WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2018
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Lanette: for your purposes I think a 16:8 type of fast might be what I would try.
Intermittent Fasting I personally turned to intermittent fasting out of desperation. My body tells me that 1250 to 1400 cal or more than enough to maintain my weight. My stomach, however, tells me that that is not enough food and sent constant hunger pains and headaches. My mind agreed with my stomach – that is not enough food. So I turned to intermittent fasting to try to make my limited calorie allotment feel like it was more food.
16:8 IF helped. Pick an 8 hour period and only eat during that window. I chose noon to 8pm. I ate lunch and dinner. Because I was skipping breakfast, I felt like I had more calories to play with. Because I had a flat cut off stop eating at 8 PM rule – I was able to eliminate snacking late at night.
When it was clear my schedule was going to make 16:8 IF impossible for me I looked at 5:2 IF. Turns out for my purposes (stretching the limited calories to make me feel like I could enjoy a good meal and not eat like a rabbit all the time) this was ideal. Two days (I choose Tuesday/Thursday with Sunday as a backup plan) a week I eat 500-600 calories. Generally home made soups and frozen veggies. The other five days I have about 2 to 300 more calories each day to play with. And since I never went back to eating breakfast, I can actually have a very satisfying dinner most days. Or if we have a party or social occasion planned, I can try to eat lighter most of the week and have a significant amount of calories for party food and drink. I have two important rules that I follow. One) I do not eat any calories I have not earned and are still available from the previous seven days. Two) (while Losing) - use ‘em or lose em. If the calories were not used within seven days, the window to use them was closed forever.
Why I like IF: my personality works with the ‘you can’t eat this NOW, because your eating window is closed. You can have it tomorrow. It just mentally ‘clicks’ for me. It also makes it easier to turn down the unexpected treats (IMO).6 -
Today I ran the Cadbury 10K!!
It's quite the event ... the marathon runners are set off at 6 am, and the half-marathon follow them at 6:30 am. There's a little break to allow some of those runners to come in, then the 5K runners were set off at 8:45 and me and my fellow 10K runners at 9:45.
I got there (taxi + shuttle bus) at about 8:20, just in time for the first marathon runner to come across the finish line at 8:24.
And moments later, I came across my work partner! He and I have known each other for 4.5 years, but have only become work partners in the last few months so although I knew that he and his wife ran, I didn't realise how involved they were. She ran the 10K too (much faster than me), and he was there doing photography for the club they are members of and also the Cadbury organisers. So it was nice to have someone there I knew. Another coworker was running the half, but I think she was finished by the time I got there ... she had a fast run.
Then the 10Ks were off! It was a good run. I kept to my slow pace and felt really comfortable. Except for one thing which I'll mention in a minute. I even had enough at the end to give an extra push for the last couple hundred metres.
There were a number of people around who were friendly, and we kept leap-frogging each other. And one other participant in the 10K was a lady who is hoping for an Olympic spot ... I was barely past the 1K point, when she was coming the other way, heading for the finish line!! Does she ever look fit and muscular!
As for the one thing I struggled with ... and I struggle with this on all my runs over 8 km (all 3 of them) ... my left foot goes numb. Like totally asleep as if I'm sitting on my leg. Really weird. I wear my shoes slightly loose, and even stopped at one point to loosen my shoe even more, but I had a numb left foot most of the way.
Despite that, I finished in 1:16:45 ... toward the back of the pack, but not dead last.
I was handed my bag with my medal, a bottle of water, and chocolate ... it is the Cadbury Run after all at the finish line, and then my work partner took me over to the booth his club had set up because they had chocolate cake!!
Machka in Oz
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Matchka I get a numb foot when I stand still to long in one place or walk to far. For me, it is an aggravated disk in my back that swells and presses on my sciatic nerve.
comfort foods/ sick foods. For me comfort foods are anything, sweet or salty or a combination for emotional eating. Comfort food as a meal is a ham dinner, or turkey dinner.
Sick foods any type of soup or chili.
RV Rita
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Lanette: for your purposes I think a 16:8 type of fast might be what I would try.
