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=> General Discussions => Topic started by: jennie on February 26, 2007, 02:14:08 PM
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Ya'll know how much I like to cook but what you don't know is that I get full just from the smells and all so it is difficult for me to eat a regular size meal. Now, my request is this... God give me more of an appetite and the ability to eat before March 12. I have a physical then and don't want to hear the doc. complain over my weight. I am 5'3" and weigh on a good day 100 lbs. I guess I am supposed to weigh more but everyone in my family is small and it is hard to put the punds on. My best friend who struggles with her weight on the opposite end of the weight issue says that most would wish to have the super high metabolism and all. I understand that but it is just as hard on my end to gain a pound as it is to lose a pound for others. If I can just gain 5 lbs. that would help so I ask ya'll to pray. I know som,e may laugh at my request but it is serious to me. I have a grown daughter who is taller and bigger than me and I have to buy my clothes in the children's department! It's ridiculous ! But ...that's me! Jennie
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Prayers for you!
I hate going to the dr. for the opposite reason-he'll complain about my weight all right.
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Jennie, you will be in my prayers.
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Iris
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Jennie,
I gained five pounds just reading your Super Bowl menu! ;D ;D. Just kidding, because it's you, I'll pray for you.
Dwight
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Jennie,
You will be in my prayers. I have been sick the last 2 days and not eaten much and the only thing that I want is pizza, chocholate, and Dr. Pepper. <rolls eyes> But, I am stuck on chicken noodle soup and cheese toast.
Sincerely,
Anne C. McGuire
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Well you are certainly in my prayers Jennie, as are you too Anne (I hope you begin to feel better soon)
Jennie, you have no idea the regimen I have begun to lose the 20lbs that I can't get rid of :(
I still haven't worked out why God mad calories taste so GOOD! ;D
Love to you both in Christ,
Darren
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I know!!!! Why don't I crave BROCCOLI???????
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I am convinced the secret to weight loss is water. I currently drink 12 glasses a day and have lost 54 pounds in the past 12 months. I am not tooting my own horn but I am pleased that I have surprised even myself. my wife is on water also and has lost 25 pounds. pass the H2O please.........
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Rick,
Now that is impressive. And the hot glass of hot cocoa works. It has knocked some pain off of the migraine, and some is so much better than none.
Sincerely,
Anne C. McGuire
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I figure if I stay on water, purty soon I will be so skinny I will have to run around in the shower just to get wet!!!! Ya think?????
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HA!!
Well, I might try that. All water diet- only food allowed is chocolate. Works for me!
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Hey Everyone! :)
My wife is diabetic and she was always told to drink lot's of water. She would literally drink 2 gallons a day, because her skin would be dry and she would just crave it.
Last time she was in the hospital (almost two years ago) the docs told her that she was drowning herself, they told her that driking so much water without consuming it in one form or another was doing her more harm than good.
They also dismissed the notion that diabectics NEED more water than anyone else. Well needless to say, she is drinking on a fraction of what she was and her health has improved a lot. I am in no way indicating that the excessive amounts of water were the blame for her sickness; instead I am saying that it did not help. :)
Rick, I am so glad that you are losing weight by drinking water. I gave up sada's and ice tea for the natural stuff too :)
Love to all.
Darren
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Hey Rick,
Thanks for sharing your weight loss secret. I'll have to try that. Run around in the shower just to get wet.... that's funny! :D
Yeah Darren I think 2 gallons would be too much. I have also read about the dangers of drinking too much water- though I don't exactly remember what the dangers were. I don't think 12 glasses would be harmful. I think it would be beneficial.
I'm sorry for your problem Jennie. Though I don't understand it. I would just offer you a milk shake or 2. ;)
I wish I could smell food and get full then I wouldn't have to drink all the water! :D
Bless ya'll! :)
~Paula
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One of my biggest problems is that I crave all the things that don't put pounds on. I love plain tuna(no bread), raw carots, broccoli, apples and I eat a half of a head of iceburg lettuce like you would eat an apple. I don't like salad dressings, mayonnaise, not much butter , etc. I eat dry baked potatoes and dry salads and adore water. Between now and May 12 I will be drinking 5 milkshakes a day with 5 small meals. That has helped before. We'll see if it helps this time. The doc. has told me before that if I am under 110 I will have to go to hospital so they can put some pounds on me. I did eat 3 cinnabons with frosting this morning and drank a soda. I wanted a glass of juice but I pushed past that craving and did the other. I know it sounds crazy. My best friend is the only one that really understands the situation but she has been there seeing me try to gain for 28 years now as I have seen her trying to lose. She says that it is as hard for me to gain 1 pound as if is for her to lose 10. I think it's just how I'm made. I was 105 when I got pregnant, 125 the day my daughter was born and 108 by the morning after she was born. By the time she was 1 month old I was 95 lbs. Oh well, I'll keep trying.
