Odrade

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  Body For Life 12 Week Transformation Challenge!

  by Vinny in

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  2. physical

  anybody here ever tried the body for life 12 weeks transformation challenge?.

  well, i will be starting day one tomorrow.. .

  basically you take some "before photos" of yourself, along with your weight, body fat percentage, size measurements etc.

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  Body 4 Life is a great program. Everything about it is reasonable and healthy, AS LONG as you don't lift into pain. Fatigue is different than pain, so make sure you are lifting "to fatigue/failure" safely, and doing the lift motions right (slow up, slower down.) "Lifting to failure" means you cannot do one more rep SAFELY AND CORRECTLY - NOT "when you drop the weights on the floor."

  (if you did this before, Vinny, you know this, just a note for any who might be thinking of doing the program.) The book is really clear and well laid out, making this an almost foolproof system to follow.

  I've been thinking of starting again myself.
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  Any WEEN Fans???

  by chelsea in

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  any of their "cult following" in here???

  ;)

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  Odrade

  Thought you meant ween-er dogs.
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  Well Hello

  by RichieRich in

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  2. friends

  i've received several messages from friends about posting an update here.

  it is true there are people here who care for/ about me, and it doesn't take too much time out of my day to just post a litte update, so i figured i would.

  i heard from a little birdy with a big nose that my name has been mentioned once or twice around here, and that prompted me to stick my nose in.

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  Odrade

  LOL! *waves hello*
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  Elders and JWs who study a lot...

  by cognac in

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  2. friends

  do you think they know its not the truth???

  elders, for example, through jcs are privied to info about the jw involvement with the un, 607 bce, etc, etc... .

  people who actually do study a lot, you think they figured it out???.

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  It totally depends on HOW they study. My mom "studies" ALL of the time, seriously, about 2 hours every day... for 34 years. She reads the WT and whatever other books are the current release or current study material, looks up every scripture, and writes them in the margin of her book and magazine. For everything. It looks really impressive. But she doesn't actually learn or research anything, so she'll probably never get it. Sad. And what a waste of time.
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  Switch-a-roo Publishers on Bible Studies?

  by skeeter1 in

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  2. friends

  when i studied with the jws, the first lady studied with me a few months.

  then, all of a sudden.....switch-a-roo.....i was "dropped" by "lady #1" and told i had to take "lady #2".

  the reason was that i needed a "more mature person" to be my guide.

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  Sometimes the older pioneers will "steal" the studies by convincing a "less experienced publisher" that they are unqualified. Then they will "help them out" and take over. Happens often.
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  did anyone on here ever have a paedophile in thier congregation?

  by looloo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  if so, did it bother you that he had been reprooved and forgiven rather than reported to the police?

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  One convicted, public reproof. Jail on work release program. Restraining order was not respected by the elders, in fact only some of them knew about it apparently. Two others known, un-df'd.
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  If You Were Wrong About The JWs, Maybe Your Current Beliefs Aren't True

  by serotonin_wraith in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you're here, it's likely you were once fooled by what the jws believe.. back then, i expect you thought you were smart.

  you thought you could tell if you were being lied to.

  yet, they got past your mental defenses and sucked you in.. knowing this, how can you be sure your current religious beliefs are true?.

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  LOL@ Xena. Wish I were that laid-back. I can get pretty dogmatic. I think it's one of those genetic character things- I git-it-from-mah-pa. At least now though, I try to allow myself to be persuaded from my entrenched position by a well thought-out argument, logic and fact. :) And I if I do change my mind or beliefs, I don't beat myself up too much over my previously held ideas.
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  Never Thought About Suicide. Why not?

  by Nosferatu in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i was doing some thinking this morning about my mother, when she said she wanted to "work on our bond" over a pizza, and i pretty much didn't bother with the offer.

  i was thinking about how i'd confronted her before my boy was born about all the physical abuse which she denied.

  i started thinking back to that time in my life, when i would shake uncontrollably thinking about school, let alone actually going to school.

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  I think some people just don't think that way no matter how bad things get.
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  Stardust-the movie

  by gaiagirl in

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  2. entertainment

  just saw this last weekend.

  anyone else a fan?

  i found it to be very much like "princess bride", but better!

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  Odrade

  I'm a huge Neil Gaiman fan, and loved the movie. Even though it departed from the story a bit, the flavor was very much Gaiman. DeNiro in that get-up... priceless.

  Someone described it as Princess Bride meets Pirates of the Caribbean. That fits.
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  Struggling to throw my contact lenses away!

  by Trevanian in

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  when i first started wearing (soft) contact lenses, in around 1986, they were prescribed for wearing for six months, i think, before being replaced.

  over the years the technology has become better, they've become cheaper, and wear time has become shorter... three months... one month... .

  now i'm wearing two-week (water-wada-wada-oxygen-permeable-completely-inexpensive-state-of-the-art) contact lenses.. but damn, when i have to throw the little critters in the bin or down the drain after two weeks, i feel guilty as heck!

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  Yep, I have the 2 week type. Usually I wear them for 4-8 weeks before they start feeling funny. Then I toss 'em.