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1/9/11 4:28 P

Hi guys-so good to see many people chatting! Let's take this over to the main chat thread so people won't be mislead by the above name of this thread. ;-) Take it over to: www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/team_messagebo
ard_thread.asp?board=0x8872x38946733

I'll respond to the below posts there. See you over there!

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1/9/11 4:22 P

ooooo too tiny..i did the footsteps in the sand..came out great...took me nine mos..woo plus i did a thing for the kids big pic of all diff animals done with colorful yarn...that was really pretty ..also took nine mos ha

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1/9/11 4:09 P

i started another piece this morning to fulfill the need to stitch something on a smaller scale like 22 count over one doing dragon game (a free download from the heaven and earth website from wilmar minnesota..they have the most awesome patterns for sure and i love the dragons) anyway it will be about 4X4 when it is done and will be in a few days i just needed a break from the really large sample 230 X450 stitches..lol
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1/9/11 1:04 P

yes i agree..cumulative is better than nothing..and i also have a lot of game and spark friends without which i would be lonesome..you mentioned stitching...cross stitich?? i do that plus knit and crochet..rite now im trying to finish a baby blanket for my new grand girl in feb

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1/9/11 12:13 P

well you know it's like walking with no stress i can't walk outside because the pavement is murder on my hips and knees but the gazelle is suspended on air sometimes i can't do 60 minutes all at once but then i am on it again later exercise is cumulative and it is my only real exercise well besides the tai chi and the meditation yoga and the resistance bands and the free weights lol you can tell i have nothing to do except be at home and stitch..it can be so boring if you let it be but i have sparkpeople and those friends keep me busy also
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1/9/11 11:30 A

wow u stay on it that long? i may have to go on it like ten min intervals three times a day..would rather take a walk outside in the cold..also have leslie tapes with cables..i gess im just not fond of exercise!

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1/9/11 11:25 A

i have a gazelle and have been on it going on 15 years daily am on it now in spite of the broken foot because it causes no joint stress and i always find a way anywhere from 60 to 120 minutes a day usually watching the price is right and the young and the restless while doing it it's upstairs in the bedroom and right now i have to butt walk the stairs to get up and down and even get to the computer here nothing like exercise wonder if i can count that as stair stepping?? lol
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1/9/11 2:19 A

hi and welcome..!! we can use some more chatters..glad u are having success. are u following the sparks plan or?how often do u go on your treadmill? i have an elliptical im NOT fond of but i gess it can help me if i go on it enuf! im deaf with out an aid and can hear some if i keep the aid on low volume..five normal kids and two hubbies behind me and i like it that way!!

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1/8/11 10:33 P

Hi!!! I joined a year or 2 years ago. Got sidetracked, lost interest. Then now. Im hitting the treadmill for almost a week now and quit soda cold turkey since nov 28th. So far taking alittle step by step. Drinking water has helped me feel quite better then I started to decided to eat right and taking multivitamins. Lost 10 lbs so far and just thrilled finally! Have about 60 more left to go and my goal is to be reach by summertime in July on my 30th Bday, i hope! So I am hearing impaired married to my wonderful deaf hubby. Have 3 hearing girls and boy they are a handful!!! Hope to hear from u all! I could use some support or a support spark buddy.

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1/7/11 12:27 P

oh boy i see a real run here i was on one of those the summer before last with the posse_page and we turned over the run every few minutes and if you went to the bathroom or to get a drink you missed and it took 15 minutes to catch up again with all the other stuff going on..alas someone made a 'power' play and the game sort of fizzled but we went strong for a bit and the team still exists but not with as much fun as was had and then i still ride my camel clyde so it has never really stopped for me nothing like spreading light and joy and having wild fun doing it
the lady mary posseing through on the ever-faithful camel clyde


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1/7/11 11:28 A

noo wet noodle for you! just busy...and im new and still a little inconspicuous...lol ...its all good! lets all talk some more!!