Intermittent Fasting I personally turned to intermittent fasting out of desperation. My body tells me that 1250 to 1400 cal or more than enough to maintain my weight. My stomach, however, tells me that that is not enough food and sent constant hunger pains and headaches. My mind agreed with my stomach – that is not enough food. So I turned to intermittent fasting to try to make my limited calorie allotment feel like it was more food.
16:8 IF helped. Pick an 8 hour period and only eat during that window. I chose noon to 8pm. I ate lunch and dinner. Because I was skipping breakfast, I felt like I had more calories to play with. Because I had a flat cut off stop eating at 8 PM rule – I was able to eliminate snacking late at night.
When it was clear my schedule was going to make 16:8 IF impossible for me I looked at 5:2 IF. Turns out for my purposes (stretching the limited calories to make me feel like I could enjoy a good meal and not eat like a rabbit all the time) this was ideal. Two days (I choose Tuesday/Thursday with Sunday as a backup plan) a week I eat 500-600 calories. Generally home made soups and frozen veggies. The other five days I have about 2 to 300 more calories each day to play with. And since I never went back to eating breakfast, I can actually have a very satisfying dinner most days. Or if we have a party or social occasion planned, I can try to eat lighter most of the week and have a significant amount of calories for party food and drink. I have two important rules that I follow. One) I do not eat any calories I have not earned and are still available from the previous seven days. Two) (while Losing) - use ‘em or lose em. If the calories were not used within seven days, the window to use them was closed forever.
Why I like IF: my personality works with the ‘you can’t eat this NOW, because your eating window is closed. You can have it tomorrow. It just mentally ‘clicks’ for me. It also makes it easier to turn down the unexpected treats (IMO).
Rye - thank you for the fasting info! That 16:8 is one that I believe Dr. Mercola suggests - I have thought about it, I just never had anyone explain it so well. I'm going to copy and paste your plan!!
I think Mary only eats during a window as well. Mary? Where are you??? And she also looks fabulous like you do. Any time you want compliments on your 30 year old figure, we are here for you!
Seriously, I'm sure you are around plenty of gals half your age that wished they looked half as good as you do.
Regarding your eye, I sure can't tell anything different. They are both warm and lovely.
Well, we just plugged in the new Keurig... the old one finally gave up the ghost after 7 years. The new one looks just like the old one but seems like it's a bit flimsier. Sigh.
I am loving this decluttering discussion. Project for today - taking extra sheets and blankets out of the linen closet and putting them in space bags. EDIT - and I'll date the bags - if I haven't used them in a year, they will be easy to take to the charity shop!
Ok ladies, seize the day!
Lanette
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Lanette: for your purposes I think a 16:8 type of fast might be what I would try.
Intermittent Fasting I personally turned to intermittent fasting out of desperation. My body tells me that 1250 to 1400 cal or more than enough to maintain my weight. My stomach, however, tells me that that is not enough food and sent constant hunger pains and headaches. My mind agreed with my stomach – that is not enough food. So I turned to intermittent fasting to try to make my limited calorie allotment feel like it was more food.
16:8 IF helped. Pick an 8 hour period and only eat during that window. I chose noon to 8pm. I ate lunch and dinner. Because I was skipping breakfast, I felt like I had more calories to play with. Because I had a flat cut off stop eating at 8 PM rule – I was able to eliminate snacking late at night.
When it was clear my schedule was going to make 16:8 IF impossible for me I looked at 5:2 IF. Turns out for my purposes (stretching the limited calories to make me feel like I could enjoy a good meal and not eat like a rabbit all the time) this was ideal. Two days (I choose Tuesday/Thursday with Sunday as a backup plan) a week I eat 500-600 calories. Generally home made soups and frozen veggies. The other five days I have about 2 to 300 more calories each day to play with. And since I never went back to eating breakfast, I can actually have a very satisfying dinner most days. Or if we have a party or social occasion planned, I can try to eat lighter most of the week and have a significant amount of calories for party food and drink. I have two important rules that I follow. One) I do not eat any calories I have not earned and are still available from the previous seven days. Two) (while Losing) - use ‘em or lose em. If the calories were not used within seven days, the window to use them was closed forever.
