Re: Intro's? Getting to know you

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In a message dated 10/25/1999 6:40:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

radler@... writes:

<< I work for a large HMO in Portland Oregon

and have been with them for almost 11 years. >>

see another common thread, a position in the medical field

Barb

who is terrified of an injury forcing me to the Tae Bo bench

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In a message dated 10/25/1999 9:38:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

janou_pou@... writes:

<< I am the guilty one who started the icq group, so I guess I'm a little bit

responsible for the insiders going on... When I can, I will try to clear up

things... but I'm not aware of everything that goes on with the icq gang...

>>

hey Janou,

are you offering to be a yenta commentator for the ICQ gang?

Barb

who is always introducing folks from different online groups

& filling in the blanks

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Well here I go with my info... I am 43 and have been married for 23 years

this December. We have two daughters, 19 and 24. I have one grandson who is

three and another one on the way. I work for a large HMO in Portland Oregon

and have been with them for almost 11 years. My husband is an engineer who

has been with his company for 25 years. I had been watching the TaeBo

infomercial for months before I finally broke down and ordered it. I had

suddenly gained about 20lbs last January and thought this may be the thing

to help get this weight off. I started it in March and then got sick so I

had to re start it again in April. I had been going good with it until

recently when I suffered extreme fatigue and then an injury to the tendon

in my right foot. Ihaven's lost any weight but I do feel good when I do it

on a regular basis. I need to get back in and start doing it several times

a week again so I can see some results..

Ronnie

>

>ok, I know alot of you have known each other a while and shared parts of

your

>lives on the board or in ICQ, etc. Would it be possible for each of you to

>mention alittle about yourselves for those of us new to this arena to fill

in

>some of the blanks? You may find many other things in common and give one

>another more identity this way than just a screen name.

>

>Barb

>who has been married to my best friend Steve for 23 years whose passion has

>been horseracing (ergo, horsemom2). We have 2 sons 20 (gay & in the throes

of

>adolescence) and 14 (minimally learning disabled, OCD, but a heart of gold

>and more common sense than his genius brother). Also I worked part-time 22

>years as a perinatal data specialist with a NICU before quitting almost 3

>years ago to reduce stress cuz of menopause & now I enjoy online stock

>trading, online yentaing, and of course, Tae Bo since seeing the

>infocommercial on Mother's Day. PHEW 50 years in a nutshell.

>

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Lucie, 31 yrs old. legal secretary for just over 3

yrs. at a law firm of 6 attorneys,just recently fell

in love with the most wonderful person, met him on ICQ

on Sept. 18th, 99, fell in love about 2 wks later and

met 2 wks later LOL.... it does work out sometimes, i

mean love on interner. i'm proof of it...

--- Horsemom2@... a écrit:

> In a message dated 10/25/1999 12:15:22 AM Eastern

> Daylight Time,

> nrgizerbnyrabit31@... writes:

>

> << Hey Bev... just got home 30 min. ago... i miss

> him

> already ( gotta go sleep now... >>

>

> ok, I know alot of you have known each other a while

> and shared parts of your

> lives on the board or in ICQ, etc. Would it be

> possible for each of you to

> mention alittle about yourselves for those of us new

> to this arena to fill in

> some of the blanks? You may find many other things

> in common and give one

> another more identity this way than just a screen

> name.

>

> Barb

> who has been married to my best friend Steve for 23

> years whose passion has

> been horseracing (ergo, horsemom2). We have 2 sons

> 20 (gay & in the throes of

> adolescence) and 14 (minimally learning disabled,

> OCD, but a heart of gold

> and more common sense than his genius brother). Also

> I worked part-time 22

> years as a perinatal data specialist with a NICU

> before quitting almost 3

> years ago to reduce stress cuz of menopause & now I

> enjoy online stock

> trading, online yentaing, and of course, Tae Bo

> since seeing the

> infocommercial on Mother's Day. PHEW 50 years in a

> nutshell.

