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Thursday, July 10, 2008
How I Am Doing It
How I Am Losing Weight.
1. I count calories, every day. I personally use Sparkpeople.com because it is free and easy to use, but you could use other online counters like FitDay. You could also just write down your calories on a sheet of paper and add them up. It's important to actually measure your food so you know how much you are eating. Right now I try and stay right around 1500 calories per day, but I started out around 1800. You have to try a calorie level for at least a week or two, and then see if you lose weight. If not, you can adjust your calories until you see 1-2 pounds a week dropping off.
2. I go to the Farmer's Market or, when it's not open (winter), I go to the nicest produce section I can find, once a week. I buy a LOT of fresh fruits and veggies. I totally load up my fridge with them. Then I feel compelled to eat all that stuff before it goes bad. I end up eating a lot of healthy stuff just because of that. This has been the single most important thing for my success. Scope out a farm stand or a grocery store with a variety of produce and go every week. Buy a lot of stuff. Try new things. Look up how to prepare them on Google, and try new recipes from various online websites like A Veggie Venture, Allrecipes, and Kalyn's Kitchen. My 3 meals and 2-3 snacks a day are based around veggies, fruits, lean meats, whole grains, and low fat dairy. I use butter, bacon, and other fatty tasty stuff sparingly as a condiment with my veggies as long as I stay under 1500 calories. I watch my portions. I have learned what a serving is. I listen to my body, don't eat if I am not hungry, and stop when I am full.
3. Cut the junk. I stopped buying candy bars, Little Debbie cakes, chips, hot dogs, etc. If it is not beneficial to my body then I try not to eat it very often. I am not a fanatic and I do have some treats once in awhile, but I am trying to lose weight here and it is really not the time to be indulging in pies and cookies. I don't do 100-calorie packs either. I tried that, but I just ate the whole box in one sitting. So my snacks are fruits or string cheese or nuts most of the time. I have kids but they don't need junk food either. So I just try not to have junk food in the house at all.
4. Drink lots of water. I cut out sodas and coffee. I drink green tea, chai tea with skim milk, and lots of iced sun tea made from black and green tea. I used to add sugar to my iced tea but I cut it back gradually until I don't need the sugar anymore. Staying hydrated is a good thing.
5. I started moving. This was HARD. I was in a lot of pain. My knees were killing me and I had no stamina. I started out by just walking out the door and about 30 seconds down the sidewalk, then back. I did that every day. Each week I walked a little further. I got up to about 2 blocks (yeah my knees were SO BAD). Then I added a recumbent exercise bike at the advice of my orthopedic doctor. (I have severe degenerative arthritis, bone spurs in my knees, and a torn meniscus). I started out riding the bike for 5 minutes on no resistance. It was so hard. I did that 3x a week. Every week I added 2 minutes and when possible I upped the resistance a bit. Now I ride for 30 minutes, 6x a week and am up to level 4/5 resistance. I do over 7 miles a day. I also started lifting weights at home. I started by looking up basic exercises online, with a set of 5 lb dumbbells. Now I use 10-12 pound dumbbells and strength train 20 minutes, 3x a week (still at home). One of my goals is to be able to do push ups (normal ones). I started with wall push ups, worked up to 2 sets of 30, and now I am doing them off the kitchen counter. Soon I will be doing bent-knee push ups on the floor and from there, regular ones. I always HATED exercise, but I hate being fat more. And you will get to like it, eventually, as the weight comes off.
There are no magic pills, potions, or recipes that will make you lose the weight. It hasn't been easy by any means. It takes a lot of work, a lot of effort. I have five kids. I had to MAKE time for this to happen. You can do it too. Anyone can. If you want something bad enough, you'll make it happen. If not, you'll make excuses. The whole key is to never, NEVER give up. You make a mistake? Keep going. You eat something unhealthy? Make your next meal healthy. Don't wait til tomorrow, or Monday, or January 1. Do it NOW. And don't quit. You can reach your goal. Believe it.
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77 comments:
- Chubby Chick said...
Great post and great pics! You are truly an inspiration to all of us! :)
- July 10, 2008 at 3:38 PM
- Arachne said...
You are a rockstar, Lyn! But you already know that, dont you? Come on, baby, let's see your face. You know you're beautiful. Peace. --ANN (Momof6under8)
- July 10, 2008 at 5:53 PM
- Heather said...
you look so good! and every thing you are doing is so healthy and wonderful and Im glad that it works for you.
- July 10, 2008 at 5:56 PM
- Alanna said...
You're truly an inspiration, Lyn. Keep going!
- July 10, 2008 at 7:14 PM
- TB--Milwaukee said...
Great post!
I tried those blasted 100-calorie packs too, but did the same thing. Fiber One bars are too tempting too.
I was always one for candy bars in the grocery store line. No more!
You're doing awesome, thanks for the inspiration.
- July 10, 2008 at 7:22 PM
- Jayme said...
Thanks for the suggestions!!!
I think you are doing a fantastic job, keep it up:)
You got the right ideas on what works and you are proof that its working!!
- July 10, 2008 at 7:31 PM
- Dinah Soar said...
Those push ups are hard stuff...I've worked up to 10 girl's push ups...don't know that I'll be able to do the real deal...
I like lifting weights...it's not that time consuming either...I do it in front of the TV or while I read blogs on my computer..
And I do leg squats...I figure anything what will build muscle and burn more calories is a huge benefit.
Where you were and how far you have come is a testament to your discipline, determination and strength. But I'd think this about you even if you hadn't lost a pound...from reading your blog you've overcome a lot of hard things in your short life (yes, you are still a young woman)and I think you are an amazing person.
- July 10, 2008 at 7:52 PM
- spunkysuzi said...
You look awesome!! And yep i've got to stay away from those 100 cal packs as i tend to eat the whole box!
- July 10, 2008 at 8:16 PM
- Living For Today! said...
I love your ring! can you tell me where you bought it? I would love to get an inspiration ring!
- July 10, 2008 at 8:45 PM
- Lyn said...
Thanks all!
Living... several people asked about where I got my ring, so I added a link to the post. It's right under the ring photo. Hope that helps!
- July 10, 2008 at 9:10 PM
Magnificent post! It tells it like it is.
I think too many people really think there is a secret, a special knowledge, a new diet that will be the key to thinness.
No such animal.
It's hard work. It's exactly--EXACTLY--what you mention: reducing portions, improving food choices, cutting back on sugar/fat/junk/treats, and exercising regularly. Excising useless food and including nutritional powerhouses and variety.
