Re: what do you do for fun?

[Guest guest]

Some of the girls in my local weight loss surgery support group have taken

salsa lessons and are now signed up to take line dancing lessons.. I am

hoping to take mountain clogging lessons.. looks like a lot of fun and great

exercise too.

Take care

Hugs,

from GA

open RNY 12/12/00

Revision 04/18/01

Revision 02/07/02

St wt.... 392

Cw.......187

Wt loss..-205

[Guest guest]

Some of the girls in my local weight loss surgery support group have taken

salsa lessons and are now signed up to take line dancing lessons.. I am

hoping to take mountain clogging lessons.. looks like a lot of fun and great

exercise too.

Take care

Hugs,

from GA

open RNY 12/12/00

Revision 04/18/01

Revision 02/07/02

St wt.... 392

Cw.......187

Wt loss..-205

[Guest guest]

I joined the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism), where we re-create

medieval times in modern ways, and have great fun at it (I'm taking up

archery, and I'm passably good at it!) We research a particular time and

place in the middle ages (900 a.d. to 1650 a.d.), and build personas around

our chosen time, then attempt to make period clothing that our personas

would wear, learn about who was king, who was influential (popes for

example), what wars/plagues/calamities were taking place, what we might eat,

and so on. We do crafts from our times as well. I have learned a little

bobbin lace, and moved from cross stitching (non-period for my persona) to

blackwork stitching.

In the SCA I am Lorète, in servince to Her Majesty Eleanor of Aquitaine.

This very together lady was queen of both England AND France, and even went

on Crusade to the Middle East with her French king husband. One of the rare

women to choose her divorce and then remarry a man of her choosing, a woman

who was as in charge of herself as any woman could be in the 12th century.

While I'm learning about her, I'm learning about her world and her culture,

and it's great fun.

I spend a lot of time dressed in medieval clothes that I would not have worn

pre-op (because you just don't find a lot of chemises and surcotes in sizes

to fit 400 pound women), and when I'm at events I'm on my feet all day,

working in the kitchen, wandering among the merchants, shooting arrows into

bales of straw, tending fires, cheering my favorite combat knights and

rapiers, all things I could not do when I was debilitated by my size.

I LOVE being half the woman I once was. I'm not at goal, and struggling to

get there, but I am having FUN in ways I never would have imagined. I've

also started going to the gym, where I get on the treadmill or the

stationary bike, and ENJOY the exercise!

Does that answer your question?

~~Lyn G

[Guest guest]

I joined the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism), where we re-create

medieval times in modern ways, and have great fun at it (I'm taking up

archery, and I'm passably good at it!) We research a particular time and

place in the middle ages (900 a.d. to 1650 a.d.), and build personas around

our chosen time, then attempt to make period clothing that our personas

would wear, learn about who was king, who was influential (popes for

example), what wars/plagues/calamities were taking place, what we might eat,

and so on. We do crafts from our times as well. I have learned a little

bobbin lace, and moved from cross stitching (non-period for my persona) to

blackwork stitching.

In the SCA I am Lorète, in servince to Her Majesty Eleanor of Aquitaine.

This very together lady was queen of both England AND France, and even went

on Crusade to the Middle East with her French king husband. One of the rare

women to choose her divorce and then remarry a man of her choosing, a woman

who was as in charge of herself as any woman could be in the 12th century.

While I'm learning about her, I'm learning about her world and her culture,

and it's great fun.

I spend a lot of time dressed in medieval clothes that I would not have worn

pre-op (because you just don't find a lot of chemises and surcotes in sizes

to fit 400 pound women), and when I'm at events I'm on my feet all day,

working in the kitchen, wandering among the merchants, shooting arrows into

bales of straw, tending fires, cheering my favorite combat knights and

rapiers, all things I could not do when I was debilitated by my size.

I LOVE being half the woman I once was. I'm not at goal, and struggling to

get there, but I am having FUN in ways I never would have imagined. I've

also started going to the gym, where I get on the treadmill or the

stationary bike, and ENJOY the exercise!

Does that answer your question?

~~Lyn G

[Guest guest]

I joined the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism), where we re-create

medieval times in modern ways, and have great fun at it (I'm taking up

archery, and I'm passably good at it!) We research a particular time and

place in the middle ages (900 a.d. to 1650 a.d.), and build personas around

our chosen time, then attempt to make period clothing that our personas

would wear, learn about who was king, who was influential (popes for

example), what wars/plagues/calamities were taking place, what we might eat,

and so on. We do crafts from our times as well. I have learned a little

bobbin lace, and moved from cross stitching (non-period for my persona) to

blackwork stitching.

