C'est La Vie

I decided to start going to the gym again in December. When I made this decision, I also decided I had to shift my mindset around it, and not use it as self-punishment (as I have in the past). To achieve this, I gave myself permission to do things that I enjoy and that don't hurt me (I have flimsy joints and I've popped them out of place more than once while lifting).

I also knew that I needed to change my eating habits. Again, in the past this has been a form of self-punishment with a very "all or nothing" mindset. This time, I decided to focus on moderation and eating healthier versions of what I like.

Well waddya know! I bought some new clothes for the first time in a long time this weekend and I'm down 3-4 shirt sizes!

I weighed myself out of curiosity for the first time since I started working out and eating better and I've lost 50 pounds!

What do yall think

@babyqueenfangirl @dutchyapper @lunalikeswomen @wolfthedrolf @1-somewhereupinthestars-1

Idk I've always imagined you to be one of them country girls and have like a karen cut but you pulls it off and people don't notice it's a karen cut.

I shall tag ALL my moots

That are on the tag list

do me!!

@americanized-jesus-christ @robinbriar @deadskincellsonyourpillow @cheriebunie @alexandraamericana @rowanskiezz @ratthegrotesque @wolfthedrolf

✨your actually coraline but like reincarnated into

real life and like yk a 15yr old✨

tags <3

Can I see you spaceship??? PLEEEAAAASEEE

I might rate them based on how close they are hehe

Also you like lemonade but put so much lemon in it it just becomes lemon

You play Among Us and are really good at being the impostor

You want to be a comic artist!!

And you're also a lazy couch potato XD

@randomdude102394 @zezodacol @the-selfinsert @funtime918 @aurora-starlight-silly @ruin--eclipse

Alright tags nooww !!

@soul100 (I know u tagged me but I also wanna hear ur theories abt me) @salem-the-puppet @catt6565 @mimorobo (same as soul I'm curious IwI) @zezodacol (also same as soul I wanna know what you'll say abt me :p) @ribboncrimson @eluxurex @lady-inkmare @bigassfuckingmushroom /nf

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and you have a green trash can somewhere in your property

@sugarrootwrites I think you weirdly dislike some common dessert thing like ice cream or cinnamon or smth 🫣

I think you are gonna end up crocheting an entire dinosaur and somehow make it an AU. Idk babes you just give me that vibe.

@psychearrows I think your soulmate's name starts with a G and you're into horoscopes?? Also hc I won't let you deny you're really good with a bow n arrow

@sinkjustlikeastone You're actually Darrel Shaynne Curtis and you wear a skinsuit like my poor baby on Jentry Chau vs the Underworld to hide the fact bc you'd have too many simps (that's me too btw jsyk don't reveal yourself I'll try to marry you)

@i-got-poisenality You make an au for everything based off people watching and intrusive thoughts and they're wildly inaccurate but incredibly interesting

I feel like you’d be strangely fascinated by those Shakespearean sonnets we have to read in class. Idk, just a feeling.

haha let’s see what my other lovely moots think and also test my copy paste tag list

Now, Joellalovestoread. (If that is your real name.) I theorize that in June of 2031 you'll have spaghetti thrice in that singular month. That and you're a true supporter of Prophet Cookie.

Uhhhh I theorise that you fully believed in the church of the flying spaghetti monster for like a week.

Like Gandalf and Bilbo both seem to have a lot of fire symbolism that follows them around. Gandalf uses light and fire as kind of his two go to weapons and he's the keeper of the ring of Narya which is the fire one. And of course Gandalf the White is forged out of flame. And then Bilbo's introduced in the middle of smoking, and he spends a lot of time hanging around campfires and hearths, like the campfire storyteller he is. He seems to like hanging out in the Hall of Fire at Rivendell, and his conflict with Smaug obviously also involves a lot of fire. He's also arguably the character who is closest to Gandalf.

Frodo on the other hand is like all water imagery. One of the first things we learn about Frodo is his parents were weirdos who hung out in boats and then drowned, and he's introduced filling drinks at Bilbo's party. He makes his stand against the Nazgul at the river. He himself nearly drowns like three times in the story, and spends a lot of time in boats, being haunted by dark waters, and the sound of the ocean (and of course ends the story going over the sea). Like the water symbolism with Frodo is nonstop and he shares that in common with Gollum, who specifically is characterized by pools, rivers, and lakes, as well as fish, worms, mud and roots and caves—very wet and slimy compared to Frodo's more mariner/wayfinder imagery. But they're still kind of two sides of the same coin.

Pippin and Merry get a lot of plant and tree symbolism. Besides hanging out with ents and drinking tree wine and that time they both got eaten by a tree, it's clear Merry grew up wandering forests and knows a lot about wild plants (and writes a book on it later) and Pippin gets a ton of association with Gondor, y'know, that place that is represented by a big ol' tree. Their tobacco leaves too actually kinda play a pivotal role, and are again, very plant focused.

You'd think Sam would also be more earth oriented, being he's a gardener, but not really? Unlike Merry who's out here spitting plant facts 24/7 and working on his plant book, Sam's interest in plants seems like to only be around when he's on the clock. His symbolism is all very celestial. He's the guy who ends up using the Star of Earendil. He sees Earendil while he and Frodo are walking through Mordor. He evokes Elbereth, the Star Goddess like multiple times. He names his daughter after the star-sun shaped flower Elanor which literally means "Sun and Stars." And if you think about it, Gardener is actually kind of a perfect role for a star-guy when you remember how dependent plants are on the sun. He also seems to share some kind of connection with Galadriel who is also caked in a lot of star imagery. It also tracks he'd be paired with Frodo thematically as he serves as a guiding light to a mariner, in contrast to how Gollum represents the depths.

Same thing happened when I got into fighting. I got even stronger, and I got *fast*, man, and nimble, like a cat. Still chubby.

Body-building culture is a bunch of crap, my dude. Functional muscle is not necessarily toned or lean. You can be swole as hell and still be heavy. And that’s cool.

And every damn one of those huge shredded motherfuckers has the endurance of a fucking newborn puppy. Fifteen minutes into warmups and they’re panting for air like like they’re about to die. I’ve sparred them and every one of them telegraphs their moves about two weeks in advance, and are slower than my dead grandpa because their huge useless muscles get in the damn way. 

Now. I also work with a couple of guys who are not weightlifters. They do, however, do very physical jobs and are Big Dudes. Picture this sort of build. 

No abs to speak of, a bit of a tummy, and those motherfuckers can pick up one of the weightlifters and throw them. 

And they’re fast. Like, unfair fast.