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Thanks for your reply! I really appreciate the information you are sharing and have one more question. You mention complex carbs. Are there some that you tend to select over others?
Thanks again,
Please accept my sympathy and understanding for your worry. Please let me know what has happened since last summer.
Are you going to have a VSG (which I just heard about today for the first time)?
Caryl Barnes
Room: The Mary Center (on the lower level)
3333 Cliff Road
Burnsville, MN
There is excellent parking, building access, and there will be carts available to bring in your swap-ables and take your goodies home. Tell everyone you know! Forward this email! The event just gets better with every person who comes.
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Do you have clothes that haunt your closet - the clothes that don't fit quite right? Or maybe they do fit, but you don't feel great when you wear them because they aren't your style, or you just don't need them? Would you really like something new to wear? Maybe you've changed jobs or gained/lost some weight and you need some clothes, but you don't want to spend a lot to get something new?
COME TO SWAPKINS! We will have tables and clothes racks loaded with clean clothes in good condition. Clean out your closets and bring clothes to share. Check out what we've got and take home what you like. NO MONEY IS EXCHANGED. We will have men's, women's and children's clothes - everything from casual clothes to dressy. Also outerwear and accessories. The mix is different everytime, but it's always good stuff!
It's hard to explain how much fun it can be to bag up and get rid of clothes. No garage sale tagging! No bargaining with a consignment shop. Just bring them and *poof* they're gone and you KNOW they've gone to a good place.
It's hard to explain how much fun it is to walk into a great big room full of clothes and pick up anything you like and take it home, AND IT'S FREE.
We need bringers (who will bring things to share) and takers (to 'shop' the shared stuff). You can be one, the other, or both! It is not required that you bring anything to the event to take anything away. Everything at the event is free.
Email with questions. See you there!
Jen
P.S. If this note was forwarded to you and you'd like to be added the the email list, send a note directly to [email protected] with your name and email address.
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SWAPKINS is a community event that began in 2006. Participants bring clean, clothes in good condition. The clothes brought in are placed on tables marked with sizes. Then attendees “shop" the tables of clothes with sizes that they can use. All remaining clothes are donated to charity. No money is exchanged.
This event is typically scheduled every 3 to 6 months. Most participants are from the Twin Cities area, but some do come from outstate Minnesota and Wisconsin .
Hi Tracy ,
I hear that you are struggling and while I understand that artificial sweeteners can also trigger cravings, if you must have the Chai, it might be better to indulge in the SF version rather than the higher calorie standard. I personally tend to like sweet tea and so I have unsweet tea with Splenda. As a matter of a fact, I use Splenda or WheyLo when cooking that calls for sugar. I don't go crazy with Sweeteners, but I do use them. When I want to indulge, I have found that if I 'take care of business' first, I do better. This means that I have protein and complex carbs first, and then I allow myself my indulgence. This keeps me from overindulging. I don't know if that might help.
Wishing you all the best,
Barbara
ObesityHelp Coach and Support Group Leader
http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/bcumbo_group/
High-264, Current-148, Goal-145
I eagerly read your post and have even tried to get back on track (unsuccessfully). Sometimes I think I have short circuited but I know it is just getting back into some VERY bad habits.
One of my largest downfalls is a hankering for chai. I particularly like the powder variety that brings along with it sugar and fat, like Pacific Chai. I have tried the teabag variety only to find they do not provide that same comfort. It is not uncommon for me to drink 3 cups or more a day, which accounts for a large chunk of empty calories. :( I have even tried the sugar free varieties, which I like but still contain empty calories. Not as many but some. I have read a lot of articles that discuss that sugar substitutes are no better for people than regular sugar, since the body still responds to it as the same glucose raising substance. Additionally, I understand that sugarfree substitutions keep the cravings going.
Do you have any advice on how to overcome this? I have gained between 20 and 25 pounds and feel and look like every fat cell is bloating back up.
We are trying something new by alternating between Round Rock and South Austin for our meetings.
Tomorrow's (2/18/12) meeting will be at Central Market at Westgate at 10:30am - noon. Here is the address: 4477 S. Lamar Blvd. Austin, TX 78745 http://www.centralmarket.com/Stores/Austin-Westgate.aspx/
This months meeting is going to be centered on Staying on Track. Please bring a pen and paper for notes. We also encourage you to bring before and after pictures if you would like.You and any others you may know of in search of a weight loss support group are invited! Our group is not limited to one certain weight loss surgery, it is open to pre-ops, post-ops, those thinking of weight loss surgery, and those who just in general need some type of accountability.
Our goal is to provide a support group that is positive and motivational. Also to create a strong foundation within this area to lend support to those in need.
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
ObesityHelp is committed to our members’ privacy. Since our inception, we have endeavored to protect the sanctity of our members’ privacy. Over the years, we have been asked to sell and lease our database or grant unrestricted access to the same. We have continually refused all such request as we deem our membership to be our dearest obligation.
ObesityHelp conducts operations in a social network environment which means postings, content, blogs, and any other ancillary information sharing on our website message boards is 100% open and searchable by all major search engines. This means that posting on ObesityHelp requires members to be conscientious of their own levels of comfort when posting any information to the Internet. To support the anonymity of our members we instituted: the screen name process (pseudonyms instead of real names), customizable avatars (no photo required), private messaging (posting on message boards not required), and email privacy (your private email is never displayed by ObesityHelp); just to name a few. This means that anyone can protect their name and privacy simply by taking advantage of the privacy options already included in our site.
Recent linking campaign on Facebook
The linking process was implemented to support threads that the company deemed as universally appropriate and supportive to those that suffer from obesity. With that core support desire in mind, approximately (7) threads were linked to from Facebook. This was done over a period of 3 to 4 days.
Technical clarity
Unlike linking to something with a single unique record locator (URL) when a company site links to a threaded comment [such as ObesityHelp] the Facebook system ‘spiders’ (searches) the URL content for a photo, first few words within the content, and even attached names. This is not something that ObesityHelp initially considered to be at issue as search engines have had access to this information since our inception. However, many members felt the inclusion of their photo (avatar), screen name, and short blurb of the content was a privacy violation. Our intent was never to cause anyone’s privacy to be violated but our effort was to promote support for the individual threaded comments.
To alleviate the issue, ObesityHelp immediately ceased posting threads. At present, only content (articles, blogs, and educational material) is being linked from the company Facebook page.
Why do we feel linking is necessary at all? Support and education are not limited to a singular social network. ObesityHelp operates a Facebook page for the same reason that millions of other companies do; our members are there also.
Was a policy change implemented?
In short, no. The linking of content from various locations including newsletters, Facebook, and other sites has always been something that ObesityHelp has done. However, what made this particular posting different was the way that Facebook automatically grabbed information from the linking source (user generated content on ObesityHelp).
Unless manually removed or changed, the linking takes place with default information included: avatar or photo, link, and minor portions of the content. This was not something that ObesityHelp considered initially bad as the information is public via Google, Yahoo, etc. Once it was brought to our attention that some of the links might contain information that would be considered by some as ‘private’ we immediately ceased posting in this linking method. Please be assured that no policy change has taken place.
How will ObesityHelp handle manual linking on Facebook in the future?
In the future, should ObesityHelp plan to link to specific threads, the company has decided to remove any such identifying markers that would otherwise cause the link to be identified to any specific individual or group. The purpose of the Facebook linking is not to single-out any one specific poster but help promote a general open discussion of the topic(s) at hand.
Sincerely,
ObesityHelp Inc.
Member Services Department
