more flak

I think you're right---in his mind (like most of the world), you're
breaking the Holy Rules---you're eating fat, not exercising and losng
weight. This is probably drivng him a little nuts. The only way he can
make it make sense, in his mind, is to assume you MUST be anorexic, or
even bulemic. To his way of belief, nothing else could account for your
weight loss.

LassChance~
5-16-05 202/182/162

Cubit said:

I had an outing with several friends Friday. One of them seemed to actually
get angry about my lack of exercise. I explained that I have been doing
yardwork, walking at flea markets, and some roof repairs, but he insisted
that was not regular exercise. He does regular bicycling, yet he has not
lost a pound. I'm thinking he is actually angry because of jealousy. Then
he started in talking about anorexia and such [censored], as if I were
underweight. My BMI is now 23.8. I'm far from anorexic.

It's just another example of how people think your business is their
business. Unfortunate, but that's the way of the world now-a-days.

Considering the progress you've made, it seems to me that he would be
asking *you* how it's done, not insisting that he knows! LOL!

The anorexia thing is funny. I don't know what my final weight will
be yet -- we'll re-evaluate as things progress. But used to be 135 to
140 was just right. Now, when people see pictures of me at that
weight, they say, "Wow! You looked great!" -- but when they *hear*
the number, they say, "Oh my Gawd! Isn't that too skinny for
you?!?!"

*sigh*

Quoted message said:

I broke my rule about not eating in restaurants that morning, but I just had
side order eggs and coffee. The Fitday numbers should be reasonably
accurate for that.

That's a good idea -- yes, that would be pretty easy to get "right",
wouldn't it?

Congrads on your progress, Cubit. :-)

August Goals: Keep BGLs in normal range; Not hungry, don't eat
Weight: 30 pounds gone (whoop!)
Measurements: 13 inches gone 06/19/2005
A1c 6.8! Ack!

Bailey's Girl said:

The anorexia thing is funny. I don't know what my final weight will
be yet -- we'll re-evaluate as things progress. But used to be 135 to
140 was just right. Now, when people see pictures of me at that
weight, they say, "Wow! You looked great!" -- but when they *hear*
the number, they say, "Oh my Gawd! Isn't that too skinny for
you?!?!"

*sigh*

Humanity..... has problems relating to numbers.

Pictures seem to be easier to understand.... no numbers involved.

Cubit said:

I had an outing with several friends Friday. One of them seemed to actually
get angry about my lack of exercise. I explained that I have been doing
yardwork, walking at flea markets, and some roof repairs, but he insisted
that was not regular exercise.

False - If it doesn't happen in the gym it's not exercise.

Roof repairs take a LOT of energy.

I take it your mouth replied "That's nice" and your inner voice
replied "What a fool".

Quoted message said:

He does regular bicycling, yet he has not
lost a pound. I'm thinking he is actually angry because of jealousy.

Green is for jealousy.

And I am a very jubilant, happy go lucky, animated, out spoken, unshy
human being. I'm not freak with fake burgundy wine hair, nor do I think
I look good as Thelma Thick Thigh in cheap pleather pants ROFL!!!
Laureen

Sherry said:

"Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Why? There are some of us in here who aren't "punctuation police" but
read your posts and get the impression you're a hysterical 14 year old
on too much caffeine.

I get the impression that she's excited and enthusiastic about her subject
🙂.

I've noticed that some people have a naturally ebullient nature and it comes
through in their posts via punctuation, as it would in their voice through
animated inflection. I'm usually drawn to such enthusiasm rather than
repelled by it 🙂.
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http://lowcarb.owly.net

"Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Why? There are some of us in here who aren't "punctuation police" but
read your posts and get the impression you're a hysterical 14 year old
on too much caffeine.

I get the impression that she's excited and enthusiastic about her subject
🙂.

I've noticed that some people have a naturally ebullient nature and it comes
through in their posts via punctuation, as it would in their voice through
animated inflection. I'm usually drawn to such enthusiasm rather than
repelled by it 🙂.
--
Sherry
364/311/195
http://lowcarb.owly.net

"Laureen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

And I am a very jubilant, happy go lucky, animated, out spoken, unshy
human being. I'm not freak with fake burgundy wine hair, nor do I think
I look good as Thelma Thick Thigh in cheap pleather pants ROFL!!!
Laureen

Someone sounds a *tad* jealous.

Laureen said:

And I am a very jubilant, happy go lucky, animated, out spoken, unshy
human being. I'm not freak with fake burgundy wine hair, nor do I think
I look good as Thelma Thick Thigh in cheap pleather pants ROFL!!!

