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MichelleP
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Posted: 13 October 2011 10:55 am |
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Sassykat wrote: I've realized that I have a sort of addiction to sweetened creamers. I've gone without them, but I miss them so much that I always go back to using them.
They are just so yummy aren't they?
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MichelleP
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Posted: 13 October 2011 12:48 pm |
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Yesterdays calories = 1621 - up from Mon. and Tues. -felt like I ate a lot. Carbs were still within my goal range at 82.5grams. Exercise consisted of a nice walk. Didn't do any strength training. Did look up some various sprint exercises that I could do.
Was back to feeling completely run down with the brain fog yesterday. So I don't think the vitamins were to blame for a relatively better feeling day the day before. Went through my food diary for the past month and I still suspect that my iron is low. My husband is pushing liver on me like crazy and I REFUSE to eat it, absolutely hate it! My mother suggested that I was depressed. I know what depression feels like and this isn't it mom. Made an appointment to go see my family doc today so I can have her do some blood work. Hopefully we can get this figured out soon. Feeling tired most of the day is exhausting and the brain fog leaves me mentally off. I don't like it one bit.
Absolutely plan on getting that strength training session in today, about 30 miinutes worth. Would also like to get a trail walk in, just depends on if the weather is cooperating or not, it's been raining.
For eating I will keep it extra light today to help offset the piece of cheesecake that I'm going to eat tomorrow. Tomorrow is one of my sons' birthday and his dessert request is a home made chocolate chip cheesecake. As far as carbs go this cheesecake will be lower then a regular flour cake, but will be high in calories. I got a little sticker shock on the 8oz cream cheese bars at the grocery. They are normally $1.25 and this last time they were $2 each, and I needed 6 of them, ouch. Some kind of dairy shortage somewhere? All the other dairy I bought was still priced like normal. Who knows...
Still working on the job hunting with 22 resumes sent out within the past month. Did some resume research yesterday and realized that I need to re-vamp mine as the layout that we used in school, per our instructor who said her way was the best, isn't all she said it was cracked up to be. Go figure! My own stupid mistake for not researching on my own. Lesson learned thank you.
Much to do getting birthday stuff ready for my son, cleaning a little around the house, working out, seeing the doc lady, etc........ later cyber land
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mchen01
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Posted: 13 October 2011 10:02 pm |
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Hi Michelle,
Sorry for the late reply. I saw that you asked me about the probiotics I used. It's something that I found at Trader Joe's (a whole foods store) called Acidophilus & Probiotic Complex. I bought the one with the most amount of organisms to better my chances of getting live organisms down to where they needed to go (if you get what I mean  ). There was about a few days of side effects like gas and diarreah, but I feel great now. I only took them for about 2 weeks until I felt normal. I paid about $30 for one bottle.
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MichelleP
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Posted: 15 October 2011 09:58 pm |
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Doing pretty good with eating and exercise the past couple of days. I've gotten more walking in. I also spent 2 hours weeding out my grandmothers garden yesterday - lot's of squatting left me with that good soreness in my thighs. I admit to not getting in a strength training session yet. Not sure why I'm still resisting that. Hoping to get a good 1-2 hour hike in on Sunday.
Got a paper in the mail today from my doctor saying that my blood sugar and thyroid tests from Thursday were normal, but they failed to show me my CBC and iron results. So where are those results? I also wanted a full thyroid workup, not just the TSH test that doesn't necessarily show the whole picture, but my doctor wouldn't do it, said it wasn't necessary. I swear anytime I deal with doctors I feel like they are imcompetent idiots. ARGH!! Defintely need a new doctor, one who isn't afraid to think or look outside of the textbook taught, prescribe a pill for everything, box. I'll get a copy of the labs next week so I can make sure they checked everything they said they would check and also to see the numbers for myself. Though I will say that yesterday and today I've felt pretty good, not tired and very little brain fog.