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Jennie, I will pray for your health. You are considered anorixic (not b/c you don't eat enough food, but only b/c you have a super fast metabloism.) Your are doing excellent in eating the right things, keep up the good work there. Have you had your thyroid checked lately? You sound like you have HYPERthyroidism. Also, check with a natural health store and theycan direct you into some natural and healthy ways to gain weight.!
I too used to be anorexic at 126 lbs on a nearly 6 ft frame, but then I had HYPOthyroidism (and surgury to remove part of my thyroid) which caused me to loose nearly all metabolism (that causes one to burn calories) and then being (nuked) in the war tookleft me with not much of my thyroid functioning...thus, overwieght! So please pray for me too, The poor taste of the water in W. Texas has caused me over the years to not llike water...I have to make myself drink it. I have become addicted to Dr. Peppers..(thanks DH ::)), so pray for me to be able to give those up too, as I have a lot of work to do.
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If Jennie could have prepared the "Last Supper" there would have been 12 very satisfied disciples laying around rubbing their bellies and burpping and pooting.
Longhorn
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Longhorn,
Hopefully there was a bible equivalent of tums and stuff like that.
Sincerely,
Anne C. McGuire
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They probably used herbs and such back then.
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Iris
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Nah... I like Longhorn's picture of the disciples sitting around burping and pooting!
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Ha!!!
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Gena,
Parenthetical statements work nicely as well. :D
Sincerely,
Anne C. McGuire
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annie. you must be very smart and i must be very dumb. But what is a parenthetical statement? I hate not knowing what something is. Rick
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Rick,
nah I do not see myself as smart. There are many things that I do not know about, and I ask what they are. That to me is the sign of a "smart" person, when they do not know, they ask for directions. There is no shame in asking what stuff is, the only shame is trying to appear like you know it all when you really do not have a clue. So, you are smart as I am, as well as the people on the forum, and a good deal of others in the world.
Parenthetical statements are sentences written between parentheses. Gena had written
(darn couldn't find a burping smiley). These statements either serve to explain something more in detail, or in forums or in chat rooms to denote a physical emotion or something beside the written word as in when I usually write <starts singing and dancing>. These can explain moods or do any other functions, usually those of elaboration. Bracketed statements [NOTE: usually contain a definition or an explantion or a citation]. These are just attention grabbers that separate text that the writer wishes to put special emphasis on compared to the rest of the text. Same principle as CAPS do.
Hope this explains, and thanks for asking. This is my working definition or how I use the word, it may be different in a dictionary or a standard English book.
Sincerely,
Anne C. McGuire
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thank you. i relly do learn alot from this board.
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I did have my thyroid checked and it's fine. I am just made weird I guess!
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Jennie, I just noticed....how come you are a guest????
Just had my thyroid checked too and it is fine, but they still gave me synthroid to take.
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;D..."running around the shower to get wet...."now that is a CLASSIC ;D ;D
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Hey Jennie, you will be in my prayers.
Like most people here however, I wish I had your "appetite". Craving all those healthy foods and dry salads?? My word girl! That really is unique.
I can't understand why your doctor wants you to gain weight when you eat so healthy. Is he afraid your low weight is causing other health problems? From what you say you've been like this all your life and you sound like you're still alive and kicking. If your weight is stable than maybe you will be okay just the way you are. I'm no doctor however, but eating 3 cinnabons and a soda for breakfast does not sound like it would be "healthy" on your poor digestive system.
I know there is a huge growing concern for woman who are underweight and it is good that your doctor is concerned about you.
But it does not sound like you have any psychological barriers to eating. I use to work as a counselor for several years with people who had very severe eating disorders. Our goal at the clinic was to teach them healthy eating habits (among other things) and to get their weight to where it was reasonable and they were comfortable.
There were times when some had such a high metabolism that they were well from the eating disorder, but were still considered low or underweight by medical standards. However, we had doctors working with us who were of the mind that if there were no other medical problems and if the women were menstruating, then they had enough of the good type of fat in their bodies to deem them at an acceptable weight. I'm assuming your body is working fine too since you've had children!
