missdoomcookie

Well, my profile pic is my She Hulk cosplay, sooo... :) Video game writer/designer by trade (current a narrative designer on the Halo series.) Gamer (video games, board games, all genres/kinds.) Read a lot of everything, but in particular a lot of sci-fi and fantasy and comics. Tabletop roleplayer, currently DMing a…

Light exercise is also a really great treatment for soreness. :)

The only way I can do protein powder is in a smoothie. Been having banana, protein powder, almond milk, Chobani greek yogurt smoothies lately (300 calories, 37 grams of protein) that are tasty. Going to try going with a lower calorie fruit next (berries) and see if it still overrides the protein powder yuck or if the…

Oh man, that photo, all those guys in those perfect flags. I can't tell you how often I've shown a male friend how to flag and even though he's not even very active, he just busts one right out. :) I wasn't flagging until at least six months in. (But I know it's just strength in different places!)

Yay! More pole fitness folks! :) I've been going for about two years and am totally hooked. I competed in the Pacific Pole Championships last year and got a silver medal in level 1, and then again later last year in Northwest Pole Art and got a bronze in level 2. I've also performed in a few local shows. I'm gearing up for…

Primal strips makes wonderful vegetarian 'jerky'. They have both soy and steian based versions and pack 10 grams of protein into 74-99 calorie snack (depending on the flavor, they have differing flavors/sauces). So they are great snacks to push you forward toward your goal and really tasty. :) You can get them off amazon…

I actually feel like you should either weight in very infrequently (a few weeks in between) or once daily (in the morning before eating or drinking). This is my case for it: Your weight varies every day based on factors like water consumption, sodium consumption, constipation, etc. If you weigh in daily, you will be more…

Forgot to note: Don't feel shy about starting pole at ANY size. When you start out, they are going to be teaching you techniques (if they are good) that should work for you regardless of how much weight you are carrying. Some of the best students at my gym are bigger ladies. This is a great video from a relatively well…

I've been doing it for a little less than a year, and I've experienced tremendous results. It's not the only thing I do, but it's the primary thing I do (4 or 5 hours per week and 2 hours per week of barre/yoga/personal training.) I posted elsewhere about this, but the other day I decided to see if I could "just do" a…

Pole fitness is amazing. It is not the only thing I do (also hot yoga, barre, and a session of personal training per week that is general fitness), but it is my primary workout and everything else I do is in support of it. I've been doing it for just shy of a year, and I've gotten ridiculously strong. I never used to be…

Not really. My husband has not really been responding differently. But he's always treated me like I was the most beautiful thing he's ever seen. He's a sweetheart.

Like others have said, you're clearly more muscular and muscle is heavy. You looked gorgeous then and look gorgeous now, though! :)

@britzzie Tough *kitten* female soldier who kicks the rest of the squad into gear. :)

The silks sound like so much fun! My studio recently added fly gym equipment to practice inversions from the safety of a harness, but I have not tried it yet. I plan on getting my own pole once I buy a house because there's not room in my current place. Really looking forward to it too.

5 feet, 5.5 inches tall Weight: 160.2 Measurements: 36.5-28-37.5 Size 8 pant/medium shirt In terms of goal measurements. I don't really have overall goals. I have two shape goals, which is to get rid of my belly fat (got a wee ponce there still) and my upper arm "angel wings" as they are sometimes called (I don't want sag…

I've been working on reducing to an eight hour window recently. It was really hard initially to eat enough calories by the end of the window, but I'm starting to be able to get there by eating frequent [healthy] snacks in addition to breakfast and lunch. I personally much prefer breakfast and lunch to lunch and dinner, so…