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edited January 23 in Chit-Chat
Doesn't that imply that we want to recover it. I mean, when I lose my cell phone or car keys, I search endlessly to find them. I have worked hard to 'lose' the weight I have, and am very unhappy when I 'find' it again

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  • Posts: 3,069 Member
    I want to get rid of mine permanently!:laugh:
  • Posts: 25 Member
    I've got a friend who calls it "releasing weight" or "weight release" for that very reason!
  • Posts: 3,306 Member
    I want to look good naked. Weight is irrelevant
  • I want to look good naked. Weight is irrelevant

    ****This....looking good naked is a great reason.
  • Posts: 2,208 Member
    Why do we say we want to 'lose weight'

    Obviously that's code for "be more healthy".
  • Posts: 3,863 Member
    And now we're nitpicking the phrasing. Great.
  • Posts: 297
    We say it because saying "we want to loose weight" would be grammatically incorrect. Duh.
  • Posts: 8,646 Member
    It's these types of things that keep me up at night.
  • Posts: 297
    It's these types of things that keep me up at night.

    Tragic. Your husband needs to step it up.
  • Posts: 3,779 Member
    And now we're nitpicking the phrasing. Great.

    WE SHOULD CALL IT "THE JOURNEY TO WEIGHT RELEASE"


    actually, there things that are lost that aren't recovered, and have no possibility of recovery. Lost means "gone" regardless of ability or desire to recover it. I have lost my hair. Is it coming back? No. I'm not even certain I would want it to.

    The term is fine. Loss, losing, lose, lost - none imply or infer any capacity for return.
  • Posts: 3,863 Member

    Tragic. Your husband needs to step it up.
    Interesting that you assume she's married. She's not.
  • Posts: 3,863 Member

    WE SHOULD CALL IT "THE JOURNEY TO WEIGHT RELEASE"


    actually, there things that are lost that aren't recovered, and have no possibility of recovery. Lost means "gone" regardless of ability or desire to recover it. I have lost my hair. Is it coming back? No. I'm not even certain I would want it to.

    The term is fine. Loss, losing, lose, lost - none imply or infer any capacity for return.
    DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'. YOU'Z GONNA RELEEEEEEASE IT.
  • Posts: 297
    Interesting that you assume she's married. She's not.

    I just assumed someone would snatch her up quickly.
    Good sense of humor + strong attitude + hot = ideal wife

    My bad.
  • Posts: 8,646 Member
    Interesting that you assume she's married. She's not.


    DID OUR MARRIAGE VOWS MEAN NOTHING TO YOU, WOMAN?!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CUT ME. YOU CUT ME DEEP.
  • Posts: 297
    DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'. YOU'Z GONNA RELEEEEEEASE IT.

    We're still talking about releasing fat right?
  • Posts: 297


    DID OUR MARRIAGE VOWS MEAN NOTHING TO YOU, WOMAN?!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CUT ME. YOU CUT ME DEEP.

    My state doesn't recognize same-sex marriage.
  • Posts: 3,779 Member
    One thing I do want to find? my mittens.


    because unless i do, i shall have no pie.
  • Posts: 3,779 Member

    We're still talking about releasing fat right?

    tenuously
  • Posts: 3,863 Member


    DID OUR MARRIAGE VOWS MEAN NOTHING TO YOU, WOMAN?!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CUT ME. YOU CUT ME DEEP.
    IT'S NOT LEGAL DAMMIT. And I'm not your husband. I TOLD YOU I WASN'T PLAYING THE BUTCH.
  • Posts: 297
    One thing I do want to find? my mittens.


    because unless i do, i shall have no pie.

    The only mittens that I have are kitten mittens. Will they suffice?

    1248951765_kitten-mittens.gif
  • Posts: 8,646 Member

    My state doesn't recognize same-sex marriage.

    Your state sucks.
  • Posts: 9
    Well said. I try to rephrase what I say in my head to... I want to be fit and slim. I am on my way to being fit and slim, etc...
  • Posts: 1,444 Member
    From now on I'm BANISHING weight!

    Someone who lost a great deal of weight was telling me that whenever someone would ask him how much weight he lost.. he'd say "two pounds" If pressed further, he'd say "yeah, I can't figure out where those two pounds went... the other xx number of pounds I intentionally left at the gym, but those danged two pounds, I have no idea what happened to them"
  • Posts: 8,646 Member
    IT'S NOT LEGAL DAMMIT. And I'm not your husband. I TOLD YOU I WASN'T PLAYING THE BUTCH.

    FINE. We'll keep your husband around for the butch needed in our relationship. He already sleeps on the couch anyway.
  • Posts: 297

    Your state sucks.

    Well that's why I'm in it. To change it from the inside out.
    We already have a gay mecca. We're getting there. It's just a matter of time.
  • Posts: 297

    tenuously
    ... or strenuously...
  • Posts: 3,779 Member

    The only mittens that I have are kitten mittens. Will they suffice?

    1248951765_kitten-mittens.gif

    perfect.


    i lol'd
  • Posts: 1,682 Member

    I just assumed someone would snatch her up quickly.
    Good sense of humor + strong attitude + hot = ideal wife

    My bad.

    You said snatch
  • Posts: 1,936 Member
    I am cutting..this sounds better right? It doesnt necessarily mean i want to attach/paste something back i guess
  • Posts: 2,403 Member
    Doesn't that imply that we want to recover it.

    Um... no.
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