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Friday, November 18, 2011
Nothing Can Bring Me Down!
9:03 AM | Posted by Danielle - Bonnie | | Edit Post
Danielle here, wishing you all a great day! I hope you are bundled up. It's actually a bit chilly out! Goodness I love weather like this. I need to be somewhere that actually has a winter. Living in Texas it seems to be hot and then we have a few cold fronts through out fall and winter and then it's back to the sweltering heat...blah!
What did you have for breakfast today? I had the usual...yup, you got it. More oatmeal with blueberries and Greek yogurt. But today I mixed it up....ooooooh aaaaaah! I added in 1/4 of a scoop of protein. And just that small amount added 7gm of protein to my breakfast. Good deal!! It gave it a nice flavor as well.
Yesterday just seemed to be an off day for me. I felt lazy and just not quite up to par. I'm not sure what was up with that. I also, was busy online and taking care of my oldest son (who is now covered from head to toe in the weird rash...poor guy! He has a doctor appointment today so we can get to the bottom of it.) Being extra busy means that I don't have any pictures to share with you today. But I do have a new addiction to tell you about. If you live around Cypress, TX there is a group on facebook "Beg, Borrow, Buy, and Sell in Cypress" - there is one for Children's stuff and then another for everything else. I was busy yesterday going around the house and picking through the stuff that I need to purge, taking pictures of it and posting it to the group. Hey, I might be able to make a few bucks to add to the Christmas fund :D. If you are looking for anything, check it out. And if you aren't from Cypress, see if there is a group for your area. Or maybe you should be the one to start it. :)
Lunch was left over Baked Veggie Alfredo and a salad...yum yum yummy! And some how I made it through the day without having a snack...I don't know how that happened, I love eating. I guess I spent too much time in my chair cruising the internet. During lunch my good friend called and we discussed what we are going to do for Thanksgiving and what time we are going to eat and what I am going to eat. This is my first holiday season that I will not be eating meat. I think this might be a bit of a challenge. I LOVE turkey and all the fixings. I look forward to that meal all year long. So I know that I will have to dig deep and use my self control. I have it all planned out. I want to get a yummy fresh caught fish fillet and take it over to her house and cook it up. I will also be taking a big salad, a fruit salad and maybe a desert. A bottle of wine is also a must have.
Before I knew it the hubster was home...and there I was still in my chair getting frustrated with facebook, most of the ads that I was trying to post didn't work right. I was having so many issues trying to load a picture...it was super frustrating. He asked what I wanted for dinner and I honestly don't remember answering him, (sorry babe). We had frozen pizza and a big salad. And even after that was calculated up in my food diary, I still had almost 500 calories left and I hadn't worked out. So I decided that yesterday was just a blah day all around and that I was going to have some chocolate and then not work out. It was nice! Even after the chocolate and some nuts I was still under...I also didn't get any where near enough protein. That doesn't make me happy. That is why I decided to add the protein to my breakfast today.
After my daughter was down for the night and my boys had finished their popsicles and got ready for bed, my husband had to run to the store to get some more children's allergy medicine (hoping it would help my son with his rash - it didn't). I decided to go take a nice long hot shower and relax. I hopped on the scale while the water was getting hot and I couldn't believe what it said. I stepped back off, let it zero out and turn off and then I stepped back on. Low and behold, it was the same - 155.6 - WHAT THE WHAT!?!?! Shut the front door!! That means that I am only 1.6lbs away from being at my pre-baby weight. I am still shocked about that. Like I stated in my first blog...I never have stuck with anything before...until now. I am elated and a bit in denial. It's like it's all a dream and I am going to wake up and the old me will be looking back at me in the mirror. I guess if that ever happened, then I would start the whole process over! It would be more than worth it. Once I reach 154, I will then decide if I want to start maintenance or if I want to lose another 5-10lbs. I may be making that decision next week or in a few days...who knows!! :D
Until next time, drink a glass of water and move your body today. And then strive to do it again tomorrow. Remember that you Are worth it and that you CAN do it. :) I'm off to go peruse the new listings on Beg, Borrow, Buy, and Sell...have a fantastic Friday!!
Stats for yesterday: calories- 1033 / carbs- 109 / fat- 52 / protein- 31 / sodium- 1288 / water- 48oz
I am not too happy with my protein and my water intake - striving to do much better today!!
P.S. - My bicycle is finally at the store and it can be picked up today...I am so excited!!!! YAY! :D I haven't been this excited about anything since I got my Sony Alpha 390a.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
I Jinxed It...
10:50 AM | Posted by Danielle - Bonnie | | Edit Post
Hello and a very happy day to you. Danielle here :) Yesterday was uneventful. Once again the normal stuff for a mom. I won't bore you with all the glorious details. Breakfast was the same as the day before and the one before that. I'm sure that by the end of the week that I will be extra bored with my blueberry and cream oatmeal. I guess I need to think of something different for tomorrow...Any thoughts or ideas? Let me hear them :)
A little before lunch time I got a message from the hubster. He wanted me to put eggs on to boil so that he could make tuna when he got here. I was in the middle of previewing and editing yesterday's blog when I got the message. Once I was done and had hit the publish button, I went to the kitchen, grabbed the eggs out and put them into their hot tub and then I just started making the tuna. Sometimes I make lunch too ;) Once he got here he was all shocked and asked me what I wanted...hahaha. OK, OK so on rare occasion I make lunch...He finished it up once the eggs were hard boiled. Quoting one of the most awesome-est shows- "What's gonna work? TEAM WORK!! What's gonna work? TEAM WORK!!" I have watched a lot of kids shows in my time, can you tell? :) (extra points if you know the show...and btw, points don't matter)
calories- 263 / fat- 10 / protein- 56
Once we were done eating, we had some time before he had to be back at work. So we did what any hot married couple does with their extra time.....Oh yeah, you got it - we played some PS3. Modern Warfare 3 to be exact ;) We were trying to beat our previous score on a map in Survival Mode (we did, by the way *self high five*) Then it was time for him to head back work and for me to do some more motherly things and think about what to make for dinner.
I decided to do my Baked Veggie Alfredo. I came up with the idea after going Pescatarian. We used to have Chicken Alfredo a lot, but since we are chicken free at home, I switched it out for a rainbow of veggies. This is what I do- saute some diced white onion and garlic in evoo. Then add in some chopped; carrots, yellow squash, zucchini, and frozen broccoli. I let that cook down but make sure it still has some crunch to it. I HATE mushy squash and zucchini. I then season the veggies and add in a jar of Alfredo sauce and let it simmer as the whole wheat pasta boils. I then layer sauce/pasta/sauce until it's all gone in a baking dish then finish it with a sprinkle of mozzarella on top. Then I cover it with foil and bake it in the oven on 350 for 15-20mins. I just want it to be all heated through, you can remove the foil and brown the top if you want. It's a big hit with the whole family and it's pretty darn tasty if I may say so. Serve it with a big salad, of course.
calories- 318 / fat- 15 / protein- 8
After dinner I changed and headed for the gym. I kept notes of my
work out so that I could share it with you all :)
This is what I did:
25mins - Elliptical (HIIT)
30mins - Spent on weight machines
100reps / 130lbs Calf Presses
40reps / 40lbs Rear Delt
40reps / 60lbs Fly
100reps / 130lbs Leg Press
10mins - Core work/calisthenics
time spent- 65mins / calories burned- 466
So, after a very unexciting day and a nice workout I got home and was informed that my oldest son had some weird sort of rash that was very itchy. I don't know when it appeared or how long he has had it. But it isn't pretty. And it likes to move from place to place on his body. We covered him in Aquaphor and gave him some allergy meds. It goes away and then comes back. I'm not sure what is going on with that. If it doesn't get better soon we will take him to his pediatrician. I do know that he enjoying his vacation from school. He has been watching cartoons and is now playing the Wii. His little brother asked if he could stay home from school to help take care of him...He is too cute. But I'm pretty sure that the main reason he wanted to stay home was to do the exact same things that his brother is enjoying, minus the itchy spots. :)
Stats for yesterday: calories- 1411 / carbs- 118g / fat- 74g / protein- 90g / sodium- 1698mg / water- 72oz
Until next time, remember that you ARE worth it and that you CAN do it!! And now I have been asked to do a Push-up Challenge with Bonnie. Rules are: 1 minute - max reps...Join in and try to beat our scores. I will post them once they are done. (Side Note - I haven't tried to do an actual push-up in a very long time...so this will be fun!)
