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to be terrified of what having dc3 at 33 is going to do to my body?(38 Posts)
i am only 8+3 and feel terrible for feeling like this as i MCd a few months ago and i thought this pg was much wanted, but i am so down and depressed at the moment, just feel so fat and ugly. even though i have not gained any weight yet i feel bloated and feel i look awful, so tired and rough
i had my other dcs at 26 and 29 so they did not too too much damage, other than stretchmarks and a bit of a saggy belly
i am only 5 foot 2 and 8 stone 2. so i am terrified of getting too big during pg as i will just look massive being so short and the bigger i get i know it will be more likely my body will be ruined
have been looking into doing pregnancy pilates but i dont know whether to even bother as not convinced it will even help or whether this last pg is just going to ruin my looks and body for ever
i managed through sheer luck and will power to only gain about 15 - 17lbs with dc2. i did that by calorie counting every day and walking a lot and swimming twice a week. but i have felt so sick and hungry i have had no will power at all and i will never be that lucky this time round. i just think its hopeless and wont make any difference this time as i have heard that its easy to bounce back in your 20's but not in your 30's
i wish i had had all my dcs in my early 20's. as i always wanted 3. but wouldnt have been possible
i feel like dh will stop fancying me and leave me. i met him when dc1 was one and i was only 27 and stick thin and young and pretty. he says he fancies me and loves me loads but i hate myself so cant believe him
thanks for the messages ladies x
i guess i just feel that if i don't look good then dh won't love me any more. stupid i know, because in life we all get old, everyones looks fade, we all gain weight etc. and i know that i would love him no matter what he looked like.
i definitely suffer from anxiety / insecurity / depression ...in fact before i got pg i was on citalopram for anxiety / depression but was advised to stop it when i fell pg. but i am on the waiting list for counselling (again) and have my first appt in october
i chickened out of contacting my MW yesterday
Op congratulations on your pregnancy!
I can understand how you feel whenever I'm anxious or down I concentrate on my physical appearance it's a control thing. I think you need to talk to your mw you sound like you might have a bit of pre natal depression, I had it without realising it exsisted so I never really enjoyed my pregnancy.
I would say how your body reacts to pregnancy has more to do with body type than age so I would expect it will react similar to your previous pregnancies.
With regards to your dh's ex, dp's exs are all 5ft10 size 10 blondes I'm 5ft4 and brunette I might feel a bit jealous at times but at the end of the day they are exs and I'm the one he wants to spend the rest of his life with the same with your dh.
Wish I hadn't said the 'side of house' comment now. Not helpful. That was people being rude and insensitive to me. In laws - need I say more
I only gained 2.5st with each pregnancy - but my bumps were big & not helped by the maternity wear at that time
I was wondering if thinking about your clothes would help- it is important still to feel attractive. I think the fashions have improved. Someone else mentioned beauty treatments.
Look after yourself & please enjoy this pregnancy.
If you bounced back from your other pregnancies, why assume you won't this time? 33 is not old. I was 33 having my DS and was back in my pre-pregnancy clothes in no time, had no stretch marks and no weight gain once I was fit enough to get out and about again. Every pregnancy is different of course but I don't know why you think age is the deciding factor.
I think you sound rather anxious. Do you always feel on the insecure side or do you think this could be prenatal depression?
I was 34 when I had my first, and now I'm 36 and 22 weeks along with my second. Honestly, I got no stretchmarks with my first (I'm 5'7 and 8.5 stone and put on two stone) and my stomach muscles returned to normal within a few months, thanks to prenatal and postnatal pilates. I can't imagine this experience will be radically different, as I'm an active, sporty person.
Try to see pregnancy as a way to indulge yourself a bit, if not with your favourite foods, then with a pampering bath or prenatal massage.
I am the same age and 21 weeks pregnant with dc3, I too have had two CS previously and this one will likely be CS too.
Yes I am a bit saggier in the boobs due to breastfeeding both kids to nearly 2. Yes I am a 12 instead of a 10 (hips wider, but not much fatter or heavier), but I have raised two beautiful kids and given their immune systems a great start.
I am eating healthy, little and often (close to Brewer Diet). I am doing Pilates and also I found some pregnancy exercise videos online here which are great. Walking everywhere and chasing after my toddler keeps me active. You do not need to become the size of a house, but neither should you deny your body and your baby the nutrition you both need.
I think you need to talk to your midwife or GP and get referred for some counselling for your self-esteem and body issues. Your DH clearly loves you and so do your kids, for who you are. Now you just need to love yourself.
I've had 4 kids and two miscarriages. I'm size 10 normally, but in pregnancy was huge! (Lots of ignorant comments about being 'size of a house'). I didn't overeat - but I did go with what my body wanted/ needed and my stomach muscles aren't great - so I did get big.
I've lost more or less all the weight since. I do think you put on a little with life- so I'm not looking to be the same weight as in my 20s. I do more exercise now- so a bit more fit too.
My husband likes slim women, but he's never had a problem with me in pregnancy. He also recognises the difference between a healthy slim person and an underweight too skinny one.
Please talk to someone in real life. You should be enjoying this stage. I hate to see a skinny pregnant woman- we're nurturing our own bodies and a new one too. Not competing to deny ourselves.
If I was pregnant again (please, no) I would eat well and exercise a bit.
Please talk to someone, and please start to enjoy your pregnancy.
Right-o...this is not going to be particularly pc, but I shall tell it how it is. You may get fucking enormously fat. You may get morning sickness to the extent you barely gain anything. Your body may pleasantly surprise you, or it may make you want to cry. Yes, eat sensibly if you can...if your hormone enraged body means nothing but pie for 9 months, so be it. It's (probably, according to you) your last pregnancy...bloody enjoy it. This is the last time you get to feel a little foot having a kick inside you, the last time you get to feel it have the hiccups. And if you look like shite afterwards, then diet, or even have surgery. Never underestimate the effect of freshly painted nails and a good haircut...doesn't matter whether you are chunky or skinny, you can look glamorous regardless.