Had a piece of the birthday cheesecake. It was good except for the chocolate chips and brownie bottom layer so I took off the brownie part and picked out the chocolate chips. I'm one of the few people who doesn't really like chocolate that much. The cheesecake was huge and fit into a 9x13 inch lasagna pan, overflowing even. I calculated all the ingredients to get the calories, fats, and carbs and was truly disgusted. The whole cake was over 12,000 calories, over 1400 fats, and over 1200 carbs. It got cut into 18 pieces leaving each piece roughtly 700 calories, 77 fats, and 69 carbs. My son, who's birthday it was made for, liked it but didn't love it, so I really don't see a reason to ever make it again. Besides the cheesecake yesterday I had a very light dinner so I still kept my calories and carbs within my goal number.
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MichelleP
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Posted: 19 October 2011 01:21 pm |
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New week and things are moving along. Still calculating the calorie deficit math and it's not been working as the science would say it should work. I know this happens, no biggie. Still just want to see the averages over a period of time so will keep calculating.
Had 1800 calories on Monday, too high. That was also the last day that I had sweetened creamer left and I went a little wild on it. So now no more sweetened creamer. Two mornings of only 1/2 and 1/2 in my coffee. It's definitely not as satisfying but considering all the carbs I'm saving by not using it, it's good. Yesterday's calories were within reason at 1455 and my carbs were 64 grams. Both good numbers for me.
I've been feeling a lot better the past several days. No brain fog or fatigue. I've also been much more regular in the GI department which may have played a part in my issues.? Still haven't picked up the lab results from my blood work so I can see the whole picture, will do that later this week.
Picked up some almonds with a wasabi/soy sauce flavor, delicious. I SO love that hot horseradish flavor.
Little kitten is still here. Haven't been able to find a home for him and I'm not quite sure what to do with him. Keep him? My kids would say YES, the husband not so much. He sure is cute and he is so funny.
The re-doing of my resume is not finished yet. I've definitely dragged my feet on that the past week. I think I just needed a little break from even thinking about a job, or should I say a lack of a job. Will have the resume finished by the end of the week and will start pounding the pavement again next week.
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MichelleP
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Posted: 21 October 2011 11:50 am |
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Had mashed cauliflower and broccoli as part of dinner last night. I've had mashed cauliflower before but not mixed with the broccoli. It's a good replacement for rice, even has the same kind of texture as rice. Everyone but my daughter liked it. I still think it could use a little more flavor. There's a post about mashed cauliflower in the recipe sections here, I'll have to revisit that, I'm thinking that someone put chicken broth in it.???
Admit to having some sweetened creamer in my coffee yesterday, but only 2TBS of it, so very little, and it didn't hurt my calories or carb goals for the day at all. My creamer is gone so I used my husbands which isn't nearly as good as mine and I didn't feel compelled to have any more then what I used. So I totally feel that having 0 to 2 coffees a week with the sweetened creamer is doable and I'm really saving myself an a**load of carbs in doing so.
Dental appointment today to go over care plans, not looking forward to it at all, and have already been fighting with myself to cancel, but I won't. Have to get this stuff rolling. Then off to my grandmothers condo to do some work in it in preparation for trying to sell it. Not much else on the agenda for the day. Still trying to get that strength training session in, slacking on that for sure. Not as much walking this week as I'd like to have gotten in, its been cold and raining. The weekend is supposed to be nicer, a welcome change for sure.
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MichelleP
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Posted: 25 October 2011 05:27 pm |
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I've been doing the calorie deficit math for 6 weeks now using two different BMR numbers, 2130 calories for 3x/week exercise and 1858 calories for being sedentary. There were some weeks that I didn't exercise 3x/week and there were times that I did more then that but still checked the math for both. Over the course of 6 weeks, using the 2130 calorie level my deficit equalled 20,189 calories which would equal a 5.8 pound loss. Using the 1858 calorie level my deficit equalled 11,664 calories which would equal a 3.3 pound loss. So what did I lose over the 6 week period? I lost 4 pounds which puts me closer to the 1858 calorie math. I'll continue with the math for both as it's really easy to compute when I do my daily calorie counts.