Danielle- 30 [Modified or Girly Form, whichever you prefer ;) ]
Bonnie- 23 [I believe they were the standard ones]
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Flash Back
10:43 AM | Posted by Danielle - Bonnie | | Edit Post
Good day to you all, Danielle here. I figured that since nothing really exciting happened yesterday (not that it ever really does *knock on wood*) that I would quickly give you a run down on what I ate and how I moved and then tell you about how I got this whole lifestyle change started.
Yesterday, I had the same breakfast as on Tuesday (oatmeal, with blueberries and Greek yogurt). For lunch I had left over spinach and cheese enchiladas (they tasted even yummier the day after). For dinner I had cheese ravioli and a big salad. I didn't make it to the gym, so instead I lifted weights and used my exercise ball again. Then after the kiddos were all tucked in bed and fast asleep, the hubster and I went for a walk. We talked and laughed and just had a great time spending time together.
time spent- 35mins / calories burned- 336
Stats for yesterday: calories- 1410 / carbs- 158 / fat- 60 / protein- 47 / sodium- 1777 / water- 72oz
Que the wavy lines ~ ~ ~ Flash Back session in progress - I don't really remember when the exact ah ha moment was and when I realized that I was fed up with how I felt about my body and how the lack of energy was effecting my life and my overall attitude. But I do know that not too long before my oldest son's birthday (end of April 2011) that I watched "Food Inc." and I was disgusted. I decided to do some other research and then...that was the end of that part of my unhealthy life and it was the beginning of my Pescatarian life.
The big corporations are more worried about making the big bucks then they are about the crap that is being sold as "meat". I decided that afternoon that I would not eat; chicken, beef or pork again - and I have not. I can't stomach the thought of putting meat that is full of growth hormones and that it has to have an ammonia bath, into my body. The fact that a chick hatches and then 46 days later is slaughtered and packaged to be sold...doesn't sit well with me. The things are so pumped full of growth hormones that they literally can't move. They can hardly breathe. Thanks to the hormones their bodies are growing faster than their organs. You may wonder what they do all day....well, it's not pleasant. They lay around in their own feces waiting until the day they are slaughtered and then served up. Mmmm - makes me want some Chicken Nuggets. NOT!
(**It has been brought to my attention that it's illegal to use hormones in farming chickens. And so I say, do some research for yourself, and maybe even watch Food Inc. and then make a decision**)
Eating better became a huge part of my daily routine. I try not to eat too much processed stuff (I still do though...I'm not perfect). I also became much more aware of the calories in food (thank you so much myfitnesspal.com - I have such a great group of friends that help to motivate me!!). I had never really paid much attention to any of that stuff before. I honestly didn't care that much. I would just stuff my face until my stomach hurt and I felt bad and wished that I hadn't eaten that much...but then I would turn around and do it again at the next meal and the next.
After I was eating better I decided that I had to get some exercise back into my routine as well. At first, I would do leg lifts while laying back in my recliner (no lie) and I would lift weights (3lbs) while sitting there watching a movie (I'm now using a 10lb weight at home and 20lb at the gym). I would get up and do 20 or so jumping jacks a few times through out the day. I also started to drink more water (now it's all I drink aside from a coffee once in awhile). And just in case you didn't know this, but the more water you drink...the more you have to pee...I know, I know - who would have thunk it ;) I decided to make all those trips to restroom worth while. I started to do 10reps of different exercises every time I had to go (after I had finished, of course) and I would set a goal for the day and then or the week. I was also working out with my Wii Fit. A month or so passed and I was getting bored so I knew I needed something else. In June 2011 I got a gym membership and I have been using it pretty regularly. Recently I started running and now for Christmas I am getting a mountain bike. No clothes or shoes or purses or pretty baubles- I wanted a bike. I can't wait to get it and take it out for spin!! Oh, how things have changed :D
And so now here I am, almost 30lbs lighter, feeling so good about my body and I have more energy and confidence then I ever have. And sometimes when I see myself in the mirror or in a picture, I don't believe it's me. That's a pretty awesome feeling. I am in my 30's and I am in the best shape of my life, thus far. It's only going to get better. So now its your turn. Don't let another week, month or year go by. Find out what your body and your mind can really do. Set a goal and then do your very best to reach it.
You ARE worth it and you CAN do it - I am proof!
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Monday...You Again?
8:29 AM | Posted by Danielle - Bonnie | | Edit Post
Good morning, D here. The weekend flew by and once again the school/work week started. I slept in a bit, I guess it's not a good idea to take a sleep aid at 1AM...*face-palm*. I was still out of bed before 8AM. I miss those long ago days of lounging around in my bed until I wanted to get up.
After I rolled out of bed and took a shower I was once again on the prowl for food. I went to the kitchen and decided to have some regular (unflavored) oatmeal with the frozen blueberries I had gotten at the store. I then added 1tbsp of Greek God's Honey Blueberry Yogurt. I made a mistake and didn't get low-fat, so I will have to use self control when it comes to eating it. I also added a drizzle of local organic honey and just a sprinkle of brown sugar = YUM! I'm so happy that I figured out how to make my own blueberries and cream oatmeal, those are my favorite packets. And since there are only 2 per box...I was always sad when I had eaten them all and then I was stuck with eating the peaches and cream ... blegh!
calories- 201 / fat- 5 / protein- 5
Once breakfast was over I had to get up and get some cleaning and laundry done. It's amazing how dusty a house can get...And for some reason the hubster and I thought that a glass coffee table and 2 glass side tables were a good idea. I found myself once again scrubbing little finger and hand print schmears from off of them all, along with who knows what other kind of grime. I then tackled the mountain of laundry that once again was trying to take over. I despise laundry...it's the bane of my existence.
By lunch time I was ravenous and ready to eat. After my husband got home we decided to have grilled cheese sandwiches (I had 1/2 of one), a cup of vegetarian vegetable soup, a baby dill pickle, and a big salad. It was a great lunch and it hit the spot.
calories-313 / fat- 11 / protein- 11
I spent the afternoon catching up on some shows, playing with my daughter and switching laundry from the washer to the dryer. Today I have the pleasure of folding it all...yay :( Then before I knew it, the boys were at the door and then homework duty started, after a snack and a chat. I decided that I would try my hand at making Spinach and Cheese Enchiladas for dinner. I found a recipe online and then winged it and used what stuff I had at home. I was very happy with how they turned out. They were a big hit (at least with my husband, my oldest and myself....the lil ones are just too picky still) and I look forward to having the left overs for lunch.
calories- 396 / fat- 19 / protein- 19
Through out the day I snacked on some dry roasted and lightly salted peanuts. The store was all out of cashews :( The peanuts will work in a pinch...but they just aren't as delicious. They are more grainy where cashews are just creamy yumminess. I miss my cashews!
calories- 160 / fat- 14 / protein- 7
I wasn't able to get to the gym yesterday...for some reason my legs felt extra tight and sore. I decided it was a good idea not to strain them and I gave them a small break. I did hop on my exercise ball for 20mins and did some core work as well as lifting weights. I then got back in my recliner where I did some leg lifts and some ball squeezes. I bought a cheap children's ball and use that. It's a great exercise for your inner thighs and butt. What I love about doing those types of work outs is that I work up a decent sweat and I am really using my muscles, plus I get to watch my favorite shows while doing it. :)
time spent- 20mins / calories burned- 260
Until next time; keep your chin up, see if you can make better food choices, and move your body. A better food choice could be as simple as buying whole wheat instead of white (pasta and bread). Also trade out one soda for a large iced water, or maybe take the stairs instead of the elevator. I hope you all have a great day! :)
My stats for yesterday: calories- 1345 / carbs- 143 / fat- 63 / protein- 46 / sodium- 2584 / water- 68oz
My stats for yesterday: calories- 1345 / carbs- 143 / fat- 63 / protein- 46 / sodium- 2584 / water- 68oz
Monday, November 14, 2011
It's Shocking...
