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THE WEDNESDAY CLUB 6/28/17

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Will ask my niece. She spent all of Christmas day walking round yelling "I'm not Jane, I'm Tyler". We don't know any Tylers...

She’s in denial @coco-pommel

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I can't tell if technology is advancing too fast for us to keep up or if the Internet just made it much more obvious that the world is filled with prats.

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Been veggie for ~5 years now after being a massive carnivore. You can do it!

I went cold turkey and had some really odd dreams featuring popcorn chicken (it turned up in all kinds of situations, like griffin riding with popcorn chicken in the saddle bag for quick snacks)... hopefully doing it gradually means you won't get too much of that XD

transitioning from omnivore --> vegetarianism --> veganism

hello friends!

i have decided that i 100% want to transition away from eating meat

first step - no more red meat! :)

would really appreciate support/help on transitioning! 

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Week 1 Day 2 - Come rain or shine (mostly rain)

Gave myself a few days off between runs due to heel blisters but dragged myself out this morning! Got ready, grabbed my shoes and... it's tipping it down. I don't mean a quick shower, I mean the kind of rain that seeps through your waterproof, stings your skin, creates puddles deeper than your ankles in an hour... The kind of rain that you see people running in and think they're idiots or crazy or fanatical. .. So what did I do? I went and got soaked to the skin. I ran and it was epic. My trainers and clothes are soaked, my thighs sting as they're warming back up, I don't dare take a shower yet as it's always too hot and I'm cold. But I went out and I ran. I laughed as I ran. I felt pure joy at being that crazy idiot running alone in the rain. I even half laughed when my trainers turned out not to be very waterproof (remind me to stuff them with newspaper). I'm actually proud of myself. I had the drive to get up and go do it when so many people (including me, right up until I did it) would have waited until it stopped, or for tomorrow, or stayed inside. I can't wait for the next one!

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@fullofsoulandsunshine

What’s ahead can look daunting; take it one step at a time, Five. You’ll find your stride soon enough. 

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Can you try swimming? I know its not the same but at least it shouldn’t put too much pressure on your foot!

Toe troubles

I seem to have broken my toe (micro fracture and strain) somehow and it has made me really sad and depressed. I can’t run or crossfit 😭

There goes RCJANUARY! I really hope I can run by the weekend

Any encouragement and cheer are really welcome at this time 😭😭😭

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so i was wondering where rey learned to understand binary (the language of astromech droids) because she’s a lone scavenger living on a desert planet and i was thinking that maybe sometime in the course of her star destroyer spelunking adventures, let’s say she’s 14 years old; she finds part of an astromech droid that’s still functioning just enough to talk. so she decides not to trade it to unkar plutt for portions and takes it home instead, cleans it up. hooks it up to an old comm screen so she can see what it’s saying while she’s still learning all its beeps and whistles. and then at the end of a long day, when she gets home, she scrubs the sand off her face, pours the sand out of her boots, and just sits and talks to her barely-functioning astromech droid, whose knowledge is thirty years old: coruscant, the seat of the empire (what empire?) updates on the construction of the death star. bounty notices for han solo, smuggler. the imperial senate, disbanded (but what about the new senate?) 

the hot, dry air of jakku, making mirages of old memories just outside the shell of her AT-AT. the desert so quiet that you can hear sand sliding down the dunes, in soft silky layers. rey, scraping crumbs off her plate with her fingertips, pressing her droid with more questions. what’s naboo? what’s a forest? how big is a forest? what’s a tree? how many trees are there? (no one else tells her about these things. no one else talks to her.) the droids go everywhere, she realizes. they see everything and keep everything, scavengers of memory and information, of events and people and ideas. she learns binary until she gets good enough to detach the comm screen and just listen; during the day she quietly practices binary to herself, whistling each beep and tone as she hikes the dunes to the star destroyers, her calves aching. when she gets home, the droid greets her with a happy beep. for a few months, it feels nice, strange, hopeful. it feels odd to have someone waiting for her. refreshing, almost. 

and then one day rey comes home and the astromech droid doesn’t beep, no whistle of greeting. the light in its glassy round eye is dark. the fuel cells are dead. her heart sinks. she searches the star destroyer endlessly for another working fuel cell, tries to trade for them at niima outpost, but to no avail: the model is too old, and any fuel cells that could work are all being used for other things. that night she wears her x-wing helmet and sniffs, watching the stars, wrestling with hope and despair in equal measure; in the morning she drags the droid to unkar plutt and trades its parts for twelve portions. the first portion is bitter and tasteless, more so than usual, but it’s alright, rey thinks. her friend even fed her.

