#ABOUT WEIGHT AND DISCUSSIONS OF WEIGHT AND IMAGES OF DRASTIC WEIGHT GAIN????

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Moon Darakaraka

Accuracy is influenced by the ENTIRE chart. This is a general info post for beginners not a personal read - your experiences can be drastically different.

🌙 This spouse is likely to be sensitive and moody. They may read into your actions. For example: You text them a joke at their expense, they will be hurt & overthink the text.

🌙 If aspected by Saturn or a benefic in an earth sign, the above can be to a less extent. They are slightly better at grounding and rationalizing their emotions.

🌙 The spouse can be clingy. They require more from you to feel secure in the relationship.

🌙 If in a mutable sign, the spouse is better at adapting/changing. However, they are more controlled by their moods. For example, they may easily change their mind based on mood, they may be bad at following through with plans.

For ex: DK Moon in Sag - they may refuse to make solid long-term plans but they may like discussing the future in a fun, non-serious way. They are better at spontaneously taking action rather than planning things.

🌙 If in a fixed sign, the spouse is stubborn but they will be more stable. In a fixed sign, the spouse can be sarcastic and dry in humour. They are more logical than the usual Moon DK placement. However, they are less likely to be spontaneous. They may struggle to adapt and react poorly when there are sudden changes in routine/the plan.

For ex: DK Moon in Virgo in 4th house - if you attempt to change something abt the home or family without discussion, it'll become a huge problem. This placement gives a spouse who can be a control freak about the home and family.

🌙 The spouse will have a motherly nature. They take care of you like a child - depending on the entire chart this could feel suffocating or loving.

Depending on entire chart, spouse may be enabling. You may indulge with the spouse and often this placement shows a couple who gain significant weight in marriage/relationships.

However, when in a sign like Virgo or in 6th H, this can give a spouse who is concerned with your health habits. They may assure you pick up healthy habits - eat healthy meals, stretch n workout. If aspected by Mars, they may try to get you to cut out unhealthy habits.

IRL EXAMPLES - GOOD & BAD:

Kim K has Moon DK in Pisces in 5th house.

Her specific placement would give a spouse who is moody, creative, romantic and sensitive. DK in the 5th H shows the spouse has HEAVY influence on children you have together (especially the first child) and your own artistic endeavours/expressions.

Positive Traits:

When they were married, he had been known to do grand gestures for Kim - this is the DK Moon in Pisces + 5th H influence showing a romantic side to him. He used to style Kim, showing he did control/influence her creative expression. His daughter, North has already shown interest in music like her father. She appears to look up to her father - showing he does have a big influence on his children (DK in 5th influence).

Negative Traits:

Kim's Moon is harshly aspected by Saturn & Jupiter. Jupiter is expanding the traits of DK Moon (overly sensitive, fragile ego, unstable/moody). Saturn's aspect would normally offer stability to Moon DK, however her Saturn is conjunct Jupiter - Jupiter holding the lowest degree shows Jupiter's influence dominates over Saturn. Thus, Kim was given a spouse who is uncontrollable and struggles to be grounded.

Selena Gomez Moon DK Aries in 10th House.

Postive Traits:

DK in 10th house would show the spouse has influence on your career and public image. After they marry, it wouldn't surprise me if they began working together. They'll likely merge their brands together to become known as one - for ex: Blake lively & Ryan Reynolds - chances are if someone knows Blake, they know Ryan and vice versa.

Moon is a natural benefic. DK Moon in 10th house shows a spouse who is successful in their career. Her Moon aspects Sun further highlighting her Spouse would have status and respect in their career. Benny is a very successful music producer - most people have heard his work.

DK Moon in Aries indicates he is likely outgoing, open about his feelings/expressive and potentially impulsive and bold. So unlike some celebs who remain very private about their personal life/relationship, Benny is pretty open in his interviews.

Potential Negatives:

If there were to be scandals involving Benny, it would heavily impact Selena's reputation as well.

Benny may be impulsive, he could say or do reckless things that eventually hurt Selena. He may be so blunt that he is sometimes rude. He speaks his mind due to Moon being in Aries.

Extra Detail about DK:

DK can show spouse appearance. Selena's Aries Moon aspects Sun. Moon, Aries and Sun are all indicators of a short spouse. Benny is slightly shorter than Selena.

If you simply looked at her 7th house, you'd expect her to have a tall spouse as she has Saturn in Cap (indicators of a tall spouse). So although she had had relationships (7th H influence) with tall men, ultimately her spouse was slightly shorter (DK influence).

This shows the importance of reading the entire chart when looking for specifics.

DK in Aries shows a fast-paced relationship. Selena and Benny got engaged after a year of dating. This shows the DK Aries Moon trait, Benny goes with his intuition rather than what is traditionally the norm. And they did know each other for a very long time as friends and are at a mature age when they marry (Saturn in 7th H influence).

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There's so much character development between Vyrm and Grimm that's tied to aspects that won't fit on this blog because of the subject matter, it makes me a little sad that I can't really talk about it more. Cause even though it's related to intimate topics, I think it's so essential to who they are as characters and their relationship. It's honestly so interesting to think about, and I feel it makes them feel even more believable and real.

There's something I though about recently, I'll talk about it briefly without explicit details. I think it's already known that Vyrm dealt (and still deals) with many self-esteem issues, a result of his terrible childhood, an unhappy marriage and of course all of his mistakes and wrongdoings. And a lot of it carried over to his body image issues, especially after he gained weight. He wasn't fully aware that being on the chubbier side is actually seen as attractive by many bugs, and he assumed that a change to his appearance this drastic would make him undesirable to Grimm (since at that point, he was head over heels in love with him, and part of him really wished they could be together so he had many reasons to worry that he'd mess it up). And with body image issues, there is naturally going to be anxiety related to the intimate aspects of their relationship. He was terrified of disappointing Grimm, and so he really struggled with the anxiety, which lead to many embarrassing moments for him related to very private matters. I think you can guess what that could entail. What was supposed to be a time of joy, now that he was finally with Grimm, was unfortunately a very stressful period for him.

And it's very interesting to write it from Grimm's perspective, who was completely infatuated by Vyrm (even moreso after Vyrm's physique changed; he's definitely someone who likes his bugs to be on the chubbier end). It broke his heart to see Vyrm struggling with his body image issues, but it was also an opportunity for him to show just how considerate he is to those he gets close with. Where Vyrm expected disappointment, he found endless support and patience, and the whole experience of walking through Vyrm's embarrassing issues only brought them closer. It also showed Grimm just how much he matured since the previous time he tried to be in a stable relationship. No longer was he unable to show his love in non-sexual ways, he was now a supportive partner Vyrm could count on.

And so, through their efforts, they both not only grew even closer, but also gained some much needed confidence. Vyrm, having the much needed guidance and support that helped him deal with his problems, learned to love himself and his body to the point he's now far more confident and comfortable in intimate aspects, more than he's ever been in his life. Yes, there is still a lot of guilt and shame he feels about himself as an individual, but at the very least he's able to look in the mirror and not feel ashamed, and maybe even admire himself a bit. And Grimm was reassured that he is in fact capable of full, genuine love in all aspects of the relationship. And consequently, he felt less guilty about his promiscuous past - where before he worried that it warped his views of relationships, now he felt that it gave him a lot of experience he could share with Vyrm, and do it in a way that proves that he's a deeply caring and compassionate individual.

That's just one thing, maybe I'll talk about more stuff, if I find a way to discuss it in a SFW manner like this. Or at least I hope this was SFW enough, I'll probably put a suggestive tag on it just in case. And you know, maybe some of you are interested in hearing more about this, so feel free to send an ask. I'll respond if I find it appropriate to talk about haha

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WARNING discussion of body image and weight gain and unhealthy thoughts thereof ahead

i’ve always been really skinny my whole life and it’s so fucked up what that does to you wrt how people talk about your body. i had adults complimenting me on being skinny since i was literally 6 years old. can you imagine walking up to an elementary school kid and going “i wish i was as skinny as you are” when you’re 30+ years old cause i can’t. but anyway that and my eye color was basically the only thing people ever complimented me on when i was young and now that i’m an adult gaining weight because that’s a normal thing that happens in your 20s my brain is in a very bizarre state about it. some part of my brain is having a fucking identity crisis over it because if i’m not the Small Skinny One then who am i? if i lose one of the two things anyone ever compliments me about then i have nothing and i’m not attractive anymore which means im worthless, obviously. but i’ve also always been insecure about being flat chested and now i have bigger boobs. and during my depressive episode a few years ago i was losing weight and it scared me so i know this is healthier, since i’ve always been right on the edge of being underweight. so like. i genuinely don’t know what i feel about this. i feel more like An Adult Woman than i ever have and i actually really like the physical feeling of having more body fat but i also feel my body go cold when i see 130 on the scale instead of 115 and i keep getting extremely self conscious about my stomach. i outgrew a bunch of my clothes and every time i find a new thing that doesn’t fit i want to cry. but then i realize a shirt looks better with my boobs now. i’m mostly pleased but feel a beast in my subconscious waiting for me to gain enough that i’ll freak out and develop an ed. what do i even call that

edit because i feel like i wasn’t specific: i acknowledge that i’m still skinny by all accounts, my bmi is smack in the middle of the ��healthy weight” zone (ik it’s bullshit but still) and i’m not by any means fat. but when you go from being one of the skinniest people in any given room who’s buying nothing but size XS-S or size 0-2 clothes to being like, a normal weight in the middle of the straight-size range it feels drastic. especially when you grow up in a misogynist society obsessed with girls’ appearances and you forcibly integrate any compliment you get with your self image. anyway it fucking sucks that we make girls (everyone to some degree but particularly girls) feel so incredibly invested maintaining the weight of a literal child that when they inevitably start gaining weight as an adult they freak the fuck out

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Anorexia Nervosa is a serious eating disorder that affects millions of people all over the globe. The purpose of this discussion is to examine this disorder. We will begin by defining and characterizing anorexia nervosa. We will then discuss the factors that contribute to the development of the disorder. Finally, our discourse will investigate the treatments associated with anorexia nervosa. Definition of Anorexia Nervosa The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine defines Anorexia nervosa as, "an eating disorder characterized by unrealistic fear of weight gain, self-starvation, and conspicuous distortion of body image." (Tran) The disorder is a combination of two Latin words that literally mean "a nervous inability to eat." The Encyclopedia explains that there are to different types of anorexia. The first type is described as restrictive, in which the person suffering with the disorder has a strict diet and exercises compulsively. The second type is described as a binge type in which the individual suffering with the disorder eats compulsively and purges by vomiting or through the use of laxatives. (Tran) Anorexia Nervosa was classified as a psychiatric disorder in 1980 and has become a serious health problem. It is estimated that over 5 million individuals have some type of eating disorder. ("Position of the American Dietetic Association...") Most of the individuals that suffer with anorexia are females between the ages of 14 and 18 but a high percentage college women also suffer from the disorder. (Johnson and Petrie) The disorder can cause serious damage to the body including; kidney failure, anemia, osteoporosis, heart failure, stomach rupture and stunted growth. (Tran) Characterizations of Anorexia According to Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders Incorporated, there are several factors that characterize Anorexia nervosa including: Unusual eating habits, withdrawal, depression Separation of food into good and bad categories. An individuals' refusal to maintain normal body weight for their specific height and age. Weighs 85% or less than what is expected for age and height. Menstrual periods cease in females that suffer from the disorder. Sex hormone levels decrease in men that suffer from the disorder. Young girls do not begin to menstruate at the appropriate age The individual does not accept the serious consequences of low weight. Individual is frightened of becoming overweight even when they are drastically underweight. Individual may also feel fat even though they are thin. ("The Better Known eating disorders") Factors that contribute to the development of Anorexia Nervosa There are no clear cut answers for why some people develop anorexia. The theories about the factors that contribute to the development of the disorder range from societal pressures to family relationships. (Pryor Wiederman) The Societal pressures facing young women definitely contribute to the development of the disorder the most; these pressures come from the media and peer groups. Quite often the magazines and television shows define a woman's worth by the amount that she weighs. Young women are constantly bombarded with these images and begin to believe that this is how they should look.(Candy and Fee) The constant emphasis on looks and weight lead some individuals' diet and eventually begin starve themselves so that they look like the images that they see in the media. (Myers and Biocca) Many young women are unaware of the fact that the women that appear in magazines have been airbrushed and that these women are not "perfect." They are also unaware of the fact that many of the models and actresses that they see are suffering from eating disorders. These falsehoods give young women a distorted view of how their bodies should look -- leading to the development of anorexia nervosa. In addition to the media's portrayal of women, family relationships can also contribute to the development of anorexia. Young women that have an unstable family life are at a greater risk of developing the disorder. Many professionals believe that this has to with the fact that anorexia gives the individual something that they have control over. (Mintz) family's attitude towards weight can also contribute to the development of the disorder. Many families view fat as a negative attribute for an individual to possess. This attitude often leads individuals to adhere to extremely restrictive diets and large amounts of exercise so that they will not develop this negative attribute. Many individuals that suffer from anorexia come from families that expect a certain level of achievement and worship education. These young women tend to be very goal oriented and strive to impress their families. They also have profectionistic tendencies. (Tran) Women that have been sexually assaulted are also at a higher risk of developing anorexia. (Tran) Psychologists believe that the trauma of rape or molestation can contribute to the development of anorexia. (Barlow) Because sexual assault can make a woman feel helpless, the development of an eating disorder gives a woman a sense of control. There are also genetic factors that contribute to an increased risk of developing the disorder. For instance a young woman whose mother or sister has the disorder is at a greater risk for developing the disorder. Often times the young woman will simply copy the behavior of the mother or sister that has the disorder. (Tran) Treatments for Anorexia According to the Journal of the American Dietetic Association there are several outpatient and inpatient treatments for the disorder. Two important aspects of inpatient and outpatient treatment are making certain that the weight of the patient is taken and understanding the patients' mental condition. Knowing these factors aids the practitioner in deciding how aggressive the therapy should be. These treatments must involve both psychiatric and nutritional care; neither one of these therapies alone can treat anorexia nervosa. The purpose of outpatient treatment is to "focus on nutritional rehabilitation, weight restoration, cessation of weight reduction behaviors, improvement in eating behaviors, and improvement in psychological and emotional state." ("Position of the American Dietetic Association...") During outpatient treatment the physical condition of the patient is assessed and recommendations are made concerning dietary supplements. A dietician may also reduce or eliminate the patients' exercise regiment to promote weight gain. Patients are taught that food and exercise should be used to get the appropriate amount of nutrition and to promote physical fitness and not as means to control weight. Individuals are monitored for problems associated with refeeding. These problems can include "severe hypophosphatemia, sudden drops in potassium and magnesium, glucose intolerance, hypokalemia, gastrointestinal dysfunction, and cardiac arrhythmias, and water retention." ("Position of the American Dietetic Association...") Patients are also taught that certain food choices can lead to adverse effects such as abnormal bowel function. The weight gain goal for this particular stage of treatment is 1 to 2 pounds per week. If the individual that is receiving outpatient care responds well to this treatment there is no need for inpatient treatment. ("Position of the American Dietetic Association...") Inpatient treatment generally occurs when the individual is grossly underweight and suffering from malnutrition. According to the Journal of American Dietetics Association, the other factors that contribute to impatient admission include but are not limited to; Electrolyte instability Dehydration Cardiac dysrhythmia Physiological volatility hypotension hypothermia stunted growth and development Failure in outpatient treatment Severe food refusal Unmanageable binging and purging. ("Position of the American Dietetic Association...") Inpatient treatment is usually more intense than outpatient treatment because the condition of the patient is usually more severe. The first step that is taken in inpatient treatment is to stabilize the condition of the patient. ("Position of the American Dietetic Association...") This is done by feeding the patient intravenously and administering the appropriate medication for any psychiatric issues that the patient may have. After the patient is medically and psychologically stable many of the same tactics are used to treat their conditions as in outpatient treatment. The patient is referred to a dietician who presents the patient with a meal plan. In inpatient the administering and the adherence to the meal plan is carefully monitored so that weight gain can occur as soon as possible. ("Position of the American Dietetic Association...") Recently inpatient facilities have began to utilize partial hospitalization as a means of treatment. Partial hospitalization allows the patient with a less severe form of anorexia to go to the hospital for 7 to 10 hours a day. ("Position of the American Dietetic Association...") During their stay in the hospital patients must eat 2 meals and 2 snacks. The patient is then responsible for eating one meals and one snack on their own. The patients that participate in partial hospitalization are also given group and individual therapy concerning nutrition and psychological issues. ("Position of the American Dietetic Association...") In addition to the treatments that we have already discussed there are some less practiced treatments for anorexia that offer hope. The first of which is herbal treatments. It is believed that certain herbs such as linden, lemon balm, and chamomile aid in the reduction of depression and anxiety that can result in an eating disorder. It is also believed that relaxation techniques such as tai chi and yoga can aid in resolving depression and anxiety. Conclusion This discoursed has thoroughly examined the eating disorder, anorexia. We have found that this is a complex disease that affects millions of people. We discovered that family life and media images contribute greatly to the development of the disorder. In addition our investigation found that there are inpatient and outpatient therapies that can be used to treat the disease. We can conclude from our findings that anorexia nervosa is a serious psychiatric problem that must be treated properly. Works Cited www.questia.com/PM.qst?action=openPageViewer&docId=77033243 Barlow, David Harrison. "Disorders of Emotion." Psychological Inquiry 2.1 (1991): 58-71. A www.questia.com/PM.qst?action=openPageViewer&docId=81023034 Candy, Colette M., and Virginia E. Fee. "Underlying Dimensions and Psychometric Properties of the Eating Behaviors and Body Image Test for Preadolescent Girls." Journal of Clinical Child Psychology 27.1 (1998): 117-127. A www.questia.com/PM.qst?action=openPageViewer&docId=96477424 Johnson, Courtney E., and Trent A. Petrie. "Relationship of Gender Discrepancy to Psychological Correlates of Disordered Eating in Female Undergraduates." Journal of Counseling Psychology 43.4 (1996): 473-479. A www.questia.com/PM.qst?action=openPageViewer&docId=96533505 Mintz, Laurie B. "Questionnaire for Eating Disorder Diagnoses: Reliability and Validity of Operationalizing DSM-IV Criteria into a Self-Report Format." Journal of Counseling Psychology 44.1 (1997): 63-79. A www.questia.com/PM.qst?action=openPageViewer&docId=96471160 Myers, Philip N., and Frank A. Biocca. "The Elastic Body Image: The Effect of Television Advertising and Programming on Body Image Distortions in Young Women." Journal of Communication 42.3 (1992): 108-133. Position of the American Dietetic Association: Nutrition intervention in the treatment of anorexia nervosa bulimia nervosa, and eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS)." July, 2001 Journal of the American Dietetic Association. http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0822/7_101/78048922/p1/article.jhtml?term=anorexia The better known eating disorders." April 2003. Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, Inc. 15 April 2003. http://www.anred.com/defswk.html Tran, Mai. "Anorexia nervosa." The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine. http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/g2603/0001/2603000162/p1/article.jhtml?term=anorexia Read the full article

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Selena Gomez Breast Implants: Unraveling the Truth and Impact

Selena Gomez, a global pop sensation and influential public figure, has captivated millions with her talent, charm, and authenticity. However, with fame comes scrutiny, and one particular rumor that has made the rounds is whether or not selena gomez breast implants. Speculations about celebrities undergoing cosmetic procedures are nothing new, but when it comes to someone as beloved as Selena, these whispers can quickly snowball into a widespread debate. But how did these rumors start, and what do they say about society's obsession with the physical appearances of celebrities? 

The Surge of Speculations

The rumors about Selena Gomez potentially getting breast implants didn’t spring out of nowhere. They began gaining traction after fans and media outlets noticed changes in her appearance in recent photos. Social media platforms, notorious for their role in fueling celebrity gossip, were ablaze with discussions and comparisons of her before-and-after images. The conversation wasn’t just confined to the average fan; even media outlets picked up the story, analyzing her pictures with surgical precision.

