The Just Thought I'd Share Thread

[daniellaaarisen]

I've worked out 8 out of the last 10 days and have been eating really well TO NO F*CKING AVAIL.

I'm stepping it up tomorrow. This is ridiculous.

[louielouie2000]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

I've worked out 8 out of the last 10 days and have been eating really well TO NO F*CKING AVAIL.

I'm stepping it up tomorrow. This is ridiculous.

Boy do I know how you feel. My body is refusing to drop weight right now too.

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Boy do I know how you feel. My body is refusing to drop weight right now too.

I've gained over 20 pounds in the last year, 30 since I stopped riding horses consistently. Jesus...

[CreepingDeath]

My laptop fell of the table a broke. It was pretty new, too. So, here I'm am using my younger brother's. :/

FML

[mezzoforte]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

I've gained over 20 pounds in the last year, 30 since I stopped riding horses consistently. Jesus...

I totally, totally feel you. I've FINALLY lost a little weight, but as of January I was 15 pounds heavier than I'd been 6 months before. Still have a ways to go.
And there's nothing more disparaging than feeling like you're doing everything right, only to have it make no difference.

[markolas]

My left ear has been blocked for several days now. I'm pretty sure it's allergies, since it's happened before. Does anyone else get this? What do you do? It's aggravating the hell out of me!

[louielouie2000]

Originally Posted by markolas

My left ear has been blocked for several days now. I'm pretty sure it's allergies, since it's happened before. Does anyone else get this? What do you do? It's aggravating the hell out of me!

Have you tried getting an earwax removal kit from a pharmacy? One of my ears blocks up every few years and I have to use one of those kits.

It very well could just be allergies, though. With the drought here in Austin, all this oak pollen is insane right now.

[skcin]

^Try Mucinex. It helps drain out excess fluid from sinuses & can help your ear too.)

Originally Posted by Silver Springs

as though i expect anybody to read that anyway...*sigh*

It might help to PM or call or text people, rather than post things on a message board that people may not see for hours or even days.

For people trying to lose weight - change it up. Instead of 30 min do 45. Instead of only cardio, add weights. Make sure you're really & truly working your ass off - your heart rate really needs to increase quite a bit for you to see any results. Make sure you're eating enough, and make it balanced & healthy. Eating a handful of almonds or 1/2 an avacado is a hell of a lot better than eating 1/2 a bag of low-fat chips or fat-free cookies. And don't give up - usually takes several weeks for a noticeable difference (I speak from experience.)

[SapphireSister]

Originally Posted by Silver Springs

They say life boils down to a series of moments, each moment dictating the course of your life for years to come. But what if the most important of your moments are merely fragrant dreams, possessing you with desires that could never possibly sustain themselves? Some may call it a delusion, a fallacy even to believe in the infinite; In the stark revelation that one could be anything more than what they present themselves to be. But what if this is a dream? What if the only way to make our dreams a reality was to take life by the overbearing horns and march into the face of the abyss? It seems illogical to expect the best from what seems to be the worst, but one can never be too sure about what really is the true face of it. Life may seem ugly, scary and downright terrifying sometimes, but maybe its just part of the grand design., its true form only presenting itself on the pinnacle of perfection. But what is perfection? Nobody has an exact definition, hence nobody has ever seen the complete, wondrous freedom life could be if you just let go. Maybe it is only in death that we can finally understand the illusion,i want to understand the illusion. like a magician's favourite trick. It doesn't simply come down to pulling a Rabbit out of a hat, it being so crass it couldn't possibly be the full, complete meaning of it. One must have to think of the deeper illusion. How did the Rabbit find itself lost in the dark, texturous mass? How did the magician know to find it? How did they know how to work together in order to save each other from looking the fool? It all comes down to luck. It is said that we make our own luck, if one chooses to believe in the dire concept. But maybe, just maybe, life involves more than "luck". Maybe one giant leap of faith is required. Unquestioning, constant belief in the unbelievable and unforeseeable. But we as a people have lost that ability to trust. It was lost when we discovered ourselves. When we discovered that we could be so much more than fire and the wheel presenting itself in dreams. To the err apparent, we are but fleeting. It is only in dreams that we may truly evolve.

Did you write this? Are those your words? They are astonishingly beautiful and so are you...

[CreepingDeath]

Suicide is painless...


And, fyi, that's directed at me, no one on this board.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by CreepingDeath

Suicide is painless...


And, fyi, that's directed at me, no one on this board.

Are you in a bad place? Or are you watching M*A*S*H?

[markolas]

Originally Posted by skcin

^Try Mucinex. It helps drain out excess fluid from sinuses & can help your ear too.)

Thanks. I'll try it.

For people trying to lose weight - change it up.

I lost 20 lbs, but that was b/c I had a panic disorder and basically stopped eating for a month. I do not recommend this as a weight loss tool.

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Have you tried getting an earwax removal kit from a pharmacy? One of my ears blocks up every few years and I have to use one of those kits.

It very well could just be allergies, though. With the drought here in Austin, all this oak pollen is insane right now.

I haven't tried one of those, but I'll see about getting one. I don't think it's earwax, tho - my ears seem pretty clean.

The pollen is terrible. My dark green Nissan has turned yellow.

[louielouie2000]

So I watched 'Eat Pray Love' tonight out of sheer desperate boredom, and came away with one of the deepest, most succinct quotes I've ever heard: "God resides in me... as me." That just hit me as one of the most profound things I think I've ever heard. It says to me that humans are not supposed to aim to be perfect, assimilated, mindless robots... but instead embrace the beauty and quirks we were all born with. That when we stray and try to force ourselves to be what we are not, that's when we as a species run into real problems. It seems so simple, but I think that quote is just so uplifting and affirming. And to me, simple love and happiness is what it's all about.

[markolas]

^^I've deliberately avoided that book & movie, but that's a beautiful idea and one I agree with wholeheartedly.

In other news, my ear seems to have cleared up on its own, and not a moment too soon; it was sooo uncomfortable, and it was making me really irritable.

[vivfox]

I was thinking about Paula in Buffalo when I just found out that we are expecting a winter storm Thursday night. 4-6 inches is expected. This bull***** just won't end. How much snow did Buffalo end up getting last week? And is it still there?