 and now she talks to all the astromech droids that pass through niima outpost. they don’t mind talking to her. they’re happy to tell her how hyperdrives work, what a compressor does, how to fix an acceleration compensator. and every time she hopes that maybe, the droid will end up on a distant planet somewhere else, and it’ll mention a girl on jakku, a girl who polished its casing and oiled its hinges, a girl who’s been waiting for a long time, and someone will look up with a twinge of recognition and realize it’s time to go back. it’s time for her to come home… it never happens. but rey tries anyway, because the droids go everywhere, see everything, meet everyone… so she stays, and waits. 

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An empowering speech to my trainers

Hold your ground! Hold your ground!

Sons of left foot, of right foot, my trainers,

I see in your soles the same holes that would take the heart of me.

A day may come when the glue of your seams fail,

when we forsake our running

and break all bonds and laces,

but it is not this day.

An hour of wet feet and angry swearing,

when these age old trainers cause me to come crashing down,

but it is not this day!

This day we run!!

By all that you hold dear on these good feet,

I bid you stay together and semi-waterproof, Shoes in the Wet!!!

On a side note... I think I should replace my trainers if/when I can afford it over food. There are holes in the soles almost as big as the bit you put your foot in XD

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Why don’t jedis turn off their opponents lightsabers by force pressing the button?

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friendly reminder that leia has lost her adoptive parents, entire planet, father, husband, son and been abandoned by her brother and yet has never been tempted by the dark side even once

take notes skywalker boys ya’ll weak as shit

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2016 new fitblrs!

Please reblog, I want to follow you!

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A little motivation please?

I think my biggest issue with getting fit this year and completing the zombies run 5k training will be that I haven't got anyone to talk to about it, no one to push me on or hold me accountable.

Once my burst of motivation goes, I'm not sure if I'll have the mental strength to drag myself up and onwards...

So I'm asking for help before I reach that point. Anyone feeling particularly helpful and willing to be my own personal Sam... or Janine... she's a tad more scary... I run faster when she's on comms...?

Would involve fangirling/nudging/occasional tutting.... successful applicants will be paid in sports bras.

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Week 1 Day 1 Up with the sunrise (admittedly its winter so sunrise is 8am but hey!) I'd forgotten how much I love zombies, run! And what it's like to be actually hungry. Cayenne scambled eggs never tasted so good! Few issues to sort out like my playlist thinking shuffle means playing 3 imagine dragon songs over and over or my trainers giving me heel blisters... but it feels good!

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Count me in! I’ve let my running slip so much I’m starting from the bottom again!

So I am planning on starting the Couch to 5k running plan on Monday, but thought I would throw the info out there if anyone else wants to get involved with this challenge. 

Train for 8-12 weeks to go from Couch, non runner, to being able to run 5k, by building up your stamina and endurance, running 3 times a week. 

A few Questions

8-12 Weeks isn’t very long? Short runs very often will help build up your running skills. if you think you need more time to get with it then simply repeat days or even whole weeks till you are ready to move on to the next week. I do this all the time, do not worry, just repeat, repeat till you feel the bite to move on.

I am obese / injured / unfit / disabled- take your time, know your strengths and weaknesses, as above, repeat weeks until you are ready to move on, if at all. 

How do I know what to do? Well there are a million free apps that will help you do this, I am going to be using Zombies Run 5k, but Zenlabs also do one. You could also download podcasts that tell you when to run /walk and give you tips. Or you could simply use a piece of paper. There are dozens of options so please have a look at what looks fun and would be the best for you

Can I start a different day? Which days do I do? YES!! Start whenever works for you, and work on the says that are best for you. Its very flexible

THIS IS NOT A COMPETITION!  We are not competing against each other, this is just for fun, should you want to share your journey and progress you can.

 I will be starting Monday 4th and will be tagging #c25k and #fitblrsquad … maybe see you then?

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Reblog if you are starting or restarting your health goals on Monday

You are now in the squad.

Dat’s right, fitblr squad. 

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Brain: We should get up and go running! It’s a beautiful crisp morning!

Body: Can’t...move....mattress...has me... go on without me...

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Body: Ok, so it’s a tad late but we’re awake now! Lets go out!

Brain: Umm... It’s now dark out there...

Body: ...So?

Brain: It scares me...

Body:........

Brain: Back to bed and we’ll try again tomorrow?

Body: But we should really....Ooooh, mattress hugs...