But why does the public care so much? In the world of celebrities, every small change is magnified, dissected, and discussed. Selena’s case is no different. Whether it's a new hairstyle, a slight weight change, or the possibility of cosmetic surgery, fans and critics alike are always on the lookout for something to talk about.

Selena's Silence: A Strategic Move?

In the face of all these speculations, Selena Gomez has remained notably silent. Some see this as a strategic move—by not addressing the rumors directly, she avoids adding fuel to the fire. It’s a common tactic among celebrities to ignore baseless claims in the hope that they’ll eventually die down. But is this silence indicative of something more?

Celebrities often have to walk a fine line between maintaining their privacy and managing their public image. Addressing rumors can sometimes do more harm than good, as it might validate them in the eyes of the public. For Selena, whose life has been under a microscope since her Disney days, staying silent could be her way of keeping control over her narrative.

The Impact on Body Image Conversations

Selena Gomez has long been an advocate for body positivity, openly discussing her struggles with lupus, mental health, and the resulting impact on her body. Given her influence, the speculation about her possibly getting breast implants has sparked broader conversations about body image and the pressures faced by women—especially those in the limelight.

Celebrities like Selena play a significant role in shaping beauty standards. When someone of her stature is believed to have altered their body surgically, it can send mixed messages to her young, impressionable fan base. On one hand, it can be seen as a personal choice—after all, everyone has the right to do what makes them feel confident. On the other, it could perpetuate the notion that natural beauty isn’t enough, feeding into the unrealistic standards often glorified by the media.

Analyzing the Evidence

So, what evidence do we have regarding Selena Gomez’s alleged breast implants? Most of the speculation is based on visual comparisons—side-by-side photos from different periods of her life. Some claim that the difference in her appearance is clear, pointing to specific outfits or angles that seemingly reveal a change in her bust size.

However, experts in the field of plastic surgery often caution against making assumptions based solely on photographs. Lighting, clothing, and even posture can drastically alter how someone looks in photos. Without a direct statement from Selena or her medical team, any claims about her undergoing surgery remain just that—speculation.

Public Perception and Fan Reactions

Public reactions to the rumors have been mixed. While some fans passionately defend Selena, arguing that she has always been beautiful and that the changes are natural, others are convinced that she has had work done. Social media platforms are often the battleground for these debates, with hashtags and trending topics bringing more attention to the issue.

But why do fans feel the need to weigh in on such personal matters? Part of it comes from the deep connection they feel with celebrities. For many, stars like Selena are more than just entertainers—they’re role models, and any perceived change in their appearance can feel like a betrayal or, conversely, a step closer to perfection.

The Broader Conversation on Cosmetic Surgery

Cosmetic enhancements have become increasingly normalized in Hollywood, with many celebrities openly discussing their procedures. However, breast implants and other forms of plastic surgery still carry a stigma, especially for female celebrities who often face harsher judgment than their male counterparts.

In Selena’s case, the rumors have reignited discussions about the pressures that women, particularly in the entertainment industry, face to maintain a certain image. The choice to undergo surgery is deeply personal, yet when a celebrity makes that decision, it’s often scrutinized and debated as if it were a public issue.

Selena Gomez’s Advocacy for Self-Love

Despite the ongoing speculation, Selena Gomez has consistently advocated for self-love and body positivity. In interviews and social media posts, she has emphasized the importance of embracing one’s natural beauty and not succumbing to societal pressures. Whether or not the rumors are true, Selena’s message remains clear: confidence comes from within, not from conforming to external standards.

Her openness about her health struggles and the resulting impact on her body has resonated with many, offering a refreshing perspective in an industry often criticized for promoting unrealistic ideals. By focusing on self-acceptance, Selena continues to inspire her fans to love themselves just as they are.

Conclusion

The rumors surrounding Selena Gomez’s alleged breast implants are a reflection of society’s ongoing fascination with celebrity culture and physical appearance. While it’s natural for fans to be curious, it’s essential to remember that celebrities are people too, with their own insecurities and personal choices. Whether or not Selena has had surgery is ultimately her business, and what truly matters is the message she continues to spread—one of self-love and acceptance.

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Sean Rigby Weight Loss: The Story Behind His Dramatic Body Image and Health

Sean Rigby, an English actor best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Jim Strange in “Endeavour,” recently made headlines not for his acting prowess but for his dramatic weight loss. Rigby’s transformation, particularly evident in “Endeavour” Season 8, where he appeared nearly 87 pounds lighter, sparked widespread discussion and speculation.

Body Image in the Spotlight

Rigby’s weight loss brings into focus the intense scrutiny of body image in the entertainment industry. Initially, Rigby, who was a bit overweight, defied the conventional actor body standards, comfortably embracing his physique. His talent shone through, unaffected by his body image. A New York Times reviewer praised Rigby for bringing “a vulpine grace” to his role, indicating that his acting was always at the forefront.

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Sean Rigby’s Weight Loss Transformation

The eighth season of “Endeavour,” aired in September 2021, presented a significantly slimmer Rigby. Fans were initially baffled, some even suspecting a new actor had replaced him. This drastic change led to a flurry of questions and theories about his health and the methods behind his weight loss.

Despite the public curiosity, Rigby has remained silent about his weight loss journey. This lack of comment has only fueled further speculation. Fans and media alike have guessed at various methods, from strict dieting and exercise routines to concerns about illnesses. However, without confirmation from Rigby, these remain mere speculations.

Health Status: 

As of our latest updates, Rigby’s current health status is not detailed in public records. However, he appears to be in good health, continuing his role in “Endeavour” without interruption. His transformation, while a topic of curiosity, has also served as an inspiration to many looking to adopt a healthier lifestyle.

Interesting Facts about Sean Rigby’s Weight Loss and Health

Active in Health and Wellness Coaching: After his significant weight loss, Sean Rigby reportedly became actively involved in health and wellness coaching services. This suggests a deeper commitment to not only maintaining his own health but also helping others on their wellness journeys.

Inspiration Beyond Acting: Rigby’s weight loss has made him a figure of inspiration outside his acting career. His transformation has motivated people struggling with weight issues, demonstrating the positive impact of lifestyle changes.

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Silent Advocate for Health: By not publicly discussing his weight loss methods, Rigby inadvertently promotes a message that health and fitness journeys are personal and varied. His approach highlights the importance of finding a health path that works individually, rather than following celebrity trends.

Shift in Public Perception: Prior to his weight loss, Rigby’s public image was primarily defined by his acting roles. Post-transformation, he has also become recognized for his commitment to personal health, showing a different side of his personality to the public.

Role Model for Body Positivity: Despite the industry’s focus on physical appearance, Rigby’s initial comfort with his body image and his subsequent transformation into a healthier lifestyle serve as a powerful example of body positivity. He demonstrates that one can embrace body changes at any stage and for personal reasons, rather than industry pressure.

FAQs about Sean Rigby

Who is Sean Rigby?

Sean Rigby is an English actor, best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Jim Strange in the British TV series “Endeavour.”

What is Sean Rigby known for?

Aside from his role in “Endeavour,” Rigby is recognized for his portrayal in the prequel series to “Inspector Morse.” He has also gained attention for his significant weight loss.

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How much weight did Sean Rigby lose?

Sean Rigby reportedly lost around 87 pounds, a transformation that became evident in the eighth season of “Endeavour.”

Did Sean Rigby discuss his weight loss publicly?

No, Sean Rigby has not publicly discussed the specifics of his weight loss, including the methods or reasons behind it.

What are the speculations about Sean Rigby’s weight loss?

Fans and media have speculated various reasons, including strict dieting, exercise routines, or health issues. However, without confirmation from Rigby, these remain unverified.

Sean Rigby’s weight loss story transcends the physical transformation. It highlights the intense focus on body image in the entertainment industry and the curiosity it sparks among the public. While Rigby’s silence on the matter leaves room for speculation, it also underscores a personal journey that goes beyond public scrutiny. His story is a reminder of the importance of health and well-being, both in and out of the spotlight.

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Can I get a Angst oneshot of cherry number 5 and Gender Neutral reader please if you want or can.

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Cherry had done everything in his power to cover his tracks so that nothing could ever be traced back to him.

He had made sure to shield his body in an all black cloak with a mask across his face as he snuck off the palace's grounds, he had given himself an alias whenever he chose to skate since It was forbidden for royals to do so, and he even met with his lover in the most discreet places that no one should have been able to find. He had done everything imaginable to ensure that nothing could ever tarnish his name, and yet somehow, all of his efforts were now seemingly futile.

“Are you ready to talk?”

Cherry scowled deeply as his eyes fell on the bothersome man in front of him, trying his best to maintain his composure and awareness. The man in question was no other than his right hand and he had so rudely barged into his office, demanding Cherry’s attention to discuss an important matter that just couldn’t seem to wait. Ainosuke Shindo, Adam for short, stood beside the chair opposite of Cherry with a grin that can only be defined as devious adorning his lips.

“There have been rumors circulating amongst the servants, rumors of the Lord escaping the palace late in the night.” Adam tauntingly paced around the office with his hands clasped behind his back and Cherry’s eyes vehemently trailed him as his accusing words began to register. “They say you’ve been sneaking off to duel commoners in skating tournaments, knowing full well that the practice is strictly forbidden.”

Adam paused his movements and sharply turned himself to face Cherry. He slowly lowered his body down to grip the edge of the desk dividing him and Cherry, a grimace now present on his face.

“Does any of this ring a bell to you, your Highness?” Adam asked forcefully and Cherry simply reached over to grab his fine china, calmly taking a sip of his Chamomile tea before answering the arrogant man towering him.

“No, I am afraid that does not ring a bell.” Cherry answered while blankly staring and Adam laughed dryly under his breath at his obvious lie.

“Is that so?” Adam retorted before taking out a manila folder and dumping the contents of it all across the desk’s surface. Cherry remained unscathed as the laminated documents fell before him and he slowly glanced over them, squinting his eyes once he realized they were all pictures.

Pictures of him to be exact.

“These photos here tell a different story, Lord Cherry.”

“What is it that you exactly wish to gain by doing this?” Cherry asked, his voice becoming slightly annoyed as he pushed the pictures of him participating in the local tournaments away from his view.

“End your acquaintance with Y/n.” Adam declared while leaning closer to his Lord, but Cherry only narrowed his eyes in response.

‘Ah, so that’s what this is all about.’ Cherry thought to himself as he took note of Adam’s request.

Adam had never liked that you and Cherry were having romantic relations with each other and he so desperately wished to end the entanglement as soon as the secret relationship sprouted. Adam viewed you as mere filth and didn’t believe you had a worthy enough status to ever be seen with the likes of Cherry. Adam gritted his teeth just thinking about you being together, partially because he knew Cherry could have better and partially because that spot you had in Cherry’s heart should have been his.

“You must have lost your head, Adam.” Cherry glowered menacingly and leaned himself closer as well, so close that there were just mere inches between the two. “Mind your place.”

“End it, Cherry.” Adam demanded coldly, losing all the formalness he had prior to this moment.

“And if I don't?” Cherry challenged with a raised eyebrow, frowning deeply as he continued to stare down Adam.

“Then I will have no other choice than to leak these photos and ruin your entire career.” Adam spat with his fingers gripping the wood so tight that his knuckles turned white.

Cherry closed his eyes at the unfavorable situation he had found himself in. He could have continued to protest against the incriminating evidence, but Adam did unfortunately have the upper hand right now. Cherry sighed loudly before slowly glancing back up to the fickle man awaiting his response.

“Very well.”

“Really?” Adam blurted incredulously, shocked that Cherry actually agreed to his terms.

“Yes, I will end my relations with them.” Cherry affirmed, although the weight of those words left a bitter taste lingering along his tongue.

“Excellent.” Adam exclaimed before turning on his heel to leave triumphantly but not before gathering the photos up and taking them with him.

Once Adam was completely gone, Cherry loudly banged his fist against the table, causing the warm tea to spill across his desk. He ran his hands through his hair in frustration as he considered the stakes at hand and wanted nothing more to strangle Adam for even pulling a stunt like this. Cherry was torn between protecting his current position of power or choosing the love of his life and it seemed like the former was gradually becoming his only option.

“Carla, send me a carriage.” Cherry hastily commanded into the air before pushing out of his seat and storming out the door.

X

“Y/n, open up. It’s me.”

Cherry waited a few seconds before hearing your feet shuffle against the floor and multiple locks turn in unison.

When you finally opened the door he saw that you were all dressed and there was a suitcase standing behind you. Cherry raised an eyebrow in question and wondered where you could be going at such a late hour.

“Going somewhere?” He asked curiously while taking note of how stiff you looked standing in the door frame.

“Yes.” You responded curtly, voice more distant than usual.

“Where to?” Cherry tried to pry further, now even more confused that his suspicions were correct.

“Away.”

Cherry’s lips frowned at how dismissive you were being and he tried to step closer into your home, but you blocked him before he could get the chance.

“Cherry, I think It is time we end this.” You blurted out loud and Cherry froze in his spot once he heard those words leave your mouth.

Wasn’t that his line? He thought to himself as he saw the indifferent expression blanketing your face. Cherry wasn’t going to go through with Adam’s demands and he had actually come here to make It clear that you would always come first, although now that you’ve said you wanted to depart, he wasn’t sure If his plan still was in motion.

“For what reason?” Cherry asked insultingly and you avoided eye contact with him before continuing.

“It is for the best.” You whispered and Cherry got in your face, latching his fingers onto your chin so you could look into his furious eyes.

“Like hell It is.” He swore, glowering down at you. “What has caused this sudden change?”

“Dammit, Cherry! We just aren’t meant to be together!” You shouted and to Cherry’s ears It sounded as If you were trying to convince yourself of that statement as well. Once you realized your emotions were beginning to get the best of you, you took a deep breath and tried to ignore the tight feeling growing inside of your throat.

“I got sent a letter.”

“A letter?” Cherry questioned in confusion, wondering why that mattered now.

“Yes, and It stated that I have 24 hours to evacuate the premises before drastic measures would be put in place.” You confessed and Cherry raised his eyebrows in surprise before anger gradually consumed his being.

“On what grounds? Where is it, let me see!” Cherry demanded and tried to move past you but you blocked him from entering again.

“They had pictures in there as well.” You hissed while furrowing your eyebrows deeply. “Pictures of us together.”

Cherry felt himself begin to see red, seething at what was happening to you and him.

“So what? That’s just it now?” He voiced bitterly and you started to laugh at his questions, not realizing that tears had begun sliding down your cheeks.

“Yes, this is the last straw! I am sick of going through this, Cherry.” You exclaimed with a frown before turning your head so your eyes were no longer on him. “It’s best that you leave now.”

“I refuse to leave until we sort all of this out.” Cherry protested, moving his hands to try to wipe your cheeks but you swatted them away just before he could touch you. Cherry angrily clenched his fists and flared his nostrils before moving himself into your face.

“Didn’t we get in this relationship knowing that they wouldn’t approve of us? So why now, why are you so scared now?” Cherry was fuming as he shouted those words at you and you flinched once you heard how strangled his voice was becoming.

“It is different now, since when did you not care about your career as being our Lord? If word got out we were meeting, It would stain your image and legacy as well as have you seen as a dishonor. Are you really willing to risk throwing it all away for a mere relationship?” You challenged although the tears that were still falling steadily from your eyes betrayed how you were trying to come across.

You swallowed thickly before moving your eyes to Cherry’s face, staring at him solemnly through your blurry vision.

“Is our love really worth that much to you because it doesn't mean shit to me anymore.” You yelled and Cherry abruptly moved back at your outburst, too speechless to say anything in return.

You shut your eyes and squeezed them tightly before stepping back into your home.

“Goodbye.” You mumbled and slammed the door in Cherry’s face. Cherry stood on your porch with a far away look grazing his face and stayed motionless in his spot with his gaze never leaving your door. Cherry didn’t remember how long he stood there in the cold night, but he did remember the sudden feeling of his lips quivering as he felt his heart being broken into a million pieces.

When Cherry finally stormed back into the castle, he furiously and desperately looked for Adam. And when he finally saw him, he rushed to the man and roughly grabbed him by the collar, pulling him closer so that they were face to face.

“What did you do, dammit!” Cherry yelled with tears building up in his eyes, his hands shaking drastically since your distraught face stayed ingrained in his mind. Cherry was a mess without you, he already missed your comforting voice and the beautiful smile that you wore whenever he held you close to him. Cherry’s cheeks suddenly rose as his mouth slowly parted and tears poured from his eyes at the thought of never getting the chance to have that again.

Adam looked down at Cherry since he still had him in grasp, and he couldn’t help the smirk that fell on his face as he realized that he had won. Adam listened closely as the grandfather clock on the wall rang loudly to signal a new day, a day where you were no longer in the picture.

“I just made sure you stayed true to your word, my Lord.”

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Veles Taxi- Chapter 2

Finally Finished! 😁 I’ve tagged the people who liked the first chapter, hope that’s alright.  🧡

First chapter here

4 hours prior  

The clock’s hand continues ticking. Each movement signalling that the time until midnight is getting shorter. Nicolai’s sat in the weapons room, near enough to the door to listen to the Italians converse in a nearby room but further enough away to avoid the notice and resulting repercussion of anyone spotting him.  

A few sentences are legible from what little Italian he's managed to pick up over the last year. Something about Russian fools and a base deep in the Kitchen reaches his ears before a hand rests on his shoulder, its sharp fingers embedding what’s sure to be darkened prints by morning. With his eager concentration dispersed and a rope of anxiety coiling around his lungs, Nicolai glances up already knowing who he's about to face. He's met with Vittorio, one of the hired thugs in the mafia, who holds a malignant smile akin to a cat coming across a frightened mouse.

“Boss wants you", the words are jeering and his feral grin seems to stretch wider, still failing to reach his eyes. 

Nicolai nods numbly whilst getting up, tightening his hands into fists to suppress the mild tremors running through them. ‘The Boss’, Mateo Ferrero, leader of the New York branch of the Italian mafia, alternated between his nefarious businesses and frequenting high society parties each weekend, a man who was also a known murderer. He’d never served time or even been questioned, after all, who’s insane enough to go after a man who commands half the city? No one still breathing. People like Nicolai weren’t taken to ‘The Boss’ without good reason and he isn’t able to fool himself into believing anything positive was going to come out of this visit. Or even if he is going to come out alive. 

Thoughts whirl around his head as he’s led through a myriad of rooms and it feels like mere seconds pass before Vittorio half shoves him into the office. Nicolai has rarely seen Mateo close up, the first time was right after his mother had passed away and the Italian mafia had only just taken him. A year later Nick still remembers the overwhelming fear that had pulsed through him that day, like a stone of anxiety had crashed down leaving him struggling for breath. At first glance, Mateo had hardly seemed intimidating, with an infectious smile and a booming laugh Nicolai almost saw him as a friend in the unfamiliar circumstances. But that was before he saw the full force of his anger. Before he heard how his laugh turned as sharp as a knife or noticed the flecks of crusted blood ingrained in his rings, juxtaposing against the shiny silver. 

The same man sits there now. A few of his lackeys surround the desk, so deep in discussion, they give Nicolai the lack of attention reserved for a particularly inconsequential fly on the wall. Half wondering if he'd manage to sneak out without anyone's awareness, he shifts further forward hoping at least one of the men will acknowledge his existence.  

One did. The leader of the mafia in fact. The easy smile Nicolai receives imitates genuine welcoming except there’s a wicked edge to it, giving it the sharpness of a thin blade. His heartbeat begins to echo throughout his skull, as it thumps against his ribs in a frantic rhythm, a desperate bird fighting to be rid of its cage. 

"You're going with Amato’s group today," states Mateo  

His voice brings attention towards him, a yearn to protest the assignment is overshadowed by the sudden dryness of his tongue at the unwanted notice. With the heavyweight on his chest only broadening, Nick can only manage a timid nod in acknowledgment, fighting the urge to swallow down a breath that his restricting lungs will refuse to take. 

Mateo continues, “Amato will expect you in ten. You're leaving in half-hour, give or take.” The action of shuffling a variety of files and assignment reports left on his desk usually works well as a nonverbal dismissal, making sure his subordinates know how little value they have to him. Yet Nick stands in a mixture of bravery and stupidity.  

