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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description></description><title>Honest Convictions</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @ameliorant)</generator><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>May 12, 2013
135 Pounds</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f6a82f5be40f051f98d8a7a71daca154/tumblr_mmpqtecxOI1rcxfu4o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;May 12, 2013&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;135 Pounds&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/50307475140</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/50307475140</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 21:29:38 -0400</pubDate><category>Progress</category></item><item><title>Renewing My Journey</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I know I failed in some aspects.  But this time, I plan to do it right.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I managed to move out though!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#8217;s progress, right?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And that&amp;#8217;s what I wanted: Progress.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/50307241985</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/50307241985</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 21:26:44 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>May 12, 2013
135 Pounds</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e7cba85a80509254f128ec0279f9f3f5/tumblr_mmpqm6i1tM1rcxfu4o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;May 12, 2013&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;135 Pounds&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/50307129342</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/50307129342</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 21:25:17 -0400</pubDate><category>progress</category></item><item><title>Orientation for Sports Authority on Monday, 9AM.  WOOO!  GOT MYSELF A JOB!</title><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29582111686</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29582111686</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:31:36 -0400</pubDate><category>progress</category><category>positive thinking</category><category>Work</category></item><item><title>CALLING ALL FITBLRS!!!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thglw.tumblr.com/post/29315608242/calling-all-fitblrs"&gt;thglw&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Summer is quickly coming to an end and I am looking for people who plan to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;eat healthy&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;exercise regularly&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;post weight loss related pictures/articles/tips&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;make plenty of honest, personal posts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;stay positive&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;and encourage others&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;during the school year. If this is you, &lt;strong&gt;please reblog&lt;/strong&gt; so that I can check out your blog/follow you!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[[I mean I don&amp;#8217;t technically count since I&amp;#8217;m not in school but pff &amp;#8212; ]]&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29323830769</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29323830769</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 02:57:24 -0400</pubDate><category>positive thinking</category><category>Networking</category></item><item><title>INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK: Sports Authority and Charming Charlie</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I read the reviews for Charming Charlie on Glassdoor.  HORRIBLE.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SO!  I&amp;#8217;m just gonna go in for the Sports Authority one, hope I get the job, and if I do I&amp;#8217;ll cancel the (Group) interview for the next day.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29317524729</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29317524729</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:49:18 -0400</pubDate><category>Application Callbacks</category><category>Job Interviews</category></item><item><title>Taken with Instagram</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ofs5JgCm1rcxfu4o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Taken with &lt;a href="http://instagram.com"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29317162345</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29317162345</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:43:17 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Taken with Instagram</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ofr4taF81rcxfu4o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Taken with &lt;a href="http://instagram.com"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29317122517</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29317122517</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:42:40 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>live—love—fitness:

~Living Healthy, Happy, and...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8nt3pJZZc1ru34oko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://live--love--fitness.tumblr.com/post/29283903621/living-healthy-happy-and-strong"&gt;live—love—fitness&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;~Living Healthy, Happy, and Strong~&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29289047905</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29289047905</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:49:09 -0400</pubDate><category>positive thinking</category></item><item><title>Not pictured: I had carrot cake ice cream which has 19g of...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ml5kHrl91rcxfu4o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not pictured: I had carrot cake ice cream which has 19g of carbs.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29244382791</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29244382791</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:44:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Food</category><category>Diet</category><category>Progress</category><category>paleo diet</category></item><item><title>Breakfast (Lunch) of champions. Five thick sliced bacon strips...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8lwnrD0z01rcxfu4o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Breakfast (Lunch) of champions. Five thick sliced bacon strips and two scrambled eggs. I allowed the eggs to fry in the bacon fat. Maybe not the best idea…? (Taken with &lt;a href="http://instagram.com"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29211936629</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29211936629</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:55:00 -0400</pubDate><category>paleo diet</category><category>Paleo</category><category>Diet</category><category>Food</category><category>Lunch</category></item><item><title>Lunch: Steak with White Rice (Pictured)Dinner: Chicken drumstick...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ix1mBPVk1rcxfu4o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ix1mBPVk1rcxfu4o2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ix1mBPVk1rcxfu4o3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lunch:&lt;/strong&gt; Steak with White Rice (Pictured)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dinner:&lt;/strong&gt; Chicken drumstick and thigh&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29106515234</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29106515234</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 01:10:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Paleo Diet</category><category>Diet</category><category>Food</category><category>Progress</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ik1oG5ce1rcxfu4o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29087788077</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29087788077</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:29:47 -0400</pubDate><category>Food</category><category>Diet</category><category>Workout</category><category>Fashion</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8gydiiMTS1rcxfu4o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29029782356</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29029782356</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:44:06 -0400</pubDate><category>Diet</category><category>Paleo Diet</category><category>Why I Should Improve</category></item><item><title>HEIGHT: 5’2”WEIGHT: 141 lbs
