What conditions can cause fatty stools? I'm asking in relation to some test results. Thanks!

The recent "would you rathers" and eating disorders questions made me think of a question that has been kicking around in my brain for a little while.

Would an adolescent child who was greatly concerned with bulking up muscle matter, working out and doing a lot of weight training, measuring the size of his/her muscles, and only consuming low-carb and high-protein foods (if they could possibly help it) worry you as much as, more than, or less than, a child who was apparently beginning to develop "classic" eating disorder symptoms like extreme low-calorie eating, repeatedly skipping meals and high exercise, while showing great concern and worry over their weight?

Everyone's Packages have been shipped via USPS Priority. LMK when you get your stuff.

Here's the rest of what i have, Prices are there but haggle me i'm trying to make space in my new (smaller) bedroom
paypal, money orders/well concealed cash (at your own risk) ONLY!
prices do NOT include shipping!



( dvds, cds, clothing, makeup, etc. )

spaghetti dogs seem like a great way to spice up the normal cut up hotdogs... a very cool variation of the octodog :)

In honor of Bastille Day, does anyone know where one might find french macaroons
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in or around Seattle?

I tried the boulangerie in Wallingford with no such luck.

Merci!

I took some videos of the kittens yesterday.

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Sorry for the wonky camera. :/

Hi, Elisha here. My friends code is 3438-1255-9357 for the town of Beriault. I can't open my gate till I get some new friends so please contact me so we can have some fun.

Other news I had a rainbow in my town today and it's Saturday evening bout quarter after seven.

http://www.tokyomango.com/tokyo_mango/2009/07/barefoot-gen-a-shocking-manga-about-the-atomic-bomb-.html

On my nightstand right now: Barefoot Gen, Vol. 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima. It's a manga that is famous in Japan for being heart-wrenchingly sad and true. In it, author Keiji Nakazawa tells the story of Gen, a boy who survived the atomic bomb. I am still only halfway through the first volume, and the bomb has not dropped yet, but it's about to. Even the author's foreword is a total tear-jerker &mdash he tells the story of how he survived the bomb with his mom, who was pregnant and had to watch her husband and other child burn to death because she didn't have the strength to remove the debris that was burying them.

Barefoot Gen was actually one of the first manga to ever be published in English &mdash a group of volunteers who called themselves Project Gen took it upon themselves to translate several volumes (there are ten total) in the 70s. Currently, there are eight volumes available in English through Last Gasp. I am looking forward to reading all of them because this is one of those manga that I never read as a kid, but have always wanted to.

Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa

Hi everyone! I'm new to this community, so I hope I do this right. :)

I'm selling a bunch of stuff to earn the cash to study abroad in japan, so feel free to check it out here!

Items for sale include:

English anime and manga (as well as a Japanese one)
A couple of wall scrolls
Lolita dress from MAM store in Harajuku
Some JE stuff
Video games

And so forth. :) Please take a look! Shipping info is included in the post. ♥ Thanks!

I already asked this in the vaginapagina community but I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask here too since I didn't get as much info as I'd hoped:

Does anyone know if there is any reputable evidence of the birth control pill (or any other HBC, I guess) permanently reducing one's sex drive?

**edit**...I should have said "permanently reduce one's sex drive, even AFTER getting off of the pill."

Thanks ladies!

Visiting my best boy friend and so I get to make him bentos for work three days a week. So, here are the ones I have remembered to take pictures of since last Monday (well Tuesday, really, I forgot to take pictures the first day).


Close up of side bento
Pepper strips
ranch dressing
pretzel sticks
peach jello cup
strawberries
blueberries

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I've been wondering for ages about how to get that soft, peachy, almost old fashioned look in photos... anyone willing to share the secret? Example below the cut.
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hello everyone!
im in desperate need of buying the SPR pink sweater bou wore for the wagamama koushinkyoku vid
if anyone is willing to sell it or knows where i could find it, please let me know!!
thank you!!