My official weigh in day is on Mondays but I usually weigh myself each day, the fluctutations as many people know can be crazy and sometimes I'm not sure if I can trust what I'm seeing on the scale. Is it up one pound this day because I drank a lot of water the night before, is it down another day because I didn't drink a lot of water the day before, some days I'm especially bloated etc...so maybe I do need to weigh in every day and average it out for the week. Still thinking on this one.
Last edited on 26 October 2011 03:02 pm by MichelleP
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MichelleP
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Posted: 28 October 2011 01:54 pm |
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| Feeling frustrated today... Calories and carbs have been lower then normal for me this week. Calories average = 1218 and carbs average = 85 - Checked my weight today and I'm up 4 pounds since Monday. Impossible I know but #%@&!it it's frustrating. Really feel like throwing the scale out but so far my scale junky self hasn't allowed it. Last edited on 28 October 2011 01:55 pm by MichelleP
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MichelleP
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Posted: 31 October 2011 02:16 pm |
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Scale weight still showing up higher, plus 4 pounds. Annoyed as #%@&! at weight loss right now. Makes me feel even more determined to get this fat off!! The past seven weeks feel like a waste.
Over the past 7 weeks my calorie average has been 1592. I reviewed back to when I lost a good chunk of weight in the past and my calorie average during that time was 1457. A difference of only 135 calories. My average carbs for the past 7 weeks have been 121 grams. In the past they were 109 grams. A difference of only 12 grams. Both the calories and the carbs from then and now are only a small difference. So why was I not having problems losing in the past but now I am. So I researched my past efforts more closely and there is one difference that must have something to do with losing then but having difficulty now. I was exercising quite a bit more then, which would have brought my overall calorie average down quite a bit. I don't know how many calories I burned while exercising then because I never calculated it and I haven't really been calculating that now but I was exercising at least 2x more then as I am now. That would have actually brought my average calories down, though it's hard to say by how much. Possibly 200 to 500 less??? Which would have made the actual average calories back then 957-1257.??? Who knows?
If I want to see the same results that I was getting in the past I have to work out more, and if I'm not willing to do that then I need to eat several hundred less calories each day. Many things I read say not to go below or much below your BMR. I'm not entirely convinced that the BMR I get on the calculators is very accurate. I think it could be less by a couple hundred calories. ?????
I also wondered a few things about weight loss being harder lately. Could it have anything to do with having an ovary removed at the end of July? My doctor says no but I have read people who say yes, but I don't know what their diet is like so it's hard to say from random online posts. So I'll go with "no it doesn't make it harder to lose weight". I also recently had my thyroid TSH levels checked and they are at 2.4. My doctor considers this within the normal range but endo docs say that anything over 2.0 is early stage hypothyroidism and should be watched closely. My 2.4 level would put me in the early stage hypothyroidism level according to the endo docs. I've also read several things that say removal of an ovary can affect the thyroid and I did lose an ovary at the end of July. So I do wonder about the possibility of the ovary and thyroid playing a part in having a hard time getting weight off now. It's hard to say - one doctor will say no and another will say yes. Who the #%@&! are you supposed to believe when there is so many contradictory opinions? I don't know!
For now all I can do is drop the calories and work out more and see how the next several weeks go. I'm sick of carrying this extra weight. OMG I'm sick of it.
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MichelleP
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Posted: 10 November 2011 04:45 pm |
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Still out here and working it....I've been keeping a little journal on paper here at home and haven't felt like typing in this one. The weight is seeming to fly off me the past week. Averages for calories and carbs are in my book in the other room and I don't feel like getting it right now, being lazy.... I'll update more later.
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MichelleP
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Posted: 10 November 2011 05:02 pm |
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Did mean to add a few things here.
My son who was doing P90X is looking fitter. He's still doing the workout and I'm so proud that he's stuck with it. I took pics of him at the beginning and again at 45 days. He hasn't lost much as far as the scale is showing but you can definitely see that he's leaner. His little belly pouch is now gone. Just measured his height the other day and geesh he's freaking 6'3 now, at 16 years old.
Also, I'm still doing the calorie deficit math, getting sick of doing it and will probably stop at the end of this week. Overall it's just not reliable.
