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I gave my mom the Bonhoeffer biography for her birthday, she's loving it!
Here's my current pre-order: http://www.amazon.com/WAYS-DESTROY-IMAGINATION-YOUR-CHILD/dp/1935191888
I'm also looking forward to Nancy Pearcey's new book:
http://www.amazon.com/Saving-Leonardo-Secular-Assault-Meaning/dp/1433669277
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I'm not sure I'm in the "permanent" success camp, but I've made a lot of progress in the past 5.5 months.
I, like many of the previous posters, also used food to soothe, numb, entertain myself when I was feeling hurt, sad, or bored. There were several rough marriage patches, major moves away from family and friends, and other major life stresses. I kept telling myself it was time to get serious, to lose the weight, to stop the emotional binging. But I just couldn't really make the change and stick to the eating and exercise plans that I knew would work for me. I read so many books and websites, gathered information, learned about fitness...but it was all just head knowledge while I was seeking comfort in food. Then this past May, I just knew it was time. My MIL died at 60 in March from obesity related problems, my marriage was crumbling (related to MIL dying and my weight). I turned my corner on May 24th.
Like other posters, I have to eat high protein, adequate fat, and low carbs to feel satisfied and keep cravings at bay. I workout *hard*, a friend helps me with workout routines. I've lost 40 lbs so far (give or take) and am about halfway to my dream weight. I feel like this time I'm doing it. This the longest I've stayed on track with eating well and regular exercise. The out of control eating has stopped. I've had a few slip-ups, but in general I feel like I've made the psychological and lifestyle changes that had to happen for success. It also helps that some of the emotional stresses were resolved.
I also stopped seeing food as a reward or an escape. It's proper fuel for my workouts and daily energy. I allow myself a treat if I really, really want something once or twice a week. I try to make myself wait till Saturday or Sunday and then see if I still want whatever I was craving. All or nothing thinking was a binge trigger for me for years. If I feel like one bite of sugar is the kiss of death, I'm likely to spiral out of control if I take that one bite, then indulge since I already screwed up. And THEN it takes me days to get back on track with "start fresh tomorrow" thinking. Once I'd lost the first 30+ lbs the motivation to not regain it was stronger too, so when I've slipped into old habits, I'm quicker to get back on track so I don't lose the ground I've gained.
Jami
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I'm currently reading Pyle's Robin Hood to my 4th graders and they love it. And I think it's such fun to read!
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We decided that our 4th would be our last baby and dh had a vas last spring when she was 15 months. I was back and forth and unsure about the permanence of it, but dh felt very sure and ready to be done done. I had to realize that I didn't really want more babies or children, what I was missing or mourning was the *my* babies not being babies anymore. I felt completely content with 4 children, I just wanted to redo their babyhoods more than have another baby. I still feel that way from time to time, especially about our 4th because she's been such a fun, sweet baby. But now that she's almost 2 and the others are older and so helpful, I'm eager to see the end of diapers for good.
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When dh said so. ;)
And he was right, we're just the right size for us.
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He's not breaking family rules, and he will be leaving in a little over a year for the Marines when he graduates, so we do want to spend this time with him.
It's just nerve-wracking. I just have such a concern for him making good decisions. We talk all the time, but this transition has been hard.
:grouphug: Gotcha. I didn't think he was breaking rules or anything. Just wondering if the tension was because he's ready for more independence and to have more adult responsibilities by living separate from his parents. Hope you feel some peace soon.
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I am only half being serious, but how do you parent college-age adult children living at home and survive without being mildly sedated?
:svengo:
Today, I just feel queasy. :001_unsure:
Maybe it's time for him to move out?
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I have a 3rd and 4th graders, both doing 4th grade work. We follow Ambleside/Charlotte Mason recommendations for narration work and also do Classical Writing-Aesop.
So our weekly work includes: one CW writing assignment; 4 days of cursive copywork from sources like the Bible, hymns, poetry, literature; 1 studied dictation to work on spelling, usually from our CW selection; and 2 written narrations on history, literature or other Ambleside readings.
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The mom at this site adjusts the Ambleside Online curriculum so that her Year 5 includes a study of non-western cultures. I linked directly to her Year 5 but of course her entire blog is wonderful!
http://www.charlottemasonhelp.com/2009/07/year-5-program-and-books.html
:iagree: Just the place I was going to link! Linda Fay's resources are wonderful. :)
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I put us in the "Other" category. :) It's possible "history program" is too formal a term for what we've done so far.