Perhaps you should probe your doctor about what his major concerns are...like is your heart in trouble? Because if you have nothing else to worry about, perhaps you can just be you, eating what you like and not be anxious over your weight anymore. God has made us all so uniquely different, and I have found through my experience at the clinic that a number on a scale can really be meaningless when it comes to physical health. Hope I haven't overstepped in sharing my thoughts with you.
Hope it all works out for you! ;)
God Bless you,
Diana
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I am not trying to scare anyone here but I relate this info just as a factual event. I worked with this guy for years who never gained weight but he was a very heavy eater(big macs, fries, soda..........supersize it please) and this went on for years. he was about my height at 6 foot but only weighed about 125 pounds. finally a few years ago his wife convinced him to seek medical advice because she just had a feeling something wasnt right. well..........lo and behold this guy had a worm in his intestine that when they removed it , it was nearly 9 feet long. I know you all are thinking I am making this up, but it is the honest truth. now this same guy weighs about 175 pounds. i know this is strange but it is also true..............rick
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Let me have some of those worms ;) ;D
Craig
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Hey Craig you beat me to the punch. I was going to ask where you could get
some of those worms too but I didn't want to appear
too desperate! he he ;D
I don't know why they don't give people worms instead of bypass surgery. At least
that would be reversible -just could take out the worm or give them some wormicide
to drink when a person gets to their desired weight. Makes sense to me! ;D
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nobody loves me
everybody hates me
Im gonna eat some worms
worms are greasy
go down easy
im gonna eat some worms
Yall must think im nuts and i am. but to lose weight, try water. the final extraction process is probably not quite as violating as worms. a person can get HOOKED on worms if they arent careful. if you dont believe me, just ask any fish.i wonder if a chocolate covered worm would be worth eating???????????Dont tell anne....please
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Don't worry about fitting in with the status quo. The media has or has had all of us to varying degrees in fear, insecurity, and self consciousness. This is how they're making merchandise of us. If it's not them telling you that you need viagra or a hair transplant, then they're telling us women we need implants. Well, thank God that He says, I have not given you the spirit of fear (self consciousness, and insecurity); but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7).
I can't believe you're complaining. Girl, if only you saw me. I'm speaking as far as from a physical perspective. 2 Corinthians 10:7 - Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? Growing up and as a grown up, my parents, peers, and doctors have been saying things to just cut into me. I've got peace within myself now. 1 Corinthians 1:27-29 - But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence.
My husband thinks I'm a pearl, (1 Peter 3:3-4 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.), and in Christ I do too. I guess he has a spiritual perspective. 2 Corinthians 10:10
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Hopefully there was a bible equivalent of tums and stuff like that.
Well, I know that they ate manna in the wilderness and their feet didn't swell and that Jesus said a man does not live by bread alone (Matthew 4:4). He was on a forty day fast being tempted by the devil probably with some sort of fear, insecurity, and self consciousness. Hebrews 4:15.
IN CHRIST,
Bev
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Hey Rick,
There's a guy at a flee market not far from where i live. he sells tape worms, and people buy em like crazy for the sole purpose of loosing weight..
rj
Does he sell tape also? May not be a need for it if you eat tape worms. ;D
During my senior year in High School (I weighed only 95 lbs) and my mother was concerned; so the doc suggested checking for tape worms. :o
I did not have tape worms. Very humiliating for a 16 yr old boy. :-[ >:(
I eat bugs (thanks, Dennis); Acidophilus.
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Hey Rick,
There's a guy at a flee market not far from where i live. he sells tape worms, and people buy em like crazy for the sole purpose of loosing weight..
rj
I guess if anyone can believe God will torture most of His creation for all eternity, eating a few worms wouldnt be out of the question!!!!
Do tapeworms really make you hungry?
Not usually. In fact, a tapeworm is more likely to make you lose your appetite. That's because the worm can irritate your bowels when it attaches to them with its circular suckers (and, in some cases, its movable hooks). Though the parasite does absorb some of your digested food through its skin, it won't eat enough to make you hungry. (One variety—the "fish tapeworm"—can cause a vitamin B-12 deficiency in some patients.) The worm won't starve you, but irritation of your intestines can cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, reduced appetite, and weight loss.
Most patients don't experience any of these symptoms. You probably wouldn't know you had an infection unless you found stray worm segments—called "proglottids"—swimming in your stool. Each proglottid constitutes a self-contained (hermaphroditic) reproductive organ holding up to 100,000 eggs. A tapeworm reproduces by detaching these sections from its tail, so that the eggs can find their way out of your body and into a new host.
