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Muscle building as you know requires more weight lifting +you generally only get muscle when you are at a calorie surplus. Though how I managed to increase my muscle mass by 0.1 kg while losing fat on my last measurement... Eh I'm not very sure,lol.
Also I don't think my BF wants me to look like Anrold Schwarzenegger, or is the too muscular look desired in females. I'm already doing 2x weights in the gym every week.
Though this week for body pump I did 5 kg on each side for warm up, chest presses, 7.5 kg on each side for leg track.I told you my lower body is pretty strong, right? It's all those squats Freehold got me to do, not to mention climbing up stairs whenever possible-my aunt lives on the 19th floor so going up is a workout in itself.
Back set, I did 5 kg on each side. Good thing too because it involved 10 clean and press. If no clean and press I think I can handle 7.5 kg per side on dead lift and dead rolls. Clean and press, 5kg on each side is as much as I can do, 3.5 kg would be more comfortable.
I chickened out and did 3.5kg on each side for triceps, 2.5 kg on each side for biceps.

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Vidmaster7 wrote:Just a Mort wrote:I think I don't pull off thin strapped dresses(like spaghetti straps) very well. It sort of makes my shoulders abit too big.Yeah me too.You wear dresses? ^^
Pics or it didn't happen ^^
No see the whole point was that I would look terrible in a dress.

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Again a nice sleeveless V or thicker straps allows me to actually show off my muscle definition. I think it's a bit of a shame to wear sleeves these days since after all that effort I should get a chance to show off, no?
As a crazy man yelling out a window and Uma Thurman would say "If you got it flaunt it".

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Just a Mort wrote:No see the whole point was that I would look terrible in a dress.Vidmaster7 wrote:Just a Mort wrote:I think I don't pull off thin strapped dresses(like spaghetti straps) very well. It sort of makes my shoulders abit too big.Yeah me too.You wear dresses? ^^
Pics or it didn't happen ^^
Probably. For Cross Dressing, the slim and small sized guys do it best. Fair is also a plus. Yes, there were experiments conducted on that subject =P

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Just a Mort wrote:Again a nice sleeveless V or thicker straps allows me to actually show off my muscle definition. I think it's a bit of a shame to wear sleeves these days since after all that effort I should get a chance to show off, no?As a crazy man yelling out a window and Uma Thurman would say "If you got it flaunt it".
I'm waiting for the time my abdomen and tummy goes down sufficiently such that with compression pants/shorts it doesn't bulge out. Then I can just go into gym class in sports bra and compression shorts. It'd save on quite some washing and space in respect of carrying clothes.

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Vidmaster7 wrote:I'm waiting for the time my abdomen and tummy goes down sufficiently such that with compression pants/shorts it doesn't bulge out. Then I can just go into gym class in sports bra and compression shorts. It'd save on quite some washing and space in respect of carrying clothes.Just a Mort wrote:Again a nice sleeveless V or thicker straps allows me to actually show off my muscle definition. I think it's a bit of a shame to wear sleeves these days since after all that effort I should get a chance to show off, no?As a crazy man yelling out a window and Uma Thurman would say "If you got it flaunt it".
Yeah I need to tighten up the top half for sure so I can get a way with walking around topless more often... >.>

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I mean for females, if you're trying to fit into a dress and your tummy is spoiling the whole thing, there's tummy control shapewear

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Okay, last day of school before Spring Break, I'm supposed to be in my classroom one hour from now, I just got back from my run, the house is a wreck, and the in-laws arrive for dinner about an hour after I get home.
No pressure!
I've got the laundry in the dryer, three heads of garlic roasting in the oven, I'm going to jump in the shower and then madly throw everything that can be seen into grocery sacks and stash them in my bedroom closet. That should work, right?
And let's hope today isn't quite the s***tshow that yesterday was.

