Streams of Consciousness & Thoughts~~~

[MissCris]

So! A few months of eating better and regular exercise and avoiding most bread and sweets, and I've lost 11 pounds (well, the scale told me a couple times that it was 13 or 14 pounds, but the next time I weighed, that number was different sooo, 11 pounds is the consistent number thus far). (<---pretty sure that made no sense).

This is slow work and that's annoying. But! Slow and steady wins the race and all that junk. Wait no, the junk is what I'm getting rid of. And it's not a race. So never mind and disregard at least half of what I've said here.

 

[ChandlerFan]

So! A few months of eating better and regular exercise and avoiding most bread and sweets, and I've lost 11 pounds (well, the scale told me a couple times that it was 13 or 14 pounds, but the next time I weighed, that number was different sooo, 11 pounds is the consistent number thus far). (<---pretty sure that made no sense).

This is slow work and that's annoying. But! Slow and steady wins the race and all that junk. Wait no, the junk is what I'm getting rid of. And it's not a race. So never mind and disregard at least half of what I've said here.

I've been on the journey too! Over 70 lbs lost since September (But I had a lot more to lose as well.) It's tough but sooo worth it.

 

[melita916]

my weight loss journey is moving at the pace of a snail, but it's moving! i'm down about 13 lbs

 

[lil_christian]

I'm trying to eat healthier....once my sister and her husband move out, it will be MUCH easier.

 

[lil_christian]

I need some gluten-free bagels in my life.

 

[ServantStrike]

my weight loss journey is moving at the pace of a snail, but it's moving! i'm down about 13 lbs

I'm up five..

I need to toss aound heavier weights

 

[Olerica]

I need some gluten-free bagels in my life.

I'd say I'm working on it... but I'm intimidated by them

Have you tried Udi's bagles? I haven't

 

[Lynx]

I leaned a new word today:

indigent
ˈɪndɪdʒ(ə)nt/

adjective: indigent

• 1.
  poor; needy.
  "a charity for the relief of indigent artists"
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  [TR]
  [TD="class: lr_dct_nyms_ttl"]synonyms:[/TD]
  [TD]poor, impecunious, destitute, penniless, impoverished, poverty-stricken, down and out, pauperized, without a penny to one's name, without two farthings/pennies to rub together[/TD]
  [/TR]
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Not to be confused with "indignant" although indigent people can be indignant just like anyone else if you confuse them.

 

[Olerica]

Hah! I was going to post this same thing this morning before coffee.

 

[lil_christian]

I'd say I'm working on it... but I'm intimidated by them

Have you tried Udi's bagles? I haven't

I might have like...once. They're just okay.

 

[Olerica]

I might have like...once. They're just okay.

I'm pretty sure all you'll get is 'just ok'.... but I could be wrong.

 

[lil_christian]

I'm pretty sure all you'll get is 'just ok'.... but I could be wrong.

Yeah. And I wasn't very happy with them due to the fact that they didn't have any other kinds, beyond plain and sesame. I like the blueberry and cinnamon raisin variety (I'm not a raisin person but I do like cinnamon raisin bagels for some reason).

 

[Olerica]

Yeah. And I wasn't very happy with them due to the fact that they didn't have any other kinds, beyond plain and sesame. I like the blueberry and cinnamon raisin variety (I'm not a raisin person but I do like cinnamon raisin bagels for some reason).

They have Cinnamon Raisin: Bagels | Product Categories | Udi’s® Gluten Free Bread

Talk to your grocer about carrying them!

 

[lil_christian]

They have Cinnamon Raisin: Bagels | Product Categories | Udi’s® Gluten Free Bread

Talk to your grocer about carrying them!

Oooooh I definitely will.

 

[blueorchidjd]

So today was good and much needed.
My dad is so wounded it hurts me.

I pulled up a chair and sat next to him and talked to him for an hour about things we never really talked about when I was younger
and I finally understand a bit of his perspectives.
Tonight was one of the first nights he ever really talked to me about how he has been really feeling....like in depth...about past marriages and just us kids growing up.

If you could please pray for him that he will turn to know the Lord genuinely.
I believe there is still a genuine heart within him.

 

[blueorchidjd]

Good news:
I don't have a test tomorroew
that makes me so happy.

but I get to go in and take the quiz I missed the other day.


---
I am really re-evaluating everything right now.
It's kind of weird how you really see into yourself sometimes and are alarmed at what you see.
It doesn't define who you are but it really shows you what demons are chasing after you, what past hurts have not ever been dealt with, and how corrupt the human heart is, and how far it is from truly loving others away from Christ.
This is what breaks my heart the most, when people are so far away from God but claim past experiences, what is it like to thinking of the same situations in your life over and over and over again? and to hold that regret and guilt, and shame, and pain? main that hurts me to think about that. these are things that no one ever talks about , but things that people think everyday.

 

[Olerica]

I'll be praying for both of you, BlueOrchidJD. I'm glad you got some good adult 1:1 time with your dad. It's a good place to start an adult friendship with your father.

I'll pray for you both as you deal with the stuff that contains your lives, and that you'll be open and willing as God calls you each into deeper relationship.

 

[Jilly81]

Prayed for your dad and his salvation/drawing nearer to Jesus, BlueOrchid. Glad the two of you had that talk. I know he's been hard to be around at least some of the time. Hopefully we'll see some fruit of your labor and the group's prayers soon :').

 

[blueorchidjd]

MLK quotes are making me go cray cray!
-“There is nothing more dangerous than to build a society with a large segment of people in that society who feel that they have no stake in it; who feel that that have nothing to lose. People who have stake in their society, protect that society, but when they don't have it, they unconsciously want to destroy it.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

AHHHHHHHH

 

[Roh_Chris]

I've been on the journey opposite to Cris, Chandler and melita. I've been up 16.5!

I made this meme today.