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twitchandshout wrote: »Thinking about how for a couple of years I equated excessive exercise and constant discomfort with health. And I made “fitness” a moral issue. I thought of my inability to cope well with constant low-grade hunger as a lack of discipline. I think that’s *kitten* now. This is probably an ironic place to talk about this.
It's the perfect place to talk about it seeing as it's one of the most popular, contemporary ways to berate or inflate our sense of self.4 -
twitchandshout wrote: »Thinking about how for a couple of years I equated excessive exercise and constant discomfort with health. And I made “fitness” a moral issue. I thought of my inability to cope well with constant low-grade hunger as a lack of discipline. I think that’s *kitten* now. This is probably an ironic place to talk about this.
It's the perfect place to talk about it seeing as it's one of the most popular, contemporary ways to berate or inflate our sense of self.
Hmmm. Good point1 -
Kashmir_314_ wrote: »twitchandshout wrote: »Thinking about how for a couple of years I equated excessive exercise and constant discomfort with health. And I made “fitness” a moral issue. I thought of my inability to cope well with constant low-grade hunger as a lack of discipline. I think that’s *kitten* now. This is probably an ironic place to talk about this.
For the record - I agree with this statement.
I also hugged your previous post.
My love/hate relationship with this place is toxic at times, but you already know this. ❤️ I've put several people on ignore recently to make this place more enjoyable, let's see how this goes.
Testing testing.....4 -
twitchandshout wrote: »Thinking about how for a couple of years I equated excessive exercise and constant discomfort with health. And I made “fitness” a moral issue. I thought of my inability to cope well with constant low-grade hunger as a lack of discipline. I think that’s *kitten* now. This is probably an ironic place to talk about this.
Struggling with this mode of thinking rn myself, I'm still in the torture boat...but to be honest... I do think I feel mentally healthier, at least when I workout.5 -
PlentyofProtein00 wrote: »twitchandshout wrote: »Thinking about how for a couple of years I equated excessive exercise and constant discomfort with health. And I made “fitness” a moral issue. I thought of my inability to cope well with constant low-grade hunger as a lack of discipline. I think that’s *kitten* now. This is probably an ironic place to talk about this.
Struggling with this mode of thinking rn myself, I'm still in the torture boat...but to be honest... I do think I feel mentally healthier, at least when I workout.
It’s probably a very individual thing.
Eta: and it’s a complicated issue involving a $72 billion industry. I’m just a tiny flea trying to figure stuff out.3 -
Kashmir_314_ wrote: »twitchandshout wrote: »Thinking about how for a couple of years I equated excessive exercise and constant discomfort with health. And I made “fitness” a moral issue. I thought of my inability to cope well with constant low-grade hunger as a lack of discipline. I think that’s *kitten* now. This is probably an ironic place to talk about this.
For the record - I agree with this statement.
I also hugged your previous post.
My love/hate relationship with this place is toxic at times, but you already know this. ❤️ I've put several people on ignore recently to make this place more enjoyable, let's see how this goes.
I’m on so many lists!6 -
Sophisticatted_Gentlemanz wrote: »Kashmir_314_ wrote: »twitchandshout wrote: »Thinking about how for a couple of years I equated excessive exercise and constant discomfort with health. And I made “fitness” a moral issue. I thought of my inability to cope well with constant low-grade hunger as a lack of discipline. I think that’s *kitten* now. This is probably an ironic place to talk about this.
For the record - I agree with this statement.
I also hugged your previous post.
My love/hate relationship with this place is toxic at times, but you already know this. ❤️ I've put several people on ignore recently to make this place more enjoyable, let's see how this goes.
I’m on so many lists!
You are on the short list1 -
twitchandshout wrote: »I would enjoy chitchat more if I couldn’t see the reactions. Most of the time they’re meaningless to me anyway. And when I think about them at all they just annoy me. There should be a way to put them on ignore.
absolutely agree with you1 -
eatpolerepeat wrote: »Kashmir_314_ wrote: »twitchandshout wrote: »Thinking about how for a couple of years I equated excessive exercise and constant discomfort with health. And I made “fitness” a moral issue. I thought of my inability to cope well with constant low-grade hunger as a lack of discipline. I think that’s *kitten* now. This is probably an ironic place to talk about this.
For the record - I agree with this statement.
I also hugged your previous post.
My love/hate relationship with this place is toxic at times, but you already know this. ❤️ I've put several people on ignore recently to make this place more enjoyable, let's see how this goes.
When you put on ignore can you see their post if someone quotes it?