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1/7/11 10:38 A

Ohhh! Cruizncaril-You can hit me with a wet noodle! So sorry! Of course you've been instrumental to making this group spark! Bad me! :-/

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1/6/11 11:45 P

you guys are priceless for sure
love and hugs
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1/6/11 9:52 P

hey kathy..u didnt mention meeeeee i helped get mary to talk as well as a few words myself

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1/6/11 8:42 P

Mary, thanks for your kind words about me posting. It's wonderful to see this team coming alive again!

Those of you looking for work and being up against a wall because of not being able to hear the phone, etc....PLEASE remember ADA is on your side (if you live in the US). Seek out your local dept of rehabilation counselor for the deaf (most counties have this-if you aren't sure how to locate this, let me know and I'll help you). If you feel you've been discriminated against by an employer, contact your state Office of Protection and Advocacy. Again, I'll help you find yours.

I'm a mental health therapist and I do a lot of case management, which includes advocacy for my clients. What some of you have been through is often the reason people seek mental health counseling/support. It is so mentally draining/debilitating to go through feeling oppressed on the job or sad/depressed because you can't hear your child. I lost more hearing about 12 years ago and grieved for awhile because I couldn't understand my children well and I could no longer enjoy music. It takes strength and willpower to get through these obstacles we experience.

Weight loss...Mary is consistently the top fitness person on our team! She is always in first place in fitness minutes! :-) The way to weight loss is both exercising and making sure you eat well. Eating well: it DOES matter which calories you consume. If you consume 1200 calories and some of those are cookies (or whatever your weakness is), it WILL matter. It makes it harder to lose weight. If you are in menopause, it is doubly difficulty to lose weight (ugggghhhh). Drink your water, track your food, TRY to exercise at least 10 min (more is better!) daily. Jump on the team boards (please jump on this one!!) and talk about your experience, frustration, questions, etc! We are here for each other. That's what makes SP work so well. I lost 2 pounds this past holiday season-first time in years I've lost weight during the holidays! SP helped keep me in check.

It's great to see all the responses today!! :-) Keep it going....I'll start a "Chat" thread for us to just talk about whatever.....

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1/6/11 4:01 P

nope looked for work since 1999 nothing and i mean NOTHING on disability because of hearing single..one son 35 sit and stitch and sit some more lol what does a soul do i volunteer at the dialysis place and go several times a week to entertain the hooked up people i get noticed there and they don't care..they are just glad to see someone as it gets really lonely sitting there all by yourself for hours
that's it i live in my own little townhome and am 64 in a few week but do ok i guess i hate not being the middle of stuff for sure lol
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1/6/11 3:57 P

so are u working now? whats happening in your life? married? etc?

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1/6/11 3:49 P

not in this lifetime for sure my friend
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1/6/11 3:32 P

thats ridic..deaf is deaf not stupid..makes me so mad..i went into a psych tech program and graduated top of class and also the oldest...worked in state hosp with devel disabled..had enuf of that..now im retired and wondering who will take me out there..also single mom with five kids but they grown..when will they learn deaf is not dumb?

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1/6/11 3:06 P

i spent my entire life working as a radiological technologist and as a proofreader..no one will look at me nowadays because i can't do the phone all of a sudden i've become "stupid" there are many jobs i could do but they won't even hire me to flip burgers at mcdonalds such is life got a bs degree and had to fight about that also and getting into school..graduated in three years with highest homors and a 3 year old on my hip as a newly single mother
but deaf is deaf i guess
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1/6/11 12:09 P

thanks for info on your lives...lets see..been married and div twice..first hubby was a doll supported me in what i wanted to do...second one blamed my hearing on our troubles...have five kids ...three grands...all normal thank goodness..same problem with jobs..i can keep them but i cant find good ones cuz they all involve fones or talking to ppl..wore aid my whole life until few years ago when the aid caused tinnitus..now if i want to wear it i have to keep it on low volume..cant get a chochlear implant as my ins and medicare wont cover..my problem is the inner ear..nerve deafness. what kind of work do u ladies do? im retired now but i want to get a part time job and its really hard..

