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| QUOTE (Mysterygal @ 12/3/2024, 03:34) My favorite Agatha Christie books are And Then There Where None or 10 Little Indians.
I'm listening to The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. I can't remember if somebody here recommended it but it sucked me right in.
I read And Then There Were None my sophomore year of high school for English class and it remains one of my favorites. I credit it with starting my love of mystery books.
QUOTE (C3P0 @ 12/3/2024, 10:51) I had a bit of a look at her works and she's been published for 25 years. Hadn't heard of her older stuff before. I wonder if she was popular in UK first before being more international.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I know what you mean. I've read a few kidnapping plots and they hit harder. They make me feel sick.
Another book I've been hearing about is Finley Donovan. I looked it up and it's part of a series. It sounds like something you might like Mysterygal.
The first two Finlay Donovan books were really fun. Definitely a modern take on a cozy mystery/thriller. The third one was just ok bordering on not great IMO. I haven’t read book 4 yet |
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| Yes Steve lived away from home but he did so in another highly regulated environment. Sure his last apartment he probably had some more freedom but Darlene was still controlling his food intake doing all that meal prep for him and I’m sure his finances from a far.
As far as his relationship with Andrew goes he was 1. Gone for most of his childhood not due to Steve’s own decision but due to military service Andrew may not be comfortable with Steve either and 2. When he was home Darlene controlled the time they spend together most of which was spend on care tasks Darlene didn’t want to do. It’s only been recently that Steve has participated in any sort of school/program situation and it’s only because dar didn’t want to transport Andrew back and forth. I haven’t been permitted to be alone with my father since 2004 thanks to a narcissistic controlling step mother.
You also 100% can not discount the amount of shame men feel when admitting they are being emotionally abused or when they are mentally ill. Women who are abused are more often (not always) provided aid. Men are more often (not always) called weak, or pussys. Told to grown some balls and be a man etc. this makes it much less likely for a man to step forward.
As for the kitchen Reno being used as a reason that Darlene isn’t abusive towards Steve she would have it if she really wanted it and they could afford it. She gets every other thing she wants. I truly don’t think she has a way to pay for it nor does she want to do the work that is involved. It has nothing to do with Steve putting his foot down. It also makes her look good not doing it because it’s one more piece of evidence to show how much she sacrifices for them. |
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| I will say it again for the 1000th time and will probably repeat it again. STEVE IS A VICTIM TOO. Just because he isn’t helpless doesn’t make it any less true. Do I think he should have stepped up and done something for Andrew? Yes. Do I understand why he hasn’t? Also yes. We as a society are so quick to call men weak and dismiss the fact that men also can suffer from abuse, mental health challenges, low self esteem etc.
I can’t even imagine the amount of times Darlene has manipulated him into staying either saying that she would commit suicide, or she would take the kids and never let him see them again. |
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| QUOTE (Trash Plate @ 5/3/2024, 18:34) Do you guys skip book club when the pick is a book you don't really want to read? Or do you push yourself to read it anyway for the preservation of the group?
I typically will read it anyway. Honestly one of my favorite books of last year is one I didn’t think I would like but was a book club pick. Sometimes books surprise you and book clubs are a great way to read something outside of your usual comfort zone bubble. Also in my experience some of our best book club discussions have occurred around books none of us ended up liking. I’d personally rather read a book I hate than a book that was just fine. At least a book I end up hating sparked some feelings and opinions. |
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| | I think this is an instance where both things are true. I think her starting weight we higher, her after photo is slightly altered AND that she actually did lose weight. More likely between 10 and 15 pounds. Shes also less bloated probably from drinking more water and less carbonation and moving more. Same thing with her steps. I don’t think she’s getting as much movement and steps in as she thinks or claims she is but she’s definitely getting more than before |
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| She definitely looks like she lost weight apart from editing the photo. I do think the after photo is slightly stretched out but you can tell by the way her bra band and shorts band sit that she’s lost weight and probably around the 16-20 pound mark which is actually perfectly acceptable for unmedicated sustainable weight loss for 8 weeks.
I can’t fault lemon for the crap she’s eating because she’s doing what the joke of a plan Nicole gave her tells her to do. I just think she would be 100% better off getting trained and licensed nutritionist support and a CPT to work on her specific goals, starting point, lifestyle etc. there is no way in hell she should be doing any sort of reverse program and Nicole shouldn’t be advising her clients to do so. Reverse dieting is for people who have been in extreme calorie deficits for long periods of time or people that have been training for 2+ years are at or close to goal body fat and looking to eat more to build more muscle |
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| QUOTE (Anothertimesuck @ 27/2/2024, 19:31) I think Nicole's plan is easy for the Lemonheads to follow because she gives them menus and recipes. All Vee has to do is weigh out strawberries and eat American nutbutter pancakes and voila! weight loss.
From what I understand Nicole’s plan doesn’t even include a meal plan only macros and accountability. She may share meal ideas with the macros but not an actual meal plan. |
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| My cat is 15. Noticed he was puking multiple times a day for about 10 days and had lost some weight/not interested in eating/lethargic. I was anxious about taking him in because he’s older and you never know but I certainly didn’t put it off for a month +. Brought him to the vet he either has IBS or VERY early stage stomach cancer (we don’t know without a biopsy which my vet didn’t recommend because it wouldn’t change our current treatment plan. Wouldn’t be doing chemo/surgery because of his age) we got some meds from the vet and he’s back to his old self for the most part and isn’t puking anymore.