Doctors have described several other symptoms that go along with tapeworm infection in rare cases. Some patients develop headaches, convulsions, or skin rashes. Others actually do see an increase in appetite, just like Glen "Big Baby" Davis. Few comprehensive studies of these unusual symptoms have been completed, and parasitologists don't have a good sense of how prevalent these side effects are.
We do know that the eggs of some kinds of parasites—like the "pork tapeworm"—can become implanted inside your body.* This can cause much more serious complications, as the eggs embed themselves in bodily organs and cause cysts in your liver, lungs, or brain.
HUNGRY ANYONE??????????????????
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Many years back there was this exchange between a couple of noted deep thinkers when they were discussing what to have for breakfast;
(Curly) "I'll have burnt toast and a rotten egg."
(Moe) "Burnt toast and a rotten egg? Whatta ya want that for?"
(Curly) "I got a tapeworm and that's good enough for him!"
From the short 'Punch Drunks'
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BURNT TOAST AND A ROTTEN EGG? I didnt know my wife ever cooked for any deep noted thinkers!!!! if you read this, susan, I LOVE YOU........rick
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Hey you Guys,
Well I made a BIG mistake to eat my breakfast cereal while reading this thread! ;D
I think I am going to be sick. I'm feeling kinda nauseas. (http://bestsmileys.com/sick/7.gif) Hey RJ I was just kidding
about wanting to have some of them worms! I didn't know that people really bought them to
help them loose weight.Yuk! I'm not THAT desperate!
Hey Rick thanks for the detail facts concerning worms, that's important information that we all need to know! He he ::)
That was a BAD joke concerning your wife's cooking! You better hope she doesn't visit the forum. :D
Hey Patrick I knew that acidophilus was a bacteria but I didn't realize that it was considered a bug?
I looked it up and sure enough it is called a friendly bug. I learn something new everyday! ;)
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YYYYYYUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKK!
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what do ya call cheese that is not yours? ;D
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could it be NACH-YO CHEESE? (nacho) Just a thought
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??? smarty pants! ugggh!!! ;D do you see the movie too?
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sorry, did not know there was a movie..........rick
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oh boy, you guys are such clowns!! ;D
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skydreamer....a merry heart doeth good like a medicine! :) nice doggy in your avatar...we have a white sled dog of mixed breed...very sweet!
Rick...the movie was "Half Nelson" ...we had to fast forward past a lot of scenes...but the message of the movie "to me" seemed closely tied to UR ...I liked it! The famous guy that played in "The Notebook," I can't remember his name right now...Ryan...somethingerother...anyway...he and this 12 year old really cute little African American girl were in it....he's a history teacher in a rundown urban school and she is one of his students....he's trying to make a difference....and at the same time struggling with a serious drug addiction....his main struggle, however, is with his own words; "we CANT be good, but we KEEP trying!" I wanted to just scream at the screen and tell him..."you dummy! you've GOT the ANSWER right on the tip of your tongue...DONT stop NOW! Think it through...WE CANT be GOOD! that's right...but continually trying to be good will NEVER make our situation any different...WE HAVE TO BE CHANGED!!" Still I could relate to his struggles and enjoyed the movie.
okay...I've finished ranting and raving about a silly movie! :::goes back to her corner:::: ::)
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Paula,
Acidpholis is one of the 'good' bacteria that makes up what my family take on a daily basis called a PROBIOTIC. I; suppliment for maintaining a good bowel terrain.
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Susan,
My favorite way to enjoy Acidophilis is drinking Strawberry Kefir, yum! :)
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Do you think that Activa by Dannon yogurt will help?l I have acidopholus but I keep forgetting it as you have to keep it in the fridge. Well, yogurt yu do to, but you know what I mean. ???
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Hi Jennie BLESS U
well first of all id just say some people will Love what GOD has Blessed U with lol!, But! to Y im posting, I use feel the same way aye, like wen I was in my my mid 20z I was on 70kgs or so & that is like skinny as well here in NZ lol! sum Big boiz here lol!, But! I started having this Protien stuff called Horleys Whey
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Gena,
you get more 'live' acidopholus, lactobacillus, and bifidobacterium in a probiotic than you can in yogurt; you would have to eat ???alot of yogurt everyday to get what porbiotics give you. Probiotics are great for a healthy digestive tract too. Plus, I take one that doesn't require refirgeration. (PB8 brand.)