I have 1 boy, my body was very kind to me, but my boobs were a joke after breastfeeding. They were fine tbh, but to me I hated them...so I had a boob job. You can ALWAYS fix what you don't like. Gym, diet, surgery. So enjoy your pregnancy, be proud that your body has given you beautiful children. Post birth, see what hand mother nature has dealt you, then decide if/how to tackle it, for all you know, you're fretting about nothing.
If you're feeling too sick to do anything right now, fair enough. If not, phone your local salon, now, and book in for something little. Facial, eyebrow shape, nails....you say you feel you look awful...so change that feeling.
And congratulations on the pregnancy
I'm sorry you feel like this OP. I really hope you manage to speak to your midwife. I put on a lot of weight with my DS and a year on still have a bit to lose but I don't feel like you do. I loved being pregnant and I adored my bump. I also didn't give a toss about it afterwards either. On a bad day I do wish I had been careful but most days I feel great. I've been a size 10 and a size 18 since I've been with my husband though and it's never been an issue, why would it be, I still think I'm attractive. I think how you feel is key and I hope you are supported in helping you believe that you are the attractive sexy amazing woman you are, regardless of weight. Congratulations on your pregnancy.
I don't care. My husband loves me, and my boobs that have breastfed for 4 years, my crepy overhang from two c-sections and all the rest of it. I'm a size 16.
My body grew two children, nourished them entirely from conception until they were 6 months old (BF). That is not a small achievement.
This is all about how you feel about yourself, and nothing to do with the way you look.
i wish that i could be like that alibaba
do you mind me asking, how do you feel so good about your body? is it that you have exercised, dieted etc and got back into shape or is it because you are just generally body confident and don't care if you are not perfect? (dont want to offend you as i am sure you look lovely!!)
You have issues.
I had both my babies in my 30s. Never felt so good about my body.
If your self esteem is all about how you look then at point you are going to be very unhappy.
yeah i was the same after my first lweji i put on lots of weight (3 stone) but within 6 weeks was a size 8 then within about 3 months was a size 6, although had stretchmarks my tummy was quite flat
yet with dc2 as i say i only put on about 17lb and was tiny, small bump and no weight anywhere. yet it took ages to shed the weight after i had her. and also she is 4 now and (when not pg) i still have a belly and horrible crepey skin even though i am only a size 8, i hate it
i have never breastfed as the thought scares me tbh and i would feel like my body was not my own, and i would worry dh would be freaked out (although he would never say if he was, he is not a twat) i know thats probably bad of me to think/say
food wise i am trying to stick to 1500 - 2000 calories a day, so i am not dieting as such, just being careful not to go mad. although i am so hungry and sick i could easily eat double that i am also walking every day to take the dcs school which is an hour a day in total
but atm all i am craving is things like toast, chips, cheese, crisps etc. most fruit and veg make me gag at the very thought, yet i usually like them :S
I didn't have any problems, but it's only one DS and I'm naturally thin.
I could feel by body slowing down and I put on weight (boobs) and the baby managed to grow well with basically one extra toast and soup a day.
You do need to be careful with the amount of food you eat. Because losing weight is much more difficult than maintaining (for normal people, not me).
Remember that you may also start to retain liquids, so you may feel big, but manage to drop down after birth.
And breastfeeding is great for losing the extra weight too.
My mum had me at 21...went on to have my dbro and dsis in 4 years, then had another at 42. She is a size 10. Has liylterally one stretch mark amd looks bloody fantastic.
I had ds at 21. My stomach and boobs are ruined although ive managed to shift most of the weight.
Its not all about age. Just keep as healthy as possible and thats all you can do. Talking to your midwife is a good step. I hope you sort all this out as you sound really down.
Your midwife will not think you are awful. Theu have heard all sorts and are therw to hwlp and support you. Good luck x
Your midwife will not think you are awful, most likely she will have cared for other women with the same issues many times. Be as honest as you can with her, and be open to any suggestions she may have. And listen to your dh - if he's telling you he thinks you're sexy, it's because he means it. And remember that a pregnant woman is often the sexiest time to the father - it proves his masculinity!
Congratulations on your pg, and very best of luck.
My mum had me at 36 and she's now 57 and looks fab still.
She also had 2 previous pregnancies (though one was a late-term loss).
i have decided i am going to tell my midwife today but i don't know where to start or what to say, is she going to think i am awful?
thats if i can even get hold of her, tbh i doubt i will even be able to
sharri yes i definitely have some trauma left form the miscarriage. was very harrowing, i lost twins but it was a missed miscarriage not spotted til 12 weeks. i was treated badly by most of the hospital staff. it was horrendous. i had to wait days before they could confirm i had indeed MC'd. then after another few days had to come back in to hospital and was given drugs to basically send me into labour for hours, almost a day. and i had to pass the remains of my pregnancy down the toilet. i was on my own and they even forgot to bring me anything to eat. t was awful.
however i am not blaming that entirely, because i was like it to a certain extent with my other 2 dcs as well. with dc1 i was with someone who didnt treat me very nicely, i was ill with depression, terrified of giving birth to the point where they offered a c/s for psych reasons (hence the subsequent sections) and also he was unplanned. i left his dad shortly after his birth. tbh cos of the bad pregnancy and the bad relationship he came from, i still have trouble bonding with ds even now
then with dc2 i was in a happy relationship (am now married to him) but still had awful body image problems and memories of the last pregnancy. hence i dieted etc while pg and didnt gain much weight
but i have had low self esteem and "body issues" (hate that term) since i was a little girl. i am not sure why. have tried counselling many times over the years but it has never really worked for me
and yes i am pushing DH away. all he is being is nice to me and looking after me but i am being a miserable twat. i am also being a shit mum to my other dcs because i am always in a mood / feeling ill
i dont deserve any of them
Hello op, I an resonate with some of what you say. My DC3 also came after a miscarriage and the pregnancy was my most difficult but I honestly believe in hindsight that I had an element of AND which stemmed from the miscarriage and the pretty traumatic stuff we had to deal with it afterwards (suspected molar). Have you considered that there may be an element of this for you too?