>

>

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In a message dated 10/25/1999 12:20:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

roxanne_delorme@... writes:

<< And if you ask some of those that know me

already, I'm a bit of a nut bar (but in a good way

LOL).

--- Horsemom2@... wrote:

> Barb

> PHEW 50 years in a nutshell. >>

LOL just realized I referred to myself as a nut

must have been a Freudian slip cuz I am a bit of a kook who giggles alot

Barb

whose latest name dubbing on another list was Mad-Dame Yenta

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> << I am the guilty one who started the icq group, so I guess I'm a little

bit

> responsible for the insiders going on... When I can, I will try to clear

up

> things... but I'm not aware of everything that goes on with the icq

gang...

> >>

>

> hey Janou,

> are you offering to be a yenta commentator for the ICQ gang?

>

> Barb

> who is always introducing folks from different online groups

> & filling in the blanks

>

Sure why not!!!

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Hi Barb,

Sure, I'll introduce myself...LOL I've been

TaeBoing since the tapes came out in late December,

1998 and I just love it!! I got serious about it in

January of this year. I'm 31, not married but have

been with my sweetie of a guy for 11 years now...LOL

I live in Canada. I really enjoy the internet...have

found some great people on here and a lot of support

for my TaeBoing and weight loss journey. That's it

for now I suppose...LOL The rest will come along

later...LOL And if you ask some of those that know me

already, I'm a bit of a nut bar (but in a good way

LOL).

--- Horsemom2@... wrote:

> Barb

> PHEW 50 years in a nutshell.

=====

" Success is a Journey; not a Destination " (Anonymous)

" Walk by Faith; not by Sight " (Dr. Price)

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Hey there,

After reading everyone else's bios, gosh, I think mine

is too short...LOL

As for me, well, I'm an Executive Assistant, have a

degree in Poli Sci and am working towards becoming an

Optometrist (that's my link to the Medical Field LOL).

I work full-time and am doing my pre-reqs part-time

which seems to be taking FOREVER but I just keep

plugging along...LOL Then it's 4 more years of

schooling full-time before you can call me Dr.

Roxanne...LOL

As for TaeBo, well, I've lost 24 lbs in 10 mths and

prior to that, I lost 20 lbs watching what I was

eating and walking and running up and down stairs. I

am thankful EVERY DAY that came out with this

workout because I know I can do it forever...I am

never bored but the other exercises got boring fast!!

I also had to change my eating pattern and have

adopted a mainly vegetarian lifestyle but I am finding

I need to eat more now to be able to have the energy

to workout and to repair my muscles. It's like when I

was a teenager and I could eat anything and everything

and was always eating because I worked out so much. I

don't eat junk food now, only healthy foods...LOL But

that all comes with age, right?? LOL

I have posted a couple of times on the Boards as

FoxyRoxy and on ICQ, I'm Rocksy...all of them

derivatives of my ACTUAL name Roxanne...LOL

Okay, this is getting kinda long now...LOL I'll sign

off...

--- Roxanne Delorme wrote:

> Hi Barb,

> Sure, I'll introduce myself...LOL I've been

> TaeBoing since the tapes came out in late December,

> 1998 and I just love it!! I got serious about it in

> January of this year. I'm 31, not married but have

> been with my sweetie of a guy for 11 years now...LOL

>

> I live in Canada. I really enjoy the

> internet...have

> found some great people on here and a lot of support

> for my TaeBoing and weight loss journey. That's it

> for now I suppose...LOL The rest will come along

> later...LOL And if you ask some of those that know

> me

> already, I'm a bit of a nut bar (but in a good way

> LOL).

>

> --- Horsemom2@... wrote:

> > Barb

> > PHEW 50 years in a nutshell.

>

=====

" Success is a Journey; not a Destination " (Anonymous)

" Walk by Faith; not by Sight " (Dr. Price)

__________________________________________________

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Barb,

I see we have something in common!!! LOL We're

both nutty?? LOL

--- Horsemom2@... wrote:

> In a message dated 10/25/1999 12:20:25 PM Eastern

> Daylight Time,

> roxanne_delorme@... writes:

>

> << And if you ask some of those that know me

> already, I'm a bit of a nut bar (but in a good way

> LOL).

