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"Think of it this way, you can lose weight if you eat 1000 calories of whatever you want, whether it be candy bars or a well balanced meal. "
Hmmmmmmm I think I like this diet 
Just kidding
Seriously though, I think there is some really good info here, I am going to pull all of the info together and come up with a "Don't want to be built like Pooh diet plan" and I think it would be fun if I would give it a try and I will keep everyone posted on how it's going, and if anyone else wants to join in we can have a little on line support group. What does anyone think, anyone up for a little personal de-poohing?
You guys are so sweet and there are some really good tips here, I am serious, we should put together a book and title it "How to make Pooh, but not become Pooh"
You know it's funny when I was in my teens and in my 20's I thought I was soooooo fat and would never wear a bathing suit, I weighed all of 105 in high school and 120 in my 20's, I wish we in America would help girls get a better body image, so we could have a more realistic view of our bodies. Now that I weigh one****cough,cough**** pounds 
I really regret not enjoying myself more and not wasting so much energy on feeling fat when I wasn't. It's funny though now that I am getting older it's not so much about how I look, it is how I am feeling , my knees and feet are feeling the strain of the extra weight and that I am most concerned about.
I guess I need to realize, that really, all in all I should feel lucky, because as my dad would always say when any of us kids would complain , he would say: "I complained about the holes in my shoes until the day, I saw a man with no feet" (my dad would be so happy I have repeated this because when I was a teenager wanting a new outfit I told him I never wanted to hear this saying again, ahhhh now I just need to find a thread that I can use , "If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it must be a duck" )
:crackup: :crackup: Shantell :"I've kept doing it and well....it's still coming off and I've been struggle with that post-pregnancy weight now for.........16 years. Time to get over it, don't you think?" :crackup: :crackup:
I think you are right about the smaller plate, I think we in america are super sizing ourselves by what we are using to put our food on and our drinks in. I remember when a 16 oz bottle of coke was a huge drink. I don't drink much pop/soda at all, I hate Caffeine drinks, but I do drink a lot of orange juice, which has a ton of calories.
My weakness is a drink I love to make, I take 8 ounce of 2% milk, put in it in a blender, then I add 4 tablespoons of sugar free hot choc mix, then I take 1 piece of dove dark choc, I blend that all up, then I add crushed ice and blend it until it is as thick as a milk shake, I then top it with whipped cream and drizzle with sugar free choc syrup. Hmmmmmm and no wonder I look like pooh bear I am so bad, here you all are giving great dieting advice and I am sharing my frozen choc drink recipe, I swear I am hopeless.
I agree with everyone else, I love paypal, (which means tomorrow they will completely change it 
) I have used it for a really long time and have had no problems at all with it and I no longer accept money orders or checks from new customers, one collector only pays by check and she has always paid quickly and with no problems so I am OK with that. I may accept check or money order if the person has good feedback and has asked before bidding, but I make them send it with signature confirmation. I am thinking about getting the paypal charge card, has anyone used that?
:crackup: Bearmaking disease, that's hilarious, I believe mine is in the critical stage. :crackup: :crackup:
It's funny for quite a while now I have had this little secret, I will share with you all, that my husband has no clue I do. When I get a picture taken of myself I put it on photoshop and do a little creative photoshop work and carve off some extra weight, it's amazing how easy it is and how good I have gotten with it, but over this winter I have put on so much that no amount of photoshop dieting will help. I think my biggest problem is I stay up really late to work and I seem to want to snack late, plus I am 2 years from the big 5-0 and my body is changing so much. I am thru menopause and ever since that, I just seem to look at food and get fat.
Menopause sucks , I get hot flashes still and I swear it is like torture, you get so hot you feel like tearing off all of your clothes but you've gotten so fat there is no way you would ever be naked. And what is up with the hair that seems to be popping up in places you didn't even know you could get hair. 