8:46 AM | Posted by Danielle - Bonnie | | Edit Post
Hello all, Danielle here. So as I look at the calender and see the date I can't believe it! Is anyone else in shock about the fact that it's already the middle of November? Thanksgiving is only a week away! I can't wrap my brain around it. It's like the days have zipped by while I was asleep. When I was a child the time eeked by ever so slowly and now that I'm a "grown up" it seems that the sand is slipping through the hour glass at an extreme rate of speed. I look at my babies and I wonder where they came from. I mean....me, a parent? How did this happen?? LOL - I look at my children and I see amazing little human beings with their own personalities and their own sense of humor. I am honored to be their mother and I am thankful that they were placed in my life. That being said, those lil humans can drive me crazy...lol. And it only makes me love and cherish them even more, if that is possible. :)
This weekend was quite enjoyable. Saturday I met up with Bonnie and we went to dinner. We always seem to go get sushi (mmmmm) and have a carafe of peach sake (drool). After we ate we grabbed an over priced coffee (yeah at that place that starts with a S and ends Bucks) and then we just talked for hours as we walked laps at the outdoor shopping mall. It's nice when we are able to get together, we live quite away apart so we don't get together all that often. I want to find a place where we can meet up and then go for a run. Bonnie has already ran a 5K and my goal was to run one very soon. I am working towards that goal, I really have to work on my stamina, I tire out very quickly. Side note: I had planned to take some pictures of us but then I completely forgot. Sorry about that.
Sunday was very nice as well. We woke up early and then the hubster and I played some MW3 and then got ready to go to church. I love my church family and the church that we attend. I am so very thankful that my life has led me to this place. After an awesome service at church we went and grabbed a quick lunch at the Taco Bell - I had my usual. A classic bean and cheese burrito and a cheesy nachos and lots of fire sauce...I love that stuff. Calories are a bit high and sodium is as well, but I stayed under my calories for the day. Sundays are normally my cheat days, but I didn't try to calculate the calories of the sushi, sake, and then yummy caramel coffee. I decided that Saturday would be the cheat day, instead. After lunch we went to a house warming party for an awesome family that attends our church. They had just bought their first home and were finished moving in and unpacking. I am so happy for them, can't wait for some "game dates". After the party we went grocery shopping as a family. We don't do that very often...trying to shop with 3 kiddos in tow can be a hassle. But they did great and I was so happy to restock the pantry and the fridge with yummy healthy foods. We ended the day having a nice quick dinner at home and watching our shows.
To say the least, after a weekend of not eating all that well and little to no real exercise I was quite shocked to see the number that popped up on the scale. It is the lowest number that I had seen in 11yrs - 156.6!! That means that I am only 2.6lbs away from reaching my pre-baby weight. YAY!! I am now really confident that I can make my goal by the end of the year. And once I do reach it I plan on rewarding myself with a shopping spree. It will be more out of necessity then anything else, as I now only have one pair of jeans that truly fit, and I just bought those. I can't wait, it will be so much fun to see how clothes fit my new body.
I really need to get up and get at it. I have laundry and cleaning waiting on me, so until next time - don't ever give up on yourself. You are worth the effort! You can accomplish anything if you truly want it. I am proof of that. :)
Friday, November 11, 2011
11/11/11 - Veterans Day
10:28 AM | Posted by Danielle - Bonnie | | Edit Post
Hiya, Danielle here. Firstly let me say a huge -Thank You- to all the veterans that have fought for our country. Every minute that you spent away from your family, friends and loved ones pays the price for our freedom. Thank you for your bravery and for the desire to fight for a country that sometimes doesn't show much appreciation for you. I salute you all.
Yesterday started out with me being woken up by a little blond curly headed girl shouting at me to "GET OUT OF MY BED!" as she yanked the covers off of me "I WANT TO WATCH DORA!!". So I begrudgingly got out of bed and made it up, I'm not sure why I do this everyday as something or someone (most likely the same little blond curly headed girl) trashes the bed and litters the room with toys. I headed to the kitchen where my husband had my coffee waiting for me. It had 1 packet of Stevia and 1tbsp of Hazelnut creamer (the yummy liquid kind) in it, and it was delicious. It's a huge change from how I used to drink my coffee. I loved it extra sweet and very blond. I then looked in the pantry and the fridge trying to figure out what to put in my belly. I zeroed in on some creamy protein packed deliciousness- I had 3/4 of a cup of Greek non-fat vanilla yogurt with a sprinkle of Honey Bunches of Oats w/ Almonds.
calories- 153 / fat- 2 / protein- 15
Yesterday was just another day around the house...the normal stuff for a mom. Getting sippy cups and snacks, singing and dancing, changing diapers, rescuing the princess from the mighty mud and then from a giant sand storm (my daughter LOVES Diego and Dora...a lot!). I also had some cleaning to do, it seems like that never ends. And as I sit here typing away there are baskets of laundry that needs to be folded and a dish washer that needs to be unloaded. Blah, it can wait until later. I doubt that the laundry or the dishes will run away... A girl can dream though.
The day really did seem to fly by. I was shocked that my husband was home for lunch when it felt like he had just left for work. He walked in and asked what I wanted as he headed to the kitchen. Let me just take a second to give a great big huge shout out to husbands that come home from work and make their wives lunch - THANK YOU! I have an awesome spouse! He suggested a tuna wrap...I said "Heck yeah!". And then after his labor of love is finished he brought my happy plate to me and I devoured it (the food, not the plate). ;)
calories- 204 / fat- 3 / protein- 3
Through out the day I snacked on cashews. OhMyGoodness!! Cashews are my most favorite nut in the world. You will see in the future that I snack on them often and I have zero guilt about it. Such yummy, salty, creamy and delicious goodness. I <3 cashews!
calories- 210 / fat- 24 / protein- 9
I got a late start on dinner, I kept thinking that I had plenty of time to get my tasty Vegetarian Black Bean soup on the stove. By the time I got to it, it was after 3PM...I swear that 2 hours flew by in about 4 mins. I'm not sure how it happened, but it did. It still turned out to be taste-tastic. We ate dinner a little bit later than normal, but it was no big deal. I served it over long grain brown rice, with a dollop of Simply Sour Cream and a sprinkle of sharp cheddar cheese on top.
calories- 343 / fat- 4 / protein- 17
After dinner and once homework is looked over the kiddos brush their teeth and are then tucked safely into bed. They of course have to have their bed time stories, prayers, and good night kisses, my husband joins me for a few minutes before he goes for his run. I was nestled in my chair, blanket tucked over my legs, all comfy in my yoga clothes (I changed after dinner). I sat there and enjoyed one of my Thursday night shows (The Vampire Diaries, The Big Bang Theory, and Bones). I only watched TVD and then I popped in my Yogalates DVD and I got ready for Louise Solomon to help me relax and get my stretch on. I thoroughly enjoyed the time I spent on focusing on my breathing and stretching out my sore muscles. After I'm all relaxed I climbed back in my chair and finished my shows.
time spent- 30mins / calories burned - 119
My husband and I spent the rest of the evening playing some MW3. He plays a lot more than I do...and you can tell ;) I have come to realize that I have about 2 decent games in me and then I am too tired to really pay attention. So while he played his heart out until like 2AM, I was sound asleep on the couch.
Until next time, be positive, and smile at people when they walk past you. That might just brighten their day and they then return the favor and smile at someone else. :) And if by chance you run across a veteran while you are out and about, shake their hand and thank them for all that they did for us.