"Where am I going?"  

Mateo glances up, the slight clench of his jaw emphasizing clear irritation etched upon his face "Amato will fill in the details.” 

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Guns, rifles, ammo, bullets proof vests, all things Nick’s seen in the mafia. Even helped load boxes of them into unmarked, windowless vans on the odd occasion. But it’s different to be this close to them. To feel the steady weight of guns as he passes them out or the cold touch of bullets in his palm, or feel Amato jostle him slightly as he helps him put on a vest. His hands brushing away Nicolai’s shaking fingers and fastening each strap himself, trapping Nicolai in an envelope of thick material, each piece perfectly designed for a man at war. 

War. That’s exactly where they’re taking him. Like a lamb to slaughter, weak and defenceless. Each time he attempts to asks, to find out something that might hint to his fate, the response is similar either ignoring him or speaking in rapid Italian over his head, the words too fast to be distinguishable to his ears. So, he stops asking and carries on with the chore he’s been given. 

Mateo was true to his word. Half an hour after Nick arrives, the men get into the vans. Nick’s led by Amato towards the leading vehicle, opening up the passenger door for him, the firm grasp on his bicep is the only thing keeping his body up. His actions aren’t out of the kindness of his heart. Nothing is ever unplanned or unexpected with the Italian mob, Mateo plans out every second of every working day for his men. So, if Nick is being taken on an assignment it’s because they need him. As the vans pull away from the warehouses and the hum of the engine is the only sound Nick has for the company, he can’t help wonder his purpose here; where the anxious, orphaned Russian boy could possibly be useful to the grand plan of a mob leader.  

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They drive for half an hour, with Amato occasionally muttering a few Italian words into the van’s wireless or moving the wheel to avoid one of the numerous potholes littering the roads, before they near the end of the Italian’s domain. Nicolai recognizes where they’re heading, the streets he was told to avoid even before the Mafia. Amato disregards the apprehensive glance thrown his way, instead hitting his indicator light before swiftly turning left, straight into the Russians' territory.   

The apartments and shops of the Italians’ region had still possessed a warm sense of comfort, a fading memory of safety. So, there’s a sense of abnormality that comes with seeing the new area. Nothing drastically changes in design, it’s the same pattern of flashing shop lights, graffitied walls, and stacked apartments that give off the feeling of him seeing a mirror image of his home. 

‘’Where are we going?” The quiet question that slips through Nicolai's lips has been repeated multiply times in the last hour, never receiving a solid answer. This final attempt at gaining information could be blamed on the growing suspicion he has about their destination, as the group continues deeper into Russian territory. 

“There’s a Russian base in the Kitchen” the words seem deafening as they break the stretching silence of the journey. “It’s got the equipment, information on their latest transactions, and enough men that breaking in and... dealing with them will send a clear enough message to Ranskahovs.” Nicolai almost misses his previous ignorance as the plan’s revealed. “You’ll be sent in first, take them by surprise", the rest of the sentence goes unheard as that settles in.  

‘You’ll be sent in first’ the words rattle around his skull. But he’s not really there to take them by surprise. No, he’s there to distract them, to be used as shark bait, to gather the predators before the others attack and shark bait rarely has a happy ending.

They pull into a nearby warehouse soon after Nicolai has that realization. Amato is one of the first men to get out, before moving to the passenger side. Nicolai allows himself to be pulled out of the van, the shock of the surely fatal nature of his assignment has made him docile to Amato’s orders. They run over the plan again, all of the men careful not to explicitly state, at least in English, that it's most likely a death sentence for Nicolai. 

The plan starts off well. Amato leads him outside the warehouse, both of them momentarily lit up by the flickering glow of the fire exit, before the metal door slams, leaving them in the dark alleyway, enclosed between the overlooking buildings. There’s a fire escape nearby, attached to the grime ridden wall, reaching the top of the parallel building. A slight jab from behind is all the encouragement Nicolai needs to begin the climb, his mind torn between anxiety about his final destination and the mobster ascending right behind him.

Shaking hands reach out, gripping the rungs above him, each rising movement bringing him closer to the roof. There seemed to be something different about the world from the moment his feet step off the ladders and meet the floor like there’s a detailed perspective to everything around him. An intensity to the world, the biting coolness he feels as he reaches the top, the walls no longer containing the fierce wind that wraps itself around him like a tightened cloak.

The perspective doesn't last long though, it’s broken by the creak of the roof’s door. Amato holds it wide open whilst sparing a moment to shoot Nicolai an expectant look. This is the moment they part ways. Amato will head back down to the neighbouring warehouse to prepare his men, whilst Nicolai will creep unobtrusively towards the side door several floors below. Hanging in the air is the unspoken understanding between them that this isn't the real plan. 

Nicolai forced himself to take a step forward and another and once again. He passes the door’s threshold and his stride falters for a moment; an uneasy glance earns a closed door, a quiet click of the lock confirms he’s been sealed in, with the only option of continuing his journey downwards.

He manages to descend a few floors without being seen, some of the Italians would have called it beginner's luck; just enough of it to lull him into a false sense of security, to give him the optimistic view he’d make it without being spotted. The thin layer of optimism is shattered in only a moment, it splinters into pieces like glass when the pressure increases an ounce too much. An inked hand grips Nicolai’s shoulder with enough force to spin him around to face his captor. In a different situation, Nicolai would think the man little different from himself, few years between them mixed with the meagre number of scars and tattoos, marks that criminals wear like badges of honour, hints at the man also being new to the life of corruption and lawlessness.

But circumstances don't allow that thought, they grant him little rational thoughts in those moments, an animalistic urge to survive is the only thing fuelling his actions as he swiftly slides his shoulder downwards and breaks the secure hold the man has. There's something instinctual about Nicolai’s next actions, in the way his body manages to spin around and propel forward, his feet stumbling for a few steps before instinct kicks in and they fall into a quick rhythm: left, right, left, right. Shouting from the man behind him causes another spike of fear and adrenaline to course through his body, encouraging him to sprint faster. Moving around the sharp corner, with the Russian mobster trailing by only a few meters, a sliver of panic interjects its way into the numb haze of his mind. His chances of survival ever decreasing, still Nicolai carries on managing to gain more distance between himself and his pursuer, whilst trying and failing to control his growing concern that the man’s voice has drawn the attention of the rest of the building’s occupants.

Nicolai has just spun left onto the third corridor when he sees it, a door half ajar leading into a small storage cupboard. There isn’t a second’s hesitation before he slides into the room, careful to push the door to a close. Its mere seconds after the door meets the frame that the man turns around the corner, he takes a few steps forward before he pauses, arm bracing against the wall as he regains his breath, almost appearing to be waiting. The reason behind the delay is revealed as Nicolai hears two more men walking towards them, their words inaudible. Their whispered conversation becomes clearer as they round the corner. Even with such a small chance of survival he can’t help feel a spark of comfort on hearing their words in his native tongue, a language he’s rarely heard spoken since his mother’s passing. His contentment is brief, it’s drowned out by a flood of panic as he tunes into the conversation. Unsurprisingly they remark on his absence but it’s their mention of a fight that sends dread crashing down upon him, a fight? A multitude of scenarios begin running through his head. Have the Italians survived, if not then he’s alone in a rival mafia’s base, otherwise he’ll continue working for Mateo until they decide once again that he has more use as cannon fodder.  

Whilst Nicolai was contemplating his fate the men have moved further along the corridor their words no longer managing to reach his ears. Their footsteps have faded away by the time Nicolai works up the nerve to move again. His journey through the corridors couldn't be more different now, his pace painfully slow like he's walking on ice testing each step before he dares to moves. This is partnered with the action of tilting his head in fierce concentration whilst pausing to listen to footsteps. This paranoia is repeated on each subsequent floor, his journey only once being interrupted as he’s forced to hide when a Russian mobster walks past, their pace brisk in comparison. This continues until he reaches the door, making peace with the fact the plan hasn't worked. He walks towards it, planning on returning to base despite the knowledge there'll be repercussions. Not that this is deserved but Mateo finding humour in the fact the diversion has failed seems unlikely.  

Still a gasp of relief passes his lips when the door closes behind him and he can take a moment to glance around without the threat of death hovering above him. As he looks around the glare from a nearby street light illuminates the adjoining road allowing the outline of a man standing on the edge of the alleyway to be seen, his face scarcely lit up by the glow emitted from his phone. Even in the dark Nicolai can still see the police badge, like a beacon, a ray of light reflecting from it. Nervously Nicolai moves forward hoping to ask for help or a phone call or just some way to escape even if the only people he has left are the people that sent him there in the first place.  

Later on, he’ll blame the mixture of relief and left-over adrenaline for what happens next, the officer’s arm struck out grabbing Nicolai and pinning him to the wall. Only a few more memories register in his mind after that; Russian words out of the officer’s lips, the sound of men running towards them and a sharp burst of pain in the back of his skull before darkness takes over.

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I think it’s clear but just in case it’s not Nicolai is meant to be the character from the first chapter. 

Thank you for waiting so long for the next chapter, hopefully the next one will be out sooner. Feel free to mention if you notice any mistakes or if the writing isn’t clear at points. 🧡

@angelaiswriting @uwuttaja @kind-wolf @not-uh-author @starsandsunlight @kellydixon01 @frostedroyaltea @stjimmie @brobachev 

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Left Behind - Chapter 41

PART 1 / PART 2 / PART 3

Chapter 37 / Chapter 38 / Chapter 39 / Chapter 40

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And now for the aftermath...

“It tried to kill you John!” Ridley snapped, her arm flinging out towards the projection of the AI that was still inhabiting Thunderbird Five. 

Lucy could only lean back in the office chair and sigh. The conversation hadn’t gone the way she had planned, though in reflection she knew she should have expected as much. John might have been the quietest of her sons, but it didn’t make him any less stubborn. 

He had his decision made about the intelligence- Eos he insisted -and none of them were going to change it. 

“She,” John rolled his eyes, “Didn’t understand. Now that she does--”

“I can help protect John from any future threats to Thunderbird Five. I have already found multiple ways to provide better facilities for emergency oxygen and pressurisation that are flawed in your current system.” 

Lucy didn’t like to think just how much access she had to things up there. 

It was literally his life in her hands. 

 “Yeah,” Scott muttered, “And next time he upsets you, you can just turn off the oxygen.”

 “I wish no harm to your brother.”

 It was a drastic change from what she had been saying a day earlier.

 “And what about the rest of us?” Ridley growled. 

 “Rids,” John frowned, “She doesn’t. She’s a child and she’s learning at an incredible rate.”

 Lucy remembered her own thought from the previous day, the image in her head of a young child with hands pressed over her ears, shouting out in protest. The apologies that had followed once John had arrived home on the island had only backed up the image, a young girl pleading for forgiveness. 

 “What I did to John was born of emotions that I previously did not understand.” Eos added, “Fear should not be acted upon in the way that I did, and for that I am truly sorry.”

 John shook his head, turning to face her, knowing it was his mother that held the final decision, “Give her a chance to gain our trust Mom. She is on our side.”

 “We have enough on right now.” Scott glared at his younger brother, arms folded where he was leaning against the wall between Lucy’s desk and John, “Gaat’s come out of hiding, we’re still trying to unscramble--” His eyes caught hers as he cut off, shaking his head with a sigh, “There’s too much going on John.”

 If Lucy hadn’t already been worried enough about Gaat being back in the picture as well as petrified at the thought of one of her boys being at the mercy of a rogue AI, Scott’s comment only served to add to her concern. 

 As far as she had known there wasn’t anything in need of unscrambling. 

 “What?” She prompted Scott, “What needs unscrambling?”

 He was too quick to shake his head again, eyes staying locked on John, avoiding her, “Nothing, don’t worry about it Mom.”

 Using her desk as a support, she pushed herself up, wincing as her weight shifted into her bad leg, “Scott.”

 He was reluctant, tried to focus on anything else other than her. His eyes jumped from John, to the hologram of Eos, to Ridley, and then to the floor. 

 “Cat’s out of the bag,” John murmured with a shrug, “You’ve gotta tell her now Scott.”

 “There are no cats in the office.” Eos responded, her lights flashing orange, “I do not understand.”

 Ridley snorted, shaking her head as she turned to the door, “I’m not listening to this.”

 The glance John spared her was one Lucy knew well, one she had worn enough times when teaching young boys about life.

 “Eos, research idioms.”

 Across the room, Scott sighed heavily, “Brains received a deteriorated message a few weeks ago. We have no idea of the source, and no idea how to improve the quality.”

 Except, she knew what he wasn’t saying, she knew why they wouldn’t have told her, she knew exactly what it could have meant. 

 “John?” Eos chirped again, “Why do humans use these sorts of sayings?”

 “Because sometimes it’s easier than saying what we actually mean.” Lucy found herself answering, only catching herself as she refocused on the room.

 “You should acknowledge someone when they have given you an answer, Eos.” John prompted after a moment's pause.

 “Oh, in that case, thank you… John I am unsure how to address your mother?”

 John grimaced as he raised his eyebrows at her, silently asking what she would prefer. 

 “Mrs Tracy will be fine thank you Eos.”

 Her focus was back on Scott, her hand waving off the AI in dismissal, “And you kept this from me?”

 Scott shrugged, breaking his eyes from her as he looked to John for back up, “You’d just woken up, we didn’t want you to-”

 “I could decode the message.” Eos interrupted.

 “Eos,” John sighed, “It’s rude to interrupt when someone is talking.”

 “Oh, I apologise Scott.”

 Lucy’s attention was captured. Eos wanted to help them. She thought she could make a breakthrough where the smartest person she knew had failed. 

 “Do you think you could Eos?” She questioned, “Descramble the message, I mean?”

 Lights flashed green, “I would certainly like to attempt so. May I ask if it relates to the programme I have discovered on Thunderbird Five searching for messages in deep space? As I have already rewritten this software to improve its functionality and improve the speed in which messages are received.”

 Lucy blinked, only one question coming to mind, she didn’t know anyone that had been able to improve on the code John had produced, “How?”

 John overrode her with a frown, “Eos, what did I tell you about all changes being run past me first?”

 “Exactly that.” Eos replied, her lights green.

 “Rhetorical question, Eos.” Lucy offered, trying to hide her smirk.

 “Oh, thank you Mrs Tracy.”

 “Why did you not check this with me first?” John clarified.

 Lights flashed blue, her tone the same sort of apologetic as it had been before, “This was before we had that conversation.”

 The AI had obviously made quick work of going through the satellite’s software, reminding Lucy of just how dangerous she could be.

 “Scott?” John prompted, “Will you send it to her?”

 “Yes,” Lucy answered for the eldest, knowing that they had to seize the chance, “He will.”

 She could see the tension in Scott’s shoulders as he pulled his phone from his pocket, his mouth set in a firm line. There would perhaps be an argument later about it all, further discussions about the place of the AI in the family. 

 If she was willing to help them, she could hardly see a reason to reject her. 

 “This message is incredibly degraded,” Eos told them, “It may be past repair.”

 John straightened, “Just try your best Eos.”

 Scott looked to his mother, arms splayed wide, “So we’re just going to trust her now?”

 “Trust has to be built and earned,” She shook her head, eyes darting to the hologram, “I’m willing to give her a chance though.”

 She could see he wasn’t impressed, eyes dark and stormy as he glared up to the projection. In time she didn’t doubt he would come around, if Eos could prove herself, show that she could learn and wasn’t the same AI she had been the previous day, then there was no reason to destroy her. 

 “Thank you,” John murmured, eyes wide as he watched her, “I promise Mom, she’s good really, she just needs to learn.”

 Scott huffed, shaking her head in response. 

 “Eos, what do you say?” The younger brother prompted. 

 “I am willing to learn.” The AI responded, “I have already learned much in the last twenty four hours, more than any simple human possibly could.”

 Lucy couldn’t deny that she could tell the intelligence was born of John’s code. Too many of her words sounded too much like a young boy that had once gotten himself sent home from school for saying something unintentionally offensive. 

 “Eos, say thank you.” John rolled his eyes, “When people say they’re going to give you a chance, you thank them.”

 “Thank you, Mrs Tracy.” She responded, lights flashing a bright green, “One day I will better understand your human customs.”

 “I will warn you,” Lucy started, “Any wrong move and you’re out Eos. Don’t make me regret giving you this chance.”

 “I will not, Mrs Tracy. However, the message Scott received is too degraded for even me to repair. John? May I use Thunderbird Five to continue to scan for any further messages being sent to us?”

 Us, Lucy scoffed in her head, catching the look in Scott’s eye at the word. 

 “Yes, Eos.” John nodded, “If you need anything though will you please wait. I need to talk to Ridley without being disturbed.”

 Blue lights flashed, “Ridley does not trust me.”

 The sorrow in her voice was too familiar to Lucy, too close to a young red head that had come home from school not understanding why none of his peers liked him. It was hardly a surprise that the same boy turned man, had such a soft spot for the code baby he had seemingly created. 

 “She’ll come around,” John assured, the same way Lucy knew she had once, “Perhaps just steer clear of her for a while.”

 Maternal instincts coming back to the fore, Lucy looked to the hologram, “If you need anything whilst John is busy, you may come to me Eos.”

 A bright yellow lit up the hologram, “Oh! Thank you Mrs Tracy.”

 A knock on the door and Hugh stepped in, nodding his head to Lucy with a tight smile, “Sally’s starting to worry that you need a break Luce.”

 She had to roll her eyes at him as John took the opportunity to slip out of the door. It had only been a couple of hours since she had gotten up, maybe her leg was starting to ache a little but it wasn’t anything she couldn’t deal with. 

 Glancing across to Scott, she leant back in the chair, “Will you look into going over to the mainland kid? I really should get started on some physio, shouldn’t I?”

 It was enough to distract him from the worry that had no doubt been niggling in regard to John and Eos. She could see it on his face, the way his eyebrows raised slightly from the frown he had been sporting. His eyes brightened and his shoulders straightened.

 “Yeah, I suppose if nothing comes up we could go next week? Gives us a chance to keep an eye on…” He trailed off as his eyes drifted back to Eos’ hologram, he may have disliked the AI but Lucy had brought him up to be polite at least. 

 “I’ll watch it for you.” Hugh cut in, “And if we get stuck, I believe we have a new budding astronaut, do we not?”

 It was Lucy’s turn to glare, Alan was her other big issue of the day, the youngest having been given a taste of what he wanted and unsurprisingly more eager than ever to be involved with the rescues. 

 She kept telling herself that it had been the only option in the moment. 

 Part of her felt like an idiot. 

 The door clicked closed and Eos disappeared as Hugh perched on the corner of her desk, his arms folded as he raised an eyebrow at her, “You okay?”

 She wasn’t sure. 

 So much was happening at once. 

 John. Eos. Scott. Jeff. Alan. 

 Lee. 

 Where the heck was Lee?

 Except none of it was meant to be her problem, everyone else was insisting on taking it all out of her hands. 

 She didn’t want it all to be out of her hands. She trusted her family, but where was her role in it? Since she had woken up there had been one thing after another that should have been hers to deal with.

 Yet when she had, she felt like she had screwed up royally. 

 Why the hell had she let Alan on Thunderbird Three?

 Looking back to Hugh, she shrugged, her mouth working, trying to find words. No sound came though, no words to be heard in the shade of the office as she swallowed against the new and sudden lump in her throat. 

 “Oh Luce,” Hugh sighed as his arms wrapped around her, “It’s okay. I promise, it’s all gonna be okay.”

