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blessed_oak

The view from this weekend

Mar 17, 2013 10:29

Hey, guys, guess what, I lost 5 pounds! As some of you are aware, for a woman of certain age this is a Very Big Deal. It turns out I don't need to eat as much as I thought I did. But it is kind of odd. I am eating less, and I am hungry a lot of the time, especially in the morning, but being hungry doesn't bother me much because it feels " ( Read more... )

health, weight, the pope, life

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kensmind March 17 2013, 18:52:47 UTC

Congratulations on losing those five pounds! I too enjoy feeling lighter, especially with summer coming. I have also heard those conspiracy theories about the death of JP1 which are great fodder for mystery lovers.

blessed_oak March 17 2013, 23:56:45 UTC

Thanks! And yeah, can't wait for summer, and I have some clothes I hope I will fit back into by then. Already got my smaller jeans on. :)

kaishin108 March 18 2013, 14:23:35 UTC

How great you lost those five pounds! It is hard for me too, I can really relate. When I was younger I would think to myself, I want to loose five pounds this week and by that Friday I would have, not now though.

I hope the new pope does work out, he feels like a slight breath of fresh air so far.

What if we just believe in ourself? The trust and intuition that we have learned and some we were born with. It has gotten only more confusing for me as I get up here in years.

Have a lovely week!

blessed_oak March 19 2013, 02:47:30 UTC

I don't know about intuition - I'm not sure I have so much of that! I'm always trying to figure things out, instead. And that can only work if I have all the facts. :P

kaishin108 March 23 2013, 05:12:29 UTC

OK, I don't quite mean intuition, more like the true self we are, underneath the habits and defense mechanisms we have become used to?

seaivy March 18 2013, 15:16:12 UTC

I know this isn't any real help but I can't resist
I was once was given a T-shirt that said
Everyone needs to believe in something
I believe I'll have another cookie

Maybe "belief" can be thought of as "what ideas sustain me".
Not every thing can be proved.
But some ideas have emotional resonance for us.
We make decisions about what we want in our life, how we are going to live.
Sometimes we look for groups with similar ideas because others can sustain us in our sense of purpose.

Cookies can be very sustaining. lol

blessed_oak March 19 2013, 02:58:13 UTC

Now that is a T-shirt I would wear! :D

Hmmm...I'm not sure I can identify any beliefs, per se, that sustain me. I have certain values, but that's not the same thing. I have things I live for, but those are things I know. It seems like plenty.

Today I had three Samoas. You can hardly find the cookie under all the chocolate, caramel, and coconut. Mmmmmm.

seaivy March 19 2013, 03:13:56 UTC

uuuummmmm! Yummy!
I want some.

The T-shirt was given to me by the staff of an organization I was president of. I used to bring cookies to the office all the time. Half a block away from the office was a fabulous deli with homemade exotic cookies. BIG ones.

Not sure what you mean my "beliefs".
Mot sure what I mean either. lol
I know that I embrace certain ideas that my intellectual, logical brain can not accept as fact.
I embrace them because they fill a need for me. They are experientially satisfying.
These "beliefs" are not intellectually real but they are psychologically real.
What is reality?

blessed_oak March 20 2013, 02:25:34 UTC

I would love a place with homemade exotic cookies! But maybe not half a block from where I work. :P

But the T-shirt is funny partly because "everyone needs to believe in something" is a real belief in itself, held by very many people! But maybe not everyone? Right now I find it refreshing not to believe.

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readthisandweep March 19 2013, 12:47:54 UTC

Belief is a loaded word. I don't agree with violence - I have to believe in it because it exists.

I know this isn't what you mean. ;) It's still a loaded word.

I think I mostly agree with Ivy.

And congratulations on losing the weight. That's another thing I ponder. Is it about what we weigh, or how we feel?

I belief I may weigh less, because I went swimming yesterday & feel lighter...

Hmm. ;)

blessed_oak March 20 2013, 02:42:04 UTC

I agree, it is a loaded word. Maybe it gets tossed around too much.

And thanks. It's definitely feeling better, especially when I have to crouch down to those bottom shelves on the floor at work - I fold up so much better even after losing just a little.

I know I weigh less, because I've been getting on the scale. ;)