momochanners:

ashisaloser:

I can’t be the only one.　

G-g-g-gpoyyyyyy

All the freaking time.  I’ll post something I think looks pretty good, check on it a couple hours later, freak out at how horrible it is, frantically delete it, and then stumble on it in my files six months later and think “hey, this wasn’t so bad”. 

ashuality:

Myth #1: Strength Training will make me look like a bodybuilder! First, it’s important to realize that the amount of muscle a woman can put on is metabolically limited by a number of factors. First, women don’t have the testosterone needed to build a lot of muscle. Second, many women coming to strength training are eating at a deficit for fat loss, and thus won’t be building much, if any, new muscle—the goal of strength training while eating at a deficit is to retain the muscle mass you already have and skew the percentage of weight loss towards fat and away from lean body mass. 

The fact is: “Looking like a bodybuilder” doesn’t happen accidentally. A personal favorite tough-love article on the subject of women and strength training equates saying you don’t want to end up accidentally looking like a bodybuilder to saying, “Eh, I don’t want to do any sprints today because I don’t want to win the 100m gold medal next week.”  Looking like a bodybuilder, especially for women, requires a phenomenal lifestyle commitment.

Myth #2: I get bulky when I lift weights! Fat overtop and inside the muscle can look a lot like muscle bulk when it’s not. Case in point- if you’ve ever seen an early episode of The Biggest Loser, you can often see what looks like muscle definition showing through on contestants that are still in the 40% bodyfat range with more than a hundred pounds of fat to lose, yet none of those contestants look anything near “bulky” at the final reveal.  I encourage women concerned about bulk to worry about getting the fat off first and foremost—I have yet to meet a woman who has gotten down to her ideal bodyfat and still said “I shouldn’t have lifted those weights!” Even if you do end up not liking the definition of a particular muscle group once the fat’s off, you can always fine-tune that later. But the fact is, a necessary part of creating a metabolism that will maximize fat burn is through including strength training to retain lean muscle.

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This is a great article. I started lifting weights seriously a few years ago after reading about how it helped people with back pain.  I have been completely pain free since and just overall feel better about myself. 

wikigough:

This is my new favourite animal - the TARDIGRADE. It’s basically a microspcopic, less-than-a-millimetre-big water bear with eight legs that feeds on moss, and looks like a tiny hoover paper bag.

So why is it so awesome?

I’m not really into biological things, but this little guy survived…

wjhumindingthegap:

“Only if For a Night” - Florence + the Machine

Reblogging for loveliness :)  Being introduced to this artists was one of the best things I have gotten out of my obsession with Dragon Age.

I have decided that every time something negative, hateful, ignorant, or depressing is shoved in my face online, that I will post or reblog something positive, delightful, enlightening, or joyful.  Maybe in some very tiny way I can help counter all the nonsense and make myself feel better.