[nursingwriter]

Teaching Parents about Anorexia in Adolescents Slide 1: Introduction Anorexia nervosa is a significant eating disorder among adolescents. With this presentation, a parent's understanding of Anorexia, the signs and symptoms to look for, treatment options, and ways of how one can support their child hopefully will be achieved. By the end, you will have tools to help you manage the condition and equally communicate with caregivers or teachers. Slide 2: What is Anorexia? Anorexia nervosa is a kind of mental health disturbance wherein one undernourishes himself or herself due to an intense fear of gaining weight, as stated by Frostad & Bentz (2022). It is much more than dieting; it is a complex illness mental and physical health disorder. Many times, starting gradually and increasing into dangerous behaviors that require professional intervention.  Slide 3: Who is Affected? According to Hopkins (2023), Anorexia affects the teenage years, especially teenage girls, but most definitely teenage boys as well. The risk is produced by factors such as perfectionism, anxiety, and depression; further, socially instigated body image concerns play a significant role. These are the influences parents need to be aware of to ensure intervention is done early once the changes in behavior manifest.  Slide 4: Causes of Anorexia Biological, psychological, and social causes bring about Anorexia. Genetics, low self-esteem, and body image pressures from society are just a few of the contributing factors to its development. It is, therefore, vital to note that Anorexia is not a matter of choice; instead, it is a complex mental health disorder that requires professional care and support on the way to recovery.  Slide 5: Common Signs of Anorexia According to Clemente-Suárez et al. (2023), Common symptoms of Anorexia include drastic weight loss, obsession with food, refusal to eat, excessive exercise, irritability, and isolation. Anorexia is a condition that usually involves denial. Parents should look for these warning signs and seek early help, as it will likely worsen without professional intervention.    Slide 6: Physical Effects of Anorexia The severe physical effects of Anorexia include fatigue, weakened immunity, heart problems, and even organ failure. This makes adolescents more vulnerable, especially to the development of long-term complications like stunted growth. Early intervention is helping to prevent permanent damage and restore Slide 7: Mental Health Effects (Gatta & Gopal, 2006) States that Anorexia also seriously influences one's mental condition in the form of constant anxiety, depression, and body image changes. Adolescents may withdraw from social activities and isolate themselves, exacerbating loneliness and worsening their condition. Treatment needs to address both the physical and psychological components in providing recovery.  Slide 8: How is Anorexia Diagnosed? Anorexia diagnosis involves medical tests and examinations, laboratory tests, and psychological testing. The physician will examine eating patterns, thoughts, feelings about the body, and emotions. Parents play an important role in informing about their children's behavior, which aids in their early diagnosis and treatment. Slide 9: Treating Anorexia Management of anorexia involves medical, nutritional, and psychological treatments. The core of the treatment consists of medical monitoring and nutritional counseling. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps patients discuss distorted food and body image thinking. Family is an essential part of assisting the road to long-term recovery. Slide 10: Therapy Approaches Cognitive Behavioral Therapy allows adolescents with Anorexia to challenge negative thoughts relative to food and body image, as illustrated by Biney et al. (2020). Family-based therapy (FBT) involves parents in supporting their child's recovery. Both strategies have a common goal aimed at facilitating long-term behavioral change by preventing relapse.  Slide 11: Nutritional Support Nutritional support is a keystone in coping with Anorexia. The dietician helps the adolescent by reintroducing the nutrients into the body progressively and holistically. Parental assistance is also necessary to maintain the set meal plan, as well as to nurture positive attitudes toward food for long-lasting recovery. Slide 12: Supporting Your Child Parents also play an essential role in recovery by supporting a non-critical environment their children need. Lifting open communication, attending family therapy, and setting an excellent example about food and body image give great lifts to overcoming anorexic tendencies in a teenager and preventing recurrence. Slide 13: Communicating with Teachers and Caregivers Notifying your child or teenager's teachers and caregivers regarding the diagnosis of Anorexia is also necessary. Ensuring they realize how Anorexia influences your child's behavior and their needs will provide an enabling atmosphere for recovery. Clear communication can help avoid misunderstandings and give the best possible outcome for your child's recovery journey. Slide 14:Preventing Relapse Relapse is prevented by monitoring the warning signs, continuing therapy, and teaching healthy coping methods. Parents need to be vigilant and supportive so that the child can continue their recovery and build the signatures of behaviors for long-term recovery in managing stressors without falling into disordered eating.  Slide 15: Resources for Parents Many resources are available for parents, from support groups to educational materials. Other organizations, like the National Eating Disorder Association, offer resources and hotlines: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/national-eating-disorders-association. These resources are here to help you and your child through the recovery process, so don't hesitate to ask for help.  Slide 16: Real-Life Story Due to early intervention, professional help, and support from the family, Sarah, 14, was able to overcome Anorexia. Her story highlights early treatment engagement, continued active participation during therapy, and sustained family involvement in recovery. Slide 17: Conclusion Anorexia is primarily a severe mental health disorder that requires early detection, professional treatment, and long-term support. Indeed, family involvement and proper care can help adolescents regain health and attain a healthy relationship with food. Your role as a parent is very significant in supporting this journey.       References Biney, H., Astbury, S., Haines, A., Grant, J., Malone, N., Hutt, M., Matthews, R., Morgan, J. F., White, S., & Lacey, J. H. (2020). A novel “practical body image” therapy for adolescent inpatients with anorexia nervosa: a randomized controlled trial. Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity, 26(6), 1825–1834. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-020-00997-2 Clemente-Suárez, V. J., Ramírez-Goerke, M. I., Redondo-Flórez, L., Beltrán-Velasco, A. I., Martín-Rodríguez, A., Ramos-Campo, D. J., Navarro-Jiménez, E., Yáñez-Sepúlveda, R., & Tornero-Aguilera, J. F. (2023). The Impact of Anorexia Nervosa and the Basis for Non-Pharmacological Interventions. Nutrients, 15(11), 2594. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15112594 Frostad, S., & Bentz, M. (2022). Anorexia nervosa: Outpatient treatment and medical management. World Journal of Psychiatry, 12(4), 558–579. https://doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v12.i4.558 Gatta, F., & Gopal, A. (2006, February). Anorexia Nervosa: What to Know. WebMD. https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/eating-disorders/anorexia-nervosa/mental-health-anorexia-nervosa Hopkins, C. (2023, April 29). Eating disorders like Anorexia and bulimia are more severe than ever. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/eating-disorders-anorexia-bulimia-are-severe-ever-rcna80745 ‌     ‌     ‌   ‌     ‌   Read the full article

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The Darkness Comforts Me More (Ch. 2-pt 1.)

(Female Byleth x Felix)

He awoke an hour before sunrise, surprised he slept as long as he did to begin with.

Felix rubbed at his face with his left hand, briefly attempting to yank his right free that felt too heavy for being under a pillow before he felt silk rub against his back. Stilling, he opened his eyes to see that teal hair splayed just underneath the pillow he was on and across the small space on the bed. Even in a sleep induced haze, it didn't take a genius to figure out who was sleeping so soundly next to him that had that colored hair and that small of a frame with faint scars in various places.

He propped himself up slightly with his elbow, briefly remembering the night before that started in fear and ended in the beginnings of the word he refused to acknowledge. Deft and slender fingers gently moved to pull some of her hair back that covered her face, only freezing when she mumbled in her sleep and inched backwards a fraction to subconsciously search for him. He basked in the isolation that filled the room around them as he was the only one awake and let himself watch her in fascination that he always found himself suppressing daily.

He did his share of her efforts and moved closer to her, his left hand carefully grabbing just below her shoulder to guide her to his chest she sought for in slumber.

Something clicked within him faintly. He nearly startled in response to the feel of warmth flooding his entire body and the sense of belonging being found. Mutely -and without much awareness from the newly discovered emotions -he leaned forwards, fingertips skirting up and down her silk, robe cladded arm. His nose nuzzled through her hair and his lips parted as thoughts consumed him.

He was laying in bed with his teacher that was a handful of years older than him (though he never minded since there had been more drastic age gaps among couples across the kingdom and empire and four years seemed to not hold much weight) and breathtakingly gorgeous both on and off the battlefield. It would be a secret he'd take to his grave at the fact that some nights when he had managed to gain a small bit of sleep, he'd bolt up panting at the latest dream of her teal hair swaying in the midst of fire and smoke, matching eyes glimmering with something primal and a hint of survival swimming in them as a predatory look coated her face with a smirk to show it. His mind wasn't one to skimp or half ass details.

All too well did he have memorized her stance with her sword in hand, flames dancing around the blade and her skin. That faint dimple that only appeared on her right cheek was prominent and laid just underneath of some blood and dirt that sporadically covered her exposed skin. Her toned and exposed midriff revealed her panting but the way her body leaned forwards showed the adrenaline kicking in.

He remembered the day the image engraved itself in his mind and haunted his dreams.

~*~

Having been one of her most promising students and soldiers, she placed him and the Boar to cover her front while Sylvain and Ashe were at her back.

Felix had just cut down a bandit headed her way when he looked up -a good 70 yards from anyone headed his way for the time and close to the end of battle-, his breathing was harsh and he wiped the blood from his face when he searched for her to ensure her safety and to watch her fight as he caught his strength and energy once more like he had been taught by her to do for efficiency in fighting.

His breath caught the moment she turned around from a spin move she perfected with grace, seeing the flash of her crest disappear when the man fell, a burned hole in his chest from front to back. He was aware he should be horrified as the smirk slowly tugged on her lip as she stared at the ground. He was smart enough to know it was a battle and death always came with it so he had no reason to be as distracted as he was.

Maybe it was then he realized he was fucked and wouldn't be able to look at her the same way again; not when his heart hammered in his chest and he felt his cheeks grow hot as he raced to commit every detail of her to memory. He startled when she caught his gaze and that damn dimple appeared for the first time ever. He had known she was attractive when she was first introduced to them by Dimitri, and sometimes stared at her longer during lectures and class than intended like the rest of the boys.

But he had finally seen someone worthy of every word meant to describe a woman. One specific word really. A breath escaped his lips as she started walking towards him and time slowed drastically. The way she killed with the strength of a group of men mercenaries but did it with such elegance and grace. The way her stern features put even her father in place when he was being too rough with someone but managed to walk femininely like she didn't just lay around twenty men to rest.

He felt his mouth stutter "beautiful" as smoke shielded his vision of her briefly when she couldn't see him, and then she was there. Her lips parted in a rare toothy smile, pulling more so on the left side as he saw the cutely sharp canine and premolars that followed that just so happened to be more pointed than rounded discreetly.

She came up, examining him from a distance, before grabbing into the pouch of Sylvain's horse he hadn't realized was close behind her with the owner scouting on top. She withdrew a sword and took Felix's to place it back in the pouch to be reforged later on. A new blade was placed in his hands as he stared down dumbly with his mouth open a fraction.

"I'd like to see the glow of your crest bounce off this when you get the chance, stay safe." She flashed her smile again and his eyes quickly searched for the dimple, then the cute and subtly pointed teeth before seeing the glimmer in her eyes that he sucked in a breath for.

Why do I feel elated over someone's smile?

"Sure," he muttered in his usual tone, unable to do anything else. He almost stumbled back when she passed him, patting his chest as she went with a quirk of her lip and flipping her hair from her face.

'Beautiful', crossed his mind a few more times later that day.

~*~

His hand gently cupped her cheek as she laid sleeping besides him, ears burning when she further nuzzled the opposite cheek into his hand that pillowed her head, listening to her briefly hum in contentment as his thumb stroked over her cheekbone to her nose. He felt her two small hands tighten briefly as they held the back of his hand underneath her head, leaving his opened palm free for her to snuggle into like she hadn't just killed demonic beasts not even two weeks ago.

He twirled a lock of her hair in silence as another memory washed over him that further led to his bond with her.

~*~

He had managed to catch her during her morning routine of greeting each faculty member and student, not paying mind to her appearance as he stared in annoyance at the letter in hand discussing his father's desire to see just how abled and worthy Byleth was to be his teacher when Felix already preached enough about her to assure him of her position.

He was stunned when replied with an easy and happy, "Sure."

He finally looked up, confusion replacing the scowl he once had. "Really? Isn't this a hassle for you? You really don't have to take part in my father's requests." He noted her appearance when he finally tore his gaze away from hers. Her neck piece was absent and her armor rested in her hands as her cloak laid lazily above her shoulders. Her hair was in a pony tail and sweat glimmered across his skin.

He thought she might hear the sound of his jaw clenching tightly.

She gave an amused look in response, "Bandits and those who violently oppose the church are a hassle. You and your father? Not a chance." She was now wrapping white tape around her hands, "If he wishes to know just how capable I am, I'm more than happy to satisfy his curiosity and assure him you're in great hands. What's so bad about that?"

He blinked.

"Ok, I'll send word then. We leave as the time he requested?"

"Sure thing, just inform the knights in my battalion before the evening and I'll tell the students tomorrow."

"Alright," he scanned her up and down once more to figure what she just came from. "Were you just practicing?"

"I was as a matter of fact, why?"

He shrugged, leaning back against the wall as he watched her wipe her chest piece down. "Nothing, I just noticed that you typically train later."

She glanced back at him, "Observant as always, Fraldarius." She sat on the edge of the table of the knight's hall, her feet dangling as Felix let loose a twitch of his lip at the sight of her petite frame indulging itself for childish acts. "I do practice later, but I started to train twice a day when I don't have to do a lecture. My break time usually consists of greeting you guys now but the rest I've been avoiding after that food fight in the dining hall last night," she waved off.

He nodded, seemingly pissed as well for the inconvenience and leaving after he helped her, Dimitri, Mercedes, and Ashe restrain the few students who started it. He was fortunate enough that his class was busy cramming for their qualification exams to change their class and positions on the field, meaning the Blue Lions weren't the cause or in trouble as much as the Golden Deer were. If anything, her cutting corners on her schedule was just punishment for the students who worshipped the ground she walked on.

Surprisingly, Claude had been sick in bed then and had nothing to do with it.

"Sorry, didn't mean to be taking you free time." He cut back in his usual tone.

She looked up, "Oh, no you're a blessing in disguise, Felix. I'd rather you keep me busy than me hustling around to say hello to people. It's exhausting, being a professor."

His skin burned at the compliment she unknowingly dropped on him.

"You know, I was planning to practice brawling some more but since you're here, would you like to spar with me later? I have some battlefield techniques I'd like to try out with you."

And he felt his heart start to beat wildly again.

"Sure, I've got the time."

~*~

Swords clang together, sand drifted in the air around them, and their chests laid close to being in physical proximity behind their blades. They both breathed heavily and short, faces and skin flushed with sweat creating a visible sheen.

Felix was beyond the point of exhaustion, left in his pants and white button up, somewhere was the school jacket discarded among the wooden makeshift bleachers where students watched the physical lessons. He was exhausted and tired, but the adrenaline rushed through him as he quickly stepped back and swirled around to her back, teeth baring when she caught on to his maneuvers better than any opponent had and made a lunge for him after ducking his blow.

He felt exhilarated, pleased and elated with how the professor countered his moves. A smile tried making way onto his moody features, the threatening teeth expression he once had now twitching at the corners as he forced it down. He pressed forth, intent to disarm her when he heard her let a girlish, quick huff of laugh out he never thought could come from her.

It sounds so light and carefree.

His gaze left their swords and met her expression; hungry for success and unrelenting. Her crooked and bare smirk showed her teeth he found far more cuter than he should. He faltered when she puffed her cheeks, his own turning a deep shade of red as she pressed her light weight further into his leaning form. Her head titled back as another laugh -was that a damn giggle? Fuck. - escaped her, his teeth unclenched as his mouth opened in surprise and blinked, faltering and sending them both backwards into the sand.

Her laugh rang clear in the air as he ditched the sword, grabbing her waist in a fast reflex to save her from their fall when his body gave way. Their fall took them several feet back from her force.

He coughed several times as the sand cloud cleared around them, hiding his shock in another cough when he realized she was above him with her hands bracketing on either side of his head and her hair creating a curtain around their faces that were inches from one another.

She was still laughing in her secret feminine way only he seemed to know of, mint green tea filling his nose in their shared air as she pushed off the ground. A hand laid over her chest as she continued her giggle fit, the other unknowingly resting on his chest to stabilize herself. He felt his heart leap into his throat, realizing his hand fully rested on her thigh which straddled him.

He quickly yanked his palm back before he caved in and traced the laced tights she wore. His chest was rising rapidly in panic, skin burning in emotions he couldn't name.

Does he push her off? Does he hold her? Take advantage of the distraction and make a grab for the nearest sword? He couldn't believe he was overthinking this. He sparred with people all the time and whenever something similar happened, he'd quickly turn and notch a win.

Fuck, they had even sparred several times together so why was this time different?

His hand went to search blindly for the sword as he stared up at her, a giggling mess on top of him. He touched the cool metal blade when her fingertips drew into her hand, scratching his chest when her nails made contact and sending a shiver through him. Fuck, ignore it. He needed to win this.

Or, he could just watch her?

It's her win regardless, getting her now would just be cheating. Unethical. Unfair.

His arms rested by her legs that caged his hips, eyes watching her intently to sedate the gnawing curiosity that had been getting to him lately.

Fuck, fucking beautiful.

He wanted to touch her, sit up and bring her closer, press her hand further to his chest and taste the remnants of tea on her lips.

Her really pink, soft looking lips.

He blinked out of his awed daze when her hand covered her mouth and shielded those teeth -adorable and slightly pointed cute teeth- from his view. He gave himself a few extra seconds to reel back his personality and gain strength to talk.

"Seems you've won again," he started, sitting up with his hands supporting him from behind. He ignored how the close proximity was trying to chip away his stoic manners. Her eyes opened, tears of amusement making the dark color shine brilliantly he felt his next words catch in his throat.

"Seems so," she cleared her throat, feigning her usual blank expression that he was most certainly aware of now was a mask to ignore people. "Sorry, let me help you up."

He felt confused when disappointment hit him when she detached herself. Shoving it down and grabbing the outstretched hand above him.

Shit, when did he accept simple and helpful gestures such as that?

He should knocked her hand away or held his own up in response and got to his feet without effort.

He gritted his teeth out of frustration, the overwhelming feelings and thoughts getting to him before he could make sense of it.

All I need is my sword. I don't have time for such mundane things.

He dusted himself off, looking back down at her. "You were laughing." He stated dryly.

"Yes, I apologize."

"At me?"

"No, of course not."

"Then what?"

Her eyes flashed with something devious and that damn smirk pulled at her lips before her features returned to their place. "I'll tell you someday."

She patted his chest and showed a smile before walking out and leaving him staring after her with a mixture of feelings.

Well fuck.

~*~

He watched in fascination as the strands of her hair shimmered in the sunlight that leaked through the windows, still twirling it around his finger and feeling the softness of it.

It felt, it felt amazing to let his walls down and explore the confusion he kept getting so angry at. He knew he should leave since everyone would wake up in about two hours but he didn't want to leave her yet. Not when she was sleeping and so close to him.

She stirred in his arms, the motion causing a bittersweet sensation in him as he watched her. Her small frame twisted around to her back, tilting carefully to her left as she blinked blearily up at him, pink lips parted and a breath lost as blue-green eyes peered at him in confusion beneath full, black lashes. Somewhere was his ability to move, breathe, speak. The light hit her eyes and reflected back at him brighter than the sun hitting a clean blade. Felix was mutely aware how close his face had been before she woke, now it pounded in his throat and images of her flashed through his head that made his chest tighten painfully. He couldn’t take his eyes off her, face engulfed in heat, hand flexing on her hip and the other squeezing her entangled one.

And his eyes, like burnt copper and blood mixed together, pierced into her and Byleth felt her breathing fasten. Her pulse and flow of blood thrumming in her ears as she searched for any signs of the Felix he presented to everyone on the daily.

And he was so close.

From where his bare chest pressed to her side and her own burned through the silk nightgown. She felt warm, close to hot and overheated and it was the first damn time she ever felt that in this goddess forsaken icy hell- even the summer had a chill to them and she was close to running into flames to sedate herself.

She wanted him closer, wanted to burn until she couldn’t take it and drown in the comforting darkness he had to offer that was far safer than anything else.

Fuck, she wanted to kiss him.

She missed being immune to emotions, void of them even. The most she ever did was give a short laugh to her dad’s jokes and his forgetful mind trying to offer her a beer at the age of twelve.

Right, dad.

She wanted that immunity, she wanted it now and forever. Felix was the one who damaged her gate that held them at bay: he did unknowingly and unintentionally and beautifully. But she needed to lock it away, part of what she could to pretend the massive and overwhelming pain wasn’t suffocating and killing her.

