Julie in Austin
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So it really never was officially taught anywhere?
I am confused about the "within the past 30 years" thing. What happened 30 years ago? The Mormons I know tend to come from a strong history of Mormon families. Their parents met at BYU or whatever and now everyone is Mormon. What happens when people convert to Mormonism? The picture of the Mormon family is so lovely. I think of Stephanie Nielson. I was just catching up on her blog and I can't believe the family support she has. There was probably 40 people at her baby dedication. But what about people with no real family support who convert to Mormonism? I'm sure it looks completely different?
I converted at age 16--no one else in my family converted.
I felt like I got a ton of support from members of the Church and that it was easy to integrate, despite the fact that I moved frequently (for school, a summer off, grad school, etc.).
I didn't go to BYU; neither did my husband (despite being raised in the Church and in Utah).
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I think different plans work for different people, because there is definitely a psychological component to weight loss. And by that, I mean people will "give up" if they have taken on an eating plan that is too hard for them to follow, and "too hard" will vary from person to person.
The reason I say all this is that I was completely unsuccessful on "give up all ____" plans. I have that personality where as soon as you tell me I can't have something, it becomes all I can think about. Even if I never particularly liked it in the first place. :D
So, I found Sparkpeople worked really well. Because if I saw a picture of, I don't know, orange creamsicle cupcakes on Pinterest ;), I could have one--if I ate veggie soup for dinner. Telling me to never have white flour or sugar again was just never going to work for my personality and lifestyle.
I hope you find something that works for you.
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Well, to answer the food questions.
This is what I eat daily:
1 (200 cal) protein bar for breakfast
1 protein shake for mid-snack
1 cup cottage cheese for lunch
almonds for snack 3pm
nice fairly lg. salmon or chicken breast or 3 scrambled eggs and big, big, salad for dinner with large tomato.
water all day.-6pm
I thought I was getting enough protein?
Am I missing something here?
I'm only 5'3 so 1200 calories should be my max.
I eat around 1200 calories, but the exercise brings that down. Usually 200-250 calories.
For comparison: I'm 5'1. Since 10/11, I've eaten 1550 cal/day and done 5 hours/week brisk walking. I've lost 31 pounds.
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I'd suspect you're sabotaging yourself by cutting your calories so much. 900 a day with running and strength training???
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Be sure whatever program to count calories you use is taking into account your activity level, and then eat your full allotment of calories.
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What about this...there seems to be a certain...financial status of Mormons. They seem, across the board, to be successful and wealthy. Am I imagining this? Or does the church somehow help its members achieve this financial success?
Certainly not all are wealthy, but I think the church's emphasis on education contributes.
Perhaps the Church's funding of BYU (tuition is very low) helps members, but members also tithe 10%.
One thing I have noticed: it is encouraged for LDS to not wait until they finish college or grad school or are established in their careers to have families. (By contrast, I know in some evangelical circles, men are discouraged from marrying before they can support a family.) I suspect that this encourages LDS to stay in school longer (increasing future earning potential) and it is not at all unusual or looked down on to have 1, 2, 3, whatever # of kids, and still be in college or grad school. Perhaps this leads to higher life time earnings?
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And anyone can attend a ward service, including Mormons lacking a "recommend" and non-Mormons as well?
Bill
Yes. Anyone is welcome to come. You can go to the meetinghouse locator at lds.org and find the one near you, and what time it meets.
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She definitely "works the room." She's good at it! She kisses and hugs and touches and climbs into laps. Everyone loves her.
It's much more than your regular 'friendly' child. That's what strikes me as so odd.
Major red flags. Whether to say anything or not is an entirely separate issue, but this is definitely disturbing behavior and may be indicative of serious problems.
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Maybe you could find two completely opposing website and go through both with him, to demonstrate that one of them must be false?
Maybe the recent "pink slime" controversy? JFK assassination? Whether "corn sugar" is any worse than regular sugar? Romney and Obama websites? What caused the Salem witch trials? There's no end to examples of dueling narratives out there . . .
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My son had a friend of his join our ward for (boy, not cub) scouts for awhile.
As long as the non-member understands that it will sometimes be 'churchy' and that we do our own, somewhat limited, version of scouts, everything should be fine.
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I've lost >25# with sparkpeople--I can't believe how easy it has been. I strongly encourage you to use it or one of the other (free) online calorie tracking websites.
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Professionals in the field will tell you that you should only foster kids younger than yours.
Having been a foster parent (briefly), I will suggest you that you should only foster kids at least 5 years younger than yours. It is entirely possible that social workers will either not tell you about or not know about violent/sexual tendencies that the children have, and you should not put your bio kids at risk.
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OK, I realize this is the opposite of what you are asking for, but I switched from R&S 7 to CLE because I felt that R&S was just too esoteric (and I'm a grammar nerd!) and not pragmatic (=linked to improved writing) enough.
sorry!
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Not a book but a website that I love:
Very few processed foods, enough salt/fat/sugar to be yummy, but generally healthy. And some of the best recipes ever.
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One more thing: everyone is different, but I know that I couldn't stick to a "no sugar" or "no grain" diet for the long term. One of the things that I like about Sparkpeople is that I can, say, eat Oreos for lunch if I feel the need. :blush:
(I rarely do this, mind you, but I find it easier to eat healthy foods 95% of the time if I know that nothing is off limits the other 5% as long as I keep the portions reasonable.)
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I've lost #25 with Sparkpeople--they have me eating 1550 cal/day and I started at about the same height/weight as you. So perhaps you need more calories?
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I had the same thing happen with my #3 and it scared me to death.
He's upstairs cleaning his fish tank now. I hope that helps calm you a little. :001_smile:
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It just doesn't get any healthier, easier, cheaper, or yummier than this soup. (And you don't need a slow cooker--it could be done easily on the stovetop.)
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Probably not quite what you are looking for, but
"Are you new here?"
when they say or do something so totally against our rules that I just can't believe it.
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"Nightstand" collection for books that I am currently reading.
"Bookstore" for samples.
"Shelf" for books I own but haven't read.
If I have finished it, it goes to the archive.
"School" for things I am reading to the kids for school.
"Hebrew/Greek" for language study.
"Church bag" for scriptures and similar.
"Misc" for, you know.
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I don't want to get into personal details, but I feel that their cost-cutting nearly killed me. I'm still angry about is a decade and a half later.
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http://www.faneuilhallmarketplace.com/?q=restaurants
unless you are the kind of person who melts down when you have too many choices.;)
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Just one more thing: I think frequently concern about prayer in a school is not really about prayer in school, but is about whether the administrators consider the school to be a seamless extension of their church. If they won't draw a line here, will they draw it in a health class or a history class or a science class, if the things normally taught there contradict what their faith teaches them?
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I don't think just arbitrarily ignoring a law is a good way of honoring God.
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What kind of history do you need most?
in General Education Discussion Board
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I adore SOTW and give it glowing recommendations to people all of the time, but . . . I feel that SOTW IV is the least-glowing of the bunch in that there was too much emphasis on "obscure" (for 4th graders) world history and not enough emphasis on American history.
So, I guess I'd like to see a revised SOTW 4 with more American history.