Here We Go Again

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Back in your hole fatty. Nobody pulled your chain.

I see you've posted in 2 threads under this name in all of Google (at least since
July which is as far back as I was willing to check). Obviously you just made up
this name for the express purpose of being an [censored] on USENET -- either that or
you just started posting for the first time, period, and simply can't help being
an [censored] no matter what you do. Clearly you were making the above comment to
the mirror.

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Saffire
205/148/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

"Saffire" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

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Back in your hole fatty. Nobody pulled your chain.

I see you've posted in 2 threads under this name in all of Google (at

least since

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July which is as far back as I was willing to check). Obviously you just

made up

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this name for the express purpose of being an [censored] on USENET -- either

that or

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you just started posting for the first time, period, and simply can't help

being

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an [censored] no matter what you do. Clearly you were making the above

comment to

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the mirror.

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Saffire
205/148/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

Hey [censored], nobody pulled your chain either. Are you Keeblerian?

Hey Carol-
I read once that it is very common for people in Overeaters Anonymous to
also have problems with shoppin/spending addiction. There is a link
somewhere for a lot of people. If you add that to problems with brain
chemistry, you have a tough row to hoe. You can get control so persavere and
know that there are a lot of people sending out positive energy to you. Hang
in there.
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Bear-
Grrrrrrrrrrrr :o)

"Carol" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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At the beginning of this month, I made some enormous financial errors

which

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resulted in having first our electricity and then our gas turned off.

I had to give all my perishables to my daughter. I know she doesn't have
space for all that I gave her, but I like to imagine that she at least
found good homes for some of it. She has a diabetic friend who lives with
her, and I'm hoping that she received some benefit from my loss.

In the meantime, I was so far overdrawn that we couldn't buy food. Wound
up going to the Salvation Army food pantry. We got about a zillion cans

of

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baked beans and several cans of kidney beans. Several kinds of crackers,
day-old bread, creamed corn ... you get the general idea.

The only thing I could safely eat was canned chunk chicken. They gave us
frozen meats, but we had to give them to someone else who was there for
food, since we had no way of keeping them fresh.

I've discovered that I have a bad intolerance to either wheat or gluten.

I

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blow up like a beach ball and look like I could go into labor at any

moment

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when I eat wheat.

I received part of my monthly income yesterday, and we bought yogurt,
cream, Hood's Carb Countdown chocolate milk (for hot cocoa), cream cheese,
eggs, sugar-free bacon, and some shredded mozzarella-cheddar cheese.

For the first time in weeks, I had my old faithful yogurt for breakfast
today. Boy, did that feel good. Both emotionally and physically.

I'm not going to weigh myself until I can see visible improvement. Call

it

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denial if you will, but knowing what's happened to me would likely prove
emotionally devastating.

I borrowed a couple books from the library about compulsive overeating. I
wound up craving every food mentioned in the book, so they're going back

to

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the library. I'm hoping that my HMO will approve visits to an eating
disorder specialist, and am writing them a letter later today, formally
requesting that approval. (They never got back to me when I called on the
phone.)

It's good to be back. I've been miserable, and it's nice to see some
smiling faces.

Carol
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"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

Bear said:

Hey Carol-
I read once that it is very common for people in Overeaters Anonymous to
also have problems with shoppin/spending addiction. There is a link
somewhere for a lot of people. If you add that to problems with brain
chemistry, you have a tough row to hoe. You can get control so persavere and
know that there are a lot of people sending out positive energy to you. Hang
in there.

Thanks, Bear. I have OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder), and a lot of
things are very difficult for me to manage. I wish I were an obsessive
bookkeeper. <G>

Thanks for the vibes. I really appreciate them.

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

Bear said:

Hey Carol-
I read once that it is very common for people in Overeaters Anonymous to
also have problems with shoppin/spending addiction. There is a link
somewhere for a lot of people. If you add that to problems with brain
chemistry, you have a tough row to hoe. You can get control so persavere and
know that there are a lot of people sending out positive energy to you. Hang
in there.

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It's good to be back. I've been miserable, and it's nice to see some
smiling faces.

Carol
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Here's some more.

🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂)

Ditto the Bear, Carol. You take care of yourself. For addictions the
book that helped me was "There is a Spiritual Solution to every Problem"
by Wayne Dyer. NOT religious.

Barb

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Carol said:

Bear said:

Hey Carol-
I read once that it is very common for people in Overeaters Anonymous to
also have problems with shoppin/spending addiction. There is a link
somewhere for a lot of people. If you add that to problems with brain
chemistry, you have a tough row to hoe. You can get control so persavere and
know that there are a lot of people sending out positive energy to you. Hang
in there.

Thanks, Bear. I have OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder), and a lot of
things are very difficult for me to manage. I wish I were an obsessive
bookkeeper. <G>

Thanks for the vibes. I really appreciate them.

Carol

Maybe there's a way to channel your impulses in healthier directions? I
haven't been diagnosed with any disorders (though an OCD friend seems to
think I have OCD too, but anyway) but I do get obsessive impulses on
occasion, usually when I'm stressed out about something. I'm lucky in that
it's usually short lived, but I take advantage of it by doing some
thourough house cleaning. If I feel a bit manic too, well, all the better,
because I will zealously and ruthlessly throw out junk I don't need any
more. Impulsive throwing out is better than impulsive shopping, imo. I've
never regretted it.

Sometimes I'm so upset about something that I don't feel like I have the
ability to concentrate on something like cleaning, so . . . ok, this is a
little nuts, but I will walk up and down my street while silently counting
my steps. As long as I do the counting in my head, I don't _look_ crazy.
;o)

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Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.