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Okay, last day of school before Spring Break, I'm supposed to be in my classroom one hour from now, I just got back from my run, the house is a wreck, and the in-laws arrive for dinner about an hour after I get home.
No pressure!
I've got the laundry in the dryer, three heads of garlic roasting in the oven, I'm going to jump in the shower and then madly throw everything that can be seen into grocery sacks and stash them in my bedroom closet. That should work, right?
And let's hope today isn't quite the s***tshow that yegsterday was.
here's hoping...

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Okay, last day of school before Spring Break, I'm supposed to be in my classroom one hour from now, I just got back from my run, the house is a wreck, and the in-laws arrive for dinner about an hour after I get home.
No pressure!
I've got the laundry in the dryer, three heads of garlic roasting in the oven, I'm going to jump in the shower and then madly throw everything that can be seen into grocery sacks and stash them in my bedroom closet. That should work, right?
And let's hope today isn't quite the s***tshow that yesterday was.
Yeah that should work and I hope your day today is better then yesterday.

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Prom Adventures:
"You need to start thinking about how you are getting to prom because I need to know who is riding the Magic School Bus to get there."
"With the Friz-"
"No."
"We are going in an unmarked, white van."
"And we're going to have candy."
"Can we go back to the thing with the Friz..."
Prom Adventures:
"You need to start thinking about how you are getting to prom because I need to know who is riding the Magic School Bus to get there."
"With the Friz-"
"No."
But, really, Scint, you should have said, "No way~!" all bright and cheery-like.

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Now THIS is funny!
This is... amazing.
Hipster whines at tech mag for using his pic to imply hipsters look the same, discovers pic was of an entirely different hipster
Well played...

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This has been the weirdest freaking day.
Our school was actually under a "shelter in place" order, not a drill, for about an hour this afternoon because of a shooting about a half-mile from the school.
The other random weird fact is that the shooting happened in my co-teacher's backyard or driveway. Her husband was home sick from work and was texting her that he was looking down at the body from their upstairs window.
She had her in-laws come pick up the kids and take them for a night at grandma and grandpas so they wouldn't have to find out and get scared.
The victim was a fifteen-year-old kid.
The two perpetrators the cops are currently looking for are also teenagers.
Holy mother of mercy, this s@!+ ain't right.
Just a Mort wrote:This is considered a "mild" reaction with the pneumonia vaccine. I'm back at the office 2100 hours, feeling like I'm going to puke, but I'm the only one that can upgrade the ticketing system software because my boss didn't pay attention during training.Vanykrye wrote:Did you tell the doctor about your reaction to vaccinations? Is there anything they can do about it?Ok...yeah...definitely having a reaction to the vaccination shots. Swelling and redness around the injection sites...and I'm talking about the size and consistency of a baseball...redness (yeah, I mentioned that, but it deserved it's own mention)...some heat coming off...still feels like a 1968 lawn jart accident...I've been fighting a fever for the last 2 days...and my stomach is starting to rebel from all the Tylenol and Naproxen I've been using to keep the fever at bay.
I am not an anti-vaxxer. Far from it. I think you all know me better than that. However, I personally hate getting vaccinations because I have reactions like this to them.
Wow. That's... horrible. I'm so, sorry, guys - that's a sucky, weak thing to say, but it's what I've got. Prayers in your direction and those of the victim. Love you guys. Stay safe!

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LordSynos wrote:Morning FaWtLites! Hope everyone is well today, and has a good one ahead of them. :) Happy Friday! :DLordSynos, your morning greeting is one of my favorite things about logging on to my computer in the morning. Happy Friday!
Aww, thank ya kindly. ^_^ I hope today is a much, much better day than yesterday for you. Good luck!

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And now, for more mood whiplash: HUZZAH~! They're finally pumping our septic tank! We will have WORKING TOILETS AGAIN~!
... and other things! BUT ESPECIALLY WORKING TOILETS~!
(It's... I've had to go to our neighbors to use their bathrooms; also literally anywhere else I've gone, I've tried to take the opportunity to, "go," as it were. It's been quite embarrassing. Our neighbors have been super-cool about it, though - they're pretty much the best, including insisting on us using their showers and clothes washer! So awesome!)

