February 2012
2 posts
2.25.12
I’ve lost almost 35 lbs from a year ago.
From 2007 I’ve lost
Get.it.girl.
monday link ramble
http://racismschool.tumblr.com/post/17004629556/white-privilege-now-what-other-such-fallacies I don’t feel guilty for being white. I feel some emotion that remains undefined in the back of my head. I was born into the ascribed ingroup, therefor, my feelings are incomparable to that of others. I will never know what it feels like to truly be in an outgroup. All I can do is learn as much as I...
“To be a good teacher, you need to be radical. You have to listen to your...”
– Melissa Govea, Department of Sociology, Santa Ana College
January 2012
3 posts
move to move
Some weeks are too long and by the time I get to Friday I drag myself across the finish line, margarita in-hand.
This week is too long already, but I realize that it is just another day to work harder to get in shape for the wedding. It’s another day to make good decisions for myself. It’s also another day with my love and it helps me to look forward to sleeping in Saturday...
December 2011
2 posts
The Books I've Read
Dec 7th 2010 - December 7, 2011
“Last Sacrifice” - Richelle Mead
“Lily Bard: Shakespeare’s Landlord” - Charlaine Harris
“Lily Bard: Shakespeare’s Champion”- Charlaine Harris
“Lily Bard: Shakespeare’s Christmas”- Charlaine Harris
“Lily Bard: Shakespeare’s Trollop” - Charlaine Harris
“Lily Bard:...
"just shut up!"
My father was not meant to be a dad.
I have been so angry with him my entire life and yet I can’t just walk away from him because he has the dad title. Some think that I should be lucky to even have a dad… I know for a fact that they are wrong.
November 2011
2 posts
Booklist Updated →
October 2011
3 posts
Day One
Day one: How tall are you, what do you currently weigh, and what do you hope to weigh after the 60 days? (Be realistic).
I am just a hair under 5’5” I currently weigh 162.5 lbs (so far lost 46.5 lbs)
After 60 days I hope to have lost 10lbs.
My challenge this week is to avoid energy drinks other than 12 oz of coffee per day. No sugar added.
Perfect timing
I’ve been working hard to lose weight, but the holidays prove difficult each year. The two month challenge will hopefully motivate me to stay strong in my endeavor!
Each day just a little reminder or a little mental note to keep me going.
2 Month Weightloss Challenge
2 Month Weightloss Challenge
Week One!
Weekly challenge: Pick one unhealthy food or habit you have (eg. Artificial sweetener, chocolate, eating after 8pm, skipping breakfast) and aim to go 7 days without eating/doing it.
Day one: How tall are you, what do you currently weigh, and what do you hope to weigh after the 60 days? (Be realistic). Day two: What is your MAIN reason for wanting to lose...
September 2011
9 posts
Reading List 2011 Updated →
maxes this week (4)
This last weekend I had healthy meals except for dinner on Saturday night and some beers. I did really well in my opinion and I did not gain weight over the weekend. Good job me :] As this week is a full month of weight training I am exciting for my weight-in tomorrow- the last day of September. I have already made substantial changes in just one month of this program and I have not burned out...
faith
My parents never let me believe in anything. The tooth-fairy, Santa … I was told that kids believed in these things until they became old enough to understand it was fiction. I was led to believe that believing in these things was hopeless because someday I would be let down when I found truth.
Oddly enough, my parents were hard-core religious folk back in the day. So, what I get from this...
maxes this week (3)
This last weekend was a total eating disaster. Dim Sum, followed by an afternoon of chips and booze, did not create a good atmosphere for weight management. Needless to say, my biggest competitor so far is myself. I easily overindulge on the weekends because I am used to it. Unfortunately, that meant I was +4 by Monday (salt, water weight, etc…)
I need to remember that I get one indulgent...
maxes this week (2)
This is the second week of my new workout. Unfortunately, I was out of town on Monday and was not fully prepared for Tuesdays work-out, meaning that I only had three days to get in some good fat burning. I feel like despite not working out two of the days (no deadlift or core days), I did push myself and attained some good results. 2 lbs less than last week :]
WEDNESDAY
Overhead Press - I...
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“We all run on two clocks. One is the outside clock, which ticks away our decades...”
– Max Lerner (via 15natives) I think the goal of life is for one to find oneself in such a place that one is contented into a peaceful rest.
[Weigh-In]
Since August 4, 2011
e - 9lbs
daily
Haven’t done it in a while, but it seems like I’m doing okay aside from the cholesterol (which is all good from what I can tell) and the sugar from that damn apple. Fruits are a joke imo.
maxes this week
My new workout for the week was a big change from what I had been doing. Some of the exercises are the same; however, they have been organized into different areas for different days. The fiance helped me put it together. I added insights to each day so that I know what to work on for the next week. I’m excited that I stuck close to it…
MONDAY
Overhead Press - Initially, I thought I...