We listen to the SOTW audiobooks, we read from Ambleside's list for biographies and narrative history books, I use Veritas Press cards to give the kids a general outline for events that we're reading about. We also read from Child's History of the World and the Withrow History Lives Church history books. Basically I choose what period we're in, this year it's the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation and then gather the books that I think will best bring that period alive. But I want books that are excellent literature in their own right, not just because they fit into a historical period. I don't make everything line up neatly, the kids do a great job of connecting dots on their own.
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http://www.welltrainedmind.com/tips-for-narration/
You can start with this article. :)
Do you have the Activity Guide for SOTW? There are questions for narration in that that would make it easy to start with.
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It's been awhile since I was in college in Missouri, but at that time it was Southwest Missouri St. and I don't think it was known for being a particularly academic school. It probably depends on the department though.
I went to Truman State University which is recognized as a pretty selective state school with a strong focus on the liberal arts. They're usually ranked somewhere as a top regional school by Money Magazine or U S News and World Report.
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I found Linda Fay's writing and other language arts suggestions very helpful:
http://higherupandfurtherin.blogspot.com/2006/12/year-4-booklist.html
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The average length of pregnancy for a Caucasian first time mom is 41w1d assuming she's not induced earlier. But a pregnancy isn't considered postdate until a mom goes past 42 weeks. The numbers are slightly different if mom is of a different ethnic background.
Don't put too much stock in the estimated due date. Since it is based on an assumed ovulation date, it can be way off. So unless she knows her body extremely well, and knows when she ovulated, the EDD may have been inaccurate. Possibly very inaccurate. And unfortunately, ultrasounds administered near term are not accurate at determining how far past the EDD baby has gone. If she had an ultrasound during first trimester, that due date would be the one to go by, but chances are she didn't have one that early.
If I was in her shoes, I'd want baby to be moving a lot and I'd want to be monitoring heart rate frequently. Her midwife should be seeing her daily to check heart rate and assess fluid level by palpation. Her midwife should be able to loan her a stethoscope and show her how to use it periodically throughout the day.
Even though I'm not a huge fan of hospital obstetrics, in her shoes I'd still want a non-stress test and a biophysical profile. If baby and placenta both look good, no worries. Repeat one or both tests in a couple days. If she won't go in for these tests, she should expect her midwife to drop her as a client.
Between diagnostic scans, if baby's movement decreases significantly, or heart rate drops or becomes too regular (ie. doesn't change if you push on baby or after drinking juice), she should get to a hospital asap.
At home, she can be doing the usual low-risk non-invasive things to try to get labor going. Spicy food, long walks, sex, etc.
Good luck to her!
:iagree: I went to week 43 with my last, but my midwife was required to have me have a biophysical ultrasound at 42 weeks from a solid due date (I'd had an early ultrasound @ 7 weeks and we had a good date to work with). Baby and placenta looked great at 42 weeks, but a week later the placenta was starting to calcify a bit.
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I've read her book and have gotten the "Clean Eating" magazine too. The adrenal diet I follow is very "clean" but is tailored more to my health problems (ie. I can't have fruit).
Well sounds like you're on your way then! I don't know if you're familiar with the Body for Life contest, but I once read that some women don't begin to see results until week 8 and then the pounds start melting away. I know I've' had weeks where I did everything right and the scale didn't budge, then the next week...I'll drop 4 lbs! The body is less machine like than we'd prefer, isn't it? Such a mystery.
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I think it was mentioned in another thread, but you might want to look at your library for Tosca Reno's "Eat Clean Diet". Since losing weight is 80% nutrition, you have to make sure your diet is tight. Just lower calories may not be enough, where those calories come from and when you eat are things to consider when trying to raise your metabolism. :)
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I've lost about 35 lbs since last May and I basically follow Tosca Reno's Eat Clean Diet or Jillian Michaels "Mastering Your Metabolism". 4-5 meals a day, high protein, adequate fat, lots of veggies, some fruit, and no refined carbs (though I have a free meal once a week). I do interval training for cardio and lift heavy weights twice a week for weight training.
Weight Watchers can be fine if you're not overdoing carbs and eating adequate protein. Just eating lower calories isn't enough, where the calories come from is a huge part of keeping blood sugar stable, fueling exercise, and being satiated with your meals.
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LOSE LOSE LOSE weight, not LOOSE weight.