You need to talk to your GP and/or your MW about this.
It's not normal and your DH is telling you he finds you sexy - you seem to be pushing him away. I seriously doubt he is looking at anyone else just cause you've not had sex for a few weeks - this is your insecurity speaking - you need to talk to him about how you are feeling to.
I had youngest at 33 - I got stretch marks with the first two pg - honestly there was no additional adverse stuff from having 3rd at 33.
My weight was no worse afterwards than before - dropped off when I stopped bf same as previous pg.
Hmm , because obviously you got pregnant all by yourself .
I do think that you need to speak to somebody though, just because you sound like you could do with some support, you're not thinking rationally and your hormones are all over the place.
Congratulations on your pregnancy!
how depressing
futtheshuckup - i know its horrible, i feel like an awful person for feeling like this. i should be grateful to be having a baby and for the kids i already have and should stop being such a twat
but i am just being eaten up by insecurity and abnormal thoughts
also DH and I have not had sex for about 4 weeks (actually probably was about the time we found out i was preg) as i actually can't bear him near me. i don't even like him looking at me because i feel like he is lying when he says i am sexy etc. and also cos i feel so ill i don't want sex as well. plus the other dcs are being particularly demanding at the mo so we just never seem to get any time to ourselves anyway
but that lack of sex in turn makes me more insecure cos the more sex dh and i have the better our relationship is. so then i worry that cos our relationship is not great atm he will look elsewhere :/ and he is really good looking and he is the singer in a band so he is out performing in front of loads of people and women all dressed up when miserable, boring, pregnant, hormonal me who never gives him sex is sat at home with the kids. if he fucks off with someone better than me its my own fault
Have you considered that you may be suffering from a touch of antenatal depression, brought on as a result of hormones acting on your body insecurities? Please mention how you're feeling to your midwife, who can get you some help. It's all well and good being able to rationalise this - you can do exercises, minimise weight gain, a partner who loves you won't care, etc - but if none of that resonates with your subconscious, it won't make you feel any better. The fact that your OP sounds so defeated already makes me think you need some specialist help to deal with this. That's nothing to be ashamed of - it shows a capable woman taking control of her situation before it becomes unmanageable.
Life moves on. People change, time moves on. We can't have the same looks as when we were teenagers. If people can't accept that they need to work on it.
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[1]After a break of almost two decades, Italy's Alfa Romeo will resume selling cars in the U.S. later this year[2].
The high-end sports car maker withdrew from the U.S. in 1995 after its American sales sputtered. But, by the end of this year, it will try to make a comeback with the Alfa Romeo 4C, a sleek new supercar with carbon fiber chassis and high-powered engine, NBCNews notes.
Priced somewhere between $75,000 and $100,000, the Alfa Romeo 4C is aimed at a limited market. If it meets expectations, Alfa Romeo plans to introduce three new models to the U.S., competing with rival luxury car makers like BMW and Volkswagen's (PINK:VLKAY[3]) Audi.
Unveiled to the media last year, the 4C has suffered a number of delays, including a recently announced setback due to issues regarding its powertrain.
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To celebrate the impending arrival of Xbox One this November, Xbox invited world-famous stunt driver Tanner Foust to sit in the cockpit of a McLaren 12C, one of the fastest production cars in the world. But this was no normal McLaren... This one was modified with several hundred pounds of camera equipment. This film was a practical exploration of what that power is capable of, giving you a visceral sense of the incredible things only Tanner and the McLaren can do.
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I was frustrated and finally decided to call their help line and transfer the 'entire amount that i owed' on the credit card from my checking account. I told that i had stopped using the card since a week. The phone representative said that the technical error with my profile could only be resolved if i visited the bank branch in person. Then I completely stopped using the card.
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KAI RYSSDAL: Even the the vast majority of us who've never been to Africa know its reputation: The world's poorest continent, starving children, civil wars. But a new study finds that Africans living in the United States say American news and popular culture doesn't show the Africa they know. The part with with stable governments and new technology and economic growth. Gretchen Wilson has more now on one country that's shaking off its old reputation.
Gretchen Wilson: Malawi is a country a little smaller than Pennsylvania tucked in the center of southern Africa. It's made headlines recently for celebrity news more than anything else.
CBS NEWS ANCHOR: The Material Girl is at it again. A court official in the African nation of Malawi says Madonna will apply to adopt another orphan.
Malawi is poor; the UN's Human Development Index ranks it near the bottom in terms of literacy, life expectancy, and GDP. But behind the grim statistics is an economic success story. Ebrahim Fakir is with the EISA, an organization that promotes democracy in Africa.
Ebrahim Fakir: The last three years has seen phenomenal economic growth of close to 7 percent for about two years and 9 percent in the last year.
Of course, this is growth from a low base. But the Economist Intelligence Unit calls Malawi the second-fastest growing economy in the world. Many international donors and economists credit the tight fiscal management of President Bingu wa Mutharika. He was recently re-elected for a second term.
In the election hall, supporters danced and waved his party's blue flags when he was again declared the winner. In his inauguration speech, Mutharika, a former World Bank economist, pledged to stamp out graft and fraud.
Bingu wa Mutharika: I shall continue to fight corruption because it is evil. Corruption in whatever form or shape is an enemy to growth and prosperity, because it robs the poor and denies their legitimate right to development.
This stance against corruption has made him something of a darling of the West. He's also managed to bring down inflation from 30 percent into the single digits. Stephen Gelb is head of the Edge Institute, an economic policy think-tank in Johannesburg.
Stephen Gelb: He has followed what you might call orthodox economic policies, and tried to improve the fiscal position of the country, and also I think been quite effective at reducing the debt, which has freed up money for things like health and education.
But he's also bucked the system to help Malawi's small-scale farmers. He pressured U.S. tobacco buyers to offer more money for the country's biggest cash crop. And he backed projects to improve irrigation and to distribute subsidized fertilizer. Lloyd Kuveya is with SALC, a human rights group in Johannesburg.
Lloyd Kuveya: Malawi is now a net exporter of food. It's just amazing. Malawi is experiencing growth and development and a lot of optimism.