It hurt too much.

It hurt her beyond words and expression, to the point of living and she was planning to walk away from it.

Or walk off from it.

Jeralt was the only thing to occupy her mind for such a long time, Sothis was gracious enough to keep her watch from afar, always filled with concern and love for the former mercenary.

She could still hear Sothis’ screams in the dead of night when she stepped off the ledge of the bridge before Felix caught her. She could still hear the crying that sounded like a sad, solo symphony from watching Byleth let herself come to ruins.

Felix never heard it last night, but Sothis prayed for his soul to never hurt again and blessed him for his kind heart that laid in complete agony.

Now Sothis was floating somewhere far off, maybe in the depths of Byleth’s soul or in her head.

Felix was, he was therapeutic and a chance to breathe clean air.

Felix is Felix.

He’s a sadistic piece of shit who Sylvain claims is the most “edgiest” person to be. He had a reputation for his incredibly short patience and temper, he was well mannered but never displayed it to his classmates and he was bit as hard has he wielded a sword. He wasn’t capable of feelings or empathy, not even remorse.

But Byleth could feel a tether form between the two of them the moment they met and eyes locked. It was an indescribable feelings that the moment his blunt self-introduction was over, she gave a nod and walked away as quickly as she could.

He was attractive and handsome, sharply so. Several of the boys and men were at the monastery and granted, some of them were considered to probably be more attractive compared to Felix, but there was something about him that made sense and confused her all the same. She could hardly believe he was considered the most unapproachable of the group.

Especially now...as his fingers traced under her bottom lip and he stared at her with concern. What she wouldn’t give to feel how crazy her heart should be beating and what it would feel like.

Byleth’s lips formed a pout she couldn’t control as her arms slid around his shoulders and connected behind his neck, bringing him down with her and hugging him close. It felt like the flames of Hell when his arms wrapped just as tightly around her smaller body, and she shivered at the heat he could soothe her with.

He rolled their bodies until he was on his back, arms holding her protectively as she willed tears to stay within the lashes they escaped from.

“I should leave before the others rise,” his hand skidded up her back, lips pressed into her hairline. “Please, forgive me.”

“Of course.”

A soft kiss touched her head as he rolled her onto her own back, lips making contact with her open palm that he held carefully with two hands. He brushed a few strands of her away from her face before showing a lip twitch and turning to put his uniform shirt and jacket on, along with his shoes.

“Felix,” he tilted his head to meet her gaze, “Thank you. For last night. For everything.”

He let out a huff of air, “That’s typically a line most often heard from Sylvain’s room beyond the walls and door that don’t silence his antics. If you wanted to use it, I would’ve suggested having him over instead.”

He was teasing, he was capable of it and good at it, but she still felt as though it was a slip of insecurity despite his humor.

She frowned, “I didn’t need Sylvain last night, I had needed you, Felix.”

If that didn’t throw him through a damn loop, he didn’t know what would.

“Felix,” she sat up to her knees and moved to the edge of the bed. She held out a small hand to him as he finished the last button, turning and placing his much larger one in hers when he just knew he would’ve slapped anyone else’s away. The indigo haired boy even went as far as interlacing their fingers, tracing the back of her own hand with his free one to feel the softness the armor protected.

“Byleth,” he said with as much seriousness as she did, albeit feigned. A small smirk tugged his lips when her cheeks flushed a pretty pink.

Her skin was comforting, her warmth despite always being cold herself, her touch, her. It was too much and not enough. He felt his head swirling from a fight inside his head, as if the once cheerful and caring part of him he locked away after Glenn died was breaking chains one by one each passing moment.

Her eyes saddened, like she was able to read a synopsis of him that alluded to his current thoughts. His jaw clenched at her expression and she brought him in for another embrace he couldn’t feel an objection to.

Holding her like this, it felt like a missing piece and that terrified him immensely. It wasn’t like he could pull away either, not when that damn belonging sensation filled him.

“Felix, you are exactly the person, thing, I needed. You helped me tremendously even before last night and if there is anyone I trust in this monastery now that my father has passed, it’s you.” She felt the hands flex on his hips but didn’t say anything, pulling back and staring up at his hair instead, she played with the loose tendrils that escaped the tied hair. She refused to look in his eyes so he couldn’t see what she was feelings, so he wouldn’t feel overwhelmed with her words, et cetera and et cetera.

“I, ...Byleth,” he tried.

She gave a sad smile, guiding him to lean downwards an inch and press a kiss to his forehead before she settled back down on the bed. His hand played with her fingers momentarily, staring at her.

“You’re one of my favorites, you know?” She gave him that side toothy grin he adored all too much and he smiled back.

“You’re one of my favorites too, Byleth.”

[the-quiet-winds]

So Much More than Royal (part three)

i am back kiddos. have you missed me? i’ve missed all of you. hope my writing was enough to tide you all over in my absence, but i am here now! don’t you worry.  @ichlugebulletsandcornnuts did ya miss me?

trigger warnings for the whole story: death, ransom, violence

[part one] - [part two] 

[Part 3: A Wolf Among the Sheep, Gnawing at the Wool Over My Eyes]

when they return to the palace, jane is waiting, drastically different from when they had left. her face is red and blotchy, tear stains marking delicate cheeks. she is still sniffling, clutching to a handkerchief as if it’s the only thing grounding her.

edward’s face drops when he sees her. he glances back at katherine to see her grave expression, and his eyes widen.

“mum?” he asks. “what’s going on?”

jane can’t say anything, voice overcome with emotion, and she just opens her arms. edward rushes into his mother’s arms, still not understanding but wanting to comfort her.

katherine stays a few steps away. unlike edward, she knows exactly what’s going on, and it makes her heart break. not for henry, no; katherine couldn’t say she was sad at the king’s passing. she was distraught, however, for edward and jane. and so she waits, at the edge, to be there to comfort them.

jane catches her eyes and nods slightly. katherine comes forward and joins the embrace, holding edward with one arm and jane with the other.

“eddie...” jane croaks. “your father-“ she cuts herself off with a sob.

“he’s gone, eddie,” katherine finishes the though softly.

“gone?” eddie asks.

“he’s passed away, eddie,” katherine continues. “you’re the king now.”

“he... i...” edward stammers, and then it hits him. “no...”

he bursts into tears, clinging to his mother and sister. whatever he tries to say next gets lost amongst the sobs and he eventually gives up trying to speak. katherine rubs a soothing hand against his back, her heart aching for him. not only was his father dead, but being king was far too much responsibility for the young boy to hold. and while katherine was sure henry had named some kind of regent until edward was old enough, it didn’t change the fact that by law, edward was king, and everyone would be trying to use him for their own political gain.

she can’t help but look around; all the guards, servants, and ladies were kneeling regally to the royal family.

“the king is dead,” sir percival yells clearly, his voice strong. katherine feels both jane and edward shake against her.

“long live king edward,” he calls out next.

a horn blows a mournful tune from the upstairs, one of death and regret.

jane presses her forehead into katherine’s neck weakly. “you need to help him,” she mumbles out. “please.”

katherine nods, keeping her arms around her mother and brother. she had to be strong for both of them, help them both through this. one thing she knew for certain; she had to move back to court. edward needed her here. jane needed her here. and she was going to be there for them.

edward is still sobbing against her, and jane is barely keeping herself together. katherine would have to be the one, she realises, that gets them through the next few minutes until they can finally be alone and mourn properly.

it was a bit odd, katherine reflects, being the one doing the comforting after so long of it being the opposite.

she runs her fingers through her mum’s hair lightly, and she swears she sees the faintest hint of a smile at the gesture.

she lets the other hand continue rubbing slowly up and down edward’s back, even as sobs rack his slight frame.

katherine isn’t quite sure why she does it, but she begins to sing, so quietly that only the two people in her arms can hear, that same french lullaby she would sing to edward when he was a baby.

jane recognises it right away, katherine can tell, and after a few moments edward’s sobs seem to lessen just slightly, enough for him to be able to look up at his sister. he doesn’t seem too dissimilar to how he was as a baby, the tiny little boy who would be soothed as she rocked him, and katherine’s heart breaks just a little bit more at the devastated look in his eyes. she keeps singing, the soft movements of her hands in time to the melody, and edward’s eyes close as he leans against her. jane doesn’t want to put the pressure on her daughter to take care of both of them, but at some point in the song she can’t keep everything together any more. the tears start to slide down her face as she lets katherine comfort her.

because of the way she was holding her mother, katherine could feel the exact moment jane began to lose it, warm tears trickling down onto her neck. she doesn’t pause in the singing, instead simply increasing the rate of her fingers through jane’s hair just slightly. she lets her head fall to the side, her cheek pressing against her mother’s temple as she shook with tears.

they stay that way for an agonizingly long time, until katherine’s dress is soaked at the shoulder and edward is practically dead weight against her.

that’s when percival intervenes. he speaks directly to katherine, his voice gentle and sympathetic. “perhaps the queen and king,” katherine feels edward cling tighter to her at that, “should retire for a bit, so you and i can discuss some things, lady katherine.”

katherine nods. “I will escort my mother and brother to their chambers and then return to talk, sir percival.” percival gives a low bow and the three of them make their way to the door, katherine practically keeping the other two upright. it takes a while to get to their chambers, and when they do it takes a further few minutes for jane and edward to be curled up together on the couch. edward has almost passed out from grief and exhaustion and katherine looks at jane hesitantly.

“are you going to be okay?” she means until katherine returns; she knows she could hardly describe the situation as ���okay’. jane gives her a watery smile.

“we’ll be alright for the moment. thank you, love.” katherine is reluctant to leave, but she leans down and kisses jane’s cheek, then the top of edward’s head.

“i’ll be back soon,” she says, before heading back down the corridor. she finds percival relatively quickly, and he looks at her with sympathetic eyes.

“i hope it is not improper to ask how the king and queen dowager are doing?”

“it’s difficult,” katherine sighs. “it hit them both hard. they will be okay, i hope, but it’ll take some time.”

percival gives a few slow, understanding nods. “in the meantime, lady katherine, we all look to you.”

katherine blinks. “excuse me?”

“as much as i hate to admit it,” percival says, voice laden with heaviness and regret, “the queen dowager and king are not in a fit state to lead at this moment.”

katherine can’t argue with that, the image of her mother and brother on the couch down the hall flashing in front of her eyes.

“hopefully, by the time the traditional mourning period is over, king edward will be ready to rise to his God-given position.”

katherine isn’t sure she herself is ready to lead in edward’s place, but she nods. “if the council wishes to give me the role of regent until edward accepts his role, then i will accept this responsibility.” a thought suddenly hits her. “i imagine lady mary won’t be thrilled.”

katherine couldn’t say that edward’s oldest sister had ever been a huge fan of hers; katherine definitely got on better with Elizabeth, now a teenager, than Mary, who hadn’t taken kindly to having a new half sister. she supposed it was understandable, but she did one day hope to bridge the gap between them and potentially be able to call each other friends. katherine was not in the line of succession, which she hopes might help mary warm to her, but acting as regent certainly wouldn’t help their relationship.

percival gives a quiet chuckle. “i would have to agree with you, lady katherine.” he clears his throat. “but for now,” he continues, tone back to the business-like manner it was in before, “your main duty is to plan the royal services. we already have the burial site, he will be celebrated and mourned in the chapel...” percival thinks for a moment. “most of what you’d need to do would be to organize the celebration. pick the hymns, prepare the eulogy-“

“i am eulogizing the former king?” katherine asks incredulously.

“yes?” percival asks. surely it had been obvious? he shakes his head quickly. “we will need to begin immediately.” something dawns on him. “as regent queen,” a chill runs down katherine’s spine, “you need to make the formal announcement to the people.”

the next twelve hours are incredibly long for katherine. after the announcement, she’s immediately dragged into meeting after conversation, all directed at either the ceremony or edward’s soon-to-be-king status.

it’s well after six in the morning when she is released. she wanders into jane’s chambers, unsure of how long she’d be able to sleep, if she even could at all.

edward and jane are curled up in jane’s bed. edward is fast asleep but jane stirs when katherine approaches.

“love?” she says quietly. “what time is it?” katherine shrugs. “morning?” she guesses. jane shifts over in the bed and pats the spot on the other side of her.

“come here, love,” she murmurs. katherine climbs into the bed and curls up against jane, feeling her mum press a soft kiss to her forehead.

“what did percival want to speak about?” jane asks, voice quiet.

katherine gives a tiny shrug. “lots of things,” she answers unsurely. she doesn’t really want to tell jane that she is technically queen now, has been for hours.

“what is it, kitty-kat?”

katherine’s heart aches at that tone of voice - so soft, judgement free, ready to fight away all the nightmares.

“i was helping to plan the royal services,” she admits. “he’ll be buried in two days, celebrated at the chapel.” she shifts a bit, uncomfortable with talking about it. “they want your and eddie’s approval on a few things first, though.”

she’s silent for a long time. when she speaks again, her voice is caught and raw in her throat.

“i’m queen now, mum.”

there’s a brief moment of silence, before jane speaks.

“oh, love.” her tone is difficult to decipher, even when she continues. “how do you feel about that, kitty-kat?”

katherine doesn’t answer. she honestly doesn’t know how. her brain hasn’t caught up with all the emotions swirling around her head yet. she rests her head on jane’s shoulder and jane’s hand finds her hair.

“you need your rest, love,” jane murmurs softly. katherine gives a choked laugh.

“i don’t think i have time.”

as if they had heard her, two clergymen knock on the door.

“queen katherine?”

katherine stiffens slightly at the title and jane runs a gentle hand through her hair.

“there’s been a problem with the processional, would you please come and address it with us?”

katherine gives a disgruntled sigh, only loud enough for jane to hear. she presses another kiss to her daughter’s head.

katherine hesitates for only a moment after before shuffling out of the bed.

“duty calls, i guess,” she mumbles, before going out to join the clergymen.

it takes a further hour to sort out the processional, and before katherine has a chance to sit down she’s being whisked off a meeting with the archbishop about the funeral. she’s then met with the news that lady mary and lady elizabeth would soon arrive to take part in mourning, which leads her into a discussion as to where the young lady elizabeth should live; whether she should be educated at court or sent to live with a noble family.

katherine, quite honestly, feels that she should have no say in the young girl’s fate. she was not really related to either mary or elizabeth, and even though she and bess got along, they were far from sisters. she didn’t think it fair that she decide where elizabeth was to be sent.

she would ask jane, if she was given the chance.

she was not.

katherine is pulled in every different direction, questions and mishaps a plenty. the day was long, as was the following night. since being named regent, katherine had gotten maybe one hour of sleep, and that was with jane barricading the door so no one could disturb her.

elizabeth and mary arrive around two in the afternoon on the day before the funeral, both dressed in traditional black mourning outfits.

“your majesty,” elizabeth greets formally, curtseying.

mary does the same, just much , much stiffer.

katherine curtseys in response. “it’s wonderful to see you,” she says with a smile. “the king and queen dowager are awaiting your presence; we have prepared a feast for your arrival.”

katherine had very little input into the feast, in fact. her day had barely given her a chance to eat herself, let alone plan the feast, and luckily jane had taken it upon herself to organise it.

elizabeth returns the smile, wisps of her long red hair escaping from the hairpins securing her hair back. “thank you, your majesty,” she says. mary nods politely but does not speak.

with a slight nod, katherine turns to lead them down the corridor to the dining hall.

jane and edward are both already seated, picking at the food on their plates. the look up when the door opens.

edward smiles slightly at seeing his other two sisters. he slowly gets up and makes his way over to them. he hugs elizabeth tightly, then turns to mary. katherine could have sworn that mary gave the young boy - young king - a scowl.

“it’s so good to see you both,” jane cuts in, trying to break the ice settling amongst them.

mary gives jane a tight-lipped smile. “it’s good to see you too, your highness.” she takes a seat next to jane, leaving the seat next to edward empty. elizabeth immediately claims that chair and throws herself into conversation with edward. unlike mary, who had made it all the way to the age of 18 under the assumption that she would be queen, elizabeth had grown up knowing the likelihood of her taking the throne was rare, and she seems to hold no grudge against her brother for skipping the queue, as it were. katherine sits down on elizabeth’s other side, catching jane’s sideways glance and smile.

mary, jane and katherine eat in silence for a short while as edward and elizabeth chat, and katherine finds her mind drifting into a comfortable automatic state of shut down, managing to get some kind of rest while awake. she’s shaken out of her daze, however, when she hears her name. she looks up to see edward and elizabeth looking at her expectantly, and she blinks.

“my apologies- what did you say?”

“bess was telling me about all the languages she speaks,” edward says, “and i was telling her that you’re really good at languages too.”

katherine shakes the cobwebs in her head then nods. “i speak a couple, as well. latin, french, spanish, italian, and i’m working on russian,” katherine says.

elizabeth lights up.

“tu parli italiano?” [you speak italian?] elizabeth asks brightly.  katherine gives a shy smile and nod. “forse dovremmo viaggiare insieme!” [perhaps we should travel there together!] bess continues.

katherine laughs. “può essere,” [maybe], katherine counters.

jane can see that elizabeth would love to keep katherine for hours, speaking other languages and discussing their studies. jane can also see the tiredness behind katherine’s eyes. “bess,” she calls gently. “maybe we should let the queen get back to work, maybe rest a little.”

elizabeth nods, giving katherine an apologetic smile, and katherine returns it with a kind one of her own to let her know there was no harm done. she gets to her feet, sending jane a grateful look.

“i must excuse myself, there’s business i need to attend to.” katherine hopes that her duties can include a nap, because it was getting rapidly harder to keep her eyes open, but with the funeral the next day she knows that’s unlikely. there were still final preparations to be made with the speakers and the archbishop still hadn’t finalised his address yet.

she spends the remainder of the afternoon and evening with the archbishop, clergymen, pall-bearers...too many people for her to keep track of.

it’s nearly midnight and she’s still up, running on barely any sleep, trying to finalize the eulogy. it’s impossibly difficult, she finds, to tell great stories of a man who had her tried for treason twice, irreparably damaged her shoulder, and nearly exiled her forever.

she doesn’t even hear the door open, but jane enters, holding a candle.

“you should rest, love.”

“i can’t,” katherine sighs. “i still have to finish this. i can’t stand there and not have the eulogy prepared.” she looks back at the page, but she’s so tired it’s hard to focus on anything she’s written.

“what can i even say about him?” she doesn’t even realise she’s asked the question until jane puts the candle down on the desk and sighs softly.

“love, you need to sleep. you can’t keep going on like this.”

“i have to,” katherine says hollowly. “it’s my responsibility. if it wasn’t me, then edward would have to do it, and he wouldn’t be able to handle it. he’s only a child, he shouldn’t have to have so much on his shoulders.”

“neither should you,” jane counters quietly. she pulls a chair over and sits down next to katherine. “when was the last time you slept, love?”

katherine shrugs. “i took a nap on tuesday.”

“that was two days ago.”

katherine shrugs again. “i’ve been drinking a lot of tea.”

jane looks at her with a slight glimmer of disapproval, but mostly sympathy. “that’s not healthy, kitty-kat.”

katherine chuckles hollowly. “the curse of the crown, i suppose.”

jane looks at her for a few more moments before sighing. “let me look at what you’ve written,” she says, and katherine pushes the paper towards her. it’s a mostly impersonal affair, focusing on the king’s military work and neatly avoiding the fact that he lost most wars he took part in. then it discusses the religious reform briefly, and goes on to give a polite commemoration of his life, saying as little as possible while still sounding nice. it’s clear katherine had no personal connection with henry, but for a formal address it would certainly be passable.

katherine wishes that she could have written more positively about henry, for jane. for edward. for the people in his life who saw the best parts of him.

it was just something she had no familiarity with.

even though she was never close with henry, she couldn’t help but notice the absence of such a large presence in her life. henry was ruthless yet personable, cruel yet kind, merciless yet merciful all, infuriatingly, at the same time.

katherine sees it every time she looks in jane’s eyes or see edward’s smile fade: the two are devastated.

that’s why katherine has been foregoing sleep and food in order to make the ceremony perfect. they deserve it. they deserve the best way to send off a husband and a father.

she also, somewhere where she wouldn’t dare to talk about it, feels a shame. a deep regret that henry had died, and not her - even though she knows it’s not true, some part of her thinks it would be easier on jane and edward if they had henry still.

all of the desire for everything to be perfect and the secret shame she feels bubbles to the surface, sleep deprivation tearing down her near-perfect queenly facade, and tears slowly begin to trickle down her face.

