I Can't Weight (One Man's Diet)

Written by Gary E. Anderson


I Can't Weight—One Man's Diet (Fromrepparttar book Spider’s Big Catch) Gary E. Anderson www.abciowa.com

Like many people, I've decided I need to take off a little weight fromrepparttar 110908 holidays—the holidays of six years ago. But I've never dieted before, so being a conscientious kinda guy, I logged into my favorite web browser for some advice.

I found 3,978,158,342 sites offering help with losing a few pounds. (In fact, I was so overwhelmed, I had to grab a sandwich before even tacklingrepparttar 110909 search.) As a public service, I'll try to encapsulate what I learned, although I may have gotten a little confused by some ofrepparttar 110910 terminology.

Most ofrepparttar 110911 sites spent considerable time talking about calories, so maybe we should start there. As far as I could make out, a calorie is defined asrepparttar 110912 amount of heat it takes to raise a gram of water from 58 degrees to 60 degrees Fahrenheit.

Immediately, that fact brought several questions to mind. First, who decided that? Why 58 to 60? That’s not even hot enough to take a bath in! Next, if one calorie raisesrepparttar 110913 temperature of water 2 degrees, andrepparttar 110914 human body is 90% water, why don’t millions of Americans boil over duringrepparttar 110915 holidays, after consuming billions of calories at one sitting? That definition implies that a person should be able to eat a million calories a day, as long as he spaced them out, to avoid boiling over. You could eat, let your body cool back down, then eat a bunch more, and never gain any weight – it made sense to me. That concept must be common knowledge torepparttar 110916 world at large, which would explain why you so rarely see people boil over in public. But since I’m new to this dieting business, it came as exciting news for me.

When Parents Disagree

Written by Patty Hone


Moms and dads, are there times you think that parenting would be easier if you didn't have to make family decisions? Having a partner that is not in agreement with your parenting ideas or discipline approaches is more than just frustrating. It can be a cause of division in evenrepparttar best of relationships. Furthermore, how you handle your disagreements will have a direct impact on your relationship with your partner and with your children.

It would be great if every couple agreed on everything but that is an unlikely event. One partner may have been raised in a relaxed environment; another may have been raised in a very strict home. What is acceptable by one partner may be appalling to another. It is important to discuss with your partner what your parenting objectives are. Decide what values are important to both of you. You will find that some things are more important to you than to your partner and vice versa. Here are some steps you can do to work towards resolving parenting disagreements.

1. Discuss your parenting objectives. What is important to both of you? Sit down with your partner and decide what values are most important. Also what areas are not as important?

2. Talk about where your children are developmentally and what they are capable of understanding. Sometimesrepparttar 110907 reasons for parenting disputes are because one partner thinks that a child is capable of understanding something andrepparttar 110908 other disagrees. Knowing what your child's cognitive level is will help you to make better decisions. Do not compare your child to other children. You can use examples based on what they are capable of doing and not doing. For instance, if you ask them to get something out of their toy box, do they understand and go get it? If not expecting your child to be able to understand certain things may be unreasonable.

3. Find out what both of your parenting strengths and weaknesses are. Many times both parents wantrepparttar 110909 same things for their kids. Compliment your partner on his/her strengths. Don't just point out your partner's flaws. 4. The majority of parenting disagreements are over discipline methods and when it is appropriate to discipline. One parent may think that spanking isrepparttar 110910 best method andrepparttar 110911 other may prefer time outs or something else. One ofrepparttar 110912 most effective ways to resolve this issue is to talk about it. Find outrepparttar 110913 reasons why your partner feelsrepparttar 110914 way he/she does. There are pros and cons to every form of parenting. Talk about why your partner thinks his/her discipline style isrepparttar 110915 better method. Sometimes talking about it will help you to see each other's point of view.

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