Eat less. Move more. Eat better, move smarter.
That's really it. And that's why it's hard. Because the simplicity means we can't have our cake and eat it all, too. We pretty much gotta give up stuff and do stuff we don't wanna.
Until we learn to wanna.
Wonderful. I hope tons of dieters read this post.
And as you already know, you are looking FABOO, woman. Youse got a waist!
The Princess
- July 10, 2008 at 9:54 PM
- Joy's Journey in Weightloss said...
Loved your post! I really appreciate you taking the time to summarize your plan. I will benefit from your experience. Thank you!
- July 11, 2008 at 1:42 AM
- Ceres said...
Thanks for the excellent post :-) There's no secrets, just hard work, good planning and smart choices. Thanks for sharing, the difference in the two pics is striking.
- July 11, 2008 at 7:56 AM
- Honi said...
and look at that girl go.. thats a super plan.. and i agree with arachne you are a ROCKSTAR!!!
- July 11, 2008 at 7:56 AM
Hey Lyn,
Have you seen this site? Several of us on 3FC are trying this plan. It's somewhat like the C25K, only this is for pushups.
BTW - she recommends skipping the whole "knee/girlie" pushups. They are horrible for your knees.
-Girlygirlsebas from 3FC
- July 11, 2008 at 8:31 AM
- Lyn said...
Hey girlygirl,
I have been looking at that site! I didn't realize the knee push ups are bad for the knees. Maybe I will have to do an alternative. One site I read says you can use an exercise ball (the big kind) and put your legs up on it, straight, and push up off the floor. I think it builds core strength as well. That might be a better intermediate for the knees.
Thanks :)
- July 11, 2008 at 8:36 AM
- new*me said...
thanks for all the great tips! I'm less than 3 months into my journey and will take any help I can get. The thing that really inspires me about you is your perseverance and drive. No matter what, you never give up! Great pics.....you look awesome!
- July 11, 2008 at 9:47 AM
Hi Lyn! I would love to add you as a friend on my SparkPage. what is your user name? Actually ill give you mine, and maybe you could send me spark mail.
- July 11, 2008 at 10:32 AM
- Katschi said...
Thanks for letting us in on the 'secret'...eat less, eat well, move more. ;)
Ditto on the 100 calorie packs. I keep trying. Getting the same result. I know....crazy.
We have a great produce place here in Windsor. You're right...if it's in the house you'll eat it, good or 'bad' I choose fruits & veggies. Yeah.
I definitely agree with new*me..your persistence is what is most inspiring. Your refusal to give up has my heart.
The pictures, Lyn, are AWESOME! Thanks for being brave & posting them.
- July 11, 2008 at 1:04 PM
- Sally Parrott Ashbrook said...
I love your plan! It's so healthy and reasonable. :D
- July 11, 2008 at 7:00 PM
- Sheri said...
You've done great! Thanks for sharing your tips and your words of encouragement. I know I can do it too!
- July 11, 2008 at 10:07 PM
I am 41 years old and 265 lbs today, July 13, 2008. I turn 42 in September and feel so miserable. I have to get this weight of me and decided to go online to look at programs. I came across your website and you have given me inspiration. I have hypertension and I am a Mom too. I desprately want to be here for my daughter but I know if I don't change my poor eating habits she will follow in my footsteps. You look great and thanks for sharing your story! I too hope I can look back a year later and feel good about defeating the obesity demon.
- July 13, 2008 at 3:47 PM
you look great! you really don't look 218 - much thinner than that!! keep up the great work!
- July 15, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Terri said....GOOD JOB!!!! I dont know you, but, am extremely proud of you....don't give up as I have....I weigh the most I have ever weighed in my life....I am a 51 year old Grandmother of 9 and Mother to 6....This fat is the pits....GOT TO GET IT OFF...It takes will power and right now, I have none...if I walk, I feel wonderful, its just getting my fat body to do it...How do I get will power?
- July 29, 2008 at 7:19 AM
- Amy said...
Thank you very much for this post. A friend directed me here because I also have severe degenerative rheumatoid arthritis, and moving or doing exercise at all is extremely painful. Reading this post (and I will be going back to read older ones) made me believe that this just might not be impossible after all. I have intese knee pain and I get so discouraged about my inability to move. But I'm going to try. Thank you again!!
- August 22, 2008 at 1:51 PM
I needed to read this post...thank you for this!
- August 26, 2008 at 2:09 PM
- Liza said...
This was awesome! I love the last paragraph the most. It was what I needed to hear. I also love the fact that you are doing this without a fancy, expensive diet or an expensive gym membership or trainer. It proves that no matter what the obstacles (money, lack of time, kids to take care of)it can STILL be done! GO YOU, you are an inspiration!
- September 16, 2008 at 10:10 AM
- skinnyhollie said...
Wow...you look great! Found your blog today and I'm really loving it!
- September 23, 2008 at 12:10 PM
- KK said...
Great job! I pretty much do the same thing....count calories, watch portions, eat plenty of fiber, veggies, protein, watch fats, and MOVE!
- October 10, 2008 at 11:47 AM
- Melissa said...
I love how you're showing some sass in your "218" photo. I've been reading through your archives for inspiration...excellent job, you have amazing drive!
- November 8, 2008 at 10:18 AM
- Xuxa05 said...
WOW!! Great job!! Im 26years old and started this year off @ 281!! (Yikes!) I lost 31 lbs from February to July, but have been stuck, losing the same 5 lbs since August! :(
You are a big inspiration! & you look awesome too!! Great job!! I can't wait to start losing again!! :)
- December 1, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Your blog is really inspiring. It's not joke that being obese is a very real living nightmare. There's nothing worse than being blinded by food instead of seeing the beauty in life. I would say excersize and moderate eating are the foundations of what my weight loss would be based on. i've desperately wanted to lose weight at 237 lb (2 months ago i was 200!); but i also seem to succumb to the temptations of eating a chocolate bar or cookies or both and some and more... oh it's the worst.. i feel fat all the time and i hate it. sometimes i just want to jump out of my body. but i know i can do it. with the right excersize every day i'm beginning to feel healthier even though for some reason the scale goes up one or two pounds... which scares me. good luck to you .
god bless
- December 6, 2008 at 7:55 AM
- Sabs said...
Just discovered your site and I must say it is so inspirational!
- December 20, 2008 at 2:02 PM
Fabulous job! nice blog..u hv used some nice ideas to lose weight....thanks for the same...goodluck to u!