My stats for yesterday: calories- 1,210 / carbs- 137 / fat- 43 / protein- 43 / sodium- 455
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Hi! I'm Bonnie!
12:06 PM | Posted by Danielle - Bonnie | | Edit Post
OK so I'm 29, 5'6" and the mother of two incredible little men (5 and 10). Like Danielle, I really have never stuck to anything I set out to accomplish for myself. Something has always gotten in the way- kids, work, and laziness. Growing up we always ate healthy, my grandpa was a doctor so it was kind of mandatory. There really was never any junk food in the house, so that really has never been a big problem. My problem has always been physical fitness. I was not allowed to play sports growing up, and can honestly say I don't remember my parents ever exercising, aside from riding a bike around the block a couple times. I have only recently experienced the healing effects physical activity can have on your body and soul. You can have someone tell you all about it, but you have to feel it to understand.
As for my weight gain over the past few years, it began with being under weight and having an extremely poor diet. After battling with depression for who knows how long, I simply stopped eating. Sure, what I was eating wasn't all that bad, but the amount so was small that my metabolism all but shut down. So when I was finally feeling human and started eating again I also started packing on the pounds. At my heaviest I was about 185ish, and I felt like whale. I have tried several times to loss the weight over the past few years with success. I would get to a point where my weight loss stalled out and I would get discouraged and give up.
So the last time I started over on my weight loss was in June, and it's just that, the last time. I will not be starting over again...ever. This time it is a lifelong commitment. Now don't get me wrong, I have days when I don't want get out of bed and all i want to eat is the bowl of Halloween candy (the whole bowl). But what is different this time is that I finally understand that I am going slip up every once in awhile, and that okay as long as I gather myself and get back on track. Currently I am 168 pounds, this is where I always tend to get stuck, so the next few months are really going to be a test of my determination.
So the last time I started over on my weight loss was in June, and it's just that, the last time. I will not be starting over again...ever. This time it is a lifelong commitment. Now don't get me wrong, I have days when I don't want get out of bed and all i want to eat is the bowl of Halloween candy (the whole bowl). But what is different this time is that I finally understand that I am going slip up every once in awhile, and that okay as long as I gather myself and get back on track. Currently I am 168 pounds, this is where I always tend to get stuck, so the next few months are really going to be a test of my determination.
Sweet Potatoes and Yams - What's the Difference?
11:47 AM | Posted by Danielle - Bonnie | | Edit Post
Hello, Danielle here. Yesterday a post of mine on Facebook about eating Greek non-fat yogurt some how morphed into a conversation about sweet potatoes. I'm not sure how it happened, but I'm glad that it did. I have never eaten a baked sweet potato. My only real memory of eating them before now is the super sicky overly sweet casserole of sweet potatoes smothered in melted and browned marshmellows that my mom would make. I just remember thinking to myself that it tasted like a desert and I didn't like it.
So as I was patiently and hungrily waiting my for my husband to come home for lunch (he had to run by the store to get me a sweet potato), I got a phone call from him. He was searching the fresh vegetables at the store trying to find one, but all that he found were "yams". I knew fairly well that they aren't the same, but I didn't know why. After a few minutes on my laptop and through the magic that Google is, I now know the difference. And knowing is half the battle, after all. ;) I guess that us southerns decide to label all sweet potatoes as yams...I don't know why. I doubt that any of us have actually seen a yam.
I scrubbed that tuber (thanks Google) and then stabbed it with a knife repeatedly, rolled it up in a paper-towel like a burrito, and nuked it on high for 4.5 minutes...I was starving by the time it was done. I got it out, split it down the middle and added a tsp of unsalted butter (yeah, the real stuff), then 3/4 of a tbsp of Simply Sour Cream, a sprinkle of cheddar cheese and then to top it all off, a handful of shredded organic baby spinach and I can't forget the freshly cracked pepper and a dash of cumin. It was DELICIOUS! I ate it all and then pouted at the empty skin that remained.
calories-223 / fat-10gm / protein-4
I didn't have any snacks yesterday (shocking) until after my workout. Some how the day had just totally gotten away from me. And before I realized it, it's already 5PM and my husband called and was asking what dinner was going to be. I had no clue and then he spoke the most beautiful words I could ever hear - "Want me to get pizza?". Yes, yes, yes! Oh how I love pizza...No one has to cook and clean up is a breeze. Now if you over indulge on the pizza it can be the down fall to any and everyone trying to lose weight and to get healthier. But I have it down to a science now. I only eat 2 slices of thin crust - cheese, if I have fewer calories left by dinner I only have 1 slice (yeah, we eat pizza about 2 times a month and I love every minute of it). Thinking back to how I used to eat, I'm sure that I could have wolfed down half that warm ooey gooey cheesy goodness and then had a giant bowl of ice cream to top it off. Oh, how things have changed. Instead of eating more slices of pizza, I make sure that I have a giant salad on the side and if I still feel hungry after I'm done, I get more salad - no more pizza.
calories-550 / fat-28 / protein-20
After dinner, I changed and then I headed to the gym. My home away from home :) I started out on the Elliptical for a nice 7 min warm up. My butt and thighs were still very sore from the work-out I tortured them with on Mon. After the blood got to pumping and the muscles were warm, I hopped on the Treadmill and ran for 7 mins (speed varying from 4.5 to 5.7). I had hoped that I would be able to run 2 miles in less than 28mins (I'm new to running) but my stems just couldn't handle it. If I had been able to stick it out I would have ran a 14min mile. That's pretty stinkin good for me. But I gave up on trying to achieve that goal and I set the incline to 11.5 and climbed for 7mins. I was drenched in sweat by the end of those 14mins. I then made my way over to the weight machines and I worked on my calves, my arms, and my thighs and butt for 40mins or so. I really do enjoy the work out I get from the machines and the free weights. Don't be afraid of them...they won't bite.
calories burned 572
After my work out I came home and had to fuel my machine. Which means I get to eat more - woohoo!! (I really do enjoy food and I LOVE to eat) I had a packet of Justin's Maple Almond Butter with one cinnamon graham cracker and a protein shake - made with Six Star by Muscle Tech Vanilla Whey Protein (1 scoop), Silk Vanilla Almond milk (1/2 cup) and Silk Pure Almond Dark Chocolate milk (1/2 cup). Yum yum! All in all a great day!!
calories - 490 / fat - 23 / protein - 32
calories - 490 / fat - 23 / protein - 32
Until tomorrow, be strong, don't give up. We all have crappy days that bring us down, determination is what you do after you have fallen. I choose to get up and get back at it...what will you do?
My stats for yesterday: calories - 1,424 / carbs - 94 / fat - 62 / protein - 70 / sodium - 1513 / water - 48oz (I slacked off on my water, I need to get back to it!)
P.S. - And no, I didn't take the time to explain the differences of the two, so if you are overly curious about the difference between a sweet potato and a yam - Google it ;)
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Hi, I'm Danielle!!
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Alright, so let's get right to it shall we? Some info about me: I am 5'8" and I am 33 years old. I have never followed through with something that I have wanted to accomplish for my self (until now). I never went to college. I don't have a career. I have a husband, a family, a cat, and the desire to be better. I am a mother of three. Two boys (9 and 6) and one little girl (30 months). Before children I had always been thin, but I was never really healthy. (My parents didn't really focus on health or on how to make the right choices with food. We had junk food but we also had vegetables with every meal...go figure) After the birth of my first son I got skinny again, very skinny. But once again I wasn't healthy. I put weight back on and slowly climbed my way to unhappiness in my own skin. The highest weight that I reached was around 230lbs. Though that was while I was 9 months pregnant...still *GASP*. I never really thought that I would allow that to happen to me. After the birth of my daughter I got down to 190ish and I was miserable. I was fat, I had 2 chins, I had the muffin top...you name it I had it.