Why I like IF: my personality works with the ‘you can’t eat this NOW, because your eating window is closed. You can have it tomorrow. It just mentally ‘clicks’ for me. It also makes it easier to turn down the unexpected treats (IMO).
Rye - thank you for the fasting info! That 16:8 is one that I believe Dr. Mercola suggests - I have thought about it, I just never had anyone explain it so well. I'm going to copy and paste your plan!!
I think Mary only eats during a window as well. Mary? Where are you??? And she also looks fabulous like you do. Any time you want comments on your 30 year old figure, we are here for you! Seriously, I'm sure you are around plenty of gals half your age that wished they looked half as good as you do.
Regarding your eye, I sure can't tell anything different. They are both warm and lovely.
Well, we just plugged in the new Keurig... the old one finally gave up the ghost after 7 years. The new one looks just like the old one but seems like it's a bit flimsier. Sigh.
I am loving this decluttering discussion. Project for today - taking extra sheets and blankets out of the linen closet and putting them in space bags.
Ok ladies, seize the day!
Lanette
Foggy SW WA State
If you 16:8 a great tip is to brush your teeth when your eating window closes. Makes it easier NOT to go for a snack somehow.
I’m going to take inspiration from y’all. I’m going to eliminate about 5 sets of queen size sheets I still have for some unknown reason. (We don’t have a queen size bed anymore) today! Step one in mission declutter! (I will keep one set, one we got as a wedding gift - it is the only set with a memory attached.)4 -
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Rye, sorry you feel like Mad Eye Moodie. I felt like a unicorn for five years. I had a lump growing in the middle of my forehead that made me into an elephant woman. It was all I could see and I was sure everyone else just stared at the ugly lumphead. I went to the doctor about it and he told me it was a "calcium deposit." I googled it and found various things it might be. Finally I went back to my doctor to ask him to refer me to a specialist to remove it and my doctor casually said that he could remove it right there in the office. Five years of HELL I put up with every day trying to comb my hair over my lump and a couple minutes of snipping and it was gone. Turned out to be a lump of FAT, not calcium. I wish I had asked for it to be removed five years earlier! I did not even end up with a scar, it healed so well. I used emu oil on it every day. So I let my bangs grow out. I don't need to hide my forehead anymore, but I totally understand how you feel about your eye. I did not notice it in the photo you posted. It's amazing how something like that will affect your self-image and self confidence. I had other issues as a child that affected my social acceptance. I have always been an outcast from my peer group. Guess that's why I value this online friendship place so much.
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Rye, after you told us about your eye, I went back and looked at your picture again. I cannot tell which one it would be. You still look fantastic.
I have one leg that is shorter than the other and my knee on my short leg is the weak one. As a result, I have a pronounced limp most of the time. I can hide it if I concentrate, but lately it just seems to be too much trouble. The time the limp shows up most is when I’m walking directly beside someone else trying to match their pace instead of my natural pace of walking. It’s funny. The older I get, the more self-conscious I am about it. And when people ask, “why are you limping? Did you hurt yourself?” I just want to scream: “I’ve had this limp my whole life! Why are you just now noticing?” But.....I try to be nice. I know they mean well.
Some of you asked have I considered hiring myself out as a declutter consultant, I’m not sure there would be a market for it around here. I know they wouldn’t pay me what my time would be worth. So, I just do it for fun for close family and friends. I realized I have a real talent for it when I transformed my daughter’s bookcase, just by taking everything off the shelves, sorting and rearranging, and putting every bit of it back. Sometimes you do have to get rid of some things, but sometimes, it just needs a re-grouping and some corralling. It grew from necessity as our house we lived in from the time the kids were infants until middle school age was 900 square feet. Everything had to have a place and anything non-essential pretty much had to go.
I have yet to help my mother, who should really be my top priority. Her closets are very, very scary places! Maybe in the spring.
