Evilah

Soes the aloe, pecid, and ginger work? I don't want to take nexium or protonix becuase I read the studies, and I think the risk of side effects associated with them is too high. How do the ale and ginger work? Evilah

<p>I wish it were law that "at-risk" parents would be interviewed or visited a couple of times by a social worker during pregnancy and during the baby's first year... It should a support program, becaue I see a baby getting injured by a young parent on the news like every other day. It's disturbing. </p> <p> </p> <p>Low income, young, jobless, single (etc) parents need help. I'm not making any judgements about these people, I'm just saying that youth, lack of money, lack of support are serious problems and people need help. Parents just don't get the help they need raising their children. It's hard to raise a child and too many people do it without the help they need. It's a strain on the parents, and the children suffer. We need more non-religious organizations to help parents with this huge new job: parenting. </p> <p> </p> <p>Evilah</p>

look for a support group in your area, rely more on your mind to control your eating habits and less on your bad. The upside of losing it slowly is that your skin has time to catch up and you end up with more normal looking skin when you're done, so don't fret so much over losing slowly! Evilah

yeah, I think that the Protein is derived from the seeds, and the protein isn't very concentrated, but it contains vital amino acides and tons of fber, so I guess as a protein supplement it's okay... just something to up your protein intake a bit more. I'm trying to work out what level of protein sustains me. My dr. seems to think it's 90g per day, but I've been doing some reading and i think it's more like 60 Any ideas about how much protein one should get based on their body mass/ ? evilah

I've managed to get through that last meal syndrom. I'm actually watching what I eat and excercising. Why wait for the surgery to start feeling better ya know? Evilah and best wishes sue!

jfran, yeah the liquid diet isn't that hard, and there's several threads around here to help you with it. EVilah

btw, mark, nice quote. my husband liked it too.

I priced out hemp milk yesterday... OMG $4.00 for the same size as a $2.00 container of organic soy milk, or almond milk.... YIPES! I have the hemp protein powder, but I find when I add it to drinks without a lot of sugar that the taste is very obvious. Maybe I'll just get over it, because I like the amino acid content of hemp protein

There are a few affluent companies who are in this country. Otherwise, the poverty rate (especially for children) is worse than for the rest of the developed world. (the definition of a "developed country" varies) Compared to other modernized countries, we have a lower standard of living, less savings, more debt. We work longer hours, and take fewer vacations. I'm so sick of the rest of the world looking at us like we have life handed to us. As for myself and most people I know, we work very hard just have a place to live, and food to eat, and to care for our children. Because of popular media and reality tv, it is a worldwide misconception that americans are wealthy. A very small percentage of americans are wealthy, and for the past thirty years, accounting for inflation, american's salaries have been in steady decline, while the small percentage of wealthy are by comparison to the average american, wealthier than ever before. Australia-- 12.6 % of your children live in poverty. (Australia, you are considered a "rich" nation, along with the US and most european nations) Of all "rich" nations, the only nation with more children living in poverty than the US, is Mexico. US has 22.4% of it's children living in poverty, and mexico has 26.2% of it's children living in poverty. http://www.unicef-icdc.org/publications/pdf/repcard1e.pdf Evilah

hye my insurance approved 100% too. i don't think people often say that if it did, and I wonder how many insurance companies approve 100%. (Most people only post about payment if they're self-pay or insurance only pays for part of the sruger)

1. it was MY lawn and MY lawn company. 2. I stated it was one more reason to support my already existing view. This is not a sweeping generalization or hyperbolic. I never used it as a single reason to support my opposition to illegal immigration. I did not make a statement of my view and use this one example to support it. I just told a story about what happened to me, then related it to my already existing view. I didn't even explain my view in that post, it was just an addendum to the story. 3. If by wishy washy, you mean that I could not directly prove this person's citizenship... It is my calculated opinion that he is here illegally. Possibly not an accurate conclusion, but certainly one with reason. By generalization, do you mean the implication that all illegal immigrants do not know this countries laws? Yes it is a generalization, but it is also accurate. Most illegals do not know the laws here. 4. I'm not hurt; misphrasing and putting words in other's mouths makes sensible communication impossible, and it is one of my pet peeves. I thought this story was relevant to this thread because it illustrated how the these individuals who my neighbor's and I have hired to maintain our lawns has annoyed me. No one gets anywhere if an effort is not made to understand precisely the meaning of what someone else says. Because people are intellectually incapable of creating a dimensional understanding of the thousands and thousands of people they encounter, they tend to create a set of personas which they are familiar with and understand, and to treat new people as one of the existing, familiar, and known personas. (hence our terrible vulnerability to forming prejudices) Unfortunately we do not live in 200 member tribal societies anymore, and it takes a concerted effort to continually attach meaning and revelance and dimension to NEW personas with unique sets of experiences, daily, thousands and thousands of times over. It's a barrier to communication, and we should all be aware of this human shortcoming and attempt to overcome it. Add this communication problem to the fact that most people think they are more intelligent or more righteous than people they don't know, or who they have minimal contact with, (and that because of this most tend to form a view of the unknown that is more negatively slanted than positive) and it's amazing anyone ever talks to anyone at all. Lucy About illegal immigration, I have a very hard time understanding how someone can be "for" something that is illegal. But I continue to make efforts to understand it, and would be happy to hear your views and reasoning here if you want to give it. I will not try to change your mind, or debate your position. I am simply interested in adding to my body of knowledge another person's viewpoint. Happy Posting, Evilah

is their a "clear" Protein? evilah

ljuht, how did your surgery go? o2bethin... I'm sorry about all of your insurance troubles... I am approved but the surgery date has been delayed. At first I just wanted to eat like wild... you know... last ride sort of thing. Now I'm taking the opportunity to teach myself to eat the way I will after the band and also to practice the liquid diet. It's hard but I practice chewing well, small bites, one bite per minute and not drinking with meals, eating protein first and excercising everyday. If I find the strength in me to change and do this on my own before the surgery comes, maybe I won't do it. But right now, I'm just taking the opportunity to work on myself, and am still planning on having surgery. Evilah