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mchen01
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Posted: 11 November 2011 05:30 pm |
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Hi Michelle! It's good to see you check in. Great job on the weight loss! Hope your recovery is going well. 
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MichelleP
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Posted: 28 November 2011 09:56 am |
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The weight only comes off if I eat around 1300 calories or less and keep the carbs under 100 grams per day. Though I can't say for sure if it's the calories or the carbs. In the past it's been the carbs. Anything over the above numbers and I'm gaining. My BMR number of 1549 is wrong, too high, by 200-300 calories. That is what I've learned over the past 10 weeks of diligently keeping track of every #%@&!ed bite of food and drink of liquids. I stopped keeping track in my food journal on Thanksgiving day and will resume again today. No I did not pig out on Thanksgiving either, just needed a short break from the obsessive food tracking. I've had it with losing and gaining the same 5 pounds over and over and over again. I feel that I've got the right numbers now and know where I need to be to lose. I'm ready to face that challenge and stay within the sweet spot numbers for me so I can steadily lose and keep it off.
I have a busy week ahead of me. Looking forward to Saturday when I'll spend the day having an adventure in Cleveland and spend the night at a Chris Cornell concert. Should be really cool!
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MichelleP
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Posted: 7 December 2011 12:53 pm |
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Averaged about 1400 calories per day for last week and no losses to report. Which doesn't suprise me since I've already figured that I have to eat 1300 calories or less to lose. Actually I did have a 3 pound loss one day when my calories were really low but that loss was back up the next day - must have been water. TTOM is about 2 weeks late and I'm assuming that my #%@&!ed up hormones and/or the ovary have something to do with it. Hubby had a vasectomy so I'm pretty sure I'm not pregnant. If I were I'd be feeling the signs already. I know that vasectomies are not 100% foolproof but pretty darned close. If the flow doesn't start this week I'll do a prego test to be sure.
Spent Saturday in Cleveland. Went to Lakeview Cemetery and took lots of cool pictures of statues, mausoleums and crosses. Stopped by the Christmas Story house to be silly. Went to the West Side Market which is an indoor produce/meat/cheese, etc.. farmers market with booths all around. It's really large and if I lived in the Cleveland area I'd shop there often. Left with a bag of peppers and when I got them home I realized that one of them had a "product of Chile" sticker on it. So the #%@&! seller didn't grow the peppers, that did annoy me. Guess I should have checked that out before I bought it. Had a light dinner in Lakewood and seen Chris Cornell live that night. The show was amazing. His live performance sounds as good as his recorded performances. Amazing voice!
Not doing great this week on calories. Didn't keep track of my food on Monday, ate several little Wedding Cake cookies. Had 1650 calories yesterday, the Bugles put me over for the day. Didn't eat much of them either, was mindlessly eating them. Stupid! Back on track today. Plan to up the protein and decrease the carbs. Lots of errands to run today and a little Christmas shopping to get done.
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MichelleP
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Posted: 13 December 2011 06:23 pm |
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Still no TTOM. Took a prego test and it was negative, as I knew it would be. Things are just not going right with me. The tiredness and brain fog have taken over again the past week stronger then before. I'm moody, negative, can't think straight, and am a straight up beotch. Seems that negativity is surrounding me and my life at the moment and I really don't know how much I can take before I have a total breakdown. Someone get me off this #%@&!ing train!
As for eating - I've been on track with that, or not on track, depends on how you look at it I guess. I've been averaging about 1400 calories per day and no losses to report. Still just fluctuating between 180-185 constantly.
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Sassykat
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Posted: 23 December 2011 06:05 pm |
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MichelleP
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Posted: 28 December 2011 02:06 pm |
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Thanks Miss Sassy one! Hope everyone had a good Christmas out there!
I can honestly say that I have not been exercising and I have not been closely watching what I've been eating for the past couple of weeks or so. I have not even been keeping track of my eating in my food journal. I've had ice cream, cookies, candy, egg nog and plenty of pasta. Haven't gained an ounce, actually down a couple pounds today. I don't understand why I haven't gained, though I'm not complaining. I have been eating junk that I don't normally eat but it's definitely been in moderation. A Christmas cookie here and there, a 1/2 cup ice cream at a time, 1 cup of egg nog. So nothing that I would call an all out binge or anything.
