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I have never heard of ginch or gitch but both words are cute! I'm going to start calling my understuff ginch.

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seriously Cloe? You never heard "ginch"....like, "don't get your ginch in a twist?"

I've heard "Don't get your knickers in a twist" but never "ginch". I think Cloe and I are spiritually the same age.

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Okay....so, Mr Yoda was looking over my shoulder this round and said "what the hell is "ginch""??? I said, you KNOW that word....tis underwear....well, he couldn't stop laffin' and said the word is "Gitch".

LOL.....and now that I think about it, he is right....that is the term I've used...."gitch" not "ginch"!!! LOL.....maybe that make a difference for ya Cloe?!! (I think my mind was on "grinch" for Xmas!).

Glad you clarified, I would have know that word.....NOT LOL

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Oh, another funny story. We came home last night around 10:00, and the parents of my son's friend came over to pick up their kid so we invited them in for a drink. So the guy says to my husband......Oh, you look like you have lost weight since the election!!...................?????? Like, Hello! He may have lost .5 pounds off his already slim body!!!!(thats what I wanted to say). Never mind me, I've only lost 76!!!!( I wanted to say that too). Anyway, so go figure. I thought it was funny.(not really):) ,:D .

Some guys are just sooooo clueless!!! Don't let that kind of stuff get you down, he's just another clueless male.

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I think Cloe and I are spiritually the same age.

Yoda, you and I can spiritually be the same age!

(let's be 26!) hehe

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Hmmmmm 26 or 41....NO BRAINER!!! okay.....I'll be your spiritual age with ya Mandi!!!

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Cloe, about your funny story....last time I lost weight, I had lost over 70 pounds before anyone from my husbands family mentioned it. My sister in laws boyfriend finally mentioned it. It was so pathetic it had become funny to me. I made it into a game to see how long it was going to take before someone figured out that I went from a 22 to a 14. Keep in mind I saw these people weekly. I don't know what makes people behave that way. Now having said that, I am not without sin... I recently ran into someone who had lost over 150 pounds since I had last seen her.(Gastric bypass). I was super jealous and part of me wanted to not bring it up or acknowledge it, but I felt stupid talking to her and not talking about the obvious transformation. Wierd eh?

Now about the ginch thing, we can hardly discuss it without mentioning it's equally fascinating counterpart....gonch.

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I lost 60 pounds once. There were a couple of guys I would see everyday, mainly passing in the hall and sometimes having a few words. After I was about 5 pounds down, they would both kind of nod or give the thumbs up when they saw me, silently acknowledging the weight loss as I progressed.

My good friend Rachel never said a word, until I had lost a full 60 pounds. Then she said "Have you lost weight?" When I said yes, I haven't eaten solid food for months (I was doing the Cambridge diet), I told her that I was surprised she hadn't noticed my progress.

Her response was interesting. She said that she didn't see me as fat at all, what she saw in me was my personality and being a friend to her. My body size was such a non issue to her that she wasn't aware of the changes until they became glaringly obvious. I've had a couple of other people tell me that they don't see me as a fat person. Interesting.

On the gonch/gitch issue: My son is a typical boy, thinks farts are hilarious etc. However, he gets terribly offended when his Dad or I refer to his underwear as gonch. He corrects us and wants us to call it underwear. Weird kid.

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Going to a Christmas Party tonight. It's pot-luck. God, all the goodies!!! Gonna try to do my best, but I dunno.

I only need 5 more pounds to hit my Christmas goal. I really never thought I'd get this close. I have to remember that tonight:frusty: .

How's everyone else doing with the x-tra goodies?

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Rumers at my work is that i had my stomach stapled.I will just gain it back. i am not telling them any different as it is nobody's business. I guess if they talk about me they are leaving somebody else alone.lol

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If they are talking about you Loriely, it must be that you are so very important!!! And yes, Good Attitude!!!

So.........................Had my "coming out" last night. Went to the Christmas party, when I walked in everybody was staring and kinda went on and on about how great I looked. (actually it was very ackward) So I decided to tell everyone exactly what I did. THe rumors were out there, some knew, some didnt, but whatever. I told everyone about my band, about how I feel, about my last 6 months. It felt really good. Everyone was very encouraging, I think it helped that I had lost a significant amount of weight (no one could dispute it). By the end of the night, a couple of the women were going to look into it for themselves. So all's well!! Except I ate some goodies, arrrg.

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Glad you had a good evening cloe. I still wouldn't have the nerve to tell everyone what I did tho! I would have lied thru my teeth. I guess that's why i'm going to hell (catholic guilt)heehhee

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