So finally, I got sick and tired of the extra weight on my body and what that did to my spirit. I took a long hard look at my life and then I had a talk with the girl in the mirror and I told her that she had to go. I was taking control of my life back once again and that was all that there was to it. I wanted to feel better about me, it's my body I should love it. This all started in April 2011 while I was weighing about 185. I am now down 27lbs and I have lost more than 14 inches from all over. I now weigh in at 158. That is only 4lbs over my pre-baby weight. I plan on dropping those 4lbs by the end of the year. I am determined to reach that goal!!
Also please don't think that this is going to be a mushy blog about working out with my children. I love my children, more than I can ever type out or put down on paper ...but when it comes to my health and my fitness - it's all about ME. It's my escape from being a stay at home mom. It's my "me time". Though, I will be sharing with my children the appropriate way to eat and how to make better choices in this world that is so full of convenience foods and just plain garbage that is disguised as "food". But please don't get the impression that I am perfect. I eat pizza, candy, and I love the heck out of some Taco Bell (on occasion... OK more like once a week, maybe) but I know now how to eat with-in my calorie limitations. I know now how to appreciate my food and how to savoir it.
I hope that you follow along with me as I continue to find the real me and I find the self confidence that I have never really had. I will go back and share more details on how I lost the weight, what worked, and what didn't work. Until next time, here is a picture of me before this whole process started - this was when I had just found out that I was pregnant with my daughter and I was weighing right around 183lbs, give or take a few.
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17 Mind-Boggling Facts About Pineapples
For the freshest pineapples inside the U.S., search for Costa Rica- or Hawaii-grown pineapples.
That indicates that each single pineapple inside the food store can end up being as ripe as it will actually end up being so don't get one and conserve it for any week, thinking it will ripen.
You can easily plant your personal pineapple plant through cutting off the the majority of notable of your pineapple and also planting it in soil. Therefore the actual pineapple fruit itself is actually a new bunch of "fruitlets" fused together. they look weird, they're weird to reduce into, we could not figure out where that they result from or how they grow, along with although we adore them previously cut up inside r eady fruit salads or even tropical drinks, the extremely believed of truly being forced to pick certainly 1 of these spiky buggers up at the food store scares the particular bejesus from us. Pineapple plants seem like giant, buried pineapples.
What if almost all involving they were giant pineapples, planted underneath the soil along with only the best part visible. There can always be a recurring legend which pineapples create a man's seminal fluids taste "sweeter."
But all evidence appears being anecdotal, certainly not scientific.
When you add the actual pineapple about its facet once again and also slice it, you'll see the rounds appear to be flowers since of the"V" cuts. Pineapples were when considered to trigger miscarriages, nevertheless a new pregnant woman would need to consume about 10 complete pineapples for it to be a concern. the sweetest portion of a pineapple can be its outermost flesh, however, which means anyone ought to slice the skin off the edges as thinly as an individual potentially can and an individual also must depart your eyes (brown spots) or a person will lose a lot of yumminess. Pineapple plants possess really rather flowers.
You ought to eat it inside a pair of days if it's stored in space temperature along with inside about a week if it's refrigerated. You'll discover that will your eyes all series up within diagonal rows and you also can easily cut these out in a tiny "V" cut for you to preserve just as much outer flesh as possible.
. Pineapple cores contain higher ranges involving bromelain, a new proteolytic enzyme, which includes a total slew involving well being benefits. Here's the approach you ought to cut a pineapple:
After lopping off the extremely best and the bottom, stand the pineapple up and use a clear knife for you to shave off the skin. In addition to fruit salads and tropical drinks, pineapples are also utilized to produce wine. Infant pineapples are the most adorable fruit you've actually seen.
It's impossible to determine just the little pineapple, sprouting off your leaves involving its mama plant, without having releasing any collective, "Awwww."
Bromelain continues to be demonstrated to become an efficient anti-inflammatory, muscle relaxant, and digestive aid, along with additionally, it consists of chemicals that will interfere with the growth involving tumor cells, creating pineapple an excellent meals to always be able to stop cancer. Although the actual fruit originated within South America, many your world's pineapples now result from Southeast Asia.
Namely your Philippines along with Thailand. There is truly the actually cool pineapple gizmo you are able to buy.
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11. In the particular event that you'd never witnessed one, it'd look just like a pinecone to be able to you.
When European explorers very first encountered the particular fruit inside the Americas, these people known as all of them "pineapples" simply because of the resemblance to pine cones.
4. That is actually really kind of accurate. Pineapple can be ideal for tenderizing meat. Within fact, a completely ripe pineapple is actually very perishable.
When it drizzles on a sunny day inside Hawaii, locals refer in order to it as "pineapple juice." Along With when older mothers and fathers are generally "surprised" with a pregnancy, the infant can be known as a "ratoon crop," the particular bonus fruit that will grows after getting a pineapple plant's first harvest.
15. They also help to make excellent jack-o-lanterns.
Either terrifying or perhaps hilariously doofy, depending on your preference.
In Maui from least.
12. once harvested, pineapples don't still ripen.
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The pineapple plant's flowers -- which usually could change from lavender for you to bright red -- produce berries that really coalesce collectively around the fruit's core.
Thankfully, the down below 17 facts will not just demonstrate exactly how strangely awesome pineapples are, they will furthermore demystify the sweet fruit eternally -- empowering us almost all to take pleasure from these similar to pros.
Let's face it: pineapples are usually weird. The Particular difference in colors will be mostly depending on the location where the pineapples were grown thus any green pineapple can be just as sweet as well as delicious like a golden brown one.
Because Bromelain breaks down proteins.
9. A Person could keep your core within (it's e dible and healthy) as well as an individual can trim it out. Freaky, eh?
5. They've influenced Hawaii slang.
2. Unfortunately, a huge pineapple won't develop underneath it.
6. The idea requires virtually 3 years for any single pineapple to reach maturation.
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The Refractor Engine, is a game engine designed by Stockholm-based studio Refraction Games, first developed for the computer game Codename Eagle, which was released in November 1999. Since then, Refraction Games was bought by Digital Illusions CE, and working alongside with the Refraction Games team, designed and developed the Refractor 2 Engine for the famous Battlefield game series for the computer.
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European Data Protection Day: progressing towards more reliable and modern regulation
Éthique | 09 Aug 2013
On 28 January, the protection of digital data takes centre stage across Europe. On the initiative of the Council of Europe, since 2007 this date has officially been "European Data Protection Day", in reference to the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data of 28 January 1981. The event is the perfect opportunity to remember that digital technology can be developed only if there is solid and uniform legislation in place to protect the personal data of European citizens.Launched by the Council of Europe, the idea was supported by the European Commission. In 2007, this body declared 28 January of each year to be European Data Protection Day.
The aim of the event is to make European citizens aware of the importance of personal data protection and of ensuring that their fundamental rights and freedoms are respected – particularly their right to privacy. As a result, various events are organized and communications issued by the authorities and bodies involved in data protection.
To mark the occasion, the French data protection commission (CNIL) published a series of practical fact sheets designed to help employees and employers manage personal data at work. This topic has become a major focus for CNIL, given the boom in new digital technology, in particular mobile technology. At a time when we are seeing an increase in the use of smartphones, teleworking and bring your own device (BYOD), the body is reiterating the fact that it is essential to maintain a balance between supervising employees' work and protecting privacy. It should be noted that in 2012, more than 10% of complaints received by CNIL were work-related.
European Data Protection Day is an ongoing part of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, ratified upon signature on 28 January 1981. This convention has become the international legal standard, and inspired the directives subsequently adopted by the European Union on 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and on 12 July 2002 on privacy and electronic communications.
Last year, shortly before European Data Protection Day 2012, the Commission proposed a comprehensive reform of data protection rules with the publication of the proposal for a regulation defining a general framework for the EU for the protection of personal data. This reform aims to "strengthen online privacy rights and boost Europe's digital economy," according to the official press release. It will also update the 1995 text, which has become a little out of touch. In fact, at the time, "less than 1% of Europeans used the Internet", according to Viviane Reding, the Commission's vice-president and EU justice commissioner, during the official announcement of the proposal for the regulation.