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Tequila Sunrise wrote:NobodysHome wrote:("Unpleasant" as in, "Not what I'm looking for in Pathfinder, because I play several other much simpler systems, so I don't need 'Pathfinder Lite'").That's funny, just yesterday I read someone complaining that PF2 is "too complicated." Which I translated as "PF2 is new, I don't like learning new things, learning PF2 makes me uncomfortable but I'll blame it on PF2!"
Sounds like my translation was about right.
NobodysHome wrote:** spoiler omitted **They found a likely Earhart set of bones on an island last year: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43323944.
But you're right, when something big like this happens, you can always find it in legit news sources. And people need to wise up.
Oh, I followed that story avidly, but it kind of petered out.
As I've mentioned before, I just get frustrated with the overall gullibility of humanity:
- If no one responded to telemarketers/e-mail spam, there would be no telemarketers nor e-mail spam for the rest of us to deal with
- If someone says, "Your doctor doesn't want you to know this," they are lying. Or you need a new doctor
- If you can't find a reliable news source reporting the same thing, it isn't true
- If you can find a reliable news source reporting the same thing, wait a week for them to get their facts straightAnyway, as you can tell, I'm grumpy today. Good thing I have tomorrow off!
My doctor tells me he doesn't want me to "know" things all the time. Because they're stupid things, and are likely to harm my health.
:D
- If no one responded to telemarketers/e-mail spam, there would be no telemarketers nor e-mail spam for the rest of us to deal with
But! But, but, but, but, but! But! Also, how would I practice my Spanish!

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Scintillae wrote:Prom Adventures:
"You need to start thinking about how you are getting to prom because I need to know who is riding the Magic School Bus to get there."
"With the Friz-"
"No."
"We are going in an unmarked, white van."
"And we're going to have candy.""Can we go back to the thing with the Friz..."
Scintillae wrote:But, really, Scint, you should have said, "No way~!" all bright and cheery-like.Prom Adventures:
"You need to start thinking about how you are getting to prom because I need to know who is riding the Magic School Bus to get there."
"With the Friz-"
"No."
Wasn't me! Prom sponsor came in to talk to my class. I was just sitting in the back and keeping my head down.

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There are few things as frustrating as trying to get the family to agree to throw things out, only to have it turn into a discussion.
"On the table I've placed today's items to throw out. If you have any doubt just pull it off the table. This is NOT a discussion, this is just 'throw/no throw' and if you have any doubts just take it off the table."
"Oh, Impus Major! Didn't you like this? Do you want to keep it?"
"Well, couldn't this item be useful?"
(A lot more discussion and debate as to whether or not to keep things)
We have SO much stuff that's just, "Look-and-throw" that if we spend 10 minutes on every tableful we'll never get done. All I want is, "Yeah, throw that stuff out."
I can deal with the rest.
But of course everyone wants to discuss every item in detail.
So I need to hope I live to 95 to deal with it all...

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And now, for more mood whiplash: HUZZAH~! They're finally pumping our septic tank! We will have WORKING TOILETS AGAIN~!
... and other things! BUT ESPECIALLY WORKING TOILETS~!
(It's... I've had to go to our neighbors to use their bathrooms; also literally anywhere else I've gone, I've tried to take the opportunity to, "go," as it were. It's been quite embarrassing. Our neighbors have been super-cool about it, though - they're pretty much the best, including insisting on us using their showers and clothes washer! So awesome!)
Oh, my word, the ability to use the bathroom gain is so daggum glorious

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There are few things as frustrating as trying to get the family to agree to throw things out, only to have it turn into a discussion.
"On the table I've placed today's items to throw out. If you have any doubt just pull it off the table. This is NOT a discussion, this is just 'throw/no throw' and if you have any doubts just take it off the table."
"Oh, Impus Major! Didn't you like this? Do you want to keep it?"
"Well, couldn't this item be useful?"
(A lot more discussion and debate as to whether or not to keep things)We have SO much stuff that's just, "Look-and-throw" that if we spend 10 minutes on every tableful we'll never get done. All I want is, "Yeah, throw that stuff out."
I can deal with the rest.But of course everyone wants to discuss every item in detail.
So I need to hope I live to 95 to deal with it all...
Forget the table! Do you know who rules that table? AGNES THE JUNK LADY FROM LABYRINTH, THAT'S WHO! Just make it go away!

