When did we, as a society, become motionless . . bored with the world . . unenthused by the miracles of life & the opportunities that lie in our reach?
It’s SO tedious to shift ones self out of bed after getting a measly 8 hours sleep . .
To be surrounded by MAN MADE vehicles in this “traffic” on these MAN MADE streets . . that seemingly always take too long to get to where we need to go . .
Where we’re asked to perform at these things called jobs . . the same robotic function day in and day out . .
. . it’s unheard of that we’re asked to do things like answer the phone . . solve other people’s problems . . for what? it’s not like we’re getting PAYED for it . .
we can barely make it through the day . . it’s all too hard . . after all we’ve only had 12 large cups of coffee . . and GEEZUS it’s not even lunch yet.
Only to go home to a safe house full of those that love us . . full of hand-picked food to nourish us . . to this MAN MADE box shape feature that entertains us every night . .
For those that have their foot stuck up their ass , pacifiers in their mouths . . & fairy dust in their eyes that blind them to the fact that "LIFES TOO HARD" . . really??
Is the miracle of life not good enough for you??
We have blessings, we see problems.
We have family, we’re never around.
We have opportunity, we get distracted.
We have talent, we don’t follow through.
ADDICTED TO EASY . . that’s what we are.
Life isn’t a picture book full of colourful pictures of sunshine & rainbows . . it isn’t Cinderella . . it isn’t “and they lived happily ever after” . . it’s MUCH MORE than that.
YOU get to choose your happy ending . . every moment of every day . .
At times . . yes . . life does fucking suck . . it sucks so hard that you don’t know how the HELL you are going to pull through . . but the only thing you can do is EMBRACE the suck & attack it with violent destruction until obliterated.
This is SO TRUE . . that i had to post it . .
Ladies . . pay attention.
If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away.
If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.
Stop making excuses for a man and his behaviour.
All your intuition (or spirit) to save you from heartache.
Stop trying to change yourself for a relationship that's not meant to be.
Slower is better. Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you truly happy.
If a relationship ends because the man was not treating you as you deserve then heck no, you can't "be friends".
A friend wouldn't mistreat a friend.
Don't settle.
If you feel like he is stringing you along, then he probably is. Don't stay because you think "it will get better."
You'll be mad at yourself a year later for staying when things are not better.
The only person you can control in a relationship is you.
Avoid men who've got a bunch of children by a bunch of different women. He didn't marry them when he got them pregnant, why would he treat you any differently?
Always have your own set of friends separate from his.
Maintain boundaries in how a guy treats you. If something bothers you, speak up.
Never let a man know everything. He will use it against you later.
You cannot change a man's behaviour. Change comes from within.
Don't EVER make him feel he is more important than you are... even if he has more education or a “better” job.
Do not make him into a quasi-god.
He is a man, nothing more nothing less.
Never let a man define who you are.
Never borrow someone else's man.
If he cheated with you, he'll cheat on you.
A man will only treat you the way you ALLOW him to treat you.
All men are NOT dogs.
You should not be the one doing all the bending . . compromise is a two way street.You need time to heal between relationships...there is nothing cute about baggage... deal with your issues before pursuing a new relationship.
Dating is fun...even if he doesn't turn out to be Mr. Right.
Make him miss you sometimes...when a man always know where you are, and you're always readily available to him - he takes it for granted.
Never move into his mother's house. Never co-sign for a man.
Don't fully commit to a man who doesn't give you everything that you need.* Keep him in your radar but get to know others.
You should know that you're the best thing that could ever happen to anyone and if a man mistreats you, HE WILL MISS OUT A GOOD THING.
If he was attracted to you in the first place, just know that he's not the only one.
They're all watching you, so you have a lot of choices. Make the right one.
Ladies take care of your own hearts....
Men treat our woman with respect....
http://www.favorite-famous-quotes.com/oprah-quotes-about-men.html
You know the drill . .
You inflict some sort of pain on yourself . . stub a toe . . cut your finger . . and you rip out a word that you probably shouldn’t . .
