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Posted by GOTCHATLC on Oct 03, 2007 10:02 PM

WoW! 10 pounds since I've last stopped by - that is awesome!

Posted by Tamara777 on Sep 24, 2007 12:42 PM

Cynthia, you did so amazing! I don't want to even take your money! Congratulations! (Put the money toward a copy of my book when it's released.) Did you lose all the weight you want to lose? I'm going to start another competition for folks with just a few pounds to lose. I want to go down 10 more pounds-- and sometimes those last ones are the hardest.

Posted by Tamara777 on Aug 26, 2007 04:55 AM

Hey baby! You're in 2nd place now! WTG!!! Honey, if you're hungry, please eat! You're supposed to eat when you're hungry! (Not pasteries though-- something found in nature!)

Posted by Tamara777 on Aug 06, 2007 02:05 PM

Hi Thia! Hey hon, congratulations on a good week last week. Are you exercising/ counting calories? If so could you please set and log your stats for that? Thanks, baby. That will help us to know what you're doing right, and see how you can improve too...

Bless you!!!!
Tam

Posted by Tamara777 on Aug 05, 2007 05:22 AM

Well, could you be any more gorgeous? Read the short story on your blog page. No question you have writing talent. What would really help you a lot is to be in a writer's group where everyone critiques one another's work. Do you have that? If not I'd really try to find one. It will grow you as a writer. In the meantime I think it's good enough to submit. Get a writer's market book and start submitting.

If you want some constructive criticism, read on... if not stop now. Eva's age was unclear to me and that was troublesome. She had arthritic ankles (grandma), but drinks slimfast and says "yada yada" (young person), but has a daughter (middle aged?)-- It just slowed me down. I think you'd do well to clarify that a bit. Particularly at the beginning of the story I felt the adjectives could be toned down a bit. Too much description is cumbersome. The Dr. Phil bit-- clever and cute. Liked it. The three gunmen (robber, driver, Eva) felt a little contrived to me. Everybody's just a little too eager to point and shoot. It felt false. I did however like the mystery element to it; that you didn't quite know what happened from time to time-- like when you think the bus driver shot Eva. Nicely done. Character development is good. Pretty ending too.

By the way chica, you're in 1st place so far this month! Congrats!

Posted by Tamara777 on Aug 03, 2007 02:26 PM

Look at you! In second place! Way to go!!! I'm watching my back now for sure! Congratulations!!!!

Posted by GOTCHATLC on Aug 02, 2007 05:03 PM

Cynthia - Thanks for the post. I eat every 3 hours, it keeps your metabolism at a constant. I also drink 1/2 of my body weight in water. I weigh 231 so I'm drinking about 116 oz of water a day.

Posted by Tamara777 on Aug 01, 2007 03:32 PM

Hey honey, thanks for the post! I read the Oprah thing. Okay, I'll try more weight lifting. It's true I have been maxing on cardio. Actually I like weight lifting more, but I know cardio burns more calories. And, hey, I'm sorry... did it sound like I was hating on twiggy girls? Not so! That's not in my heart at all! Skinny girls rock!

Posted by GOTCHATLC on Jul 26, 2007 09:00 PM

Hi Cynthia! Thanks for accepting! Way to go on your 2 pounds released! You are on your way!

Posted by Tamara777 on Jul 26, 2007 07:27 PM

Hey! 2 pounds! Love that graph-- straight down!