Beauty

[JeanLouiseFinch]

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@monicakm wrote:

@JeanLouiseFinch 

I'm competent at the application, except for fake lashes.

Just don't do what I did today...put them on backwards   Some lashes (round) can go on either eye.  These were not round and worn before but for some reason today, I couldn't "see" which one went on which eye.  I came to the conclusion that it must not matter if it was that hard to tell.  Well as soon as I got one on (and naturally it was on the wrong eye) I could tell LOL

Just going to my parent's so I said the heck with it and put the other one on.  After worn multiple times and they aren't dramatically shorter/longer on one end, it can be a little harder to tell because of losing their shape.  These are headed for the trashcan tonight.

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It sounds like something I would do.  In reality. I've given up on false lashes.  I'm treating my own with a growth serum that's working and after that, it's primer and mascara, and the end result is what it is,  🤷‍♀️

[AngelPuppy1]

@Puppy Lips 

I could really identify with what you wrote!  It's pretty much how I am feeling.  When you constantly have to battle with your weight, it's really a drain and a struggle.  I told a friend the other day -- maybe I'm just trying to be someone I can no longer be --- the person I used to be when I was younger.  I was always thin and had a good figure and even though I was given praise for this, I never really took it in or appreciated it because it was just how I always was and I had no confidence in myself.  I can't even imagine being under scrutiny all the time and having people criticize you for every pound you gain.  Must be terribly hard and difficult to live up to sometimes unreasonabe expectations.  

[Allthingsgirly67]

When you have personal chefs and a lot of down time then the personal trainers come in, of course you would be svelte as well.

[BlueFinch]

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@Allthingsgirly67 wrote:
When you have personal chefs and a lot of down time then the personal trainers come in, of course you would be svelte as well.

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@Allthingsgirly67 Yeah, you'd think having a personal chef to prepare the most healthy, calorie controlled meals would keep you 'svelte,' but Oprah would tell us this isn't true. So will every weight loss clinic. Even with a skilled team helping with the cause, failures are high. After all, Oprah isn't the only one who LOVES bread. 

It's grueling work to lose and maintain. It's a daily job. And, you can eat too much of even the healthiest foods. I've gained a pound, or two from going on a healthy salad binge. Calories count, healthy, or not. 

I fight so hard to not gain, since if I need to drop a couple pounds, I can't eat more than 1,000 cal/day. And, it still comes off very slowly. Cutting calories that much makes you want to chew on your own ankle. 

I remember a bariatric doc not believing his patient who said she was religiously on 1,200 cal/day and her weight wasn't budging. Granted this is often untrue, denial rules. However...

He decided to prove to her why she was failing and put her inpatient. No loss in two weeks with 1,200 cals. He kept taking her down and it wasn't until she was at 800 cals/day, that she started to drop rapidly and break the cycle. He said it proved to him, once and for all, what a struggle it is for some people and he would forever withhold judgement, until proved otherwise.

Many health and lifestyle factors are involved, but I think it has a lot to do with yo-yo dieting, too. It becomes a trap. It messes up a challenged metabolism even further. When you over restrict, and start eating again, even reasonable, healthy meals, the body says, we're holding onto this for all our life. Let's store it. And, the cycle goes on.