April 2011
225 posts
“[Today], every girl is expected to have: Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips,...”
– Tina Fey, Bossypants
I <3 Tina Fey. She grew up in the same county I did and she’s not a failure!
NSV
Today I am wearing a form-fitting t-shirt that used to terrify me. Not much has changed about me - the real difference is in how I see myself. I’m not worried about all the little lumps and bumps. So what? It captures my curves. It’s a great color for me. My shape is a work in progress, constantly changing, with many changes still to come, but right now, today, I am beautiful.
sabotage
rippedfuel:
Let me get this out there
- you DO know how to eat
- You DO know whats bad for you
- You DONT need rules and challenges to get you there
- You DO know that working out for 3 hours a day 6 days a week is pointless
- You DO know that starving yourself is stupid
What I am talking about is people who write tons and tons and tons of messages, who write so much shit about what to eat...
I want a job that's more than a paycheck.
I don’t want to spend the next forty years converting time into money.
In no way related to health or fitness
I am so excited right now, I am just about dancing for joy! One of my best friends has been accepted into Trinity Dublin’s graduate program!!!! He’s seriously one of the coolest people I have ever met (and perhaps the only person I’ve ever met who genuinely enjoys reading James Joyce) and he wants to be a literature professor and he got in!!!! I am not normally one for...
“I attribute my success to this: I never took or gave any excuse.”
– Florence Nightingale
Weight Loss Mythbuster #11
happyhealthyhopeful:
The only thing that takes it off and keeps it off? Hard work, healthy habits and a positive attitude. Not a super low cal diet. Not ‘magic foods’. Not weight loss chemicals. Not fasting. Not purging. Not wishing for it- doing it.
NSV: Tot-taming edition.
I am heading to the gym for my long run. I really,really don’t want to go but I’m not giving in to my inner five-year-old.
@fitnewme: my long runs are short and slow. 3.5 miles in 45 minutes.
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“The Iron is the best antidepressant I have ever found. There is no better way to...”
– Henry Rollins (via rippedfuel)
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ravengetshealthy asked: have you ever been stung by a bee?
turbogirl asked: What are the goals you're trying to reach right now and how are they coming along?
lazydieterwrites replied to your post: Oh, so you’re reading the idiocy going on at boostyourselfesteem too? Awesome. Question - do you rollerblade? I’m getting my first lesson today. AM I GONNA DIE? My beautiful beau bought me wrist guards, and pads. LOL. And I have a helmet. :B
b-b-but I don’t have ass padding. I have knee, elbow, and wrist guards.
Honey you are human, ergo, there is a 95%...
loveyourcareer asked: Just add favourite to your spell check dictionary! Then you'll have a little piece of the UK in your computer.
myloveformyweakness asked: If you're in a hurry in the evening, what would be the best choice for dinner? What's your favorite (lets say on a normal evening at home)?
sarcasmis0calories asked: Oh, so you're reading the idiocy going on at boostyourselfesteem too? Awesome.
Question - do you rollerblade? I'm getting my first lesson today. AM I GONNA DIE?
My beautiful beau bought me wrist guards, and pads. LOL. And I have a helmet. :B
Question - do you rollerblade? I'm getting my first lesson today. AM I GONNA DIE?
My beautiful beau bought me wrist guards, and pads. LOL. And I have a helmet. :B
little-miss-eve asked: Hello!
Favourite sport?
Favourite fruit?
Favoutite vegetable?
Favourite breakfast?
Favourite outfit?
Favourite shop?
Have a fabulous day! xx
Favourite sport?
Favourite fruit?
Favoutite vegetable?
Favourite breakfast?
Favourite outfit?
Favourite shop?
Have a fabulous day! xx
Ask me stuff!
Pleeeeeeeeease?
operationhealthy asked: Thank you...I just wish I didn't have a double chin :( you're right though...I shouldn't trash myself.
“Getting to your goal weight will not automatically make your life better. It...”
– Healthy way for healthy weigh!: Weight Loss Mythbuster #10
NY Times: One Size Fits Nobody →
I am SICK of arbitrary sizing. I would honestly rather see my measurements than a random number and words like “petite.”
I am just not having a good day. I still feel sick from yesterday. You know how you read about the thermogenic effects of food? Never used to be an issue for me. Then I ate my whole day in a single meal last night and I feel like I’ve had a fever since about 6. No actual fever, I’m just uncomfortably warm. And then this morning I walk into a bad situation at work… basically...
I want a hula hoop for Christmas! →
Ok, not for Christmas. Sooner than that. This just looks like fun, and I’ve heard it’s a really good workout.