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Rita, one of my happiness commandments is "Don't take things personally". When my mother started telling me that I never called and wasn't there for her, I made a commitment to call her once a week (same day, same time) and wear my emotional kevlar vest so that whatever she said bounced off. I did that for many years My husband did the same thing with his mother (she lived to past 90). Barbie
Good plan Barbie. I was considering doing that. You just convinced me!
Question, why do we do that, torture our emotional selves to make other happy and put on our ‘kevlar’ to call and keep in touch?
Must be love. Or duty?
RV RitaRita, I have a cousin who lives in a nursing home in NYC. She is 94 years old. Her mother who was my grandmother's older sister was my favorite relative of all time. She has been a selfish unhappy woman for most of her life and it's gotten worse now that she has vision problems and lives with full time care. She and my mother talked on the phone weekly and when my mother died in 1991, my cousin started calling me. We talked one night a week. When she ended up in the nursing home, she asked me to call every day and I've tried to do that. Some days I don't get her because the staff doesn't answer when I call or she's asleep. I've thought about stopping the calls. They are shorter now and lacking much substance but even if I miss a day or two, she says that she likes that I call every day. I call now because I'd feel worse if I stopped calling. I don't try to define why I do it, it's just another good habit in my day. Barbie
Another of my happiness commandments "Be kind...no exceptions."8 -
For my afternoon bonus exercise session today I did 10 mins of kettlebell swings (10 sets of 10 swings with a 17 lb bell ) and 15 mins of "line dancing" with no music, just watching TV. For those if you who say you don't have the time, space, or equipment, this took place on a rug, the size of a hearth rug. I just "danced" , paced about, clapped my hands above my head and marched on the spot.
Last week I had three days with alcohol, but still came in at the government recommended limit because the rest were AF. Today is AF. I've just had an AF "stout" with my lamb and flageolet stew. I am so glad I discovered these beers.
Vera tonight. One of my favourite TV series.
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Rye I just noticed how beautiful you are!
Carol I mentioned the stuffed animals because of the discussion on clutter. I would love to see what Lenora does with her collection in her home.
I am one if your belongings bring you joy and you have the space go for it. Clutter is in the eye of the beholder. I learned this in classrooms. I have worked in classrooms that are full and those that are almost sterile. The teachers in each case were wonderful teachers. It was a question of style. As long as the classroom is safe and provides a rich learning environment whatever works.
Unfortunately too much clutter can create an unsafe place, and then it needs to be addressed. That is what happened in my mother's home when my oldest brother used her home to store his things.
I just got a great fortune cookie.
"The purpose of argument should not be victory, but progress" Margaret 7 -
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I just got a great fortune cookie.
"The purpose of argument should not be victory, but progress" Margaret
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Rye - legitimately did not notice in the photo at all. Went back and looked, and still didn't see what you see. You look amazing, and in no way Mad Eye Moody-ish at all.
Interesting Sunday. Still processing.
Love y'all,
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Carol - After Louis gets his 10-pointer mounter we will have 8 deer on the wall (1 6-point; 6 9-pointers, and then his 10-pointer. We have 2 European mount (which is only the skull and rack. We have 5 ducks, 1 turkey, a bobcat, and 3 skulls - one a boar hog, a small deer (maybe), it is just the upper portion, and what looks like a fox. We've had several decorators over the years to come out here after I bought furniture at one of the places in Albany. The first thing they want me to do is 'get rid' of all the animals. One even suggested painting the "Pecky Cypress" paneling we have in the den and dining room (it is really a great room). I quickly show them the door. I saw what it would have looked like if painted, it is awful looking. This is a part of my husband's and sons' live (hunting) and they go with the décor of the house. I also have 3 paintings/prints of a deer and ducks. Louis got the paintings/prints as partial payment for painting the artist's shop and home.