“oh, kitty-kat,” jane breathes, pulling katherine into a tight hug. katherine sobs into Jane’s shoulder, feeling much more like a child than the composed queen she was supposed to be. it feels familiar and comforting, the way jane’s hand finds her hair as always and begins combing her fingers through it, as her other hand draws soft soothing circles on katherine’s back.

both women share one common thought: they want nothing more than to take away the pain of the other, they want to see the beautiful smiles they know and love, they want there other to see there’s light at the end of the tunnel.

for jane, all she can do is try and comfort her daughter (the queen, she reminds herself) and hopefully get her to sleep soon.

katherine’s body screams for rest, but her brain is far too awake as she clings hopelessly to jane.

“i’m sorry,” she whispers harshly. “for all of this.”

“shh,” jane hushes quietly. “it’s alright, love, it’s alright.”

katherine’s mind flashes back nine years, in a very similar position, jane somehow alive after a near assassination, as she says the next words, so quietly jane barely can hear them.

“shoulda been me.”

jane takes a sharp intake of breath. “kat, no,” she says softly. “don’t you say that.” she doesn’t know where katherine’s words came from, but it pains her to know that katherine thinks them. she holds katherine even closer. “i love henry- loved,” she corrects herself, and her voice catches in her throat. “but if anything happened to you or eddie then i don’t know what i’d do. no parent should have to outlive their child, love. so don’t you tell me that it should have been you, because that’s just not true.”

katherine hears the hitch in her mother’s voice and it makes her feel worse. jane’s grieving for her husband, the love of her life, and katherine is making it all about her.

‘how typical,’ a dark little voice in her mind snarls.

she wriggles out of jane’s arms not-so-gently and steps onto the balcony, the cold january air biting at her skin. she grips the railing of the balcony with tight fingers, looking out over the blanket of dark that covered the town.

jane leans against the doorway behind her, fixing her with a sympathetic gaze.

“you need some sleep, love.”

“i’ll be fine,” katherine says, voice distant and slightly hollow. she doesn’t look back, continuing to stare out into the night.

“you won’t be fine,” jane sighs, and she takes several steps closer. “you’ve worked yourself to the bone over the past couple of weeks and you need to rest. if you don’t then you’re going to collapse, kat.”

“i said i’ll be fine,” katherine mumbles. her grip on the railing tightens even more.

jane closes the distance between them, putting a hand on katherine's back and looking at her face. kat is nearly trembling, but from cold or exhaustion jane can't tell. "let's get you to bed now, love," jane says quietly.

katherine pulls away. "i need to finish the eulogy," she protests.

"you won't get it done now," jane argues gently, "not like this."

"i have to," katherine says. she smacks her forehead suddenly. "i needed to get flowers," she says to herself. she makes for the door, shoving her shoes on as she goes, but jane catches her hand.

"you can't keep doing this," jane says, tugging on her hand. "this isn't healthy."

"it may not be," katherine agrees, "but you can't stop me."

jane sighs again. "i am your mother, love-"

katherine explodes. "and i am the queen!" her voice comes out as a slightly venomous hiss, angry not necessarily at jane, but at circumstances and sleep deprivation and inner turmoil.

jane takes a step back out of surprise. she hasn’t seen katherine have an outburst like this for a long time, not for several years at least. katherine looks exhausted; her face is pale and there are heavy bags under her eyes, and all jane can see is the scared little girl who ran away from the castle in her first week as a lady-in-waiting. jane can’t let katherine work herself to death like this.

“queen or not,” she says evenly, “you’re still my little seymour. please, love. just half an hour’s rest, that’s all i’m asking. and then you can finish everything else you need to do. i’ve just lost my husband, and i am not going to lose my daughter too.”

katherine hears jane's words, she really, truly does, but she can't focus on them. there's too much that still needs to be done before the sun rises the next morning, before the ceremony and the burial and the celebration. she sets her shoulders, standing as regally as she can in her fatigue. katherine had long  surpassed jane's height, now standing nearly a whole head above her mother.

jane sees the change in her daughter's eyes. she's not going to give in.

katherine gives a clipped, empty laugh. "if you lose us both, that's just god's will, i suppose," she says, before continuing to the door.

“kat-” jane says, voice breaking, but katherine keeps walking. she’s vaguely aware of jane’s voice but she has too many things to think about, too much to do.

jane watches her go, heart breaking just a little bit more. the way katherine is acting isn’t sustainable, and jane knows that she’s going to collapse soon. she only hopes that katherine will let her help her before it reaches that point, but a part of her brain that knows her daughter, her wonderful, devoted, stubborn daughter, won’t let that happen. katherine was going to fall, and she was going to fall hard. and jane couldn’t do anything about it.

katherine strides down the hall hurriedly. flowers, how could she forget the flowers?

she fastens her cloak on and slips a dagger into one of the pockets.

katherine makes quick work of the walk to town. the florist, of course, is asleep, as are most is the residents, but katherine has no time for him to be sleeping. she knocks loudly.

“who’s out here waking me-“ he grumbles. then he sees katherine, face half concealed by the cloak. “your majesty!” he bows. “what can i do for you?”

“we need flowers for the funeral tomorrow,” katherine says briskly. no point wasting time. the florist pales slightly at such a prestigious task but he nods.

“right away, your majesty. i can have my assistants deliver them first thing in the morning.” the honour of creating bouquets for a royal funeral seems to outweigh any negatives of having to work through the night in his mind.

“thank you,” katherine sighs, grateful that at least the funeral wouldn’t be ruined by a lack of flowers. “you will receive your payment from the royal treasury on arrival.” she turns around, intent on leaving, when her vision starts to blur. she puts a hand on the doorway to steady herself, and when she can see well enough to start walking again she heads out of the florists.

“your majesty,” the florist calls nervously, “are you alright?”

“yes,” she replies, a string of ice in her tone, “perfectly fine, thank you.”

she pushes through the haze in her eyes and continues out into the cold night.

katherine is about halfway back when she hears footsteps behind her. she pulls the hood of her cloak tighter around her face, then tightly grips the hilt of the dagger in her pocket, readying herself for anyone who dared to mess with the queen.

she walks slightly faster, drawing herself up to her full height and refusing to turn around. for several moments it seems as if whoever it is had stopped, and katherine wonders if it was a false alarm, but then the footsteps start back up again.

indeed, they seem to get faster, picking up speed and following her, to the point where katherine is sure they must almost reach her. the engraving on the hilt of the dagger digs into her hand but she doesn’t loosen her grip; if anything she tightens it even further if that was possible.

she slowly begins to pull it out of her pocket, the blade glimmering in the moonlight. she grips it tightly in both hands and waits, even as her feet continue the walk.

she's nearly there, another couple hundred paces at best.

katherine can feel herself growing dizzy, her legs giving out with each step she takes but she presses onward.

the echoing footsteps follow, growing closer until she swears she can hear someone breathing nearby.

"i'll have you know," she calls, turning her head slightly and forcing her voice down as to not give herself away, "i am armed."

there’s no reply from behind her, just a low, rhythmic breathing. katherine’s hand starts to hurt from the dagger, her legs are aching with exhaustion and her vision blurs yet again. this time, however, it doesn’t come back into focus.

a sharp pain fills her head and she suddenly drops the blade, clutching at her forehead. she falls to her knees involuntarily and hunches over, eyes squeezed shut. in the seconds before katherine passes out, she feels herself falling sideways, the hood of her cloak slipping down to reveal her face. then everything goes black.

[yeskhanzadame11]

Natural Weight Loss and Fat Burning Advice to Change Your Life

Obesity is now a worldwide epidemic.  USA is the most obese Country in the world, and my country, Australia, is quickly catching up with the states.  Also, of even more concern is the growing number of obese children who are thinking that fast food is a normal way to eat.

I see it every day, and I used to see it in the mirror in the past, the fat rolls, the chubby fat skin, the fat faces, the big asses.  Yes its not very nice, but if you are a realist like me, you will notice that most people you see are fat and over weight.  Whilst it is there own choice and if they are happy I have no qualms with them being like that.  However, obesity is not just visual thing.  Obesity is killing the world with heart disease, diabetes and other illnesses stemming from having too much fat in your system.

Let me set one thing straight first.  I don't like really skinny girls.  I really appall the cat walk shows and the stuff they say to young girls how they are fat and look too chubby etc. etc.  These people are extremists and I am not a fan of the fashion industry and what it does to young impressionable people all over the world.  Recently there was a comment made on one of those "how to be a super model" shows here in Australia, they judge said something to the effect that the girl should look at herself in the mirror as she is clearly too fat.  And the girl didn't even look overweight to me, I know they have to be anemic in the model industry, but this stuff makes me sick.  Anyway, I'm getting away from what I was saying.  I'm just stating that when I refer to 'overweight', 'obese', 'fat' people, I am referring to people that if they saw a Doctor, the Doctor would tell them that they should consider changing their diet as its harming their health.  So please once again, realise that I am not advocating that everyone should be skinny and not eat anything!

A bit about myself, I am a middle aged guy, 36 years old.  Large boned, I have found that I have always struggled with my weight and body image.  I love the food like most people, and I am a vegetarian as well, did I say I love beer also? :-(.

After I hit 30 or so my body changed almost over night, and I noticed that weight was harder to keep off and went on quicker without much help!  I guess when you eat badly over a period of time, it just adds up and before you know it a year or 2 or more and you will be obese if you don't watch yourself or unless you have one of those magical metabolisms that let you eat whatever you want.   Unfortunately I have a slow metabolism, and I need to exercise a fair bit to lose the weight.

The year 2008 arrived and I woke up one morning and looked at the mirror and said to myself, I am not happy with the way I look and I am not happy about getting out of puff when I kick the footy with my son or run around with him.  I made a conscious decision to change myself weight loss plans for girls .  This is the key to making change in any part of your life, you have to take the first vital step, which is telling yourself you want to change, you will change and you are damn well going to change.

So anyway, I decided to join the gym as I have lifted some weights in earlier years and enjoyed it, I am big boned and I tend to gain muscle relatively easy so that's a good thing, always have to take the positives that you have been given.  Over the years I have been on lots of different diets, but never stuck with t hem in the long term.  I don't like the term diet and I don't like the mental damage it does to one that wants to lose weight.  Diet conjures up all sorts of images of starving yourself on weird and ridiculous food combinations, it makes you think that you are going to put yourself through some sort of food boot camp and you can no longer eat the foods you enjoy eating.

Know what you eat

So I don't use the term diet, I use the term "healthy eating".  Its about changing your diet thoughts and changing what you eat and the foods you eat.  The harsh reality is if you are obese then you can no longer eat the same foods and live a sedentary life as this will not change your body at all.

The first thing you should do is become knowledgeable on the foods you eat and understand what good foods are and bad foods. Bad foods are foods that are high in saturated fats and sugars, and will do your body not much good at all.  Foods that fall into this category are deep fried foods, candy, full fat ice cream, donuts, fast food burgers and fries, full sugar soda drinks, chocolate bars, you get the idea ok.  Start to read the labels for the amount of fat in foods, you should aim at lower fat foods when you shop.

Weight loss and diet & exercise is a topic that I could sit here all week and discuss but instead I will be adding new articles when I have the time so you can come back and read the different weight loss and exercise articles when you have the time as well, theres only so many hours in the day and its hard to get everything done.

The good foods that you should be eating are fresh fruit and vegetables, lean meats, low fat dairy and whole grain carbohydrates.

That means fish, lean meats,  wholegrain rice, pasta and breads.  Low fat cheese, yogurt, & milk.  Fresh fruit each and every day.

Organic foods are always better for you than standard foods, it means there are no nasty chemicals in the foods and if you can afford it I really encourage you to buy organic products, have a look next time you go to the supermarket.

Eat plenty of fruit each day, say 3 to 6 pieces of fruit each day.  I know its a pain, but your body, your digestive system and your bowels will thank you for it.  Have an apple, orange, a cup of tinned fruit salad (in natural juice), a banana, you get the idea.

Have snacks during the day.  Its been proven that this increases your metabolism to burn calories faster.  Have a morning snack of say an apple and some low fat crackers, a cup of low fat yogurt.  In the afternoon have some low fat dip with some low fat wholegrain biscuits.

Fat Loss

Try to really cut down on your fat intake.  Try only having a very small amount of butter on bread/toast, try  some lower fat butter spreads.   Use olive oil in your cooking and minimise this as well.  Get a low fat grill like a George foreman one or whatever, this helps you cook low fat without even trying!  Non stick cooking pans are great as you can put your food on there with some spray oil and it wont burn, try a lower heat with these pans though as they don't like high heat it damages the surface.

I know desserts are wonderful but try to limit these and try to choose low fat alternatives, check out the supermarket and look for low fat desserts, they are everywhere.

Exercise is a crucial part of your life changing weight loss plan.   Start today and go for a brisk walk, it doesn't matter how far it is, just do it, get the walking shoes out and do it, its important to get the ball rolling ok.

Then walk each day, or at least 3 days a week.  Make it fast enough so you get a bit out of puff, very slow walking is not beneficial to weight loss.  45 minutes is your goal to aim for at least 3 times a week, then increase if you really want to see results.

Join the gym or buy some cheap weights from a garage sale!  Lifting weights is incredibly good for your body, doing the likes of "squats", "bench presses", "rows" will aid you in your weight loss journey.  It doesn't matter what your age or sex, weights are a remarkable exercise for strengthening your whole body, working your muscles, increasing your metabolism so you can lose fat faster and burn calories quicker and quicker.  Don't kill yourself though, start slow with a short weight lifting program and then as you gain confidence you can add extra exercises later.  You can do all your exercise at the gym using the cross trainers and treadmills etc.  I cant stress how important plain old walking is, so if you can add regular walking to your life your body will be so much better for it.

Don't stress if you don't have the funds for the gym (they are expensive) as you can do exercises at home, weights are cheap, lots of people buy them and don't use them so they are always for sale!  There's a stack of exercises you can do that require no equipment.  Crunches, situps, push ups, reverse crunches, ab workouts etc. can all be done with no equipment at all.

The best time to exercise is first thing in the morning, this is when you burn the most calories.  This is excellent as you can get it out of the way at the same time and not have to worry about doing it for the rest of the day.  The gyms are busy that time of the day though so maybe the morning walk is better option for you.

Take it easy at the start

One of the most important  things to remember at the beginning of your weight loss journey is not to go into it too hard core.  You will burn yourself out really fast and not want to do it ever again.  Start regular walking, regular exercises.  Change the way you eat, and what you eat.   Start to eliminate fries and bad foods from your diet.  If its too drastic at the start, then start reducing these foods each week and you will still notice weight loss as long as you are exercising and reducing your food intake.  Keep a journal and write down when you start your weight loss regime, write down what you eat, what exercise you do and put down everything you eat, this is very important.

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January 14, 2020

Nutrients in banana.

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IBD Awareness Week 2k18 Day 3

This post I would like to discuss body image and how I have viewed myself over the time so far with inflammatory bowel disease. I know that I have always been a relatively skinny guy, but the negative image for me began in the early goings of my illness. When you start losing weight and you are already skinny as it is, you can go from being thin to what some view as unhealthy. I remember a girl in college telling me that she thought I was just anorexic and I think that comment has stuck with me even though it is obviously not true. When you are told by many people around you that you need to eat more and that because you don’t eat enough is the reason you are not gaining weight is a total and false perception of reality. It has taken me some time to find ways to combat those that criticize me for my weight. I would usually internalize the emotional anguish I felt, but when I started getting clever in comebacks, people thought twice before picking at me for my outer appearance. Weight is not something I can help, so if I am losing weight and you are noticing it, chances are my health is not doing its best, There is also this misconception that when you gain weight that you are doing much better. A good example to bring up is when we are on Prednisone over extended periods of time and the numbers on the scale gradually increase, which leads people to believe we are doing better. 

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Does Yoga Help Lose Weight

Yoga Instructors Are Tailoring Specific Programmes To Aid Weight Loss While Promoting Healthy Habits Amongst Young Indians

Fashion strategist Jasleen Chopra, 41, used to lead a hectic life, had made poor lifestyle choices and didn’t have the best of eating habits back in 2017. That was the year when she walked up to Mumbai-based celebrity yoga instructor Abhishek Sharma with the goal of weight loss. Chopra, who now lives in Chandigarh, used to go to the gym but no matter what she did, she found it very difficult to lose weight.

Yoga Is Not Just About A Few Poses That Strengthen You It Has More Benefits To Offer Such As:

Increased flexibility

Weight reduction

Stress management

Stress can have a devastating effect on your body and mind. It can reveal itself in the form of pain, anxiety, insomnia, and the inability to concentrate. Most times, stress is the main cause of weight gain. Yoga can help you cope with . Physical benefits of Yoga, combined with stress management, help a person to lose weight and maintain good physical and mental health.

Experts Agree: Yoga Can Help You Lose Weight Especially If You Do This Type Of Practice Maggie Ryan

Losing weight through yoga sounds almost too good to be true. On the surface, yoga seems like the polar opposite of a fast-paced high-intensity interval training circuit or a weightlifting workout, the two kinds of exercise usually recommended for weight loss. A yoga class leaves your body feeling totally different: refreshed instead of wiped out, loose and flexible instead of tight. It’s even good for your mental health, helping you deal with stress and anxiety.

HIIT, weightlifting, and cardio are fun and effective for weight loss, but they’re also not for everyone. If yoga sounds more appealing and weight loss is your goal, it’s natural to wonder if your daily practice can help you shed pounds.

Yoga To Lose Weight In 10 Days: Nothing But A Yoga Mat And Your Own Body Weight

Are you thinking of starting yoga to lose weight in 10 days? Here is a scoop on the best tips to help you attain your weight loss goals with yoga in such a short space of time.

Yoga is an ancient art that has taken the fitness industry by storm. Its numerous benefits drive more and more people to give this mind-body practice a try. Additionally, it is also loved due to its relaxing effect. It is one of the best forms of exercise to engage in when you are stressed, anxious, or restless. Another reason why yoga is gaining so much momentum is due to its link to weight loss. 

There have been numerous debates about if and how yoga can help with weight loss. The truth is that yoga is considered an effective weight-loss tool. However, the problem lies in the pace of weight loss. More often than not, people want to see incredible results in too little time. For example, one may want to lose 10 pounds in 10 days or less. Is it possible with yoga? We have compiled the latest research in this post. Read on as we explore how you can use yoga to lose weight in 10 days. 

How Many Calories Should You Expect To Burn After An Ashtanga Yoga Practice

The number of calories you burn during the yoga practice depends on the intensity of your workout. 

And your weight also matters to some extent…

If you are willing to drastically decrease your weight, it is advised to practice strenuous Ashtanga yoga thrice or four times a week.  

Remember that the quantity of calories you can expect to burn in a ashtanga yoga session depends on several factors like your sex, your age, your weight and morphology, and the duration of your practice. 

In this table, you will find how many calories you can burn on average during an ashtanga workout:

How Does Yoga Help In Weight Loss 10 Yoga Poses That Burn Fat And Calories

Yoga has gradually become a lifestyle trend. In a chaotic world dominated by tech-leveraged rat races, peace of mind is an absolute requirement. Yoga studios around the country provides about 60-90 minutes of mental and physical balance which is essential for achieving peace of mind. But the question that riddles us day and night is, can yoga help with weight loss and toning? Research shows that a minute of yoga helps you lose about 3-6 calories. So a 90 minute session will help you lose about 80-360 calories only. But compared to other forms of exercises yoga has a higher success rate for keeping off the extra pounds while strengthening your core muscles.

Today we will extensively discuss about the benefits of weight loss through yoga. Globalization of yoga has helped it to evolve according to the different needs of people. In the past years we have seen the rising trend of hot yoga, power yoga and vinyasa which combine a number of other styles with yoga to increase the intensity of the activities per session which stimulate rapid weight loss.