But some warn not to get too carried away.
Ross Herbert: Malawi has benefited from some good policy and some meteorological good luck.
Ross Herbert is with the South African Institute of International Affairs. He agrees the gains are great, for an impoverished country prone to drought.
HERBERT: But you have to bear in mind just how fragile economic growth is in a place like Malawi. Just to give you an example, Malawi is probably the poorest country in southern Africa and if the rains don't come you could easily have a 10-15 percent fall in GDP. And the next year you could have an equal size leap when the rains are good.
That volatility's one reason why international donations still account for 80 percent of Malawi's development budget. But the economy is diversifying away from its agricultural roots. The president just opened the country's first uranium mine. He says the mineral will replace tobacco as Malawi's top foreign currency earner.
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The time's getting on to near 9 o'clock; that's when the aurora borealis comes out over Almost, a not-so-organized upstate Maine community that's closer to Quebec than it is to any U.S. city.
The time's getting on to near 9 o'clock; that's when the aurora borealis comes out over Almost, a not-so-organized upstate Maine community that's closer to Quebec than it is to any U.S. city.
All across this pocket of humanity, couples this night are coping with love — finding it and losing it, real and surreal. Some may be successful, others may not. Yet this is their moment in the Northern Lights.
Welcome to "Almost, Maine," the non-town AND the first presentation in this season's Ovation Series by the Ocala Civic Theatre. The two-act play opens tonight for a limited nine-show run through Oct. 27.
"It's like a midwinter night's dream where we view into the lives of all of these people," said director Christine Perry. "It's like a moment in time." She's not kidding about midwinter; it's freezing out there.
"This is a romantic comedy," she added, "but not your usual Hollywood ending or Hollywood stories here. They are stories of everyday people falling in and out of love."
And while love is the common denominator, it's the interaction among the people of Almost that is key to this presentation.
Summed up by the playwright, John Cariani (the actor from "Numb3rs," "Law & Order" and "Kissing Jessica Stein") in his production notes: "Just ... let it be what it is — a play about real people who are really, truly, honestly dealing with the toughest thing there is to deal with in life: love."
In the notes, Cariani — who grew up in upstate Maine — emphasized that his characters are "ordinary people." They do not fit the typical Maine stereotype of galoshes-wearing lobstermen who say "ayuh."
"They work hard for a living," he wrote. "They are extremely dignified. They are honest and true. They are not cynical. They are not sarcastic. They are not glib. But this does not mean that they're dumb. They're very smart. They just take time to wonder about things.
"They speak simply, honestly, truly and from the heart."
Essentially, these are nine short one-act plays written shortly after Cariani moved to New York City in the late 1990s. They are strung together by common threads in that they all deal with some aspect of love, and every encounter happens at 9 p.m. on this frosty midwinter Friday night.
Though we meet 19 different people in "Almost, Maine," the OCT production cast features eight actors to juggle the roles — no small challenge.
"They're all completely different people," said Angie Petty of the four she's tackling in her onstage debut with OCT. "I've always looked younger than I am and I've never been old enough to do stuff here, so I always worked backstage. It'll be a nice change being out front."
Pacing is a challenge, too, as the lines are as sharp and crisp as the frosty air; Cariani deliberately wrote dialogue so the characters overlap each other. Then there are a lot of rapid-fire repeating lines.
"And they've got to be in the right order," said Deion Howard, who juggles three characters. "I learned that my main issue is learning the lines."
Another challenge: The cast didn't get to work on the stage with their own sets until Monday; OCT's extended run of "Les Miserables" closed on Sunday. Moreover, the show shares space in the complex with youth Halloween-themed Macabaret 11: "Night of the Singing Dead," which also opens this week.
But these were minor obstacles. Somehow, it all worked out.
"We wanted this show to be really different," said Mary Britt, OCT's executive director. The play is wedged between OCT's huge — and hugely successful — production of "Les Miserables" and "The 39 Steps," a comedy spoof on the classic Alfred Hitchcock 1935 comedy crime thriller.
"Almost, Maine" is a sleeper hit, she said. It only ran for a month Off Broadway in 2006. But since then, it has become one of the most-produced small shows in the United States at 2,000 productions and counting. It recently ousted Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as the most-produced show by U.S. high schools, and it was included in Smith & Kraus's "New Playwrights: The Best Plays of 2006."
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Turning off style sheets and overriding a few things makes it better, but that seems a bit of brutal overkill. I imagine a lot of this is just different browser weirdness and it looks fine on what you're using. But, while I don't want to overangst (end of the net predicted!), the efficient layout of lots of information for fast access is a tougher thing than it seems like it would be, and people who are upset about the fact that their new freshmeat doesn't look as nice to them won't even get to the point of checking out the neat new underlying functionality.
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* Kill all the vertical whitespace at the bottom, such as between the Changes and License and URL lines.
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* Kill the URL selector for hard links, but I see you've already been convinced to do that.
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This isn't normal, but the fun lies in its abnormality. Seldom does a team make the playoffs while undergoing a major rebuilding project. It's like the Seahawks are enjoying a diet that involves consuming lots of cake with their vegetables.
This way isn't supposed to work, but it did. Thanks to the putrid NFC West, the 7-9 Seahawks are division champions again, and Saturday afternoon, even if they get their shoulder pads blown off them, they'll be better for this playoff experience.
You've spent the week trying to convince yourself that the home team can shock the New Orleans Saints and the entire pigskin nation, or you've been fearing that this Rodney Dangerfield city will be mocked if the Seahawks get destroyed. Really, though, this game is about more than the dominant story line of a supposed unworthy challenger trying to pull off the impossible upset. Of more significance is the fact that, because of this improbable playoff berth, the Seahawks can now be considered way ahead of schedule as they remodel this team.
Just a year ago, the Seahawks were an aging team with too many overpriced veterans who didn't play with the requisite energy, toughness and speed to win in the NFL. They were the worst brand of team for this league, one desperately clinging to a successful recent past, one that used nostalgia to make too many decisions, one ignorant of the reality that their peers had passed by them two years earlier.
