New!

September 1, 2002

Hi Bobbi,

15 huh?....wow...so young...

Anyway. This site is focused on a program called Body for Life, you

can find the book in most book stores or maybe in the library.

I can't tell you all about the program in one post, but I'll give you

an out line.

First, this is not a diet. Well, actually it is, but not by the

definition we usually put on that word; diet = deprivation. It is a

diet if you consider that what ever food you eat is part of

your " diet " . On this plan we try to have six small meals a day,

balanced evenly between carbs and protein.

In addition to eating properly, the program includes exersise. We do

20 minutes of intence cardio or aerobic exersise three times a week,

and weight training three times a week.

Now that you know where we are comming from, why dont you tell us

some more about yourself; what your goals are, where you are now,

what things you like to do, what challanges you face.

You are very young, and I suggest that anything we advise you to do

be run passed your parents and physician first, to be sure we are not

telling you to do something that you shouldn't be doing at your age.

Alys

who for the first five years of her life was called " Bobbi "

April 24, 2003

Hi Tink,

I am also in Ontario- Welcome from a fellow Canadian! Good luck with your

programme, and welcome to the group!

Laurie

New!

Hi everyone,

I'm new. My name is Crystal but most people just call me Tink

I am 23 and a mother of one. Zoey who is 3.

I live with my signifigant other Dan for 2 years and we will be

buying a home shortly. I live in Ontario Canada.

I have been losing weight for 3 years and it has been stalled so I heard

about Body for Life and would like to work on building muscle. I ordered

the book today from Chapters and can't wait to take a look at hte program.

I was 208 at my highest post pregnancy. And currently I am 157 lbs and

5 foot tall. I don't know my body fat percentage as I don't have a way to

measure it, so I may join the gym as resources are short in my area.

I lost the majority of my weight with Weight Watchers.

I hope to get to know everyone and learn a lot from all of you.

Thanks for letting me join!

Tink :-D

April 24, 2003

Welcome Tink,

BFL is great!

Be sure to check out the files/links area to the left, and

www.hussman.org has great fitness/nutrition info, too.

Becky

> Hi everyone,

>

> I'm new. My name is Crystal but most people just call me Tink

> I am 23 and a mother of one. Zoey who is 3.

> I live with my signifigant other Dan for 2 years and we will be

> buying a home shortly. I live in Ontario Canada.

>

> I have been losing weight for 3 years and it has been stalled so I

heard

> about Body for Life and would like to work on building muscle. I

ordered

> the book today from Chapters and can't wait to take a look at hte

program.

>

> I was 208 at my highest post pregnancy. And currently I am 157 lbs

and

> 5 foot tall. I don't know my body fat percentage as I don't have a

way to

> measure it, so I may join the gym as resources are short in my

area.

>

> I lost the majority of my weight with Weight Watchers.

>

> I hope to get to know everyone and learn a lot from all of you.

>

> Thanks for letting me join!

>

> Tink :-D

April 24, 2003

Hi Tink! Welcome to the group! You will love it here. ) Body for Life really

works so I think you are in the right place. I also think joining a gym will

help you a great deal. It is soooooo much easier to do BFL if you have the right

" tools " and gym equipment is a " must " in my opinion. Best of luck!!!!!!

Sunshine

New!

Hi everyone,

I'm new. My name is Crystal but most people just call me Tink

I am 23 and a mother of one. Zoey who is 3.

I live with my signifigant other Dan for 2 years and we will be

buying a home shortly. I live in Ontario Canada.

I have been losing weight for 3 years and it has been stalled so I heard

about Body for Life and would like to work on building muscle. I ordered

the book today from Chapters and can't wait to take a look at hte program.

I was 208 at my highest post pregnancy. And currently I am 157 lbs and

5 foot tall. I don't know my body fat percentage as I don't have a way to

measure it, so I may join the gym as resources are short in my area.

I lost the majority of my weight with Weight Watchers.

I hope to get to know everyone and learn a lot from all of you.

Thanks for letting me join!

Tink :-D

April 24, 2003

Hi Crystal (Tink)...This is wierd, my name is Crystal also, I'm known

as Tinkle to anyone who knows me HaHa.It's a small world. I live in

Texas. I'm a married mother of 2 boys 9 & 7, been married 12 years, I'm

31 5'9, 197(somedays I'm lucky and the scale says 193 LOL). I'm new

to all of this also. It's nice to know I'm not the only one going

through the weight loss process. Tomorrow is my first day to begin

BFL. I'm a little nervous and excited at the same time. Nervous

because of all the prior failed attempts at weight loss. I feel

really good about BFL. Can't wait to post before/after pics:)

Tinkle

April 24, 2003

Good Luck on starting BFL. I am currently working on getting back on the wagon.

