'Every morning when I make coffee, the second I open the bag, my cat scampers into the kitchen meowing and mewling and sits on my feet. She continues to make noise and roll around while I grind and...|||September 20  Lump Labor. Today is supposed to be the end of the Fitness Blender program, where I compare fitness measures from the beginning of the program to the end. However, it includes a mile...|||Interesting. I have difficulty relaxing muscles, jaw clenching, etc. What do you suppose would be behind that change?  Even going to the 16/8, the second day I was calm about food, and also more...|||September 19  Lump Labor. Fitness Blender Pilates + Yoga + stretching  https://youtu.be/-VXIVZXYyFo  Going light today. I am short on time and worn out from a stressful work day.  Lump...|||Yes, you hit the heart of it! My boss is new - and he comes from a big business. The business we have is small, and he doesn't understand the rules are different. He literally said to me, It is okay...|||September 18  Last night I had a warm glass of milk to help me sleep. My tummy was grumbly and I needed something to take off the edge.  Lump Labor. Fitness Blender (Kelli is so cute): Warm-up ...|||I was angry. I almost left. When the boss arrived, I told him I would have appreciated notice and that we needed to be more prepared. He said, oh, that is just how these things go. I have done lots...|||My boss.. I just can't.  First, I get asked to come in on my day off to work on a project I know nothing about. Then I show up, and my boss isn't there. He is delayed two hours. Then, the client I...|||Not sure what type of diet you are doing for... but veggies are primarily important for micronutrients, not energy.  I struggle with this idea of hunger being ok as I don't know what people mean by...|||You have a kid and I only hear now. XD Man, I am oblivious.  When I was 14, I was given the option to graduate at 16 through the CHSPE, which I am pretty sure was developed to satisfy Hollywood. I...|||Reading List. Return to Life Though Contrology by Joseph H. Pilates & William John Miller The Anatomy of Exercise & Movement by Jo Ann Staugaard-Jones  I am starting where I saw a change - and...|||That sounds lovely! Nighttime hikes are my favorite.  Alcohol causes dehydration - do you try to drink water with your spirits? I find that helps prevent hangovers which are usually mostly...|||I’ve been inspired to try out a fitness log. I am posting it to the forum because I want to try for accountability (as much as can be had on a semi-anonymous forum) and also maybe it can inspire...|||I see what you did there.|||I hope this is the 254th post mentioning ice cream.  I want ice cream.|||Much respect to you for trying out this endeavor.   Motivational speaking has never really been effective to me. It has a passive yet direct quality to it that does not engage Ni (due to the...|||Thanks for the snide support. Hahaha.  The coworker is a hardcore ISFJ. If I openly insulted her she would hold a grudge for years. I have seen her get in arguments where she will bring up an...|||I am sure I am a tert Fi user, but Te is aux. From what I can tell, F users give more importance to the emotional effects of a situation rather than the reality of a situation; the effects are the...|||I tend to remove myself if I have no recognized emotional stake in the situation. Sometimes this can get funny, because other people will recognize my place in it and point out the omission.|||Please tell me, if you feel confident in performing arithmetic, which of these products gives the highest number without calculating the result:  4*8.5 2*8.6 1*9  Did you find it difficult to...|||This is how I react. Usually it is the other way around from Kaosrevolution - if people get upset at me for perceiving that I am ignoring them, then I get annoyed. If someone I care about is ignoring...|||Ok, I fixed it. :blushed:|||I am just a festering disappointment to Red Magician. :upset:  :tongue:|||That sounds about right. When he did decide to do it, it was the worst timing - and suddenly. Like, It is winter, freezing rain, 5am, a Tuesday, now its important! and I end up trying to convince...|||Your INTP sounds like my INFP when it comes to practicality. It took him a year to consolidate two small storage units of his things - despite being employed only part time. He was too busy working...|||Awesome!   (I can answer questions if you have any. :D I tutored bio and chem before working full time.)|||Mine reverted back to an old one. My post count also dropped, but I don't know if that means posts disappeared. I can see your avatar. Can you see mine?|||It got quiet here suddenly. Is it because school started?|||https://youtu.be/-ySwuQhruBo  Jewel wasps are up there on my favorite animal list. I experimented with them in college - up close and personal. The kind I worked with lay eggs in fly larvae, which...|||Wow, that is a lot of weight to lose - and that is not easy. My hat tips to you. :gentleman:   Do you like the attention? Are you going to dress to kill from now on? It may add a layer to your...|||The red-head shuffled through his deck of cards at the kitchen table. He was not able to lay the cards anywhere; the table was covered with juice glasses, plates, and utensils from a past breakfast -...|||Digital painting is very enjoyable. Have you ever gone back to painting with other media and then thought ctrl+z when you make a mistake? It is a frustrating and amusing experience. XD|||Stelliferous   https://youtu.be/mXD7YOoHpAs|||Carbohydrate rich food sources are not unnatural or uncommon in any human diet through history, however low fiber diets tend to be a source of a low tolerance to carb rich diets (as most carb sources...|||This is the theme song of the US right now. :laughing:  Earthquakes and hurricanes and fires and Trump on the only continent that matters! The apocalypse is here!|||I never could figure out what was wrong. I tried a few tweaks but ultimately stopping the diet resolved the malnutrition symptoms.   My takeaway was strict control over my diet made me more...|||I tried keto for a couple months and felt great. Then I started losing hair and menstration went wacky (started every two weeks). It was very hard for me to maintain proper nutrition, exercise, and...|||Oh, we have gone at it more than a few times. I tried really hard in the past to pin down her logic because she claimed she was being rational, but it ends with frustration for me and hurt feelings...|||INTJ: Looks like the fires were started by several lightning strikes. EXFP: Man-made lightning I bet. INTJ: What? EXFP: They can do that you know. Control the weather. INTJ: Who? EXFP: The...|||I have a number four: My thoughts on that would probably upset you so I will not say anything.|||An average physique is having a little squish to you. If you are all lean muscle or bulk, to me that is not average - almost by definition.  Height and body frame play a significant role, so the...|||Mountains are on fire here now (same mountains?). I live 100 miles away, but the moon was blood red last night (apocalypse style) and the sky is full of smoke, sun blocked out casting orange light,...|||I haven't looked into the intermittent fasting methods, but timing of food intake is a less discussed aspect of health. It seems like there are numerous variables that go into the effects of fasting...|||I have become good at being likable/inoffensive after being an insufferable child.  The ones that tend not to like me are very emotionally demanding personalities - I don't validate people...|||My balcony faces another balcony about 50 feet away. Today this neighbor put up bright decorative LED lights all over their balcony that blink and flash all night like Christmas, visible from my...|||http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvk52jDt081r2fzujo1_400.gif  I apologize. I couldn't resist.|||You know, it is funny to me that this topic was a passing curiosity back in my introductory microbiology class in college. The professor mentioned a study about rats having their gut biota replaced...|||Try fitness blender for free videos - they have been the best I found so far for starting into exercise. All their videos are on YouTube.  https://www.fitnessblender.com  I did the calorie...|||Well said. Funny, the relief I get from hearing someone who potentially sees the world similar to me is often what religious folks are looking for when they join a faith/church. I don't see myself as...|||Ha, what an odd encounter. That sort of thing is much more interesting than hooking up.  As far as spiritual people - when I was sixteen, I went to this Christian youth group that was the...'