Getting smaller but weighing more...

[CorsairMac]

ROFL - but the thought of measuring my weight in "stones" depresses me!

[Lise]

ROFL - but the thought of measuring my weight in "stones" depresses me!

But what if you could pick the size of the stones yourself? "Yes, I weigh...uh, 9 stone. Yeah. 9. They're right over there. That's how many stones I weigh. I dug them out of the field."

L.

[crazycanuck]

Lise...You've just made my morning & I just about choked on my drink..."But what if you could pick the size of
the stones yourself? "Yes, I weigh...uh, 9 stone. Yeah. 9. They're right over there. That's how many stones I weigh. I dug them out of the field."

I like that idea...

Have a good day

c

[latelatebloomer]

Dogmama, I gotta get that book. And get it tatooed all over my body.
I henceforth swear off women's mags. Unless they start putting out Mode again. Can I still read Oprah in the bubblebath? The New Yorker makes the bubbles go flat.

Regarding stone vs. pounds, the stones in my yard vary from massive boulders down to the lemon-sized tiller-breakers, so I can claim any number from 180 to 1/18th. Throw in the variations from the phases of the moon and appearance of crop circles and ..... um, maybe it's time for me to go to bed. I'm getting weird even for me.

g'night, dear unseen friends.

[Lise]

I henceforth swear off women's mags. Unless they start putting out Mode again... Regarding stone vs. pounds, the stones in my yard vary from massive boulders down to the lemon-sized tiller-breakers, so I can claim any number from 180 to 1/18th. Throw in the variations from the phases of the moon and appearance of crop circles and .....

LLB-you cracked me up. See the advantage of picking your own stones, though? "My weight? 1/18th of a stone. You gotta problem with that?"

I loved Mode mag, too. I also loved Lane Bryant clothes. Now that I'm a size 8-10, they got nothin' for me. I do enjoy Oprah, the mag. I devour Triathlete when it comes in the mail. My problem is remembering, as a mentor said to me, that "accessorizing is not actually training." Night all, L.

[CorsairMac]

so if we weighed an uneven amount would it be something like:

I weigh 9 stone, 6 pebbles??

[latelatebloomer]

I went to a flamenco show last night. One of the many things I love about flamenco is that the women have earthier, mature bodies and express a kind of womanhood that I don't think American women know much about. And sure as shootin', there was a dancer last night that was a bigger woman. She had a beautiful rounded shape, strong arms and shoulders, a touch of plumpness in the best sense of the word. And she was the best dancer. She moved with more power from her core, and I felt that she danced with the best thought in regard to the music. (ug, it's like trying to describe wine.)

And then I had a thought as we were driving back home - how hard that woman (there weren't photos of the troupe with the names, so I cannot call her by name) trains. Every day, almost every night. She is respected in the dance community, enough to be part of a troupe that travels internationally. And she is not thin.

If the Jose Porcel troupe comes to your town, give yourself a treat - and keep an eye out for the blonde dancer. (Oh, and the men are a tasty treat, too.)

[Tuckervill]

Im with LateLate - we should always find time to think over what we have accomplished and not just fixate on what we haven't. Im pretty slow on my bike and sometimes I have a bit of a whine about it to my husband and he just says hey I dont know too many other 41 year old women that are out there cycling and giving it their best shot. Six months ago you knew nothing about cycling look how far you have come. Thank goodness for a husband who keeps things in perspective. I say to the ladies of TE WE ROCK.

I picked up a book at Sam's Club the other day that I thought was just great. "Change the way you see everything through asset-based thinking."

And the quote above is exactly what the book is about. Thinking about the things you have instead of the things you haven't; the things you have done instead of the things that you haven't done. The book is a visual treat, as well.

I'm a sucker for motivational books--any time I can get the message in a new way, I'm psyched.

http://www.assetbasedthinking.com/

Karen