Has anyone out there done this? I want to make a dress form and would like to give this a try. Have people tried it? Good results? Scary results? 

http://www.burdastyle.com/howtos/show/33

http://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr/makingem/DuctDummy.htm

http://sewing.patternreview.com/cgi-bin/showdigest.pl?id=1017

Let me know! And I'll keep you posted. Where did I put that duct tape?

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ICanHasCheezburger/~3/bpdar1BWkSs/

http://icanhascheezburger.com/?p=167462

   After a recent (and first) pregnancy that ended in miscarriage, I have now had my second cycle, and am trying to figure out when I might ovulate. I know all the technical stuff, but due to PCOS I don't know how messed up my cycles truly are. I had been on the Pill from 2003 until this past March, so I've really lost touch with my "natural" cycle. I do recall that before I ever went on the Pill that I would often get that slippery, sticky discharge that they often associate with ovulation about mid-cycle, but I cannot tell you that I remember experiencing it every month. I've been menstruating since I was 11, and my cycle never "evened out," as my mother original told me it would, though I have never gone more than one month without getting a period, so I know I am luckier than some suffering from pcos who may go 6 months or more without a cycle.
   Back to my actual question, has anyone ever used those ovulation tests? And, more specifically, the really cheap ones you can get at the dollar stores? I have heard women on several comms(esp while I was still pregnant) mentioning how now a days the dollar store pregnancy tests are pretty much reliable, and I did take 2 after the more "expensive" test when I first found out I was pregnant, just to make sure, so I know they do work. Just not sure about the ovulation tests. I bought a handful, just to see what would happen. right now, this is the situation:
   At the very end of June, I started experiencing a little cramping and some pretty heavy moodiness. By July 3rd and 4th I had some light spotting, and by the 5th I had bleeding, lasting about 4 days. The previous month was almost the exact same thing: cramping for a bout a week before, spotting, and then hardcore bleeding on the 5th of the month! So I really am not 100% sure as to what day was actually the first day of my cycle. Does the spotting count at all? Or is it only when the bleeding warrants needing a pad or tampon or other protection that you count it as your period?
   So anyway this afternoon I tried one of the cheap ovulation tests, and it came out as having detected an "LH surge." The control line and the test line were the exact same shade. What is the possibilty of this being reliable? the test says that if it comes out positive, to try to conceive one should have sex 24 hours AFTER the test but BEFORE 48 hours, so as not to miss ovulation. to me I thought perhaps it wold be a bit early to get a positive result, but having the pcos I guess there is no way for me to tell. Could be early, late, or not at all. If I count the beginning of the spotting as the beginning of my period, and that it "predicts" I will be fertile somewhere around tomorrow, that would be about 12 days into a cycle.
   I am really trying not to go crazy about the whole conception idea, just trying to "let things happen" but also trying to keep a heads-up on the situation, as after having an unexpected pregnancy and miscarriage I am a little on the nervous side altogether. Should I just take the tests for curiosity's sake and just jump my husband as often and whenever I feel the need to? I do also feel some mild ache, like a very mild cramp, and I am wondering if that may indeed have any connection to impending ovulation. I feel like my body is slightly foreign to me, after having been on bcp so long! I know lots of women have slight spotting with ovulation, but I really don't ever remember that happening to me, I just remember the change in discharge, how it would be so sticky and slippery that it would web between my fingers. Maybe that is the most reliable thing for me to look for as far as trying to conceive?
  Sorry if I sound like a 32 year old dummy, I just feel so overwhelmed these days. I never thought this would all happen to me. Thanks for any info you can offer.

mainly 22W 24W 2X 3X couple of accessories pic heavy

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Hi, I posted a few months back asking about the placement of this pen drawing I did:



I'm here again asking for your opinion about this:



They both symbolize the same thing for me. I just wanted your opinion on which one you like.

Thanks!