This reminds me that it's time to give props where they're due:

Hey Lunacita, good job getting a good bit of the weight off and keeping it
off. Whether you do or don't ever get down to your eventual goal, losing a
significant amount of weight and keeping it off is a real accomplishment.

I think you've mentioned that you're going through a less dramatic hair
phase, but, as someone who has once sent out an email to my office - "yes,
it is *really* red" and gotten puzzled replies from people who hadn't run
into me in the halls yet, I've always enjoyed your willingness to have fun
with it. I shaved my head, too, when I had a job where it didn't matter,
and I have the pictures of myself looking like Sinead O'Connor dressed up
as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz to prove it. :-)

So, you go grrl!

Martha

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Sherry said:

"Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Why? There are some of us in here who aren't "punctuation police" but
read your posts and get the impression you're a hysterical 14 year old
on too much caffeine.

I get the impression that she's excited and enthusiastic about her subject
🙂.

I've noticed that some people have a naturally ebullient nature and it comes
through in their posts via punctuation, as it would in their voice through
animated inflection. I'm usually drawn to such enthusiasm rather than
repelled by it 🙂.
--
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364/311/195
http://lowcarb.owly.net

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Laureen said:

And I am a very jubilant, happy go lucky, animated, out spoken, unshy
human being.

And kinda mean.

Quoted message said:

I'm not freak with fake burgundy wine hair, nor do I think
I look good as Thelma Thick Thigh in cheap pleather pants ROFL!!!
Laureen

No, you're a freak for much more fundamental reasons than hair color and
pants. And, when I bought those pants they were in. ;o)

Quoted message said:

Sherry said:

"Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Why? There are some of us in here who aren't "punctuation police" but
read your posts and get the impression you're a hysterical 14 year old
on too much caffeine.

I get the impression that she's excited and enthusiastic about her subject
🙂.

I've noticed that some people have a naturally ebullient nature and it comes
through in their posts via punctuation, as it would in their voice through
animated inflection. I'm usually drawn to such enthusiasm rather than
repelled by it 🙂.
--
Sherry
364/311/195
http://lowcarb.owly.net

--
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

In article <[email hidden]>,

Martha S. Gallagher said:

Laureen said:

And I am a very jubilant, happy go lucky, animated, out spoken, unshy
human being. I'm not freak with fake burgundy wine hair, nor do I think
I look good as Thelma Thick Thigh in cheap pleather pants ROFL!!!

This reminds me that it's time to give props where they're due:

Hey Lunacita, good job getting a good bit of the weight off and keeping it
off. Whether you do or don't ever get down to your eventual goal, losing a
significant amount of weight and keeping it off is a real accomplishment.

Thanks. It's really hard to keep up the motivation to lose more when
you're reasonably happy with your appearance, as I am now even still
being 15 - 20 pounds from goal. I'm focussing more on just keeping up
the exercise and eating well because it makes me feel good, and whatever
happens with my weight, well, it just happens.

Quoted message said:

I think you've mentioned that you're going through a less dramatic hair
phase, but, as someone who has once sent out an email to my office - "yes,
it is *really* red" and gotten puzzled replies from people who hadn't run
into me in the halls yet, I've always enjoyed your willingness to have fun
with it. I shaved my head, too, when I had a job where it didn't matter,
and I have the pictures of myself looking like Sinead O'Connor dressed up
as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz to prove it. :-)

So, you go grrl!

Martha

Thanks. Yeah, right now my hair is brown with goldish highlights. I
changed the "new haircut" pic to the most current one:

http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick/photos/haircut.html

I feel different about my appearance now from how I used to. When I was
at my heaviest, I tended to be pretty plain on purpose. Brown hair,
jeans, t-shirts. When I started losing weight I got more flamboyant.
The hair, the clothes, getting my nails done, wearing lots of makeup,
all "look at me!!" Now I feel more like just "me." Don't need to hide,
don't need to shout, I just want to be who I am. I tend to dress more
conservatively now, because fight it as I might I'm really kind of
preppy at my core. Now the bright red hair and gothwear feels like I
was wearing a costume.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Sherry said:

"Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Why? There are some of us in here who aren't "punctuation police" but
> read your posts and get the impression you're a hysterical 14 year old
> on too much caffeine.

I get the impression that she's excited and enthusiastic about her subject
🙂.

