The Skinny

May 31

risaellen replied to your post: I have a reading tonight

Poetry or tarot cards?

Fiction! (I wish it was poetry!) It’s a collaborative reading in celebration of short story month.

I have a reading tonight

and I’m totally freaking out about it.

HALP.

HALP ME.

lovesexalsocigarettes: im-a-bore-mostly: r3concile: hailjay: radicalfaggoat: where is my oxygen tank wooooooooooooow haaaaaaaaaa oh my god. don’t do this EVER i died.

lovesexalsocigarettes:

im-a-bore-mostly:

r3concile:

hailjay:

radicalfaggoat:

where is my oxygen tank

wooooooooooooow

haaaaaaaaaa

oh my god.

don’t do this

EVER

i died.

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happyhealthyhippy: amanda-actually: I apologize, particularly to Nat, for the graphic nature of this post, but this is a message that needs to be heard. This morning, my perfectly ripe bananas were happily hanging from their banana hanging holder thing in my kitchen. Just a few hours later, I walked into my kitchen to see this. I am posting this to warn my fellow banana lovers of the dangers of hanging ripe bananas on holders such as these. As the bananas reach peak ripeness, their peels get weak, and gravity takes its toll, resulting in the tragedy you see pictured above. This could have been prevented; i am overwhelmed with guilt in knowing that I could have stopped this from happening. Don’t let this happen to you. Please, have a heart. Don’t hang ripened bananas on these things. Lay them gently on your countertop or in a basket. I had to learn this the hard way, and I am making this post in hopes that others won’t have to. Really upsetting to come across such a tragedy. Hopefully we can all learn from Amanda’s mistake and treat our ripened bananas with the gentle care they deserve. Please reblog to spread awareness. NEVER FORGET

happyhealthyhippy:

amanda-actually:

I apologize, particularly to Nat, for the graphic nature of this post, but this is a message that needs to be heard.

This morning, my perfectly ripe bananas were happily hanging from their banana hanging holder thing in my kitchen. Just a few hours later, I walked into my kitchen to see this.

I am posting this to warn my fellow banana lovers of the dangers of hanging ripe bananas on holders such as these. As the bananas reach peak ripeness, their peels get weak, and gravity takes its toll, resulting in the tragedy you see pictured above.

This could have been prevented; i am overwhelmed with guilt in knowing that I could have stopped this from happening. Don’t let this happen to you. Please, have a heart. Don’t hang ripened bananas on these things. Lay them gently on your countertop or in a basket. I had to learn this the hard way, and I am making this post in hopes that others won’t have to.

Really upsetting to come across such a tragedy. Hopefully we can all learn from Amanda’s mistake and treat our ripened bananas with the gentle care they deserve.

Please reblog to spread awareness.

NEVER FORGET

makingitahabit: dreams-and-demons: th3skinny: Reblog if you’re a weight loss blog and you’re over 20. Everyone in the tumblr old folks home should have a friend to jazzercise with! I decided to make a magical graphic for everyone to reblog because it seems like there are a lot of us out there but we often have trouble finding each other and gaining support. Reblog, follow, and make friends! <3 21 in August!  Love it. I’m over twenty, too :)

makingitahabit:

dreams-and-demons:

th3skinny:

Reblog if you’re a weight loss blog and you’re over 20. Everyone in the tumblr old folks home should have a friend to jazzercise with!

I decided to make a magical graphic for everyone to reblog because it seems like there are a lot of us out there but we often have trouble finding each other and gaining support. Reblog, follow, and make friends! <3

21 in August! 

Love it. I’m over twenty, too :)

May 30

Are you a fitness tumblr?

girlgrowingsmall:

fitbeliever:

linneab asked: I really really enjoy your blog, I missed your funny posts while you were gone! Also I thought the video you made was hilarious( you made it awhile ago). Anyways, stay gorgeous and thanks for being such an inspiration!

Oh thanks! I guess I am back now? I’ll be honest — I don’t even know what I’m doing anymore. The last few weeks have been crazy. But thanks for the nice message!

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heartshapedbones asked: Llamalove! How are you, sweetest? What's been going on? I worried about you

llllllllama!

Thanks for the message : )

I didn’t mean to make anyone worry - I’ve just been juggling some personal issues, but I think things are on their way to working out. I hope you’re doing well too!