Unfortunately yes1 -
eatpolerepeat wrote: »twitchandshout wrote: »eatpolerepeat wrote: »Kashmir_314_ wrote: »twitchandshout wrote: »Thinking about how for a couple of years I equated excessive exercise and constant discomfort with health. And I made “fitness” a moral issue. I thought of my inability to cope well with constant low-grade hunger as a lack of discipline. I think that’s *kitten* now. This is probably an ironic place to talk about this.
For the record - I agree with this statement.
I also hugged your previous post.
My love/hate relationship with this place is toxic at times, but you already know this. ❤️ I've put several people on ignore recently to make this place more enjoyable, let's see how this goes.
When you put on ignore can you see their post if someone quotes it?
Unfortunately yes
You'd have thought with mfp being so good on the technical side they'd have gotten around that 🙄
😂1 -
Kashmir_314_ wrote: »I think I put too much pressure on my dog to cuddle with me in bed he's been pulling this nonsense lately called puking in the early morning hours and I think it's bc he just wants me to stop smothering and let him have the bed to himself him but no you mine I snuggles hard little buddy and I'll change those sheets and smother you again and again
This image from my childhood instantly popped in my head - who remembers tiny toons Amirite??
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Kashmir_314_ wrote: »I think I put too much pressure on my dog to cuddle with me in bed he's been pulling this nonsense lately called puking in the early morning hours and I think it's bc he just wants me to stop smothering and let him have the bed to himself him but no you mine I snuggles hard little buddy and I'll change those sheets and smother you again and again
This image from my childhood instantly popped in my head - who remembers tiny toons Amirite??
We're tiny, we're toony, we're all a little loony... And in this cartoony we're invading your tv!2 -
Kashmir_314_ wrote: »I think I put too much pressure on my dog to cuddle with me in bed he's been pulling this nonsense lately called puking in the early morning hours and I think it's bc he just wants me to stop smothering and let him have the bed to himself him but no you mine I snuggles hard little buddy and I'll change those sheets and smother you again and again
This image from my childhood instantly popped in my head - who remembers tiny toons Amirite??
I have never seen this tiny toons you speak of... wha....0 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Kashmir_314_ wrote: »I think I put too much pressure on my dog to cuddle with me in bed he's been pulling this nonsense lately called puking in the early morning hours and I think it's bc he just wants me to stop smothering and let him have the bed to himself him but no you mine I snuggles hard little buddy and I'll change those sheets and smother you again and again
This image from my childhood instantly popped in my head - who remembers tiny toons Amirite??
We're tiny, we're toony, we're all a little loony... And in this cartoony we're invading your tv!
Just another day in acme acres lol1 -
GymGoddessGoals wrote: »Kashmir_314_ wrote: »I think I put too much pressure on my dog to cuddle with me in bed he's been pulling this nonsense lately called puking in the early morning hours and I think it's bc he just wants me to stop smothering and let him have the bed to himself him but no you mine I snuggles hard little buddy and I'll change those sheets and smother you again and again
This image from my childhood instantly popped in my head - who remembers tiny toons Amirite??
I have never seen this tiny toons you speak of... wha....
🤯 - you gots a few years on me - so you were prolly not watching this show after school or Saturday mornings at that time - you were prolly smoking in the girls room with all the other cool cats right??2 -
GymGoddessGoals wrote: »Kashmir_314_ wrote: »I think I put too much pressure on my dog to cuddle with me in bed he's been pulling this nonsense lately called puking in the early morning hours and I think it's bc he just wants me to stop smothering and let him have the bed to himself him but no you mine I snuggles hard little buddy and I'll change those sheets and smother you again and again
This image from my childhood instantly popped in my head - who remembers tiny toons Amirite??
I have never seen this tiny toons you speak of... wha....
🤯 - you gots a few years on me - so you were prolly not watching this show after school or Saturday mornings at that time - you were prolly smoking in the girls room with all the other cool cats right??
That's probably true.1 -
GymGoddessGoals wrote: »GymGoddessGoals wrote: »Kashmir_314_ wrote: »I think I put too much pressure on my dog to cuddle with me in bed he's been pulling this nonsense lately called puking in the early morning hours and I think it's bc he just wants me to stop smothering and let him have the bed to himself him but no you mine I snuggles hard little buddy and I'll change those sheets and smother you again and again
This image from my childhood instantly popped in my head - who remembers tiny toons Amirite??
I have never seen this tiny toons you speak of... wha....
🤯 - you gots a few years on me - so you were prolly not watching this show after school or Saturday mornings at that time - you were prolly smoking in the girls room with all the other cool cats right??
That's probably true.
I knew it !1 -
Kashmir_314_ wrote: »I'ma start me a hot moms club
Well that eliminates me.0 -
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