Now, with coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider leading a re-energized front office, the franchise has made progress, even though it had to do a lot of backpedaling to correct inherited mistakes.
Some may look at the Seahawks, notice this is their first playoff appearance in three years and conclude it has taken them a long time to come a short way. In truth, however, it's just the opposite: In a short time, the Seahawks have come a long way.
This is Year 1 for the new management team, and it operates in a manner fully dissimilar to the old one. To understand how far from dominant Carroll and Co. believe the Seahawks are, you need only to look at the more than 270 player transactions they've made this season. They've done all of that to turn over about 60 percent of this roster, mostly employing inexperienced players. Despite all the change and youth, here they are, basking in this win-or-go-home environment.
It could get ugly at Qwest Field. You can't host a party with an unfinished home and expect people not to notice. But this playoff berth is about celebrating a promising start, not announcing the franchise has returned to prominence.
The Seahawks are in Phase 1 of a four- or five-phase effort. They have a lot of work to do, still. But this game proves the front office is willing to do whatever is necessary to make the Seahawks a true contender again. How can you be certain? Because they showed that desire in pushing the team to this point so quickly.
If you think the Seahawks are lucky to be here with a 7-9 record, then call it beginner's luck. The NFC West race was a slow one, historically slow, the perfect speed for the Seahawks to catch up. Still, they made their own luck by staying focused on their goal and playing well at the right times. This first season under Carroll would've been a success even if the Seahawks had been in a division that left them behind. Looking at it from this perspective, however, makes the gains more evident.
"There's nothing funny or relaxed about the atmosphere he's created," safety Lawyer Milloy said of Carroll. "Does he keep it light? Yeah. Does he let us play our music? Yeah. But you better be here to work.
"The message is there. You better work. There have been plenty of subliminal messages this year with all the moves they've made. Some big-name guys have gotten released or traded. We know what this program is all about. It's still a process. You can see we're far from a finished product. But you should also see where we're headed."
With the change in philosophy and personnel, it wouldn't have been shocking to see the Seahawks win just three or four games. At the 53-man cut, the front office shuffled the roster like crazy because it felt it didn't have enough horses.
It seemed like dumb decision-making at the time. Looking back, it was brilliant. And it showed how agile this group can be.
When decisions needed to be made, the Seahawks were quick and unafraid. When they made mistakes, they worked quickly to correct them. When the team ran out of gas late in the season, they kept imploring the players to believe.
Their reward is this day, this unexpected day. One game to do everything possible to have the edge on that scoreboard.
Here's guessing the unpredictable Seahawks will look comfortable in this environment. It is their party, you know.


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The Making and Testing of A Man
January 24, 2013 in Activism
Manhood in America has long been under attack from various sources and with no shortage of deceptive tactics, men have been convinced and are still being convinced to abdicate their God given responsibility of leadership in both family and society. Men have become confused while listening to the the false counsels of the elite and their vices, a wayward society, their own darkened hearts, and the ancient and eternal enemy of their souls. Failed marriages producing broken families and fractured children then grow up only to repeat the cycle over and over again with society and the world at large suffering as a result. Yet, there is hope. Hope of a true great awakening deriving not from an internal source but from THE external source of Divine power, God Himself, embodied in the person of Christ Jesus, the author of life and the perfect man who is the ultimate example of manhood. No other "awakening" has any hope of lasting, generational endurance without this essential truth being understood and accepted. The quotes from the authors below point in His direction. Men of America and world, …..It's time to revive and accept the rightful responsibility of servant leadership. For the sake of our own lives, and for those we love.
"The talk at the table turned to what women found interesting in men…One girl said she liked a man with dark eyes….Another girl said she preferred strong, muscular men. Another said she was attracted to men with beards. Then someone asked, 'Deirdre, what do you like in a man?' They fell silent waiting.
She put her cloth to her mouth. The fire burned warmly at her back. 'It is good for a man to be strong,' she said. 'A strong man can do so many things. But a man who is both strong and gentle is wonderful. A man must be intelligent, of course, but if he is also humble, that makes him all the more appealing…a man who is strong enough to live a disciplined life, but who is honest above all, but kind…a man with courage to stay with the same task year in and year out, even if it is boring or tiring or painful, simply because it is his duty…a man with the courage of faithfulness. I love all these things about a man.' There was silence." – Robin Hardy: from "The Chataines Guardian"
"In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ." – 1 Peter 1:6-7
"There is a process in making steel and there is a process God uses to make a godly man. They are very similar. Do you find yourself in the fire? Do you find yourself in deep pain as your hopes and dreams are burned up before your eyes? You should know that your hardship is not by chance. It is by design. A sovereign design. The God who created you and chose you has something very unique for you to do. But first He must purify you, allowing the slag to come to the top where it can be skimmed away. That can only occur in the flames and heat of adversity. That may not be a popular message, but its a true message. All is not lost if you find yourself in the fire. God is simply getting you ready to fulfill the purpose for which you were created. You're not alone in those crushing circumstances. You're not by yourself in that furnace. In fact, you're in the very best of company. Making steel is no walk in the park. The process requires unbelievable heat and searing fire. But what you have at the end is very, very strong and yet can be shaped by a master's hands. In the Psalms we see God's man, David, endure crushing pressure and fiery trials and emerge on the other side, shaped by the hand of God for greatness. In today's uncertain world, men still face the stress and heat of adversity. But God can use that fire in a man's life and bring him through it all, strong, purified, flexible, and ready for anything, like tempered steel." – Steve Farrar: from "Tempered Steel"
"It is painful, being a man, to have to assert the privilege, or the burden, which Christianity lays upon my own sex. I am crushingly aware of how inadequate most of us are, on our actual and historical individualities, to fill the place prepared for us." – C.S. Lewis: from "God in the Dock"
"You know that the rulers of the gentiles lord it (rule in a harsh or authoritarian manner) over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you; but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister (servant). And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant. Even as the Son of man (Jesus) came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many." – Jesus Christ (Matthew 20:25-28)
THE FOUR PILLARS OF MANHOOD: by Stu Weber: from "Tender Warrior"
THE KING function is clearly central to Scripture's themes. Our God is the "King of kings." His Son, the second Adam, is destined to (and already does) rule "with all power and authority." Adam, the prototype man, is instructed beside the Genesis Spring to "have dominion."