In the SCA I am Lorète, in servince to Her Majesty Eleanor of Aquitaine.

This very together lady was queen of both England AND France, and even went

on Crusade to the Middle East with her French king husband. One of the rare

women to choose her divorce and then remarry a man of her choosing, a woman

who was as in charge of herself as any woman could be in the 12th century.

While I'm learning about her, I'm learning about her world and her culture,

and it's great fun.

I spend a lot of time dressed in medieval clothes that I would not have worn

pre-op (because you just don't find a lot of chemises and surcotes in sizes

to fit 400 pound women), and when I'm at events I'm on my feet all day,

working in the kitchen, wandering among the merchants, shooting arrows into

bales of straw, tending fires, cheering my favorite combat knights and

rapiers, all things I could not do when I was debilitated by my size.

I LOVE being half the woman I once was. I'm not at goal, and struggling to

get there, but I am having FUN in ways I never would have imagined. I've

also started going to the gym, where I get on the treadmill or the

stationary bike, and ENJOY the exercise!

Does that answer your question?

~~Lyn G

[Guest guest]

One of the girls in my local group has just completed her scuba diving

certificate.

Marjie

Gigi8083@... wrote:

>Some of the girls in my local weight loss surgery support group have taken

>salsa lessons and are now signed up to take line dancing lessons.. I am

>hoping to take mountain clogging lessons.. looks like a lot of fun and great

>exercise too.

>  Take care

>Hugs,

>

> from GA

>open RNY  12/12/00

>Revision   04/18/01

>Revision  02/07/02

>St wt.... 392

>Cw.......187

>Wt loss..-205

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I volunteer my time .... otherwise I read and work crossword puzzles (which

reading I've only read text books lately and the later is out of the questions

now... with homework... *GRIN*).

Before I never thought about volunteering as I never felt good and couldn't

commit to anything. I volunteer for my school (Student Government - working on

committees and the such), Lion's Club (working card parties and baking pies for

events), Mediacs (Communication and Theater club working as a stage hand or

running equipment), Humane Society (with my allergies, it is pretty much

isolated to trying to work up funds from donations ).

This is what I do for fun.... This is my NEW life... and I love it....

*GRIN*....

Betty

what do you do for fun?

Hi everybody, I am thinking of trying some new stuff. I am thinking of taking

up bow archery for instance. (target type). i wondered what other people are

doing for fun now that they are less in one way and more in aother after GB.

I am thinking especially of stuff you do to be active with others that is

really a fun time and good companionship. FUN is the keyword. I remember one

lady who used to post here alot who played tournament scrablle, I bet that

was fun too. een though I can't spell so I think it is probably out for me as

per scrabble (grin)

what do you think?

also if anyone out there does transcription for a living, let me knw by

private email?

thanks

ceep sagitarius maybe person

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[Guest guest]

This is going to sound corny, but I spend most of my extra time with my

family. I especially look forward to the one day a week that my husband

has off because it's date day for us. We go out to lunch somewhere new

and then we usually walk one of the local malls. Or we will go to

antique shops or those warehouse places. The other day he is off we

spend doing something as a family, which usually involves some sort of

walking. On good days, we play miniature golf or walk in the woods and

on bad days, we spend them at the malls.

I wasn't able to do any of these things prior to wls, so it's very

special to both myself and my family that I can now do them. Infact,

sometimes my 7 year old daughter can hardly keep up with her old mom! I

also volunteer a couple days a week in my daughter's classroom and both

my husband and I are room parents for her class.

For quiet days at home, I usually read or do word puzzles. I am also

into fabric painting, but don't find much time anymore to do this. Next

summer, my goal is to get back on a bike so that I can join my family

when they go biking. My daughter would love to have me go skating with

her, but I am a little nervous about that - haven't done it in many,

many years! One of the biggest things that happened to me this past

summer was being able to join my family and my husband's co-workers at

their annual amusement park jaunt. I rode as many rides as everyone

else and was able to walk all over the park without getting tired. It

was wonderful!

Hugs,

Jerri in MI

[Guest guest]

>I do Rubber stamping make cards and all kinds of crafts .I now teach them

>at local stamp stores.Something I didn't do before.I went on 2 vacations

>this summer and kept up.I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome which is still

>here ,but on the good days I am ready to go.Pam MacVittie

Pam MacVittie

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