#achieving fitness goals

[ecomehdi]

Unlocking the Power of Motivation: Your Guide to Successful Weight Loss

Weight loss is a journey that many individuals embark on at some point in their lives. Whether it’s for health reasons, improved self-esteem, or simply wanting to feel better in your own skin, finding the motivation to start and stick with a weight loss plan can be challenging. In this article, we’ll explore various sources of motivation for weight loss and offer practical tips to help you stay…

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#Achieving fitness goals #Exercise routines #goal setting #healthy lifestyle #mindful eating #Motivation tips #Self-improvement #Weight loss journey #Weight loss motivation #Wellness and self-care

[spirity0]

Gym Workout Pullover Hoodie

Even if you don’t have a lot of time, or you’re not feeling 100% that day, the idea is that doing something is better than doing nothing.

#workout #daily routine #fitness #motivation #physical activity #positive mindset #time management #achieving fitness goals #better mood #consistent effort #increased energy levels #less than perfect workout #making exercice a priority #overcoming obstacles

[chidoroki]

"Unstoppable" by Donna Ashworth

#the promised neverland #tpn manga #tpn emma #tpn ray #rayemma #emma #ray #my edits #happy november 13th aka the day the kiddos crossed over to the human world and our fearless protagonist achieved her goal. #im so proud of her..& i didnt mean for this to turn into something so RE relatable but it just fits ya know? ray's been by her side the #entire journey so of course he would witness all her ups & downs. i dunno if he would indulge in poetry however but with all the #books in the GF & bunker library im sure he's at least come across his far share of poems over the years. so yeah. i sorta imagined him #writing all this down and sketching out his memories alongside it all. hopefully the panels convey that kind of look. who knows.

[bumblingbabooshka]

Hey, Star Trek Writers... -taps the glass-

#star trek #the only people from Voyager's main cast I could see wanting to be a captain are Chakotay ??? maybe? and DEFINITELY Harry Kim #Harry Kim is the only guy on that ship who I'd actually cheer and scream and cry and click my heels if he became captain #bc it's actually something I think he'd be suited for AND it fits with his personality/goals...<3 #like I saw a clip from Picard and like...Seven of NINE??? Why would she want to be a captain?? I think in that case 'making captain' is jus #shorthand for 'we finally accept you into structured society and you're no longer an outcast' which I do NOT like #also Tuvok's a captain???? Why???? Nothing about Tuvok screams captain material or that he'd even WANT to be a captain #I imagine him being chief of security or a professor (or both) until retiring - MAYBE a first officer #OH same with Janeway only she would HATE being an admiral and loves being captain #like next they're gonna tell me that B'Elanna Torres is a starfleet captain* - NO ! she is an ENGINEER! #Sorry I can't get over how bad Tuvok would be as a captain - he's not suited for it and does NOT seem interested #*so that we can all go 'oh yay I accept this as shorthand for the federation accepts her' - HEY #if the only thing you can think of to show that a character has achieved true happiness & respect & peace is becoming a 'respectable' rank #in the future pseudo not-military: maybe think about that more deeply

[uncanny-tranny]

My biggest piece of advice for folks who want to get into fitness would be: Do not follow fitness influencers (or do so very sparingly).

Please be very critical of what is being said when people talk about fitness. It's important that you learn how to exercise properly for your body, and to learn safety and harm reduction, and that isn't what I mean when I say not to follow influencers.

When you want to get into fitness, think about what piques your interest. Do you want to do cardio? Weightlifting? Yoga? Running? A mix of any of that (or none of these examples)? Think about what you think would spark interest and joy, and learn to do that fitness in a safe manner.

I think the biggest reason I even have a healthy relationship with fitness over food is because I haven't followed any fitness influencers, and out of all the ones I've seen, I would only follow one of them, maybe two. Out of all the ones I have seen, and there have been plenty. What I have done instead is research what I want to get into to make sure I am not accidentally harming my body, then, I think of my own goals and work toward them.

I'm sure this won't work for everybody, and that's okay. I wanted to make this post because I think there can be this pressure to "look fit" when you're into exercise and I think that can be a slippery slope.

