Another Introduction

April 21, 2005

Hello Ladies. I’m new here.

I’m Liz, 50yo, living on the beautiful Mississippi Gulf

Coast. It’s

already getting into that summery sticky weather here, and I will NOT go

through another summer in long pants and long shirts! For about a year (since

I (1) topped out my bathroom scale and (2) started wearing the very largest

size in the Women’s department), I’ve been fooling myself about my

weight. If you’re already there, you can’t gain MORE, can

you? Ha! We all know the answer to that, right? It’s

like the old joke about “I can’t be out of money; I still have

checks!” only this one is “I can’t gain any more; I’m

already off the scale!”

I was part of the old CompuServe “Century

Club” (those with over 100 lbs to lose) back in the day. Seems I broadcast

a goal to lose “96 pounds in ’96.” Well, it’s almost

10 years later and my goals are the same, I just have more pounds to choose

from.

I look forward to getting to know all of

you. Together, we can be a bunch of REAL LOSERS! :-)

April 21, 2005

----- Original Message -----

From: " Liz Buchanan " <allanna@...>

> lose) back in the day. Seems I broadcast a goal to lose " 96 pounds in

'96. "

Does that mean we only have to lose 5 pounds in '05?

Welcome. Most of us can relate to fighting this battle for 10+ years.

Frustrating.

Ann

April 21, 2005

-Hi Liz: welcome!!!! you'll find great support here!!I'm 58 years old

and have 140 pounds to lose!!! We do need each other!

Faye from somerville, MA

<<<<<<<<<<,

> Hello Ladies. I'm new here. I'm Liz, 50yo, living on the beautiful

> Mississippi Gulf Coast.

>>

> I look forward to getting to know all of you. Together, we can be a

bunch

> of REAL LOSERS! :-)

April 21, 2005

Welcome Liz, This is a great group and you'll

love it here I do long pants and short sleeves

- rarely sleeveless because the garment makers

seem to think my armpit reaches to my waist

grrrrr. I started at 330 got to 265 and popped

back up to 299 (heading down again) think I'm at

297 now. Do you have a plan? baby steps are good.

This time around I'm looking more at calories

(shame on me since foodmover has worked well for

me twice before but I can't get revved up.

Live, Love, Laugh

April 21, 2005

>I'll ask you the same thing - your plans are????

Thanks for the welcome!

The only plan right now is to do aerobics/walk 5-6 days per week at

least once per day for 1/2 hour each and do a full body weight

training session 2 days a week. Plus eat more veggies and fruit and

get a good nights rest every night. I have tried a lot of the

commercial weight loss programs available and I'll probably be

referring to them if I start to lose motivation, but otherwise I'm

doing my own thang. Thankfully I never acquired a taste for any sort

of soda or fizzy drinks, so water and milk (and the occasional cup of

tea) are all I drink. That is at least one hurdle I don't have to

worry about. (pizza and chocolate chip cookies are another matter...)

-Lynne

April 22, 2005

Hi Lynne,

I too am new around here. Welcome.

Your approach to eating is alot like mine except that I do keep my eye on my Foodmover (but I do not use it everyday) because I want to be sure I am eating from the correct food groups. As I could easily eat all of my calories from starches & meats alone. I am eating whole grains brown rice & barley.

I started my exercise with walking 30 minutes daily. Then after a while I thought about extending my walk time. But it was to stressful. It was not long before I discovered that while I could not handle more than 30 minutes, I did have the ability and time to do two 30 miunte walks daily. So on most days that is what I do.

Eating right and doing some exercise while drinking water are my daily goals.

Blessings

((HUGS))) Rhonda

279+/228/150

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May 16, 2006

At 08:17 PM 5/15/2006, you wrote:

>Hello everyone =)

>

>My name is Kathy, I am 34, mother of 2. I dabbled in EO's and Natural

>Perfumery just as a hobby a few years back. I had belonged to the old

>IDMA list, which I have learned no longer exists. Recognize a few

>names from there =)

Hi Kathy

You'll find this list a nice, friendly one. In fact, I started this group

to get away from the flames and fights of IDMA, where so many were drawn

into the battle. The days of internet anger are hopefully, all in the

distant past, as people learn to get their public displays of anger under

control Several from IDMA started nice aromatherapy groups here on

. We've all evolved on to enjoying pleasant forums, and it's wonderful.

>Just recently, cleaning out my room, I came across some of my old oils

>and blends, and re-discovered my love of it again. I also discovered

>in the process, that my 12 year old daughter really enjoyed the

>experience of blending her own scent as I tried to explain what I

>remembered about notes and synergies and all that fun stuff. I

In aromatherapy they're called synergies, in natural pefumery, they're

called accords, and after accords are blended, a finished perfume, lol.

Notes are still notes, so off you go, you're ready to blend again, and it's

nice your daughter is also into it.

>I used to exchange a lot of emails with Sherill Pociecha, about

>perfumery, life in general, etc. I started doing searches and

>re-bookmarking all the old sites I visited frequently, but cannot seem

>to find a valid email address for Sherill again. I joined the

>oils_herbs list linked from Butch Owen's site, and emailed him asking

>of Sherill's whereabouts. He hasn't heard from her in about 3 years

>either. =(

Nobody can find Sherill! She was a member here until a year ago, posted

regularly, helped behind the scenes, then her emails started bouncing. I

contacted several folks, nobody has heard from her. I hope she's OK.

>Butch recommended I join this list for the best info/discussion of

>Natural Perfumery, so here I am. Glad to be here!

Butch shares his gems with us occasionally, not nearly enough (hint, hint!)

Glad he sent you here.

Anya

http://artisannaturalperfumers.com The Artisan Natural Perfumers Guild

http://.com The premier site on beauty of Natural Perfume

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October 14, 2009

,

Are you still active with IOWL? I am looking for a support buddy and I currently

live in Tempe, AZ. I just moved from Portland, OR.

Gratitude,

Atesh

>

> Hi!

>

> I'm from AZ. I've been through the weightloss dance, up and down

> the scale 75 pounds or so, about a half dozen times. It hasn't been fun

> and it's definitely a mental thing. I've been listening to the

> InsideOutWeightLoss Podcasts for a while now and they've really helped.

>

> I'm at the point of having my current weight define who I am so much

> that I've made a conscience point to not know my current weight - I'm

> still me, no matter what the scale says. Based on my clothing, I could

> say within about a 25 pound range. Since I've wanted to know how the

> podcasts are affecting me, I've had my husband keep track of my weight

> by weighing me once a week and he says I've been consistently losing at

> least a pound/week for about two months now. So, it's going really

> well! I love not knowing exactly what I weigh because that number used

> to " weigh " on me so heavily ALL the time with everything I did.

>

> I live in Southern Arizona with my DH, two daughters (ages 11.75 and

> 7.75), and three cats. We're a radical Unschooling family.

>

> I'm thrilled to be here on this journey with all of you. I've already

> learned a lot! It's so interesting to me how I've been applying these

> principles to just about every aspect of my life except weight for many

> years. I'm feeling very empowered!

>

> Thanks for starting this group!

> - in AZ

>

October 14, 2009