I think that the issue is SO CLEAR that illegal immigration is wrong, that people who are against it have to redirect their rebuttals towards a "singly characterized, bigoted individual" and to make broad generalizations about the opinions and assumptions and qualities of naturalized Americans. This has nothing to do with what anyone thinks that all Americans are or what all immigrants are. You can't do that, you can't just say all groups of people are the same because of their citizen status. That's called prejudice, characterizing a whole group of people based on what you think they all think or do. It's about making sure that people who come here know the law, and are equipped to abide by it, and who have genuine interest to naturalize themselves and become Americans and pledge allegience to this their new country. It's about making sure that the economic impact of those people entering this country will be beneficial TO ALL AMERICANS.

Anyone else have any opinions about immigrants learning the law before living and working here? Evilah

Actually, yes I do. I've lived in several foreign countries, and took pains to be sure that I did not offend anyone or violate their laws So let me say it -- there's no excuse for violating the law in a foreign country. If you're going to be there, live there, work there, you should learn the law. We make people who immigrate here legally learn it for a reason.... I didn't say I though that his native country encouraged urinating in public;. I'm making a comment about it being illegal to expose yourself in public in THIS country. And that this particular man would likely not have done it had he known there were consequences and that he could be arrested and have his citizenship questioned. Where in my post did I speak of a country that encouraged public urination? How absurd to make such an inquiry, asking me what country I think encourages urination.... I'd rather believe he's not a sociopath and just a misinformed immigrant who didn't make the effort to learn the laws here, who was accustomed to a different set of laws and normalities in his native country. Evilah PS. Please don't put words in mouth. I never said a foreign country encourages urination in public. I think it's one of the forum rules here not to post that someone said something they did not. "Which foreign country, exactly, are you speaking of that encourages public urination?" - Lucy

Audrey, I'm scared ****less. I can't even go to the dentist without freaking out. I have to take a sedative to calm me down. I am actually considering delaying my surgery because we're moving this summer, and I don't think I can handle both, even though the move is before the surgery. My family has been very supportive, but sometimes my mom is a jerk and won't listen to me talk about the things I'm afraid of, and suggests right away that maybe I shouldn't do it. (instead of listening and giving me some support and encouragement) I totally understand feeling like you can't go anywhere before the surgery. I would feel that way for several reasons-- 1. I'd feel like I hate people to see me fat, and I'm going to be skinnier so why suffer through that ONE MORE TIME 2. I have so many things to take care of before the surgery, I need time to do those things and focus on being mentally prepared. I wish you the best, the only solace I can offer you is that once you get put to sleep, you don't have to worry about the surgery anymore. I'd probably try not to think about it much and distract myself until tomorrow. I hope everything works out well for you, and odds are, it will. Best of luck, Evilah

mark, WHAT? Is that real? There's another famous rachel rae? rachael ray? (not the one with the cooking show and talk show who posed in a bra in FHM? http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/food/rr.jpg Google Image Result for http://www.rachael-ray.org/gallery/albums/magmisc/normal_fhm4.jpg Evilah

i mix stevia and raw sugar to sweeten. It takes like a third of the sugar and just a teeny bit of stevia to finish sweetening ... So cuts down on the stevia and the sugar and tastes more like realy sugar! Evilah

Poor kitty! She had a rough start in life! How little was the kitten? I've seen young pregnant cats, but I don't know how young they can get pregnant... I wonder

Maybe the original poster just wanted to vent or offer some wisdom based on her own experience, and is way past having her condition re-analyzed by other people, or explaining her conclusions, diagnosis, treatment plan. Maybe she didn't want any help or medical advice.

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Betsy Jane, do you dip your deers for ticks? Did you get them when they were fawns? That sounds really neat, I've always loved adopting animals. But I've never known anyone with a deer! I restrict my soy to ~20g or less a day because I think too much soy is not healthy. I read a study about soy estrogens accelerating some cancers, and my best friend's doctor told her about the connection between excess soy during pregnancy and malformed genitals in baby boys as a result. It just makes sense to me that phytoestrogens can act like regular estrogen, which too much of is very bad! whey concentrate gives me headaches, so it would be very easy to substitute soy Protein powder for all of it, but it seems that I should be getting a varied source of protein. Am I crazy to try do this surgery when I limit my soy, won't eat whey protein concentrate, and won't eat artificial sweeteners? I'm just trying to work out a natural, wheyproteinconcentrate free diet that conforms to the dr.'s guidelines Evilah

dang plumbing. causin polio epidemics and all.... Evilah

violeteyes! OMG WEEKENDS ARE SOOOOO BAD! AAAAAAAAAHHH! I try to leave the house while my family eats, then come back later. Because it's easy for someone who's all full on meat and carbs and yummy crunchy fruit and veggies to watch you sit and sip on a Protein shake or spoon up a bit of soup than it is to watch them eat a declicious meal while you sip Protein Shake on a near empty stomach!!!!!!!!!! Evilah PS> I have this fear that after the band I'll never be able to eat normal foods again because somehow I equate eating a large quantity of whatever I want until I'm full to eating normally. SOMEONE HELP ME STO PTHIS THINKING!