THE HEART OF THE KING is a provisionary heart. The king looks ahead, watches over, and provides order, mercy, and justice. He is authority. He is leader. He is "Fliint McCullugh and Seth Adams" on one horse and under one hat. He is, in Moore and Gillette's words, "the energy of just and creative ordering." The king in a man is "under orders" from higher authority.
THE WARRIOR function is equally unmistakable in Scripture. Our God is the Warrior of both Testaments. Gentle Jesus, meek and mild? He closes the Book on a white war horse, in a blood splattered robe, with a sword in His mouth (figuratively) and a rod of iron in His hand. The Book ends with a roar, not a whimper. Within the epistles, the mature believing man is often described in militant terms – a warrior equipped to battle mighty enemies and shatter satanic strongholds.
THE HEART OF THE WARRIOR is a protective heart. The warrior shields, defends, stands between, and guards. According to Moore and Gillette, he invests himself in "the energy of self disciplined, aggressive action." By warrior I do not mean one who loves war or draws sadistic pleasure from fighting or bloodshed. There is a difference between a warrior and a brute. A warrior is a protector. Whether he's stepping on intruding bugs or checking out the sounds that go "bump" in the night. Whether he's confronting a habitually abusive Little League coach or shining a flashlight into a spooky basement. Whether he is shoveling snow or helping women and children into the last life boat on the Titanic. Men stand tallest when they are protecting and defending. A warriror is one who possesses high moral standards, and holds to high principles. He is willing to live by them, stand for them, spend himself in them, and if necessary, die for them. No warrior ever made that more obvious than Jesus of Nazareth. He who is the ultimate Peace Maker will establish that peace from the back of a great white horse as the Head of the armies of heaven. Maybe these are some of the reasons why the most humiliating thing you can call a man is "coward." And maybe, just maybe, the warrior in a man explains something else about him. Ever notice how aloof a man can appear sometimes? Could it be that the warrior in him is a little out of sync? Soldiering, after all, is connected with pain. And pain hurts. A warrior gets accustomed to strapping on layers of protective insulation. Even a tender heart can be effectively hidden under a half inch of armor plate. When you're made to be a protector and soldier, it can be hard to display the tender side. Every parent of a little boy knows that warrior tendancies are part of the package. They arrived when the boy did. It doesn't matter if you never give your little guy a toy gun; he'll use his finger. Appalled at the idea of a toy hand grenade? Creative little warriors get by fine with exploding dirt clods, nuclear pine cones, or high concussion snow balls. I heard from one frustrated lady on this score just a few weeks ago. She didn't want her little boy to conform to such violent societal expectations. She wanted him to play with peaceful things. Imagine her chagrin when he came roaring out of the bedroom squeezing off round after round from the protruding leg of a fuzzy teddy bear. Why did he do that? It's just part of who he is as an apprentice defender.
THE MENTOR function is not only modeled through the pages of the Bible, it is explicitly commanded in the form of "teaching them to observe" and "discipling." Our God is the teacher in whose instruction we "delight." The only perfect Man was the Discipler of all nations. And men who follow Him are to "teach others also."
THE HEART OF THE MENTOR is a teaching heart. The mentor knows. He wants others to know. He models, explains, and trains. He disciples first, his wife and kids, then others. He has a spiritual heart. As Moore and Gillette note (in the archetype they refer to as the "magician"), he exercises "the energy of initiation and transformation." A man is supposed to know things. Like how a car runs. Or the inner working of a hair dryer. Or the capitol of Nepal. Or how many legs are on a spider. Or how many miles to the next rest stop. Or when the weather will turn. It's up to him to maintain a working knowledge of why electricity flows, dogs bark, birds migrate, hamsters die, trees lose their leaves, dads lose their hair, and girls down the street "act weird." Why do family members ask the man of the house these things? Because men are supposed to know how things work. And what to do next. And where to go from wherever you are. Men are supposed to be able to teach life.
THE FRIEND or "lover" (but never to be prostituted by the isolated erotic) is the function most endearing. We are drawn to God who defines Himself by it: "God IS love." He insists that the ultimate point of all Scripture centers on loving Him and one another. It is at one and the same time the most basic instruction of Scripture and the "new commandment" given to every man.
THE HEART OF THE FRIEND is a loving heart. It is a caregiving heart. Passionate, yes. But more. Compassionate ("I will be with you"). The friend in a man is a commitment maker. And a promise keeper. His is "the energy that connects men to others and to the world". Sourced in Scripture, observed in history, and experienced personally, these four pillars bear the weight of authentic masculinity. They co-exist. They overlap. And when they come together in a man, you will know it. You will feel it. You will be touched by it. Like four strands of steel in a cable, they will hold you."


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There was no need to remind Lightning star Vinny Lecavalier that we are one year out from the Vancouver Olympics.
Like most of the leading candidates for Team Canada, the Lightning star is excited about representing his country in what he said will feel like Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final every time the team hits the ice.
"Obviously it's going to be special playing for Canada and there's definitely going to be lots of expectations to win," Lecavalier said yesterday.
"There will be pressure to win, but you go through that with any Team Canada. We go there to win gold. We go there for second or third place. That's the goal."
Bad Math
Even though it is clearly the weakest division in the Eastern Conference (by total points), the Leafs have struggled against Southeast Division foes.
Prior to last night's meeting against the Lightning, the Leafs had an awful 3-7-4 record against teams from the Southeast, while they are 7-3-1 vs. the Atlantic Division and 6-7-2 against the tough Atlantic.
Old and new
The Lighting have been using an interesting line lately involving three Toronto-area players. Veteran Gary Roberts, the ex Leaf, is old enough to be the father of both Steve Downie and rookie Steven Stamkos, but the veteran's influence has rubbed off on the youngsters.