OK I have now shared with you all that I am a sweaty, fat hairy mess, Ok , as my oldest son would say "seriously mom way too much information"
OK I will first say I LOVE Winnie the Pooh, but the other day I had said to my husband that I was frustrated about the weight I have gained over the winter and my youngest son goes "mom you aren't fat , you are just built like Winnie the Pooh" First I went " Ahhhhh that was so cute" but then I got to thinking of the image of Pooh's big butt getting stuck in Rabbits door hole, this hit way too close to home, I could picture my big butt in the exact same way, I got chills thinking of Rabbit decorating it to try to hide it. ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please anyone that has any good dieting hints please post them here,
Bear Hugs
Jodi aka pooh
You know I never even though about that they do take your card, they are going to have to come up with a portable card swiping (sp?) machine so you can do it at the table. What makes a person think that it is OK to do that.
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I LOVE Happy endings :pray: :clap: :clap: :dance: :dance: :clap: :dance:
In the snopes myth buster thing it says the newer hotels have better equipment that do not code with the information, but does that mean the older machines did encode stuff?
I think I will play it safe and do what Brenda says , get a magnet and just swipe it before I hand it in. When my sister in law sent me this info I was worried because I sometimes leave the extra card key on the dresser in the room.
Thanks so much for posting the snopes thing, I feel a lot safer
Subject:Hotel Room Key Cards
Here's something to think about....
Ever wonder what is on your hotel room magnetic key card?
Answer:
A. Customer's name B. Customer's partial home address C. Hotel room number D. Check-in date and out dates E. Customer's credit card number and expiration date!
When you turn them into the front desk your personal information is there for any employee to access by simply scanning the card in the hotel scanner.
An employee can take a hand full of cards home and using a scanning Device, access the information onto a laptop computer and go shopping at your expense
Simply put, hotels do not erase the information on these cards until an employee re-issues the card to the next hotel guest.
At that time, the new guest's information is electronically "overwritten" on the card and the previous guest's information is erased in the overwriting process.
But until the card is rewritten for the next guest, it usually is kept in a drawer at the front desk with YOUR INFORMATION ON IT!
The bottom line is:
Keep the cards, take them home with you, or destroy them.
NEVER leave them behind in the room or room wastebasket, and NEVER turn them into the front desk when you check out of a room.
They will not charge you for the card (it's illegal) and you'll be sure you are not leaving a lot of valuable personal information on it that could be easily lifted off with any simple scanning device card reader.
For the same reason, if you arrive at the airport and discover you still have the card key in your pocket, do not toss it in an airport trash basket.
Take it home and destroy it by cutting it up, especially through the electronic information strip!
(Information courtesy of Pasadena Police Department)
You can also carry along a small magnet and pass it acrossthe magnetic strip several times, then try it in the door. It will not work. It erases everything on the card.
PLEASE FORWARD to friends and family.
Me too, I looked at it and thought "Gosh that looks so familier" I look through it and still think "Man I swear I have seen this before". I get all the way through it and I look at the date, "Well Duh" it was the March 06 issue .
It was so nice to realize I really wasn't going KooKoo :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:
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Shari,
I feel so bad for you, the worst part was to have to wait and then realize you weren't in there, I was late in getting a submission in by a day and wasn't in the magazine but I knew right away I was too late so when the magazine came out I was over the disapointment.
I thought this was a really great idea and TB&F did a wonderful service for us bearmakers, I hope they do it again and Shari if I was a betting woman I would bet if they do, you will be the first to get the info in and what a great way to have this feature start out , with pictures of your beautiful bear.
Oh I don't mean to sound like a broken record or anything but I too think the collage of bears would be a great poster, I would love to have it framed.
Bear Hugs
Jodi
Yvette if this helps, my grandma on my dad's side never spelled my name right, I was forever Jodie instead of Jodi.
