Do you have a sedentary youngster, or were you a sedentary youngster, who suffers from the disabling condition of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, also known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)? There is not that much known about this syndrome, other than children who have a higher level of exercise are at lower risk. Sufferers, more often women than men, are often too tired to do normal activities and feel exhausted. If you have been diagnosed with this syndrome, or know someone who has been diagnosed, we would like to talk to you for an article in ObesityHelp Magazine. Please send an email to [email protected] and include your name, age, when you were diagnosed, what you are doing to treat the syndrome and your phone number or email address so I may contact you for further questions. Ronda Einbinder ObesityHelp Magazine Assistant Editor/Public Relations :type:

I recently moved to north Idaho from Spokane, I work in hi9gher education in downtown Spokane but have been considering finding a job here in the Coeur d'Alene area. Are there any employers who don't have exclusions to WLS? My current job is great, been there 14 years but there is an exclusion. I have heard the Sprint is great, but I was just curious about Idaho State Employees. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Anyone have any luck financing? I've gotten turned down once, so far.

ObesityHelp is proud to announce that we are about to start training the new Chapter Leaders on November 29, 2004 and would like to count you in that group. If you have ever expressed an interest in being a Chapter leader or have just wanted to help people. This is for you. If you are interested in starting an ObesityHelp Chapter please e-mail me back ASAP with you name, address, and phone number to: [email protected] We will be mailing the training packets out with the training schedule right away. All training will be conducted in a conference phone in room. There are three sections to the training. All instructions will be included with your manual. If you responded to this already and did not get a response from me please send me an e-mail to me directly as I lost a number of e-mails. Please feel free to contact me at 866 957-4636 x 385 if you have any questions or concerns. It's a Lifestyle, Monica Ganz, Ph.D.

There was a question about B&A photos for the gallery. So everyone knows this is basically the rules for that.... Eric nor I have ever said standing only for B&A Photos. I don't know where this is written, it's not true. And we've always requested from knees up... we just don't want a face shot only. And some don't have a knees up type of photo for before... what my letters have always stated to members are, "You might not have a full body for a before photo, but you've lost 100#... come on.. show it off! You can always take the current/after photo!" There are many photos on there w/ people sitting. Those are OK. Eric's favorite type of photos are where the person is in the same position in the after shot that they were in the before shot... and some after shots are even taken next to that same tree, or same railing, or same fireplace or in the same chair. Those are great for comparisons on how well you've done, but they have never been required. I apologize for confusion. Please, if there's ever any questions on any of this, instead of starting wars amongst yourselves, please, always come and ask me first. I don't seem very visible these days.. I'm taking three classes again and am finally getting that diploma :grad: I've been waiting and working so hard for (next step, the AAS, in ONLY six classes), but I'm always here for you. I might not get back to you the same day, but I will get back to you.. or one of my assistants will, if they can help you. If they can't help you, then my door's always open. Love ya! :kiss: Photo Processing Manager - Photos to [email protected] & Questions or concerns to [email protected]