ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA

I believe in schools dress codes are better for children. They learn that clothe does not make the person it is what their personality is like. I mean look at our society today, it is all about image and how we dress.

For girl's it's even worse. It is about nails, makeup, hair, and of course lets not forget the over flaunted fact of size that our society seems to love to harp on. God forbid that a young women is over the size of 6, (and how many of us after having children can say we have that without working out butt's off, literally) she is shunted out of the public eye as being overweight, not pretty enough. I mean come on give me a break what are we teaching out children that being unhealthy skinny (as bulimia, anorexia sets in) is ok. As a society should we accept the fact that eating a good meal and throwing up afterwards is ok. I DON'T THINK SO!

Yes I know I am getting into a serious topic here but this has to be talked about as our society is based on this. I wanted to go over first the difference of anorexia and bulimia.

First anorexia nervosa is chatergorized by excessive dieting. This is motivated on the strong desire to be thin and a fear of becoming obese. Anorexics consider themselves fat no matter what their actual weight is. Even when becoming close to death anorexics will show you where on their body they are still fat and need to loose weight. In order to avoid gaining weight they will go to any attempts to avoid food or calories in order not to gain weight. An estimate 10 to 20% will result in death because of this.

Bulimia nervosa is a cycle of binge eating and then purging their food in order to rid their bodies of the calories. A binge can range from 1000 to 10000 calories and for some binging is simply a cookie. Purging methods usually involve vomiting or laxactive abuse. Other forms of purging can involve excessive exercising, fasting, use of diuretics, diet pills, enemas.

Let us not forget our friendly neighbor of both of these (notice the sarcasm) Compulsive Overeating. This is chatergorized by uncontrollable eating and consequently weight gain. Compulsive eaters use food in order to cope with stress, emotional conflict, and daily problems. Compulsive overeaters usually recognize that their eating habits are not normal and they do have a problem.

This has been going on for years now but it seems to be getting much worse as it is hitting our younger and younger generations. Teens are feeling the stress of wanting to be thin and believe boys will like them better if they are thinner. Therefore doing whatever is necessary to get this way. Here is what one teens had said regarding anorexia.

"When you're anorexic you think you're pretty cool 'cos you think you've got lots of self-control and willpower. And everyone else is weak.....you think you're a cut above the rest...because you're skinnier then everyone else." -Kyle

This blows my mind. How can this be cool and something you want to do. The more we see these movies and videos with skinny girls on their prancing around and the guys all over them this is the message we are sending to our children. This is only gonna get worse in our society today as there is no stopping the music company's and fashion shows to show us skinnier and skinnier women trying to tell us that this is how we are supposed to look.

Just think for a minute out of all your female friends (and it's starting with the men too) had "loose weight in the new year" on their resolution list?

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That is the contest I have entered from : http://mamarant.blogs.com/a_mamas_rant/2006/01/post_a_picture_.html

So here is a picture of one of my kids that are in my book priceless. This is my son when he was about 9months old after his sister gave him a piece of chocolate that she had left over from Christmas. This is the best picture my husband could get of him.

I personally love this picture as he seems in a state of shock not knowing what Daddy was gonna do with him after this incident. Honestly what do you do when a child looks so shocked that he got busted. NOTHING all you can do is laugh your head off and take a picture.

So there you have it my children...simply being children. You gotta love them!

P.S. My son still loves chocolate *snicker*

Children Having Children

This is what I want to talk about today. It has been an epidemic for literally decades. I found an article in the times that I just want to show you for a second:

Dec. 9, 1985 Before the baby came, her bedroom was a dimly lighted chapel dedicated to the idols of rock 'n' roll. Now the posters of Duran Duran and Ozzy Osbourne have been swept away and the walls painted white. Angela Helton's room has become a nursery for six-week-old Corey Allen. Angie, who just turned 15, finds it hard to think of herself as a mother. " I'm still just as young as I was," she insists. " I haven't grown up any faster." Indeed, sitting in her parents' Louisville living room, she is the prototypical adolescent, lobbying her mother for permission to attend a rock concert. --CLAUDIA WALLIS

Now this should come to no surprise to some of you Babyboomers....considering it is your children wanting to have babie's on their own. Now I am not sure if it is because most of you had children at a young age and now your children think it must have been easy considering they turned out ok. Without realizing the full extend of what you went through.