As for decluttering, my oldest sister is helping me. I know I could not do it myself and doing it has helped me feel better. I knew I needed to get rid of a lot of things and it was overwhelming. The kitchen is something I just won't be able to do on my own. The filing cabinet drawers will be something I have to do a few folders at a time. I am a cooking book junkie. I know if I took only the recipes I use and the recipes I am pretty sure I would try, I probably could get most of them in 1 or 2 binders. But, again, that will take some time. But, I did straighten the bookshelf I keep them on. Some of the stuff on the bottom shelve just needs to be thrown out. I need to clean off Mimi kitchen cabinet and put a few of my flamingo collection up there. I have 2 sets of glass and pottery measuring pitchers and I am not about to give any of those away. Louis cleared off most of the area where he puts his stuff; and, I went in and straightened it further, got to clear out the part behind the doors.
Tackled my computer area yesterday and the day before. I threw away a lot of paper for the burn pile. Two other bags of non-burnable stuff. Bookshelf in den, took off all art books and put the on the porch. Want Louis to move the baker's rack out on the deck near to the swing. Then I want him to hang shelves on the wall it is where the baker's rack is in graduating widths.
Oh, about the dentures. Louis really wishes now that he had not had his teeth pulled and had the posts done instead. But, we have a lot of funny experiences with them. He wraps them up in a napkin when he gets inside; and on two different occasion is as many weeks, he dropped them on they went skittering across the floor. Our son was 'so embarrassed' but Louis just made a big joke out of it. I hope I have not already typed this story.
I do have some glassware that is not 'fine' glassware and I will be getting rid of it (donating to Goodwill). I want to sell my pressure cooker (with a cookbook) ... I just don't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Also a dozen heavy glass beer mugs. I might try to see if the Restaurant supply store will let me trade them in on a dozen lighter mugs. We used them, so I do need to replace them with more mugs. All my pots and pans are hung up on a rack and I use them all depending on what I am cooking. Will took it upon himself to take the pot that I used to cook rice in ... that is the 'only' pot he uses to cook his rice. He also took one of my favorite pictures - trading it for another one that I painted that is 'huge'.
His room (2nd bedroom) is paneled horizontally and it is dark in there. I want to ask Louis if the walls could be sanded and white-wash the paneling ... he probably will tell me 'no'; but, I won't know unless I ask. I also want him to paint the kitchen cabinets. He has agreed to do that for me. Lighter on top, darker on bottom. Just need to pick out a color. I would 'like' to have the countertops replaced; but, we will have to see how much that will cost and save up for it.
We got to replace a lot of lightbulbs in our house. Seems like they all burn out at the same time. He needs to replace the lights in the carport.
The talk about eating rice has made me want to cook up a bowl of eat. I like cheese in mine and some hot sauce or salsa.
Well, that is going to be all I have to post today. Have a wonderful Sunday!
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Rye, I didn't notice anything resembling Mad Eye Moody either, and even after I went back and really studied the photo for a few minutes, I didn't see anything remotely weird. You may not see it, but trust me, you look good!! Well, trust all of us, we are your mirrors!
Hubby's b-day today. Thank heavens Facebook reminded me! I had totally forgotten! I will have to stop at the grocery store and pick up a small cake for him, and maybe a nice steak for us to share. Bought a rib eye steak a few weeks ago, it was quite big, neither of us would have been able to eat it all, so I just cut it in half, and it really was a perfect amount of food! And so tasty - yum! Yup, I think I've talked myself into that! lol
Work is quiet today, but that's alright, I guess, need the quiet days to make the busy ones more bearable. Just need to find things to do. Must clean something! lol Have a good one!
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afternoon ladies~
I got my tv in the bedroom working, thank goodness.. fed my DFIL and he had the ladies that work there hysterical because he was talking about Ovaries,Oh sweet lord, .. then from there went to walmart and CVS , and then went to my dads and burned some papers...
then came home... and had some early dinner, and will watch a bit of t.v. and then go to bed, get up early so I can get to work on time...4 -
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stats for the day:
Apple Watch only
Apple Watch only
fl exercises- 40min, 3sets of 10ea, 20diff exercises= 260c
other- various machines w/kirby- 25.06min= 118c
378cal
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Ladies - if any of you are interested, there's an 8 part docuseries coming up starting Jan 17th called "Broken Brain". Topics are Alzheimers, Dementia, Brain Fog, Autism, etc.