I really liked the program when I stuck to it. I have end of term finals going

on (stress eating). Not good. I plan on starting up right after finals (again).

We can do it!

Crystal II

January 23, 2004

it's probably about the best place you could have discovered!

welcome :-) where are you currently at, are you almost ready to

begin? is this the first time you've done weight training?

in NZ

C1W1D5

> Hello! I am new here, and I am about to embark on the body for

life journey. I am extremely overweight and out of shape. I wanted

to join a place where I could find inspiration and support along the

way. I hope this is the right place. : )

>

January 23, 2004

Welcome and yes - you have found a great source of information and support

in this group!

Don't forget to tell us a little more about yourself - like maybe your

current stats and what your short and long term goals are. The photos

section here is inspiring, too.

in WI

New!

> Hello! I am new here, and I am about to embark on the body for life

journey. I am extremely overweight and out of shape. I wanted to join a

place where I could find inspiration and support along the way. I hope this

is the right place. : )

>

January 23, 2004

Welcome!

This is a great place for support and knowledge...

Good to have you here~

> Hello! I am new here, and I am about to embark on the body for

life journey. I am extremely overweight and out of shape. I wanted

to join a place where I could find inspiration and support along the

way. I hope this is the right place. : )

>

January 23, 2004

Welcome! You will definately find support here, I couldn't do it

without it right now.

> Hello! I am new here, and I am about to embark on the body for

life journey. I am extremely overweight and out of shape. I wanted

to join a place where I could find inspiration and support along the

way. I hope this is the right place. : )

>

January 23, 2004

Yep, you've come to the right place! Welcome!

Colleen

> Hello! I am new here, and I am about to embark on the body for

life journey. I am extremely overweight and out of shape. I wanted

to join a place where I could find inspiration and support along the

way. I hope this is the right place. : )

>

March 13, 2006

Hi Hannah! I am new to this group too. Here is the basic Lip balm recipe I

use and everyone seems to love it.

4oz oil ( I use a mix like emu, macadamia, hemp butter, etc..)

3 oz beeswax

melt and let cool a bit then add:

4-6 drops of Vitamin E

10 drops each of these EOs (Lavender, Rosemary, Tea Tea, & Peppermint)

Sometimes I add a bit of mica to color it

This makes about 24 tubes (.15 fl oz tubes)

--

Hugs,

Sharibeth

Imagination is more important than

knowledge. For knowledge is

limited to all we now know and

understand, while imagination

embraces the entire world, and all

there ever will be to know and

understand.”

Einstein

March 13, 2006

Hi Hanna, welcome. I made some nice lip balm it had emu oil in it in addition

to other healing oils. The trick is to figure out the ratio of beeswax to

oils--it's not always easy. Sometimes I do a ball test. Drop a little bit of

your finished product in some cold water then dump the water to see how firm

your mixture is.

Have lots of fun here--there are a lot of pros (not me--I'm fairly new to

making soap (CP and HP), though I've been doing a lot of other things for a few

years.

G.

capture_the_castle <capture_the_castle@...> wrote: Hi Everyone!

I'm new to the group and just wanted to say hi to everyone. So HI!

Also, I'm getting ready to make my first batch of lip balm... Anyone

have any killer recipes that I might try? I'm really excited about

this and need all the advice I can get!

Thanks,

Hannah

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March 14, 2006

Hi ,

Thanks for the info. I'm really excited to experiment. I don't know

that much about all the different oils and stuff but I have a book on

making soap (I'm trying that after the lip balm) that outlines a lot of

them in it...so I'm learning =)

What does emu oil do?

Hannah

>

> Hi Hanna, welcome. I made some nice lip balm it had emu oil in it in

addition to other healing oils. The trick is to figure out the ratio

of beeswax to oils--it's not always easy. Sometimes I do a ball test.

Drop a little bit of your finished product in some cold water then

dump the water to see how firm your mixture is.

>

> Have lots of fun here--there are a lot of pros (not me--I'm fairly

new to making soap (CP and HP), though I've been doing a lot of other

things for a few years.

>

> G.

>

March 14, 2006

Hi Sharibeth,

Thanks for the recipe. I will definately be trying it out! What

kind of a smell does it have? Is it subtle?

