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eastsidecleveland-deactivated20

Reblog if you're a Black Girl with Natural Hair!

kittyfreakanababy

It’s under my weave…does that count?

bunnymarie526

It does :)

kirby-does-his-taxes

Literally no??

bunnymarie526

Um, yes. It’s UNDER her weave. It’s not like she sewed the shit into her scalp. You can hop off my post.

I won a free pizza. I’m happy.

The real MVP

THESE ARE FRIENDS

Goals

My favorite #growingupblack tweets

alexbelvocal

Oh my god! Are y'all Haitians 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

alternativeblkgal

I’m not but I relate to literally all of these 😂

humbledhoney

😂😂😭

strivingking-deactivated2015122

#GrowingUpBlack

When you were little and your mother or auntie gave you and your cousins a complete rundown at breakfast like

Them: “After yall eat that cereal, I want yall to take yall asses outside, don’t bother me, don’t come back in here asking for money, im giving yall each 5 dollars for the ice cream truck, I don’t wanna see yall until 5 o clock, Yall WILL NOT get on my nerves today on my day off, If yall come back in this house, one of yall betta have a broken foot, missing eye or SOMETHING”

Do yall understand me?!

Yall ( looking at each other because it’s only 8 am):

kaiiwooo-deactivated20180323

😂

jjsinterlude

😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭

be-blackstar

Y'all got $5 for the ice cream truck? Each?!

liposucction-deactivated2017102

If a black woman perms her hair she is still made fun of

If she keeps it at a natural state she is still made fun of

this is so fucking disrespectful

laurenmichelle310

are you fucking serious

cookiemazle

She got compared with a dog 😒😒 if that’s not direct disrespect

onlyblackgirl

Why is that even a section? “Does you animal look like a celebrity”

bantugal

this is disgusting

mama-dae

The hate that the media has for Solange is down right disrespectful. Let her live!!! If I said something about a white person looking like a mutt and told them their hair is basic as shit, that would be looked at negatively as though I’m trying to put the person down….but this here is something to put in a magazine? I can’t stand this mess

What pro-anas won’t tell you

That you are petrified by the idea of eating in public ever.

#wpawtu

yetanotherrunner

the-exercist

Passing out?

That’s really dangerous. Fainting can cause you to hit your head, sprain your wrists or ankles, have a stroke, or even go into cardiac arrest. Especially if a feeling of faintness comes over you quickly, you need to stop and get yourself checked out. Fainting is potentially a sign that you are experiencing a significant medical problem. Do not push yourself through dizziness or faintness, especially if you are handling weight equipment or using an exercise machine. You could not only do damage to your own body, but to those around you.

Not bring able to breath?

You need to stop immediately. I’m sure that I don’t have to explain this to you, but breathing is an important part of staying alive. If you can’t catch your breath and are having difficulty breathing, that means that something is very wrong. Take a break, relax, and do your best to take slow and controlled breaths. If rest does not improve the situation, then call for help.

Feeling the pain?

Pain is a sign of injury and severe strain. If something hurts, you need to stop and evaluate: your posture, your form, the safety measures that you are practicing, whether you are pushing your body beyond its limits, whether you are injured, and whether you are purposely putting yourself into a position where you will get injured. Deliberating provoking a feeling of pain is a form of self-harm - If you find that pain has become a necessary part of your workout, then it is time to seek counselling about your behavior.

Not being strong enough to finish?

Recognize that you don’t always have to finish. You are under no obligation to fulfill an arbitrary standard that has been set before you. You can’t complete the workout? Then don’t. Do what you feel comfortable doing and don’t feel shamed or pressured into pushing yourself beyond your abilities. If you aren’t strong enough, then admitting your limits will help you plan out a responsible and safe workout routine.

Are you afraid of the competition?

Remember that you are only competing against yourself. You’re not here to show off or have an audience. Once you start comparing yourself to other people and becoming afraid of how they may react, it may be time to step back and reevaluate your routine. You should be having fun and enjoying exercise simply for its own sake! If the pressure of workout out in public becomes to much, then seek out some alternatives.

Don’t be fearless - Be smart, be safe, be comfortable and be as confident as you want to be.

