“being overweight is very dangerous”

Ha. Because as if what you’re doing is safe.

The only good thing Entemanns makes is their chocolate chip cookies. I could probably go through a whole box if I was really stressed. Otherwise, Entemanns is completely overrated.

I’ve never been to a Krispy Kreme, there’s none where I live so I wouldn’t know if their donuts are good. I’ll take your word(s) for it though.

Nope, never 6. Maybe 2 under stress. But never 6. And nobody I know would. Ice cream is a different story though 🙂

I’ve had 6 donuts but like spread over 4 years. How can someone physically eat that many donuts?

toomuch- First of all, congrats on the therapy, it’s a big, hard step to take. About your Shabbaton, I would tell you to not overthink it. Stick with your friends and just relax. It might feel like everyone stares at what you are wearing or doing, but no one really cares. If they do, they’re not worth impressing. Just be yourself, stick with your friends and try to forget about the other over-confident people.

I was also depressed in high school but I didn’t have the courage to tell anyone, let alone go to therapy. I finally told one friend and it seriously changed my life. Definitely tell your friend(s). You need a support system in high school. You’re lucky you have friends, tell them.

Let us know how it went.

Don’t try to unjam a hand-blender with your hand. Because yeah, your hand will get blended. I just did this last night *bow*

Broccoli, avocado, quinoa, sweet potato, cooked/boiled onions (don’t ask, I can live on them)

I know a few girls who were not allowed to date until after Succos of their first year back from seminary. I think that this is a very good idea. Post seminary girls need a few months to come back down to earth.

Someone mentioned above that the atmosphere in America is so not holy so girls should marry while they still have a taste if the kedusha of Eretz Yisroel.

These girls will live in America after marriage. Isn’t it better that they fall back down to earth before picking the guy they have to spend the rest of their lives with?

What happens when a girl, still on a spiritual high from seminary, marries a kollel guy. She loves it at first but then the excitement wears off and she realizes that kollel life is not for her. Had she come to this conclusion before marrying, things would have been a lot easier for her.

And not all seminaries are garbage. I’ll admit some are nothing more than fluff, but there are some really good ones.

The book is called The Life Transforming Diet. It is a week by week plan and the basic rules are:

1)Don’t mix your proteins and starches

2)Fruit and/or nuts for breakfast

3)lots of exercise

4)Tons of veggies

5)Water Water Water

6)Whole wheat bread (The Rambam says that bread is amazing for you, I think the book says to have it daily, I don’t really remember.)

7)More exercise

There’s more but I don’t really remember. Definitely read the book.

I got very sick last year and my doctor said I wasn’t eating right so he put me on the Rambam diet. Not to lose weight but to increase my overall health and energy level. I ended up losing 15 pounds in a few months so I had to go off of it, but for those of you who are looking to lose weight, I definitely recommend it. Buy the book and stick to it.

Remember, your health is more important than your weight. Don’t focus on the pounds, focus on how healthy you are and feel and you will lose weight.

Popa, I would yell at you but you’re not worth my time. Get a life.

That was their way of making sure I showed up to class. But seriously, I really have more important things to deal with than what shape to fold my napkins in.

Always- I just read this thread and I am crying for you. You really need to do something. NOW. Don’t feel threatened by him. Don’t let him intimidate you into staying with him and not getting help. You can do it. I’m going to daven for you and I really hope that you got the strength to call. Let us know.

zahavasdad- I’m talking about pritzus and you are talking about the Bubonic plague. Where’s the correlation?

Mike- my point was not the source of the music, it was what the music portrays. I have no problem with non-Jewish music that is appropriate. I don’t care who wrote the music. It’s the lyrics. And a tune that was tainted by disgusting words has no place in a Jewish home or a Bais Yaakov.

zahavasdad- I know where my screenname comes from. I happen to think that the story of Cinderella is harmless as are most other fairy tales. I don’t care that the author may have written other, inappropriate books. Again, my point is not the source of the music but the music itself.

Mike- I really hope you’re joking. Fairy tales and inappropriate music are 2 very different things. Would you read your kids fairy tales? Would you play them music that promotes pritzus?

She criticized Dovid for dancing in the street before the Aron because she felt it made him look foolish. Because of this, she did not have children. (?)

“The time to educate is when kids are young. I think telling a 16 year old that her mode of dress is unacceptable (when she attends a school where her peers are doing it or is exposed to it firsthand) is a recipe for rebellion. Teenagers are first recognizing their own beauty and begin to equate self worth with it. They don’t see where their choices will lead and how it can spiral out of control. ”

Mommamia is right. When I was about 14-15, I was going through a rebellious phase and the clothing I wore was not tznius. My father told me numerous times that the clothes I was wearing was too short, too tight… It only made me worse.

After a while, my father began to realize that it wasn’t helping, so he gave me his credit card and told me that for every shirt/dress/skirt I threw out, I could buy 2 more. So I emptied half my closet and went shopping 🙂 It was that that helped, not the mussar.

So I guess that if the mussar is given in the right way, in a way that will help (in my case, a shopping spree) then it might be okay for a father to do it. I still think that relaying the importance and beauty of tznius is primarily a mothers job. (Me and my mother didn’t get along back then so she was not the person to give me tochacha.)