#fitness #anti diet culture #honestly i'm grateful i didn't seek out fitness influencers of my own volition because i'm not sure if i would still be as motivated... #...to go to the gym if i had. what i personally think has saved my relationship with fitness is that this was deeply personal to me... #...so my ~fitness journey~ has been a very personal and private thing that i don't want altered... #...ABSOLUTELY i want to be safe about how i achieve my goals. but i am not changing the GOALS but the METHOD #i want to start running (maybe) so i have been researching how to run properly and that's about as far as i'll go #i just wanted to post this in case it makes somebody think about their *own* goals if they also want to do exercise #it's definitely complex because i can totally respect that some people follow fitness influencers for ideas and whatnot #so obviously this is just what works for *me* amd sometimes i HAVE gotten fotness ideas from these people

[schrodingers-slut]

Sabo showing up to his super stealthy terrorism day job everyday in his fruity ass steampunk top hat, a perfectly ruffled cravat, and a five foot solid lead pipe

#revolutionary sabo #one piece #one piece sabo #flame emperor sabo #I say things #I just love his fashion sense bc the individual items are relatively innocuous pieces of clothing #especially in comparison to some other OP characters #but the way he puts them together is like #there’s no way u just threw this on #u put these things together on purpose #looked in the mirror and said yeah THIS is the fit #there was a goal in mind and you probably achieved it but no one can tell what it was #babygirl ur drip is confusing the hoes

[not-gray-politics]

Trans women. I'm grabbing you by the shoulders and yelling. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE SKINNY TO BE FEMININE AND PRETTY AND CUTE. PLEASE STOP MAKING DIETS PART OF YOUR TRANSITION GOALS. WEIGHT LOSS IS A SCAM. I LOVE YOU. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES. YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.

#I see so many transfems say they want to have “flat stomachs” or do diet and exercise regimes to try and get an “hourglass figure” #and it really worries me. girls you do not have to destroy yourselves to fit into unachievable beauty standards #the vast majority of cis women don't even fit those standards #and the same goes for you transmascs! I see you! I see you trying to get smaller chests and hurting yourselves with weight loss routines #and excessive workouts. it's not worth it. weight loss has OVER a 90% long-term failure rate and there's a reason for that #I assure you whatever diet you think you've found that “works for you” won't be working so well 5 years from now #and you're going to blame yourself for “slacking off”. but it's not you. it was never you. it was designed to fail. #these standards are made to hurt people and then sell them a false solution at the price of your health #I encourage you to transition if you'd like and live your best life I really do. but please please please do so SAFELY. #if weight loss is part of your transition goals please reevaluate WHY you believe thinness is necessary for achieving femininity #(or masculinity or androgyny but this stuff particularly affects women in the way it's marketed) #do research on fatphobia and the roots of weight loss culture. Learn where these ideas come from and why they're so prevalent. #It's extremely important #take care. stay safe. love you very much #trans #fat liberation #transgender #lgbt #trans rights #fat positivity #diet culture #fatphobia #transfem #trans positivity #transgirl #trans women #trans woman

[awsydawnarts]

I hate you weight loss ads I hate you packaging that prominently displays calorie content I hate you menus that don’t show how much something costs but instead show the calories I hate you magazines that blast weight loss strategies in your face I hate you influencers promoting detox teas I hate how the world is so unfriendly to people recovering from EDs who are just trying to get through their everyday life without being reminded about it under the guise of a “fitness girlie” lifestyle

#tw eating disorders #tw disordered eating #I’m fine btw mutuals don’t worry it’s fine #I just get so frustrated with how all the fitness lifestyle crap that’s so popular today has created this environment where it’s so easy to #develop orthorexia #one minute you think that the world is getting better about this shit but then one of those fitness girlies pops up and you realize we’re #still doing the same stuff just packaging it differently #I recently performed coffee in my schools nutcracker and i would almost argue that my mindset going into it about my body was WORSE than it #would have been 10 years ago bcs yeah now no ones going to SAY that you’re supposed to be thin #they’re just going to judge you for not having a fucking six pack #bcs it’s just so easy and it’s this cute quirky lifestyle that you can just achieve #and it’s so healthy #it’s good for you #i don’t think the fact that I wound up doing ab workouts every day for a month was super healthy thanks #and all the stuff I mentioned above was so fucking unhelpful #I’m just going about my day not worrying about whether I’m going to hit this fitness goal and then bam some food is in my face telling me #how many calories it has and how it’s so HEALTHY #when that wasn’t something that was on my radar AT ALL at the moment #anyway #getting off my soapbox now thanks #mine

[random-user753]

Thrawn and being ooc

Since name-dropping Heir To The Empire I fear that Thrawns portrayal will be very flat and ooc compared to almost all of Zahns books.

