Re: starting 1500 cal. well-balanced diet today/pray to God, 7/7/2003, 7:00 am

[Guest guest]

Does anyone know who did this? Why do we ALL need the reminder?

Please, attach your name to this reminder, or remove it, " I " am not

on a 1500 calorie diet, this is NOT my first day, and I don't need

to be reminded to pray every day, I think that is my personal

choice. This has gone on every day for over two weeks now, and I

really hate to be a witch and say something, but I think enough is

enough, please? I hope our new members know that this is not the

general philosophy of the group...not that we don't believe in

prayer, but that we realize this is a personal choice?

Sharon

[Guest guest]

I'm glad somebody spoke up about this....I thought it was a regular

notice from the group owner and I was a bit miffed but just ignored

it as I like the group so much.

I do not need this reminder at all. This is not my first day, either,

my calories are not restricted and I don't pray to a Christian God,

if that is the 'God' the message refers to and I agree that this is,

indeed, a personal choice. This person might want to use their own

personal programs to send reminders on their own pc on a regular

basis.

Tamara

> Does anyone know who did this? Why do we ALL need the reminder?

> Please, attach your name to this reminder, or remove it, " I " am not

> on a 1500 calorie diet, this is NOT my first day, and I don't need

> to be reminded to pray every day, I think that is my personal

> choice. This has gone on every day for over two weeks now, and I

> really hate to be a witch and say something, but I think enough is

> enough, please? I hope our new members know that this is not the

> general philosophy of the group...not that we don't believe in

> prayer, but that we realize this is a personal choice?

>

> Sharon

[Guest guest]

It's been deleted. I'm sorry I didn't do something sooner. I am a week behind

on posts. anyway, the person is not even listed anymore! They don't post so I

just deleted it.

Gena

I'm glad somebody spoke up about this....I thought it was a regular

> notice from the group owner and I was a bit miffed but just ignored

> it as I like the group so much.

>

> I do not need this reminder at all. This is not my first day, either,

> my calories are not restricted and I don't pray to a Christian God,

> if that is the 'God' the message refers to and I agree that this is,

> indeed, a personal choice. This person might want to use their own

> personal programs to send reminders on their own pc on a regular

> basis.

>

> Tamara

>

>

>

> > Does anyone know who did this? Why do we ALL need the reminder?

> > Please, attach your name to this reminder, or remove it, " I " am not

> > on a 1500 calorie diet, this is NOT my first day, and I don't need

> > to be reminded to pray every day, I think that is my personal

> > choice. This has gone on every day for over two weeks now, and I

> > really hate to be a witch and say something, but I think enough is

> > enough, please? I hope our new members know that this is not the

> > general philosophy of the group...not that we don't believe in

> > prayer, but that we realize this is a personal choice?

> >

> > Sharon

[Guest guest]

Gena,

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Sharon

[Guest guest]

I didn't want to offend either, but I felt like I had been reminded

long enough! It was not my choice, and it was really starting to

bother me!!!! Thanks again Gena for taking care of it!

Sharon

[Guest guest]

I was thinking the same thing. I am not on a 1500 a day calorie and

why am I being reminded to pray?? Oh well I just ignore it and press

next.

> Does anyone know who did this? Why do we ALL need the reminder?

> Please, attach your name to this reminder, or remove it, " I " am not

> on a 1500 calorie diet, this is NOT my first day, and I don't need

> to be reminded to pray every day, I think that is my personal

> choice. This has gone on every day for over two weeks now, and I

> really hate to be a witch and say something, but I think enough is

> enough, please? I hope our new members know that this is not the

> general philosophy of the group...not that we don't believe in

> prayer, but that we realize this is a personal choice?

>

> Sharon

[Guest guest]

hehe i never noticed what it was i just passed over it and never even

bothered to read it.

> > > Does anyone know who did this? Why do we ALL need the

reminder?

> > > Please, attach your name to this reminder, or remove it, " I " am

not

> > > on a 1500 calorie diet, this is NOT my first day, and I don't

need

> > > to be reminded to pray every day, I think that is my personal

> > > choice. This has gone on every day for over two weeks now, and

I

> > > really hate to be a witch and say something, but I think enough

is

> > > enough, please? I hope our new members know that this is not

the

> > > general philosophy of the group...not that we don't believe in

> > > prayer, but that we realize this is a personal choice?

> > >

> > > Sharon

[Guest guest]

Sharron - praying and the atkins diet...we all have our own

oppinion. If it helps you or me to type in everything we eat in a

day, then we do it. It helps others to post what exersice they did

every day - so they need to do it. It helps me to moan and complain -

so I do it. If this is helping even 1 person - it needs to be

here. You do have the choice to over look it. ALL topics are

allowed and ok here. If you don't like one of them, don't read it.

