Message From Obama About the Recent Polls

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Who’s the Elitist Again?

Number 5 — The Investigator

• You’re independent – and a logical analytical thinker.
• You love learning and ideas … and know things no one else does. Bored by small talk, you refuse to participate in boring conversations.
• You are open minded. A visionary. You understand the world and may change it.
• At Your Best: You are sharp, inventive, and creative. You have the skills to lead the world.
• At Your Worst: You are reclusive, weird, and a bit paranoid.
• Your Fixation: Greed
• Your Primary Fear: Being useless or incompetent
• Your Primary Desire: Being competent and needed
• Other Number 5’s: Bill Gates, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Bjork, and Stephen Hawking.

What Number Are You?

My Political Persuasion — New School Democrat

• You like partying and politics. It’s likely you are young and affluent.
• You’re less religious, traditional, and uptight than most Democrats.
• Smoking pot, homosexuality, and gambling are all okay in your book.
• You prefer that the government help people take care of themselves.

What’s Your Political Persuasion?

We’re Fuc*ed — Thoughts on the U.S. Economy

I was listening to BBC Radio about a week or two ago during the Republican convention and they were interviewing this economist from France. Apparently he wrote a book about 10 years ago that was 100% correct regarding future global economic conditions.

They were interviewing him about the current economic climate and the dude got me scared with some of the stuff he was saying about the American economy.

The short version, we’re FUC*ED. I don’t curse so I’m not using that word lightly.

Weight Loss — The Daily Challenge

So I’m reading an article on maintaining weight loss, 4 Reasons We Regain Weight, and checked out the comments section when I finished. The comment below was sooooo on point.

I am astounded how much weight loss maintainance is like remaining sober. That is, I am an alcoholic and in order to stay off the booze there are several things I must do, either daily or weekly. If I don’t do them, I may drink again, or crave it. Weight loss appears to be the same for some people.

I found her comment to be a very good analogy. I don’t think people really realize how difficult it is to lose weight and maintain the weight loss.

Every day is a challenge. EVERY DAY.

I’ve only been successful when I totally altered my life. Not just what I eat or whether or not I exercise. Check out some of the reasons why below.

• There’s not as much hanging out with friends or doing the after work thing. Why? Because the all social activities involve food and/or drinks. (At least with the people that I know.)
• I have to go to bed no later than 9 or 9:30 pm. Why? Because by then, I’m starving and if I stay up any later, I’m gonna eat again. (When tracking calories in a food diary, it was this extra meal that was always the difference in weight loss.)
• TV becomes annoying. Why? The tempting and teasing of the food commercials ….. LOL. I’m serious. I start to crave things that I don’t even like just because the commercials make food look so appetizing.
• Less leisure time. Why? No more downtime because I have to shop and cook more. Fruits and veggies don’t have a long shelf life. I find myself going shopping about three times a week just to eat right. Then add in the time it takes to cook and do dishes. (vs. the usual eat something out or order in). It’s hard to find time to just chill, talk on the phone, surf the net, etc. And, of course there’s the recommended 5-6 hours a week of exercise for someone my size.

There’s probably a couple of other things that I find challenging when trying to lose weight that I can’t think of right now.

I know there are benefits to the weight loss and I’m going to try to focus on those more. Kind of like the light at the end of the tunnel.

Have any tips for me? Put them in the comments section below. Thanks.

The Journey Begins — Again

The situation has gotten out of control.

I’ve always been a big person, but I’ve never really felt fat. I’ve always been able to hold my own as a big girl when getting around and doing whatever I wanted.

Lately, things have changed. I feel myself slowing down, can’t do as much as I used to. I get tired doing simple things. One of my friends says it’s age. Some of it probably could be attributed to that, but the extra weight is the primary source.

I went grocery shopping yesterday and the five block walk home almost killed me. I actually had to stop and rest for a minute. After I got home, you would have thought that I did a workout the way I was sweating. NOT GOOD. Yes the bags were kind of heavy, but I should not have been sweating like I was.

GOAL — Fabulous & Fit at 40

Summer 2007 --- Before

The Countdown Begins Today. 8 Months to Goal.

Volunteer Bloggers: Stop Subsidizing the Entire Internet

This is getting ridiculous. Today, Alley Insider reported that some bloggers at AOL have chosen to keep posting for free after cutbacks that would only pay them for five posts per day. It’s assumed that at least some people are indeed donating some of their blog posts. And don’t even get me started on the Huffington Post, that repository of crackpot rants built by an army of many free-bloggers writing in the name of “exposure.” (CEO Betsey Morgan said in a recent interview that paying the HuffPo’s bloggers might possibly be part of the picture someday; in the meantime, “It feels very 1993 to say, ‘Hey, it’s all about the check that I get at the end of the month.’”) After the jump: Econ 2.0, or why bloggers should stop writing for free.

The Onion Movie

I don’t usually buy DVDs, but I have to make an exception and buy this one.