Being fearless is going to get you hurt. Instead, be honest about your limitations and don’t be afraid to modify a workout according to your needs. Never feel sorry for setting your own standards instead of trying to live up to someone else’s.

fitblrholics

If you look at the ingredients list and it’s a bunch of words you don’t even know… neither does your body (x)

the-exercist

Just like if you break apples and grapefruit down into their chemical components, I’m willing to bet that most people wouldn’t recognize the “ingredients” either. It’s a bunch of words you don’t even know:

Don’t use these scare tactics - Chemicals aren’t inherently bad. Literally everything is made up chemicals. Trust me, your body knows what niacin is. It knows how to digest fructose and calcium sulfate. Even if you only consume the most basic and “real” foods that are pulled directly off the vine, you’re still ingesting a series of chemical compounds that you probably can’t pronounce. That’s okay.

deedeethornberry-blog

Despite that, there’s a difference between eating natural chemicals and artificially produced chemicals and you can’t really dispute that natural ingredients are better for you

the-exercist

Yes I can.

Arsenic is a naturally occurring element that is present within many whole foods, yet it can kill you if ingested in significant doses. Poison ivy is natural, but it sure gives people a nasty rash. Peanuts are natural, but a solid percentage of the population is deathly allergic to them. Asparagus berries can make you incredibly sick. Even just looking at the example given in the first post, we have to consider apple seeds - They contain a small amount of amygdalin, which is a cyanogenic glycoside. It is very possible to eat enough seeds to cause a fatal overdose.

Compare it to artificial chemicals like the fluoride complex that is added into many water systems in order to prevent tooth decay. When we drink water, it’s presence is a huge benefit to the population. By the time you drink enough for the dose to hurt you, you’d already have experienced water poisoning. There’s also d-ascorbic acid, a synthetic version of vitamin C that works as an antioxidant. Don’t forget about iodized salt, which works to prevent iodine deficiencies (which effects roughly two billion people around the world and is currently the leading preventable cause of intellectual and developmental disabilities). From the first post’s example, enriched flour is the first cereal ingredient listed: This allows the consumer to get a serving of niacin, iron, folic acid and thiamin. These vitamins are a necessary part of a daily balanced diet, but if we only stuck with naturally produced foods, the average consumer would miss out on the full amount needed. This is called food fortification and it allows many people (especially those under the poverty line) to consume all their daily vitamins and minerals without overextending themselves and their budget.

At the end of the day:

——-> “Natural” does not inherently mean “healthy” or “good.”

——-> “Artificial” does not inherently mean “bad.”

No one here is arguing that the above posted breakfast cereal is inherently and always going to be “better” for you than an apple. That would be ridiculous. But it’s also silly to say that an apple is automatically better just because it isn’t man made (which most sort of are, considering the history of orchard cultivation and grafting, but that’s for another post). What I’m saying here is that this “Chemicals are bad! Natural is good!” method of thinking is such a simplistic and dumbed-down way of looking at food. Don’t label foods as good or bad for everyone just because your eyes glaze over at any ingredient list longer than two syllables.

Use technology and medical advances to your advantage! You don’t have to blindly eat what you find in nature anymore. We’re beyond that stage of civilization - Don’t let science frighten you.

betterbemeta

And to go even further with the “some people are inherently allergic to peanuts” stuff, by erasing everything we have learned about foods like their chemical composition, people are at risk. Not just for death, but for quality of life— My girlfriend has a fructose malabsorbtion problem and some fruits and vegetables make her ill. However, she CAN eat these foods to some capacity: in some cases, cooking can break down the fructose into glucose enough to tip the threshold for where she gets sick. In other cases, she can eat them if she eats an equal amount of other food.

But if she doesn’t know what’s in each food she eats, she is at risk of getting sick— even for days afterward. What are the most common culprits? Not high-fructose corn syrup, which is almost always clearly marked on our handy Nutrition Facts.

It’s unmarked fruit juice, sometimes listed under “natural flavors” or “fruit sugar” or “natural sweetening” as a sweetener in items that proudly proclaim “All-natural!” or “Chemical-free!”

Another culprit is sometimes honey, which actually has nearly the same composition as high-fructose corn syrup. Maple sugar can be risky as well.

By not identifying that these things are in fact made of molecules, which have effects on the human body, harm is done to real people. All for the fantasy that things produced by a plant or a bee are magically better or aren’t made of matter or something else inane.