August 2011
17 posts
2 tags
“To be nobody but yourself in a world that’s doing its best to make you somebody...”
– E. E. Cummings (via 15natives)
lawl
fiance: I feel like a vampire with a faerie sitting on my desk...
3 tags
“What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose...”
– Søren Kierkegaard (via 15natives)
3 tags
“If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his...”
– J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
3 tags
“I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the...”
– John Lennon (via 15natives)
1 tag
“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we...”
– John Lennon (via 15natives)
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“Make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you...”
– Jon Krakauer (Into the Wild)
“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of...”
– Jim Morrison (via 15natives)
“You should always look at your main character’s fatal flaw as the major building...”
– Lara Sterling (via 15natives)
“I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts...”
– Nicholas Sparks
[3 month mark]
Today marks 3 full months since I started eating better and going to the gym [May 4, 2011]
These last few months I have made significant changes. I eat more healthily than I did before; I drink at least 5 times as much water as I did before, I don’t drink soda or eat sweets as often, I eat more veggies and lean proteins, and I went to the gym at least 2-3 days more per week (from 0 days)....
[peanut butterrrr]
e: i wonder if you like peanut butter cookies
e: cuz those are epic
m: negative
e: aaagh
e: what is with that
e: frozen peanut butter cookies are like ... zomgood
e: maybe we will stick to peanut butter by itself
e: and then think about additions later
e: its good on everything
m: lol
e: crackers, apples, raisins, cheese
e: okay
e: not cheese
e: but
e: bananas
e: pretzels
e: chocolate
e: :9
“The first time I saw you, my heart fell. The second time I saw you, my heart...”
– James Frey (via 15natives)
dear universe - send him home
My friend is technically missing. He has been placed on the Missing-Persons list- nationwide. Help. Last seen in Playa Del Rey, California.
Alan Edward Orlich
Height: ~6’1”
Weight: ~250lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: sandy blond - curly
- typically with facial hair, smokes, rainbow sandles
I need a plan →
July 2011
7 posts
...
siochanmochroi: is it possible for a glow-stick to be opened and poured into a jar with a lid and have the same glowy results?
Bfri @ Work: let's just say "no" for safety
siochanmochroi: :[
siochanmochroi: What if I wore gloves and gogglies?
Bfri @ Work: no
siochanmochroi: ew
Bfri @ Work: leaving work; ttyl
siochanmochroi: ew
tired
I want to swim, lay out in the sun, read absolute garbage, nap, have an iced cocktail, listen to the Civil Wars, sing to myself, laugh out-loud, and dream.
I hate the prospect of work.
I need a plan.
I need to find that one thing that allows me all of these things… even if it is just once in a while.
swollen fingers
I typically have swollen fingers when I run/exercise, but lately I’ve woken up with such swollen fingers that I can’t get my engagement ring off without a fight. I have not increased my salt intake and I don’t know what to do about it. I’ve been attempting 64 oz. every single day, which is more than I used to drink - so I understand that my body might not be used to as much...
This is where I might get married →
“I must tell you that I was always afraid of the fury with which I loved you. It...”
– Henry Rollins, from Solipsist (via aeloquence)
The writing on the wall
2001
‘M’ and I had just started dating when I first met the beach boys. Mike was good friends with ‘J’, and ‘J’ had known ‘A’ and his brother ‘C’ since they were little; one could say that ‘A’ and ‘J’ were best friends from the beginning. After school ‘M’ and I would go down to the beach house to play...
June 2011
24 posts
r0fl
uomediamonds: Paint a mural
uomediamonds: on our wall
uomediamonds: of a dragon
kainisatwork: paint a baby
uomediamonds: baby dragon?
kainisatwork: paint a baby ON a dragon
uomediamonds: that's the tattoo we should get to commemorate our wedding
uomediamonds: i want a dragon who has a tattoo of a baby on it's arm
uomediamonds: tattood on me
kainisatwork: on your face
uomediamonds: bam
uomediamonds: our faces
uomediamonds: our wedding tattoo, holmes
pretty certain me and the fiance are meant to be... but only because of this recent conversation
weirdness
I was at a red light waiting to turn left from Barrington on to Wilshire this morning and a homeless man walked up to my car. I honestly never carry any cash but I felt awful shaking my head. I don’t know what it was about today, but it made me sad to see this man sticking his hand out asking for change. I just started thinking about the amount of shame one must feel asking for money - or...
Agh
Still very frustrated. I feel like I’m pretty strict and I’m not seeing rapid results. I know that is irrational… but I only have something like 10 months to lose 20+ lbs. I could lose 2 lbs per month and still make it, but when I weighed myself this morning I was only -1 from when I started. I feel like throwing things.
forthebooks asked: When did you get engaged? Congrats!
“If I die before I wake up, I just want you to know that I have always loved you”
– my fiance