- January 20, 2009 at 12:43 PM
- TinaMiller said...
You are an inspiration as we both started out at about the same weight. I still have QUITE a ways to go however. "What are you doing to lose weight" is the question I get too - I always say " Iam doing it the old fashioned way: counting calories, making healthier choices, and exercising!"
- February 1, 2009 at 11:17 AM
I'm so glad I found your blog. Thanks for talking so openly.
You look great. what an inspiration! Believe it!!
- February 6, 2009 at 7:58 PM
- Jelene said...
Hi Lyn!
Can I tell you how much I needed to read your inspirational journey tonight!!! I needed this BIG today. I decided a month ago to start being healthy... eating well and constantly being active... without the help of pills or anything. My husband and I are focusing mainly on fresh fruits and veggies and staying active throughout the day. I've been doing really good with eating and drinking water and working out but the weight isn't dropping that much and at times any at all (this also could be b/c I'm so used to seeing the weight drop much faster than it is now). And I caved in tonight... had lots of rice with fried battered fish!!! Ahhhh... and so I'm feeling really disappointed (coz I worked my butt off this week) and scared that this won't work! But reading your journey is such an encouragement. Thank you so much for sharing!!! You've done an amazing job and you look awesome! =)
- February 6, 2009 at 9:50 PM
- Kahunna said...
It is great to read the way you discovered how to fuel your body. It took me a long time to get there. I concentrate on eating well, working out and enjoying my life. I have quit obsessing about my "weight" My waist has shrunk from a 44 to almost a 36 over three years. It is hard to quantify weight loss as I work out 5-6 times a week and started using weights about 2 months ago and am steadly working my way up. My body fat is dropping and my muscles are getting really firm.
At my age I dont want to look like a 30 YO, just some fat burning muscle!
- February 8, 2009 at 4:41 PM
- Kristine said...
I use SparkPeople too. LOVE IT!!
Way to go... keep up the great work. ((HUGS))
- February 19, 2009 at 12:58 PM
- Jules said...
You are an inspiration.
Thanks for sharing your story.
- March 4, 2009 at 11:02 AM
- Robby said...
What a fantastic blog!!!!! I am sure you have inspired so many people!!!! I am hoping that you can the magic pill for my friend. You are brilliant!!!!! xxxRobby
- March 9, 2009 at 2:57 PM
So there I was clicking random links online, and just found your blog and I want to comment: I've never been above a BMI of 24 in my life, although I did have a period of trying to lose ten pounds that piled straight onto my middle, and how you eat, is exactly how I do it - heavy on the fresh veg, using proteins, carbs, fatty stuff etc more like condiments to flavour-up the veg.
Crunchy and creamy is the mouthfeel that most of us crave, and that can be done with veg and carefully chosen stuff on top - or, it can be the cookies and pastries that lead so many good people into unwanted weight gain.
I'm cheering you on, you so totally deserve to attain your goals, you're obviously a really smart person and I enjoyed reading your posts!
- March 22, 2009 at 4:30 PM
- RiKKi said...
You're such an inspiration!!! Glad to have you on the SBD board at 3FC!
- March 22, 2009 at 8:25 PM
- *Lissa* said...
I just found your blog today! You are doing great -wow! You should stop in at Shrinking Jeans and share your tips!
- March 24, 2009 at 3:25 PM
- amanda said...
i have bad knees too and was wondering now that you are exercising regular do they still bother you as bad or did it help them?
- April 11, 2009 at 9:11 AM
- Khris said...
AWESOME.....you really have done so well...keep up the great work. Khris
- April 19, 2009 at 12:19 AM
- Lyn said...
when I am biking regularly, my knees do not hurt nearly as much! So yes, I'd have to say exercise has very much helped my knees in both pain and mobility. Good luck!
- April 26, 2009 at 8:28 AM
- wren said...
Great post. You're doing things the healthy way and you're seeing the results. It's hard work but you keep doing it. Keep it up!
- May 3, 2009 at 7:35 AM
- Krisha said...
WOW! YOu're doing a great job! I started Dec 2008 & must say that it is not easy at all. I've been on a roller coaster but am trying to keep up on my program.
i just wanted to say, you're doing a good job :)
- May 3, 2009 at 4:01 PM
- ~Laura said...
You have done such an outstanding job. Very inspiring post...
- June 2, 2009 at 8:59 PM
- Connie said...
You look wonderful. I've gone through your whole blog from the beginning. You look wonderful.
- June 17, 2009 at 6:51 AM
- Coffee and Vanilla said...
Congratulations, it looks like it really works for you!
I try to loose weight as well, I lost about 20kg (what is about 44 pounds)... still have 10kg more to lose to go back to my weight from before my daughter was born.
I posted about it a while ago if you would want to read: http://www.coffeeandvanilla.com/?p=3626
Enjoy your day and keep on doing it... I will check our blog shortly.
- August 16, 2009 at 2:50 PM
I guess that's what you call a genetic difference...
I'm male, 16, and 160 lbs, and I can't see how you can weigh so much and just eat 1500 cal/day.
If I dropped to that, I'd end up weighing around 130. Or dead.
- August 20, 2009 at 3:39 PM
- KAndra said...
Just found your site and I'm sure I'll be lurking here :)
Just curious, but have you thought about playing with your calories now that you've lost more weight and built more muscle?
- August 26, 2009 at 10:52 AM
- Petra W said...
You rock! It is so hard for some of us to lose just 2 or 3 kilos, and have a look what you have done! Amazing... you can be really proud of yourself.
My biggest problem is that I eat whatever the kids bring home from their lunch because it is such a waste to put it in the bin... I guess you just learned that it's better in the bin than on you? Or how do you deal with the "leftovers" from the kids?
- September 11, 2009 at 7:45 AM
I feel like I'm reading my own story (minus the kids). I have been obese (that's the first time I used that would about myself. Ouch!) for the past 5 years. I have alternated between large and shapely to obese most of my adult life. At the age of 56 I am exhausted and fat. I was researching on line when I came across your blog. It is like a life-line, extended when I need it most. Thank you, Lyn.
- October 13, 2009 at 2:05 AM
I just came across your blog, and I must say you are a true inspiration. I'm a registered dietitian, and it's so refreshing to see someone losing weight in such a healthy way and not searching for that quick fix or magic pill you mentioned. All those small changes really do add up!! Hope you don't mind if I add you to to my blogroll! Take care :-)
- November 21, 2009 at 7:27 PM
- ThriceBlessed said...