Indirect ways in which yoga helps in weight management-

1. Practicing yoga regularly helps in lowering stress levels, this in turn reduces binge eating, over eating and stress eating which are the major reasons people put on weight in modern society.

2. Research also shows that people who practice yoga are more tuned to the necessities of their bodies and are better able to manage hunger.

Weight loss through yoga-

1. Power yoga

I Lost 85 Pounds With Nothing But A Yoga Mathere’s How It Happened I Lost 85 Pounds With Nothing But A Yoga Mat—Here’s How It Happened

The debate over whether yoga is an effective tool for weight loss has been discussed for years. Many believe that yoga is not fast-paced enough to burn the number of calories required for true weight loss. Others swear by yoga and say it’s an extremely effective way to shed pounds.

While everyone is different, I believe yoga is effective when it comes to lasting weight loss.

When I first rolled out the mat seven years ago, I was 85 pounds overweight. I was unhealthy, unhappy, and fueled by a passion for binge-drinking and pizza. When I first announced my mission to lose weight through yoga, I remember people laughing at me. “Yoga doesn’t help with weight loss! You have to bust your butt in the gym to get results,” people told me.

Less than one year after practicing yoga six to seven days per week, I lost those 85 pounds. Here’s how it happened.

The Best Power Yoga Poses For Weight Loss Include The Following:

Pawanmuktasana or the Wind releasing pose help you drop those extra fat from the stomach and the stomach region.

Trikonasana or the Intense side stretch pose helps to reduce the fat from the sides. It raises your heartbeat and burns calories.

Dhanurasana or the Bow pose helps you drop the excess fat from the arms and legs. It is very helpful to tone your body.

Garudasana or the Eagle pose is a perfect weight loss choice for those who want thinner thighs, legs, arms, and hands.

Eka Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana or One-legged downward facing dog- when combined with breathing, helps you tone your arms, hands, legs, thighs, and your abdominal muscles.

Bhujangasana or the Cobra pose is a great choice if you want to solidify your buttocks and to tone your abdominal muscles.

Navasana or the boat pose is the simplest Power Yoga pose for weight loss. It concentrates all the major muscles of your body.

Savasana or Corpse pose is the most important pose to end your Power Yoga workout session. Savasana helps your muscles relax and prevents muscle damage.

There are several other Power Yoga asanas that are very important for weight loss such as the Uttanpadasana or the Raised feet pose, Veerbhadrasana, the warrior pose, Ardha Chandrasana or the Half-moon pose, Paschimottasana or the Seated forward bend among others. Power Yoga is considered an appropriate intervention for weight loss and to prevent obesity.

Tips For Those Who Want To Transform Their Bodies With Hot Yoga

• Practice regularly, at least 3-5 times a week if you want to see noticeable results, especially in a shorter span of time.• Try not to eat anything 2-3 hours before hot yoga practice, or at least keep it to something light. If I’m feeling a little hungry before practice, I’ll eat some crackers or a handful of almonds to avoid feeling lightheaded in the hot room.• Drink lots of water – before, during and after practice.• Listen to your body. If you need a break, rest in child’s pose until you feel ready to continue . Obviously this will vary from studio to studio, so ask at yours to see what facilities they have and products/services they provide.

Overall, I’ve found hot yoga to be an exercise I enjoy and one that has surprised me with its swiftness in helping me reach my body goals. While I cannot say how effective it will be for everyone in terms of weight loss, with consistent practice I think it would be hard not to undergo at least some kind of body transformation and to experience many of the positive benefits I’ve listed in this post.

Have you tried hot yoga? What has your experience been like? Do/have you struggled with your weight and/or body image? What has helped you?

Power Yoga Gives You The Benefit Of Yoga And More Including:

Helps burn calories, a little more than yoga for beginners

It boosts your metabolism

It boosts your general well-being

Useful to build strength, stamina, flexibility, and tone your body.

It helps increase your concentration

It helps you relax as tension and stress are considerably reduced.

The most reliable form of Power Yoga begins with Surya Namaskara or Sun Salutation. You can perform the Surya Namaskara as a warm-up before you start your Power Yoga workout session, or Surya Namaskara in itself can be done as Power Yoga. Surya Namaskara has immense benefits as it concentrates on all the core muscles of your body.

Restorative Yoga Practices Have A Place In Weight Loss Too

Yoga can help you open up, stretch and recover from intense workouts, which is also an important part of reaching your fitness goals and losing weight. “Even the less intense, more stretch-focused yoga practices can help promote active recovery if done to counteract a more strenuous other forms of movement such as running or weight lifting,” Turner says. For yoga classes with a restorative approach, Turner recommends looking for classes labeled “deep stretch,” “restorative” or Hatha yoga.

Another, often overlooked, factor in weight loss is sleep and stress. Research shows that lack of quality sleep can sabotage your weight loss goals. Yoga can help you sleep better by helping you relax, reduce tension and keep stress in check. Not to mention that reducing stress and anxiety makes it easier to follow through with your healthy commitments. 

“Yoga can have a profound impact on a person’s mental state by reducing stress and anxiety. That peace of mind can lead to making better decisions when it comes to food choices and diet, which can obviously affect your success,” Turner says.

The information contained in this article is for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended as health or medical advice. Always consult a physician or other qualified health provider regarding any questions you may have about a medical condition or health objectives.

Yoga To Lose Weight In 10 Days: Evaluating The Best Poses

There are several poses you can try to fast-track weight loss. To make sure that you lose at least several pounds within 10 days, it is best if you try the poses described below. Additionally, it is best if you incorporate these poses into a workout routine. But always remember that diet is 90% of weight loss. Without further ado, here are the best yoga poses to consider for weight loss within 10 days:

How Often Should I Practice Yoga In Order To Lose Weight

Yoga should be practiced just like any other conventional weight loss exercise.

Normally, you perform between 45 minutes to one hour of physical training with cardiovascular exercises, abdominal exercises, push-ups, among others. The same should be done with the practice of yoga.

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Can I Combine Other Types Of Exercise With Ashtanga Yoga

Combining Ashtanga yoga with other exercises and making a comprehensive plan to target your weight is essential in achieving desired results.

Mixing alternative fitness training with Ashtanga can give a quicker result in terms of weight loss. 

If you are practicing Ashtanga yoga twice a week, then keep one day for cardio, and experience the miraculous outcome yourself.

You can also add a Yin yoga practice to your weekly routine, another great yoga style that can help you in your weight loss journey.

Still curious? ? Here we discuss whether or not exercise is more effective for weight loss than eating healthy. Check it out!

The Right Kind Of Yoga Gives You A Great Cardio Workout

Put simply, in order to burn fat, you need to be in a calorie deficit, and adding cardio into your routine can help you achieve this. But, the key here is the right of yoga. There are multiple types of yoga, but not all are the most beneficial for weight loss or building lean muscle.

In order to achieve a great cardio workout from yoga, you need to practice fast flowing types of yoga such as Vinyasa or Ashtanga that involve strength building poses. Below I will break down which types of yoga are best for weight loss.

Yoga For Weight Loss: 9 Asanas To Help You Lose Weight

A five-thousand-year-old transcription by the Indus valley civilization on fragile palm leaves has paved the way to an innovative weight loss therapy. Yoga was mentioned in the Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns, the Rigveda. Researchers have traced yoga to over a thousand years ago, and its rich history is divided into periods of innovation, practice, and development. Yoga was refined and developed by the Rishis and Brahmans who documented their training in the Upanishads. This practice was later developed over several years to what now is practiced as Yoga. The discipline has 5 basic principles:

Frequently Asked Questions

Yoga For Weight Loss Can Actually Be An Effective Tool

Along with helping you lose weight, yoga raises your awareness and the way you relate to your body.

There are many factors that contribute to maintaining a healthy weight. When people practice yoga regularly, they become more in tune with themselves on a mental and physical level, which often results in a positive ripple effect in every aspect of their lives.

This includes making healthier food and lifestyle choices to ultimately reach their goal of weight loss.

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So to answer the question does yoga help you lose weight? you have to consider all the evidence. Yoga certainly help you lose weight and if you practice effectively and train your mind along with your body, yoga can be a powerful tool in your weight-loss journey.

All included information is not intended to treat or diagnose. The views expressed are those of the author and should be attributed solely to the author. For medical questions, please consult your healthcare provider.

Know The Difference Between Weight Loss And Inch Loss:

Keeping your best friend’s wedding in your sights, you start working out a month in advance so that you are picture-perfect on the wedding day. You are happy that you lost an inch here and there and are now ready to go. Once the wedding is over, you notice that those inches are back, thanks to all the binging at the wedding.

Those looking at weight loss should chalk out a proper plan and set small achievable goals for themselves. When achieved, these goals give a lot of confidence and act as fuel to achieve the next set of goals.

Key Factors That Play A Role In Weight Loss With Yoga

So regardless of all this information you have just learned, in order to lose weight, it really comes down to 5 things:

Consistency: In order to see any type of results practicing yoga, whether it be muscle gain or weight loss, you need to be consistent. You cannot decide to practice 5 days one week then skip two weeks and expect to see results. You need to consistently train your muscles and burn calories in order to create a deficit and lose fat. 

A good starting point is practicing 3 times a week. Try to get in at least 30 minutes every time you practice and build up from there. 

This in my opinion is one of the most important factors. Even if you practicing consistently, if you are barely putting in any effort, it’s as if you aren’t practicing at all. When you practice yoga, need need to put your all into it. If you aren’t feeling your muscles activating, your heart rate increasing, or breaking a sweat, you either are

not practicing the right type of yoga

not trying hard enough

No matter what you may have heard, yoga is not easy, but it is effective if you push yourself to put the work in.

Eating Habits: That whole “80% of weight loss happens in the kitchen” is actually true. You cannot decide to eat 2,000 calories worth of junk food while practicing yoga consistently and still be surprised you are not seeing results. 

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It Helped Me Burn Calories While Gaining Lean Muscle

Although all types of yoga are effective when it comes to burning calories, improving flexibility and muscle tone, calming the mind, and providing a feeling of inner peace, if your goal is to lose weight, certain practices are more effective than others.

In order to burn fat and keep it off, I focused on power yoga and vinyasa flow.

These are both fast-paced flows that provide the perfect mixture of cardio and strength-training. The dual combination is a potent cocktail geared toward effective fat burning and increased lean muscle mass. These two types of yoga enable the body to burn anywhere from 400 to 600 calories per hour. This is equivalent to the number of calories burned during a typical hour in the gym!

Is Ashtanga Yoga Enough Exercise To Shed Some Weight

To get the right answer, we need to understand what exactly we need to lose weight. 

Ashtanga yoga offers numerous physical, spiritual, and mental benefits. 

But here we will focus on Ashtanga Yoga’s role in shedding weight:

Ashtanga yoga poses create internal heat and burns a lot of calories, sufficient enough to lose weight.

Ashtanga Yoga emphasizes muscle training and helps in proper weight management.

It relieves tension and reduces stress. Thus stops you from overeating.

It balances hormone production.

Best Yoga Poses For Weight Loss According To A Yogi

Although an ancient practice, yoga has many modern applications.

In the last century, the physical practice of yoga evolved into a popular form of exercise that benefits the body, mind, and spirit .

When practiced regularly, yoga may be an effective tool to help you lose weight, especially its more active style.

However, even the gentler forms of yoga help to reduce stress and increase mindfulness– both important factors in weight loss.

No matter the style, it is well known that yoga offers many health benefits.

Below we will explore how yoga can help you achieve and maintain a healthy body weight.

Does Yoga Help You Lose Weight Types Poses And More

For many years, people have used yoga as an effective tool to enhance their mental, physical, and spiritual development to obtain the best version of themselves. 

No doubt, it has many health benefits. But, does yoga help you lose weight?

Fortunately, if you’re a yoga lover, we’ve got good news for you. Yoga can be an effective weight-loss strategy.

The more active forms of yoga have been found to help people shed weight, and have been backed by many experts as well. 

So, it is totally possible to slim down with yoga, based on the ways that it strengthens, stretches, and calms your body.

Without further ado, let’s break down how it can help you achieve your body goals and what are the best yoga poses for weight loss.

What Happens To Your Body When You Start Doing Yoga

A lot of things happen to your body when you start doing yoga, including: 

1. You Will Become Mindful of The Type of Food You Eat.

When you start your weight loss journey, you need to make some adjustments in your diet plan.

The newfound awareness of your body as well as the detoxing exercise of yoga, you will suddenly realize you don’t want to fill up your body with junk foods.

And, this is the first step to a healthy weight loss.

2. You Will Get in Shape.

As we have already covered, yoga can help you lose weight. The moment you start stretching you will start burning calories.

Doing it daily will make you lose weight faster and get that toned body you always desire.

Unlike other types of exercises, yoga helps and allows you to manage your weight easily. 

Daily yoga improves your metabolic system, which will increase the rate of fat burning. Thus, resulting in significant weight loss.

Yoga also promotes hormonal balance, making it easier to maintain a healthy body weight.

3. You Will Reduce Your Stress Level.

Aside from the physical benefits, one of the best benefits of yoga is how it helps a person manage stress that has many negative effects on the body and mind.

The incorporation of meditation and breathing can help improve a person’s mental well-being.

Yoga Can Help Improve Your Flexibility And Mobility

And in addition to the mental health benefits with yoga, you can also increase your flexibility, strengthen your muscles, and enhance your mobility. 

“Many regular exercisers also don’t take adequate time to stretch so adding yoga can be a great way to increase flexibility while improving balance and strengthening those smaller muscles that you are likely not focusing on in typical workouts,” says Wilson.

What Were My Results After Three Months Of Hot Yoga

I only measured and weighed myself twice during this three-month experiment – on day 1 and on day 90. The reason being that I didn’t want to obsess over numbers, but focus on my physical and mental transformation as I was experiencing it.

My goal was to feel better about the way I looked and improve my own self-confidence, and this was never tied to a number for me. However, I did want to be able to track my progress in some way, and to be able to share my results with you in a measurable way.

The numbers ended up telling a very dramatic story.

In 3 months, I lost 4.3cm off the widest part of my waist and 6.2cm off the smallest part of my waist.

I lost 1.7cm off the widest part of my hips and a whopping 8.4cm off the smallest part.

My arms stayed exactly the same numerically, but they look totally different. They are more toned and muscular, and I feel so much stronger.

To tell the truth, I am actually no lighter now than I was when I started. However, my shape has completely changed.

I have burned a lot of fat into muscle and its distribution is now more flattering and in proportion to the rest of my body. As muscle is heavier than fat and I’m still the same weight as when I started, we can conclude that I actually did “lose weight” in the process.

I have also observed a number of other benefits from doing hot yoga:

• Overall strength – not just in my arms• Better balance• No pain or stiffness the day after

What Kind Of Muscle Can Be Built With Ashtanga Yoga

Ashtanga poses are generally performed in a flow, and your whole body, individual body parts, start taking shape with time. 

A yogi needs to be clear about his or her goal, and depending on that, a yoga teacher can recommend the Ashtanga poses. 

Poses like tree pose, warrior pose, chair pose, and bridge pose are well known for toning the muscles. 

Ashtanga yoga helps you gain lean muscles and evenly distribute weight. 

But if your role model is Arnold Schwarzenegger, then practicing Ashtanga will not be enough for you…

How Soon Did I Start Seeing Results With Hot Yoga

I started seeing noticeable results, including a significant decrease in my belly bulge, more toned arms and general improved strength, within 1-2 weeks of starting hot yoga. This was at a pace of 5 lessons a week and doing no other exercise or making any dietary changes.

Motivated by my quick results and how much better I felt about myself, I started to crave hot yoga. I found myself checking the time just to see if it was time for class yet.

The results just got better from there – my husband noticed it and my instructors noticed it – my recently purchased yoga tops already fitting more loosely around my middle.

Towards the end of my three-month experiment, I felt that changes to the naked eye had plateaued or at least slowed down, but I think this is only natural in any weight loss or body transformation journey. And despite my belly looking basically the same for a few weeks, it felt very different. When I touched it, I could feel the hardening muscles underneath and I knew they would show themselves with some more time and hard work.

In 12 weeks, I did a total of 45 lessons . That’s an average of 3.75 lessons a week.

How Much Weight Can You Lose In A Month With Yoga

You will lose around 3-4 kgs per month with yoga. Yoga is holistic affair. You need to do it long term but that does not mean that the results you will achieve will be late. The results are very fast. Also, you do not need to do all of this exercise in one day in order to learn how Yoga helps in weight loss. You can do this type of exercise every day . You can spend 30 -40 mins per day but make sure that you are consistent in the practice.And, if you do this, you will find that you will be very excited about being able to enjoy the new changes in your life and that you will not feel like you are starving yourself.

Yoga Can Help You Burn Calories And Build Muscle

One common misconception about yoga is that it’s not a “real” workout. While yoga has a reputation for helping reduce stress and tension, certain forms of yoga can be an intense workout that helps challenge your muscles and get your heart rate up. 

“Yoga can be an incredible complement in a person’s quest to lose weight. From a physiological standpoint, yoga is exercise, and certain types of yoga can have an excellent cardiovascular and strength building effect in the body,” says Turner. 

Yoga can challenge your muscles and help you build strength. 

If you’re looking for yoga classes that can help you get your heart rate up to burn calories and help strengthen your muscles, look out for specific types of yoga that focus on those areas. 

Some examples include:

Hot yoga classes are practiced in a heated room or studio. The actual temperature varies, but typically the room is heated to at least 90 degrees or more.

Power yoga:Power yoga is a fitness-based approach to practicing yoga. These classes will focus on strength and flexibility. 

Yoga sculpt, or any yoga class that includes “sculpt” in its description can vary in the exact technique, but will often include light handheld dumbbells or other tools to add resistance. Some yoga sculpt classes will also add bursts of intense cardio.

: This style of yoga follows the same set of poses in the same order. The class is usually fast-paced and physically challenging. 

Weight Loss With Yoga Starts From The Mind First

When a yoga journey begins, everything begins to appear in a different light, from a different perspective. Yoga starts by transforming you from the inside out. Thanks to yoga, we become more conscious about the environment, actions, and habits, and eating habits change. Realizing how they feel after eating certain foods, the individual wonders about the effects of nutrition on the body and tends to a more plant-based diet and reduce processed foods. So, it causes a healthier lifestyle and directs you to choose healthier food options. Thus, the answer to the question of whether yoga weakens begins to emerge.

Can Yoga Help Trim My Waist And Reduce Belly Fat Alyssa DodsonTeacher and Writer

Yoga teacher, world explorer, writer, recent San Franciscan, and part of the DoYou Editorial Team

Ever wonder if yoga can help trim your waist and reduce belly fat? One of our readers was curious on the topic, and she’s not alone.

Lots of yogis take their first yoga class as a compliment to their regular exercise routine, only to find out later what an amazing addition yoga is to every facet of their life.

Yoga is a great way to change things up, tone your entire body, and lose weight. If you are looking to focus on your waist and belly, even better! Yoga is the perfect way to trim down.

Here are my best tips for using yoga to reduce belly fat and trim your waist, including a few practice tips.

How Often Should I Practice Yoga To Lose Weight

Last update:25 January, 2020

Many who want to achieve an ideal weight search for the perfect physical activity to help. Of that sounds like you, we recommend that you practice yoga in order to try to lose weight in a different way.

To see results, the important thing is perseverance and discipline. All physical activities require a minimum daily or weekly commitment in order for the body to change and the person to begin to look and feel better. Yoga is not the exception; it also requires perseverance and effort.

However, don’t think that this discipline is only good for meditation and stretching the muscles; in fact, it also helps you lose weight.

But Which Type Of Yoga Is Best For Weight Loss

If weight loss is the overall goal, then the type of yoga you’re doing is super important.

“A more relaxing type, such as one of the forms of Hatha, may not crank up the internal furnace that much,” says Jonathan Amato, C.S.C.S. “In comparison, Bikram or could lead to a great calorie burn over a single class.”

