Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Rules For the rest of the Site also accessible on the sidebar.
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I know what you mean. I worked from 4 PM to 4 AM 6 days a week for 10 years. I don't know how I did it. There wasn't much time to eat a full meal except for Sundays. But I stayed a healthy 125 lbs. for all that time. In 2009 I lost my job along with most factories here in America due to the Hedge Funds and Banking Systems failures when Obama came into office. So I stayed home and went to college. While at home, my husband who is half Italian and German started cooking for me. Well let me tell you... Pasta is good but extremely fattening and for a woman who hasn't eaten much in 10 years, you'd better believe I ate it. Then once I started cooking again, I continued the same food courses. Before long, I had ballooned to an amount that I know was/is unhealthy. I never hit 200 lbs. Praise the Lord, but if I kept on eating in this manner, it wouldn't have been long.
Then my Doctor withheld my bloodwork from December 2023 until June 2024 stating that I was borderline diabetic. THAT'S WHAT WOKE ME UP. My husband needed to lose some weight too, so we joined this fight together. We cut out a lot of the breads, pastas and pastries. We cut out the high-processed foods like potato chips, salami, bologna, summer sausages, etc. We eat a meat/protein with lots of veggies on our plates at dinner. Throughout the day, I basically eat a couple of boiled eggs for breakfast or an oatmeal. This usually holds me over until dinner. If not, I munch on about 6 whole wheat flavored crackers. This has helped me keep a calorie deficit to lose weight. So far it is working.
Good luck on finding you some new clothes. I can hardly wait to replace mine.