And it's definitely not a question about Legends/Canon characterization because the change to Thrawn as a very morally gray character started in the Legends:

In the original Thrawn-triology HTTE introduced Thrawn as rutheless war lord, but two books later (The Last Command) Thrawn shifts slighty towards well-meaning commander who inspires loyalty (a trait that became even more prominent in Thrawn (novel)) and started to teach other. The trend continued in the Hand Of Thrawn-Duology where Thrawns bigger motivations were revealed: He wanted to unite the Galaxy against a bigger threat from the unknown regions which is quiet a contrast to HTTE where he seemingly just wanted to reunite the Empire for its own sake.

Completed is this portrayal in Outbound Flight (basically the blueprint for Thrawn: Ascendancy) and it just got continued in the new canons books.

And here's the point why I think Disney made a pretty cheap move when they used just the HTTE characterization for SWR - because they could have known that the character had history far beyond the first triology. But I guess they just saw "oh, these books were bestsellers; just use them". Okay, valid point, they are the owner of the stuff after all.

But then why didn't they take precautions to keep the characterization concise? I mean they were in the position where they could have told Zahn he should write Thrawn more as a villain - for example the novel Tarkin had the same named a*hole as main character and he got not an ounce more sympathetic. Instead they greenlit another triology and now seemingly they double back down.

And that's just sloppy and makes me more than a bit salty - they lure me in with a complex character but decide to ignore everything as soon as they start a new series (also it's not only Thrawn - the Ahsoka novel and the Kanan-comics suffered from similiar problems, although in a lesser extent).

#thrawn #mitth'raw'nuruodo #grand admiral thrawn #thrawn meta #salty talks #at least they should address in the show that Thrawn has simply no morals #he has one goal in life (protecting the Ascendancy) and in order to achieve this he knows no boundaries #a loyalty so big that it consumes everything else #is pretty scary and very fascinating #Machiavellianism is the most fitting philosophy for Thrawn

[dutybcund]

okay actually is this a safe space to talk about kate's dress in that clip?

#i love the IDEA of the dress. i love that it's different from anything she wore in s2 #like in s2 she was trying to fit herself into a box and she was denying herself in order to protect her family and achieve certain goals #now she's free to be and do whatever she wants and she's GLOWING #i love that her dress looks so different from anyone else in that clip. i love that the blue matches anthony's waistcoat. love her jewelry #but idk that i like THE DRESS ITSELF???? lololol #i. ｢ ooc. ｣

[rosecolouredheart]

It's weird that after years of pursuing creative fields, I felt most happy in the role of a project manager/project director.

#i don't want to draw i want to give advice to other people on how they can better achieve The Goal #okay no i do want to draw but I'm disillusioned about it rn #weirder still that rather than getting a job like that I got a teacher gig which I am So not fit for

[thatscarletflycatcher]

If Percival and Nadine was to have a contemporary ya romance name (the typical of non-fantasy, non-myth retelling, non-spec novels, I mean), it would have to be something involving a metaphor of light.

That dark neo-noir radio drama starring David Morrissey (it IS really dark. The lengths I'll go to just hear the interpretative power of his voice. Anyways), called Don't Hold Back the Light keeps coming to mind again and again. The imagery of dawn and sunrise keeps coming to me, in part through the songs I feel fit the story in partial ways (Keane's Bend and Break, Rick Astley's Rise Up, James Blunt's Bonfire Heart, even the melody of Lionel Ritchie's Stuck on You), but also because it feels thematically pertinent.

Both find themselves in night, not only in the despair, and tiredness, and hurt and brokenness, but on the idea that they had their day in the Sun, as life is metaphorically a day, and that it is over, and yet they linger. BUT where they are at the beginning, the idea of a new day sounds scary. And exhausting. There's a sliver of hope deep, deep down, like a candle on a window in a faraway house in the middle of nowhere. But for the most part, they'd like to hold it back if they could. And yet that feels wrong to them.