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1/6/11 9:53 A

i have never heard my son's voice..and one of the things on my list would be just to hear him when he was born and to have heard him sing silent nnight solo in church this past christmas
alas that is not something that will ever happen so i will be content with what is
you shoulda heard the 'hush' that came over the congregation as he sang by himself totally unplanned..35 years old and yet another facet of him i never knew about
when you're deaf you can 'feel' the hush
what wonder that was
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1/6/11 8:47 A

Thanks for all the replies!

I am 30, married with two kids and two furbabies. I've likely been hoh my entire life, and no one caught it. I started wearing a hearing aid abut 5 years ago, but my hearing has progressively gotten worse. I just had a ct scan done recently, and it seems my hearing loss is in my cochleah. This past fall, I went through a major depression, I lost my job because of my hearing loss, and then lost more jobs because of my frustration from it.

I'm finally working again, and I am trying to get disability coverage. I don't care about the money, it's the benefits I need because I can't seem to keep a job long enough. My husband works for an American company, so he doesn't get benefits.

Anyway, that's about where I am at. My biggest fear is never hearing my kids voices again.

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1/6/11 12:49 A

thanks for the tips!!

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1/5/11 11:58 P

you know you can do it all the stuff here at sparkpeople works and i post daily and spend lots of time here and am in love with all the success that comes out of the site

log your foods and how much for a week and see what that tells you about calorie intake
i was shocked as i thought i wasn't eating a whole lot but everything counts i lost my weight on 1200-1600 calories a day..far more than i ever knew i could eat for sure if you don't eat enough you won't lose..the body goes into starvation mode and stores everything (of course as fat) i didn't lose weight until i made myself do the calories the doc told me to he was right and i waas wrong for years
stop the fast food if you are doing that and you gotta weigh and measure everything BUT IT WORKS
there is no diet here at sparkpeople it is a way of life by being healthy and treating our bodies to the things it needs to thrive it's not easy sometimes when we spend our whole lives and have nothing to show for it except bad feelings about not being what we perceive ourselves to be
i was sure at 1200-1600 calories a day i would be big as a house in no time at all but then the first week found myself down 4 pounds (coming off 800-1000 a day and not losing anything for years lol) i eat from salad plates because they make those portions look huge and i don't fast food anymore and i'm proud of the fact that i can drive right by those places and come home and fix my own hamberger without all the grease in my lean gtilling machine
ot takes time to 'alter' a set way of life but it can surely be done
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1/5/11 11:37 P

thats a lot of weight to lose and thats great..ive tried many years to lose and the older i get the worse it is...67....so im about ready to give up...yikes

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1/5/11 11:21 P

are you drinking the water???
how about portion sizes??? i weigh and measure every single thing portion sizes are listed on the labels of everything
am diabetic 64
five years to lose the weight i lost 273 pounds and maintaining now for almost 3 years
that 378-105
if i can do it anyone can
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1/5/11 11:17 P

im still here..no success in the wt loss area...any ideas?

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1/5/11 11:16 P

welcome to the team
i also am here when the team notices pop up..been deaf my entire life and have 'hearing speech'..although it is a little more formal because i have a hard time picking up slang and stuff like that
i wear no devices and don't sign but i do ok..swear at the news when they don't close caption all of it and i have friends and most of them are very patient about repeating themselves constantly so i can lip read
but it's ok the world is really noisy as i can really feel those vibrations from it hitting me
sometimes i find myself in full retreat when it gets really bad
so welcome i'm here also every time there's a notice for sure and kathy is always here too and has all kinds of articles and goes all kinds of awesome places in search of wonderful things
hugs
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1/5/11 9:54 P

Lori-the group is not as active as it was, but people do jump in from time to time! Glad to see you here! :-) Welcome and do jump in and ask any questions you have. I'm deaf, but speak very well and just got a CI nearly 2 years ago. I wore a hearing aid before that most of my life.

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1/5/11 9:47 P

Hello,

Is anyone still in this group? I am an HoH sparker, and would like to get to know others who face the same difficulties as me.

Lori