weareallmixedup

Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle (author) Rafael López (illustrator) [2015] Ninja! by Arree Chung [2014] Oh, Oh, Baby Boy! by Janine Macbeth [2013] * See my review * My Amazing Day by Karen Fisher-Golton (author), Lori A. Cheung (photographer), Elizabeth Iwamiya (designer) [2013] * See my review * You Were the First by Patricia MacLachlan (author), Stephanie Graegin (illustrator) [2013] The Favorite Daughter by Allen Say [2013] I Am the World by Charles R. Smith Jr. [2013] I am Flippish! by Leslie V. Ryan [2011] Ladder to the Moon by Maya Soetoro-Ng (author), Yuyi Morales (illustrator) [2011] Karate Hour by Carol Nevius (author), Bill Thomson (illustrator) [2011] Chinese and English Nursery Rhymes by Faye-Lynn Wu (author), Kieren Dutcher (illustrator) [2010] Adventures of Riley: Dolphins In Danger by Amanda Lumry & Laura Hurwitz (authors), Sarah McIntyre (illustrator) [2009] Sun and Rain: Exploring Seasons in Hawaii by Stephanie Feeney [2007] Cooper’s Lesson by Sun Yung Shin (author), Kim Cogan (illustrator), Min Paek (translator) [2004] The Way We Do It in Japan by Geneva Cobb Iijima (author), Paige Billin-Frye (illustrator) [2002] Two Mrs. Gibsons by Toyomi Igus (author), Daryl Wells (illustrator) [2001] Grandfather Counts by Andrea Cheng (author), Ange Cheng (illustrator) [2001] Yoshiko and the Foreigner by Mimi Otey-Little [1996] Thanksgiving at Obaachan’s by Janet Mitsui Brown [1994] The Dancer La Bailarina by Fred Burstein (author), Joan Auclair (illustrator) [1993] How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina R. Freidman (author), Allen Say (illustrator) [1987] Hawaii is a Rainbow by Stephanie Feeney (author), Jeff Reese (photographer) [1980]

gymaaholic

Yesterday I did a full body workout that basically left my whole body sore today. What do you recommend for dealing with day after soreness?

Keep calm and let the gains begin.

Feeling sore is the best feeling you will ever get. Eat food, drink water, sit back and enjoy the show.

Or do some stretching, it’s highly recommended.

Visit our website -> http://www.gymaholic.co/

acidicangels

the-exercist

I blocked gymaaholic long ago, I recommend that you all do the same.

Soreness has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not a workout was effective. It is completely unrelated to “gains.” Your muscles can get stronger and more powerful without ever feeling sore.

Always remember that it isn’t necessary to put yourself through any pain or discomfort in the name of fitness. Soreness is not the same thing as progress.

—-> If you are constantly pursuing pain and/or soreness as a kind of fitness validation, then you are engaging in a form of self-harm. Seriously. It is not healthy to deliberately provoke a feeling of pain. Please re-evaluate your fitness mentality and ask why you want soreness so much. If you just view it as a sign that your workout was legitimate, then it would benefit you to do some medical reading about how our bodies build muscle tissue. But if the feeling of soreness fulfills a more emotional need, then it’s very likely that you’re engaging in a harmful relationship with exercise. Working out isn’t a form of punishment - It should make you feel better, not worse.

But to answer my-one-love-is-music’s question: In order to prevent soreness in the future, there are lots of steps that you can take, click here for an entire post about this. But for now, since you’re already hurting, keep three main things in mind:

Compression can help with circulation and will play an important role in preventing inflammation. Massage and foam rolling are best for after a workout, but compression gear can help too.

Take a hot/cold shower. Alternating the temperature can increase your blood flow and prevent inflammation. Some people will take ice baths, but the effect can usually be replicated a bit more pleasantly in the shower.

Ibuprofen. When in pain, don’t feel bad about taking pain relievers. A light one, like ibuprofen, is going to cut down on inflammation and make soreness more bearable.

And if anyone would like to read up why soreness doesn’t mean progress and why the “No Pain, No Gain” mentality is a lie, check out these resources:

Manitoba Government Educational Pamphlet

School of Rehabilitation Sciences

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Sports Medicine

Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports

Journal of Experimental Biology

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

bunnymarie526

You don’t stretch when you’re sore. That’s like poking at a gunshot wound with a pocket-knife.

the-exercist

Aggressively-friendly reminder that it will soon be the time of year when gyms fill up with newcomers. If you contribute to an environment where they feel judged, ridiculed and unwelcome, then you are a big part of the reason why so many Resolutioners fail to continue exercising throughout the year.

I don’t care if they’re using your favorite squat rack.

I don’t care if you have to wait for a while before getting a treadmill.

I don’t care if you think that they socialize and rest more than they actually workout.

You don’t have to be buddy-buddy with every new face, but please stay courteous and respectful towards everyone. You could personally be the difference between whether they continue on this path of an active lifestyle or if they give up after 2 weeks.

bunnymarie526

Yes, this post is old and whatever, but it’s still hella important.