"I've learned a lot from Gary," said Downie, who was a healthy scratch last night. "Just watching him you can't help but learn. He's a tremendous person on and off the ice."
Williams clears waivers
Winger Jeremy Williams was cleared to return to the AHL's Marlies after no other NHL team claimed him off of waivers by noon yesterday.
"He's got to continue to improve and become a more complete player," Leafs coach Ron Wilson said. "Unfortunately to this point he seems to lack consistency but that happens to a lot of younger players.
"Hopefully he's humbled a little bit and he goes down (to the Marlies) and works hard.
"Go down there and score but round out the other parts of his game too." Also yesterday, the Leafs put another pair of Marlies on waivers giving Boyd Devereaux and Bates Battaglia a chance to be picked up by another team.
Loose Leafs
The Lighting have used a league high 43 players this season as they desperately try to find a winning formula ... Lecavalier seemed relieved that talk involving him being traded has turned quiet. "It's pretty much died down," said Lecavalier, who was the subject of rumours around the all-star break. "I'm just focusing on what I have to do here. I haven't really heard anything since. If something does happen, (management) told me they would come to me first but I'm very happy I'm here." ... Prior to last night's four-goal outburst in the first period, the Lightning had scored just nine goals in its previous six games and had a 1-4-1 record in that stretch.


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I've been praying to this painting of the Virgin Mary, the one on the back wall of this dive bar, Cal's, the one on Devon with icicle lights on the ceilings, while drinking well whiskey and cheap beer for the past two months. Or at least I've been trying to pray. My success or failure depends on the difference between church sanctioned prayer to a known religious icon and silently wishing my ex-girlfriend of the same name would come back and love me again.
Last night, I might have gotten a little too drunk and woke up with a hangover. So today, in an attempt to work out the residual alcohol from my blood stream, I went on a bike ride. I rode from my apartment in Rogers Park, working my way through the July sun, always too high and too hot, past mom and pop shops, potholes in the streets, Mexican fruit stands on the corners, and the Jesuit university looming over everything, down to the Loop, all tall buildings, shirtsleeves, and ex-girlfriend's-new-boyfriend idling next to me at a stoplight. His car's vanity plates were what did it. From three cars back, coasting over the crest of the bridge on Dearborn, I could read it. CHRISNUM1. Or maybe I couldn't read it. Maybe I just knew, with every foot I glided closer, that it had to be him. I felt a surge of something in my gut-- bile maybe? I stopped short of the front door, staring at the back of his head through the rear passenger window. My day off of work, and I'm strangling my handlebars, white knuckled, as he sits behind the wheel of his shiny new Mazda, probably driving off somewhere to do something that has something to do with moving from Chicago to Washington, DC with my girlfriend. Ex-girlfriend. Whatever.
Two months ago, around five in the evening, Mary turned to me as we were walking down Devon and called me boring. She said it without tone or inflection, as if it were my name. She said that all we did was go to Cal's and drink until we were ready to fall asleep. I didn't see what the problem was. She didn't mention that she had already replaced me or felt like she needed to. Just that I was boring. She swings her hips when she walks, like she's showing off. I said nothing, because that's the only thing I really know how to say. It wasn't the first time I'd been called boring, and chances are that it won't be the last.
Twenty-four minutes later, we were sitting belly-up to the bar, elbow to elbow with some of the best aging alcoholics in the city and listening to David Bowie, when she turned to me and said that I was boring again. Then she said "I can't deal with it anymore! I need something- someone more interesting. I'm done," in that breathless tone that she uses when she doesn't want a response. Then she walked out of the bar, leaving behind half a bottle of Schlitz and all of a shot of Bellows. I was also there, left behind and fighting tears, but it didn't feel like she was leaving me there. More like she was throwing me there. Discarding me there.
July is hot, and as I sit waiting for the light to turn so I can start to pedal, I notice the beads of sweat running down the front of my shins and start to curse the blacktop for reflecting so much heat. It takes my mind off of Chris sitting next to me, brown, coiffed hair bobbing back and forth, drumming his perfectly tanned fingers on the steering wheel, the bass from his speakers vibrating just so, just loud enough to notice without really hearing. Chris is listening to some god-awful electric dance music, modulated bass, distorted, shrill, high tones, glitchy vocals looped to incoherence. He's always liked that kind of stuff-- fast music that sounds terrible. Ever since we were kids.
Chris is, in the very real and not-at-all kidding way, my cousin. His mom and my mom are sisters. We have photos of us in the bath together. Blood relatives.
So it's not that weird for me to start fantasizing about grabbing the U-lock off of my handlebars and smashing his windows. It's not weird for me to imagine climbing through the broken window and wrapping my hands, bleeding and covered in glass shards, around his neck. But I could never do it. I want to wish him ill, but I can't. He's still my cousin. We're still blood. Maybe, though, I can jump the light. I can wait for him to hit the accelerator, always too hard, and then pull left and slide out and let him run me over. This isn't a terrible plan. This is feasible. This would make him stop, already feeling awful, already with knots in his stomach, step a shaky foot out of his nice car and see me lying there, bleeding. I bet he'd fall to his knees. I bet he wails.
He called me the day after Mary and I broke up. "I've got bad news, man…" he choked up, sniffed a few times to hold it together, continuing with "I fucked up man. I really fucked up." If I would have looked in a mirror, I could have imagined him speaking to me. Same jawline. Same eyebrows and nose. His eyes are green, mine are brown. He makes a lot of money and I'm full of shit. Our eyes fit us. He told me how they had been "hooking up for a few weeks."
The light was still red.
That morning, there was a knock on my door. Through the peephole, stretched and distorted was Mary. We had dated for two years. I had told her once I thought we should move-in together, but she just smiled straight, perfect teeth and shook her head "no." Her orange hair caught the light, even when it was dark. She said that she wasn't ready for that kind of a commitment. Chris and Mary had been dating for two months. They are moving-in together. Across the country.
"This should be the last of it," she said into the box in her arms. She had stopped saying words to me.
"Cool, thanks. So… excited for the move?" my breath this morning smelled like rotten milk. I skipped brushing my teeth last night as well as this morning in favor of another shot of whiskey and hiding from the daylight under my covers, respectively.