I myself am born from a Babyboomer, I am now 27 years old and when I went to High School I had a few friends that ended up pregnant at a very young age, as young as 15, but it seems to be getting worse and worse as time goes on.

I wonder where this is coming from, lack of love from their fathers, their mother's being more worried about being friends with their children rather then being a strong roll-parent instead of drinking and partying with their daughters?

Who knows but I want to share with you all a story of a pregnant teen, this is very insightful and I hope to enlighten some ppl out there (ie. teens) on having babie's is not all it's cracked up to be.

You're late. At first you figure it's just nerves. After all, you took precautions. I mean, you were always careful, except maybe that one time...
So you buy one of those home pregnancy tests. You sneak it into the house and spend one crazy, long night reading the instructions over and over again. The next morning, your entire being becomes fixated upon that unmistakable, red POSITIVE circle sitting at the bottom of a plastic tube.
For the first time in your life, you understand the full meaning of the word "panic". Your heart drops into a deep, dark place you had no idea existed in your body, but you know it's not moving until you get yourself out of this mess.
The crazy thing is that while your world is falling apart, some neighbor down the street took that same test and also got a positive. Only she's running down the hall to tell her husband the good news. But life's sort of funny that way.
Okay girls, I know how you're feeling - believe me, 'cause I've been there. Now, we're not going to talk about Pro Life vs. Pro Choice-- this is not about that. This is about taking control of a difficult situation by surrounding yourself with the people who love and care about you the most and getting some good, solid guidance.
Your first step may be to contact a school counselor or empathetic teacher. You'll probably need someone to help you approach your parents. Now you're thinking, "Liz, there's no way I can tell my parents". As rough as this may seem, believe me, it can be done.
I'd like to share something with you. Several years ago I was staring at my positive result at the bottom of a cup. If only I had known then what I know now, but I was just too full of myself to ask for assistance from the right people. I decided to do things my way...

Back then, I figured that "Pro Life" meant no life left for me and whoever coined the phrase "Pro Choice" had a sick sense of humor. I mean wasn't it my need to be free and make my own choices that got me into this mess? Believe me, there was nothing free about being a pregnant teen. And feeling that there was no way out other than abortion wasn't much of a choice.
I couldn't bear the secret alone, so I told my best friend and of course, I alsotold the father. But I guess this news was just too hot for them to handle, 'cause by the time I got to
school, all eyes were on me (or maybe it was just my imagination).
My "trusted" friend volunteered to contact the local abortion clinics. Meanwhile the other "responsible" party figured he could raise at least most of the cash. After all, he was the father.
As the days went by, the panic and fear only became worse. I couldn't sleep. I looked like hell and my body sort of floated through space, like I was no longer grounded and I didn't know where I was headed. And I kept saying over and over to myself, "What have I done? What have I done?"
Then my day at the clinic arrived. He came with me and so did my "friend", who had by now told the whole continent.
The counselors were nice enough. They calmly informed me of the procedure and risks. They answered questions and for one selfless minute I thought to ask, "will the baby - er... fetus, embryo or whatever - feel pain?". But that fleeting thought was overtaken by fears for myself and instead I asked ,"Will this hurt a lot?"
A few hours later, I lay at home no longer pregnant and the relief that I thought I'd feel took the form of reflective depression mixed with anxiety, 'cause I had to keep hiding all bathroom evidence from my mother.
Aside from a phone call, I didn't hear from him much. But that's okay, 'cause I didn't want to repeat this episode again. But believe it or not, two weeks down the road when I was feeling lonely, hurt and vulnerable, he showed up at the door. You see, he had that urge and I was fair game once again. But things were never the same between us.
Hey, don't get me wrong, it's not like I didn't survive all of this. It's just that, well... take it from me, there are some things in life that you never forget.

This next story is of a teen who decided to keep her baby and make a life for her child and her:

Well, I just want to tell my story of how I got pregnant and how I live my life today. When I was 13 years old I meat this guy. He was much older than me, and at first I didn't like him, but as time passed by I kind of "fell in love" with him. He was about 27 and I was 13.

