Just ordered scales as a way of admitting that I am COMPETENT to manage a weight-loss program by facing facts daily. Yes, I've been talking about buying scales someday, like when I hit 199#. But fact is that at 64 I am easily twice that weight, give or take a stone (14#) or two. I'll find out for sure in a few days, when my talking scale arrives. Happy b'day to me!

I'm near tears with gratitude for the support LC lists offer. I think I am not at all used to such support and it is taking me time to adapt to what is available in online support. Thank you, all of you who offer your...

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As I consider my role in various dysfunctional relationships, I recall a tv dog trainer who felt the humans were at fault when they blamed a pet for some misbehavior. Barbara Woodhouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia tells about this eccentric British lady's approach.

Amusing, but possibly useful as we look for better behavior from our friends and lovers?

Here's the post that prompts me to start a new topic in my BLOG: ...

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When I feel as if I cannot go a step further or cannot rise from a chair by boosting myself with my arms to leverage myself higher than my knees (most seats being below my knee height), I say - to myself or aloud, if no one is nearby - a mantra that helps me to see myself succeeding in spite of the weakness of my flesh and the massive weight I can barely move.

It is remarkable what I can accomplish when I say I AM MOSTLY SPIRIT! I can move through pain with that mantra. I swear it is a magical mantra, reminding me that we are - all of us - MOSTLY SPIRIT - and as spirit beings...

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Remarkable analysis from a wise woman on how we view our bodies as we grow larger and larger and somehow fail to see that we are outgrowing everything in a One-Size-Fits-All world. ...

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What if a life of stress has worn out my adrenals? http://thyroid.about.com/cs/endocrin...nalfatigue.htm suggests that this is a condition that is not often caught before a serious medical condition exists.

http://www.womentowomen.com/adrenalf...words=adrenals suggests ways in which adrenal fatigue can be repaired or reversed. Impaired adrenal function can exist and cloud an otherwise healthy life. ...

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