DisneySkaGirl

Hey ladies, I have a question for you. I just finished stage one, and I made super gains in the deadlift and the squat, and I know I can keep gaining steadily on those. But I completely stalled out on the dumbell overhead presses. I started light, but made it up top 20 by about the 4 week or so. And it got easy by the 6th…

Wear your healthy habits and resolve proudly... eventually you will no longer care what they think, and they'll learn not to offer, or to understand when you say no. My co-workers LOVE potlucks with fried food and rice and biscuits etc, and I politely decline and heat up my soup/quinoa/sweet potatoes and eat my food. They…

I have always heard and experienced the exact opposite, more movement and exercise (of any variety), makes me feel a million times better and less crampy. I may not feel like doing it, but I feel better after i get going. Also, the blood shed during a period is only that which was lining the uterus to prepare for a…

I'm considered part time at 35 hours per week, and when 4:00 rolls around I am out of here... I couldn't do more and still work out and go to grad school, no way.

I've only been lifting for about 2 months, and for certain exercises I have to wait for the weights I need to be free cause a boy is using them... Man is that ever gratifying, that my hard work is paying off!!!

Deep voices and British accents Guys who can sing 1940's attire Can swing dance My hubby's blues uniform :)

HAHAHAHA... Do you also like girls who "talk slow all the time"?

AMAZING!!! You should be so freaking proud of yourself!

Staring.... not just looking, or noticing, or acknowledging that I am there or cute, but standing at the door of the Zumba classroom for an entire song trying to make eye contact with me in the mirror. Or the guy who shadow boxes at the back of the room where I do my deadlifts... punched the bag twice, watches me do an…

I'm a human resources manager. Store Manager: Help! All my employees have quit and I need to replace them! Me: Well, I can post the jobs right now? What hours and skills do you need? Store Manager: I want someone willing to work for no benefits, available 24 hours a day at a moment's notice, with a college education, to…

Ewan McGreggor or James McAvoy... I just have a thing for romance with an accent :D

OMG!!! That make me spit out my orange slice! :laugh:

I'm struggling through a bag of GNC Amplified Whey in Fruit Punch. It doens't really taste bad, but it fluffs up like crazy so its more like chugging foam than drinking something. Bought it for fruit smoothies, and it just whipped them up into a huge mess. I just use water and won't be buying this one again. I think my dad…

Might try making this with my new Ninja :)

YES!!! Here's great line from the article: "She laments that not one of her girlfriends has ever asked her to be a bridesmaid - perhaps from fear of being overshadowed by her looks" But I saw her wedding photo, and she's not exactly a knockout. Not ugly or unattractive, but certainly not worry of the ego she apparently…

Haven't done it, as I don't have a juicer and I know doing juicing with my Ninja is a little more involved. But check his website www.jointhereboot.com, they have tons of recipes and advice on different length fasts. They have recipes for doing a juice fast for just a weekend.

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It'll take more time that you think, especially if you do some warm up (I recommend you do), and take the rest periods that are built in. Additionally, once you master the form of the exercises and start moving up in weights, you'll be having a killer workout. And like someone else said, you might not feel it when you're…

Look for trends over time, not what you weigh the day after a workout. You need all that water in your system to keep you muscles healthy. As for lifting in general, hopefully you find that your body is changing in positive ways, and try not to worry about what the scale is saying.

I'm 5'2 and 132 pounds as of this morning, and I eat 1600 cals and a good portion of my exercise calories. I'm doing intense Zumba twice a week, and heavy lifting twice a week. I was doing the Zumba for 6 months on 1200 cals and was MISERABLE. I'm feeling much happier, healthier, and stronger eating more.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA..... someone gave me a super frilly apron as a wedding gift with exactly this sort of suggestion on the card!

Quads and glutes, my husband has great legs! Oh and nice calves :)

This precisely... if its so universally easy for men, shouldn't they all look like an Adonis? But they don't, it's not easy for anyone.

I think my favorite is the one where they're in an airship, and Archer can't stop hitting people who are trying to smoke because he thinks the ship will explode like the Hindenburg!

I'll be posting my stage 1 progress soon, just two more workouts and the AMRAPs to go!

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"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. " "All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. " "If you can dream it, you can do it." "It's…

Definitely read through one more time if you're still having trouble. The whole idea and science behind the book's recommendations is that you will burn more fat/calories by training hard and building strong muscles. But in order to build muscles, you need enough calories and proper nutrition. Losing fat and building…

I want to join and be on Mermaidfaith's team!

I've been in this group for awhile, and thought I should say hello! I am almost done with Stage 1, just two more workouts, and then by early next week I'll be starting Stage 2!! I've really enjoyed the deadlifts and squats, so I'm hoping that the new stages will be just as fun. I don't have a lot to lose (I'd like to lose…