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This is beautiful. I honestly thought I had found exactly that once. Then it turned out he had been cheating throughout the entire relationship. So, yeah... dogs. And, depending on flavour variety, that sugar-free instant pudding thing might work too

Yes, and also received approval in Canada last week although shipment and vaccination have not started yet.

I love that it's such a dynamic process and I've shifted the goal posts several times so far. I started out wanting more bone density so that meant resistance training. Shift to weight lifting because that seemed to do the job better and hey, I should probably preserve muscle too. Ohhhhh, muscles look really good on women,…

GOOD JOB!! I would have said 20 total, especially if you've never done them before, but I was at work when you asked.

Accepted because I can't do anything with chest or shoulders right now. And I had to do them in jeans because you did say by end of day and I was too lazy to change. Next challenge: 20 renegade rows

Me. I do.

That is super elegant looking, very classy!

Got the last of my Christmas mailing sent out at the post office today.

They're ALL the same weirdo underneath the phony mystique, we're just not supposed to figure that out.

My narcissist used "kindred spirits". Same deal. Convey unique and somewhat cosmic affinity. When I think of love beyond the personal interactional level it's probably along the lines of agape. That's still love though.

Agreed! I have idiopathic (inherited) hypertension although I am not overweight, exercise daily, do not consume alcohol or caffeine, don't smoke, and eat a fairly "healthy" diet that is at least 50% fruit and veg. It takes a three-medication cocktail to control my blood pressure at an acceptable level. At my last dr's…

Menopause. Blankets off, blankets on, blankets off, blankets on ALL FREAKING NIGHT. Now add costochondritis.

"Health" in general I rely on what my doctor tells me. She, in turn, relies on bloodwork and bp readings. Day to day I gauge it loosely on things like susceptibility to and frequency of illness (do I catch the cold that's going around the office or does it pass me by?), speed of healing, energy level, mental focus. Sleep…

Ditto. We've never had a WFH culture at the office but in March they decided to reduce the number of employees in the building as much as possible so the place is now blissfully quiet at times. I have been so much more productive since I can actually focus on complex tasks without constant interruption and distraction.…

None of these. My dietary goal isn't weight loss, I'm aiming for increased protein and low sodium (< 1500). Although my eating preference is vegetarian I just wasn't doing well at getting a good amount of protein so I gradually moved to a pescetarian diet. I also try to incorporate principles of OmniHeart in my choices,…

When I'm at the top of a deadlift and the dog suddenly decides to hang out at my feet. I have to yell at her because I can't stay like that forever waiting for her to move. And then I feel like a mean Mama. However the ultimate solution was to put new flooring in the basement which she hates so she never hangs out down…

How is this a bad decision? It's FRUIT

Great progress! (I especially like that the sweat formed a heart shape.)

I am so, so sorry for your loss. <3 I cannot imagine the pain. Christmas is... difficult. I'd probably prefer to just treat it like any other day of the year, sometimes I feel like all the "joy joy" is being shoved down my throat. I have no happy childhood memories of Christmas. Just the opposite. My parents were…

I'm sorry your family seem to be self-absorbed shitheads, That must be difficult to deal with. I've used up most of my effs but still have a few left. I've saved them for the important stuff.

I'm only in here a couple of times a day so I usually go to the threads I've looked at before that have the most new posts (like this one had 133). I almost never go past page 1. If I'm really procrastinating about whatever it is I'm supposed to be doing, I'll start scanning the thread titles. "Insightful" to me means I…

I'm really not the best person to answer this but around 300 pairs. They kinda have their own room. They're all in their boxes with tissue paper and dessicant, labelled. Although the labelling system has gotten a little vague and I may have to move to a picture label.

5. No, I still won't "lend" you money. *kitten* off.

I don't think we've ever shut down everything here for snow, other than the time we got 48" of it overnight. And there were still some people who made it into work. But we don't get hurricanes or tornadoes or earthquakes, or poisonous snakes. And I think we may account for producing the most NHL players, although I'm not…

Ultimately I'm grateful for the tip because I somehow manage to do both back and kneeling squats with more quad than glute. I'm already dreading adding any weight to these things though!

@KickassAmazon76 I don't know whether to hug you or kill you right now. I thought "oh, I'll give those Bulgarian split squats a go", YouTubed a few vids for form, and added them to my weekend leg day routine when I have more time. Today I'm hobbling around with the worst glute DOMS ever. They were bodyweight squats. Well,…

I have hypermobility issues too and this is what I would do. My right shoulder is in the worst shape and I wear a brace when shovelling snow to limit the range of motion in the joint (which is what created the problem in the first place). I just bought one online, fairly inexpensively. Since it seems to help I'm going to…

I live with two stool-eating dogs who produce the most noxious odours at times. Revenge gas does have a certain appeal.

I have the thermostat programmed to 19 C (66 F) when I'm home/awake and 16 C (61 F) while at work and at night. Supposedly a cooler room temp results in better sleep but that theory hasn't panned out for me so far. If I get chilly I put on a fleece sweater. I work out in the basement which is cooler yet and still need to…

Depends. I think the caffeine is a fairly unusual one because most of my female peers can still enjoy coffee (damn them :D ) although I think it can be a trigger for hot flashes. One coworker is 41 and already has night sweats. That's probably a perimenopause thing. She'll have to live to 150 to have noticeably thinning…