Getting Fit, Forever

Body +. Powerlifter. New weightlifter. A 24 year-old college grad trying to find happiness. I'm using this blog to post about my life and anything else I see fit. This is a side blog, follows will be from harrystilesstilinski. HW: 223 / LW:185 / SW: 215 / GW1: 200 / CW: 205

[savethematches]

tumblr dont sleep on letterkenny

[little-sister-shotgun]

Honest to god I can’t understand anything any of them say.

[unorthodoxchronicles]

It’s two gay guys using hockey terms to catcall the two presumably straight hockey players (riley and jonesy) who then counter by being comfortable enough to accept the compliments. The conversation then continues along to describe different words and terms for a variety of queer folk as if said words were also hockey players. So when they say a word got cut it’s merely a euphanism for people agreeing not to use that term. The whole scene is two (presumably straight) men being educated gently on the subject by two gay men and listening rather than bickering.

[perissologist]

this dialogue is like something out of a greek drama it’s both downright melodic and utterly incomprehensible

[scify65]

Letterkenny is 100% the inheritor of Shakespeare’s legacy.

[lingrix]

“If a person can’t get out of bed, something is making them exhausted. If a student isn’t writing papers, there’s some aspect of the assignment that they can’t do without help. If an employee misses deadlines constantly, something is making organization and deadline-meeting difficult. Even if a person is actively choosing to self-sabotage, there’s a reason for it — some fear they’re working through, some need not being met, a lack of self-esteem being expressed. People do not choose to fail or disappoint. No one wants to feel incapable, apathetic, or ineffective. If you look at a person’s action (or inaction) and see only laziness, you are missing key details. There is always an explanation. There are always barriers. Just because you can’t see them, or don’t view them as legitimate, doesn’t mean they’re not there. Look harder. Maybe you weren’t always able to look at human behavior this way. That’s okay. Now you are. Give it a try.”

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— “Laziness Does Not Exist” by E Price on Medium

(And a footnote I didn’t see explicitly covered in the article: laziness still doesn’t exist when it is you yourself making no progress and not knowing why. You deserve that respect and consideration, too, even from yourself.)

[kestrel-tree]

Reverse paleo diet: only eat things with 10+ ingredients cave men never tasted so you can truly appreciate how far society has come.

[twitblr]

You don’t know my life! (I do this every time)

[aseaofquotes]

Anne Sexton, “The Truth the Dead Know”

[13chancess]

push yourself to get up before the rest of the world - start with 7am, then 6am, then 5:30am. go to the nearest hill with a big coat and a scarf and watch the sun rise.

push yourself to fall asleep earlier - start with 11pm, then 10pm, then 9pm. wake up in the morning feeling re-energized and comfortable.

get into the habit of cooking yourself a beautiful breakfast. fry tomatoes and mushrooms in real butter and garlic, fry an egg, slice up a fresh avocado and squirt way too much lemon on it. sit and eat it and do nothing else.

stretch. start by reaching for the sky as hard as you can, then trying to touch your toes. roll your head. stretch your fingers. stretch everything.

buy a 1L water bottle. start with pushing yourself to drink the whole thing in a day, then try drinking it twice.

buy a beautiful diary and a beautiful black pen. write down everything you do, including dinner dates, appointments, assignments, coffees, what you need to do that day. no detail is too small.

strip your bed of your sheets and empty your underwear draw into the washing machine. put a massive scoop of scented fabric softener in there and wash. make your bed in full.

organise your room. fold all your clothes (and bag what you don’t want), clean your mirror, your laptop, vacuum the floor. light a beautiful candle.

have a luxurious shower with your favourite music playing. wash your hair, scrub your body, brush your teeth. lather your whole body in moisturiser, get familiar with the part between your toes, your inner thighs, the back of your neck.

push yourself to go for a walk. take your headphones, go to the beach and walk. smile at strangers walking the other way and be surprised how many smile back. bring your dog and observe the dog’s behaviour. realise you can learn from your dog.

message old friends with personal jokes. reminisce. suggest a catch up soon, even if you don’t follow through. push yourself to follow through.

think long and hard about what interests you. crime? sex? boarding school? long-forgotten romance etiquette? find a book about it and read it. there is a book about literally everything.

become the person you would ideally fall in love with. let cars merge into your lane when driving. pay double for parking tickets and leave a second one in the machine. stick your tongue out at babies. compliment people on their cute clothes. challenge yourself to not ridicule anyone for a whole day. then two. then a week. walk with a straight posture. look people in the eye. ask people about their story. talk to acquaintances so they become friends.

lie in the sunshine. daydream about the life you would lead if failure wasn’t a thing. open your eyes. take small steps to make it happen for you.

[monsieurenjlolras]

This is all really good advice for dealing with long term depression and anxiety. It’s not gonna magically cure you, but I’ve pushed myself to incorporate a few of these things into my day to day routine and it helps

[kipplekipple]

When we talk about being fat-positive and we say, “weight is not an indication of health,” I will reblog it. But I want us to also say, “health is not an indication of value.”

I could be at any weight and I will never be healthy, because I am chronically ill. Someone might be chronically ill and fat, or they might be chronically ill and not fat, and it really doesn’t matter.

When you make it about health, you’re saying health is the pinnacle of human achievement, and you’re shitting on those of us for whom health will always be a pipe dream.

[rollerskatinglizard]

Oh Oh

[thisclockworkheart]

Okay, real talk guys. Coming from someone who’s been held up as an example of “weight is not an indication of health”, this is so SO critical.

Because guess what? I’m chronically ill. I don’t talk about it a whole lot, but I’ve got a pacemaker (from inappropriate sinus tachycardia/ autonomic dysfunction treatment), I’ve got Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, newly diagnosed adrenal insufficiency and am in the process of figuring which autoimmune disorder I have. I will be on steroids (among other medications) indefinitely. 

As much as it may look different on the outside, I will never be anyone’s traditional definition of healthy, no matter my weight. 

Remember this, and please, please, repeat it as often as necessary to take it to heart: “Health is not an indication of value.”

[arandomthot]

[satiricalwords-deactivated20190]

Be realistic with yourself. Waking up at 8:45 when you have to be at work at 9, ordering a take out and watching TV until you fall asleep is not going to help you reach your goals. Make time for the things you want, there are more than enough hours in the day if you choose to actually utilize them. Get up earlier, watch less TV, do more to actually help you grow. Look at what happens when you actually try.

Making time by Amy Kennedy

26/01/18

My **New** book

My insta

(via satiricalwords)

[buffylives]

#same

[fuckyeahcomicsbaby]

You don’t have to love your body

[naamahdarling]

I really needed to read this today. Thank you.

[kushandwizdom]

[jaclynpaige]

[summerchulo-deactivated20171207]

I’m a

Huge bitch

[fiti-vation]

Without mustering the will to succeed, you’re going to drift through life like a piece of wood in the ocean. Take control of your life and assert yourself with confidence. Without hard work, your dreams will never be a reality. Without an invested effort, you can’t expect results. You might feel stuck. You might be in a rut. You might want to cultivate self confidence. You need to question your current standing relative to your standard for success. At some point you have to ask yourself, “Am I the best I can be at this very moment? What am I doing to become better?

Kareem Heshmat

(via fiti-vation)

[thefruitmarket]

[amandaherzman]

more fun with hand letting