Hey y'all! Im Erica. I'm a varsity baskettball cheerleader for Chattahoochee High. (Go Cougars!) I like starbucks, rain (acually just water in general), shopping, going to movies, hanging out with friends, strawberries, the wind, summer vacation, and traveling! :D
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Do you think that giving your best friend a gift card is too impersonal?
Because the thing is even though we are really close I have no clue what to give her. Then any time I ask what she wants she just says, 'Whatever you know what I like.' And infact I do know what she likes but she seems to already have everything.
So is a gift card really something you could give a best friend?
♥ Thanks.
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a gift card is a good way to let them pick out what they want. because there's always a chance they won't like what you buy, so its alot easier, and can sometimes show you care more because you want to give them the chance to get what they want. :)
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I love my boyfriend to death but lately he's kinda I don't know how to say it. He's got this little mustache thingy and his hair needs cut and he doesn't wear cologne. How can I tell him about this without hurting him? (link)
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you don't even need to tell him. you can just do little things that will give him the hint. for example, (i did these things, but not for the same reason as you because my boyfriend likes to look clean/fresh) for x-mas or his birthday, buy him some cologne, he'll realize you like it and will wear it, at least when he's around you. and what i did once, not because he was getting a little scruffy but because he had missed a few hairs when he shaved, is i plucked it. just be like "hold still a sec, you have a hair that's really long" and just grab and yank it. it'll hurt him a little and maybe he'll take the hint. :)
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is it true that if you work out with layers of clothing on like sweatpants and sweatshirt that you'll lose more weight?
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yeah, because you'll loose more water by sweating alot. however once u take a drink, all the water-weight will come back. working out with layers of clothing only dehydrates you. :)
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okay i i dont really eat im kinda anorexic and now i havent been getting my period...is this bad? i am still a virgin so im not pregnant. I had it lightly like 3 months ago and its usually really heavy and now i just dont have it at all.. im really scared. i dont want to tell my mom because she doesnt know that i dont eat ((they dont really pay much attention to what i do)) but what in the world do i do!?! (link)
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you are (believe it or not) too skinny. BE CAREFUL. if you don't get your period soon, you may not be able to have kids when you get older because it kills your eggs. you could also have a heart attack because your body will start to eat your muscles (including your heart) in order to get the nutrients it needs. tell your mom. you need to get help, maybe see a weight therapist or nutritionalist. anorexia is so dangerous, but i'm sure you already know that. please be careful. :)
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okay i have cut myself in the past and kinda still do...i am anorexic and get upset easily...when my mom found out i was cutting she said "Dont be a stupid f***"...and i asked to see a therapist and she said i dont need to..she jus doesnt understand...i dont know what to do...i am so anorexic ive lost my period and i am starting to cut again ((along with suicide poems)) and i obviously cant ask her...school counselours dont work..i've tried..please help! (link)
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first off, anorexia is a bi*** im not gonna be one of those people who says "oh its so dangerous, don't do that" because that never helps anything.
im not sure how old you are, but if you can drive, or get someone to drive you to a doctor, that would probably be the best thing to do. i know my doctor. has told me if i ever need anything, from help to just someone to talk to about something, to call her. i dunno if you have that option, but it's worth a try.
try putting yourself around friends. spend as little time alone as is possible. i will assume your friends at least know you're anorexic (as it gets kind of hard to hide) and im sure if you ask them to hang out, they will do what they can.
also, i'm not sure if you can talk to your dad, but if it's an option, try it. it can't hurt. or any other family. aunts, uncles, grandparents. they all love you and want you to recover.
it's good that you're trying to seek help, its a big step in the right direction. i hope i helped some. if you ever need someone to talk to, feel free to drop a message in my inbox. :)
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How does anorexia harm you or your body? I know pukeing will stain your teeth but what else?? cuz if thats it, then whats the harm right? (link)
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Anorexia is when you starve yourself. its dangerous because of the weight loss involved. girl's who are underweight loose their period, and therefore might loose their ability to have kids later on in life, and if enough weight is lost, there is a great risk of heart-attacks because once there is no body-fat to eat, your body starts going after muscle and as your heart is a muscle, your body will start eating it to compensate for the lack of caloric intake. many other illnesses also go along with anorexia, including depression, anemia (lack of iron in red blood cells), dehydration, malnutrition, osteoporosis, and many others.
