#exercise mention

[quiet-admirer]

It's always interesting to me when feedists/gainers include breathing heavily during physical activity as a "health problem", like when people send asks about if a gainer has developed any health problems since gaining weight. I always kind of see it as like your body is working harder to move because there's more weight it's moving around than it's used to, which can often resolve once the body builds up the stamina/muscle needed to support that weight.

Just like if you suddenly started carrying around a 50lb backpack you're going to get winded more easily at first, or if you're working out and increase the resistance or weight or drag etc., you're likewise going to be breathing more heavily, but we wouldn't consider those as health issues. To me it's more of a stamina and activity level mismatch, I dunno!

[divortion]

I just want a strong core/back/bones for longevity not for any other purpose and I hate gyms and I don't want to risk covid getting sweaty in group workout contexts bleughghhhh I will figure it out

[lady-of-imladris]

So after a forced 2 week break from exercise due to uni stress, I moved on to week 2 of the couch to 5k challenge

It was alright :) but the weather is getting too warm to run 😭

[sapphire-heart-tippy]

Okay I know I say this every few months but for real, I gotta commit

I'm gonna try to gain some muscle and look more masculine

I'm in love with Vanilla (and Iced) and Bel, but I'm also very envious of them and how handsome they are

I don't like lifting weights but I'll do it for my Jojo boys 💪✨ I'm pretty thin right now, but I'm gonna eat protein!! And work out!! And do squats!! And work on my abs!! And lift weights!!

I gotta cliiimb (climb)! I gotta jump offa stuff (jump!) /reference And fight some French dude- sorry, Polnareff /joke

I don't wanna get super buff like my husbands though, just visibly muscular and toned

(also I'm gonna draw my s/i to be a little more muscular and masculine in general over time, it would make me feel better too and give me more gender euphoria 🫶🩵💙💜)

Have a random image of Vans!

[lesbianboyfriends]

i just started with walking! Find a good pair of shoes that support your feet and knees and just walk. Then start doing intervals of running in there, like small 10-20 seconds running with a minute or more of walking in between. Then you can work your way up as your muscles get used to it! Also, always cool down with some light stretching and lots of water

Thank you friend! I’m like a Very big person, but I also follow several folks on instagram who are near my size and run! I just wanna see what this body of mine can do, yknow? I also think Rory would loooooooooove running.

[joyridingmp3]

wish I had money to see a nutritionist or someone who has information about food

[jeffersonthemadhatter]

75 Soft Day 21

Wake up: purposely stayed in bed after the 7:45 alarm, kinda awake, kinda not. No kitty cat cuddles, just loafing.

Exercise: 50x leg raises, leg abductions, leg adductions, & back leg raises. Seated Calves from Darebee 3x (straight, inner, outer).

Water: 1L bottle while I was at the old house, 1 QT cup.

Unpack: no

Audiobook: yes

My fitness level has definitely gone up a bit.

For this to make sense you kinda need the layout. You open the front door and there's like a 3-4 foot area of tile. Take like 2-3 steps forward from the front door you're at the stairs for the basement, to the right of the door it's an open living/dining room area and like 15-20 steps from the front door are 3 steps to the kitchen and the rest of the upper floor.

I parked on the street because I wasn't sure if the tree people were going to need to park in the driveway, and I didn't run out of breath or have pain just from walking from the street to the house across the living room and up a short flight (3 steps) of stairs to the upper floor. This time last year when I had to park on the street because the driveway had just been repoured, I was in pain and out of breath halfway up and had to immediately sit down on the floor at the top of the stairs to the downstairs when I got in. Even though I haven't been purposely exercising the past coupla days and have just been moving boxes (I have a good amount of books, and a good chunk of those are hardback), I am glad to see that my main overall goal* of "getting to zero" has some progress.

Also, driving didn't hurt? The last time I was there was the beginning of June and my knees were hurting from the half hour drive. The joints themselves were like "we're not supposed to be in that position."

*I think in another post I said that my goal was going from my room to the kitchen to get a thing of ice water and back again without sitting, I meant that as a way of tracking the "get to zero" goal.

[inkskinned]

i love when words fit right. seize was always supposed to be that word, and so was jester. tuesday isn't quite right but thursday should be thursday, that's a good word for it. daisy has the perfect shape to it, almost like you're laughing when you say it; and tulip is correct most of the time. while keynote is fun to say, it's super wrong - i think they have to change the label for that one. but fox is spot-on.

most words are just, like, good enough, even if what they are describing is lovely. the night sky is a fine term for it but it isn't perfect the way november is the correct term for that month.

it's not just in english because in spanish the phrase eso si que es is correct, it should be that. sometimes other languages are also better than the english words, like how blue is sloped too far downwards but azul is perfect and hangs in the air like glitter. while butterfly is sweet, i think probably papillion is more correct, although for some butterflies féileacán is much better. year is fine but bliain is better. sometimes multiple languages got it right though, like how jueves and Πέμπτη are also the right names for thursday. maybe we as a species are just really good at naming thursdays.

and if we were really bored and had a moment and a picnic to split we could all sit down for a moment and sort out all the words that exist and find all the perfect words in every language. i would show you that while i like the word tree (it makes you smile to say it), i think arbor is correct. you could teach me from your language what words fit the right way, and that would be very exciting (exciting is not correct, it's just fine).

i think probably this is what was happening at the tower of babel, before the languages all got shifted across the world and smudged by the hand of god. by the way, hand isn't quite right, but i do like that the word god is only 3 letters, and that it is shaped like it is reflecting into itself, and that it kind of makes your mouth move into an echoing chapel when you cluck it. but the word god could also fit really well with a coathanger, and i can't explain that. i think donut has (weirdly) the same shape as a toothbrush, but we really got bagel right and i am really grateful for that.

grateful is close, but not like thunder. hopefully one day i am going to figure out how to shape the way i love my friends into a little ceramic (ceramic is very good, almost perfect) pot and when they hold it they can feel the weight of my care for them. they can put a plant in there. maybe a daisy.

