Polaris

Thinking fast, the drinking. Unfortunately, Finns are known for drunken idiocy as tourists, and for a reason. Finns drink at every opportunity, often publicly, and every time they need to be totally wasted. Which sucks for me, because I drink very rarely and very little and can't stand the company of drunk people. Even worse, a lot of people don't seem to understand moderate or "civilized" drinking, and treat me like I'm an alien. And most events, say, newb meetings at the uni, and office/work parties, involve excess alcohol consumption, so let's just say my attendance at social events has been limited by it a lot. Are sports important in your culture?

Imo diet soda isn't that dangerous if you're craving for the carbon monoxide bubbles. I've tried to wean myself off of them multiple times, which has just led me to becoming dehydrated because I will not drink enough plain water, especially at home. But it's a rather costly habit (and heavy, having to haul the bottles from the grocery store). My solution was to get a SodaStream, and I gotta say, one of my best decisions. I just gotta buy taste concentrate and change the cylinder now and then, but it saves me tons of money and effort while allowing me to drink something I actually like drinking. (Lemon Lime Light is my drug.) No, I don't get paid by SodaStream.

But... why would you do that?! Why would you jump rope in what is essentially a box where your rope can catch on to everything? I would have if they hadn't been lifting much more than I can, it would've been a pain in the ass to de- and reload the bar, which I didn't want to do because it hurts my sore forearms in a bad way. Besides, none of them offered, which imo is really impolite. Like I said, they saw that there were people waiting, two of them could have shared a bench, or at least offered to let others work in. They were being really self-centered and inconsiderate of other people in a public place, which makes me see red. Impoliteness is in my top 5 pet peeves. ^ I have rarely identified that much with a character. But thanks for explaining what they were doing. I guess they weren't stupid, just inconsiderate. And some of them could have spent that time better squatting, just sayin' Thank goodness I'll be able to return to the uni gym in a couple of weeks, it's smaller with less squat racks and bench press stations, but the people are better-behaved.

I know it's not linear, but usually my weight loss goes along 1-2 weeks stalling -> 1-1.5kg drop. This time, though, I've been stuck at 61.x for at least two weeks, probably closer to three. And I can't understand why, because I've been tracking 90% of days, and the numbers combined with the weight un-loss just isn't adding up. (So much for simple CICO.) I'll take any advice, tips and tricks, because I'm getting so frustrated my old frenemy ED is whispering to me stuff like "Hey, what if you puked up half your meals, just in case?" I'm not following his advice, instead I beat him with a stick but I'd like for him to shut up and go back to his cage. I'll go run some hill sprints, HIIT should give a kick to the metabolism.

Ooh, your goals are of great interest to me! Subbing. Maybe I'll pick up some tips on how to eat enough food to build moar muscle. I'll be going on my first bulk ever on the next challenge (if only I'll get these last 2 kilos off first...) and it's probably gonna be super hard for me, so I'm adjusting to it by living vicariously through you I also have an oily skin, so I need to write down those products. But funnily, I decided to take on a complete opposite (non-NF) challenge and go without skin makeup at work, because I've heard it's done magical things to people's skin.

Today I became a monster. ... I benched in the power rack. But only because all three bench press stations were taken by dudes that were taking forever. Like, I had time to do my kneeling squats and deadlifts, drag a bench over to the power rack, set everything up and do my first set before any of them left. I hate guys like that. (For some reason, it's always guys who feel entitled to reserve equipment to themselves for a long time.) They could have shared since they were using the fairly same, or at least easily swappable, plates, and they clearly saw that multiple people were waiting to bench. /rant I was left wondering, also, what on earth were they doing? Because they were doing so many sets, I can't fathom what's the benefit of that. I didn't count the reps, but it was more than one or two, so it's not like they were trying to find their 1RM. Was there possibly a point to that, or were they just dumb? (I'm inclined towards the latter because at least one of them looked like they could have used the squat rack way more than me, but maybe I'm biased because I was so pissed off.)