Or should you ??
Swearing increases pain tolerance, which enables us to withstand pain for longer.
Possibly because it invokes a similar response to when we are in a fight or flight situation and we are fighting for our lives . . it breaks that link of fear of pain and perception of pain.
What’s interesting is that normal language arises from the LEFT side of the brain . . whereas these explicit words arise on the RIGHT side.
A study was performed where “67 undergraduates were recruited, and asked to make two short lists of words - one containing five words they might use after hitting themselves on the thumb with a hammer, the other containing five words they might use to describe a table. The participants submerged one of their hands into room temperature water for three minutes, to provide a standardized starting point, then transferred it to a container of cold water and instructed to keep it submerged for as long as they could. In one condition, they were told to repeat the first swear word they had included in their list; in another, they repeated one of the words describing a table.
The researchers measured how long the participants kept their hands submerged in cold water, and asked them to rate the amount of pain they felt. Their heart rates were also recorded after they had submerged their hands in room temperature water as well as after the submersion in cold water. Contrary to their hypothesis, they found that swearing actually reduced the amount of pain felt. The participants kept their hands submerged in the cold water longer for longer, and also reported experiencing less pain, when they repeated a swear word than when they repeated a word describing a table. Swearing was also associated with increased heart rate.
Swearing therefore enabled the participants to tolerate to the cold temperature for longer, and also caused a reduction in their perception of the pain felt. A difference between males and females was observed. Swearing led to a greater reduction in pain perception and a bigger increase in heart rate in females. Most interestingly though, the effect of swearing in females occurred regardless of their tendency to catastrophise their pain. On the other hand, in the males, catastrophising was found to diminish the effects of swearing on the felt pain. This is interesting in light of other findings which show that men generally catastrophise less, but swear more often, than women.”
So Swearing triggers not only an EMOTIONAL response, but a PHYSICAL one too.
However, the MORE we swear, the less impact that word is going to have on us emotionally . . it will be just as good as saying “CHAIR” when we experience pain.
http://scienceblogs.com/neurophilosophy/2009/07/swearing_increases_pain_tolerance.php
Do you run to the fridge every time you hear a weird ass growling side coming from your stomach ??
. . is it really because you’re hungry?
GROWLING HAPPENS ON AN EMPTY OR A FULL STOMACH
When your stomach hasn’t had food for a while, your brain sends a signal to your stomach muscles to start contracting (peristalsis).
These are the SAME contractions that happen when your digestive tract is full.
The contraction is what sends you hunting for food.
You hear the growling a LOT more when you haven’t eaten because your stomach and intestines are empty so it’s easier to hear the movement of air and gas, which accounts for the growling.
Greeks call this "borborygmi” . . meaning rumbling.
INTOLERANCE TO FOODS
When you eat a certain food that your stomach cannot fully digest it remain undigested in the stomach and creates large amounts of air and gas (growling) while the bacteria works away to get rid of it.
SWALLOWING AIR
If you’re stressed or anxious, you may be a habitual air swallower . . if you drink a lot of carbonated drinks . . chewing gum . . talk too much while you eat . . these all can cause a lot of air to be swallowed . . leading to “borborygmi”.
HOW TO AVOID THE GROWL
How long do we sleep for . . 7-8 hours a night ???
Well we HOPE for that number . . but we take what we can get right.
So it’s safe to say how we sleep is going to effect our posture in a BIG way . .
How do you sleep ??
Sleeping on your stomach . .
1. BACK: You’re taking your body out of its natural positioning . . you’re exaggerating that arch in your lower back . . causing a LOT of strain . .
2. NECK: Turn your head to the side . . stay there for 15 seconds . . uncomfortable ? well imagine having your neck in that position for about 8 hours !! because that’s what you’re doing . .
3. SHOULDERS: Put your shoulders overhead and hold them there for 8 hours . . enough said ?? It might be comfy as hell but those babies are in extension for a looooooooooooong time . . don’t be that guy.