I know what you're thinking - what the heck is a thirteen-year-old girl doing with a 27-year-old guy? I was probably desperate to runaway from my problems at home, and I didn't know I was getting into a deeper problem. My family was O.K. with the relationship, and we were about to get married (with the consent of my mother of course) when I had a problem with my new step-dad. I couldn't stand him. My boyfriend proposed to run away.

We were still going to get married, or at least that's what he said. So one day, I ran away with him. We had the apartment and all the basic necessities. After like two months I became pregnant, at the age of thirteen years old. I wasn't even finished 7th grade! I decided to have my baby. (Don't ask me why. I don't know.)

He ended up cheating on me. I spent six and a half years with this person until I finally decided to end my relationship. I went to school pregnant. All the looks I got, all the comments I received, really affected my life. But I finished junior high and I was on my way to high school. While my friends were thinking on going out to the movies, I had to think about making dinner and changing diapers. It was hard, but I did it. I didn't give up.

I had to wake up at six a.m. to change the baby, dress up, and go to school. I had to be at the bus stop by seven to be in school at 8:15 a.m. (They had childcare in the school, but only if you maintained a good academic grade.) I had to go through childcare, homework, uniforms, and all the rest of that stuff. I was a full-time student and worked part-time, and still had to come home and take care of my son.

I graduated high school with the Class of 1998 with all my friends. I'm currently a college student in California, working toward my accounting degree, and I'm also working full time for a law firm. I just turned twenty and I have a five-year-old boy that waits for me to get home and give me a kiss, and say "I love you mommy." My message to all the teens out there is to never give up, you can make it. Hang on - life is hard, but in the long run, it's worth it. Good luck!

So there you have it, both sides of the spectrum, the key I think to both of these stories is no matter what your feeling go talk to someone. If you can't talk to your parent's at least go talk to a counsellor or a health professional. It doensn't matter who you talk to, but go talk to someone that can help you make the right decision.

Well I guess this blog is a little more serious then the past few, and I really wanted to address this subject as over the holiday's our family had an incident with a young girl doing something that she shouldn't have been doing, it never went as far as intercourse but it was serious enough that, well it was inappropriate for such a young girl.

I remember at the age of 12 I was still playing with Barbie Dolls LMFAO how pathetic is that, and now these 12 yr old's are thinking of how to make their under developed bodies look like they are 25 and how to get to "John's" house to have sex or do some other sexual activity.

I am just afraid for my own daughter, if it is like this now imagine when my daughter is the ripe age of 10yr's old (6.5 more years) what will happen. The old saying "I will lock you in your room till your 30" is starting to sound really good right about now.

Leave me any comments am always happy to hear from ppl and their views.

Important notice to all Windows XP users. This is something to think about I just received this as a notice and had to share this with you incase you haven't heard. Go check it out and do some research on it. If you are interested in more of his articles feel free to click on my Favorite Blogs it will be under there.

Wait for Microsoft WMF patch, no thanks!
Posted by George Ou @ 3:12 am

By now, you've probably heard of the unofficial WMF Vulnerability patch by programming genius Ilfak Guilfanov. Some experts say install it now! Others say you better wait till next week for the official patch from Microsoft. Since I've spent a good part of New Years day weekend researching and testing this bug, I would tell you that this vulnerability is so dangerous that you better install the unofficial patch now and then uninstall it when the official Microsoft patch is hopefully released next week.

The highly respected SANS.org has fully vetted the patch and they're so impressed that they've even started hosting copies of the patch on their own website. For your convenience, Guilfanov created an EXE version of the patch which you can find here. For the corporate types that want to install this across the enterprise through Active Directory, they can push out the MSI version repackaged by Evan Anderson of Wellbury Information Services, L.L.C.

If you're wondering why this is such a high priority patch, it's because existing workarounds are weak at best and the exploit is extremely dangerous. There are those who say this isn't anymore dangerous than an Internet worm but worms can't infect you through firewall perimeters. Even Antivirus and Intrusion Detection Systems are having a hard time with the WMF exploits since a group released proof-of-concept code that automatically generates randomized headers and fragmented packets to defeat nearly every AV and IDS signature. With the WMF exploit, you just need to look at an infected image file while surfing the web or checking your email and you're instantly infected with nasty spyware or rootkit. Since there are no official patches available, there was little you could do to protect yourself until now.

