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Soy can cause thyroid issues. I'm sorry he's allergic to it but that might be a blessing in disguise.

I second LP. Check your library. Also - look over these: http://thecarolblog.com/?tags=&s=weight As far as reasons - I'd add side effects of medications

I wonder if Pam knows I just came from the main page to see where to create it and will be creating one in a few minutes. (Thanks) I wonder if I will lose the last 22 pounds I am working on this year.

There are different difficulties with weight, it could be too much or too little weight, be a medical problem like mine, a genetic predisposition, food consumption proportions, poor eating habits, nutrition, exercise or other reasons but I know it is likely a combination to these but I wonder which form of weight control is the best there is? I wonder what or which weight loss program(s) is/are best? I wonder how to increase weight in a healthy way? I wonder how to exercise when my legs barely work sometimes? I wonder what people think of calorie reduction, exercise, good nutrition, medication, surgery? I wonder when concern over weight is too much? I wonder what portion of all this is self-view/self esteem? Health driven? Society with the models and advertising that is put out all over the place so typical woman compare themselves to “touched up” models? Obviously this is a much larger issue that I is in this OP but it is something I’m wondering about. Anybody can open a new thread to discuss anything I post so please feel free to take the ball and run on any of these to see where the conversation goes. Thank you

It also occurs to me that it was evident that Lehi had rather upset a fair number of people in Jerusalem. People who would think nothing of doing nasty things to Lehi's family to get back at Lehi or find where he had gone. They didn't want to risk it, and Lehi probably had some justifiable doubts as to how long Laman and Lemual would go without telling where he had gone, particularly if something like torture were involved. This is the same reason Nephi had for desperately wanting Zoram to come with them.

Actually it's all DHK's fault. He made such a big deal about how the mobile version was so much better. So the system said "I'll show you" and quit working.

If it's justified it's not murder.

Whoa, did he ^^^ shift through three gears while burning out? That just AWESOME!!! That's some amazingly fast shifting. But I'm old school, I like to throw the shifter around. But I'm waiting for the day I can afford to buy and maintain two cars because I'm gonna cherry out my 96 Mustang, just because. I wasn't a big Dodge fan until I rented a Charger to drive to Vegas. Even with a 6 it was a blast to drive. Now I'm sold!

There is a new 6-speed manual that's a modified Viper transmission. I raced about 2 dozen laps in an SRT8 with a paddle shift slushbox and they shift so quick now it's crazy, especially in manual mode. I love manual transmissions (I have an old stick shift turbo minivan), but if I were to get a Hellcat it would be an automatic. Check out how quick it shifts while burning out (this is the automatic transmission): http://youtu.be/4fU7rM6qaMc (Somebody please tell me how to embed a video here, I can't figure it out.)

This thread is useless without pictures Be still my beating heart!!! At least so long as there's a manual tranny.

To the critics: Stop emoting and get the facts as Hobby Lobby was covering 16 out of 20 birth control prevention pills or other devices. They just did not want to pay for the 4 methods that were abortion related, after conception pills. Women have the right to choose whether or not they get pregnant, but Hobby Lobby was not willing to go as far as paying for them to choose to kill an unborn child.

Minivans are awesome. People rag on them all the time, but I don't care. They are just too practical to be uncool.

I'm not sure Gramps was 100% accurate on this one. 1 Ne 2:14 suggests that Lehi commanded Laman and Lemuel to go with them with such spiritual power that they basically acquiesced. The family fortune is lost in 1 Nephi Chapter 3. In 1 Nephi 7:15 Nephi practically dares them to go back (they expressed that wish in verse 7). They get enraged, tie Nephi up, he breaks out, one of Ishmael's daughters intercedes, and then they beg forgiveness and return to Lehi's camp with Nephi. In 1 Nephi 16:37-39, there is again talk of returning to Jerusalem which is corrected by the voice of the Lord Himself. In 1 Nephi 17, after eight more years of traveling, there is talk about how things were so much more awesome in Jerusalem, but no more talk of going back. My guess is that after eight years being led through the wilderness by the Liahona, Laman and Lemuel were so hopelessly lost that they couldn't have found their way back to Jerusalem anyways.

