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You Have to Change Your Outlook to Change Your Appearance

Curt — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:39:27 +0000

I was giving a pep-talk to a friend of mine at work. She has been trying to lose some weight before her wedding, but has not been having any success. So, I decided I would lend her my ear and offer her some suggestions. What it all came down to was that even though she was using the best weight loss supplements, pills along aren’t enough.

She was thinking that she could continue down her normal road and the supplements would do all the work for her. I explained to her what the actual meaning of the word supplement is and told her about some changes in her behaviour that would probably help the process along. I’m not sure if she will end up taking my suggestions but it at least got her thinking about things in the right way.

You Learn a Lot By Listening

Curt — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:26:19 +0000

Bored at work I was eavesdropping on someone’s conversation (you learn so much that way). They were talking about how often a pregnant woman has to go to the bathroom. Now, I am not sure why but I was completed fascinated. They then moved on to exercises and breast-feeding, truly riviting stuff. They also talked about a place called prenatalvitamins.org and how important prenatal vitamins are to a baby’s healthy development. All told I learned more in that 20 minutes than I learned over the past 35 years of my life about pregnancy.

It Shouldn’t Be a Secret

Curt — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:41:33 +0000

I was watching a talk show the other day and a guy was complaining that his wife was spending to much money on diet pills. It wasn’t that they were strapped for cash or anything, just that they were going through problems and he wanted to point out everything she did that he didn’t like. The shocking part was how many people in the audience seemed to agree with him on certain things. I guess we are still in a time when weight loss products are supposed to be a dirty little secret that you keep hidden in a medicine cabinet.

I know many people don’t understand why people buy weight loss products. They don’t get that not everyone was born with the genetics to be able to eat anything they want without gaining weight. I used to be one of those people but as I get older I do understand the reasons. Now I at it the same way as someone who purchases protein shakes or any other type of supplement, you body doesn’t metabolize fuel in a way that fits your ideal. Its perfectly fine, very few people do get to look the way they want without a little bit of help and a lot of hard work.

Backyard Entertaining

Curt — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:22:39 +0000

This Memorial Day weekend I spent a lot of time out there in the backyard barbequing and entertaining. Its amazing how much work I put into getting things just they way I like it, but I’m not done yet. Although the landscaping is coming together nicely I am still in need of some Hinkley lighting out there to finish out the look. Right now times are bit rough so it may take some time before it all gets completed, but once it does I think it will really be something to see.

A Not So Routine Trip to the Bank

Curt — Thu, 27 May 2010 17:46:59 +0000

I was just at the bank and had an interesting customer service experience. The teller was perfectly fine and supremely professional but had really bad breath. Now I am not in a business that requires me to interact with the general public very often but if I was great smelling breath would be at the top of my list (as well as clean fingernails). So, my point is even if this person knows their job inside and out they still aren’t doing everything they can to provide great customer service until they decide to use a bad breath treatment that works. Obviously, I didn’t complain about this little problem because breath aside they were excellent but I wonder how long it will be until someone does.