Measure Progress With Clothes

Awwww…

Unrequited love can be bitter and painful, so I feel sad for you.¹I wouldn’t know from personal experience because I’m a player but that’s what I’ve heard about it!

Despite all the warm smiles, batting of the eyes, lighthearted compliments, playful teasing, and subtle touching, your crush isn’t picking up on your obvious flirtation with them. The only possible explanation has to be that they’re either slow at grasping things, like social cues, or are putting on an act because they respect the sanctity of your relationship more than you do and aren’t as willing to cheat on their significant other as you readily are if they’re involved with someone.

Whatever the case, they’re being dense.

Know what else is dense?

You for not considering the strong possibility that your crush may very well not be reciprocating because they’re just not physically into you at your current weight and are holding out hope for you to lose some of it before returning your feelings?

My, that certainly is a good guess but it’s not what I was going for, though it displays a level of self-awareness I was beginning to doubt that you had!

Instead, the answer I had in mind was muscle. Continue reading Measure Progress With Clothes

Bring Food With You

COVID-19 and the lockdowns associated with it caused a sharp rise in the amount of time spent at home. While the pandemic is over and life has returned to “normal”, the change in time spent at home has only dropped slightly from its apex in 2020.¹Yes, it’s true that things feel different since COVID, like the timeline shifted to an alternate reality or the simulation we’re in is glitching. I can’t place my finger on it either but you are indeed correct that shit doesn’t feel normal.

According to the data, people are still remaining at home for large periods of the day and it’s part of a trend that started long before COVID, as there’s been a steady decline in out-of-home socializing, shopping, entertainment, and travel since 2003.

None of this applies to you, though.

At a time when people are becoming homebodies, you’re one of those people who’s always out and about.

Whether after work or on your off days, you’re hardly ever home and are instead engaging in some activity that keeps you out of the house, such as visiting the local library, volunteering for a cause, going to a community event, taking a class or workshop, attending a book club meeting, exploring new places around town, etc.

Well, if my home were also infested with rats and roaches, I’d likewise do anything that a normal person wouldn’t do for leisure as an excuse to spend as much time away from home as possible too!

But here’s the thing… Continue reading Bring Food With You

Work Out To Music

Certain songs and tempos can make exercise more tolerable by reducing the perception of pain and fatigue and providing a distraction from feelings of boredom. Music also has the benefit of elevating mood and provoking strong emotions that can increase motivation so you feel more energized while performing a given activity. It’s by those two means that music has the ability to help with your intensity and endurance so you can work out harder and longer, which can contribute to burning more calories and building more muscle, among other things. Continue reading Work Out To Music