Non-food New Years resolution



"Jim Bard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "JC Der Koenig" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Still upset because I turned you down?
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>> You take stupid to a new level. -- MFW

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> If you turned Saffy down, you really HAVE taken stupid to a new level.
>


You can keep all the frumpy women to yourself; I don't want them.
 
JC Der Koenig <[email protected]> wrote:
> My resolution is to tell the truth to people, with no sugar on top.


Low-carb truth? Actually, what you have is low-mileage truth. It doesn't
go very far since you **** people off to the point that they stop
listening. If you chose to tell it differently, it would go further.

My wife and I raised a passle of headstrong boys and believe me,
non-confrontational, effective truth-telling is an invaluable skill.

Dan
325/192/190
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes
 
Doug Lerner <[email protected]> wrote:
> At least 5 megapixels?


I say aim high. 9 megapixels and optical zoom.

My wife and I have resolved to calculate the average cost of one meal a
day for a year and donate the total to charity over the course of the
coming year. We'll divide our giving between local and international
charities. We are also working with others in our church to expand the
hours and scope of our food pantry.

Dan
325/192/190
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes
 
I'm not exactly getting paid for how many people believe the truth.

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Eat less, exercise more. -- MFW

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"Daniel Hoffmeister" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> JC Der Koenig <[email protected]> wrote:
>> My resolution is to tell the truth to people, with no sugar on top.

>
> Low-carb truth? Actually, what you have is low-mileage truth. It doesn't
> go very far since you **** people off to the point that they stop
> listening. If you chose to tell it differently, it would go further.
>
> My wife and I raised a passle of headstrong boys and believe me,
> non-confrontational, effective truth-telling is an invaluable skill.
>
> Dan
> 325/192/190
> Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
> Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes
 
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, AngieRose wrote:

> Ok so low-carb is a life long resolution so that would be out for this group
> so what if any will your resolution be?
>


I was thinking about this today while musing on the comparatively large
numbers of people invading what is usually my private gym. We all know
that most of those people will have fallen by the wayside in a couple of
weeks. What I'm wondering is whether New Years resolutions work at all.

Has anyone had success sticking with a significant New Year's resolution?
If so, how does your success with NYR compare with other times when you
have determined to make life changes?

Martha



--
"ALPO is 99 cents a can. That's over SEVEN dog dollars!!"
Revek - ASDLC
 
In article <[email protected]>,
Martha Gallagher <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, AngieRose wrote:
>
> > Ok so low-carb is a life long resolution so that would be out for this group
> > so what if any will your resolution be?
> >

>
> I was thinking about this today while musing on the comparatively large
> numbers of people invading what is usually my private gym. We all know
> that most of those people will have fallen by the wayside in a couple of
> weeks. What I'm wondering is whether New Years resolutions work at all.
>
> Has anyone had success sticking with a significant New Year's resolution?
> If so, how does your success with NYR compare with other times when you
> have determined to make life changes?
>
> Martha


Interesting. I haven't made New Year's Resolutions since I was a kid, but
I don't think I ever kept any. All my major lifestyle changes only happen
when I get more fed up with the results of not changing than I am afraid of
the effort of changing.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.
 
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Luna wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> Martha Gallagher <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, AngieRose wrote:
> >
> > > Ok so low-carb is a life long resolution so that would be out for
> > > this group so what if any will your resolution be?
> > >

> >
> > I was thinking about this today while musing on the comparatively large
> > numbers of people invading what is usually my private gym. We all know
> > that most of those people will have fallen by the wayside in a couple of
> > weeks. What I'm wondering is whether New Years resolutions work at all.
> >
> > Has anyone had success sticking with a significant New Year's resolution?
> > If so, how does your success with NYR compare with other times when you
> > have determined to make life changes?
> >
> > Martha

>
> Interesting. I haven't made New Year's Resolutions since I was a kid, but
> I don't think I ever kept any. All my major lifestyle changes only happen
> when I get more fed up with the results of not changing than I am afraid of
> the effort of changing.
>

This is what I suspect to be true. I think calendar milestones can be a
useful time to take stock of the changes we probably ought to be making,
but changes made at those milestones don't usually have enough impetus for
them to become permanent. That's why I think that eventually you will be
successful in giving up smoking - you're not doing it because it's the new
year, you're doing it because at some level you want to not be a smoker
anymore.

In any case, while individually I wish them success, I wish the
interlopers in my gym would give up early. I like being able to just veg
on the elliptical without having others around.

<g>

Martha



--
"ALPO is 99 cents a can. That's over SEVEN dog dollars!!"
Revek - ASDLC
 
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...

> Has anyone had success sticking with a significant New Year's resolution?
> If so, how does your success with NYR compare with other times when you
> have determined to make life changes?


I haven't made any New Year's resolutions for many years. I tend to
resist things like that that seem to be IMPOSED on me, rather than UP to
me. Making a decision to do make a life change happens when it happens,
and if you AREN'T ready to do it, it's not as likely to succeed.

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Saffire
205/145/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333