I've noticed that some people have a naturally ebullient nature and it
comes
through in their posts via punctuation, as it would in their voice through
animated inflection. I'm usually drawn to such enthusiasm rather than
repelled by it 🙂.
--
Sherry
364/311/195
http://lowcarb.owly.net

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My feeling is that if you don't make time specifically for exercise,
but just call your everyday chores "exercise", then you're gettting
less exercise than folks who do 30-45 minutes a day of actual exercise
PLUS do their chores (including roofing, etc.) See what I'm sayin'?
It's part of the WOL.

Nope not mean at all but you started a pissing match so I took my turn.
I quote you: "There are some of us in here who aren't "punctuation
police" but
read your posts and get the impression you're a hysterical 14 year old
on too much caffeine". Just who are you speaking for???? You mean YOU
get the impression I am a hysterical 14 year old on too much caffeine?
Speak for yourself and not others OK? Who has the past with all the
drama cast in her posts? You're the one who gets hysterical over the
small [censored] in life. Who has more "whinny whoa is me" posts?.... You (or
can I say her name without her reappearing?)... Miss Jaime!
Only YOU complain about what you're having to eat, what you're going to
eat, and the stupid things people say to you in your boring day to day
life.
Laureen

Luna said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Laureen said:

And I am a very jubilant, happy go lucky, animated, out spoken, unshy
human being.

And kinda mean.

Quoted message said:

I'm not freak with fake burgundy wine hair, nor do I think
I look good as Thelma Thick Thigh in cheap pleather pants ROFL!!!
Laureen

No, you're a freak for much more fundamental reasons than hair color and
pants. And, when I bought those pants they were in. ;o)

Quoted message said:

Sherry said:

"Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
> Why? There are some of us in here who aren't "punctuation police" but
> read your posts and get the impression you're a hysterical 14 year old
> on too much caffeine.

I get the impression that she's excited and enthusiastic about her subject
🙂.

I've noticed that some people have a naturally ebullient nature and it comes
through in their posts via punctuation, as it would in their voice through
animated inflection. I'm usually drawn to such enthusiasm rather than
repelled by it 🙂.
--
Sherry
364/311/195
http://lowcarb.owly.net

--
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

Quoted message said:

I'm not freak with fake burgundy wine hair, nor do I think
I look good as Thelma Thick Thigh in cheap pleather pants ROFL!!!
Laureen

That was totally uncalled for.

After reading a few of your posts. Laureen, I must say you come off as
lazy, homicidal, catty, and dumb. If that's the image you're trying to
project -- good job!

PS: Another benefit of exercise is relief from some of that "ebulience"
of yours. Jesus christ, girl, chill out. It's unattractive.

She started it with "the 14 year old hysterical [censored]" post of hers.
My post was not out of the blue and unwarranted. She took it upon
herself to insult me and speak for others in the group before thinking.
I replied to her low blow. So peddle backwords and read what I replied
to before you judge me ok??
Laureen

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I'm not freak with fake burgundy wine hair, nor do I think
I look good as Thelma Thick Thigh in cheap pleather pants ROFL!!!
Laureen

That was totally uncalled for.

After reading a few of your posts. Laureen, I must say you come off as
lazy, homicidal, catty, and dumb. If that's the image you're trying to
project -- good job!

PS: Another benefit of exercise is relief from some of that "ebulience"
of yours. Jesus christ, girl, chill out. It's unattractive.

"Laureen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Who has more "whinny whoa is me" posts?.... You (or
can I say her name without her reappearing?)... Miss Jaime!

I don't *need* to say a thing. You'll put the noose around your *own* neck
and it looks like you are doing so.

I said you give the impression of a hysterical 14 year old, and you do.
The multiple explanation marks, the misspellings, the ubiquitous lol's,
and the random capitalization all lend to that impression. You said you
do it on purpose to [censored] certain people off, and I said that it could
have another unintended effect on other people.

As for speaking for others in the group, I'm sorry about that. It could
very well just be me who thinks your writing comes across that way.
Maybe everyone else here thinks you write like a mature, calm,
intelligent person. Could be, you never know.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Laureen said:

She started it with "the 14 year old hysterical [censored]" post of hers.
My post was not out of the blue and unwarranted. She took it upon
herself to insult me and speak for others in the group before thinking.
I replied to her low blow. So peddle backwords and read what I replied
to before you judge me ok??
Laureen

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I'm not freak with fake burgundy wine hair, nor do I think
I look good as Thelma Thick Thigh in cheap pleather pants ROFL!!!
Laureen

That was totally uncalled for.

After reading a few of your posts. Laureen, I must say you come off as
lazy, homicidal, catty, and dumb. If that's the image you're trying to
project -- good job!

