LRB Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 I've been reading Steve's blog since he was still with Sixthman, and finally joined the forums sometime in 2010. I didn't start posting, though, until the last six-week challenge. Basically, I dipped a toe in, then my whole foot, and now here I am, in the water up to my collarbone and I still haven't introduced myself.Hi, I'm Liz.That picture to the left? That's not me. Well, it is me -- but it's me dressed as Lisbeth Salandar, a/k/a The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, for Halloween. In "real life" (intentionally in quotation marks, because wtf is real life anyway?), I'm currently wearing a strand of pearls with pearl earrings, sensible high-heeled shoes, and a grey pantsuit while sitting at a desk in a large office building where I am an attorney. I live in the suburbs of Boston, have two kids (both girls, ages 9 and 11), a husband, a dog, and a minivan. I am active at our local Unitarian Universalist church (where, among other things, I teach sex ed to 7th and 8th graders!).But there is a part of me (and always has been a part of me) that is a lot more hard-core than any of that makes it sound. Which is why I chose that picture as my avatar. And it's why my blog for this six-week challenge (link in the signature of this post) is called "Being Charly Baltimore," after the covert-operative character Gina Davis plays in "The Long Kiss Good Night."Anyway . . . in my journey, I've done Weight Watchers, I've done cardio, I've done swimming, I've done walking (trained for the Avon Walk - a marathon one day, a half-marathon the next), I've done sedentary. All along, I've wanted to be slender, to be shapely, to be accomplished in whatever sport I was doing at the time. I've never really had a goal of being STRONG (physically, that is - I've always been a Strong Woman ). But I have had a long-time girl-crush on Linda Hamilton from the first Terminator movie (yes, I'm dating myself, but I don't care). And now I'm setting out to gain muscle, lose fat, and level up my life in so many ways.So thanks for being here to share the ride; I look forward to it! Quote LRB, Lifelong Rebel Badass || June 3 challenge thread"What I lack in ability, I make up in stubbornness" -me"Someone busier than you is working out right now" -my mom Link to comment
Loren Wade Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Hey! I've seen you around! Haha.Welcome!!! Kind of. Quote lobro's a druid? twitter | fb Link to comment
Sco Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Woot Lisbeth Salandar! And you've for sure been around longer than I have, but we're glad you're here! Quote "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." - Aristotle If you have the inspiration, you have the talent. Strive to be happy. Link to comment
CalvinHobbes Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Love Lisbeth Salander. Creepy but when I saw your picture it was kind of how I pictured her...until I saw the movie (the Swedish one, haven't made it to the American one yet). Quote Link to comment
LRB Posted January 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 This is the movie poster (actually ONE OF THE movie posterS) for the US movie - came out a year after I wore my costume. My kids saw it, and said "that looks like your Halloween costume, Mom!" Quote LRB, Lifelong Rebel Badass || June 3 challenge thread"What I lack in ability, I make up in stubbornness" -me"Someone busier than you is working out right now" -my mom Link to comment
ETFnerd Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 what's more hardcore than being an attorney in beantown...? they'll cut your heart out with those scalpels they seem to have for fingernails.. with surgical precision... Quote i don't care what u think of me. unless u think i'm awesome. in which case u're right. Intro - Workout Log - ABS Log - Fitness Philosophy - Accountability - NERDEE - Weight Maintenance Link to comment
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