Also do you recommend using essential oils or specifically flavor

oils to flavor stuff? Do essential oils have flavor to them? I hope

I dont sound really dumb now...=)

>

> Hi Hannah! I am new to this group too. Here is the basic Lip balm

recipe I

> use and everyone seems to love it.

>

> 4oz oil ( I use a mix like emu, macadamia, hemp butter, etc..)

> 3 oz beeswax

> melt and let cool a bit then add:

> 4-6 drops of Vitamin E

> 10 drops each of these EOs (Lavender, Rosemary, Tea Tea, &

Peppermint)

> Sometimes I add a bit of mica to color it

> This makes about 24 tubes (.15 fl oz tubes)

>

> --

> Hugs,

> Sharibeth

>

March 15, 2006

I like using the EOs and the scent is not over bearing. Some EOs are good

preservatives too. I never use flavored oils so I really can't comment on them.

My lip balms and comfrey salves are my top sellers though and I using only

natural ingredients.

--

Hugs,

Sharibeth

Imagination is more important than

knowledge. For knowledge is

limited to all we now know and

understand, while imagination

embraces the entire world, and all

there ever will be to know and

understand.”

Einstein

April 21, 2006

> I guess the one good thing in all of this is that this is not

> life-threatening - it could be much worse. Just hard to see our

kiddos

> get so sick and there is nothing we can do for them except hold them

and

> love them.

Amen to that .

That's the easiest thing in the world to do!

-ph

Austin, Tx

Father to (age 4)

January 24, 2008

Hi ,

I just wanted to say " Welcome! "

I have an 11 yr old with OCD also.

You mentioned the zoloft is not helping?

I think you will really enjoy this group!

Hugs

Judy

January 24, 2008

Welcome, . )

This is a great place for information and support.

I'm glad you found us.

BJ

>

> Hi everyone!

>

> My namn is and my daughter, Jessika, 11, was diagnosed with

ocd about 4 months ago. After a year of cbt and me telling the

psychologist and psykiatrist that I suspected ocd, they finally

agreed. It has been a very hard year for our family.

>

> Jessika started taking zoloft at the same time they finally

diagnosed her and it has been hell. Hopefully, we will find the

correct dosage soon.

>

> I read your postings about when children with ocd get sick...I

sooooo know how it is! The week before Christmas Jessika refused to go

to school because her stomach hurt. The week after Christmas vacation

she went to school but said she couldn't talk. It was a very quiet

week!!!

>

> I look forward to being here and reading your postings and

learning and supporting and getting support! We live in Sweden so we

don't have all the resources that you in the states have.

>

> Hugs,

>

> ---------------------------------

> Ta semester! - sök efter resor hos .

> Jämför pris på flygbiljetter och hotellrum:

http://shopping..se/c-169901-resor-biljetter.html

>

January 24, 2008

Welcome, . )

This is a great place for information and support.

I'm glad you found us.

BJ

>

> Hi everyone!

>

> My namn is and my daughter, Jessika, 11, was diagnosed with

ocd about 4 months ago. After a year of cbt and me telling the

psychologist and psykiatrist that I suspected ocd, they finally

agreed. It has been a very hard year for our family.

>

> Jessika started taking zoloft at the same time they finally

diagnosed her and it has been hell. Hopefully, we will find the

correct dosage soon.

>

> I read your postings about when children with ocd get sick...I

sooooo know how it is! The week before Christmas Jessika refused to go

to school because her stomach hurt. The week after Christmas vacation

she went to school but said she couldn't talk. It was a very quiet

week!!!

>

> I look forward to being here and reading your postings and

learning and supporting and getting support! We live in Sweden so we

don't have all the resources that you in the states have.

>

> Hugs,

>

> ---------------------------------

> Ta semester! - sök efter resor hos .

> Jämför pris på flygbiljetter och hotellrum:

http://shopping..se/c-169901-resor-biljetter.html

>

January 24, 2008

Hi ,

Just wanted to welcome you to the group. I have a daughter that is 6,

and she is on Zoloft. She has been taking it for about 3 months now,

and she has improved alot. The side affect with us was extreme

hyperactivity, but she was borderline ADHD before. She has what they

refer to as " Pure O " OCD, which means she has bad thoughts, but few if

any compulsions. It took about a month for us to notice any changes

for the better. OCD is such a roller coaster ride, because the

obcessions/compulsions change from day to day. Some days better, and

some worse. I wish you and your family all the best. It can be a very

long process to say the least. I at least don't have to deal with the

school system on top of everything else, because we homeschool.

January 24, 2008