I’m done.
Posted by michellemoquin on September 13th, 2008
I was talking to a good friend of mine the other day catching up as we hadn’t seen each other in a very long time. Of course the election came up and we started chatting about you-know-who. I began to tell her that you-know-who had been the focus of my blog and conversations for the past two weeks. That I was feeling obsessed over all of the drama around her. She mentioned that she had thoughts about her but that she hadn’t really discussed it with anyone. Hmm..I thought that was very interesting.
Then she brought up the ‘pain body’ from Eckhart Tolle’s book, ‘A New Earth’ and we chatted on about how Eckhart says that the voice in the head has a life of it’s own. How most people are at the mercy of that voice; they are possessed by thought, by the mind. I realized that in regards to this election and really mostly in regards to the negatives that the media in this election is bringing out, I knew that I was feeling this lately: possessed. I have control over my thoughts. I know this. However lately, I have let my thoughts run random in my head from everything that I have been seeing and reading, and yes I have been a bit obsessive. I admit it.
And I am sure there are many of you out there feeling the same way. I also know that it is time to stop giving you-know-who so much of my focus and focus on the outcome that I want. And furthermore, as Doug said to me later on, “The media is wrapped up in all of this BS and so are the people. Let’s focus on the issues.” So true. Obama has been stating the same over and over. It is time we do just that.
So that being said, now that we are all informed of the drama circulating, all the ‘he said, she said’, all of the family matters, all of the incompetence…its a bit like high school drama – eek! I’m done. I say let’s change the focus to what upsets us, to what we don’t want for this country, and focus and visualize on what we do want. Let’s give power, universal collective power to what we want to happen, to what is important to us and leave all of the BS behind. I’m sure something will surface again; the repugnicants are famous for bringing up trash and marketing it well so that we, the people fall into their traps, focusing on all of the drama instead of the issues. It happens every election. And the media is a perpetrator too. But let’s be smart…informed…but smart and let’s not fall into the trap this time.
Everyone who knows me or reads my blog knows I’m voting for Obama/Biden. As I said above, ‘I’m done with the drama. I’m going to focus on who I want to win this election and the important matters: The issues.’
Readers: Who ever you’re voting for, are you done with the BS and ready to focus on what’s really important? Comments? Blog me.
Doug: Loved your comment yesterday. Right on and straight forward.
That’s it for today….
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September 13th, 2008 at 10:19 am
I think this is a great approach to take with you and your readers. The power that is available to transform through all of the readers out there through a collective energetic is huge and transformative. I’m all for turning the page!
September 13th, 2008 at 10:26 am
DIFFERENT DIETS FOR DIFFERENT BODY TYPES
If weight loss is among your goals for the New Year, results of a recent study may help you pick an eating plan that stacks the odds in your favor. David Ludwig, MD, PhD, associate professor at Harvard Medical School, as well as director of the Optimal Weight for Life Program, was part of a team of researchers who found that depending on your body chemistry, which weight loss strategy you choose can make a big difference in your success.
HIGHS AND LOWS
In a recent study, Dr. Ludwig and his research team randomly assigned 73 obese young adults to either a conventional low-fat diet (55% carbohydrate, 20% fat) or a low-glycemic load diet (40% carbohydrate, 35% fat). Protein was the same in both diets. The low-glycemic load group was counseled to eat foods low in sugar and refined grains, avoiding white bread, pasta, bagels and some cereals, while those on the conventional low-fat diet were given the usual advice about making low-fat choices. Neither group had to restrict calories since one goal of the research was to identify a dietary program that reduces appetite naturally, without having to track calories — and advocates of both diet strategies have argued that they naturally do this, Dr. Ludwig told me.
What makes this study much more interesting than just a straightforward comparison of two eating plans is the fact that researchers first gave each participant a glucose tolerance test in order to ascertain insulin secretion, measuring insulin at 30 minutes into an oral glucose tolerance test, following consumption of a 75 gram dose of oral glucose, or sugar. All dieters in the study, regardless of whether they had been assigned to the low-fat or low-glycemic load diet, were then determined to be either a high insulin secretor or a low insulin secretor based on their individual test results.
As Daily Health News readers know, insulin is a hormone secreted in response to blood glucose, and one of its effects is to enable cells to use glucose as energy. Insulin is also believed to contribute to the cravings for carbohydrates that often derail even the best-meaning dieters. Dr. Ludwig suspected that high insulin secretors might have a harder time losing weight on a traditional low-fat (high-carb) diet.
THE WINNERS ARE…
Participants reported their food intake to researchers at interviews scheduled periodically throughout the study. Overall, the weight loss in the low-glycemic load and the low-fat group were statistically similar… they lost an average of .9 pounds each month. But, as Dr. Ludwig suspected, there were marked differences in how the two groups of insulin secretors responded to the different diets. While low secretors achieved the same results regardless of which dietary program they followed, high secretors did substantially better on the low-glycemic load diet — losing an average of 2.2 pounds per month for the first six months of the study. At 18 months (when the final follow-up was done), the difference was even more striking. High secretors on the low-glycemic load diet had lost nearly five times more weight than high secretors on the standard low-fat diet (12.8 pounds versus 2.6 pounds).