RESULT IN: Waking up with a stiff neck . . shortened front muscles . . (hips . . quads) . . tight lower back.
HOW TO FIX: DON’T SLEEP ON YOUR STOMACH . . EVER.
This used to be my position . . on the side . . (it might be bad but fuck it’s comfy)
See in this position you’re adopting that internally rotated position with the right leg . . bringing that leg up to 90 degrees and bringing that other thigh down to the ground . . putting a HUGE stressor on that back . .
RESULT IN: Waking up with sore lower back (back ends up rounded for the whole night), shortened hip flexors.
HOW TO FIX: Grab a pillow and shove it between your legs as you’re lying on the side . . it will block that knee and prevent that leg from coming up into a funny rotated position . . keeping those hips in neutral.
Now if you’ve got big quads you’re going to have the tendency to internally rotate . . so make sure you put that pillow between your legs.
On your back . .
Even when you’re on your back . . the head drops back too much . . too much extension of that back, and as a result those shoulders will come forward . . just like a broken head position when you overhead squat.
RESULT IN: tight back (hyperextension all night), tight hip, rounded shoulders
HOW TO FIX: Make sure your pillow is nice and tall . . allowing you to hold that natural curve from neck to lower back . . if it’s not tall enough grab a towel, roll it up, stick it inside your pillow case . . WHALLAH . . instant orthopaedic pillow . .
And make sure you put a pillow underneath those knees . . that’ll do a LOT for your lower back . . and will stop you from adopting that externally rotated position of that left leg in the picture.
If you’ve got sore and firing shoulders . . take a pillow and pop it under your arm . . letting that shoulder drop back into the socket.
Sleep is IMPORTANT. You need to be able to relax those joints . . Sleep is when you’re picking out all that testosterone . . If you screw up that cycle because your neck is out of wack . . that is going to be a problem.
You’re not going to change your sleeping patterns overnight . . but the fact that you’re AWARE . . will make you cautious.
Cheer up . . at least we don’t sleep like this right ???
HI GUYS !!
Ok . . so if you don’t already know for the last 30 days i’ve been undergoing a challenge for myself . .
30 days NO SUGAR . .
Now by no sugar i mean no ARTIFICIAL sugar . . no junk . . no lollies . .
My diet is paleo which means i eat every 2-3 hours . . and what i eat consists of veggies . . protein . . mod/high fat . . and no starchy carbs . . dairy i have such as cheese or ricotta . . long as it’s low in carbs . . my body just tends to handle high fats better than high carbs . .
Then every 5-7 days . . or every 30-40 meals i will do a high carb . . which is all one-ingredient things like fruit . . rolled oats . . etc . .
SOO i’m on day 28 i think so far of no artificial sugar . . it wasn’t like i was eating a lot of junk anyway . . i just wanted to undergo a challenge for myself . . something that will improve my health . . and something fun to play around with . . i feel a lot better . . a lot tighter . . so i will continue with this path hopefully for a long time !! good thing is i don’t crave those naughty foods anymore . . if anything i crave fruit or oats . .
ANYWAY . . i wanted to share with you my next super challenge for this month . . i’m going to be focus on my mobility daily . . stretching . . opening up the muscles . . really keeping my muscles long and active like they should be . . and being the topic of the month i will post some youtube clips & information that may be useful for all you sexy creatures too !!
NOW !! my challenge to YOU . . is to pick a challenge for the month . . not a goal . . i don’t like “goals” . . they sound boring . . goal this goal that . . BLAH BLAH . . whatever . . we’re calling it the OCTOBER SUPER CHALLENGE . .
So pick ONE THING you would like to improve on . . whether it be not having a certain food for a month . . drinking a consistent amount of water . . going for a walk every morning . . it doesn’t even need to be exercise related . . it can be not allowing yourself to be angry for the month . . or smiling at every single person you talk to . . i don’t know . . YOU KNOW what you want to achieve . . so just pick one thing . .
ONE thing because if we pick 20 things . . it ain’t going to work . . our mind tends to do better if we really FOCUS in that one direction . . that ONE super challenge . .