I envy you all that can go without makeup. I don't have that option, since I like to look good but I have no eyebrows and my plain eyelashes are practically invisible, and I'm so pale every tiny imperfection shines like the red light at the intersection. I used to have horrible acne when I was a teenager, and even though my skin is a lot better now, I still break out at some spots (mostly forehead/temples and chin right now, wtf?) I would like to try going without skin makeup to see if my skin would magically improve, but when am I gonna do that? I have a summer job, and uni starts again right after that, and I'd rather not look like a zombie. ...F it. I'm gonna do it starting from tomorrow. Hopefully everyone won't start asking me why I look like crap I'm terrified of starting to look older, so maybe it'll also prevent that. Then again, my mom got ID's till her thirties, so I'm hoping I've inherited that gene. But other than my skin dilemma, I like doing makeup. I'm not naturally beautiful, my beauty's completely artificial, but I'm fine with that - I take pride in my appearance-enchancing skills. I've been more or less goth/alternative since I was a preteen, and the heavy makeup comes with that. //EDIT: A question: you ladies that have quit makeup, do you put anything on your face? Like a lotion or a cream for night/day/sun screening/etc.?

Well done kicking temptation's ass! I wish I could've stayed as strong throughout the week

I can't offer any advice on grip or wrist mobility since I've never had to think about it (and now I realized I have no idea what I'm doing with my hands during back squats o_O), but I'm digging your depth in that front squat. Do you get any negative side effects from sleeping for 11 hours, or do you feel just fine afterwards? Because as much as I love sleeping, if I sleep too long, I get a headache and I'll be tired for the rest of the day.

Fuu, I forgot to thank you guys for the encouragement. But anyway, thanks I laugh at that Sokka gif every time. Week 1 update #1: Nothing's happening. I got below 61kg once, and now I've been stuck above it. I'm getting so angry and frustrated, and my old eating disorder gets more fuel every day my weight isn't going down. I'm so fed up with cutting by now, I wanna get to my goal weight so I can eat at maintenance for a while. This is screwing with my head, I had a binge (again!) on Friday night. Note to self: until at weight goal, have zero snackables at home. I had pizza yesterday for a cheat meal in hopes of shaking up my metabolism, if it isn't helping, I'll probably do a carb refeed. I'm considering shady supplements at this point, I'm that desperate. #2: Last log shows 2x5x20kg and 1x5x22.5kg. I may have been able to push it a bit more, but I don't wanna overdo it this time, especially since my serratus anterior still becomes a bit sore. I've noticed I have this problem that I settle myself into the correct form before the lift, but as soon as I lift the bar off the hinges, I kind of forget the rest of my body. I need Adderal to work on my focus. But! Even though OHP isn't officially part of my challenge goals, I did 3x3x the 20kg bar last time! Which I'm celebrating because a few weeks ago, I couldn't even lift the bar. #3: I slept at least 7.5 hours every day except the one day I had a hairdresser appointment before work. I kept waking up hourly throughout the early morning, I often do that when I'm subconsciously worried I won't wake up when I'm supposed to. (In the theme of my challenge, change, I got a long mohawk/deathhawk. Which, I now realize, is pretty much Sokka's hairstyle. Water tribe ) Let's see if I manage as well this week when I have earlier shifts. Life: I didn't manage as much cleaning on the weekend as I was hoping for, but I did some decluttering and now I can see some floorspace again And I joined the adulting/cleaning PVP, which should give me proper kick in the butt to continue the process, since I'll be accountable to other people. I've been told by people wiser than me that I should take measurements more often, so from now on, I'll try to do that weekly on Sunday morning. Measurements 02/08/2015 Height: 164 cm Weight: 61.6 kg | (insert a lot of cursing) Chest: 94 cm | +-0 Waist: 72.5 cm | -0.5 (really?) Hips: 98 cm | -2 Bicep: 27 cm | +-0 Thigh: 58 cm | +-0

I do have one, but I recently broke it I need to fix it. And sometimes I just forget, or don't prepare for shopping. The starting points for the sum total were off for a few people, I fixed them

Whew. Just spent 2x20 minutes going through all the clutter and bagging things that need to go to trash. I'm starting to see floorspace Even though that picture looks horrendous, most of the stuff covering my floor is a) clothes b ) plastic bags. Seriously, I have so many empty plastic bags, because every time you buy something you're offered one, and if you have no space in your bag... I started folding them up so I can store them all in one plastic bag that I'll stick under the bed or something. I won't have to buy trash bags for two years or so.