Lemon is the worst freaking pet parent. She should really have her file flagged by the vet so the shelters know not to adopt more pets to her since she keeps delaying care. |
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| QUOTE (Sunshine08 @ 21/2/2024, 12:32) Quick and Easy is just translation for lazy.
She has no concept of what it means to be busy where “quick and easy “ would be necessary. That’s not a dig to her. That’s a fact. And she sounds like a fool to constantly say quick and easy. While her and her two kids are playing video games in 3 different rooms in the house.
None of her children have any commitments in life besides Pearl needing to be at school. And mark does the morning drop off.
Just imagine for a second having an 11 and 13 year old with NO full time school, no homework, friends are all in school all day, no music lessons, no sports, no school activities. And around an hour of school work per day.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING THE REST OF THEIR WAKING HOURS????? Video games????? That is disgusting.
This is absolutely neglect.
And Bryce is eating microwaveable sandwiches all day? HE should be in the kitchen preparing something reasonably healthy.
She said in her cleaning video that the main reason they are homeschooling is so she can travel with the kids. What a JOKE. They are home playing video games! And Bryce doesn’t go with them most of the time when they travel!!!!
Did i miss something? Where have the educational family trips been while she has been homeschooling this year? I have seen LEMON travel while her kids stayed home.
Her subscribers think she is oh such a wonderful mom. Because she posts hauls buying stitch things and items with their favorite colors. What a joke. Feeding her kids frozen process junk while they spend most of their days playing video games is neglect. No matter how many things she buys them
Exactly. Lemon has gone on shopping trips but the road trip they did was over the summer so no school and was really just full of shopping and chain restaurants. They’ve been to the indoor waterpark and the lake. Her trips are a joke and have no culture at all to them. I get going on vacation to just relax when your a busy family but a 2 week road trip where the most interesting thing they did was check out malls in different states and go to the Coca Cola museum is ridiculous. |
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| QUOTE (Snark Overseas @ 20/2/2024, 17:39) QUOTE (Itworksformyfamily @ 20/2/2024, 12:59) Did anyone else notice that she signed up for a year with Nicole including doing Nicole’s reverse program where she will encourage eating more food and calories. I must have missed this, where did she mention that? It pisses me off that she is so full of her 'healthier lifestyle journey', but keeps on buying the same crap to feed the kids. It's all processed, loaded with sugar or sodium. Doesn't she see that she is leading the kids towards obesity, especially with their sedentary lifestyle?
It was an off handed comment in her kitchen clean q and a video. |
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| | Did anyone else notice that she signed up for a year with Nicole including doing Nicole’s reverse program where she will encourage eating more food and calories. There is 100% an application for bulking when your at or close to your fat loss goal and are looking to put on a larger amount of muscle and strength but someone that still has 50-60 lbs of body fat should not be intentionally increasing their calories to put on weight whether that is muscle or not. There is some studies that suggest a calorie deficit loses peak efficiency but that is when you are having a large daily deficit for an extended period of time not a couple hundred calories a day for 8 weeks. The last thing lemon needs is to be eating more poptarts before her body weight or 10 pound exercises for 20 minutes. |
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| QUOTE (IfYouWill @ 17/2/2024, 23:12) I don't think Lemon and Paige are close. My mom and I have a very superficial relationship. She never really knows how I am doing. I learned a long time ago anything I tell her will be used against me for the rest of my life. I can't tell her how I am feeling or what is really going on. I could see lemon being the same way.
I talk to my mom once a week. We have a fine relationship but it’s mostly just surface level. She did her best but there’s always judgement and projected feelings and insecurities that I don’t need. So I relate to how you feel and agree that that’s likely the relationship lemon and Paige have. I also moved out at 17 and got married. I think for a large percentage of people it’s so difficult to even imagine a life where they aren’t close with their parents/live nearby share their life etc. ESPECIALLY how by all accounts Paige grew up with the outward appearance of an easy life but sometimes those household are just as toxic as outwardly abusive ones. If Paige is keeping her mom and Mark at arms length to protect her own mental health than good for her for setting boundaries early. You don’t owe shit to toxic people family or not. |
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| QUOTE (Sunshine08 @ 14/2/2024, 03:44) This is freaking hilarious !!!!!!
She expects everyone to believe she is walking 5 miles INSIDE Her home???
She showed her stats on the elliptical with less than a mile and a half. In my experience the elliptical always over counts my distance if I use my arms. |
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| QUOTE (Trixie27 @ 12/2/2024, 21:47) QUOTE (Chortle @ 12/2/2024, 19:16) Community Tab update and its funny cause its a lie.
but busy busy dar had time to buy herself a NEW...................................... COFFEE MUG ! LMAO LOL, I never think to check her stupid community page. It’s the same ‘everything is good, just busy’. Seriously, busy with what?
Well you know she HAD to go to homesence 9763 times in order to find that stupid mug. |
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| | She actually took Oliver for a walk. This confirms for me that they rarely do because we all know she would be sharing it |
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