supportive, I have a feeling me and you are more alike than even we suspect.

J-Ann: Sooo nice to see you. I was beginning to wonder where you were at!! Hope you have fun tonight and I am looking forward to a nice long post tomorrow! Take care.

SaraJoy: Wow! A photo shoot? How cool! One day we might look back and say we knew you "when". I will say a prayer for your sister. I have a friend with lupus and I know that it is no picnic. Thanks again for all your kind comments and know that I am here for you as well. Knock em dead today!!!

Lucky: Wow girl......sounds like you have been busy!! If I lived close to you, I'd be right out there with you today in that ditch, my friend. Just the kind of exercise I need......although I am pleased to say I have done my WATP videos, twice this week already. I would like to tell you about the videos. Lucky....they are awesome! I absolutely love them. They are by a lady named Leslie Sansone and your not just "walking" in your home...there are several steps but they are all very easy and are low impact. They are DEFINITELY worth the $$$$. You should get them. I have tried Richard Simmons, but I just can't keep up....by the time I figure out what he's doing, he's already moved on and I'm lost again. You should see me........at a point, I just give up and just start shaking and running around the living room.......at least I'm moving. Give the WATP videos a try........you will LOVE THEM!!!

Steph: Thanks for the encouragement my friend. WE ALL need it from time to time. I fall down just like we all do, but I will tell you, I love my journal. I think people have a tendency to get mired down in their everyday life and they just don't make time for themselves. That's what I have a tendency to do.....I'm always taking care of everyone else and then I fall to the sidelines, but I have to take time for myself. I am important too. I'm doing this not to be selfish, but to LIVE.

Michelle: WHERE ARE YOU!!!!!! Get your butt back in here!

Hello to Mary & Baylee and whoever else I missed. I am thinking of you all. I'm gonna hop off here for now and go take me a relaxing bubble bath before I go to work & who knows? I might just be back tonight! You never can tell! Be good.

[SaraJoy]

Well the film shoot went pretty well... I think I definitely made it into a couple of shots! Most of today's scenes were on the dance floor and all the extras had to start dancing on cue! I danced most of the afternoon! I'm pretty sure they got a few shots of me dancing because the director came over to me pulled my little see-through shawl over one shoulder because that's the way it had fell in the last shot! Yikes... I dunno if I WANT to see myself dancing on the big screen! It's just a small film that's gonna be shown in the Toronto area and entered into the Toronto Film Festival... who knows what after that?! It's going to be SO cool to go to "The Princess", our alternative movie theatre in Kitchener/Waterloo, and see the movie when it's all done!

Anyways, thanks for all the support re: my sister. I talked to her today. Her bad news is that the lupus is spreading to her eyes... she (and the doctors) are afraid for her vision. It just breaks my heart to hear all the things happening to my sister. I'm SO angry that Lupus is doing this to her and making her miss out on SO many things that people take for granted... like taking care of her 2 year old son! I feel a dull ache in my heart all the time for her!

Oops. Gotta get the phone!

Be back shortly!
Sara

[2cute2Bfat]

Hi ya'll.

Since no decision was made on when to start a new thread... and ... Tina taught us all how to set our own computers to whatever setting we want... and since I have been doing 30 posts per thread for 2 years now and old habits are hard to change.... I am going to start a new thread.

So....STOP !!! Do not post here.
Come join us on the next thread... # 225
See you all there.

[Mij]

Hi everyone,

I'm new here and have two major disadvantages:

Firstly, I have never used a chat room before so if I do something weird or incorrect just be gentle with explaining the protocol to me.

Secondly, I have been reading quite a few of the messages and I definitely live in a different culture to most of you - Southern Hemisphere too so your seasons are opposite. I need to figure out what lbs is in KGs so that some of the messages make sense to me. And what the $%# is "queso"? (Feeling "queasy" means 'nauseous" over here.)

Tina: Your body is not junk. Your body is a miracle! Love it and be nice to it - even the soft fatty parts. Your writing sounds like you are going to inflict some dietary torture or punishment on yourself. P l e a s e be kind and loving to yourself.

I weighed myself at 90.25 kg this morning and I am 164 cm tall ( 5 foot three I think in imperial but I don't know what the kgs converts to). I have been at my ideal weight (long time ago) of 58 kgs, but whenever I loose some fat, I panick and put it all back on eg I was 72 kgs this time last year.

I am mostly vegeterian but not strict as I have fish sometimes, and I am basically lazy with any form of exercise. And I love reds esp cabernet merlots. I am often away with my job and spend many days eating at hotels and retaurants (yummy but not ideal for health).

Mostly I have been overeating to keep down the bad feelings (very similar background to Tina) and continue punishing myself - up until now. I don't need to do that anymore. I need to be kind and caring and loving to myself, and allow myself to be beautiful and allow myself to be attractive. I know this intellectually but it feels a bit scary to the inside me.

I hope I can contribute to helping others in their own quest for health and maybe share some encouragement and (veggie) recipes along the way.