The text of the proposal for the regulation is still being discussed in the European Parliament and is due to be the subject of a vote at the end of April. Ireland, which will hold the presidency of the Council of the EU for the next six months, has announced that it will endeavour to obtain political agreement on the reform before the end of its presidency in June.
Furthermore, CNIL had voiced its concerns regarding several points of the text. These were taken into account by the rapporteur to the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Jan Philipp Albrecht. Published on 8 January, his report "largely" answers CNIL's concerns.
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I was in the Yorkshire Dales with my partner last weekend, and late on Sunday afternoon, walked through a village at the bottom of Wensleydale called West Burton. West Burton only has one pub and one shop, and while we made good use of the pub, it was in the antiques shop that I found these soup cups.
They were painted in TK pattern during the early 1930's by Marjorie Cryer, and there are seven in total. The six above are made from red clay and one of those has a broken handle, glued back on. The seventh is made from white clay with a pink coloured base, which dates it to a couple of years later (it's still painted by Marjorie Cryer), and it has slightly different decoration on the handles. So I imagine the original owner of the set must have purchased this seventh cup as a replacement at a time when they were still quite new.


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Belles in Second after Day One at MIAA Championships
Results (pdf)
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. -- Rosie O'Connor continued her strong fall season with an 83 to help the Belles stake a second place finish after the first day of the MIAA Championships held at the Bedford Valley Golf Course this weekend.
O'Connor's 83 was good enough for a tie for third on the day as the Belles finished with a 348. Olivet is the team to chase after firing a 339 on Friday.
Also finishing in the top 10 on the day for Saint Mary's were Emily Gore and Perri Hamma. Gore shot an 87 to tie for sixth while Hamma shot an 88 to tie for ninth on the day.
Natalie Matuszak and Meredith Fantom both had rounds of 90 to complete the team scoring for the Belles.
The two-day tournament will conclude tomorrow in Battle Creek. Tee times are set for 9:00 a.m. at Bedford Valley.


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20 important lessons I learned through my activism for social justice, in no specific order.
1) You are not alone in caring for social justice. Many others care too and are just waiting to be connected.
2) Never assume you can succeed alone. Learn to collaborate and partner with others.
3) No one religion has an exclusive monopoly on good values. There are many good people in every religion and community.
4) Charge your spirituality to prevent burning out. Unless you are charged, you cannot help charge others.
5) Pray to change your opponents more than to defeat them.
6) But also pray that evil be defeated if it is not going to be changed, before it causes more harm
7) Be patient. Change is a process, a long process often opposed by many challengers and haters.
8) Never become the immoral and unjust people you are opposing. They are not your role model.
9) Have faith that justice and truth will certainly prevail. They always do, with God's help.
10) Know your potential and limitations
11) Keep a balanced life: God, you, family, friends, work, and activism
12) Be around positive, humble and pleasant people with integrity. They are contagious.
13) Stay away from negative, arrogant, unpleasant and unethical people. They are contagious too.
14) Seek advice. Appreciate sincere criticism. Be open to correcting yourself.
15) Plan your day, plan your goals, and plan your destiny. God will help you.
16) Seek excellence in all that you do and say.
17) Renew your pure and sincere intentions. Remember whom you are trying to please.
18) Remember, you can't be an expert in everything. Find talented people and work with them.
19) Treat others the way you wish to be treated.
20) Frequently, ask yourself: what have I done during my life? What was the positive change I helped bring?


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Toileting is the act of helping someone to perform the actions of urinating or defecating including helping them to do so if they are unable to get out of bed or are incontinent.
Children on the autism spectrum have problems with social communication, social interaction and theory of mind. As a result, they may find it difficult to understand what is being asked of them and may not be motivated by a desire to please their parents or carers as well as possibly being unconcerned about wearing nappies at an age when other children want to wear trousers.
These children may also be hyper- or hyposensitive. For the hypersensitive child the bright lighting, extractor fan noises, smells of cleaning and personal hygiene products that most people barely notice can be distracting, distressing or unbearable.


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CELTA – what kind of job can it get you?
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As part of getting myself ready, I thought it wise to start familiarising myself with the official syllabus. IH Seville has a summarised version, grouping the guidelines under two main objectives. You can read them yourself here.
I also started to have a look at the Cambridge version, which you can read here.
For those of you wondering, the acronym CELTA originally stands for Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults, but although the acronym is retained, it now stands for Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.
According to Cambridge, CELTA is an introductory course for candidates who have little or no previous English language teaching experience. Why then is it much sought after even by experienced teachers? They must be doing something right, I guess. It is, after all, accredited by Ofqual (the regulator of qualifications, examinations and assessments in England) at level 5 on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF). To get a perspective, a Bachelor's degree is graded at Level 5/6.
So, does it make sense for an undergraduate to do a CELTA course? I suppose it does if one has little or no experience of ELT, but if you're an experienced teacher? How much weight has CELTA got? Would employers equate it with a degree? What is the likelihood of you getting a job if you have a CELTA but not a degree? Could a CELTA, without a degree, get you into a Master's programme? Or would a DELTA be better? DELTA is rated at level 7 on the QCF, which is equivalent to a Master's. It's all a little confusing to me at the moment.
If any of you have any answers, please do enlighten. Meanwhile, I'm looking forward to seeing what my future classmates are like. Are they experienced teachers? What are their hopes and aspirations? What are they hoping to take home from this course? Do they have any preset ideas?


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The Convention on Business Integrity (CBi), since June 2006, implements the Business Action Against Corruption (BAAC), Nigeria project. The aim of the BAAC project is to use collective action to improve corporate governance and reduce corruption in the Nigerian business environment. The programme also supports practical initiatives, which promote good governance and improve the investment climate. We achieve this through working with industry at strengthening self-regulation of business, its compliance with government regulation, stakeholder activism and a public vigilance over the arrangement. We also build on existing relationships with the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to build a partnership to strengthen corporate leadership practices by raising standards of board leadership of directors of listed companies in Nigeria to review their fiduciary responsibilities, and meet stakeholder expectations. The aim is to define a set of business principles, reporting guidelines and system of compliance incentives jointly with directors of listed companies in Nigeria.
The BAAC Nigeria Project seeks to strengthen self-regulation of business, business compliance with government regulations, stakeholder activism and a public vigilance over the arrangements. It builds relationships with two principal regulators, the Nigerian Stock exchange (NSE), Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and work with the NESG, and Institute of Directors to build partnerships to strengthen corporate governance practices by raising standards of board leadership across the economy. BAAC is in effect creating partnerships between business and government to fight corruption and fraud through facilitating collective action, research, education training as well as the development and dissemination of best practice tools and guidelines.
The Convention on Business Integrity through the BAAC brings a company into fellowship with other companies, organizations and individuals interested in Collective Action in the fight against corruption


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I don't post about sculpture very often, but when I saw these amazing geometric pieces by artist Axel Brechensbauer I just had to share. Such a perfect mixture of humor, texture and color. How amazing would one of these sculptures look in my living room?
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Traveling to a new city is always exciting – a new area, a new place to explore, and so much new food to try. Pinpointing the best restaurants to check out in a city can be daunting and overwhelming when everything sounds incredible. How can you narrow it down? How do you stay within budget? With the help of Groupon Restaurants, you can accomplish all of the above.
Groupon Restaurants is a new interface designed by Groupon. Similar to Groupon Coupons, the Groupon Restaurants page offers fantastic deals for local restaurants, as well as a plethora of useful information about the venues. Don't bother spending hours surfing online when you can streamline your search in seconds. Simply type in the type of food you're craving in the city you're exploring, i.e. Polish food in Chicago. Your search will generate numerous restaurants in the area that fit your criteria.
