On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 19:21, Nancy Lucky <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > Shanna, they also have the highest rate of alcoholism! > I think Alaskans as a whole, are a lot more "outdoor active" than a lot of > us. Alaska is a beautiful place I would gladly move there. I think the > increased alcoholism is probably due to the large amount of Indian > reservations. Alcohol is a real problem on the reservations. Just my > observations. Although I might add, I work with a large Native population > here and their alcoholism rate is high as well. > Pam > When you are gifted... give; when you learn... teach > > *Nancy, Abbey-Rose and Maggie-Mae* > > ** > > --- On *Thu, 1/20/11, Shanna Machanpalli <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Shanna Machanpalli <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Alaska & heart attacks / OT > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011, 10:55 AM > > > > Hi > I read someplace some time ago that ALASKA has the LOWEST heart attack > rates. I think in the world or USA. dont remember which. do you know why? > hmmm yup its all the fish they eat!!!! That is there main diet. ok ok... > this is so off topic! > > Shanna & Ricky > Las Vegas Nevada!! > > My Chi Ricky... Is A HeartBeat At My Feet > > Kavis Christening n Communion Store > > Visit my eBay Store: > http://stores.ebay.com/Kavis-Christening-n-Communion-Store > > --- On *Thu, 1/20/11, Pam B <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Pam B <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Heart problems & weight, diet > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011, 8:39 AM > > > I'm a nurse, and I too take an aspirin daily. In fact, unless there is > some reason you can't take aspirin, I highly recommend an aspirin a day, > starting in your early forty's. Whenever we suspect someone even might be > having a heart attack, the very first thing we do is give them a baby > aspirin to chew. So unless you are already on a blood thinner, or have an > allergy, I highly recommend them. I'm to the point I freak out if I run > out. > > Pam > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 22:09, Nancy Lucky > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1212.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Shanna!!!! > Thank God that you went to ER and you are young right? See that is the > other thing is in women the symptoms present very different in women than in > men. Sadly, that is why so many women die from this disease. I always keep > baby aspirin by my bed and any time I feel any type of chest or arm pain, I > take one. I should just take one every day. I worked in a hospital for years > and analyzed all the clinical data, one aspirin can save so many lives. I > tracked how long it took when a patient came to ER with any heart symptoms > and the time it took to get aspirin. I am so happy that you are hear with > us! That must of been so scarry. Nan > > When you are gifted... give; when you learn... teach > > *Nancy, Abbey-Rose and Maggie-Mae* > > ** > > --- On *Wed, 1/19/11, Shanna Machanpalli > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1212.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >* wrote: > > > From: Shanna Machanpalli > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1212.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Heart problems & weight, diet > To: > [email protected]<http://us.mc1212.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 9:58 PM > > > > > Hi Nancy and all > > you mention heart disease... yup I know all about it. in 2005 I had a heart > attack, but i call it an angina attack. it was not a knock down, out like a > light type of attack. Angina is pain that goes down your left arm when you > move around. I had that for a week, still working daily, not thinking much > about it, until one of the mornings, just to get out of bed, hurt like > ever... my left arm veins popping out big as life and hurting!!!!!!!! that > is when I had to go to the emergency room. it turned out I had 2 arteries > that were near closed from plaque build up. one artery was 99.9%closed and > one was 98% closed. doctors said one more day or so and I would have had a > massive heart attack. anyway... its been almost 6 years and so far so good. > I still take aspirin daily. was on plavix for 4 years. > > Shanna & Ricky > Las Vegas Nevada!! > > My Chi Ricky... Is A HeartBeat At My Feet > > Kavis Christening n Communion Store > > Visit my eBay Store: > http://stores.ebay.com/Kavis-Christening-n-Communion-Store > > --- On *Thu, 1/20/11, Nancy Lucky > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1212.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >* wrote: > > > From: Nancy Lucky > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1212.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: Need to clarify myself - I am proud of you > all!!!! > To: > [email protected]<http://us.mc1212.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011, 5:07 AM > > > Friends, > I am all for you getting healthy. Do you know heart disease is the number > one killer of women, three times more than breast cancer. So do it for your > health is all I am saying. I just hate when every where you look there are > women that you know only eat lettuce and society says that is beautiful. > When I was growing up I do not even think they had a size 0! Marilyn Monroe > was a size 14 and she did pretty good for herself. So just do it for the > right reason not because you do not think you are beautiful or because > society says we should be sticks, we are women and we are made to have > curves - that is part of our beauty. Eating right, exercise, don't smoke or > drink in excess and you will be okay and love your self. Nan and the girls > > When you are gifted... give; when you learn... teach > > *Nancy, Abbey-Rose and Maggie-Mae* > > ** > > --- On *Wed, 1/19/11, > [email protected]<http://us.mc1212.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1212.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >* wrote: > > > From: > [email protected]<http://us.mc1212.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>< > [email protected]<http://us.mc1212.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] 2 things > To: > [email protected]<http://us.mc1212.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 5:08 PM > > > > Carol,congratulations on your new Chi baby. I once weighed 118 pounds > after losing 80 pounds. Within 18 months, I gained it all back and then > some. I now weigh 201 according to the doctor this morning. I am 5' 3". > DH and I would walk a mile a day until winter started and it became > difficult. Holidays don't help. I don't have the willpower anymore. I > would be willing to join and try to lose weight again with everyone's help > and encouragement and vise versa. > > Laura > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carol Smet > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1212.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > To: Chihuahuas > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1212.