[dandelion-roots]

yosano-san was supposed to be taking the afternoon off...

[id in alt]

[andstuffsketches]

bring the girlies back

[gabbagepatch]

Listen guys, you don't need to look nice to go outside. Your health is more important than appearances.

I just went on a walk in my pajamas, greasy hair in a shitty bun, acne, and a pair of new balance sneakers. Cars passed by and I said hi to everyone who passed. Did I feel self-conscious? Of course, but it was worth it.

Now I feel a lot better, because I didn't A. Overextend by forcing myself to shower/get dressed/put on concealer beforehand or B. Avoid doing anything because I felt like a mess.

Go outside and be however you are. It's not your job to look good to random strangers, you deserve to go outside.

[gayvephelis]

just troll with it au. because riptide killed my theythemma okay.

[buddie-buddie]

let me go home (i'm just too far from where you are)

9.5k - T - established bucktommy

Tonight is going to be perfect.

The dinner, the wine, and then, when the moment’s right, he’ll ask Evan to move in. It isn’t the grand proposal Tommy’s saving for later on down the line, but it’s the first step. And it’s one he can hardly wait to take. 

Thankfully, he doesn’t have to wait much longer. He’s washing the last of the dishes when he hears Evan’s car door closing in the driveway. Tommy wipes his hands on a towel, excitement bubbling in his chest as he heads to the front door, ready to greet his boyfriend. 

When he swings the door open, his words die in his throat. 

Evan stands on the porch in front of him, pale and hollowed out, his eyes distant and unfocused. His hands tremble where they hang at his sides, covered in blood. Blood stains streak across his t-shirt, every inch of him radiating exhaustion and something deeper, something raw. 

“Evan," Tommy breathes, his heart lurching. “Are you okay?”

Evan doesn’t say anything. He just stands there, his chest rising and falling in shallow breaths. Concern washes over Tommy in waves. His mind races with possibilities, each one more horrifying than the last.

“Evan,” he tries again, more insistent this time.

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[lesbianboyfriends]

Start off with small goals (distance or time-wise) and make them bigger gradually, don't be afraid to just stop running when you tire and continue fast walking, try and make it a routine exercise, whether it be every day/certain days at specific times when you're free, don't forget to stretch beforehand (I'm not a pro at running at all but it's what has helped me. You can also use a running app if it motivates you)

I just saw this, thank you so much! I honestly might go to the gym when I get off work in the AM. I need new gym shoes tho so that’s a problem.

[frownyalfred]

a what-if scenario, as proposed by @lurkinglurkerwholurks and developed by myself, @audreycritter and lurker over on discord.

The original what-if: You know those delightful scenarios where Bruce is so pressed or scared or in danger that he yells for Superman and Clark POOF appears? Take alllllllllll of those, all that fear and pain and desperation...What would be required in that moment for Bruce to yell Clark’s name instead of Superman?

He’s so so so careful. Would it be an extreme amount of those emotions, like Jason’s death? Or is it something he specifically needs Clark for and needs him NOW? Like how much would that scare the living snot out of Clark to hear?

What if: Bruce finds Lois close to death -- maybe a few seconds away from dying, and it's a sure thing. Her heart is still beating, but she doesn't have long.

It’s kind of like a scene in a movie, where something happens that’s so big, so quietly awful, everything slows down and the rules don’t matter anymore. Internally, Bruce would go really still and hyperfocus to figure out how to fix this, but he’s not stupid.

Bruce sees Lois and knows. He clears the comms, kneels down next to her, and calls for Clark -- all in less than five seconds. Because there's no one else to make those snap judgements right now other than him -- or even knows why they need to be made.

Clark hearing his name shouted like that would make his entire world go staticky with panic. Because hearing Superman’s name shouted like that by Bruce Wayne has always meant the end of the world, and somehow this is so much worse.

He’d hesitate for a second because surely it’s a mistake? Why would Bruce call him that on open comms? Why is Bruce's heart suddenly pounding in his chest?

Bruce calls him Clark for two reasons: 1) Because he's about to give Clark the worst news of his life and 2) to remind him of his humanity. To remind him he's Clark at his core, because what he's about to see will shake those very foundations.

There’s nothing they can do. No medevac, Clark can’t take her anywhere. She will die, and it’s a certain thing. Lois just needs to see Clark. She needs to be able to say goodbye.

Bruce is both their friends and that’s what makes it worse. The weight of that grief -- grief for Clark, but also Lois because she is his friend too. He loves her, too, in a completely different way. And now he’s watching another person he loves die in front of him and he can’t stop it.

[jeffersonthemadhatter]

75 Soft Day 20

Wake up: purposely went back to sleep after my 7:45 alarm even though I would been fine, but woke up for the 9:15. 7:45 would be more ideal tomorrow so I can have more time to wake up and get ready before leaving to go to the old house, but 9:15 will work.

Exercise: once again counting moving heavy ass boxes

Water: 1 QuickTrip cup

Unpack: 8 boxes labelled

Audiobook: yes

Hopefully I can finish emptying the closet & get started on the deeper cleaning tomorrow, but that's going to depend on how long it's gonna take the tree people to deal with the fallen branches from the latest storm. Hopefully not too long because what is basically $200 an hour is gonna drain me. And if there's a bunch of shit wrong with the house that the inspector finds idk what I'm gonna do.