>

> --- Horsemom2@... wrote:

> > Barb

> > PHEW 50 years in a nutshell. >>

>

> LOL just realized I referred to myself as a nut

> must have been a Freudian slip cuz I am a bit of a

> kook who giggles alot

>

> Barb

> whose latest name dubbing on another list was

> Mad-Dame Yenta

=====

" Success is a Journey; not a Destination " (Anonymous)

" Walk by Faith; not by Sight " (Dr. Price)

__________________________________________________

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In a message dated 10/25/1999 4:38:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

slowens@... writes:

<< The wedding dress has been hanging in the

closet for the past year and I tried it on just recently and am just a

little bit away from fitting back into it. >>

Oh My ...

does that make your Fairy Godmother?

or maybe he should be your Best Man cuz there would be no wedding without

him?

I am truly sorry about the sorrow you have endured but we need negative

things to challenge us to see what we are made of

<A HREF= " http://www.lakemartin.net/~fancy3/life.htm " >Life</A> is a very

inspirational site to reflect this thought

Barb

who has had enough testing and would like to just enjoy life now

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<< My fiancee is in a band called the 'Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies'. >>

Hmmm, I have heard of them but I have no idea where. LOL. I dont think I've

ever heard their music though. Now this is gonna drive me crazy as to where

I've heard their name before! haha

Poster Boy

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It's been fun reading everyone's stories...here's mine.

I am 29 years old. I live in Nashville....have been here for 3 years, but I

grew up in Pennsylvania. For those of you who are currently single...here's

another of those " I never would have thought it would happen " love stories.

My fiancee is in a band called the 'Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies'. I met him

at a show and thought it would only be a summer fling type thing. NEVER in

my life would I have ever believed that we would fall in love and get

married. I met him the summer of '96...we got engaged in Feb '97...were

planning to get married in Oct '98...then I found out I was pregnant in

April '98. I had just ordered my wedding dress...special ordered it from

Spain..and when it did come in and I went to try it on, I already didn't fit

it because of the pregnancy..my boobs were the first thing to get larger.

Anyway, we decided to wait until after we had the baby to get married. I had

a beautiful baby girl on Christmas day. And we will probably end up getting

married sometime next year. The wedding dress has been hanging in the

closet for the past year and I tried it on just recently and am just a

little bit away from fitting back into it.

Anyway, as far as taebo goes...I started weight watchers in Jan of this year

and was running alot and going to they Y to lift weights. In May, my uncle

who had raised me since both of my parents were killed by a drunk driver

when I was ten, committed suicide. It was a complete shock to everyone in

our family. I went to stay with my aunt for a month because she was all by

herself and started doing taebo because I couldn't afford to pay for a

temporary membership at a gym. Since January I have lost 34lbs and I'm sure

I've lost inches although I never measured myself. I currently weigh about

5 lbs over my WW goal weight, but everyone tells me that I look even better

than I did before I got pregnant which I totally attest to taebo, since I

have gained much more muscle tone and such a more positive outlook on

things.

I am currently a stay at home mom taking care of my 10 month old. Before

that I was a travel agent. I have a BA in Psychology and am thinking about

going back to school to get certified to teach.

Well, there's my story in a nutshell. Taebo has been such a positive

influence in my life as I know it has in many of yours. It's good to know

there are others who share the same passion as I do....I'm not a complete

lunatic for being so excited about EXERCISE (although we all know it's much

more than that).

(aka InsideOut)

Intro's? Getting to know you

> In a message dated 10/25/1999 12:15:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

> nrgizerbnyrabit31@... writes:

>

> << Hey Bev... just got home 30 min. ago... i miss him

> already ( gotta go sleep now... >>

>

> ok, I know alot of you have known each other a while and shared parts of

your

> lives on the board or in ICQ, etc. Would it be possible for each of you to

> mention alittle about yourselves for those of us new to this arena to fill

in

> some of the blanks? You may find many other things in common and give one

> another more identity this way than just a screen name.

