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[sam_gamgee]

Decided to do some general commenting in a regular post instead of individually, since it seemed like I'd be saying much of the same to most of you.

This is probably one of those times where, for me, the end has to justify the means. I'm definitely pro-choice (but leaning towards pro-life, just because I know a number of couples that can't have children of their own and have, or would like to, adopt; but I know that it's a woman's right to be able to choose and I'll definitely stand up for that). As soon as I feel I can, I'll pro'ly bail anyway. (And until thien, I'm going to live in denial land and pretend all of my money is part of the other 90%.) And I'm definitely with you all on the 'not contributing to a company I don't agree with unless I absolutely have to.'

I think it's gotta be muscle mass too, because that's the only thing that I can think of that would cause this much gain. It just surprised be because it happened so quickly. I had always just figured that it was adding on as I went along, and that was why I wasn't losing weight quickly, even though I've been losing the inches.

And like justhuman said, it isn't necessarily about losing X pounds (though that is kinda necessary right now). I do feel a lot better and it helps a lot with stress, so that's incentive enough to keep going and the weight will come off in time. (Though, I wish my family would understand that.)

Thanks for the tip, nakedwesley, I'll definitely try drinking more water. :-D

And treebee - the rant was meant with lots of love and basically went along the lines of, "I applaud you guys for cancelling your memberships, since you don't agree with the company, but considering how big it is, how much good is it going to do aside from clearing your own consciouses? If you really want to do something, you should do something a little more proactive."

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[treebee.livejournal.com]

And treebee - the rant was meant with lots of love and basically went along the lines of, "I applaud you guys for cancelling your memberships, since you don't agree with the company, but considering how big it is, how much good is it going to do aside from clearing your own consciouses? If you really want to do something, you should do something a little more proactive."

Don't want to get into a debate any more than you do (I'm pretty "whatever" on whether or not we end up agreeing on this topic), but I do want to make a couple of quick comments.

Yes, I am a small cog in a big machine, but Curves was built by word of mouth. Word of mouth can tear down just as easily (sometimes even more so) as it can build. I may be one person, but everyone in my circle knows that I belonged to Curves. They ask me about it & I've already told some people that I've left & why. I told the owners/staff why I left. The story is spreading & not just online.

And, well, how is quitting not pro-active? I learned of a situation I didn't agree with/like & I took action to remove myself from it. Yes, it salves my conscious, but it also takes money out of Curves' pockets, so I really don't get how it isn't pro-active.

Yeah, there are other things I can do, but working on a limited budget here! :) I can only do the little things for now, but they are better than nothing and do have an impact.

[sam-gamgee.livejournal.com]

I just meant it as a general "you guys" (which I'm sure you understood) and the whole "be proactive" thing was mostly towards people (not necessarily you or anyone else on my flist) who are like, "I don't agree with what you're doing with my money," cancel their membership and then do nothing aside from sulk in silence.

I think it's great that you're telling other people and stuff. To me, being proactive about something doesn't always equal spending money. Changing (or at least attempting to) change people's points of view, imo, is being proactive.

Does that make sense?

[treebee.livejournal.com]

Does that make sense?

Yep, it makes sense. :)

And, trust me, I didn't take it personally. I'm pretty laid back about the whole thing at this point, I was just curious as to what you considered being "proactive".

Have a great day! :)