"We don't have to do this whole thing. This whole… talking thing." Mary was wearing dark lipstick, like wine dripping from her mouth. Part of me wanted to taste it. Part of me wanted to vomit.
"Oh. Ok." I took the box. Inside were things I hadn't missed. A belt buckle/bottle opener. A red, fuzzy teddy bear I won in a claw game. A warm bottle of beer- "Mary's Beer" from some microbrewery in Ohio. A scarf. I looked up from the box and she was already halfway down the stairs. Two flights, three flights, out the front door, a trail of her perfume hanging behind her. It smelled like petrichor and lilacs. I thought lilacs were supposed to be calming. My heart just beat faster.
I went inside, threw the box onto the coffee table, and thought about Chris. This was his fault. They met last Thanksgiving and became instant friends. They hung out without me. I never had a good feeling about it. Mary would always talk about what he was doing. His job at an advertising firm downtown. His loft apartment in the Loop. I was content skating by without a college degree, twenty five and happy to have been promoted to "Associate Team Member," a ten cent raise, while selling overpriced soaps to tourists at a department store on State Street.
Mary let me know that Chris' firm made ads for the shop I worked at. That was a month before we broke up. That's when I started to hate Chris.
The cross traffic on Wacker is slowing down or speeding up, the light turning yellow, which meant that if I want Chris to know exactly how I feel, I have about five seconds to decide. I look at my cut off jean shorts, my sleeveless, cigarette burned t-shirt. I think about my back, dark with sweat. I think about Chris' air conditioning, the trunk of his car probably filled with moving boxes. I level my pedals for a quick takeoff. I start thinking about my lack of insurance and the Mazda's acceleration, about how Chris bragged about torque and horsepower when he first got it a year ago. About him and I going a hundred and ten miles-an-hour on route twelve through Wisconsin, laughing about something, singing along to the classic rock station on the radio. About Mary and him doing the same, heading east towards their new home. I lean forward on the seat, and start pushing down with my right foot. Everything moves slower and slower, the adrenaline coursing through every vein. The light blinks, the yellow turns off, the red lights up.
I start pushing, hard. I start pushing down and pushing down, my bike jumping out into the intersection. Chris probably doesn't see me. I'm in position. I hear the Mazda's engine scream, feel my tires grip into the street. Sunlight, flashing off of a high-rise window, hits my eye and all I can see is Mary walking down the stairs. I try to blink it away and she's curled up next to me on the couch, her head in my lap as I trace her ear with my ring finger. I start to smile, my chain grinding on the hub. The air freezes everything around me, the heat still rising from the street. Another flash of sunlight and I'm nine years old, Chris and I making fun of Lily Schwick while we ride our bikes past her, before laughing and calling girls "stupid" even though we both desperately want to hold their hands. There's only a second left to fall in front of Chris' car.
But I let up and watch the silver Mazda go past, faster than it should. I didn't really want to die. I just felt like it. I'll probably feel like it for the majority of my miserable existence. I still don't think he saw me. Maybe he did. Maybe he sped off to avoid a run in. Maybe he was trying to throw me off balance-- I don't know. What I do know is that while Chris and Mary are off, driving across the country, laughing and smiling together until Mary starts to think that he's gotten boring, I'll be selling soap and drinking until my skin is yellow and leathery. Tomorrow is another day of drinking, but at least it's another day. I cut across traffic when I could, heading east to the lake, over onto the bike path and rode slow, back up to Roger Park.
BIO: Wyl Villacres is a writer/award-winning blogger from Chicago. His work can be found in Good Men Project, Newsweek's Tumblr, Time Out Chicago, and Newcity, among others. You can find him in his digital fortress of solitude at wylvillacres.net.


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Breast cancer may be treatable with inexpensive drugs already on the market, according to a study from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute.
Nicotinamide, a B-complex vitamin, dramatically slowed the growth of aggressive breast cancer in mice and in human cancer cells, said Brunhilde H. Felding, a Scripps associate professor. Nicotinamide is used to lower cholesterol levels and treat skin diseases.
Researchers tested mice used as models for aggressive human breast cancer. Tumor growth and metastasis were inhibited in mice fed water containing nicotinamide.
Since nicotinamide and related drugs have already passed muster, a human clinical trial for breast cancer could begin in "months," assuming regulatory approval, Felding said. Those interested in volunteering can contact her lab at 858-784-2021 for details.
The study was published Friday in The Journal of Clinical Investigation. Felding is the senior author; Antonio F. Santidrian, a scientist in Felding's lab, is the first author.
Aggressive breast cancers, which promote metastatis, are the most life-threatening forms of the disease. These cancers are treated with a variety of drugs, including chemotherapy and a newer class of biotech drugs such as Herceptin. But the cost can be enormous.
A one-year course of Herceptin costs more than $50,000 a year. Another drug, Tykerb, costs about $48,000 a year or more.
Avastin, another expensive biotech drug that had been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, was withdrawn by the FDA last year. The drug is still sold for other cancers, and doctors can prescribe it for breast cancer as an "off-label" use despite the FDA's action.
Felding said she's trying to arrange partnerships with clinical doctors to start a trial of nicotinamide and the other compounds. While nicotinamide is sold now over the counter, Felding said it's not a good idea for breast cancer patients to attempt self-therapy.
The study found that these drugs affect mitochondria, energy-producing parts of the cell. Previous studies have suggested that mitochondria experience mutations in cases of aggressive breast cancer. These cancer cells change the balance between nicotinamide adenine dimucleotide, or NAD+, a nicotinamide precursor which has a positive charge, and NADH, an electrically neutral form of the molecule.
Working in human cancer cells, the researchers inserted a yeast gene that tipped the balance toward the NAD+ form. These cancer cells became less aggressive. In a follow-up experiment, the scientists altered genes related to NAD+ production. Higher levels of NAD+ made the tumors less aggressive; higher levels of NADH made them more aggressive. Researchers then moved to a mouse model to corrorborate the findings.