Hardware-enforced DEP seems to work pretty well only if you have a more recent CPU that supports AMD NX or Intel XD technology. NX and XD technology enforces Windows DEP (Data Execution Prevention) in hardware but you most likely have to change the default DEP settings and apply DEP to "all programs and services on your computer". Microsoft's official workaround of un-registering a specific DLL file not only breaks a ton of useful functionality like the ability to view image thumbnails, but it doesn't even protect you from MS Paint or Lotus Notes. Guilfanov's patch doesn't seem to break anything and it protects you much better than Microsoft's official workaround.

Microsoft's official negative stance on the unofficial patch is understandable since Microsoft can't take responsibility for a 3rd party patch which they haven't tested and they're busy cranking out the official patch. But this vulnerability is so serious that I personally just can't wait till next week for the official patch. For now, Guilfanov is a big life saver and I'll keep his patch installed until the official Microsoft patch hopefully comes out next week.

This story I had to share with everyone I just read it as it was published literally 20min ago. It blew me away how parents can be so irresponsible. Let me know what you think?

Calif. Husband, Wife Leave Sons Home Alone
By JULIANA BARBASSA, Associated Press Writer

MANTECA, Calif. - A husband and wife who found a dog sitter for their new puppies, but left their 9-year-old son home to care for his younger autistic brother while they celebrated the new year in Las Vegas, were arrested Wednesday, police said.

Jacob Calero, 39, and his wife, Michelle De La Vega, 32, left Calero's sons — Joshua and Jason, 5 — at their San Ramon home early Friday while the newlyweds headed out of town for a five-day trip, police said.
The children's mother, Cristina Calero, died of breast cancer in 2003 and Jacob Calero married De La Vega last year.
Joshua, interviewed Wednesday at his maternal grandmother's apartment in Manteca, said his dad and stepmother got each other puppies for Christmas, and went so far as to bring the pug and the poodle-Maltese mix to De La Vega's mother before leaving town.
"I thought they loved them more than us," the boy said.
The grandmother, Libbey Holden, said she called police after she suspected the couple had left the children behind.
"I had big concerns," Holden said Wednesday, sitting in her apartment filled with family pictures, including smiling portraits of her late daughter. "These kids are helpless."
Police said they found the children asleep in their beds Saturday night, a day after being left alone. A gas fireplace was turned on, but they found nothing out of the ordinary.
"It appears that the food and the environment were set up for them to be alone," San Ramon Police Sgt. Brian Kalinowski said.
The older boy said he was instructed to not answer the front door, so officers had to use a ladder to enter the home through an unlocked sliding glass door on a second-floor balcony.
Neighbors went to the house Saturday after hearing the younger boy screaming "Help me! Help me!" in the family's garage, Kalinowski said. Finding no one home, they took him to their house and left a note behind. When Joshua returned after about an hour, he took his brother home.
Arresting the husband and wife on suspicion of two felony counts each of child endangerment was a "no-brainer," Kalinowski said. They were each being held at the Martinez jail in lieu of $200,000 bail.
Joshua, who said he was glad his father was arrested, explained that he and his brother ate cereal for breakfast and cooked frozen dinners in the microwave for other meals. He said his dad and stepmother left while they were asleep. They had asked him to watch his younger brother, but didn't tell him where they were staying, he said.
"They shouldn't leave us alone," Joshua said, sitting in the living room of his grandmother's apartment. "I didn't know who I could call in an emergency. Even if I called my father, he's far away, so there wouldn't be much he could do."
Holden said she tried calling Calero, but couldn't reach him. Worried, she consulted friends, and finally decided to call authorities.
Officers began calling Calero's cell phone Saturday, but he didn't call back until Tuesday.
"It seems to me that, as a parent, you would take a plane, train or automobile to come back to your kids as soon as possible," Kalinowski said. "We get the sense that they felt no urgency for them to return home."
They flew from Las Vegas early Wednesday and were arrested at Oakland International Airport about 11 a.m. Both have requested lawyers and have refused to talk to police, Kalinowski said. Felony child endangerment carries a maximum sentence of six years in prison.
Joshua said it wasn't the first time he and his brother were left home alone. Last fall, his dad and stepmother kept him out of school for a week so he could baby sit his brother while they went away.
Calero is a plumber and De La Vega works in a dental office, police said.
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Associated Press Writers Kim Curtis in San Francisco and Michael Liedtke in San Ramon contributed to this report.