Great post, I'm going to be following your blog now, I'm trying to lose 100+ pounds.
- December 19, 2009 at 10:05 PM
- Annie said...
Sparkpeople was recommended to me by my doctor. Since August, I have lost 26 pounds, gone down 5 sizes on the bottom and 2 sizes on the top. It is a wonderful site!! Looks like you are doing SUPER on it too!!! Great job and continued success!
- December 20, 2009 at 2:42 PM
- Adelaide said...
I just started my weight loss journey and I hope to read through your blog and keep up with your story as already from this one post you're such an inspiration!
- January 18, 2010 at 7:05 AM
I just found your blog through another blogger (What the Beck) that I read and I am so glad I've stumbled upon it.
I'm starting out (again) at 283 pounds and it's refreshing to see your before and after pics and know that I can look like that too. I'm going to add your blog to my blogroll if you don't mind.
Well done!
- February 19, 2010 at 4:09 AM
- monica said...
your pictures show that you are working hard at it and it is not easy at all. Good luck going for the rest of your weight. Im a big gal too and have started to lose some down 5lbs in two weeks mainly cutting back on my sodas and eating better.
- February 22, 2010 at 3:30 PM
- Lacey said...
I've had struggles with weight and binging and being wacky with dieting for years. Seeing that it's possible to remain consistent really gives me hope for my own goals. Thank you!
- February 25, 2010 at 12:13 AM
- CookinsForMe said...
You're doing a great job and looking fantastic! Keep up that awesome work. :)
- March 6, 2010 at 4:49 AM
- christina said...
I just found your blog - wow you have done awesome! And I love how you discussed what you are doing to lose weight - you arent cheating, arent taking the easy way... you are doing it 100% right and I cant wait to follow your progress in hopes you will help me along the way!
- March 28, 2010 at 5:31 AM
- luckiest1 said...
I am so inspired by your story. I love your philosophies, which are quite similar to mine. Keep it up, you look great!
- June 13, 2010 at 4:09 AM
I have been trying to lose weight too. I have done pretty good for two yrs. and now I have hit a set back some how and I can't get out of it. I have three kids and I feel bad that when I eat healthy and they don't. I need help fixing things for them that are healthy and that doesn't take long to prepare and fix. I have one that is kinda picky and that is where I get frustrated about what they eat. I have tried to help them eat better. I also would like to know somethings healthy to put in their lunch for school. U look great and it is hard to do this on ur own. Some days I feel like giving up but I know I can't. I am struggling bad, I am trying to get in my mind that I have to workout and eat better. I got to get back on track, just need some new, healthy ideas, specially for the kids.
- June 28, 2010 at 6:17 AM
- Lyn said...
Drop me an email! I'd be glad to give you some ideas. How old are your children?
It really IS hard, but you can do it and later, your kids will be so glad that you are healthy and THEY are healthy too.
- June 28, 2010 at 10:08 AM
- Losing 100 Pounds said...
What an inspiration you are! I'm glad I found your blog!
- July 1, 2010 at 1:10 PM
I came across your blog by chance. I am on the wrong side of 40 , also a woman executive who feels terribly embarrassed most f the time as I am 250 lb. I dont know how I reached here . I want to lose weight desperately but feel lost. Your blog inspired me. Great job, I will do my best to follow you up, please keep it up as you might inspire other people as well. Z. Rosso
- August 9, 2010 at 2:23 PM
Hi, I am a 44 year old woman, and I have type 2 diabetes, as a result
of Cushing's syndrome. I'm on a lot
of medication, but I have managed to lose weight, albeit SLOWLY. I want to encourage other women with similar issues as me, to not feel like they can't lose weight & get healthier, and ultimately, happier within themselves. What has finally
kept the fat at bay, is following a
fairly strict, daily regime of exercise & diet. And enjoying myself while I follow the rules. I don't drive (poor eyesight), but I cycle everywhere, from the gym (5 days a week), to the local shops. When I was diagnosed with diabetes,
I immediately consulted a diabetes nurse, who gave me crucial info on food & exercise. Knowledge is power. Over the past year, I have lost a total of 35 kilos. I have another 30 to lose. Everyday is a struggle. But it beats being obese.
- August 13, 2010 at 9:42 AM
Hi, I am a 44 year old woman, & I have type 2 diabetes, as a result
of having Cushing's syndrome. Despite being on a lot of medication, I've managed to lose weight, albeit SLOWLY. I want to encourage other women with similar issues, not to abandon hope. What has finally kept the fat at bay, is following a fairly strict, daily
regime of exercise & diet. The key to maintaining the schedule is enjoyment. I cycle everywhere, from
the gym (5 days a week) to the shops. When I was diagnosed with diabetes, I immediately thought my life was over. However, after consulting a diabetes nurse, I learned much about looking after myself. Knowledge is power. Over the past year, I have lost a total of 35 kilos, due to old fashioned exercise & eating small portions of healthy food, preferably organic. I still have another 30 to lose. Everyday is a struggle. But it's better than being obese. To other fat gals, if I can change my situation for the better, so can you. YOU have the power. WE have the power.
- August 13, 2010 at 9:51 AM
I was looking for a recipe using fresh pole lima beans, (which was like finding a needle in a haystack), but I found your recipe and then read your blog about how you were losing weight. Fantastic! I'm sitting here on my 1st day of vacation and knowing I need to do something about my weight-254 lbs, 33 year old male, and I don't think I've ever seen a weight loss plan put so simply and matter-of-fact. I LOVE the line, "I hated exercise but HATED being fat even more". Isn't that the truth? I'm tired of it. Thank you so much for your blog and congats on your success, both what you have achieved as well as future success.
- August 23, 2010 at 7:54 AM
- Roxie said...
Wow, just absolutely Wow!!! What an amazing woman and inspiration to so many.
I look forward to following you and reading all your archives.
I'm at the weight you are now, but look to others who have done it and are super successful in having lost weight the right way.
Thank you for having this blog!!
- September 7, 2010 at 10:45 AM
- Madlin417 said...
you are a true inspiration especially about the dont make any excuses i make all kinds wow thanks i have over 100 pounds to loose so i need to get cracking back strict i used to use spark people i might go back to that cause i can get it on my smartphone i found your blog by looking up the sharitaki noodles on google images lol you can contact me or add me on facebook if you like my name is amanda johnson
- September 26, 2010 at 1:58 PM
- Madlin417 said...
you are a true inspiration especially about the dont make any excuses i make all kinds wow thanks i have over 100 pounds to loose so i need to get cracking back strict i used to use spark people i might go back to that cause i can get it on my smartphone i found your blog by looking up the sharitaki noodles on google images lol you can contact me or add me on facebook if you like my name is amanda johnson
- September 26, 2010 at 1:58 PM
- 100 Pounds 100 Days Challenge said...