anorexia is also hard because it's so hard to recover from because its as much a mental disease as a physical one and so as long as one wants to loose weight, they will most likely not try to recover from anorexia. :)
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hey all.. i have a quick question about anorexic girls. how come they eat so little and burn so many calories but their boobs dont get smaller? i'm on a diet now nad it's safe and healthy and i'm loosing about 1/2 a pound a week and it seems my boobs are getting smaller! any way i can prevent it? why doesn't it happen to them? (link)
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fyi, it does happen to them. anytime you loose any ammount of weight, it comes off your boobs because they are mostly made up of fat. you may not notice it on them because they may have implants (some girls with eating disorders at my school do) but how would you be able to really tell if their boobs were getting smaller. im sure people don't notice that they're shrinking like you do, because they are yours. :)
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How does anorexia and bulimia relate to psychology? (link)
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both are related with mental images of ur body that may or may not be true. i can't really tell you anything about bulimia besides the obveous, but anorexia is when someone sees themself as overweight, even though so many are severely underweight. they trick their mind's into thinking they are fat and worry about every calorie taken in. some are paranoid, thinking everyone is judging them/sizing them up and seeing if they are skinny enough (which anorexics attribute to being acceptable as a person) it relates to psychology because anorexia is mostly a mental illness that leads into or causes the physical illness. :)
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ok well i always feel like i'm getting fat in my legs and i know i'm not but i feel it and the only work-out that i get is from cheerleading and besides that i'm eating like crazyy well not fruit i should say and i always think about going anerxioc and i even try but then i feel sick and about to throw up and so do you have any tips to get me motivated to work out and stop eating junk food and start eating healthy...or any like sites to help me loose weight or at least become skinny b/c all my friends are like really tiny or at least l0 pounds lighter and everytime we liek do piggy back rides or something i'm never the one being picked up b/c i weigh 90 pounds and i just feel like i need to lock myself up someplace and not eat...i'll rate 5's for any answer!! please help me b/c i'm going to start to not eat so help me quick!! please (link)
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first off, don't even consider anorexia. its not healthy and will mess up alot of things in your life, including that you would probably be kicked off your cheerleading squad if it got severe.
before eating just think about what you're going to eat, and how you're going to feel afterwards. if it's something really greasy, or with lots of sugar or calories, you'll probably feel gross and dirty afterwards, so it's better to just steer clear. have your mom buy you low-fat snacks, and alot of different fruits, that way when you're hungry, or just feel like snacking, there are healthy alternatives. :)
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i`ve been dating my boyfriend for about 6 months and we dated last year for a few months. But i dont know if i can trust him anymore though. he hasnt done anything i just dont have the same secure feeling that i can trust him. (link)
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try talking to him. it may be that y'all are just growing distant. and that happens, sadly. i don't know y'alls specific circumstances but i know i had a while where i didn't really tell my boyfriend anything because we'd always talk late at night and i didnt want to get into something and then have one of us have to go to bed before the conversation was done but it wasn't that i couldnt trust him, it was that there just wasnt the time. could that be the case maybe? the best thing you can do is talk to him about it and see if that helps you figure anything out. :)
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I have to sing on Sun. I don't want anything to go bad but it feels like a cold or sumthin comin' on, can someone tell me what I can do so that I can prevent it. THank u
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something my teacher reccommended to me this year when i was getting sick was "air-borne" it was invented by some teacher who was tired of getting sick everytime one of her students did. my teacher swears by it so it might be worth a try? :)
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what does it mean if u dont have a period for more that a month or 2? u think its serius? (link)
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it could mean many things. if you are underweight, you can loose your period. you didnt say that youve had sex, but if you have then you could be pregnant. or if your young and have only had your period a few times, it could just be irregular and sporatic, with no real schedule. :)
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Okay,so i have dark circles under my eye,and i think i'd be so mmuch prettier with out it.how much sleep should a 13 year old get a day? i'm trying to sleep on time,but you know how it is..=/.Besides any kind of make up to cover it (my school has bad lighting so you can see all cover up..it sucks =O)how can i get them away as fast as possible?Do YOU know any products that are to treat this? =),please,any tips are much appriciated.
