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Scammers SUCK

Dana — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:49:10 GMT

I just got a Nigerian Bank Scam e-mail on TRIBE!!! I get them from time to time, but on TRIBE?!? Scumbags are getting bolder and bolder. There just doesn't seem to be any shame in people anymore. No-you are NOT somebody important's widow. You are just despicable, evil and WILL get yours. In this life or the next. Karma will be a BITCH!!

Tribe Alternative

Dana — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:04:06 GMT

I, along with others, am concerned about the state of Tribe. I like Tribe. I do NOT like myspace or facebook. I also do not like being out of touch with my friends. Therefore, I have decided to do something about it. I have started a yahoo group. Yahoo doesn't offer all the features and network of Tribe, but at least we will be able to get out messages during outages. Please go to the link below and subscribe to the group. I will okay you. I promise. I am making it by invitation so Jonathan and Hassan don't have to go visiting any wandering, ahem, amateur photographers. Also visit the album and leave a photo dropping! Oh-and sorry for the x-posts! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/midwestbellydance

I'm old

Dana — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:31:42 GMT

So here’s the deal… I don’t mind being 42. Honestly. But the older I get, the more often regrets pop up. Like last night we were reminiscing about the decade ago and the two failed BD lessons. What if I had been persistent and found a good teacher way back then? Rather than waiting for Layla so many years later? What if I’d kept off the 20 lbs I lost a few years ago? What if I’d had the guts to follow through with the Peace Corps? All these what ifs… Please don’t misunderstand, I love my life (most of the time). I love my family and my friends. I like my job. It’s all good. Just what if…

Weight Loss For Fun and Profit

Dana — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:37:42 GMT

Haven’t written for a while, d’ja miss me? So far so good. After a long plateau, I have lost a total of 15 (ish) pounds. It depends on the day. I am very tied to my cycle, so I will fluctuate several pounds over the course of a month/week/hour… I always count from the lowest point because it feels better. And history has told me that the others are fakers and will go away soon enough. It’s hard, tho, to loose nothing for three weeks, then exciting to loose 5-6 lbs in two days, the nothing again. But, alas, that is just how my body is… For goals: I am 10 lbs away from my dance goal; 25lbs from my personal goal; and we’ve pretty much given up on the 50lb total loss goal for the grand prize. Not that I didn’t have all 50 to loose (healthfully) but being that thin is just not a priority to me. That would be my high school weight again. Hooping improvement is slow, but I have been walking more. My work is doing a six week walking challenge. See-the whole universe wants me to be thin. Only the evil Ben and insidious Jerry are holding out on me>>>>>>>

Weight Loss for Fun and Profit

Dana — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:03:12 GMT

So we are in a clean slate situation here. I tried for a couple of weeks, but no hoop because I am !!STILL!! waiting for it to be delivered. <Nother rant altogether> So after the BD workshop-which was fab!! I got very discouraged and hormonal and spent several days eating EVERYTHING in sight. Two weeks virtually without sugar and boy-howdy an ice cream cone will make you giddy! So I am exactly where I started. I am calling this a do-over and giving myself the gift of the past three weeks. Here we go…For real this time…Does this sound more convincing when it isn’t inside my head?

Weight Loss For Fun And Profit

Dana — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:40:34 GMT

The weekend went okay. I was a bit worried, because I spent it with my folks. Now don’t misunderstand, I love them dearly and enjoy spending time with them. It’s just that food (and the sharing of) is a social activity for them. They are both heavy, especially my mom. I got my bad genes and some very bad habits from her. Of course, she also gave me the girls, so not all is sad in the land of the gene pool. Anyway, I had requested lean meat and grilled veggies. So then my dad comes home saying that their friends invited us to a fish fry. I’m thinking that there would be nothing that I should eat-or that my picky child would eat… Fortunately, they chose to stay home. So my only obstacle was-is-may forever be-portion control. No loss-but no gain either. So 2 lbs down for the week and I will take it and be happy!

Weight Loss For Fun And Profit

Dana — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:38:04 GMT

Okay-so here goes. I am tired of living in this body. I mean, I have never felt satisfied inside my skin-except for a brief period a couple of years ago when I lost some weight for a class reunion. When I was young and thinish and curvy, all I could see was the bump here or the jiggle there. Now I could kick myself for not enjoying who I was. It is time. I am doing the HoopGirl Fresh Start Contest. I am doing this-and blogging about it-as a motivator to stay on track. To not loose interest after a bad workday or during my crabby week. I need this because I feel like a cow. I feel like I just want to drop out and hide (and eat). This is how it works: I diet and exercise using HoopGirl hoop and DVD (easy-it’s the only hooping vid I own). I loose between 20 and 50 lbs and she gives me HoopGirl classes and merchandise. Now the classes part may pose a problem, as she is in San Francisco and I am in Kansas City, but, well, we did love our visit to SanFran… Will deal with that later… Actually, now that I think about it, that trip was during the brief thinness. The thinness-----When Tim and I started dating I weighed 45 lbs less than I do right now. When I got pregnant I weighed 5 lbs less than right now. When I went to my reunion I weighed 25 lbs less than right now. I obviously can do this, if I am motivated. I will do the same diet that worked for me then. I have failed on it since, but-no motivator-so it should work again now. The hooping-----I love the hoop. I am not very good at it. I can do a few tricks but I have no flow. But I am hoping that the extra time I will need to give to it EACH AND EVERY DAY will improve my hooping as well as my butt. I am a little bummed that I have to use (buy) a HoopGirl hoop rather than using my own, but I understand. This is a promotion for her company, after all. And Tim, always the supporter, said to go for it. So there it is. This is more of me bare than anyone will ever again see in a public forum. Weight loss for fun and profit. Tune in next time, same bat time, same bat channel.