If a topic becomes very long and involved, taking up very many posts

every day there is another group set aside to take long personal

discussions. But this is not " too much " or wrong in any way.

(I personaly find it VERY offencive that any topic in the world can

be discussed in any forum - but heaven forbid someone mention prayer,

God or religion and someone has to point it out and treat it like a

sin.)

Ang

> Does anyone know who did this? Why do we ALL need the reminder?

> Please, attach your name to this reminder, or remove it, " I " am not

> on a 1500 calorie diet, this is NOT my first day, and I don't need

> to be reminded to pray every day, I think that is my personal

> choice. This has gone on every day for over two weeks now, and I

> really hate to be a witch and say something, but I think enough is

> enough, please? I hope our new members know that this is not the

> general philosophy of the group...not that we don't believe in

> prayer, but that we realize this is a personal choice?

>

> Sharon

[Guest guest]

Who ever is posting this reminder - please continue if it helps you.

I am so far behind on posts that I haven't a clue how this little cat

session is turning out, but I do hope you hold to your own. I for

one support you and it does help me to see this every day.

Thanks, and my support to you,

Ang

> I'm glad somebody spoke up about this....I thought it was a regular

> notice from the group owner and I was a bit miffed but just ignored

> it as I like the group so much.

>

> I do not need this reminder at all. This is not my first day,

either,

> my calories are not restricted and I don't pray to a Christian God,

> if that is the 'God' the message refers to and I agree that this

is,

> indeed, a personal choice. This person might want to use their own

> personal programs to send reminders on their own pc on a regular

> basis.

>

> Tamara

>

>

>

> > Does anyone know who did this? Why do we ALL need the reminder?

> > Please, attach your name to this reminder, or remove it, " I " am

not

> > on a 1500 calorie diet, this is NOT my first day, and I don't

need

> > to be reminded to pray every day, I think that is my personal

> > choice. This has gone on every day for over two weeks now, and I

> > really hate to be a witch and say something, but I think enough

is

> > enough, please? I hope our new members know that this is not the

> > general philosophy of the group...not that we don't believe in

> > prayer, but that we realize this is a personal choice?

> >

> > Sharon

[Guest guest]

Ang,

But the person that posted the thing to have the reminder EVERY day

is not even here anymore from what Gena said, so how can it be

helping her? Its not that I found it offensive, but as I said, I

don't need the reminder, and I was not the only one that said

anything either, Shan said something and got no response, and a few

others said something as well AFTER I did. If that reminder is

helpful, great! I know how to hit delete, but the way it was

written, it really sounded like we ALL were on this same diet, that

it was EVERYONE'S first day, and that we were ALL only having 1500

calories. What bothered me is that it seemed very much like blanket

statements, for everyone, and just like when we went through this

with Atkins, if it works for you, GREAT, but that does not mean I

have to do it, or need to be reminded of it every day. I was just

as uncomfortable with it being about the number of calories, and

about the first day every day, as I was about the praying, so PLEASE

DON'T TELL ME ITS ABOUT RELIGION! Its about feeling (again) like

someone else is trying to make their choices my choices, and the

last time I checked, I am a big girl, well over old enough to vote,

drink, smoke, and buy lottery tickets, and quite able to choose what

I need to do or not do of my own free will!

Sharon

[Guest guest]

Ang,

Again, Gena says that this person is no longer even with the group,

and if it is who I believe it was, she was not posting or

contributing when she was here. All that was asked for was for her

to PLEASE add her own name or something to the reminder so that new

members did not think that was the plan that everyone here was

following. It would be just like me going in and making a reminder

that posted every day " starting 4,000 calorie diet and worshipping

Beezlebub " ....its not what we are all doing, any more than we are

all doing WW, or all doing Atkins, or all on the South Beach diet,

or what have you. The point I am trying to make, STILL, is that we

all have DIFFERENT approaches to how we are going about our weight

loss journey, and while I think its great if that reminder is

helping, it should have been set up better, and more clearly. Sorry

that you don't seem to be able to see that and that you feel I was

the one being catty, I assure you that is not the case. In fact, if

it was who I think it was posting the reminder every day, which I

believe it was from when I went in to set up a reminder for the

water challenge, since I could see that info then, I went out of my

way to answer her, and encourage, and do what I could to help, and

she never responded, to any of us. I thought the point of this

group was that we were all here to help and support each other, am I

mistaken?

Sharon