I should also add that if you can fit into kids sizes (and god bless us in america-- most of us normal-sized people can fit into a kids large or extra large), you should definitely be buying kids clothes. An XL polo shirt from abercrombie is 29 bucks compared to 39 or more for a M polo shirt from Abercrombie & Fitch. The quality generally isn't as good, but if you're a finicky bitch like me, you're giving away your old clothes after a few months anyway.
hey kenshin, sounds like you and me have the same problem with the same exact causes.
I have to make an extreme and concerted effort to gain any weight past 155 pounds (which doesn't sound that thin, but I've got a frame that's obviously designed for more muscle). The most I've ever weighed was 180, and that was a result of weight-training 5 days a week, and massive amounts of eating. If I wasn't asleep, working out, or in the shower, I'd be eating- if not a meal then a protein shake or a protein bar.
That worked for 6 months but 3 months later after I got lazy? Back to 155. It's impossible. My advice: Continue to exercise because it's a good habit to get into regardless of how you look, and whatever muscle you DO gain is a better insulator than fat is, so that'll help with the cold.
Make sure you take vitamins every day. Drink lactaid milk and always carry lactaid pills with you if you're suddenly confronted with cheese in a meal. When flying, always ask for the vegan meal- it tastes better anyway.
As far as clothes go, layers keep you warm AND tend to look good on thinner people, but be careful to avoid overdoing it lest you look like a bum. Avoid black. Horizontal stripes will fill you out. Most major stores will carry jeans in a 28- are you smaller than that? Straight-legged and no pleats will look better with a slim build.
Any other concerns? I totally feel your pain, man- except for the cold factor. I live in southern california. Consider moving!
except "yoga" doesn't come from "yoke", it comes from a sanskrit word meaning "union", but whatever.
I worked at a yoga studio and one woman actually asked us if it was OK for a christian to do yoga. An instructor responded that yoga can teach you how to meditate, but it doesn't choose what you meditate to. The author of this article would do good to learn that distinction, since I've met many christians who have said that they dedicate their yoga practice to jesus.
the text doesn't provide any information about the pictures, just the agency they came from.
It's not funny.
But, know that in Iran there is a mandatory 2 year conscription of all men into the army so most of the people in it didn't actually choose to be. As for these women, I hesitate to say that they aren't hardliners... but I just don't know.
Trishelle from The Real World bought me a drink at a bar. One of the other dudes from the same season, in a completely unrelated incident a few months prior, bought my sister a drink at a bar.
What can I say? We're an attractive bunch.
considering she's lived most her life in Canada, I'd say this goes to show that stupid people exist everywhere, not just America. She didn't get stupid as a result of her citizenship.
atcha- both are sour, but dogberry is somewhat astringent, too. Greengage tastes sort of like unripened plum, and dogberry like... like... I have no idea how to explain what they taste like. We sprinkle salt on them and then eat them. Be careful if you get your hand on dogberry, they're a not-so-weak laxative so if you have too many you'll get sick.
to add to that real quick: my mom called her paternal grandparents "Agha Joon" and "Khanoom Joon" which means Dear Sir and Dear Ma'am. I think that's kind of cute.
Hmm, persian time.
Maternal Grandma: Mamanjoon = Mother Dear
Maternal Grandpa: Babayee = Diminitive of 'papa'
Paternal Grandma: Maman = Mother
Paternal Grandpa = Dead before I was born.
So if I call my grandmothers Mother Dear and Mother, what do I call my actual Mother? "Modar" which means "Mother." I also have an aunt I call "Mamani" which means, more or less, "Motherish".
it's not like canadians had a much better percentage themselves... I wasn't surprised the americans did so poorly, but I WAS surprised that the rest of the world wasn't way, way better.. except sweden. Let's move there.
the problem with that is that I want to be able to GET IMs from people, I just don't want them all on my list- I only want people that I talk to regularly on my buddy list.
I ended up posting to that discussion board, we'll see if it helps. At any rate, I didn't know about it before, so thanks mexican!
Well, since it seems like nobody else has actually done it, I'll elaborate: basically its Mary-Kay, only books instead of makeup. They teach you how to sell, and the sales pitch, and then you take orders and sell the stuff- you pay wholesale and sell at whatever price you like though they suggest stuff for you...
Personally, I had a horror story of immense proportions- ten pages, actually, I wrote a paper about it for a nonfiction class. I'm trying to find it on my computer but to no avail. While my experience ended in disaster, I had friends in my same group that actually made in the tens of thousands of dollars (the top girl, one of my group's leaders, made 60 thousand dollars in fifteen weeks). Basically it requires a willingness to work yourself silly and give up any semblance of a summer vacation you might have had. On the other hand, you get to travel all over the country (sales school is in nashville, and they usually deposit you in a state far from where you live- I drove from california to nashville to des moines) and see some crazy things and meet some crazy people.
andddd here's his myspace profile.
posted by egomaniac9000 18 years ago
In "Medical George: Underweight"
I should also add that if you can fit into kids sizes (and god bless us in america-- most of us normal-sized people can fit into a kids large or extra large), you should definitely be buying kids clothes. An XL polo shirt from abercrombie is 29 bucks compared to 39 or more for a M polo shirt from Abercrombie & Fitch. The quality generally isn't as good, but if you're a finicky bitch like me, you're giving away your old clothes after a few months anyway.
