Show Your Tatts!

[Flutter]

If you're sending out meanings add me to the list. Unless it isn't any more complicated than what you said.

[J-P]

Kilo posted that before I edited the message... that is the basic gist of it.

[mrgreen]

I'm 38 with 3 kids and still don't get it. Lol

[J-P]

you do now

[LilGreenPuffer]

I'm getting my navel pierced this week (now that I'm almost thin enough for a bikini!!!) and getting a tattoo sometime this summer. Right now, I'm tossing around the idea of a little green-and-blue planet with the word "LOVE" over and over around it, since my personal philosophy is that love is the most important thing in the world - it makes the world go round!

[Flutter]

Good job. We need pictures of the progress! I gained a ton of weight that I now need to lose. Also need to learn how to cook...

[J-P]

I thought that was gravity

BUT now that you are a mod we can make jokes ... or maybe not...


My personal philosophy was / is "kaizen" which means improvement. Not just in something you do, but EVERYTHING you do. You like Puffers, learn as much as you can; you have to type to be on a forum, type quicker; you have to eat, eat better / become a better cook... etc... It encompasses every aspect of life. That is why I got suckered into getting a new camera, want to take better photos.

I would question tattooing you life motto though. Symbolic I feel is ok... spelling it out makes me uncomfortable. Reminds me of the movie "Memento"

[LilGreenPuffer]

I don't like the look of tattooed words most of the time, but TBH, I think that if you pick a word that's not your current BF's name or something, it's okay. And even if it is a stupid word, it's still okay, because it's your own personal thing. I would never have a word tattooed without serious consideration - maybe my husband's and children's names, or a memorial to a close friend who died, or the Serenity prayer, for example.

Pictures, Flutter? Okay...





In the first one, I'm the one on the far left. The second one was taken almost EXACTLY one year later, a couple of months ago.

[mrgreen]

Wow! Great job!

[Flutter]

Wow girl, you look AWESOME. Any tips? So far I've pretty much just been watering down my juice

[Pufferpunk]

Yeah LGP, tell her how you did it!!!

[LilGreenPuffer]

Okay, okay. There was a thread a while back, almost a year... I'm in Overeaters Anonymous. Also, my "food plan," which is an OA tool, is Weight Watchers. So, WW helps with HOW I lose weight. But my ABILITY and WILLINGNESS to lose weight and turn my life around come from OA.

Flutter, watering down your juice is GREAT. Juice is so high in sugar, even 100% juice, that drinking it more than once a week makes you significantly more likely to become diabetic. Try watering it down with sparkling water. That tastes better than just plain watery juice.

[Pufferpunk]

I'm a member of OA too! http://www.oa.org

[Flutter]

Thankfully I'm getting used to the watery juice WW is a no go for me. My boyfriends mom and sister are on it and they've lost weight but I completely disagree with so much of it. From a nutritional standpoint it's just wrong. I also can't have any artificial sweeteners due to the neurological damage they cause and that's also a huge part of it.

It's great for many people, just not for me.

[Pufferpunk]

Please explain about WW??? I've been doing it since I was 16. Very strictly the past 2 years & lost 45 lbs. Never eaten healthier in my life. It is the only diet proven to be healthy enough to stay on for the rest of your life.

Many folks in OA find it necessary to give up all processed sugars--even artificial ones.