#look I'm not saying the idea or the imagery aren't like... extremely common #but they feel fitting #have been thinking about this within the frame of It's a Beautiful Life #Nadine is a bit like Mary in the way that she had a dream and a goal and she was laser focused on achieving it #but in her case it all went wrong really fast so what now? #Unlike George Percival has no sense that he has done more damage than good #he was a good son! he made his parents happy! but they are dead #he was a good brother! but his sister is married well cared for and far away #as the heir of Avensley? well does that mean anything at this point? it was already a dying relic by the time his father inherited it #he thinks himself too broken in mind and body to be a good husband and father in the future #sure there's a death of his own professional dreams #but they aren't renunciations from his pov #the alternate good was such a clear direct personal duty that it isn't like there was an alternative for him #not to count the things prevented by things completely outside his control like war #he's passively suicidal because he thinks of himself as just having outlived his usefulness #so anyways it is all about new beginnings and therefore naturally about dawn and light #incidentally I have been obsessed ever since I watched The Lake House with the idea of Architecture being tied to light #and the concept of a LI that is an architect which is such an unexplored concept? #and I feel it is very interesting in terms of how precision and the mastery over force are crucial to i #but also the idea of the builder of home and shelter #unfortunately it has made me realize the unintended implication that James as an aviator destroys shelter #and Percival as an architect builds them #which cannot be helped at this point but is definitely not a sort of love triangle thing #James was essentially a good man in his time and place and not a bad husband for how long their marriage lasted

[rainyfestivalsweets]

249.

I hit 249. 2 days in a row.

HOLY SHIT!

It has been at least a decade since I have been this weight!

Suddenly all my shirts seem too big.

Pulled out my summer clothes... I am fitting into size 18s and 20s.

Holy shit ya'll

I am fucking doing it!!

Holy shit sholy it. Holy shit Holy shit sholy it.

#extreme weight loss #weight control #weight loss #healthy weight loss #healthy lifestyle #getting healthy #losing weight #healthy eating #fitblr #healthy habits #operation lose this gut #operationlosethisgut #weight loss journey #exercise motivation #health and fitness #weight loss motivation #weight loss milestone #weight loss goals #weight goal #goal achieved #weight loss goal achieved

[daz4i]

ok. every story has at least one. esp when they have a really big cast of characters. so. who in bsd is the "oh no by marina" archetype

#like. ''i know exactly what i want and who i want to be'' is very kunikida. but he's not really after success so it's Not Quite him #maybe fyodor? 🤔 he does have a goal he will stop at nothing to achieve and mostly avoids bonds with others in the process #but we don't know enough abt his psyche to say if the Vibes fit i think. he's doesn't consider failure an option for example. #I'd say sigma's got the vibes nailed to a t but as soon as you dig deeper into his psyche it falls apart #bc again he's not really abt success he just wants a place to belong. so. he does do love and does do friends. #idk maybe akutagawa????.......actually that's an interesting idea #anyway if you have your own take or someone i overlooked. hit me. we will find an answer.

[whentherewerebicycles]

ran 33:30 without stopping :) my map app says it was only 2.75 miles but my missed-IUI-cycle goal was 3 miles or 30 min without stopping by 3/20 so I’m gonna count that as achieving my goal!!!!

#my first mile was 11:30 and then after that uh slower haha #but that’s not bad! #12:14 average pace per mile which feels about right for my level of fitness haha #also I thought I was only going to do 24 minutes but then I was feeling ok so I thought why not?? #only major complaint was I had a bad stitch in my side but it went away through the power of positive thinking (I imagined smoothing it out #with my mind haha) #now I am sitting down halfway up this big hill I have to climb before I walk 20 min home 🥴 #also still have to walk the dogs for an hour soon 🥴🥴🥴 #but yay I feel so happy!!!!!! fun to set an ambitious goal and work hard to achieve it!!!!!!!!! #i think I might try swimming laps tomorrow?? since I have the morning free #and then I may attempt 33 min again on sunday #I do think if I did it at the gym I have a pretty good chance of making it to 3 #bc my outdoor route has a lot of small inclines that slow me down/tire me out #but idk we’ll see!!! yay now I get to feel smug as hell all day

[pigaletta]

.

#I think my adhd assessment is affecting me more than I think it is. #I've been down ever since I started it #And I'm having gender thoughts as well. I probably am not a cis female. #I don't want to wear a saree to my convocation because I can't stand people I hate saying that I'm pretty in it. #Wish I could fit into my brother's suit. That would feel better. #Sadly he's a bit bigger than I am so it wouldn't fit. #I could put up with a saree for weddings in the family because I liked those people #But not for my college convocation. I don't like it when people I hate say that I'm pretty. #I barely even want to go. I'm in such a bad state. I can't hold down a job without breaking down within days and remaining messed up. #I don't have the strength that my classmates do and I still have to face them. I can't tell them my mental health is in shambles. #that I thought life would be bearable after college but not having an end point or achievable goal fucked me #I feel so stuck in problems of my own making. once the assessment is over I'm going to ask for meds #because there's no way that normal people have to brave this every day and go to work after. #life can't always feel this heavy. #rant #vent #personal