Why 30 days ?? Because it’s a good amount of time to really see if it makes a difference in your life . . a year is too long . . you’ll slack off . . when you see changes in that 30 days you will find that you WANT to keep it up . . and then by the end of the year . . you will have had 12 super challenges . . 12 “goals” . . 12 habits that you have changed . .
It’s just breaking it down into do-able tasks . .
Make sure everything you do . . every move you take is directed toward that ONE SUPER CH ALLENGE . . it’s either bringing you closer to it . . or it’s not . . don’t cheat . . you’re not doing yourself any favours . . and if you DO . . doesn’t matter . . start the 30 days again . . it’s all a learning experience !! change takes time . . don’t beat yourself up . . just get back on the wagon . .
When that 30 days is up . . buy yourself something that will make you look back and say . . I DID THAT !! it will motivate you to keep on going.
Please share with me what your OCTOBER SUPER CHALLENGE is . . i would love to hear it !!!!
And day by day don’t be shy and share with us if you’ve struggled . . if it was an easy day . . if it’s already changing your life . .
BIG HUGS
xoxoxoxo
Gone are the days when women had no voice.
Where it was the man’s job to “bring home the bacon”.
Where we would be stranded at home with our floral aprons on, scrubbing those dishes, while the stuffed turkey was cooking in the oven.
No voice. Just hands to clean and feet to sweep.
Oh am I glad all that has changed!
We are here. We are strong. We are WOMAN.
No telling us what we can and can’t do, where to go, who to see, how to act.
No slaving around in the kitchen, waiting for hubby to come home and tell us what to do next.
We’re not ROBOTS anymore.
We have a VOICE.
You want dinner? Cook your own dinner!
Times have changed for the better.
We have goals, dreams, ambitions, and damn right we achieve them . . sometimes with our eyes closed and our hands tied behind our backs.
Can’t no man bring us down.
And there’s nothing more liberating than to see a female lifting heavy-ass weights.
We don’t play around – we get in, we get it DONE, and get out.
And you men that feel it’s too “manly” for women to show muscles . . get over it.
We all have muscles . . men AND women . .
We’re just not hiding it under layers of FAT like you’d like us to.
Ok . . I get it . . you’re threatened . . but don’t blame that on us.
It’s not our fault that you have WAY more testosterone than we do, but somehow we are lifting your max in our warm-ups???
If anything, men should be appreciating and respecting the strength of a woman.
That if we were walking around some dark alley at night we could hold our own . .
It’s ok to let us be independent . . to let us spread our wings and fly!
We are here. We are strong. We are WOMAN.
Whoops... too late. Already did!
No, but seriously it is WELL needed.
Shoulders are busted, I’ve caught the WORST cough, and i'm poppin chewy, sugarless Vitamin C tablets every hour like they're lollies. (partly because they’re so damn YUMMY!)
SO should be interesting.
Low carb, no carb days. WOO! Exciting stuff huh.
NOT.
Day 4… only 3 more days to go till I hold some real, raw, hair raising weight in my hands.
BRING
IT
ON
BABY
What’s been pissing me off lately –
A personal trainer I’ve seen on numerous occasions now “spotting” his clients.
It seems his version of spotting is a BIT different than the majority.
By different I mean grabbing the bar FOR them and lifting the weight FOR them.
Not a finger or two, but BOTH HANDS.
Not for one or two reps, but for THREE OR FOUR.
What pisses me off EVEN MORE?
When he's yelling out "it's all you mate, it's all you"
No it isn't all him.
It's all YOU, doodle head.
Lower the WEIGHT!
He obviously isn’t capable of lifting that weight on his own, and don’t think he doesn’t see BOTH of YOUR hands magically clench the bar at the slight sign of struggle.
Such bullshit.
YES now I’m worked up.
Back to reality.
Have a great day!!
"Just about everywhere you turn someone or something is trying to hold you back from becoming everything you can be. This is not conspiracy theory. This is not hype. This is the Battle for Your Life."