I know, don't you love it when they say ," don't push", yeah right!!!!! My first was bad because the baby was turned sideways and was trying to come out that way, when they finally figured it out, the labor went so much better, I know this sounds so stupid, but I LOVED when they said , OK start pushing, I think the pressure from the baby made the pain go away. I had a friend do the epidural and she had such a great delivery, no problems at all. I had nothing but problems. I was like you I would start thinking about the pain and I would break out in a cold sweat. When I went into labor and the doctor was an ass about the epidural I kept crying, "it wasn't supposed to be like this" . I bet the nurses wanted to smack me
When I finally got nasty they did call someone to give me one. But as I said, it didn't take and just cost a fortune, I really wish I would have mentally prepared for the pain and not messed with the epidural. My youngest is 11 and I think now they have a way to see when your contractions are at there worse, which seems like it would make it better somehow.
I bet this baby will come so fast you won't even need to worry about getting an epidural or not. I have a friend who has 5 and she said after the second it wasn't as painful, she said if it had been she would have never had the 4th and 5th.
Kassie, what an honor and you are very deserving!!!!!!!!!!
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Bear Hugs
Jodi
Kimberly
You so do not look like a mother of three, you look so young. I only have 2 so there is nothing I can tell you, you have been there and done that. I too loved being pregnant, I didn't gain much weight with either, so I was really comfortable during the whole time. I could have done with out the pain during delivery, my first one I had an old time doctor who didn't believe in pain meds for moms, I was in labor 23 hours, I got a new doctor, but she was on vacation when I went into labor and it was some really old fart who also was from the old school, I finally threatened to kill him if I didn't get an epideral, they got me one and it only numbed one leg, from the thigh down. Which completely sucked but I made it thru.
As I said before the pictures are beautiful and what a wonderful thing to have to remember this birth.
Bear Hugs
Jodi
Kimberly, what beautiful pictures!!!
If this is your first child , I will not lie, this will be the worst pain you will EVER have , but with the pain will come the most pure feeling of love there is, I love my husband, I love my family and I love my friends, but until I had children I had no idea what pure selfless love was, I would trade my life to protect my children. It is such a wonderful journey you are about to travel, my blessing and best wishes are with you.
God bless that wonderful new life.
Bear Hugs
Jodi
What a really great idea and a wonderful bunny!!!!!!!!!!!
Bear Hugs
Jodi Moisan
OK THESE ARE THE FUNNIEST PICTURES EVER!!!!!!!!!!
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I loved Jazzhands
Thank for the great laugh!!!!!
Judi, I am so sorry to hear of this, I will keep you in my prayers, it is encouraging that you are having some improvement so quickly, I hope this continues.
Take care
Bear Hugs :hug:
Jodi
I tell you what, anyone who works with real fur , my hat is off to you!!!
When my son was in kindergarten his teacher knew that I made bears and asked if I could make a bear for her out of her Mom's fur coat, her Mom had passed away a couple years earlier, I told her of course I would, never having made a real fur bear ever, I didn't think it would be much different then mohair, she then asked how much it would be, I told her it would be no charge, well she then said she wanted 5 made, one for each sister. I almost fainted, well I tried making it with a regular needle, nope you need a leather needle and the leather was old so it kept ripping when I tried to turn it, and trimming it , I HATED!!!!!! fur kept going up my nose. I have vowed never to make another bear with real fur!!!! But I may give it another try with Nancy's other book. So all you real fur artists kudos to you :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Nancy your black bear is really good!!!!!!
I got mine on amazon. I bought the brand new version, it was a really good price, not sure if other bookstores carry it but I know amazon does.
*Chrissi you and I must have been typing at the same time.
I know I can't believe I didn't have it, I think why the book store I go to didn't have it, is because they get close out books and trade in's and after pouring over it I can see why no one traded it in, I would never part with this book, you all are exactly right this is a bearmaking bible. It has it all and is so easy to follow. I have a niece that lives in Florida and wants to learn how to make bears , I am going to buy this book for her and give it to her when she comes for a visit, I will help her make one and then she'll have this wonderful book to learn so much more!
Nancy, Blush away, this book is deserving of all the praise.
Bear hugs
Jodi