Or if you're going to Loose it, don't Loose it on me! :tongue_smilie:
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My husband is not in the least controlling. He just knows how much weight I gained AFTER pregnancy (I didn't gain too much during) and he knows that it's healthiest for me to return to a healthy range before gaining 60 lbs. AGAIN like I did AFTER my last birth. I think he'd say that to risk adding 60+ lbs. to my current 208 would be VERY risky to me. His motives are pure and kind and have nothing to do with control or being "blackmailish." As for putting conditions...I think it's reasonable to be concern about one's spouse's health. If HIS body was 80 lbs over his ideal, no doubt I'd be concerned for him and I'd be much more verbal about it than he has been to me. I think he's been the kindest creature on the planet about it, so I had to step in and clear your misunderstanding up. He's been an absolute angel to me for the past 15 years of marriage. He has only desired me to reach MY goals as he knows what a bother / worry my excess weight has been TO ME. Sure he'd like me healthier and he'd probably like me to look better in a negligee', but he hasn't used my weight to play "keep away" with the sperm. He's been nothing but encouraging and has never nagged me about my overweight.
When we had the talk about it last week when he agreed to make the trip to Indonesia, we had to re-visit the conception issue since we had planned to conceive in December. I told him that AT BEST I could only aim for being more close to the uppermost end of my healthy weight range but that I couldn't reach it before he left and he just said this would be close enough for us to go on and pursue our shared desire for another child.
When I've told some people that I'm waiting to conceive until I loose some weight, SEVERAL of them look at my puzzled and say something like, "You don't need to loose any weight!" So....he, like them, doesn't assume I'm 208 lbs. either. It's a mini-miracle that I posted it here! Thankfully, he hasn't asked me my actual weight. Again, he likely assumes like most everyone that I'm only about 20 lbs. over the 164. If he ask me then I'd tell him. But, I could just plug away and reach it without confessing such an embarrassing number, then --- I want to do it as I'm VERY ashamed at the poor stewardship of my body. To think that I'm 80 lbs over my ideal is hard for me.
Where I'm a little confused is if you were going to try to conceive in December anyway. Why haven't you been zealously trying to lose the weight already?
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I don't know any Evangelina, but the Evangline I know gets called "Eva" which is very sweet.
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Right now I'm doing 3 treadmill workouts (intervals, incline) and 2 heavy weight workouts a week. I hit all 5 hard and I'm seeing great results and not having to spend hours working out.
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I wonder if there would be a correlation between whether the lego lovers were from families with more than one boy and if the lego dislikers were only boys. I've seen more only boys who are indifferent, but that might just be my circle of friends.
That's possible. We have one boy and three girls. But we have that Lego-loving dad factor here, and boys often learn to love what dad loves. I can't think of any of ds' friends who don't also really enjoy building and playing with Lego.
My girls love to build as well. My 8 year old has two of the house sets and she builds elaborate floor plans and furnishes them for her people. That's what *I* would have loved as a kid.
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I'm guessing...& it's just a guess...that gifted men of faith will tend to be in leadership positions. Gifted women...I'm less sure. I know there are some leadership positions for some of them. But overall? There seem to be fewer gifted women in protestant churches than elsewhere in life. I'm wondering if I've failed to notice them, if they're in other faiths, or if they're predominantly atheist.My circle of friends are mostly reformed protestants. We span the globe becasue of husbands with military careers. Four of my closest friends I would put on the gifted spectrum- IQs greater than 150 or so. All homeschool moms, one is a lingusit/ musician, one is a chemical engineer/ musician, one is a physicist/ musician, and one is a nurse/ pastor's wife. I think the church is full of brilliant women. Seriously. Perhaps it is the denomination. I don't know. But it has not been my experience at all.
My circle of friends is very similar to what you describe, Marie, except the military spouses. I've been a member of several PCA congregations and they have all been places where an academic/intellectual/highly gifted woman would be respected and comfortable. They have also been places which emphasize that the world's value system is not God's and that He chose the foolish things to shame the wise and raises up the humble to shame the proud. So yes, love the Lord Your God with all your mind, wrestle with deep questions, study to show yourself approved, but do it for His glory and not your own or because you fear not seeming like "enough" in the world's eyes as *just* a SAHM, homemaker, etc.
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I would think it would be very doable to use the cards as your general structure for 7th grade. Especially since they use Kingfisher which SWB recommends for middle school history as well. I would look at WTM's 6th grade list for other titles that would complement this year. Also, Memoria Press does some literature from this period in 5th grade I believe (King Arthur, Adam of the Road) and has guides for those books.