“This explains why many people have done poorly on conventional diets,” Dr. Ludwig told me, noting “this is not simply a consequence of poor motivation or compliance.” Clearly high secretors of insulin would be much better off following a low-glycemic diet than a conventional low-fat one for weight loss. The difference is less dramatic for low secretors… though, Dr. Ludwig says he believes “everybody is better off following a low-glycemic diet, overweight or not.” It’s also worth mentioning that the low-glycemic load diet produced positive changes in HDL “good cholesterol” (raising it) and triglycerides (lowering them), and this happened for both high and low secretors of insulin.
To determine whether or not you are a high secretor, look in the mirror. Your best cue is where you store your fat. People who are apple-shaped, meaning they store their fat around the middle, tend to be high secretors of insulin and should therefore choose a low-glycemic load diet to lose weight and keep it off. “Pears” who carry their excess weight in their hips and thighs have a bit more leeway to choose from a wider variety of dietary approaches.
Source(s): ??David Ludwig, MD, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Optimal Weight for Life Program and associate program director of the General Clinical Research Center at Children’s Hospital, Boston. His latest book is Ending the Food Fight: Guide Your Child to a Healthy Weight in a Fast Food/Fake Food World (Houghton Mifflin).
September 13th, 2008 at 10:36 am
WOW!
Just what I needed to hear…Thanks.
September 13th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Michelle
What a site! How do I take you and the things on your site seriously? I mean communications from aliens for god’s sake? You can’t be serious. How do you expect women to look to you as a role model if you keep letting this stupid shit on your blog.
Drop the quacks and concentrate on what you do best, being a bad as woman. There can never be too many strong female role models.
Barbara
September 13th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Wow!!
Israel is represented in space. Move over Ohura, Dana, Maya, Nili, and Tal need a seat.
Sari
September 13th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Nawzad you are not alone. I haven’t been anywhere and I have my doubts.
Bagram
September 13th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Excuse me Miss-wanna-be-in-command women can have dreams and imaginations too.
Leave the aliens alone. If it bothers you, don’t read it. I for one tune in for their chronicles. What we really need is more.
Shelly
September 13th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Okay girls, ladies, women, GirlZ, could you please drop the kill all the men jokes. I love this blog. But all men aren’t bad. Hey, I think I’m a pretty good, husband, father, and son.
Charles
September 13th, 2008 at 10:59 am
PLEASE!!!!!!
Somebody BEAM me up!
Scott
September 13th, 2008 at 11:02 am
WHAT the H**? Now you are insulting everybody’s religions. Is there nothing sacred on this blog. Why do I read this s**t?
Anon
September 13th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Mother, I can’t believe I got on. This is Tony guys. I on the blog. Okay, I’m 19 and looking to go into space with the girls. Women can always use a strong male. I am very mature for my age and I respect women.
I very quick reflexes. I am the top video game player in my group. You name the game that requires quick reflexes, and I your man.
I’m taking a year off before I head to MIT. So I’m available. Have brains will travel. I am not really a religious nut. I am a devout catholic.
previously Anon.
Tony
September 13th, 2008 at 11:49 am
I want to know how the girls are picked. I would be a great pick. I am 28, divorced with a three year old daughter who I would want to take with me. I have a MBA and and law degree from Columbia and Pitt, respectively.
So what does an intelligent woman have to do to be considered. I’m not saying I believe everything I read on this blog about aliens, but I am curious.
Michelle, if you would like my email address I will give it to you.
Amie
September 13th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Where are the Japanese women? Why has no one asked us to go into space?
Yuki
September 13th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Cambodia says we women here love you Michelle
September 13th, 2008 at 11:59 am
????????????????GirlZ ????????
Umeyo
September 13th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Oh Mischa, I’m waaaay done w/she who shall not be named, hahaha…and that’s exactly why I ran the vid w/Obama handling that last silly season stunt, so let’s all ‘chill the f**k out bc he’s got it covered’ : ) I’m staying focused on the end game.
So glad you reminded me to read about ‘pain body’ the ANE book is in my car, I even have those pages marked and I’ve ignored it for 2 days; it was time for a review, much better now.
Boggsy, brill comment, would love to use that and add a few other fun facts later this week, would you consent to a cut and paste on that, please? Witty and accurate, loved it.
Something anonz stated the other day made me think of Blackwater, remember that company? Wow, I may have to blog about that even though it’s kind of old news…it’s scary how this war has been using ‘private military’ or should I say ‘guns for hire’ oh and that includes the automatic weapons ; )
Sweet pea, if you’re out there, babe, what is the story on Chavez?? The man has a way over the top hatred for the US, I know we’ve often used and abused third world countries, but what is his real agenda?? please report in to your ‘vice’ president when you get a chance. It can wait though, you staying alive is more important : )
Peace and love, I’m livin’ it and givin’ it, (love that BABE) – Zen Lill
September 14th, 2008 at 2:45 am
Secondhand Smoke Myths, Busted
Which is the more unfriendly place for your lungs — the smoking section inside a cafe or the one outside on the patio?
The answer may surprise you. Tests recently revealed that the air quality is often equally poor in both locations. So steer clear of that smoking section whenever you can. Now, which of these is worse for your lungs?
Cars or Bars?
Would your lungs be worse off if you spent a few hours in a car, windows cracked, with someone who’s smoking or if you whiled away an evening in a smoky bar? Again, the answer may seem counterintuitive. Seems the air in a car, after a few cigarettes, can be even worse than the air in a smoky bar — even with the windows open a bit. So now you know what to say the next time your pal wants to light up on a road trip.