So you failed to notice the GIANT WOLF AND OWN PLUSHIES on my bed (My excuse is that I can't sleep alone. They're there to protect me, and for me to have something to cuddle.)

- snip - But, ahem. Beards. My opinion totally depends on who's wearing it. Some people only look good clean shaven, some only with a beard, a rare subset look equally ravishing either way. But I'm not a fan of stubble, it reminds me of every boring video game main character dude ever Plus it doesn't feel nice. I also strongly think that if you have a beard, you gotta have, like, something from a circle beard to a full beard. Yes, I have a strong opinions on beards despite being incapable of growing one.

I ended up making adding stuff to the list part of my dailies. I have this thing where I either don't notice stuff that needs to be done, or I do notice but I forget within five seconds. I have ADD and executive dysfunction issues. So for this week at least, I need to write all that stuff down. Now, I said I'd take before and after pics. And I am so scared of posting this, because y'all gonna think I'm a disgusting slob. I would like to state that my bedroom is usually not this bad; this chaos has been accumulating for three months, during which I've been so tired because of work and calorie deficit that at the end of the week, I couldn't make myself spend my precious recovery time trying to unf*ck this mess. I also have too much stuff compared to my current living situation, a fact that I'll attempt to rectify in the future. *takes a deep breath*

Can I give myself XP for downloading UfYH and starting a list of all things that need unf*cking? Because I have never done that before. It's terrifyingly long and it isn't even complete yet, but on the other hand, I like having it all written down somewhere. Makes the whole thing structured.

Speaking of big kitties and dentistry...

Yesterday, I did something like that in reverse. I wanted to eat another chocolate bar, and I knew I should go for a zombie run, but I was feeling lazy. So I ate the chocolate because it forced me to go run to burn off those extra calories.

I have a question How do those of us not doing following Flylady calculate XP? I mean, I can figure out the rest, but what would be the equivalent of the baby steps? Because I am not starting my unf*ck operation by shining the sink.

Tigers aren't considered 'big cats' since they can't roar, right? They do that cute chuffing sound instead.

I would also have to say surviving and still being alive. I've had so much had luck in life and had some many bad things happen to me that I didn't deserve, it's a wonder I'm still alive and kicking. A couple years ago something happened that made me lose literally almost everything, and I had to build myself and my life back up from scratch. I've recreated myself like a phoenix. Sometimes I still wonder if I'll ever be complete again, if some of those things were irreplaceable and if I've lost myself... and some of those things I still miss so hard it hurts, and there will forever be a hole in my heart in their place. I wish I was being emo and overdramatic, but I'm not. Back then, I thought I would surely die. But I didn't, I'm here. Maybe I will die in a few months, or half a year, or in a few years... but if I'll survive long enough, maybe someday yet I'll reach happiness.

I think Im gonna splurge 0,78€ on the Unfuck Your Habitat app. I googled Flylady and didn't really dig her style, no offense to anyone who does UFYH suits me better. I for one am gonna take before pictures of the nightmarish land also known as my room, and then take after pictures when it's all clean and shiny. I hope someone else will too, so I don't feel like the only pig

Congrats! I too have been sleeping lately, maybe that's a thing that's going around right now? Question: how wide a definition of 'cat' are we using? Because I have some gifs of sleepy tiger kittens.

Yeeeees, come over to the dark barbell side. We have protein brownies. Nothing constructive to say, except that your affair interests me. Subbed. *brings out the popcorn*