Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 7 months ago
Job situation takes a turn -   Okay, the job "situation" has taken a strange and unsettling turn. On the one hand, I have a 3-day-a-week editing job at a place that I like, a place that I know, a place ...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 7 months ago
Shrodinger's cat is out of the box - Okay, March is over. I decided that I WOULD weigh myself to see what happened over the past month. And? I weigh , , ,    DRUM ROLL, PLEASE . . .  . . . ....

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 8 months ago
Clarification of me and the gym - In a post (My Weight is Shrodinger's Cat), I may have led people to believe that I am hitting the gym 5 or more times a week to try to work off calories eaten through stress-ind...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 8 months ago
XPOST: My weight is Shrodinger's cat! -   At the beginning of March I challenged myself to stay off the scale for the entire month. I've managed to do it, but the month ends next week. I've been taking myself ...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 8 months ago
Rope undulation exercises? - Has anyone ever done them? They look crazy exhausting and are supposed to be great NO/LOW impact, since you don't move your legs much. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-ScVKS...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 8 months ago
NSV: Math and the gym - I confess that I was a little bored last night. I sat down with my gym log (where I keep track of the exercises, reps, weights, etc.). I did the math and discovered that in Janu...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 8 months ago
SOS Challenge - who'll join me? -   SOS = STAY OFF SCALES Every time I get on the scale, I go bat crap crazy.  It's down a pound then it's up three pounds. Then, the next morning I am down tw...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 9 months ago
NSV: the gym pays off - I've been hauling my ass to the gym in the snow and slush and freezing CT wind 4 or 5 times a week and am at the point where I ENJOY going and actually missed it when we were sn...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 9 months ago
Where did BLOCK and FRIEND disappear to? - Those options used to appear at the bottom of every posting, and now they're gone. Yet another OH change for the worse?

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 9 months ago
Where did BLOCK and FRIEND disappear to? - Those options used to appear at the bottom of every posting, and now they're gone. Yet another OH change for the worse?

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 9 months ago
Band "failure" versus "User errors& - This is taken from a posting I made on another fourm. I agree with Kate's post regarding the "all or nothing" attitudes toward band "failures". There is so much gray are in ther...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 9 months ago
REPOST: Tips for GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THIS FORU - FOREMOST: IF YOU ARE HAVING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, ARE EXPERIENCING UNRESOLVED PAIN, CONSTANT VOMITING, BLEEDING, FEVER, ETC. DO NOT POST HERE FOR HELP. CALL 911, VISIT YOUR NEARE...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 9 months ago
Downloadabl/printable portion size guide -   This may help some of us.  You can also print out a pocket-size version of it from this site:  http://www.livebetteramerica.com/~/media/Files/portio...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 9 months ago
Downloadabl/printable portion size guide -   This may help some of us. You can also print out a pocket-size version of it from this site:  http://www.livebetteramerica.com/~/media/Files/portion-size-p...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 9 months ago
XPOST: I'll show you mine - you show me yours! -   Oh, get your mind out of the sewer, you guttersnipes! I'm talking about music playlists for the gym!  I have been getting tired of the same old songs and am looking fo...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 9 months ago
I'll show you mine - you show me yours! - Oh, get your mind out of the sewer, you guttersnipes! I'm talking about music playlists for the gym!  I have been getting tired of the same old songs and am looking for some...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 10 months ago
OT: Almost time to shave my head again!!!! -       IT'S MY "SEASON FOR FREEZIN' "  March is not known as the warmest of months in Connecticut. While the average temps run in the hig...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 10 months ago
OT: Almost time to shave my head again!!!! -       IT'S MY "SEASON FOR FREEZIN' "          March is not known as the warmest of months in C...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 10 months ago
Xpost: Diet Workshop Muffin recipe - Anyone remember The Diet Workshop? My mom used them back in the late 70s/early 80s and used to make a delicious chocolate muffin with mashed banana in it. it was dark chocolate ...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 10 months ago
Xpost: Diet Workshop Muffin recipe - Anyone remember The Diet Workshop? My mom used them back in the late 70s/early 80s and used to make a delicious chocolate muffin with mashed banana in it. it was dark chocolate ...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 10 months ago
Diet Workshop muffin recipe? - Anyone remember The Diet Workshop? My mom used them back in the late 70s/early 80s and used to make a delicious chocolate muffin with mashed banana in it. it was dark chocolate ...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 10 months ago
Just started taking curcumin (tumeric) . . . -   I keep reading in fitness magazines that it can help with weight loss and joint pain (I have osteoartrthitis in my knees), as well as provide other benefits, so I figured,...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 10 months ago
In case anyone thinks *I* faked MY pics . . . - Here is me with today's New York Times. Can't get a pic any hotter off the press than that! And I'll have to wait and see if OH goes loopy and messes up the pic. . . 

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 10 months ago
Just something NICE for a change - A kids' musical group from Newtown singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" on "Good Morning America." Have hankies ready. http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Sandy-Hook-children...

Bette B. posted a discussion topic 11 years, 10 months ago
My photo parade, from the Main Board - What the hell. It feels good to show off!
About Me
29.3
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Surgery
12/02/2003
Surgery Date
Aug 25, 2003
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About 375lbs
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