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There are few things as frustrating as trying to get the family to agree to throw things out, only to have it turn into a discussion.
"On the table I've placed today's items to throw out. If you have any doubt just pull it off the table. This is NOT a discussion, this is just 'throw/no throw' and if you have any doubts just take it off the table."
"Oh, Impus Major! Didn't you like this? Do you want to keep it?"
"Well, couldn't this item be useful?"
(A lot more discussion and debate as to whether or not to keep things)We have SO much stuff that's just, "Look-and-throw" that if we spend 10 minutes on every tableful we'll never get done. All I want is, "Yeah, throw that stuff out."
I can deal with the rest.But of course everyone wants to discuss every item in detail.
So I need to hope I live to 95 to deal with it all...
Get a large box. Put all things to be thrown away in a box. Make them write a page of explanation why an individual thing from the box should not be thrown away. Give them a specific deadline after which the box is emptied.
<.<
>.>
This might or might not be considered a child abuse in certain jurisdictions.

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There are few things as frustrating as trying to get the family to agree to throw things out, only to have it turn into a discussion.
"On the table I've placed today's items to throw out. If you have any doubt just pull it off the table. This is NOT a discussion, this is just 'throw/no throw' and if you have any doubts just take it off the table."
"Oh, Impus Major! Didn't you like this? Do you want to keep it?"
"Well, couldn't this item be useful?"
(A lot more discussion and debate as to whether or not to keep things)We have SO much stuff that's just, "Look-and-throw" that if we spend 10 minutes on every tableful we'll never get done. All I want is, "Yeah, throw that stuff out."
I can deal with the rest.But of course everyone wants to discuss every item in detail.
So I need to hope I live to 95 to deal with it all...
"Gosh, I have no idea where that went!".
If you can say that believably you'll be set.
If they don't know you're throwing it out they can't debate it.

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OK, I have to retract my previous statement about the thieves at the high school, and instead ask, "WTF, Impus Major?"
His statement to me was, "I left all my clothes for the play in my bag hanging in the dressing room so I wouldn't have to carry the bag to and from the house."
His actual actions were to hang his bag in the dressing room, as claimed, but then to take off his shirt after the fact and throw it on the counter.
So the stage crew found the stray shirt, couldn't figure out whose it was, and threw it back in the bin. Impus Major recovered it yesterday before the performance.
And I reminded him of the importance of clarity of communication...

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OK, I have to retract my previous statement about the thieves at the high school, and instead ask, "WTF, Impus Major?"
His statement to me was, "I left all my clothes for the play in my bag hanging in the dressing room so I wouldn't have to carry the bag to and from the house."
His actual actions were to hang his bag in the dressing room, as claimed, but then to take off his shirt after the fact and throw it on the counter.
So the stage crew found the stray shirt, couldn't figure out whose it was, and threw it back in the bin. Impus Major recovered it yesterday before the performance.
And I reminded him of the importance of clarity of communication...
My colleagues glasses nearly ended up being thrown away after I was given a pair of glasses found in the meeting room. I asked who I was told to ask if it were their glasses, that guy said nada...then I really had no clue who they could be so I left it on my desk. The next day my colleague saw those glasses and came to claim them. Bonus points because he doesn't usually wear his glasses so I had no idea he even had glasses.

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First day back at work after almost three weeks out.
I am super busy.
Next week I start working 4/10 work weeks.
Not looking forward to the longer work days, but that free weekday will save me a lot of lost PTO!
Good luck catching up with the work. I get that when I get back from vacation. Hopefully you're up to it considering you were recently discharged.