That awkward moment

when you really want to talk to people

but you don’t know who

or about what…

crissfit: Here’s another photo to illustrate my point. In the red dress (124 pounds), I had to subsist on a  VERY low-carb, low calorie diet to maintain (50 grams of carbs or less, 1100-1300 calories a day). The minute I’d eat ANYTHING out with friends- be it a piece of cake, some Mexican with some friends, some chips and dip- I’d retain so much water that it’d cause me to gain a few pounds of water weight and bloat over night. I was also too weak to make much progress in my lifts, because I was eating too little. I’d cry when I gained any bit of weight or water weight, and I’d let whatever number the scale said set the tone of my day. Let’s look at the picture on the right. In January, an old knee injury started to flare up again, causing me to halt my weightlifting progress briefly. As soon as I wasn’t active, though, my food habits slipped. It was the worst thing in the world at the time, but now I’ve learned- this is the way I’d like to live! I eat mostly by intution now. If I’m hungry, I eat, and who cares if I’m going to bed in two hours? I don’t think of things in calories or carbs, but just try my best to not over-indulge too much or too often in things like pizza or chips. I still eat my healthy stuff, but it’s a balance of things. Guess what? Five months of eating this way, and my weight hasn’t budged past 132-134. I feel healthier these days, I’m able to enjoy life a little better, and I’m actually able to have more energy to perform better in the gym. No, I’m not super-skinny, but that’s the point of this! We get so freakin’ focused on numbers and silly beauty ideals- “I NEED to be 120 pounds, I NEED to be a size two, I NEED to not have my thighs touch”- that we forget we’re make pretty high demands on our body and emotional health here. Quit chasing perfection, quit trying to become so much skinnier than you actually are, and just worry about your health. Too much restriction is as bad for you as too little moderation. Instead, aim for a life of balance. :)

crissfit:

Here’s another photo to illustrate my point. In the red dress (124 pounds), I had to subsist on a  VERY low-carb, low calorie diet to maintain (50 grams of carbs or less, 1100-1300 calories a day). The minute I’d eat ANYTHING out with friends- be it a piece of cake, some Mexican with some friends, some chips and dip- I’d retain so much water that it’d cause me to gain a few pounds of water weight and bloat over night. I was also too weak to make much progress in my lifts, because I was eating too little. I’d cry when I gained any bit of weight or water weight, and I’d let whatever number the scale said set the tone of my day.

Let’s look at the picture on the right. In January, an old knee injury started to flare up again, causing me to halt my weightlifting progress briefly. As soon as I wasn’t active, though, my food habits slipped. It was the worst thing in the world at the time, but now I’ve learned- this is the way I’d like to live! I eat mostly by intution now. If I’m hungry, I eat, and who cares if I’m going to bed in two hours? I don’t think of things in calories or carbs, but just try my best to not over-indulge too much or too often in things like pizza or chips. I still eat my healthy stuff, but it’s a balance of things.

Guess what? Five months of eating this way, and my weight hasn’t budged past 132-134. I feel healthier these days, I’m able to enjoy life a little better, and I’m actually able to have more energy to perform better in the gym. No, I’m not super-skinny, but that’s the point of this! We get so freakin’ focused on numbers and silly beauty ideals- “I NEED to be 120 pounds, I NEED to be a size two, I NEED to not have my thighs touch”- that we forget we’re make pretty high demands on our body and emotional health here. Quit chasing perfection, quit trying to become so much skinnier than you actually are, and just worry about your health. Too much restriction is as bad for you as too little moderation. Instead, aim for a life of balance. :)

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Pretty much how I feel right now. -Cleaning for my potluck on Saturday  -Feeling overwhelmed with PR duties -Trying to decide which short story to read at this big reading tomorrow &#8212; eep! -Generally hopped up on caffeine. Cannot be held responsible for my cractions. 

Pretty much how I feel right now.

-Cleaning for my potluck on Saturday 

-Feeling overwhelmed with PR duties

-Trying to decide which short story to read at this big reading tomorrow — eep!

-Generally hopped up on caffeine.

Cannot be held responsible for my cractions. 

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How to deal with people who wear unflattering outfits

infinitetransit:

  1. Realise all aesthetic choices are subjective.
  2. Realise that they might think they look sexy as fuck.
  3. Remove yourself from the vicinity until you’ve learned to get over your fatphobia/transphobia/misogyny/racism or combination of those.

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