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wed, Jan 19, 2011 5:32 pm > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] 2 things > > > > Deanna that is a great idea!!! Really great. I lost about eighty pounds a > few years ago and it came back a lot faster than if left. I am now taking > meds twice a day plus an injection. I take 7 pills in the morning and > another 4 in the evening. My cholesterol and BP is way too high even on > meds. My mother died along with her two siblings in their early ages. Mom > was 58 just three years older than me. I am scared but I lack motivation on > my own. > > I think a side group is a great idea. We can pick a weigh in day and post > results weekly. And on a daily basis we can tell of our challenges and > pitfalls. We can encourage each other and reach out when we need a helper > to stop us from cheating. > > What do you think? > > Also I just got home with Maxwell (Maxx) the new boy chi. He is very > scared and in hiding right now in a free standing pen I set up to > acclimating him in slowly. He was in a cage for the last 11 months so > freedom is something he doesn't know. He of course bit me once while I was > trying to crate him, but all is well. > As soon as I can snap a picture I well. > > Carol Anne and crew > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Deanna Corey > <[email protected]<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Last year I lost over 120 lbs! And it is with great sadness that I share > with you that I have put 40 of it back on. I am really scared! I have to get > back on track somehow!! Please pray for me that I can get started again! > Maybe we could do a weight loss group through here...I really need help! > > Wagging Tails in the Dog Park! > Deanna and the Dog Park Gang: > Nugget, Shuai Li, Mable, Mouse, Myrtle, Madison, Caleb and Maxine > From the mountains of CA > > > On Jan 19, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Carol Smet > <[email protected]<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > > > I know what you mean about the chi's watching the TV with you. I do the > same. Last night we watched the biggest loser and it really motivated me. I > am on more meds than I care to count and I believe half at least could go if > I only dropped this extra weight. > > We are starting tomorrow and going until Spring Break mid April. We all > show up the first day with a $10 gift card. The person who loses the most > percentage wins the pile of gift cards. I can"t wait to spend my gift > cards!!! lol > Carol Anne > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Dunwoody, Amanda > <<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > [email protected]<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > My mom is doing something similar to that at her work. They’ve got a > money pot going to see who will lose the largest percentage of weight by > sometime in April. The chis and I have started also watching this new > reality TV show called Heavy. It comes on Monday nights on A and E > channel. I saw the first episode Monday night and just cried for the people > on that show because their lives were so effected by their weight. But by > the end of the show they were happy and working towards their goal of losing > weight and looked awesome. I was so happy for them. Of course the chis > couldn’t figure out why mommy was laughing and crying at the same time. > Jack was really confused, poor little guy. > > *From:* > <http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > [email protected]<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>[mailto:<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > [email protected]<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of > *<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > [email protected]<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 19, 2011 11:45 AM > > *To:* > <http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > [email protected]<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [Chihuahuas] 2 things > > > Don't feel bad I am starting the biggest loser at work tomorrow. I am > hoping to drop at least fifty pounds! Maybe I should worry about my weight > as much as I worry about my chi's! Then I can take a lot medicine. > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Dunwoody, Amanda" > <<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > [email protected]<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > > *Sender: > *<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > [email protected]<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > *Date: *Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:40:23 -0600 > *To: > *<<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > [email protected]<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > *ReplyTo: > *<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > [email protected]<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > *Subject: *RE: [Chihuahuas] 2 things > > > For some reason it makes me feel better to know that our little ones have > trouble just like us when it comes to losing weight. This is somewhat off > topic for this group but I started a new years resolution to lose weight > this year and I can tell it’s getting close to lunch time because I’m > hungry. Weight never seems to come off as easily as it came on…..sigh > > *From:* > <http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > [email protected]<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>[mailto:<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > [email protected]<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of *Carol Smet > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 19, 2011 11:36 AM > *To:* > <http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > [email protected]<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [Chihuahuas] 2 things > > > I have rescued several overweight chi"S and put them on diets straight > away. Actually the little boy I am picking up will go on one too. Being > overweight is very hard on their little frames and has some serious health > risks. Not to mention it shortens their lifespan. > That being said I feed mine half their allotted amount in the am and half > again in the pm. If they seems to be hungry still I might give them a few > pieces in the mid-day. I have them that range from 2.85 to 7 pounds and none > of mine have had a single problem. > > Hope this help ease your mind. > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:58 AM, marinegal > <<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > [email protected]<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > > ok this is day 3 of Gurgis diet he is really overweight but i am afraid > that he is going to go hypoglycemic on me with such strict feeding. Should i > worry about this? I am so worried about his weight he is so fat. He is > banned from all people food and he gets a single kibble for a treat and when > he gets really crazy for food. Is it too late to get in on the secret pal? > thank you Aimi and Gurgi > > > > -- > *Carol* > *Muchacha, Bella Rose, Chibbie, Blue, Cooper, Ruth Anne, Gracie, * > *ChiChi, Granny and Holly Noel* > > > > > > -- > *Carol* > *Muchacha, Bella Rose, Chibbie, Blue, Cooper, Ruth Anne, Gracie, * > *ChiChi, Granny and Holly Noel* > > > > > -- > *Carol* > *Muchacha, Bella Rose, Chibbie, Blue, Cooper, Ruth Anne, Gracie, * > *ChiChi, Granny and Holly Noel* > > > > > > > > > > -- > Pam, Ducky, Monster, and Bruiser. > > > > > > > -- Pam, Ducky, Monster, and Bruiser.
