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Old June 26th 05, 09:41 PM
Mischief
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Asians have a greater chance of diabetes, cause it runs in my family
too. So I've got that against me and i'm "overweight" so as my mom put
it I have a "50 percent chance of making it to age 60" or something
like that..

hmph

Hell, i'll be happy if I can just make it to 30.

Sure I want to lose weight, but I also want to finish school. I want
to train and be on the diving team next year and do well. I want to
fix my financial situation and learn a lot more at work. I've got a
ton of things I want to do, and losing a lot of weight just isn't that
important to me right this moment. All my friends say I look fine and
I feel fine. I'm happy to be alive and have the things that I have,
and to me that's enough. All I need to do now is get financially
independent and fine a nice man, and I'll be happy.

Kristi

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Old June 26th 05, 09:46 PM
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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"wafflycat" waffles*A*T*v21net*D*O*T*co*D*O*T*uk wrote in message
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"Mischief" wrote in message
oups.com...
I'm five feet tall exactly and I'm supposed to be closer to 100-110
pounds.... A load of BS if you ask me

My mom once said I should be a size 4.

She hasn't said it since, but i've never forgiven her for saying that.


Kristi


Unless you are 2 ft 6 ins high, she has got it well wrong ;-)

Cheers, helen s


I have an idea that USA sizes are not the same as UK ones. What would be
the bust/waist/hip size for a USA size 4? I think the shoe sizes are
different too.

Tweed


I can fit in some 3/4s, but sometimes have to get a 5/6. Bust - 34 inches
(86.36 cm), waist - 23 inches (58.42 cm), hips - 34 inches (86.36 cm). [In
figure measurements I prefer inches... 34-23-34 sounds much better than
86.36-58.42-86.36!! ;]

I have humongous clown feet (even though I'm only 5'5") and have to get a
size 8W - my feet are 10 inches long and 4 inches wide.

Hugs,

CatNipped


  #23  
Old June 26th 05, 09:47 PM
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"Jo Firey" wrote in message
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"jmcquown" wrote in message news:apCve.9079

My mom doesn't do this to the extent Monique describes, but sometimes

she
gets on a tangent and won't let up. I remember once when my folks were

in
town we went out to dinner. I'm a natural blonde but my eyebrows have
always been darker than my hair. I also don't pluck them into
non-existence
like some women do, I just keep them trimmed in their natural line along
the
brow. That particular evening I used a clear NO COLOUR eyebrow gel when

I
put on my makeup. Mom kept staring at me and asking why my eyebrows

were
so
dark. I told her I'd used the gel stuff. Still she stared. "But I

don't
remember them being so dark." "Well, it makes them look a little

darker,
I
guess, but you know they've always been dark, Mom." A few minutes

later,
"I
just can't get over how dark your eyebrows are!" You get the drift?
Apparently the topic for dinner conversation was going to be my

eyebrows,
come hell or high water!

Jill

You sound like part of my family. I have several cousins with naturally
blonde hair and dark eyebrows. I've always thought it was an unusual and
attractive combination.

Jo

You can sort of see what I mean here, although my hair in this photo is
looking more reddish than blonde! Also no makeup but then I rarely wear it
when we're working the shows out in the heat... melts right off your face.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...79447333ryOWhN

Jill


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Old June 26th 05, 09:51 PM
CatNipped
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"jmcquown" wrote in message
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"Jo Firey" wrote in message
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"jmcquown" wrote in message news:apCve.9079

My mom doesn't do this to the extent Monique describes, but sometimes

she
gets on a tangent and won't let up. I remember once when my folks

were
in
town we went out to dinner. I'm a natural blonde but my eyebrows have
always been darker than my hair. I also don't pluck them into
non-existence
like some women do, I just keep them trimmed in their natural line

along
the
brow. That particular evening I used a clear NO COLOUR eyebrow gel

when
I
put on my makeup. Mom kept staring at me and asking why my eyebrows

were
so
dark. I told her I'd used the gel stuff. Still she stared. "But I

don't
remember them being so dark." "Well, it makes them look a little

darker,
I
guess, but you know they've always been dark, Mom." A few minutes

later,
"I
just can't get over how dark your eyebrows are!" You get the drift?
Apparently the topic for dinner conversation was going to be my

eyebrows,
come hell or high water!

Jill

You sound like part of my family. I have several cousins with naturally
blonde hair and dark eyebrows. I've always thought it was an unusual

and
attractive combination.

Jo

You can sort of see what I mean here, although my hair in this photo is
looking more reddish than blonde! Also no makeup but then I rarely wear

it
when we're working the shows out in the heat... melts right off your face.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...79447333ryOWhN

Jill


Beautiful, Jill - I wish I were that photogenic! John's one lucky guy.