posted by egomaniac9000 19 years ago
hey kenshin, sounds like you and me have the same problem with the same exact causes. I have to make an extreme and concerted effort to gain any weight past 155 pounds (which doesn't sound that thin, but I've got a frame that's obviously designed for more muscle). The most I've ever weighed was 180, and that was a result of weight-training 5 days a week, and massive amounts of eating. If I wasn't asleep, working out, or in the shower, I'd be eating- if not a meal then a protein shake or a protein bar. That worked for 6 months but 3 months later after I got lazy? Back to 155. It's impossible. My advice: Continue to exercise because it's a good habit to get into regardless of how you look, and whatever muscle you DO gain is a better insulator than fat is, so that'll help with the cold. Make sure you take vitamins every day. Drink lactaid milk and always carry lactaid pills with you if you're suddenly confronted with cheese in a meal. When flying, always ask for the vegan meal- it tastes better anyway. As far as clothes go, layers keep you warm AND tend to look good on thinner people, but be careful to avoid overdoing it lest you look like a bum. Avoid black. Horizontal stripes will fill you out. Most major stores will carry jeans in a 28- are you smaller than that? Straight-legged and no pleats will look better with a slim build. Any other concerns? I totally feel your pain, man- except for the cold factor. I live in southern california. Consider moving!
posted by egomaniac9000 19 years ago
In "Yoga: Not a Choice for Christians"
except "yoga" doesn't come from "yoke", it comes from a sanskrit word meaning "union", but whatever. I worked at a yoga studio and one woman actually asked us if it was OK for a christian to do yoga. An instructor responded that yoga can teach you how to meditate, but it doesn't choose what you meditate to. The author of this article would do good to learn that distinction, since I've met many christians who have said that they dedicate their yoga practice to jesus.
posted by egomaniac9000 19 years ago
In "A global pandemic of Avian Influenza is 'very, very likely'"
the article says 100 million is the worst case estimate, not the most optimistic one. Chill.
posted by egomaniac9000 19 years ago
In "I can't stop laughing at this."
the text doesn't provide any information about the pictures, just the agency they came from. It's not funny. But, know that in Iran there is a mandatory 2 year conscription of all men into the army so most of the people in it didn't actually choose to be. As for these women, I hesitate to say that they aren't hardliners... but I just don't know.
posted by egomaniac9000 19 years ago
In "Curious George:"
Richer, you get a ) for all your hard work looking into my question, even if the specific thing I asked for isn't there. I appreciate it!
posted by egomaniac9000 19 years ago
In "Claim to Fame"
Trishelle from The Real World bought me a drink at a bar. One of the other dudes from the same season, in a completely unrelated incident a few months prior, bought my sister a drink at a bar. What can I say? We're an attractive bunch.
posted by egomaniac9000 19 years ago
In "American assumed she was a Canadian citizen,"
considering she's lived most her life in Canada, I'd say this goes to show that stupid people exist everywhere, not just America. She didn't get stupid as a result of her citizenship.
posted by egomaniac9000 19 years ago
In "Curious George:"
atcha- both are sour, but dogberry is somewhat astringent, too. Greengage tastes sort of like unripened plum, and dogberry like... like... I have no idea how to explain what they taste like. We sprinkle salt on them and then eat them. Be careful if you get your hand on dogberry, they're a not-so-weak laxative so if you have too many you'll get sick.
posted by egomaniac9000 19 years ago
In "Curious, George: The GRANDEST of parents..."
to add to that real quick: my mom called her paternal grandparents "Agha Joon" and "Khanoom Joon" which means Dear Sir and Dear Ma'am. I think that's kind of cute.
posted by egomaniac9000 19 years ago
Hmm, persian time. Maternal Grandma: Mamanjoon = Mother Dear Maternal Grandpa: Babayee = Diminitive of 'papa' Paternal Grandma: Maman = Mother Paternal Grandpa = Dead before I was born. So if I call my grandmothers Mother Dear and Mother, what do I call my actual Mother? "Modar" which means "Mother." I also have an aunt I call "Mamani" which means, more or less, "Motherish".
posted by egomaniac9000 19 years ago
In "Americans--surprise--do abysmally in geography. "
it's not like canadians had a much better percentage themselves... I wasn't surprised the americans did so poorly, but I WAS surprised that the rest of the world wasn't way, way better.. except sweden. Let's move there.
posted by egomaniac9000 19 years ago
In "Curious George:"
the problem with that is that I want to be able to GET IMs from people, I just don't want them all on my list- I only want people that I talk to regularly on my buddy list. I ended up posting to that discussion board, we'll see if it helps. At any rate, I didn't know about it before, so thanks mexican!
posted by egomaniac9000 19 years ago
In "Curious George:"
Well, since it seems like nobody else has actually done it, I'll elaborate: basically its Mary-Kay, only books instead of makeup. They teach you how to sell, and the sales pitch, and then you take orders and sell the stuff- you pay wholesale and sell at whatever price you like though they suggest stuff for you... Personally, I had a horror story of immense proportions- ten pages, actually, I wrote a paper about it for a nonfiction class. I'm trying to find it on my computer but to no avail. While my experience ended in disaster, I had friends in my same group that actually made in the tens of thousands of dollars (the top girl, one of my group's leaders, made 60 thousand dollars in fifteen weeks). Basically it requires a willingness to work yourself silly and give up any semblance of a summer vacation you might have had. On the other hand, you get to travel all over the country (sales school is in nashville, and they usually deposit you in a state far from where you live- I drove from california to nashville to des moines) and see some crazy things and meet some crazy people.
posted by egomaniac9000 19 years ago
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