For example, Smak-Tak pops up as a delicious Polish restaurant in Chicago. On its page, Groupon lists the restaurant's location, hours of operation, phone number, and website, as well as its price range, whether takeout and/or delivery are offered, if it's children friendly, and offers options for vegetarians and vegans. A blurb about the restaurant is included, where you can learn that Smak-Tak means "Taste-Yes!" in English. Included on the page is a map of the neighborhood and nearby restaurant options in case you want to explore venues for post-dinner drinks or dessert. If Smak-Tak doesn't fit your fancy, you can explore the other Polish restaurants populated by Groupon Restaurants, such as Kasia's Deli, Teresa II Polish Restaurant, or Baltic Good Polish Food.
So next time you're hopping around to a new city, make sure to use Groupon Restaurants when you're looking to satisfy a particular craving or if you're hoping to try some fantastic local cuisine. Not only will your taste buds be happy, but so will your wallet!


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What are the things you do to keep yourself others or our planet healthy?
For me? The best things that I could do to attain and have a healthy one is to follow whats the right and ignore the wrong things or the bad things. This information or good information could be done or made or we should say that to spread the ideas in having good health is to use or make some advertisements about what's the best thing to have or to keep yourself, others or our planet healthy. As a student I could help this situation throughout my knowledge and also publishing some important information in my blog site so that all the people could start his or her "GREAT LIFESTYLE".


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To be honest... while rail guns can be effective the imbalance in resource distribution alone and problems with maintenance and retrofitting ships I stay clear of these weapons as dedicated PD besides low tech options.I do agree though that Gauss are really only starting to be useful at around fire rate 3 and above.My carrier doctrine are that reconaiscence are top priority. When I strike my carriers must be unknown to the enemy. At this point in the game I would have an all missile offensive fleet but I always keep beam weapons on ships since jump points is always a thing.Overall, beam fighters are sort of a waste of sentient life so I stay clear of them for moral reason. I do however use super fast beam interceptor fighters to engage scouts, FAC and fighters.
Interesting. Why do you choose 12kT escort carrier/fighters rather than, say, 2x6kT escort frigates with turrets? I would have thought the fighters are much more expensive in terms of fuel /losses/micro for no real advantage in PD terms?
Versatility, mostly. Speed is key to many things in Aurora, I have been recently surprised by a FAC-heavy spoiler race with overwhelming numbers and if I had slow-ish escort frigates I would have lost the entire fleet. Instead, I gave them some fighters to chase while running for the jump point, and it worked. I lost my fighters, but my fleet will fight another day. Fighters are cheap to build and replace, can be built anywhere by throwing a bunch of factories on a planet, and their speed is a valuable asset. I'm not saying I don't have escort frigates with turrets as dedicated PD, just that all my major fleets have a couple carriers as well.
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bill-swift - March 19, 2013
It seems like the transformation process is almost complete. Britney Spears the young sexually suggestive diva into the soccer mom in the jean shorts, tight tank, and knobby knees. And, yes, the knobby knees does go with soccer moms, not sure why, but they are a must.
Not that we don't have plenty of soccer mom fantasies. A few. Since boyhood years and having all those orange slices thrust upon us by the loving hands of the occasionally cleavage revealing mature woman. It's just that we will somehow miss the former Britney as she fades into the minivan world of fast food and oversized handbags and always slightly uncoordinated mom sports claps. Still, those orange slices, mmm. Enjoy.


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IUD-Life Saver for Women
Intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) is a form of birth control in which the small T-shaped device is planted in the uterus of a woman to prevent her from getting pregnant. Until now, it was believed that IUDs contributed to the development of cervical cancer in women. But the results of an international study claim otherwise. Though the device might not be capable of stopping the infection that leads to the disease, it might at least be able to act as a preventive measure. And if not that, at least the research would be competent enough to reassure women and their doctors that using the IUDs does not add to the risk of developing cervical cancer.
The research conducted on 20,000 women concluded that the women who use IUDs had the likeliness of contracting the human papillomavirus which causes the disease as those who did not use the device. In fact, those with a history of using it had only half the risk of developing the cervical cancer. According to the Spanish researchers, a possible reason for this could be attributed to the insertion and removal technique which might destroy the pre cancer cells or develop immunity against the HPV from progressing. The results showed that though the possibility of HPV infection was not reduced, the IUD did decrease the risk of cervix cancer by reducing the likelihood of developing squamous-cell carcinoma by 44 per cent and adenocarcinoma or adenosquamous carcinoma by 54 per cent. Another type of cancer called endometrial cancer can also be prevented by the use of IUDs or coils as they are generally called. The duration over which it is used does not affect the risk according to the researchers.
Approximately 80 per cent of the women across the globe tend to develop HPV infection by the age of 50. It is the most common viral infection of the reproductive track and results in cancer of the cervix. Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women next only to breast cancer and affects 500,000 women resulting in 250,000 deaths each year according to the estimates of the World Health Organization. All over the world, many organizations and institutes are carrying out awareness and research programs taking note of the gravity of the situation. Nationwide immunization programmes for girls have been started by a few reputed drug-makers and developed countries for providing protection against HPV and cervical cancer.
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The most important ignored story of 2015 is Russia and China setting up their own economic alliance incorporating a whole host of other entwined organizations and countries such as India, Venezuela, Iran. The last two nations also seeking protection from US imperialism.
Russia and China will also be setting up their own version of the World Bank, the NDB, that will use the Chinese renimbi so it will be essentially a separate economic system in competition with US banker hegemony.
This will also provide a counterpoint to a unipolar world. If the Iran deal falls through either because of Republican intransigence in the legislative process or the election of a less friendly presidential administration in 2016 be they Republican neo-conservative or a neo-liberal like Hillary Clinton, a Russia/China alliance will protect them from America belligerence.
Behind this belligerence is Zionism and Israel. This new alliance will of course be less friendly with Israel, in fact will be diametrical ly opposed to their goals of domination and control of the Middle East. China recently announced it would not allow its workers to work on projects within the occupied territories particularly new settlements.
A force, an alliance, in the world more on the side of working people, on the side of countries to pick their own leaders without outside interference, is desperately needed. This agreement is banking and militarial (All the participating countries will be part of a joint military organization like NATO) but also transportation - High speed rail connecting the countries of Eurasia.
And last but definitely not least will develop political power and clout through access to natural resources that member states share for example Iran's oil and Russia's natural gas.
A unipolar world where the dominating force is predatory capitalism hiding behind terms like austerity which is really just cutting programs for poor people in order to cut taxes for rich people coupled with the tendency of the USA to invade other countries it does not like or agree with or undermining democratically elected governments (like those in the Ukraine and Honduras) with coups - This is why the world needs this new alliance. Hurray for Russia and China!
More about the specifics here http://www.thenation.com/article/the-geopolitical-big-bang-you-probably-dont-see-coming/


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. The art or study of using language effectively and persuasively.
- n. A treatise or book discussing this art.
- n. Skill in using language effectively and persuasively.
- n. A style of speaking or writing, especially the language of a particular subject: fiery political rhetoric.
- n. Language that is elaborate, pretentious, insincere, or intellectually vacuous: His offers of compromise were mere rhetoric.
- n. Verbal communication; discourse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. Synonym of rhetorical.
- n. The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.
- n. Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose.
- n. Oratory; the art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and force.
- n. Hence, artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation without conviction or earnest feeling.
- n. Fig. : The power of persuasion or attraction; that which allures or charms.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Rhetorical; formerly, eloquent.
- n. The art of discourse; the art of using language so as to influence others.
- n. Skill in discourse; artistic use of language.
- n. Artificial oratory, as opposed to that which is natural and unaffected; display in language; ostentatious or meretricious declamation.
- n. The power of persuasion; persuasive influence.
- n. Synonyms Elocution, Eloquence, etc. See oratory.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
- n. loud and confused and empty talk
- n. using language effectively to please or persuade
- n. high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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For instance, if you heard a man say, 'The _rhetoric_ of Cicero is not fitted to challenge much interest,' you might naturally understand it of the particular style and rhetorical colouring -- which was taxed with being florid; nay, Rhodian; nay, even Asiatic -- that characterizes that great orator's compositions; or, again, the context might so restrain the word as to _force_ it into meaning the particular system or theory of rhetoric addressed to
Avoiding a shift to the right in rhetoric is neither a matter of principle nor honor, so he felt free to do so in order to win re-election.