Hugs,

CatNipped


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Old June 26th 05, 10:13 PM
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Very nice picture, Jill. You look very happy.

Winnie
"jmcquown" wrote in message
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"Jo Firey" wrote in message
...

"jmcquown" wrote in message news:apCve.9079

My mom doesn't do this to the extent Monique describes, but sometimes

she
gets on a tangent and won't let up. I remember once when my folks were

in
town we went out to dinner. I'm a natural blonde but my eyebrows have
always been darker than my hair. I also don't pluck them into
non-existence
like some women do, I just keep them trimmed in their natural line
along
the
brow. That particular evening I used a clear NO COLOUR eyebrow gel
when

I
put on my makeup. Mom kept staring at me and asking why my eyebrows

were
so
dark. I told her I'd used the gel stuff. Still she stared. "But I

don't
remember them being so dark." "Well, it makes them look a little

darker,
I
guess, but you know they've always been dark, Mom." A few minutes

later,
"I
just can't get over how dark your eyebrows are!" You get the drift?
Apparently the topic for dinner conversation was going to be my

eyebrows,
come hell or high water!

Jill

You sound like part of my family. I have several cousins with naturally
blonde hair and dark eyebrows. I've always thought it was an unusual and
attractive combination.

Jo

You can sort of see what I mean here, although my hair in this photo is
looking more reddish than blonde! Also no makeup but then I rarely wear
it
when we're working the shows out in the heat... melts right off your face.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...79447333ryOWhN

Jill




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Old June 26th 05, 10:15 PM
Monique Y. Mudama
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On 2005-06-26, Monique Y. Mudama penned:

So yesterday, I'm on the phone with my parents. I tell them I was
going to get a few pairs of shorts appropriate for work.


The irony, of course, is that after all this, I went to Kohl's and
bought several long skirts; not a single pair of shorts. But they're
comfy!

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca
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Old June 26th 05, 10:16 PM
Monique Y. Mudama
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On 2005-06-26, jmcquown penned:

You can sort of see what I mean here, although my hair in this photo
is looking more reddish than blonde! Also no makeup but then I
rarely wear it when we're working the shows out in the heat... melts
right off your face.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...79447333ryOWhN

Jill


Looks perfectly natural (and nice) to me!

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca
  #28  
Old June 26th 05, 10:19 PM
Monique Y. Mudama
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On 2005-06-26, Mischief penned:

Sure I want to lose weight, but I also want to finish school. I
want to train and be on the diving team next year and do well. I
want to fix my financial situation and learn a lot more at work.
I've got a ton of things I want to do, and losing a lot of weight
just isn't that important to me right this moment.


See, this is my problem. I'm into lots of strenuous exercise, and
it's awfully difficult to lose fat when you're also trying to at least
stay even on your athletic performance. If you eat less, you have
less fuel for the workout.

I do want to lose weight, but not if it means feeling like I'm dying
every time I go for a ride.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca
  #29  
Old June 26th 05, 10:21 PM
Monique Y. Mudama
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On 2005-06-26, Christina Websell penned:

I have an idea that USA sizes are not the same as UK ones. What
would be the bust/waist/hip size for a USA size 4? I think the shoe
sizes are different too.


I think I just looked at a tag recently that said USA 12 / UK 16.
Then again, those numeric sizes seem to mean different things to
different manufacturers. In fact, I was trying on shirts, and a
medium was just right for one shirt; for another shirt by the *same
manufacturer*, it was way too small.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca
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Old June 26th 05, 10:27 PM
Monique Y. Mudama
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On 2005-06-26, wafflycat penned:

"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
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I swear this - they are one and the same woman - they speak in
indentical terms!


Is your mom German? =P

Count yourself lucky. Whilst in my mid-twenties, and *slim* I was
wearing a short dress. My mother told me not to wear it as... wait
for it... remember I'm in my twenties at the time... I was "no
spring chicken anymore."


Ugh!

Mom actually encouraged me to wear bandeaus and other small items when
I was a teen; things that *no one* in my age group wore. I thought I
was fat back then, but when I look at the pictures ... well, I wasn't.
My face from back then is so narrow, it looks like an entirely
different person.

I don't know how to make it so that comments like this don't hurt.


They do hurt. They *know* it hurts. Sadly. It's something some
mothers do. On the plus side, my mother having the tact & diplomacy
section of her brain being the size of a gnat's testicle, made me
acutely aware of just how damaging thoughtless remarks from a parent
to a child can be - as a result, she did me a favour, I really make
a concerted effort *not* to be like that with Nathan :-)


Yeah; I don't have kids, but I try to be very careful about what I
say when it comes to esteem-related issues.

I'm pondering a new strategy: I might tell my mom that from now on,
every time she makes a comment about how fat I am, I'm going to eat a
chocolate bar. Maybe that will finally make her think.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca
 




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