p.s - i rate to 5s :D
--As truely as always,
Fighting the dark cirles (link)
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contrary to popular belief, dark circles don't come from lack of sleep. they're genetic and are caused by tiny capilaries that deposit blood under your eye, where the blood turns a deep purple. it has something to do with oxidation.
to hide them, try getting a light, not heavy, liquid makeup (i use clinique almost-makeup it's usually around $20 for a tube) and just apply it using a make-up sponge to help it blend. :)
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Cristmas is coming up soon and i have no clue what to get my gf so i was wondering if anyone had any ideas? (link)
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if y'all have been going out for a while, or if y'all really love it each other than something im sure would make her so happy would be a promise ring.
if y'all aren't really serious though then, if y'all have build-a-bear factories, it would be cute to make one and put a sound clip in there with you saying something sweet to her.
another thing you could do is make her a no-sew blankett. just buy 2 pieces of felt, lay them on top of each other and make a cut every inch and then tie the top and bottom together.
:)
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Ok well when iwas 5 i had a habit of biting my nails off. And now at 13, i have a habit or picking my ifingers like picking the skin off and making it bleed arround the cuticle and stuff. I know its gross. Whaever i do, hold suimthin on hit my hand, i cant stop ive tried everything please help (link)
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don't worry...i do that too if im really stressed out or nervous. one thing that helps me is to paint my nails, cuz then they look all pretty and i don't want to mess them up. but it also helps because if u need to pick at something, you can just pick off the nailpolish and not at your cuticles. :)
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what are those bikini things cheerleaders wear under their skirts? ever since bring it on came out i've called them spankies but what is the real name? (link)
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they're bloomers. and they prevent people seeing our underwear when we're doing jumps, stunts, or tumbling. :)
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Ok I don't really get this so could someone please explain to me how to do it thanks...
Rewrite the equation in slop-intercept form.
y-3=-2(x+1)
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slope-intercept form is y=mx+b where m is the slope and b is the y intercept. to change this problem into slope-intercept form:
distribute the -2 to the x and the +1
then you have y-3=-2x-2
add three to both sides to get y by itself.
y=-2x+1
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I didnt know what this went under but any ways i have like stretch marks on the sides of my boobs and there not that visible but is this normal? and if so will they go away? and if not is there anything i can do to get rid of them? thanks so much ill rate 5's for any good advice (link)
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perfectly normal. its because they grew faster than the skin could expand. try cocoa butter to make them go away/minimize appearance. :)
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I have a problem. I cannot seem to stop eating. I at times have control over what I eat, but on the weekends when I have time on my hands, I eat a lot. Today, I said to myself that I would not eat a whole bunch and I did anyway. I am not sure what is causing me to do this, but I could use some tips to stop stuffing my face all of the time. It will start when I am hungry, but then I don't stop after I am satisfied.
AHHHH!
I rate high for good advice.
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believe it or not, you seem to have an eating disorder called compulsive overeating. some good things you can do to control it is don't eat chips or anything of that nature out of the package. serve yourself the reccomended serving size and put it in a bowl or on a plate or something and when you're done, stop eating and walk away. if you need ideas on things to do in your free time to prevent you eating alot, exercise, go shopping, hang out with friends, but don't do anything that involves food. :)
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do you think im a nerd b/c im on the middle school orchestra? be honest...i wont get mad if you say yes...im just curious (link)
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not at all. im a junior in high school and i'm still in orchestra. and i'm white. lol. but i'm also a varsity cheerleader. orchestra is something that im guessing you like to do and while it does seem pretty dumb and nerdy in middle school, once you get into high school it gets alot better. my orchestra does trips every year. i also lettered in orchestra (got a letter for the lettermans jacket) and when people see that its for orchestra they think it's pretty cool. plus it's proven that people who play in instrument are smarter and have, on average, higher SAT scores. so no, definetly not nerdy. :)
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