That's awesome! I know I'm late but I found your blog looking for inspiration for myself. I literally just started today. I want to lose 150 pounds minimum. My husband likes me as a big girl but I want to be healthy. Anyway, great job!
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In Europe, young Muslims head to Syria to fight
By the time Syrian aircraft bombed the house he was in, the man with tattoos of a zulfiqar sword and a teardrop was going by the name Abu Talha al Almani.
European news reports that he may have been injured in the attack referred to him by a past alias, Deso Dogg, a sometimes troubled, sometimes brilliant Berlin gangsta rapper. But in official German records, he's Denis Mamadou Cuspert, now 38. And to German intelligence officials and terrorism experts he represents the tip of a very disturbing trend.
Cuspert was hiding in a house in an unnamed area within Syria two weeks ago when he was injured in a bombing that also killed two children, according to rebel reports on social media. But he is only one of an estimated 170 Germans who, German intelligence officials believe, have made their way to Syria in the past year to fight against the government of President Bashar Assad, often as part of al Qaida-affiliated groups. In the past month alone, 50 have gone, German intelligence estimates.
Only a handful have returned so far, said Angela Pley, spokeswoman for the German equivalent of the National Security Agency, but that doesn't calm German officials who worry that more will and that they will bring back military and terrorist know-how on an unprecedented scale.
"We know very little about those who have returned," said Pley.
Germany is not alone in its concern. Recently, French Interior Minister Manuel Valls estimated that more than 300 French Muslims are fighting with the anti-Assad rebels. Russian Federal Security Service head Aleksandr Bortnikov said earlier this year 200 fighters from Russia have gone to Syria. Anti-terror experts in the United Kingdom put the British number as high as 100. Denmark, Belgium, Sweden and the Netherlands each place the number of their nationals fighting against Assad at between 50 and 100.
European news reports say an estimated 300 "Balkan mujahedeen" are there. Most of those are thought to come from Bosnia – where the government considers it such a problem that it has issued a formal warning against going to join the fight.
The trend even has a name, "jihadi tourism." Regardless of nationality, those who make the trip tend to be young, radical Salafist Muslims searching for their place in this world. The fear is that those who actually learn to fight could return as skilled terrorists who will want to act against their home nations.
Syria is not the first conflict to draw foreign fighters, experts say. But its popularity as a destination is surging.
"We first started seeing this 10 years ago, young people were heading to Afghanistan, Iraq, Chechnya," said Claudia Dantschke, a German specialist in Islam who tries to identify families where the young people are at risk of choosing the fight. "But that was a trickle, this is a flood. The number of people moving into this world really started picking up in August. It's only going to continue to grow."
A decade ago, the few young people who found their way to battle against the Western world came to that decision after first finding a home in traditional Islam, then drifting toward the violent fringe. Today, the fear around Europe is that young people are making the transition in reverse – wanting a violent outlet, then accepting a radical view of Islam as the surest path there.
Magnus Ranstorp, a leading anti-terror expert now at the Swedish Defense College, says that radical theology is painting the fight in Syria as a prophesized holy war.
"The people going down to Syria are convinced this is the struggle preceding the end times," Ranstorp said. "They've latched on to the idea that Syria is Sham, that God's army must gather near Damascus. They're fighting so that they will have the glory of standing in the final defense of Islam. It's powerful stuff. We should not underestimate that power."
Ranstorp explained that Sham, which is generally translated as greater Syria and includes bits of several other nations, including modern day Israel, was the site of the original Islamic caliphate. The theology being used in this case foretells that a new caliphate will rise there, on the ruins of a region defined by colonialism.
This old time religion is being sold in a modern package. Young Europeans are recruited through Facebook, on Twitter and other social media sites, as well as websites. The virtual connection comes long before the actual connection, said Dantschke, the German Islam specialist.
One website urges its visitors to "find your way – turn to Sham. You should go, go to Sham" and are told "there will always be a place in my home for those who will be victorious." Other sites praise the martyrs, such as "Abu Handala of Frankfurt," said to have died on Aug. 15. "He was fighting in the front row, was hit and returned to God with a smile on his face."
Still other sites attract new recruits by focusing on the most famous fighters, such as Cuspert.
A decade ago, Cuspert was a rising star in German rap. His angry anthems, in which he welcomed German youth to "my world, full of hate and blood" where "children cry softly as the black angel sings," reflected more of the angst of youth culture than reality of life on the streets of Berlin, which has one of the lowest crime rates of major world cities.
His old rap videos always made a point of showing him in Islamic iconography, but in 2010, he made a very public break with the rap scene and committed to being a Muslim. He even said his old songs and ways were clearly "forbidden" in Islam.
Newspaper profiles focused on his struggle to find an identity. They claimed he'd rejected the world of his stepfather, an American serviceman. Online sites discussed how a former rapper with Shiite Muslim tattoos (Zulfiqar is the sword of Ali, a Shiite icon) became a devoted Salafist, a conservative branch of Sunni Islam.
His pronouncements on the evils of Western occupation became an inspiration. In March 2011, a man named Arid Uka killed two U.S. airmen at the Frankfurt Airport. Later he would say that he was listening to a tape of Cuspert just before the murders.
In more recent videos, Cuspert encourages suicide bombings, praises Osama bin Laden ("Sheik Osama, your name is floating in our blood," he sings in one), says that he can't wait for a violent death. In another video, showing what appear to be Hollywood blockbuster screenshots of destruction, he asks, "Don't you hear what the angels are saying?" in an echo of his gangsta rap days.
Dantschke says his videos have been a powerful recruiting tool.
"He's talking to people who feel they have no voice in this society," she said. "They come from broken homes, live in a world where they believe they are seen as second-class citizens. They want to feel important. He offers that."
A trip to Syria is relatively simple for an alienated European. "It's just a budget flight to Turkey," said Bibi van Ginkel, a fellow at the International Center for Counter-Terrorism in The Hague and at the Dutch Clingendael Institute. "After that, there are people who will help them get across the border."