PS: Another benefit of exercise is relief from some of that "ebulience"
of yours. Jesus christ, girl, chill out. It's unattractive.

--
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

Mmk. I'm trying to remember when I complained about what I was eating
or what I was going to eat. I've complained about having to cut the
_amount_ of food in order to lose weight, because being hungry sucks,
but I'm nearly certain I'm not the only one who's done that. And I
don't think I've ever gotten hysterical about any small things. Can you
cite examples please?

In article <[email hidden]>,

Laureen said:

Nope not mean at all but you started a pissing match so I took my turn.
I quote you: "There are some of us in here who aren't "punctuation
police" but
read your posts and get the impression you're a hysterical 14 year old
on too much caffeine". Just who are you speaking for???? You mean YOU
get the impression I am a hysterical 14 year old on too much caffeine?
Speak for yourself and not others OK? Who has the past with all the
drama cast in her posts? You're the one who gets hysterical over the
small [censored] in life. Who has more "whinny whoa is me" posts?.... You (or
can I say her name without her reappearing?)... Miss Jaime!
Only YOU complain about what you're having to eat, what you're going to
eat, and the stupid things people say to you in your boring day to day
life.
Laureen

Luna said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Laureen said:

And I am a very jubilant, happy go lucky, animated, out spoken, unshy
human being.

And kinda mean.

Quoted message said:

I'm not freak with fake burgundy wine hair, nor do I think
I look good as Thelma Thick Thigh in cheap pleather pants ROFL!!!
Laureen

No, you're a freak for much more fundamental reasons than hair color and
pants. And, when I bought those pants they were in. ;o)

Quoted message said:

Sherry wrote:
> "Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> news:[email hidden]...
> > Why? There are some of us in here who aren't "punctuation police"
> > but
> > read your posts and get the impression you're a hysterical 14 year
> > old
> > on too much caffeine.
>
> I get the impression that she's excited and enthusiastic about her
> subject
> 🙂.
>
> I've noticed that some people have a naturally ebullient nature and it
> comes
> through in their posts via punctuation, as it would in their voice
> through
> animated inflection. I'm usually drawn to such enthusiasm rather than
> repelled by it 🙂.
> --
> Sherry
> 364/311/195
> http://lowcarb.owly.net

--
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

--
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

This is what you said verbatum: Why? There are some of us in here who
aren't "punctuation police" but
read your posts and get the impression you're a hysterical 14 year old
on too much caffeine.

As for my punctuation, The multiple explanation marks, the
misspellings, the ubiquitous lol's,
and the random capitalization. They are me trying to express what I am
saying so my point is not misconstrued. As we all know in here, ones
tone of voice can't be heard when saying something. Capitalization is
me emphasizing a word strongly or sometimes I get the cap button stuck.
How do you suggest I do that(emphasize my word)???
I was joking when I mentioned the part of pissing people off. I am a
hunt and peckerer, never had a typing class in my life. I Didnt have to
know how to type to hand a surgeon instruments down in the operating
room. So I DO PRETTY good considering. And as far as LOL's, you're
being nit picky!

I'm who I am, if I bother you, kill file me!

Luna said:

I said you give the impression of a hysterical 14 year old, and you do.
The multiple explanation marks, the misspellings, the ubiquitous lol's,
and the random capitalization all lend to that impression. You said you
do it on purpose to [censored] certain people off, and I said that it could
have another unintended effect on other people.

As for speaking for others in the group, I'm sorry about that. It could
very well just be me who thinks your writing comes across that way.
Maybe everyone else here thinks you write like a mature, calm,
intelligent person. Could be, you never know.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Laureen said:

She started it with "the 14 year old hysterical [censored]" post of hers.
My post was not out of the blue and unwarranted. She took it upon
herself to insult me and speak for others in the group before thinking.
I replied to her low blow. So peddle backwords and read what I replied
to before you judge me ok??
Laureen

Quoted message said:

> I'm not freak with fake burgundy wine hair, nor do I think
> I look good as Thelma Thick Thigh in cheap pleather pants ROFL!!!
> Laureen

That was totally uncalled for.

After reading a few of your posts. Laureen, I must say you come off as
lazy, homicidal, catty, and dumb. If that's the image you're trying to
project -- good job!

PS: Another benefit of exercise is relief from some of that "ebulience"
of yours. Jesus christ, girl, chill out. It's unattractive.

--
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

"Laureen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I'm who I am, if I bother you, kill file me!

Okay..buh-bye. Good riddance to bad grammar.