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Hi chocoholicdiva - wow, thank you for your comments! Believe me when I say I know how hard admin assistants work. Your new venture sounds truly interesting. You''re perfectly positioned to help turn the tide toward healthy snacking, right? You can at least make proposals that would produce meaningful, positive change if…

Here's a true evening dessert shake that is under 300 calories. This one is the DQ Strawberry Cheesequake Wannabe flavor, but you can mix it up and make it your own: 1 cup water Gnc Gold Standard 100% Casein Protein - Creamy Vanilla - Protein Powder, 1 scoop Dole - Banana, Raw, 0.5 ripe banana (slice and freeze this…

There are several really great smoothie recipes here, and I've adopted some of them for my own breakfasts. My go-to smoothie recipe is as follows: 1 cup water 1/3 cup low-fat cottage cheese 1 scoop (gluten-free) whey protein powder, vanilla 1 teaspoon Jello sugar-free fat free cheesecake pudding mix 1/2 banana, sliced and…

Mine is very boring. I started my IT career in the early 80s. My whole career I have been "data based" in my work. In the last decade, that work has taken me further into database-oriented work, specifically Oracle and MySQL. I think the joke about the two guys who go into a non-SQL bar but leave without ordering because…

Ditto - you've got my vote!

I don't know how realistic this may be, but do you have any friends who still work at the main campus who may have some vacation time coming up? If the big center''s manager won't help you make it happen, maybe you can make a private arrangement on your own with former co-workers??? Maybe you could pay them to fill in…

Our first miniature Schnauzer was Pepper. He had a horribly painful backstory, and a fantastic finish. A year after he passed, we got two more - a black and a white - named Daisy (little black female) and Max (oversized white male). One of THE cutest dog names I've ever heard was "Deeogee" with the emphasis on the "o" --…

Chuck

Yes - only I wasn't bright enough at first to recognize what I had done differently. My problem, which has been life-long, is that I have never willingly consumed pure water. Until a month or so ago, I believed completely when people said "Oh, that 8 glasses of water a day thing is a myth - it's never been proven - any…

Congratulations! You're 100% adorable - well done!

Must read this later when I'm not at work. Thanks for posting!

You are a remarkable young lady, and I'm so inspired by your journey. Thanks so much for sharing - and congratulations on these amazing results. You're stunning! :flowerforyou:

False - I have a "glass contains 50% of its rated capacity" personality. TNP dyes their hair

I suppose it depends on what your perception of happiness is. If you believe happiness is something external to you, something another can give you (and, by definition, deny you) then - no, I don't think a person who believes that way will have a consistently happy relationship with anybody. But if a person understand…

We all need fat, carbs, and protein - each of us needs different amounts of them though. You have to fuel whatever workout you do, and leave your body enough nutrition to builid itself back to a healthy, lean-muscled machine. The more muscle you have, the more fat and carbs your muscle will burn even while you sleep. Too…

How did I know somebody was going to mis-read my statements as a personal conviction of what I think should be banned. Please read it again - You totally missed the point. I'm NOT for any of those bans. I'm saying that it doesn't matter who is making the bans, eventually one day they're going to ban what YOU like and think…

I just finished getting rid of size 22-24W, 2X and 3X clothing and packed them up to give to the DAV. My closet contains only 1 pr of sz 20W pants. The rest are officially 18W. My size 44 band bras - gone. I have a 40 and a 38 left. I don't know how this is possible, to have gone to these sizes with only 12.5 lbs lost, but…

Then isn't this the real problem? Why not change that instead of telling people how big a drink they can buy? I have such a hard time believing that anybody would trust the government or politicians to have their best interest at heart. You think the food and beverage giants are the one driving this? Then how do you feel…

I use 1/3 cup of low-fat cottage cheese, 1 teaspoon instant sugar-free pudding, 1 scoop of whey protein powder, 1 cup of water, and 1/2 banana (sliced and frozen) every morning to make my smoothie breakfast. Sometimes I add other fruits, I always add Osteo-Bi-flex powder for my joints, and when I have it, I add Acacia…

Two. 1. Baby Mine (the song Dumbo's mom sang when she has to cradle him through the bars on the door) for my mom. 2. Concrete Angel by Martina McBride.

Hmmm... interesting points. Okay, well let's say this. Let's say I'm a person you would think of as being from the "religious right" and I am firmly against video games, most television shows, and the Internet except for those purposes for which I say it us appropriate. I want those things either banned or controlled. The…

Thank you so much for rejoining the conversation. I felt that there was that essence in what you had written that was less about it being okay for government to make even these small decisions for us and more about it being where we are already. I hope I represented it accurately. I do believe I understand what you're…

Ditto!

Go YOU! You look awesome and I hope you feel such a sense of accomplishment! You definitely inspire me! :flowerforyou:

What a great argument against government-controlled health care. I agree with you - when the government uses taxpayer money to run healthcare, we all of a sudden have to start making choices for others because we are the ones who will get stuck with the bill. It happens too much already. And I think that's the path that…

This, exactly. The only thing I'd stipulate is "Put a high tax on it TO A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE and, if they vote yes, put the money to good use..." @Gastankerdriver: There is no debate about whether the drinks or the sugar or the tobacco or the ________________ (fill in the blank) are good or bad for you - the debate is…

Oh no, the government was never meant to have *anything* to do with taking care of "well-being and general welfare" - they knew that role is to be filled by the family structure and, for those who worshipped, their spiritual community. Our founding fathers created the Constitution to ensure that government was severely…

But this is happening now. A store chain called Fresh & Easy is making its way and it makes eating healthy affordable. It's a response to market forces - believe it. This is called maturity - you are gaining it. So am I. I prefer to do so based on my own inner growth. NOT at the behest of some politicrat who tells me I…

I don't see any reason why any "party" except your own family should "suggest anything" to change the situation? We all vote with our wallets. I'm' old enough to remember the organized "gas outs" where people just flat refused to go to the gas station on one specific day. They knew we would come back - but they felt it…

Oh let's get scarier than that! I provided international remote support (I controlled the client computer from my computer) - over a 300 baud modem connection! <chuckle>