That simplicity helps explain why more Europeans have found their way to Syria than to Afghanistan, Mali in North Africa or Yemen in the Persian Gulf.
But unlike others, she is less concerned about the possibility of returning terrorists. To date, she said, there's very little evidence that any who've returned have proved to be a threat. A recent der Spiegel magazine article noted that many if not most European Jihadi tourists appear more interested in the adventure of hanging out near Syria than in actually getting involved in battle, and passed their days playing Xbox rather than training. Better for European governments to focus on how they can improve would-be fighters' lives at home so they don't see a need to travel to Syria, and feel comfortable when they return.
"We need to be asking how we can help them before they go," she said. "And how we can help them when they return."
European political rhetoric is increasingly anti-immigrant, which Ginkel says is a code for anti-Muslim. Indeed, in the first Norwegian election since anti-immigrant Anders Breivik killed 77 people attempting to further his views, his former anti-immigrant political party had a historically strong showing, and is now part of Norway's ruling coalition government.
"In the end, we're adding fuel to what too many people already believe is a raging fire," Ginkel said.


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Some of you may remember me as Business Manager of IHEA. Presently, I buy and sell firearms, and in this capacity I have a customer that needs approximately 1300 rifles (Specs to follow) delivered on or before 10 December 2013.
This is my proposal. If you will contact your hunter ed instructors and ask them to call all the local gun shops for this particular rifle. I will pay 5% of the purchase price of these rifles back to the instructor that found the rifle and contacted me. Please remember that the price, at which I purchase the rifle, will probably be closer to whole sale then retail. 5% will probably be around $15 to $20
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There is a perception among many families that private elementary and high schools are worth the costs of tuition even though public school is comparatively free to attend (not including taxes and bake sales).
That's a debate that will never end. Parents, who always want what's best for their children, will take advantage of every opportunity possible to provide them with an advantage.
Similar to higher education, private grade schools and high schools make financial aid available for certain students whose families may not be able to pay the full tuition. An increasing number of families are applying for financial aid at private schools, and I was surprised to read that families with incomes as high as $350,000 a year were asking for help paying for their child's tuition. In fact, when the financial aid is awarded, it's going mostly to these high-income families rather than low-income families who truly need financial assistance. As schools dedicate more financial aid to their wealthier students, less is available for families who are on the lower end of the income scale.
This type of financial aid is more like a grant than a loan. Families who qualify for financial aid from private schools, for the most part, do not need to pay back what they receive.
- If a family can pay half of the tuition bill while requiring the rest from financial aid, that family stands a greater chance of receiving what they need. Meanwhile, families who could afford to pay only a small portion of the cost of tuition will not receive the financial help needed to bridge the larger gap.
- When the family a student who has previously attended a private schools loses liquid assets as a result of the recession, schools would like to see that student stay in the program.
The financial advantages one has in life, while mostly earned, not inherited, beget more financial advantages. The school-based grant type of financial aid is focused on those who can afford to contribute a significant portion of the tuition, while lower-income private school attendees need to increasingly turn to loans. The need for financing changes the calculation of whether private school is worthwhile.
Does your family receive financial aid for private school? Should school-based grants be offered to more low-income students? Should those who can't afford private school be satisfied with the public school system?


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This is a challenge all European countries share to varying degrees. Increasing wind-energy capacity ticks all these boxes, but this depends on the right regulatory environment to bring the investment forward in time. In the UK, all eyes are on the electricity market reform (EMR) currently going through parliament and whether it will be effective in providing investor confidence.
Between now and 2020, £110 billion (EUR 128 billion) is needed to deliver the low-carbon electricity future committed to by the UK. The EMR was needed because of pressures on the balance sheets of the big utilities and the recognition that achieving a low-carbon future would need international capital. Up to half of this investment is expected to come from independent energy developers. It is essential that the reforms enable independent generators to invest and play their full role.
Independent generators need an efficient and viable route-to-market. This is why the Independent Renewable Energy Generator Group, of which RES is a member, has developed a workable solution to be included in the energy bill - the green power auction market (GPAM). GPAM provides a short-term rolling power purchase agreement auction. By using the GPAM auction price as the market reference price against which the contract for difference (CfD) will be struck - rather than the day-ahead price as is currently proposed - GPAM creates a clear and financeable route to market for independent generators. Under the CfD system, generators will receive a top-up payment when the wholesale electricity price is below a pre-agreed "strike price" and pay money back when the price rises above it.
GPAM, which has been submitted to parliament, would result in an estimated £2 billion saving to the UK consumer over a decade and has the broad support of independent generators, small suppliers and investors.
Without GPAM, there will be a permanent reduction in renewable energy investment - either independent generators will be forced out of the market or the CfD strike price will have to increase to absorb the cost of securing a long-term power purchase agreement.
This uncertainty in the route to market comes at a time when investor confidence has been damaged by the wave of political uncertainty that has swept across Europe over the past five years. In some countries this has threatened existing investments.
In the UK, existing investments appear secure; but political risks and the lack of a clear route to market and of long-term targets in the energy bill undermine investor confidence.
To boost investor confidence, we need stable and workable national support mechanisms and an EU renewable-energy target beyond 2020.
Wind energy is a success story, and the policy can be fixed. In the UK, EMR is a crucial opportunity to get the right sustainable energy mix and kick-start infrastructure investment. With so much of this investment resting on the independent generators, it is critical that it works for us. Effective EMR should also create a wider, positive impact among the thousands of suppliers and small businesses that depend on the sector. It should be an example of a positive national support mechanism that, alongside a 2030 EU renewable energy target, will help the wind industry deliver the desired economic, social and environmental benefits that will come from a low-carbon economy.
David Handley is chief economist at renewable energy developer RES Group


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The Voice of Saruman
Gandalf warns everyone about Sarumans voice, which has powers beyond their imagination. Theoden, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli decide to go with Gandalf to get a first hand view of Saruman. When Saruman does appear, his voice sounds like the sweetest anyone has ever heard. He speaks to Theoden and tries to persuade him to be his friend. Gandalf doesnt say a word because he has to let Theoden make his own choices: either succumb to Sarumans wizardry or fight it. Gimli is not taken in and neither is Eomer. Eventually Theoden is able to control himself and he rejects Sarumans appeal.