+1 to everything you've said here. If this was my daughter, she'd be in so much trouble! I would not be concerned about the bishop -- I'd be focused entirely on her manipulation. I'd also be concerned about where/how she's learning such detail that she can just spout off extemporaneously.

I'll be blunt. Something is seriously wrong in this situation and it's not the bishop. Your child has some serious issues that if not resolved now will lead to misery down the road. Obviously this teenager is quite frankly rebellious and is playing you like a fiddle. You are more upset at the bishop for asking for details, rather than being more upset at your daughter for a) deceiving the bishop and actually explaining "tawdry fornications". I can only imagine what that might be, if it goes beyond just "having sex". I think I might be more upset at any of my kids for making up such stuff, actually feeling comfortable explaining such stuff to an adult (especially a religious leader when it didn't happen) than doing it. At least if they did it, they could say they got caught up in emotions, etc. But planning something like that shows a complete lack of respect for authority, religion, and a total disregard for the actual sin of fornication. If she feels comfortable talking about it now . . . there is very little doubt in my mind that later on it won't be just talk. Again, I'm going to be perfectly blunt, you need to wake up and take control . . .and even if you do now it might be too late.

I really loved this talk. I love the idea of letting your faith show and of not separating various aspects of our lives. "If one tries to segment his or her life into such separate compartments, one will never rise to the full stature of one's personal integrity--never to become all that his or her true self could be." I like that he makes this a matter of integrity which means "whole." If we are dividing ourselves up in these kinds of ways we can never be whole. It reminds me of the CES devotional talk by Elder Holland where he said to "never check your religion at the door."

Church, your last paragraph adequately describes the very problem this modified description of sealing can present. It can lead one to conclude that an eternal bond between parent and child matters no more than anyone else's love and concern for another person. I say no! The Lord's promises are not so weak. A couple who has their calling and election made sure, who has been sealed up unto eternal life, and who have been sealed to their children, will, with the help of the Lord, draw their children back unto them. It may not be in this life, it may extend beyond the bounds of our current realm of understanding, but they will come back. And by come back I do not mean saved in the Telestial kingdom, this is no promise at all. No, father, mother, and child, saved in the Celestial kingdom, bound together through everlasting bonds.

In the context of this discussion we must talk about parents and their children. The promise is to parents of wayward children. No doubt God would like all people saved, however, he is not their physical Father. As spirits, we were sons and daughters of God, but of course we passed our first estate. There is only one form of creation for men and women, as Brigham Young said: And so I have compared God's son to our sons and daughters. Christ is saved, and the priesthood remains with him for all eternity. So I see there has been a bit of a discussion on this point. When BY says, "They will return to the fountain from whence they sprung" he is talking about children being with their righteous parents. As you have commented there is a separation between kingdoms. This earth life is evidence of that separation. We cannot see God unless we change. We are blind in our minds and hard in our hearts. A child in a lower kingdom is separated from their parents just as we are separated from God. This cannot be the meaning of the word sealing. As I said, it dilutes the entire promise.Children are sealed as heirs to their parents, as Christ is an heir to his Father. Our children are likewise heirs. Christ was one with his Father as we may be one with our children. Christ and the Father are united through the Spirit. Distance has no effect on this union.

It may be as you say but this distinction is more of a modern one. When Elder Whitney says "saved" I'm not sure he is separating it from exaltation. Here is what Elder McConkie said: Christ is God's only child begotten in the flesh, and Christ is the very prototype of a saved being. So I reject the notion that God cannot save those whom he has begotten in the flesh. The problem is that we cannot save those born to us. I'm not ready to lay limits on who God can and cannot save. And in the end, it is not our effort that saves wayward children, but His.