Oneofthe20percent

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My Workout For Saturday May 25

I earned 148 points for my workout on Fitocracy!


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Cakes have gotten a bad rap. People equate virtue with turning down dessert. There is always one person at the table who holds up her hand when I serve the cake. No, really, I couldn’t she says, and then gives her flat stomach a conspiratorial little pat. Everyone who is pressing a fork into that first tender layer looks at the person who declined the plate, and they all think, That person is better than I am. That person has discipline. But that isn’t a person with discipline; that is a person who has completely lost touch with joy. A slice of cake never made anybody fat. You don’t eat the whole cake. You don’t eat a cake every day of your life. You take the cake when it is offered because the cake is delicious. You have a slice of cake and what it reminds you of is someplace that’s safe, uncomplicated, without stress. A cake is a party, a birthday, a wedding. A cake is what’s served on the happiest days of your life. This is a story of how my life was saved by cake, so, of course, if sides are to be taken, I will always take the side of cake.

Jeanne Ray (via shetakesflight)

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Why do you live in your body like you will be given another? As if it were temporary. You starve it, you let anyone touch it, you berate it. Tell it that it should be completely different. You tug at your soft flesh, wish it thinner, wish it gone. You fall in love with those who praise the way it sighs under their hands, but who praises the way it holds up your weight, even when you are falling apart?

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wildcat2030: ‘Vicious cycle’ in brain keeps obesity going - In rat brain cells, obesity blocks the production of a hormone that curbs appetite and inspires calorie burning, according to new research. The root cause appears to be a breakdown in the protein-processing mechanism of the cells, according to the researchers, who also found that they could intervene to break that cycle by fixing the core protein-processing problem. Before the study, scientists knew that one mechanism in which obesity perpetuates itself was by causing resistance to leptin, a hormone that signals the brain about the status of fat in the body. But years ago, senior author Eduardo A. Nillni, professor of medicine at Brown University and a researcher at Rhode Island Hospital, observed that after meals obese rats had a dearth of another key hormone—alpha-MSH—compared to rats of normal weight. Alpha-MSH has two jobs in parts of the hypothalamus region of the brain. One is to suppress the activity of food-seeking brain cells. The second is to signal other brain cells to produce the hormone TRH, which prompts the thyroid gland to spur calorie-burning activity in the body.

wildcat2030:

‘Vicious cycle’ in brain keeps obesity going

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In rat brain cells, obesity blocks the production of a hormone that curbs appetite and inspires calorie burning, according to new research.

The root cause appears to be a breakdown in the protein-processing mechanism of the cells, according to the researchers, who also found that they could intervene to break that cycle by fixing the core protein-processing problem.

Before the study, scientists knew that one mechanism in which obesity perpetuates itself was by causing resistance to leptin, a hormone that signals the brain about the status of fat in the body.

But years ago, senior author Eduardo A. Nillni, professor of medicine at Brown University and a researcher at Rhode Island Hospital, observed that after meals obese rats had a dearth of another key hormone—alpha-MSH—compared to rats of normal weight.

Alpha-MSH has two jobs in parts of the hypothalamus region of the brain. One is to suppress the activity of food-seeking brain cells. The second is to signal other brain cells to produce the hormone TRH, which prompts the thyroid gland to spur calorie-burning activity in the body.

My Workout For Wednesday May 22

I earned 512 points for my workout on Fitocracy!


  • Elliptical Trainer +136 pts

    • 0:18:00 || Moderate (+136 pts)

  • Barbell Squat +68 pts

    • 70 lb x 3 reps (+34 pts)
    • 70 lb x 3 reps (+34 pts)

  • Seated Cable Row +97 pts

    • 35 lb x 10 reps (+21 pts)
    • 50 lb x 10 reps (+23 pts)
    • 60 lb x 5 reps (+21 pts)
    • 80 lb x 2 reps (+16 pts)
    • 80 lb x 2 reps (+16 pts)

  • Machine Shoulder (Military) Press +80 pts

    • 40 lb x 10 reps (+18 pts)
    • 65 lb x 5 reps (+18 pts)
    • 65 lb x 5 reps (+18 pts)
    • 80 lb x 2 reps (+13 pts)
    • 80 lb x 2 reps (+13 pts)

  • Bent Over Barbell Row +131 pts

    • 70 lb x 10 reps (+28 pts)
    • 70 lb x 5 reps (+24 pts)
    • 90 lb x 5 reps (+27 pts)
    • 90 lb x 5 reps (+27 pts)
    • 110 lb x 3 reps (+25 pts)

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My Workout For Tuesday May 21

I earned 128 points for my workout on Fitocracy!


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