Great-grandmother Returns To Oklahoma After Serving In Iraq, Afghanistan

LAWTON, Okla. (AP) -- A 72-year-old great-grandmother is back with her family in Lawton after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.Lena Haddix supervised international workers at a Post Exchange -- or PX -- in Baghdad. She's been a long-time supervisor of the PX at Fort Sill.She says she talked to so many soldiers that were going to Iraq while at her job at Fort Sill that she decided to go herself.During her stint overseas, Haddix donned combat boots, a 10-pound helmet and a 40-pound flak jacket.While in Baghdad, Haddix survived a rocket attack that killed three soldiers in front of the PX.

Source: Associated Press

Now tell me folks if this woman is not brave. We should be proud of all those that have gone over no matter what their jobs were or are. Let's face it no matter what your job is when you go overseas it is vital to the establishment of the military and each person doing their job.

Let me hear some of your brave stories of people you know that have gone over or are still over there fighting this War. I will post them and make them into one huge story for all to see.

So let's hear it!

Of Course All Canadians Know Each Other

A Canadian Never Forgets A Face

Canadians greet each other with a handshake every time they meet.DOWNTOWN CANADA (thetoque.com)-- The boom-town country of Canada, stretching 9306 kilometres long, 4634 km wide, and a few kilometers deep, is home to 34 million people. And with the exception of a few landed immigrants, a couple dozen refugees, and a handful of not-so-permanent residents, they all know each other.

This boastful claim of memory retention isn't due to the fact that Canadians are naturally nosy people. While that is partially true, the consistently harsh Northern climate has created certain social necessities. It means that during the next raging blizzard, you might need to ask for an ice-saw or sled dog, and it's easier to borrow from friends than strangers. And when your snowmobile needs a jumpstart, it's comforting to know that the next person who sees you on the side of the snow-covered highway is an acquaintance.

Did you know that because of this Darwinian need for self-preservation, over the centuries Canadians have developed the inherent ability to remember everyone they've ever met? Whether it’s an introduction at a moose barbecue in Moose Jaw, a beaver roast in Bella Coola, or a caribou cookout in Cape Breton, Canadians will always remember a name, a face, and sometimes even an address if it doesn't have too many nines in it.

And when there are no formal introductions, names of family, friends, and acquaintances are passed down by Canadian wisewomen during informal evening ceremonies. Once committed to memory, a Canadian always knows that there is another brother or sister that they can count on to help them in a time of need.

Whether you need a flat tire repaired, a ride home from the pub, or a spare goalie in a beer league hockey match, strong traditions allow Canadians to develop closer bonds than the people from Greece, Lithuania, Upper Volta, Lower Volta, or any Volta in between.

This amazing gift for recollection most notably emerges when traveling Canadians visit foreign countries, like the United States of America. When an American meets another Canuck (what a coincidence that would be!) it only makes sense for the Yank to ask if they know the other Canadian they met two years ago on a golf course in Palm Springs. (note: Many Americans have met Canadians in person, know someone else who has, or at least read about them from the storybooks.)

You'd be forgiven if you thought it to be a mathematical impossibility to identify, let alone remember, one person in 34 million, but yes, Canadians do really know everyone in their own country!

"Why, of course I know Pete from Edmonton," a Canadian would respond when asked by a complete American stranger in Florida. "We’re good friends; we stay in touch. I met him on Polar Hunt Day back in 1995. Say, do you know any other Canadians? How about Rick from Toronto? Or Wayne from Hamilton? Oh, what about Dave in Vancouver--We went to school together!"

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Another year has come and gone and now its time for all those ppl that are unhappy with parts of their lives or image to make a resolution on what they will change (and fail at) in the new year. I personally want to loose weight but I have been putting it off this is just a way for me now to say....holly crap a deadline is here lmfao.
So starting now I swore off all good food, not saying that healthy food isn't good but let's face it, it just doesn't do junk food justice. All those yummy baked goods and chocolate bars, lets not forget the delicious soft drinks that are loaded with sugar's and calories.
Well if anyone has any delicious recipe's that I can try that are low in fat and calories that my husband wont divorce me over (jk) let me know, place it in the comments section and you know I will be looking for more.