Day 10 of working out...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ge6emXrG1rcxfu4o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ge6emXrG1rcxfu4o2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ge6emXrG1rcxfu4o3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ge6emXrG1rcxfu4o4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ge6emXrG1rcxfu4o5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HEIGHT:&lt;/strong&gt; 5’2”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WEIGHT:&lt;/strong&gt; 141 lbs&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Day &lt;strong&gt;10&lt;/strong&gt; of working out with &lt;strong&gt;5/10&lt;/strong&gt; completed circuits.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You know what?  This is okay.  I needed to know and see the facts for myself.  I needed to give myself a reality check and now that I know what’s up, I can finally start improving the way I was meant to improve.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OVERALL GOAL:&lt;/strong&gt; Look good for Julie’s wedding (May 2013)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MISSION:&lt;/strong&gt; Lose 15 lbs.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29000382731</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/29000382731</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:27:46 -0400</pubDate><category>Workout</category><category>Body Image</category><category>Why I Should Improve</category><category>NSFW</category></item><item><title>the-beauty-of-words-blog:

(via/follow The Beauty of Words...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8d5wh7CAq1rr6og1o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.thebeautyofwordsblog.com/post/28947344544/via-follow-the-beauty-of-words-blog"&gt;the-beauty-of-words-blog&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p class="gone"&gt;(via/&lt;strong&gt;follow&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://goo.gl/Av43o"&gt;The Beauty of Words Blog&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/28950061580</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/28950061580</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:49:01 -0400</pubDate><category>positive thinking</category></item><item><title>Unit Secretary @ West Suburban</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Category: Service Workers &lt;br/&gt;Facility: West Suburban Medical Center &lt;br/&gt;Department: Mother/Baby &lt;br/&gt;Schedule: Full-time Shift: 12 Hr. Shifts &lt;br/&gt;Hours: 7a-7:30p&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Job Details: The Unit Secretary is responsible for accurately and thoroughly performing general receptionist, secretarial and clerical duties on the assigned nursing unit. Demonstrates a welcoming and friendly attitude to all customers including patients, families, visitors, staff and physicians. The Unit Secretary facilitates a smooth, efficient patient care unit. This position requires a high school diploma or equivalent. One to three years of prior experience as a unit secretary preferred. Able to comprehend medical terminology. Ability to apply medical knowledge procedure and understand and act on technical information form supervisors, charts, reference books, procedural manual, etc.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/28843907567</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/28843907567</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:10:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Progress</category><category>Job Applications</category></item><item><title>Registrar @ West Suburban</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Category: Service Workers&lt;br/&gt;Facility: West Suburban Medical Center &lt;br/&gt;Department: Admitting &lt;br/&gt;Schedule: Registry &lt;br/&gt;Shift: Rotation &lt;br/&gt;Hours: 24 hrs Job &lt;br/&gt;Details: High school diploma or equivalent is required&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The registrar processes the registration for patients entering the organization through the emergency room, inpatient, and outpatient department. Introduces the patient to the registration environment, explains forms, completes required demographic information, collects deposits and payments.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Distributes and directs financial assistance application when applicable.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Serves as a liaison to the ER physician with regards to managed care admissions from the emergency department.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Maintains a high level of billing data quality and communicates with physicians and other departments effectively to minimize the hospital’s exposure to financial risk.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Completes pre-certification /insurance verification. Completes pre-registration in the hospital computer system. Verifies medical necessity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;High School diploma or equivalent. Previous related experience or hospital experience helpful. Ability to type a minimum of 30 words per minute.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/28843823697</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/28843823697</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:09:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Progress</category><category>Job Applications</category></item><item><title>GOT A CALL BACK FROM VON MAUR TODAY!  WOOP WOOP!</title><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/28843756574</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/28843756574</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:08:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Progress</category><category>Application Callbacks</category></item><item><title>Office Coordinator @ West Suburban</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Office Coordinator&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Category:Service Workers&lt;br/&gt;Facility:West Suburban Medical Center&lt;br/&gt;Department:Cancer Treatment Center&lt;br/&gt;Schedule:Full-time&lt;br/&gt;Shift:Day shift&lt;br/&gt;Hours:8:00am-4:30pm&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Job Details:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Under the guidance of the Director, the Office Coordinator acts as a liaison to all depts. of the hospital as well as external contacts including patients and staff.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Is primarily responsible for performing secretarial and office management duties related to the administration, coordination and development of all sections of the dept. including the daily processing of all data entry and data collection and ensures the processing of all daily, weekly, and monthly reports, invoices and statements as needed. Assignments may involve work of a confidential nature; position handles differing situations, problems, and deviations in the work of the office and seeks to maximize customer satisfaction.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The Office Coordinator uses initiative and makes decisions as needed to oversee the entire office management activities of the department, disseminating information and maintaining records  Candidates must have a high school diploma or equivalent.  Three years of secretarial experience is preferred.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/28805127339</link><guid>http://ameliorant.tumblr.com/post/28805127339</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:45:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Progress</category><category>Job Applications</category></item></channel></rss>