>

> Barb

> who has been married to my best friend Steve for 23 years whose passion

has

> been horseracing (ergo, horsemom2). We have 2 sons 20 (gay & in the throes

of

> adolescence) and 14 (minimally learning disabled, OCD, but a heart of gold

> and more common sense than his genius brother). Also I worked part-time 22

> years as a perinatal data specialist with a NICU before quitting almost 3

> years ago to reduce stress cuz of menopause & now I enjoy online stock

> trading, online yentaing, and of course, Tae Bo since seeing the

> infocommercial on Mother's Day. PHEW 50 years in a nutshell.

>

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Poster Boy,

Where are you from? They are really big in the South...FL, GA, TN, etc.

They're also really big in the Northeast...especially New York City. They

have a ton of fans there and Northern New Jersey. They've been together for

awhile and have 3 cd's out. They've had some songs that have gotten airplay

on the radio, but haven't quite " made it " to the big time yet. We're still

hoping. Currently they are on tour with ZZ Top/Lynyrd Skynyrd as the

opening band. They were only supposed to be on about 10 shows and have kept

getting extended so somebody likes them. Maybe they'll get the whole tour

which would be through the end of December. We should find out soon.

Anyway, they are a great band. If you're interested you should check out

there latest CD 'Big Wheel'. Sorry about the non-taebo related post. But I

always get excited when somebody recognizes the band (even if it is just the

name)!

(InsideOut)

Re: Intro's? Getting to know you

>

>

> << My fiancee is in a band called the 'Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies'. >>

>

> Hmmm, I have heard of them but I have no idea where. LOL. I dont think

I've

> ever heard their music though. Now this is gonna drive me crazy as to

where

> I've heard their name before! haha

>

> Poster Boy

>

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I had just ordered my wedding dress...special ordered it from

> Spain..and when it did come in and I went to try it on, I already didn't

fit

> it because of the pregnancy..my boobs were the first thing to get larger.

Geez... that sounds like me... My boobs were the first thing that increased

in volume. Actually looking at me, you would never know that I'm 15 weeks

pregnant... except for my boobs... They are now humongous (disproportionate

to my body). I used to wear a 36 C, now I'm at a 38 DD...

[Guest guest]

> > << My fiancee is in a band called the 'Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies'. >>

> >

What kind of music do they do?? I'm a real music buff and I'm kinda

curious...

[Guest guest]

Hmmmm something else a few of us have in common I see. I am not *sob*

one of those who suffers from VBS (vanishing boob syndrome for those of

you who did not see it on the boards) so when I do those jumping

jacks...oh my..I will try and find one of those bras with the straps

you can cross..Sounds good to me

sandy fields wrote:

original article:/group/tae-bo_on/?start=566

> At 07:41 PM 10/25/1999 EDT, Barb wrote:

>

> >who worked out today with a sports bra for the first time but still

jiggled

> >too much for jumping jacks (cannot believe mentioned this

problem in

> >his book!!!)

>

> LOL! It surprised me, too. The man is thorough!

>

> -- Sandy

> no jumping jacks for me either

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I am not losing weight in the chest area either, I wear 2 sport bras at

once, the 5 dollar ones form walmart, they work toghether just as good

as the 40 dollar ones form nike or who ever.... just thought i'd put my

2 cents in

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> What kind of music do they do?? I'm a real music buff and I'm kinda

> curious...

It is really hard to classify their music because they have a really wide

variety of influences. Some would say it's " southern rock " which I guess

some of their more 'rock' stuff is. But they've also got a little bit of

the blues/soul thing going on. The lead singer has an incredible voice and

they end there set with him singing 'Amazing Grace' with no instruments.

It's enough to bring tears to your eyes. Anyway, they really are

talented..their vast musical variety is one of the things that makes them so

great, but it's also probably one of their biggest problems. It makes for

one huge marketing nightmare.

Barb, that would be hilarious to get them on the soundtrack. I'm sure we

could add some cool dance beats to some of their songs to make them 'funky'.