Theodens men have fallen under Sarumans spell and are confused by their leaders rejection. Saruman is angered and when his voice changes the men realize their mistake in falling for his tricks. Gandalf gives Saruman a chance to discard his evil ways, but Saruman not only does not take Gandalfs offer, he even tries to persuade Gandalf to join him. When Gandalf asks him once more to come out of Orthanc, Saruman turns away. Gandalf raises his hand and commands Sarumans staff to break. Sarumans staff breaks and he falls back. At that Wormtongue hurls an object at Gandalf but misses and Pippin picks it up. Gandalf retrieves it, recognizing it at once as a palantir (a seeing stone). Gandalf knows that though Saruman is a lost cause, this is a great treasure.
Gandalf asks Treebeard to pour back the water into Orthanc so that Saruman can never escape. Treebeard agrees.
In this scene, Gandalf again asserts his wisdom and incorruptibility. He also takes over as leader of the wizards, having been unable to persuade Sarumon to repent his wicked ways. Gandalf emerges greater and more admirable. Good once again defeats evil. As a result, order is semi-restored.
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When a sexual assault hotline operator took to Reddit two days ago to reveal her experiences working with rape victims, her responses spawned a lengthy discussion about why rape victims blame themselves and why she, and others who deal with such serious crimes, often joke about such a serious subject.
NOTE: We can't verify the identity of the operator - whose handle is Elephant_girl - or whether she's real, but what she said sounds legitimate to us.
How do you reassure a rape victim that it wasn't their fault?
"99% of the people I talk to think it was their fault in some way. I repeat multiple times that they didn't do anything wrong, and no one has the right to touch them without their consent, no matter the circumstances. Sadly, I'm not believed very often. Rape victims have a huge sense of false shame and guilt."
Elephant_girl's response struck a cord with user Derelicte85, whose friend was going through a similar situation.
"Convincing that person they were not at fault was incredibly difficult," Derelicte85 wrote. "Most common phrase I heard 'if I didn't put myself in that position...it wouldn't have happened."
The most vehement response came from SpermJackalope, a self-identified former rape victim.
"You have the absolute right to walk down the middle of the bar street in downtown, buck naked, with a joint in one hand and a bottle of vodka in the other, lie down outside a bar smoking and drinking, and no one has ANY right to touch you sexually."
Have you ever doubted a rape victim's story?
"Yes, sometimes I hear really strange shit. I have to treat it like it's real, though, unless it's obvious that it's not. A lot of the people I work with tend to place their hardest calls in the "prank" category, because it's easier on them to believe that the horrible thing they just heard about didn't really happen."
"I talked to a woman who said she had been sex trafficked, raped, sexually assaulted, and sexually abused. All in one breath. Later it became clear she was on some sort of drugs. I have no idea what really happened."
The discussion turned to why hotline operators, abortion doctors, and anyone else who deals with the darker elements of life, feel the need to joke about it.
" I make way more rape jokes than I should. I like to think that it's okay, because they're not made out of ignorance, and I do help victims every day," elephant_girl wrote.


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Wherever you are in the continental 48, evidence of spring is starting to pop up! As the weather warms up and the days get longer many of us feel inspired to do some kind of home improvement. In this post we'll take a look at several kinds of projects that are perfect for this time of year – from large to small!
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When you're creating workflows with serverless functions, managing errors, tracking state, and running activities in parallel can result in a lot of extra work. In this course, Azure Durable Functions Fundamentals, you'll learn how Durable Functions allows you to easily and reliably build your stateful workflows on top of the Azure Functions platform, while still taking advantage of all its benefits including scalability, rapid development, and a consumption-based pricing model. First, you'll learn how you can handle errors and track the progress of workflows. Next, you'll see how easy it is to implement advanced workflow patterns such as "fan-out fan-in" or waiting for human interaction. Finally, you'll explore how to move from local development and debugging to deploying and monitoring your durable workflows in Azure. When you're finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of Durable Functions needed to create your own reliable and durable workflows in Azure.
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Course Overview
Hi everyone, my name's Mark Heath and welcome to my course Durable Functions Fundamentals. I'm a. NET developer and cloud architect working at NICE Systems. Now, have you ever used a functions-as-a-service platform like Azure Functions and used it to connect to multiple serverless functions together into a workflow? Well, it's certainly possible. You'll quickly run into limitations and that's where durable functions comes in. So, in this course we're going to learn how durable functions allows you to easily and reliably build stateful workflows on top of the Azure Functions platform while still taking advantage of all its benefits like scalability, rapid development and a consumption-based pricing model and we'll cover how you can handle errors and track the progress of workflows. We'll see how easy it is to run tasks in parallel to create fan-out fan-in workflows. We'll see how patterns like waiting for human interaction are also very simple to implement with durable functions and of course, we'll learn how to develop and debug our orchestrations locally as well as how to deploy and monitor them in Azure. And by the end of this course you'll be able to implement workflows for your own applications using durable functions. In this course, we'll be using C# as our programming language and it will help if you've used Azure Functions before but even if you haven't, you will be able to follow along. So, I hope you'll join me on this journey to learn about durable functions with the Durable Functions Fundamentals course at Pluralsight.
Introducing Durable Functions
Hi, Mark Heath here, and welcome to this course on Azure Durable Functions Fundamentals. And we're going to start of with the obvious question what are Azure Durable Functions, and why would we want to use them? Well, Durable Functions is an extension to Azure Functions. It enables you to write stateful functions in a serverless environment, and it allows you to define workflows in code. Now of course, this assumes that you already know what Azure Functions are, and what serverless is all about. Now, you don't have to have used Azure Functions before in order to follow along with this course, but it will help for you to have, at least a basic idea of what they are. So I'm going to start off by giving you a quick two-minute explanation, of Azure Functions and serverless. And then, we'll be in a position to understand how Durable Functions build on top of that, and why we might want to use them.
Monitoring Workflows and Handling Errors
Hi, Mark Heath here and in this module we're continuing our look at Azure Durable Functions by exploring how we can track the progress of our workflows and handle any errors that happen during them. So, here's what we're going to cover in this module. We're going to look in a bit more detail at the REST API that the Durable Functions framework provides for us to check on progress and see some of its other capabilities. We'll take a look behind the scenes at what ends up in our storage account which go some way to helping you understand how the check pointing and event sourcing in the task hubs works. And we'll learn what our options are for dealing with errors that occur part way through our workflows. In particular, we'll focus on handling exceptions in our activities, how we can retry failed activities, and how we can cancel workflows.