Even though he personally does not think much of ID, his anti-Darwin rhetoric is a big part of ID.
And part of that equation is at least the willingness in rhetoric from the dem president to make it plausible to claim GOP obstructionism.
According to a piece in today's Wall Street Journal, the Obama rhetoric is the greater crisis ... not the facts of the economic downturn.
If the policies are right, does it matter that the rhetoric is ahistorical and absurd?
Could someone tell Boehner his rhetoric is a tad old.
Senate Dem criticizes Obama opposition to taxing health benefits
Your rhetoric is the quickest way to continued war.
"De-escalation of the rhetoric is the first step," John Robb told me.
There are some people who would argue that arresting would-be terrorists for their rhetoric is the only way to prevent future attacks.
Ha ha!
I love this bit from the Century: "The system of rhetoric which finally became established, and has never been superseded, though largely mutilated and misunderstood in medieval and modern times, is that founded upon the system of the Stoic philosophers by the practical rhetorician Hermagoras (about 60 b. c.)."
I'd guess Charles Sanders Peirce had something to do with this definition.


text: So what inspired me to go out and buy this toy - an Optimus Prime which looks little like any other Op before him - instead of a version painted exactly like what's in the film ? Well for a start I'm not keen on the film's colour scheme. Blue & Red in the combination they have makes it look too busy with too much going on at once. The original looks a mess. This is new for an Optimus, with a unified colour scheme all over and it appeals to my eye more. They'll be an authentic Movie Op for me when I get the Voyager w 08 Concept Bumblebee. It's a repaint and I love a good repaint. *AND* it's exclusive to a store in the UK that's got here before America. Sorry chaps. Op comes packaged in robot mode. A small ammount of manipulation is required before he's completely robot, mainly folding out his heel spurs which automorphs the feet into place as well. There's shoulder armour that covers the sides of the upper arm but personally I like these folded out to the sides in a look reminiscent of RID Optimus Prime. His hands have fingers jointed at the top knuckle and a ball jointed thumb. Although there's no weapons he can hold there's a missile launching cannon on his right arm that folds forward from along the outer edge of the lower arm which in turn extends a double gun barrel underneath the right arm. In theory these should be worked by a slider that extends the gun barrel and they probably are - the toy is just designed for someone with more manual dexterity than me ! Both forearms have a panel folded underneath them - on the right arm it's attached to the missile launcher and contains the gun and get locked in place when they're deployed. On the left the panel just hangs there and droops. There's a double bending elbow so the arm can be bent up to the shoulder with a swivel joint in between. The arms fold out to the sides at the shoulders as well as back and forwards at the shoulder joint. The arms also fold backward at the shoulders on mine because the panels they're attached to do not lock into place very well. The head turns, there's a universal joint on each hip, a swivel above the knee which in turn bends in the correct way and ball jointed ankles. Balance is generally good though he has keeled over once or twice as I've fiddled with the top half of the toy. There's no sound effects as such in this mode but if you push down on the head so the chin recesses below the line of the top of the body you'll get a nice noise and light show as it springs back up. He can kneel down to fire on one leg but it's a sort of stretched pose and you'll need to fold up the lower of the 2 wheels on the upper leg to achieve the pose. The knees are limited by a post sticking out the back of the knee joint. I can't see a reason for it here and in fact I wonder if it's meant to be round the front of the knee instead. Removal would give the knee an extra 30 degrees of movement ! I mentioned the colours at the top: The armoured bits of Prime are a teal blue colour - very nice - with the exposed pieces in grey. There's lots of black detailing. Simple, almost monochrome but it works for me, and puts me in the mind of Armada's Night Attack minicon team - see http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/Fetch/fetch.htm and the linked team members. In fact I look at this toy and this it would have been a nice touch to sneak a couple of minicon hard points in. TF - Involved but quite obvious. I didn't need the instructions. Then it's always better going to vehicle mode from robot. Start by pushing down the head till it locks in place (1). Fold/slide the guns back. Fold back the underside of the forearms and fold the hands in - clever design means the flaps should pop open to receive them. Un-attach the wheels covering the back of the upper leg and fold them down via some hinged panels so they're at the back of the lower leg, Pull back on the waist and fold it back 90 degrees so the front of the waist is pointing downwards and the legs are pointing back. Now bend each of the legs so the point downwards. Fold down the grey pointed panels onto the shoulders, and cover these with the blue panels that form the armour for the sides of the upper arms/shoulder pads. Fold the forearms up so where the hands would be is level with the shoulders and lock the forearms on to the upper arms. Unfold the doubled up panels on the knees, and swing them down and forwards via their attachments. Swing the panels out backwards from the middle of the backpack kibble and then swing the panels down 180 degrees. Swing both halves of the remaining backpack down 90 degrees which should allow the panels to pass through under the folded up arms and beside the hips - they may need some help ! Fold the waist back the remaining 90 degrees and lock. Fold the legs down 90 degrees under the toy and take the back wheels with them Fold both panels that were under the forearms do they're pointing out the front of the robot and fold the entire arm sections back to form the rear of the cab and the middle of the flatbed of the truck. Fold down the back of the heels spurs and swing out to the sides which folds up the feet. Making sure the lower half of the knee panel is above the knob on the foot fold the lower legs forward so the back of the knee panel lock above the ridge on the robot chest. Fold back the paired wheels on each side to form the outer edge of the flatbed. Fold the loose panels up to form the sides of the engine. 1 - when reversing the TF and you come to this step (last) omit and instead press the button on the lower chest to automorph the chest and reveal the head. Resulting truck mode is big and solid - mainly the blue of the armour, but with some grey visible underneath at the sides and on the front grill - which is mounted with a tinsy Autobot logo. Smokestacks are a very bendy plastic. You can sound a horn noise by pressing a button on the top of the cab - and you probably will during TF ! Some silver flame detail is visible on the front of the truck in a silver grey which matches the plastic used for the grill - where the blue is on the usual Op. There's then a black wash - yellow on the main version, followed by Teal Blue all the way back - which is a mixture of first red, then red flames and then blue on the Movie Op. Simpler and more effective for it. Some might say this is an ultra Magnus but the colours don't match. There have been hints of teal in Nemesis Prime/Scourge/whatever before now but to be honest the colours are the other way round to those toys where black was the main colour. This produces a feeling of a subdued Optimus Prime for night/stealth operations and I like it. Honest opinion: Buy this one instead of the Movie version and get the Movie colours on the Voyager in the 2 pack with the concept Bumblebee.


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The year's first frost is upon us this morning. It's certainly upon me, in my last-gasp effort to finish painting the porch. If the weatherman is right and the temperature does reach the sixties, I might get the job done. Cross fingers. Or rub together vigorously, as needed.
If Jack Frost isn't available, here are a few other ways to frost a window:
DIY from Design Sponge
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Emma Jeffs' Modern Window Film
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I know many dont always like the featured restaurants on DDD however, we enjoy the show and always try one of the featured places on a holiday..
There is none on maui all on OAhu.. If you had to choose one of the following which one would you go to ? and which entree is your fav?
Germaine's Luau 444 Hobron Lane Honolulu, HI HI 2207
Hanks Haute Dogs 324 Coral St Honolulu, HI HI 3924
Highway Inn 94-226 Leoku Street Waipahu, HI HI 3909
Murphy's Bar and Grill 2 Merchant St Honolulu, HI HI 3234
Nico's Pier 38 1133 N. Nimitz Hwy Honolulu, HI HI 4668
Poke Stop 1840 Meheula Pkwy Mililani Town, HI HI 5084
Rainbow Drive-In 3308 Kanaina Ave Honolulu, HI HI 5875
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3308 Kanaina Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815
Highway Inn
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