The link is found at www.brokenbrain.com and they want you to pre-register. Looks like it's free (for now) and likely a new episode each day.
It's by Mark Hyman, MD - I think I've seen him on PBS in the past. I haven't researched it, but they'll probably cover nutrition, sleep, etc.
I plan to watch it, or part of it. Looks like good presenters.
Lanette
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I found the comfort food choices fascinating. It looks like everything makes the list.
Like Machka, I find it fascinating when food I don’t like makes someone’s list. Like rice. Don’t like it and never have. Oh, I don’t hate it or anything but if I’m at a restaurant I always ask if they can bring it on the side and never touch it. I would never prepare any for myself. Yet, I’m sure not a week goes by where I don’t have a steak or some roast or some good cut of beef. It is a favourite if mine - comfort food or not. I can not imagine not liking it. (Although I have lots of respect for those who choose not to eat it for ethical or health reasons).
As for the Mad Eye moody effect. I debated posting this, but decided to do so. It makes me very uncomfortable so don’t bother to comment. This picture shows the effect, but it is still better than most candid photos it and is not as bad as the version in a mirror. Photographs do not show as pronounced a mad eyed effect, perhaps based upon where my eyes are trying to focus. If the photographer is lucky or knows what she is doing the Mad-Eye effect can be hidden by having my head tilted and my eyes focused to one side of the camera. There are some lucky candid photos, probably because being blind in one eye means I am often tilting my head, without realizing it, to have a larger field of vision.
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I just watched episode one of Broken Brain. It was mostly an overview, but it does look good. It is a whole body approach to medicine.2
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You all made me feel very good, thanks for your kind words. I did post a photo of myself before. In sunglasses and a Mad Hatter hat I purchased last summer.
Reflections and the Mad Eye Moody effect
I don’t see what everyone else sees, literally, when I see my self on photos or reflections. I am TOLD by those I love that my lazy eye is usually not visible at all in real life. But if they stand next to me in front of the mirror they can see what I see - an eye that points straight up and out (thus making it look like it is bulging out of the socket). I look grotesquely disformed.
This isn’t a perception problem, my ‘lazy eye’ for some reason in reflections (and to a lesser extent in photos) is appallingly extreme and very ugly. And it is physically impossible for me to see myself unless it in a reflection. And, honestly, I’ve never quite believed those who tell me that I don’t actually look like what I see in the mirror. I see someone with a comical or grotesque disfigurement (think Mad Eye Moody in the Harry Potter movies).
I learned to use mirrors without actually looking directly at them. How to clean my face and brush my hair without letting my working eye stray to to the area of my eyes or my face as a whole. Since I’m legally blind in that eye anyway I had to learn to put on eye makeup by touch (eyes closed) so just learned to put it all on that way. I can shock people who watch me perfectly put on eyeliner, lipstick and color my cheeks with my eyes closed. (I can put my makeup on by touch only if I close my eyes).
Mentally I don’t think I will ever be able to see myself as anyway other than disfigured. If I try to, a random photo or a glance In the mirror proves otherwise. The reflection, I am told, is not the actuality: but it is what I see if I look.
So, as a mirror avoider I was able to pack on those pounds without being fully aware of the impact on what I looked like. It is a relief not to feel ashamed of the casual photo anymore.
So I really do thank you all for the nice compliments- I just am really sucky about knowing how to handle them.
I’ll be back later,
Rye
I have not finished reading all the posts, but I wanted to comment on this immediately and hope that the others have already done so as well. Your words made me immediately go back to your photo to see what you could possibly be talking about ... because when I looked at your photo, I only saw a beautiful woman. Never once was I drawn to a "disfigurement," instead I saw beautiful cheekbones and complexion and smile (and a figure that I am so envious of). I understand that you see yourself differently ( or that your eye causes you to see yourself differently?), but believe me (and the others) when we say you truly are beautiful!
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Rye ... your second photo does not change my opinion ... just sayin'8
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