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clevermanka ([personal profile] clevermanka) wrote2015-05-27 11:43 am

Nailed to the cross of lust

I want a print of the fourth piece of art in this Toast essay.

Maggie Stiefvater posted a really great techno/electronica playlist on Tumblr.

My left hip is still bugging me and I think it's two things. One, I might have been overstretching and...sprained it a little? Oops. I've been babying it during my PT exercises (which omg you guys so exhausting) and it's feeling a little better already. Two, though. Ugh. Two, I think it's the extra weight I've put on in the past couple months. I had a hard time returning to structured eating after 221B Con, which I mentioned at the time, but I still am snacking way too much (like, at all) and so much dried fruit and nuts. I know my joints hurt more and regularly when I creep over 165lbs. I haven't weighed myself in ages, but I bet I'm up around there, if not over. [livejournal.com profile] mckitterick's also unhappy with the bit of belly he's acquired recently, so the two of us made a pact for a full calendar year--until Memorial Day 2016--to be the most physically-conscious versions of ourselves and see how fit and healthy we can possibly get in 365 days.

As always, if doing stuff like this with other people helps inspire you or keep you on track, feel free to join us!

[identity profile] siro-gravity.livejournal.com 2015-05-27 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
love that artwork!!

I'm done talking about getting in shape. Because I say it, then I don't do it. Last time I thought, I'm just going to STFU and after I've done it say, "YAY! I did it!!"

and now that I said that, I am SO trying to get in shape, and stick to good eating habits!

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2015-05-27 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Good for you! And that's why I like some measure of accountability/support. It's just so much easier when I know someone else is doing something along with me.

[identity profile] splix.livejournal.com 2015-05-27 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Go you for health goals! I already track my food and exercise with Sparkpeople and that has worked exceptionally well for me, but I'll be cheering you on!

[identity profile] mckitterick.livejournal.com 2015-05-27 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
We're gonna be EXTRA kickass by next year!
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[identity profile] saffronhare.livejournal.com 2015-05-27 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)

"Kiss me, Fuzzy Lobster Devil."

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I love the pig, just...standing there. For moral support, perhaps?

[identity profile] gentlespirit.livejournal.com 2015-05-27 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
If you get a FitBit we can be FitBit buddies and do challenges and stuff and you can yell at me when I don't walk enough! I use this little one: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/fitbit-zip-wireless-activity-tracker-charcoal/4983079.p?id=1218589769658&skuId=4983079&ref=06&loc=01&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=4983079&extensionType=pla:g&s_kwcid=PTC!pla!!!67421706629!g!!41221790194&kpid=4983079&k_clickid=596f19d5-7ea7-47c5-b54c-342c5a4ff90c&kpid=4983079&kchannel=online&lsft=ref:212,loc:1&ksid=596f19d5-7ea7-47c5-b54c-342c5a4ff90c&ksprof_id=9&ksaffcode=pg3481&ksdevice=c&gclid=CNebk7bn4sUCFVQRHwodPWMAaw

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I've thought about getting a Fitbit, but I have to base my movement levels on how I feel, not what I want (thanks to my chronic fatigue issues). External motivators are dangerous because I like to push myself and that's not actually the best thing for me. =( Otherwise, I would totally join you!

[identity profile] gentlespirit.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
That makes sense. Yeah, definitely don't want to do something that is going to harm you!

[identity profile] write-out.livejournal.com 2015-05-27 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Brian and I are with you! I know I've fallen off our intentional movement pact and I am vowing to get back on. Brian is getting a belly too and since that's his only source of fat really, it makes me nervous. No heart attacks, please!

I lost that weight from the Whole30 but I've not lost more. I need to get my ass into shape and that is my main concern, not the number on the scale.

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2015-05-28 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay!

I've had to put the intentional movement stuff on hiatus for a while because my PT exercises (which I'm supposed to do everyday) are surprisingly exhausting and now with the two new movements that got added last visit, they take about twenty minutes to do. BLAH.

Starting Sunday, when [livejournal.com profile] mckitterick is busy with the writing workshops and such, I'll have nearly every evening to myself and I can just do leftovers or tuna salad or something for dinner and have lots of time leftover for yoga. That'll be good.

[identity profile] write-out.livejournal.com 2015-05-29 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah, you are totally off the hook; you've got enough going on with the PT. I don't have any good reason not to stick to it; I'm just being purely lazy. I am bone tired, but lazy. Bottom line.

Brian and I need to figure out a plan for eating/movement. He likes to do everything together, whereas I am like give me spaaaaace. So I am a smidge envious of your upcoming alone time in the evenings.

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2015-05-29 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I love my evenings in June alone, NGL. I usually wind up overbooking myself, though.