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Post by Holly Gail on Sept 5, 2024 10:57:13 GMT
This round runs August 19 through September 15 — as of now. We will add Cherry and Bev back when they are ready/able to return.
Challengers:
Cathy — Track every BLT — Stay OP every day
Judy — Track water/hydration
Holly — Maintain Lifetime at Goal Status
Jan — Adding more fruits and veggies into my meals, smarter after work snacking
Hosts:
August 19 through 25 — Judy
August 26 through September 1 — Cathy
September 2 through 8 —Holly
September 9 through 15 — Jan
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Post by Holly Gail on Sept 5, 2024 11:28:19 GMT
Sorry I didn't get back here yesterday. Things got away from me. Here are the jokes (etc.).
Bad Jokes
161. What do you call Batman if he skips church? Christian Bale!
162. I used to hate body hair, but then it grew on me.
163. What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear.
164. What kind of dinosaur has the biggest vocabulary? The thesaurus!
165. What did the grape do when it got stomped on? It let out a little wine.
Bad Funny Puns
26. Some aquatic mammals at the zoo escaped. It was otter chaos!
27. Never trust an atom, they make up everything!
28. Waking up this morning was an eye-opening experience.
29. Long fairy tales have a tendency to dragon.
30. What do you use to cut a Roman Emperor's hair? Ceasers.
Funny Puns
31. The Middle Ages were called the Dark Ages because there were too many knights.
32. My sister bet that I couldn’t build a car out of spaghetti. You should’ve seen her face when I drove pasta.
33. I made a pun about the wind but it blows.
34. Never discuss infinity with a mathematician, they can go on about it forever.
35. I knew a guy who collected candy canes, they were all in mint condition.
History Jokes
• What’s the most popular kids’ movie in Ancient Greece? Troy Story.
• Why was the math book sad about history class? It knew it couldn’t count on the past.
• Why did the archaeologist become a comedian? Because he loved digging up old jokes.
Science Jokes
What do you call it when your science teacher lowers your grade? Bio-degraded.
What do you call a biologist’s self-portrait? A cell-fie.
What do phlebotomists say before they take your blood? B positive!
Why don’t geologists like scary movies? Because they’re petrified.
Why can you never trust atoms? They make up everything.
Entertainment trivia questions
6. In the horror film Alien what was the name of the spaceship?
7. This singer is famously called the "Material Girl”?
8. Which famous pop band was called "Kara’s Flowers" up until 2001?
9. What was the coffee shop named in the hit TV show Friends?
10. How old was Rose in the Titanic movie when she was recounting her story
United States Traditions & Customs That Surprise Non-Americans
• Different Sales Tax Throughout the Country: You'll pay vastly different amounts of sales tax on the same item depending on where you buy it in the US. In fact, you could pay a different amount of sales tax depending on where you are in the state, since counties and cities can levy sales tax, too. In many other countries around the world, VAT (value-added tax) is much more common and is incorporated into the final price of the item.
• Opening Gifts in Front of the Giver: From birthday parties and baby showers to holidays such as Christmas, people in the US consider it customary to open a gift in front of the person who gave the gift. This gives the giver a chance to see your reaction and receive immediate thanks. In some countries, opening a gift in front of the person who gave it to you is offensive because it makes you look greedy.
• Hugging & Shaking Hands in Greeting: When Americans greet strangers and colleagues, they almost always shake hands. When people in the US greet close friends and family members, they hug. Americans do not generally kiss anyone other than a partner or child as a greeting.
Buddha Quotes
16. "Live with no sense of 'mine,' not forming attachment to experiences."
17. "Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things."
18. "One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble."
19. "If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current — how can he help others across?"
20. "All conditioned things are impermanent — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering."
Nature Quotes
16. For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it. —Jacques-Yves Cousteau
17. There’s a whole world out there, right outside your window. You’d be a fool to miss it. —Charlotte Eriksson
18. To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves. —Mahatma Gandhi
19. Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known. —Carl Sagan
20. Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you. —Frank Lloyd Wright
Motivational Liners To Help You Live a Responsible Life
76. Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi
77. “Life is about making an impact, not making an income.” — Kevin Kruse
78. “The greatest pleasure of life is love.” — Euripides
79. Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” — Babe Ruth
80. “Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.” — Seneca
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One more article about sleep. I woke up around 1-ish this morning and went to the bathroom. I don't know how long it took me to go back to sleep. Then I woke up around 3:30. Again I went to the bathroom and here I am now...
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www.realsimple.com/military-sleep-method-7552781
The Military Sleep Method: How to Fall Asleep (Naturally) in 5 Simple Steps
No push-ups involved.
By Nicole Clancy Updated on May 14, 2024
Reviewed by Samina Ahmed Jauregui, PsyD Fact checked by Haley Mades
If the words "military sleep method" send you running, you might be missing out on the best sleep of your life. This method could be your ticket to falling asleep more quickly (and staying asleep!), according to experts. The breakdown is pretty straightforward; you get comfortable, relax different parts of your body one by one, then sink into your bed, focusing on your breath...
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The article covers these topics.
• What Is It?
• How to Do It (steps 1 through 5)
• Why It Works
• Benefits
Each section has a few paragraphs of explanation.
1. Did you learn anything new?
2. Anything to add?
3. Talk about whatever's on your mind.
4. In lieu of "FUN" questions (choose one or both or neither)
• What are you learning to let go of?
• What are some ways you can show compassion toward yourself?
Scroll down for answers to the trivia questions...
6. USCSS Nostromo
7. Madonna
8. Maroon 5
9. Central Perk
10. 100 years old
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Post by jasimons on Sept 5, 2024 14:49:03 GMT
In a theater class in college, the instructor taught/shared ways to be calm, to relax, to get past stage fright or nervousness.
One of them was very much like this sleep method. The narration started from the feet up and the visualization was to feeling a sensation of calming warmth to relax the muscles.
Compassion for self - I'm doing the best I can at this point in time. Is there something I can learn for the future? Am I being tougher on myself than I would on a friend? (I know I've heard and read variations of that last one in WW materials - If we are angry or such with ourselves, instead of using negative language, think of how we'd lift up a friend.)
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Post by bmazzo on Sept 5, 2024 21:45:42 GMT
I know first hand about the sales tax thing. I live in TN & we have one of the highest sales tax in the nation. We pay 9.75% on most everything. We even have tax on food! I think there is only one other state that has as high sales tax as we do. We don't have a state income tax, so they make up with it through the sales tax.
I am preparing to get rid of a lot of my personal posessions, downsizing with everything. I realize that I really need very little.
I am very compassionate toward myself. I accept myself the way that I am. No longer blaming myself over & over about my weight & other things.
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Post by cathygeha on Sept 6, 2024 11:02:07 GMT
I have read in books that military are able to nap at the drop of a hat and wake at the sound of anything unusual coming their way...perhaps it is only in books it is true, though?
• What are you learning to let go of? * I think I learned to let go about many things awhile ago. I don't worry about having things perfect, don't worry about wearing makeup, don't worry about a LOT of things...I remember keeping clothing for decades even though I seldom wore it and finally started purging things - even designer outfits - because I wasn't willing to carry them along with me any more and wanted to "clean the closet" and make it full of what I would reach for and wear gladly any time any day.
• What are some ways you can show compassion toward yourself? * I prepare healthy meals
* I don't beat myself up for off program over points days * I accept my body as it is and thank it for doing all that it does
* I am grateful for who and what I am and accept and am thankful for the life experiences that have come my way to help me become that person
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