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Confession
I am writing this from my spankin’ new Droid phone. I’m a wee bit obsessed right now. Living with my parents is not kittens and roses but his does have some perks.
Goal rewards! →
Oh my goodness, and this is my ultimate goal weight reward!
walshcaitlin replied to your post: Weekly mileage summary
Run Anne Run! I’m envious because I never learned how to breathe, and always get a stitch in the side. If I keep it up it turns into a cramp. I use the elliptical/bike for cardio instead.
Best as I can figure, you need to work to breathe slowly and evenly. Inhale three steps, exhale three steps, and as I work harder it gets down to...
Hammer your weakness
rippedfuel:
Jet Li sucked at Martial Arts when he was a kid. Totally sucked. But its often those who dont care about where the may lay in the scheme of things and - with a great spirit - pursue it anyway that try harder and dont let ‘failures’ get in the way of waking up the next day and trying again. They constantly grow and learn and evolve because they have to. They are not naturally gifted...
Weekly mileage summary
This was my first week on a real running schedule that wasn’t Couch to 5K. I still can’t believe I finished it. But. Here we go.
Monday - Hill runs. My dad lost his job recently so he puppy-faced me into coming home and going to the park instead of the gym. 2.7 miles, 55:00, 2.9 mph.
Wednesday - Long run. 3.5 miles, 43:13, 4.8 mph. (Almost two minutes under my goal time!)
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doktorwer asked: If I wasn't freaking out before, I kinda am now. Just breached the month mark. I've tried to live my last semester to the fullest and gonna plug along. But do you have any advice?
just to be clear.
lazydieterwrites:
You all know that eating a shit ton on a Friday will NOT change the number on the scale on Saturday… Or even Sunday. Right? You have a 2-3 day window for calories to show up as poundage. And, chances are, if you’ve been eating at a deficit ALL WEEK, and you slip up one day, you won’t see any gain at all. Just less of a loss. (maybe)
There’s only the possibility of water...
Google Android Releases Dog Fighting App →
iwantfit:
Fucking disgusting.
I’m generally not a fan of censorship, but this is not ok. It’s essentially encouraging people to practice for participation in an illegal and immoral activity. If you care about this issue, please, click the link and follow the activism steps suggested.
wannakickit asked: Hey thurr, you mentioned smoking in a post today- I need help quitting! It's really hard because my roommate smokes and even if I tell her I am trying to quit and that I don't want to smoke, she will knock on my door and invite me out to smoke every time she does. Anytime I'm grumpy or in low-spirits I give in because it's right in front of my nose. What advice do you have?
I’m really glad I went to the gym today, but man it was tough to get there. I have a stomach condition that is triggered by stress, and as you might have gathered from certain now-deleted posts, this has been a fairly stressful week for me. I ate a normal lunch, but normal lunch was enough to trigger a gastro episode - not fun. Basically, if I eat, I need to sleep it off after. I took a...
Strength trumps Skinny on the impressive scale
This is some brilliance right here.
bodytribal:
My journey within the flotsam of the internet has been limited in recent years. I avoided all but heavily moderated forums for a while, due to the WWW.com laws of the Dumbest Now Have Volume. Dialog is an art, with few artists left in the world, or at least they’re drowned out by the chaos realized in New Model Army lyrics:
This golden age of...
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“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and...”
– Colin Powell (via fitnessfirstaz)
house of bones.: fat acceptance and losing weight,... →
houseofbones:
The fitblr universe is a weird space to occupy.
I have daily (hourly) difficulties justifying my Fat Acceptance attitude and my personal weight loss. I also have a hard time reading absolutely horrifying rhetoric and hatred (usually self-directed) that occurs in the blogs I follow.
Click through, read more.
getganked asked: I just wanted to say that the regular Women's Health magazine is pretty useless, but there's like a 200-300 page one that has zero ads. I may get the page number wrong, but my friend got the men's health one and it's pretty legit. I have yet to ask him where to get it, he just told me that he had to order it and it's around $12CAD. I don't know if that's the one...
mfit-deactivated20110911 asked: I COMPLETELY agree - I was subscribing to Women's Health for awhile in hopes that it would be less....I don't know how to put it....full of crap?
But even they started adding more and more ridiculous articles.
I'm so fed up with EVERYTHING! I enjoy reading books and all, but sometimes I like to just browse through a magazine with a variety of...
But even they started adding more and more ridiculous articles.
I'm so fed up with EVERYTHING! I enjoy reading books and all, but sometimes I like to just browse through a magazine with a variety of...