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Rick...the movie was "Half Nelson" ...we had to fast forward past a lot of scenes...but the message of the movie "to me" seemed closely tied to UR ...I liked it! The famous guy that played in "The Notebook," I can't remember his name right now...Ryan...somethingerother...anyway...he and this 12 year old really cute little African American girl were in it....he's a history teacher in a rundown urban school and she is one of his students....he's trying to make a difference....and at the same time struggling with a serious drug addiction....his main struggle, however, is with his own words; "we CANT be good, but we KEEP trying!" I wanted to just scream at the screen and tell him..."you dummy! you've GOT the ANSWER right on the tip of your tongue...DONT stop NOW! Think it through...WE CANT be GOOD! that's right...but continually trying to be good will NEVER make our situation any different...WE HAVE TO BE CHANGED!!" Still I could relate to his struggles and enjoyed the movie.
Hi Joyce, I just saw that movie this weekend and I also had the same reaction! Not only that, but God spoke to me through that movie, because although I hate to admit it, that was me! (Not exactly the same but close enough to make me run to the bathroom and cry!) I had been distressed at what I thought was a lack of progression in my life and then God showed me through this movie..."look, you're not there anymore!" And I realized I wasn't and yet I didn't really know how I got from that to where I am now....Strange how God can speak to us in so many different ways according to who we are. So, it was a bit of a turning point for me.
Peace,
Diana
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Just an update after gorging myself for the mast 2 months on pastas, cheeses, milkshakes , etc. I had my appt. and lo and behold.... lost 2 lbs.! I told the doc. I had ben trying so hard and he now said I have a super high metabolism and that is just the way I am made! Jennie
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Almost forgot... now the 12 gauge almost weighs almost half as much as me. Being barely 5 feet makes it even funnier!
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Well Jennie,
At least maybe now the Dr. will lay off of you for awhile! Lost 2 lbs...bless your heart ;)
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Now I get to go back to my lovely carrots, lettuce, tuna and all. I am still cooking my old southern meals for whoever comes by and I am just going to enjoy! Yeah!!! Jennie
p.s. Our kids are moving this week into their first home. It is so cute and they are thrilled to be property owners. Maybe a better term would be mortgage owners!!! Please keep them in ya'll's prayers and us to as we will be helping them move this week. Also, my sweet Michael and I are about to celebrate 26 years and I am so thankful for God's blessing to me in giving me such a fine man.
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Congrats jennie on your 26th anniversary! (Me and DH will be married for 17 yrs this July.....(the actual date of our anniversary this year will be ....07-07-07....I love the number seven, my favorite...I can tell something good is about to break loose! :D !!!!)
And keep up the good works for everyon from your kitchen :P :P :P
I hope that the move goes well!
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Hi Jennie. I thought you were trying to GAIN 5 lbs. Anyway if you have high metabolism then Dr. can't bug ya!!
I must have really LOW metabolism, cuz I can THINK about one of your dishes and gain 5 lbs!!!
I still wanna know why God made healthy things taste like cardboard, and chocolate tastes divine...tho a moment on the lips a lifetime on the hips!!
I am waiting for Jerry to come home w/ dinner so I am kinda hungry right now.
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Hi Jennie.....I was hoping that you would be back on the carrots, lettuce, tuna, etc etc etc...all those "good" foods ! Eating the "other way", all the time would not have been good for the blood vessels, arteries, digestive system, etc....Once in awhile, yeah ( dont we all ? ....lol ), but for the long term.....naw.....wouldn't have been healthy for ya. But I dont have any ideas for you to gain weight either, except for the subject of water. Maybe your body wants more ? Well, I wont say much more, since I'm one of those on the other side of the fence with this food/weight stuff.
Happy eatin,
Scribbles
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Hey Jennie you should have my daughter make you some brownies.
I went on a 3 day liquid fast before starting my diet. I was hoping it would help me
get control of my appetite. Well the day I came off my fast my daughter made these brownies.
The next day I weighed myself and I gained 4 lbs! So she calls them her 4 lb brownies.
Yum, she made some last night with chocolate chips on top. I think I'll stay off the scale today. He he
~Paula :)
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I was trying to gain but it didn't work so I lost instead! I love ice water. It is so hot here especially in the spring and summers. In summer we have what we call " wet heat" and it's worse down in the swamps. I think where we live has a lot to do with my food/drink cravings. Well, maybe that's not right because Michael was supposed to lose weight and he can't. He likes things like soda and all when he's hot and I don't.... just my beautiful glass of ice water! Jennie
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I don't know how to work this new look to the forum !!! Just wondered how Anne is doing and did she get to the dr.?Jennie
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Hi Jennie. Yes Anne is better! PTL.