I've been mostly back on track this week with eating and will pick up the food journal next week to keep a close account of what's going in my mouth. My body is still wacked and still no TTOM. If nothing happens with that this week then it will be my second one in a row that I have not had. Definitely not normal and I'm too young to be going into menopause so...... a trip to the gyno should happen early in the new year to see if she can figure some stuff out, maybe check some hormone levels.??? Though it seems obvious to me that having one less ovary has messed #%@&! up.
I finally had my first interview for an RN position at a medical spa. The job would only be parttime at first and I would be doing sclerotherapy on veins. After awhile I would learn and give injections for facial wrinkles and help with plastic surgery procedures. I think this could be a very cool job for me. My first interview went well and they are putting me through to have a second interview with the general manager. So keeping my fingers crossed. I will also be getting an interview with a dialysis center. I don't think that job would be as interesting as working at the medical spa but it has plenty of positives and a lot of room for advancement. In January I'm starting classes at Ohio University to work on my BSN. I'm actually looking forward to getting back to school, must be crazy or something. LOL!!
Not making any New Years resolutions.... I have goals and I will work on them...
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MichelleP
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Posted: 20 January 2012 02:33 am |
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Still haven't been keeping my food journal, and exercise has been minimal. My weight is the same. I've binged this past week and had ice cream three times. Yep, three times, and now I'm over it.
TTOM finally came, 2 1/2 months late. Since then I have actually felt pretty good, better than I've felt in quite awhile. No brain fog, no exhaustion, no depression, and no anger or bitchiness. I feel normal again. Let's hope it continues!
I've started my classes to work towards my BSN, and they are going very well. I still do not have a job. The second interview that I was promised at the medical spa has yet to happen and at this point it's looking like they were just feeding me a bunch of #%@&! when they told me I'd be getting a second interview. I find it very rude but what is one supposed to do? I will keep marching forward, the right job is out there.
Looking for the motivation to get back into consistent exercising.
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Steampunk
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Posted: 22 January 2012 10:35 pm |
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I dislike keeping a food journal. I wrote down what I ate when I first began working with my trainer but I eventually got off of it and he didn't seem to mind. I did it the last time I lost weight but I sort of feel that it's too obsessive to keep up with. Like if you do it now, that's fine...but will you be doing it 5 years from now? 10? 15? I've been trying to think, "What can I realistically do long term?" and a food journal seems like a major pain in the #%@&! to keep updated. Maybe I'm encouraging lazy behavior by saying, "eh, screw it" but at least it's not on purpose. xD
Could you call the spa back and ask if they still want to see you for a second interview? Sometimes you gotta keep on people to get things accomplished. It took almost half a dozen phone calls and a month of waiting for me to start my first job, it was such a pain. Doesn't seem fair that we're expected to be prompt and respectful of their time but they can waste ours. =/
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Hiker
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Posted: 23 January 2012 10:51 am |
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Michelle, don't give up on that spa job, I agree with Steampunk, I would call them back and if the job has gone to someone else let them know you are still interested should another position open up. My son did that for a job at Olive Garden, and he went back every 4-6 weeks just to let them know he was still interested. I think they finally hired him just to get him to stop pestering them  In this economy you really have to push.
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MichelleP
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Posted: 23 January 2012 08:02 pm |
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@ Hiker & Steam - I've called the medical spa twice and left messages for the manager to call me. I've also emailed her. No reply to my email and no calls back. Yes, you are right Steam it is so annoying that they expect you to be prompt and respectful but don't offer the same in return. It looks badly on their part and I probably wouldn't want to work in a place that treats people like that anyway. Very frustrating and I'm definitely feeling the "no job" pain. It's rough out there!! Thanks for the support ladies!
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mchen01
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Posted: 23 January 2012 10:23 pm |
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Hi Michelle! It's a bummer about the job, but don't get too discouraged. I know someone who sent out a hundred resumes and didn't get a single offer. He eventually found something. I doubt it will take you that long, but I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you. Hang in there.
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