Save your spoons for the important stuff.

That was a reminder from my dearheart Julie today. She told me that a month ago and it was something that completely slipped my mind.

Save your spoons.

Bide my time. Sit this out until it all blows over, or act on my increasing madness and do something stupid that sets my recovery back about a month.

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Forget shopped, flawless models that make you feel like you shouldn’t even touch a barbell. Here are real people - just like you, just like me - kickin’ all kinds of ass in all kinds of ways.  This is your real inspiration.

A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to do this.

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In the last post where I blathered on about my food and exercise, I think I kind of made it seem like the skies opened and everything is calm, cool and happy and I am just going about my life. Truth be told, things aren’t as hunky dory as they seem.

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I was on a walk at lunch the other day when I came across a stray cat lying on the side of the sidewalk. She didn’t look too hot.  Her fur was wet and nasty, her mouth was horrible, and she should not get up.  But she did give me the friendliest meow when I bent down to greet her.

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Things have been way busy here. I’ve had a boatload of things to say but not a lotta time to throw up the words. First off, I got myself an amazing new job as a designer/creative for a small studio on the east side of Cleveland. It is absolutely fantastic and what is housed within the company’s walls is pretty amazing. Beautiful, high ceiling ( Read more... )

This is a post that I have needed to make for a while. It’s about high time I wrote it, because the level of rage I have is immense. So, if you’ll excuse me, I need to rage like a motherfucker.

Advance warning: I AM GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT MY UTERUS.

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So if you are acclimated to the Fitness World and are on the internet, you’ve more than likely come across images like these. Images of fitness models with Random Inspirational Quote #45024214 where the intention is to get you to PUT DOWN THE CHEESECAKE, FOR FUCKS SAKE SO YOU CAN GET SOME AB DEF ALREADY.


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1. hold myself accountable for my actions and my words.
2. find something i am good at.
3. create.
4. discover my calling.
5. love.