I use to work out to their music all the time when I used to run. But I'll

take taebo to the monotony of running on a treadmill anyday even with the

best of music!

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> Oh My ...

> does that make your Fairy Godmother?

> or maybe he should be your Best Man cuz there would be no wedding without

> him?

>

> I am truly sorry about the sorrow you have endured but we need negative

> things to challenge us to see what we are made of

> <A HREF= " http://www.lakemartin.net/~fancy3/life.htm " >Life</A> is a very

> inspirational site to reflect this thought

>

> Barb

> who has had enough testing and would like to just enjoy life now

Barb,

Yeah, I guess when I do finally fit back into that dress... will have

had a huge part in it. Maybe I'll send him an invitation...he he

Thank you for the kind words. I also believe that there are reasons things

happen to us and while it may not be evident right away, there is something

to be learned from that which we endure. I know that I am who I am today

because of all that I have gone through and I truly believe that I am a

stronger person for it...we all are. If we can just hold on long enough to

see beyond the immediate pain of our situation, hopefully we will grow and

learn from the pain. Guess that's what life is all about..the good and the

bad...it makes us who we are.

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Write it at the top, that way you don't have to sift thru the whole message

before...

> LOL this will be fun

>

> I like you lot already *S*

>

> BTW should I be writing this at the bottom instead of the top? *G*

>

> " janick masse " wrote:

> original article:/group/tae-bo_on/?start=516

> >

> > > << I am the guilty one who started the icq group, so I guess I'm a

> little

> > bit

> > > responsible for the insiders going on... When I can, I will try to

> clear

> > up

> > > things... but I'm not aware of everything that goes on with the icq

> > gang...

> > > >>

> > >

> > > hey Janou,

> > > are you offering to be a yenta commentator for the ICQ gang?

> > >

> > > Barb

> > > who is always introducing folks from different online groups

> > > & filling in the blanks

> > >

> > Sure why not!!!

>

>

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Well, I've tried that, and it seems that instead of giving me support, it

squishes my boobs...

> I am not losing weight in the chest area either, I wear 2 sport bras at

> once, the 5 dollar ones form walmart, they work toghether just as good

> as the 40 dollar ones form nike or who ever.... just thought i'd put my

> 2 cents in

[Guest guest]

Thanx for telling me what I have to look forward to (yuk!)

> > Geez... that sounds like me... My boobs were the first thing that

> increased

> > in volume. Actually looking at me, you would never know that I'm 15

weeks

> > pregnant... except for my boobs... They are now humongous

> (disproportionate

> > to my body). I used to wear a 36 C, now I'm at a 38 DD...

>

>

> It was the same way with me when I was pregnant. Nobody really ever knew

I

> was pregnant until the very end and even then nobody believed I was 9

months

> pregnant. My philosophy on that was that my boobs were so big that they

> stuck out farther then my stomach and so it actually made my stomach look

> smaller. I was really worried that they would never go back to normal,

but

> they are just now starting to get back to the right size (I breastfed for

9

> months). I spent many months wearing 2 jogbras. I am just now getting

back

> to being able to wear only one.

[Guest guest]

Bev is just as crazy as she says. There are a few more on there that should

be here as well. Maybe we can recruit them.

shirley

[Guest guest]

On the sports bra....at my size only Hanes from walmart seem to be the

best at keeping the " jiggle " under control, but of course they are the

only company that makes them in a D cup.

" janick masse " wrote:

original article:/group/tae-bo_on/?start=610

> Well, I've tried that, and it seems that instead of giving me

support, it

> squishes my boobs...

>

>

>

>

> > I am not losing weight in the chest area either, I wear 2 sport

bras at

> > once, the 5 dollar ones form walmart, they work toghether just as

good

> > as the 40 dollar ones form nike or who ever.... just thought i'd

put my

> > 2 cents in

>

[Guest guest]

I'll take a look at them, thanx for the info

> On the sports bra....at my size only Hanes from walmart seem to be the

> best at keeping the " jiggle " under control, but of course they are the

> only company that makes them in a D cup.