Waiting for Human Interaction
Hi, Mark Heath here and in this module, we are going to learn how to use durable functions to implement workflows in which we need to wait for human interaction. It's quite common in long-running workflows to have to wait around for some kind of event from an external system. Maybe we've sent an email to a supervisor and we need to wait for them to indicate their approval before the process can continue. Or maybe we've submitted a job to an external system and we need to wait for it to tell us when it's done so we can carry on. Durable functions helps us to do this, allowing our orchestrator function to wait for an external event before it carries on with the workflow. It's also really common in these scenarios to have a timeout. Maybe if the supervisor doesn't respond within two days, we'll send them another reminder email. Again, durable functions allows us to do this, with the orchestrator function detecting that a timeout has occurred and performing the appropriate steps. So in this module we'll update our demo of video processing workflow to include a manual approval step. After we've processed the uploaded videos, we're going to send an email to a supervisor asking them to decide whether the video can be published or not. If they approve it, then we'll initiate a go live activity. If they deny approval, or if they fail to respond within a certain timeout, then we're going to reject the video. So let's have a look at the code that we would need to write to implement this workflow.
Running in Production
Hi, Mark Heath here and in this module, we're going to talk about running durable functions in production. Now so far in this course, we've done all of our development locally in Visual Studio. And we've been running our functions app with the local Azure functions development tools and the storage emulator. And that's a great way to explore and experiment with durable functions. But obviously at some point, we are going to want to get our functions running in Azure. So in this module, I want to answer a few questions. First, how can I deploy my function app to Azure? And we'll see that there are actually several choices available to us here. Second, how can I be sure that my durable functions are secure? Third, how can I monitor my functions when they're running in the cloud. And we'll see how application insights integration can help us with that. And finally, what happens when I want to upgrade my functions perhaps changing my workflows in some way? What happens to instances of the workflow that are in progress during an upgrade? And I'll also finish off by showing you some of the additional demo applications that I've created which are part of the course download materials. So let's get started.


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The 6 trickiest measurement terms (and what they really mean)
Your guide to understanding the lingo to get what you want. Hint: ROI is not synonymous with results.
One key to getting good data is to accurately communicate what you want. The lingo of measurement includes a few terms that have, well, somewhat variable definitions, depending on who is trying to sell you what. Here's your guide to a few of those tricky definitions.
When you hear any of the following terms or words, make sure you ask the person using them what he or she means by them. If their definition does not match the one below, be very careful who you are dealing with and what you are buying.
ROI is an acronym that stands for Return On Investment, an accounting term for a specific calculation of financial results. The formula for calculating ROI is:
ROI = (Gain from Investment – Cost of Investment) / Cost of Investment
That's it. There is no other definition, despite the many uninformed people who use ROI as if it means "results." So unless you can calculate net gain, you can't measure ROI. Many people seem to think that ROI and measurement are the same thing. They're not.
2. Measurement
Measurement is collecting data that will help you make informed decisions about your performance. Good measurement should tell you what is and isn't working in your programs. Measurement is mistakenly used to justify someone's job or program or budget; it should not be used to justify anything.
3. Impressions
Impressions are a measure of the number of eyeballs who've had the opportunity to see your ad, message, story or whatever. For magazines and newspapers, they were based on the published circulation figures. With the advent of online media, a proxy for impressions was accepted which was monthly unique visitors. "Impressions," "reach," and "opportunities to see" are often used interchangeably. But they shouldn't be.
Reach refers to a demographic you are trying to reach and tells you how many people in that audience will likely see your message. In broadcast, it is referred to as GRP or Gross Rating Point. In social media, the standard practice is to use the number of Twitter followers, Facebook fans or blog subscribers as a measure of reach, but in reality it's the number of "opportunities to reach." There is no evidence from these numbers that anyone really saw anything.
And remember, all these terms are just numbers, not measures of success.
Frequently, when people say that we need a standard measure for PR, they refer to a Nielsen number. That "number" was in fact a rating that measured the potential reach of a television broadcast. It was invented to provide a broadcast version of impressions.
Today, people want a Nielsen number for social media, which is very difficult to come up with, because about 85 percent of all social conversations take place in private places such as email or private Facebook pages, or offline.
4. Social media: earned vs. owned
Most people want to measure social media, but they blur the lines between earned and owned. Conversations that you start on your Facebook page or YouTube channel are owned social media, and it is relatively easy to measure that success via Facebook Insights or Google Analytics.
Earned social media is made up of all those things you can't control. Like all tweets, blog posts, and other activity that is swirling about in the cyberspace that may mention you, but in ways you may or may not find desirable. Remember, there is a reason they call it earned.
5. Share of voice
To media measurement people, share of voice means comparing the number of items that mention your brand to the number that mention the competition. It is expressed as a percentage, as in: "Your share of voice this month was 66 percent." Anytime you see the word "share of" (as in share of voice or share of mind) you should see a percent sign (%).
6. Share of mind (mindshare)
Share of mind or mindshare is the percentage of survey respondents who remember your brand compared to your competition. You determine share of mind by asking a question like, "What companies come to mind when I say 'laptop computers'?"
Katie Delahaye Paine is CEO of KDPaine & Partners, and publisher of The Measurement Standard newsletter, in which this article first appeared.
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Aqua Universalis has notes of bergamot, lemon, lily and musk. The scent is great on skin but I'm totally loving it on my sheets and blankets. The scent has lasted longer than I expected it to, I used this detergent 5 days ago and I can still smell the fragrance when I get into bed at night or snuggle with my chenille blanket on the couch. There really is nothing more comforting than a snuggling up with a soft blanket scented with a fragrance like this.
These washing liquids retails for 45 for 35oz bottles, which give you about 20 washes. It is available for dark colors and as a fabric softener as well. It is expensive for detergent but I've been using this very sparingly to make it last. It definitely makes a boring chore like doing laundry a little more pleasant. When you use this on your delicates and wear the perfume, it takes layering to the next level!


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Beanbag Cover
Overview & Details
- Kids' beanbag cover.
- Beanbag insert sold separately.
- 40" diameter.
- Cotton canvas cover with zipper closure.
- Machine washable.
- Ages 3 and up.
- Imported.
You just can't beat a beanbag for kid-style comfort, versatility and just plain fun! Available in a wide variety of colors to fit any space, our kids' bean bag covers are made from cotton canvas with a zipper closure for easy washing. Simply add our own beanbag insert (sold separately) and you have a fun, comfy chair that's perfect for the bedroom, playroom, den, and other areas.


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Name: KIDS CLUB
Date: September 16, 2018
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM PDT
Event Description:
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