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Bikram and hot yoga involve increasingly difficult positions that cause your heart rate to soar. Add that to the stress of a heated room, and class-goers will burn more calories. In comparison, Hatha yoga—gentle poses and stretching exercises—requires much less physical exertion, making it great for all fitness levels. Hatha is also done in a non-heated room.

You also want to look for a class that incorporates “poses that focus on large muscle groups,” Pacheco says, in order to up the calorie burn. Think: lunge-like poses such as warriors one and two.

Yoga To Lose Weight By Strengthening Your Body

Yoga offers lots of asanas in countless flows or sequences. All poses provide different benefits both physical and mental. Also, more or less each poses provide a level of detoxification. While detoxification promotes body and mind gets purified, it directly causes weight loss. Although there are different types of yoga that are very effective when it comes to purifying, losing weight, enhancing flexibility, improving muscular posture, providing peace of mind, there are some other poses that do much better than others if your goal is burning calories losing weight.

Vinyasa yoga and power yoga flow movements, which burn more amount of fat and are referred to as slimming yoga in some sources, are known as the most effective yoga movements that lose weight. These two yoga streams provide a great mixture of both cardio exercise and strength exercises. This combination acts as a powerful cocktail for fat burning and gaining muscle. They keep the body burning up to 400 to 600 calories in every region of it. This equates to a typical hour exercise.

Urdhva Mukha Svanasana/ Upward Facing Dog Pose

This asana is also usually a part of Surya Namaskar. Begin with lying down on the floor on your stomach. Stretch your legs backward and keep your elbows beside your waist. The front of your feet and the inside of your hand shall touch the floor. Then slowly raise your upper body, higher by balancing it over your palm, up to the waist.

Stretch your forelimbs completely by putting the pressure on your palm and hold your pose. This posture helps to strengthen your spine and tone your arms. It is because, during this exercise, your upper body rests over your arms.

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Experts Answer: Can Yoga Help You Lose Weight

Each week, MyHealthNewsDaily asks the experts to answer questions about your health.

This week, we asked exercise researchers and nutrition specialists: Does yoga help with weight loss?

Beth A. Lewis, Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Kinesiology in Minneapolis

“Regular yoga practice can influence weight loss, but not in the “traditional” sense of how we link physical activity to weight loss. Typically, weight loss occurs when a person’s calorie intake .

“Most individuals need to change both their energy intake and energy expenditure to lose weight.

Many yoga practices burn fewer calories than traditional exercise ; however, yoga can increase one’s mindfulness and the way one relates to their body. So, individuals will become more aware of what they are eating and make better food choices.

“Individuals may avoid foods that make them feel sluggish and lethargic . Instead,individuals will seek out foods that are healthier, which then may lead to weight loss.

“Additionally, many individuals eat more when they are feeling stressed and yoga can help combat stress, which can influence one’s energy intake.”

Dr. Lewis Maharam, fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine:

“Yes, and actually it’s become in vogue with a lot of celebrities like Madonna, Halle Berry and Jennifer Aniston. Yoga is a sophisticated tradition with physical, relaxation and breathing exercises. aerobic exercise is what helps you lose weight.

How Many Calories Does Each Type Of Yoga Burn

So of course there is no way to tell exactly, as it all depends on the amount of effort you are putting in. But as a reference, below are the general calories burned from Health Status per 60 minutes of practice based on a 150 pound person:

Vinyasa Yoga: 594 calories

Bikram/ Hot Yoga: 477 calories

Ashtanga/ Power Yoga: 351 calories

Hatha Yoga: 189 calories

Please keep in mind this if if you are using your MAX EFFORT. I know there are definitely times when I go to hot vinyasa yoga and not putting my all in that day, or the class is just slower, and I definitely do not burn anywhere near this amount of calories. 

Also keep in mind your weight plays a huge role on how many calories you burn per hour. I suggest checking out healthstatus.com to use their calculator with your specific weight to check. 

How Often Should You Do Yoga To Lose Weight

Practice yoga as often as possible in order to lose weight. You can do a more active, intense practice at least three to five times per week for at least one hour.

On the other days, balance out your practice with a more relaxing, gentle class. Hatha, yin, and restorative yoga classes are great options.

If you’re a beginner, start slowly and gradually build up your practice. This allows you to build up your strength and flexibility and prevent injuries. If you don’t have time for a full class on certain days, do a self-practice for at least 20 minutes. Allow yourself one full day of rest each week.

Combine your yoga practice with activities such as walking, cycling, or swimming for added cardiovascular benefits.

As part of your routine, avoid weighing yourself directly after a yoga class, especially if it’s a hot yoga class, since you may lose water weight during the class. Instead, weigh yourself at the same time each day.

Here are a few yoga poses you can do at home if you don’t have time for a full session.

Control Your Weight Before It Controls You:

Age plays an important role in weight loss too. If you are young, then the chances of you getting into the shape with minimal efforts are high, but it is tougher for those who are on the other side of thirty. Once you cross your thirties, special attention needs to be given to eating habits. Fats, carbohydrates, and proteins are the main contents of any meal.

Choosing them wisely over the different meals of the day will help you go a long way in achieving your goals. Complex carbohydrates and healthy fats can be a part of your breakfast but including the same for your supper might not be a great idea.

Also, tracking your diet can give you an idea of where your macronutrients are coming from. Remember to track each and everything that goes in. This will make you aware of what you are having throughout the day and will make you think twice the next time you reach out for your favorite cupcake. The more you educate yourself with food labels, the more you become cautious and make healthier choices. It’s all about awareness.

Surprising Ways Yoga Helps You Lose Weight

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The practice of yoga being an effective use for weight loss has been questioned for years. Can you really lose weight with yoga? The answer is YES, and with a lot less effort than you think. In this article we will discuss the science backed effects yoga has on the body that will help you meet your weight loss goals. 

V The Posture Of Liberation From The Winds

This posture helps cure lower back pain while controlling the acidity level of the stomach. It helps tone the abdomen and hips.

Lie down on your back,

Curve your knees and bring them back to your chest while breathing out,

Apply pressure to the abdomen with your thighs,

On an exhale, raise your head to try to touch your knees with your chin, without straining the cervical, it is the upper back that works,

Breathe deeply and maintain the pose for two full breaths,

Back to the original position on an exhalation,

Repeat 5 times with a 15-second pause between each repetition.

With a regular practice of these five postures, the results should not be long in being felt!

Which Type Of Yoga Is Best For Weight Loss

Almost all form help in weight loss but power yoga is best. Yoga helps in many ways, but one of the things that can be used to help with weight loss is the practice of yoga poses.While the physical benefits of yoga are quite amazing, there are also mental benefits that can help a person lose weight and feel healthier. This is why yoga is often used to help people lose weight. can yoga help you lose weight ?Yes,with yoga, it’s much easier to achieve these goals.

In order to lose weight, it is important that a person is able to burn more calories than they take in each day. By using different types of exercises and other yoga poses, a person can burn calories and learn to manage their diet better. This can then help a person to lose weight and feel healthier.

Yoga is a way of life for many people and they have a passion for it. Yoga can help to strengthen muscles, reduce stress, and helps to keep you fit, it is a holistic approach to health.

can yoga help you lose weight and tone? If you want to lose weight, yoga can be the answer. This type of workout is an all around good thing to do. It can be done by everyone at anytime of the day and will not interfere with your daily schedule.

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What Type Of Yoga Is Best For Weight Loss

There are various types of yoga—and some are relaxing while others are pretty intense. if you’re looking for more of a calorie-burning experience, Young recommends Vinyasa because it’s more athletic.

“It’s strenuous. It’s cardio-based. It’s literally moving constantly,” says instructor Olivia Young, founder of Box + Flow in New York.

You may have also heard this referred to as “flow” because the movements run together. Within Vinyasa, there are various other subsets, like power yoga.

In comparison, Hatha focuses on one pose at a time and includes breaks between movements.

You should become acquainted with movements like the downward dog, high plank, and low push up, commonly found in a flow sequence, says Young.

How Often Should I Do Yoga To Lose Weight

For the best weight-loss results, Liza recommended doing yoga three times a week. Continue to stay active and get your heart rate up on the other three to four days as well, whether through , weightlifting, or HIIT workouts of 45 minutes to an hour. And keep your nutrition in mind, too. “Exercise alone without dieting makes losing weight hard,” Jorianne said. “Weight loss occurs when you burn more calories than you consume.”

If you eat healthy and burn calories, though, the results will come, and yoga has a place in the process. Start with this 30-minute power flow to relax, rejuvenate, and work up a sweat.

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/8setu Bandha Sarvangasana Or Bridge Pose

Step 1: Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet placed firmly on the ground. Your legs should be slightly apart and arms resting by your side.

Step 2: Press the feet into the floor, inhale and lift your hips up rolling the spine off the floor.

Step 4: Press your shoulders and arms on the ground to lift your chest.

Step 5: Engage your legs and butt muscles to lift your hips higher.

Step 6: Hold this position for 4-8 breaths, then return to the starting position.

How Much Yoga Do You Need For Weight Loss

You cannot expect a huge amount of weight loss from Yoga as soon as you begin doing it. Many people start doing Yoga and expect to achieve results within a week. They get disappointed and quit doing it just after one or two weeks. It doesn’t work like that. Yoga needs as much time and effort as any other exercise. It requires regular practice.

It would be best if you were patient to achieve visible results. For weight loss, you need to practice Yoga as much as you can. But that doesn’t mean you will keep doing excessive Yoga. It needs to be in a limited and balanced amount. Excessive Yoga can lead to physical or muscular injuries.

You might experience pain in your joints. Perform gentle and relaxing exercises for your daily routine. You can try longer sessions and intense exercises 2-3 times a week. A regular practice can give you the answer to Can I Lose Weight With Yoga after a certain period.

Can Yoga Help You Lose Weight Answer Here

Yoga is an ancient practice that can amplify the positive connection between your mind and body. While there are many yoga styles, some focus more on strenuous movements and strength, and others focus on meditation and mental preparedness.

As part of a workout routine, yoga for weight loss is a no-brainer because it burns calories. And potentially, the most significant benefit of yoga is the opportunity to reinforce mental stability, which can relieve stress, especially in this pandemic, and introduce you to a better and healthier lifestyle.

Bottom Line

Which Practices Are Best For Weight Loss

If you’re looking for pure calorie burn, our experts agreed that fast-paced Vinyasa yoga is the practice to choose. “A good Vinyasa class will take you through a variety of movements, with a focus on integrating your core and weight-bearing on your hands and feet,” Lara explained. Imagine a classic flow from plank to triceps push-up to Upward Facing Dog — you’re getting a core burn, working your triceps, then using your arms to hold up your bodyweight as you stretch. This kind of weight-bearing move “increases heart rate and builds muscle,” Liza told POPSUGAR. The more muscle you build, the more calories you’ll burn even after you’re done exercising.

Power yoga is another good choice, Jorianne told POPSUGAR, though it’s more intense and better suited for people who are already in good shape. “In power yoga, there is less meditation and more of a focus on standing poses and faster-paced movement,” she explained. Your heart will pump even harder than in a Vinyasa class, which is good news for losing weight; Liza recommended aiming for a heart rate that’s 55 to 85 percent of your maximum to get the most calories burned out of a class.

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A more gentle yoga class, such as Hatha, won’t burn as many calories. But it can benefit your mental health and decrease stress levels while helping you be more mindful, all of which have weight-loss benefits as well.

What Kind Of Yoga Helps With Weight Loss

If you’ve never done yoga before, be sure to start with beginner-level classes. You’ll burn the most calories in athletic  classes.?? These styles usually start with a fast-paced series of poses called sun salutations, followed by a flow of standing poses which will keep you moving. Once you are warmed up, deeper stretches and backbends are introduced. Vinyasa includes many popular, sweaty yoga styles, such as:

: Ashtanga yoga is a very vigorous style of practice and its practitioners are among the most dedicated of yogis. Beginners are often encouraged to sign up for a series of classes, which will help with motivation. Since Ashtanga follows the same series of poses each time, once you learn the sequence, you can practice anytime at home or join a Mysore-style group, in which there is a teacher present but each student goes at their own pace.

Power Yoga: Power yoga is extremely popular at gyms and health clubs, though it is widely available at dedicated yoga studios as well.?? Power yoga is based on building the heat and intensity of Ashtanga while dispensing with a fixed series of poses.

: Vinyasa yoga done in a hot room ups the ante by guaranteeing you’ll sweat buckets. Be aware that Bikram and hot yoga are not synonymous. Bikram is a pioneering style of hot yoga, which includes a set series of poses and, indeed, a script developed by founder Bikram Choudhury.?? These days, there are many other styles of hot yoga that make use of the hot room but not the Bikram series.

How Much Weight Can You Lose Doing Yoga

Weight loss varies by person and is dependent on a variety of factors including your beginning weight, overall activity level, and diet. The number of calories burned doing it also depends on what type of yoga you do, for how long, and what your current weight is. To have yoga help you lose weight, Young recommends practicing yoga four times a week and pairing it with extra cardio, like shadow boxing or running.

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It’s natural to want fast results, but the most successful dieters lose weight slowly. recommends losing no more than one to two pounds per week.

Thinking Of Trying Yoga For Weight Loss

If you are serious about losing weight and getting fit, you might want to implement a 60-minute power yoga and/or vinyasa flow practice at least five to six days per week. If you want to follow my example, think about coupling your practice with a whole foods diet for optimal results.

So roll out the mat. Connect with your breath. Detach from that destructive inner voice. Tune in to your spiritual nature that connects every cell of your body to the universe. Liberate the soul. And get ready to bask in the glory of all the positive changes that are coming.

Adho Mukha Svanasana Downward Dog Pose

Adho Mukha Svanasana tones your whole body with a little extra attention to specific muscles. It helps to strengthen your arms, thighs, hamstring and back. Holding this pose and concentrating on your breathing engages your muscles and tones them, as well as improves your concentration and blood circulation.

Chaturanga Dandasana/ Limbed Staff Pose

Chaturanga Dandasana is one of the exercises performed during Surya Namaskar. To perform this asana, start with your legs and arms stretched in a plank position. Keep your spine and hip in a straight line. Now, tighten your core by sucking your belly inside.

Bring your body towards the floor without losing the straight posture. Balance your body with the engaged core and hold the pose. This pose helps to strengthen your core and maintain your balance. It can be beneficial to reduce and tone your belly. Chaturanga Dandasana helps to build your muscle strength. 

Can Beginners Yoga Help You Lose Weight

The question of how can you loose weight with the help of yoga might arise if you are just beginning your weight loss or trying to keep it off.

If you are planning to go on a very strict weight loss program, then it might be a good idea to join a yoga class to learn more about the benefits of yoga and how to maintain a good weight loss program.

Yoga is also a great way to maintain your new weight and will help you get into better shape so that you can lose weight and look great.

If you do decide to join a class, make sure that you find a teacher that you will get along well with and who will make you feel comfortable with. Yoga is also a good way to learn new skills so that you will feel more in control of your body and can enjoy what you are doing.

If you do decide to join a class, make sure that you find a teacher that you will get along well with and who will make you feel comfortable with. Yoga is also a good way to learn new skills so that you will feel more in control of your body and can enjoy what you are doing.

Things To Take Care Of While Doing Yoga

Your should also be considered, because you need to make sure that it is healthy and balanced. If you aren’t, then you may want to talk to your doctor or dietitian to make sure that you are following a proper diet.

·2. If you’re going to start doing yoga, make sure that you choose a yoga class that is going to suit your level of physical ability. If you have a lot of experience, you might want to try classes that are a little more advanced, so that you can get the most out of the workout.

When you have lost weight with yoga, you’ll notice that your energy levels are up and your confidence is higher. Your weight will probably decrease as well, because you are burning more calories than you normally do. But, you still want to make sure that you keep up your weight loss. Even though you may have lost a few pounds, you should keep at it and never quit.

The thing to remember is that you have to maintain your weight loss. If you stop your weight loss after a few weeks, you may find yourself gaining all of the weight back. You need to continue working on it, and staying motivated.

Once you have lost weight with yoga, you can always get back on it by doing another class or trying another one. This is a great form of exercise for anyone and it really does have a lot of benefits. It has proven to be beneficial to a lot of people.

If So How Does Yoga Help To Lose Weight

There are many therapeutic to intensive yoga styles, reinforcing your central cores, including your overall muscle groups, increasing your flexibility, stability, and mobility.

Each yoga style offers unique benefits, so if your goal is to lose weight, concentrating on a fast-paced strength-based exercise is best. Yoga done in this manner has four main benefits that you should know.

Yoga strengthens your core and self-awareness.

While there is no cheat to lose weight in a day, strengthening your core is one major step to help you shed weight in the long run.

Your core is the home of all muscle groups necessary to stabilize your spine, keep your posture in the best shape, and improve your balance.

Therefore, by reinforcing your core, you are increasing your movements’ foundation to be more concise, which, in turn, makes you exercise more effectively without the risk of bodily discomforts.

Yoga is also useful in this matter because it also increases your self-awareness. You’ll learn how to use your muscles to precisely regulate your movements to achieve safer body fitness.

Yoga can help cut cravings for unhealthy foods and sugar.

One of the fantastic benefits of yoga is installing a sense of mindfulness. More mindful people are less stressed and less likely to seek comfort in food to binge eat.

Yoga can help protect yourself from stress, more-so, manage stress.

Yoga introduces you to a healthy lifestyle with better decisions.

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Does Ashtanga Yoga Help You Lose Weight

Ashtanga yoga has been gaining popularity for the last few decades. Here in this article, we will help you answer one of the most asked questions: Does Ashtanga yoga help lose weight?

Last month I met Suzanne for the first time at a house-warming party. We started talking and liked each other’s company. 

Amid a conversation, I passed her a compliment about her physique. She noticed how intrigued I was, so she took me to the side and showed me an old photograph of her. 

Looking at the picture, I was astounded. In the photo, she was barely recognizable. 

I quickly asked her the secret recipe of the drastic transformation, and she answered- Ashtanga Yoga.

Ashtanga yoga, also known as eight-limbed yoga, is mentioned in the Yoga Sutras by the sage Patanjali. It includes various asanas, which should be practiced with utmost patience and dedication.

Ashtanga Yoga includes a full-body workout. Intense asanas are done in this yoga practice that covers all your muscle areas, and therefore it makes for a great partner in the weight loss journey. You can expect to burn on average around 450 to 550 calories per 1h Ashtanga yoga session. 

The vigorous workout improves your strength, flexibility, tones, endurance, and overall health, besides contributing to weight loss. It is a fast-paced yoga practice that enhances energy levels and overall physique. 

But, how does Ashtanga yoga help in weight loss? Read further to find out.

Yoga Stimulates And Improves Digestion

Even though yoga has a positive and stimulating effect on all of the different systems within your body, including your cardiovascular, respiratory, lymphatic and endocrine systems, it has a very strong focus on the stimulation of your digestive system.

Your digestive system plays a key role in the breakdown, absorption and elimination of food and waste from your body. A sluggish and slow digestive system will hinder your weight loss goals by reducing your body’s ability to appropriately absorb nutrients and discard unwanted waste.

Sethu Bandha Sarvangasana Bridge Pose

Yet another asana with multiple benefits is the Sethu Bandha Sarvangasana or Bridge pose. It is excellent for glutes, thyroid as well as weight loss. The Bridge pose improves muscle tone, digestion, regulates hormones, and improves thyroid levels. It also strengthens your back muscles and reduces back pain.

/8here Are 7 Yoga Asanas You Should Do

When it comes to weight loss, yoga is not favoured by many as an effective workout to shed kilos. The low-impact exercise has undoubtedly gained popularity across the globe but is known mostly to increase flexibility and calm your mind. Contrary to popular belief, yoga can help to burn tons of calories and drop a considerable amount of weight. All you need to do is choose the right kind of yoga asanas and perform it correctly. Here are 7 yoga asanas that may help you lose more weight than any intense workout.

Proper Technique Is The Key To Success

It would be best if you were very careful while doing any of these yoga poses or any other exercises. Please give enough time to know how to perform these yoga postures and learn them properly. Before trying, know all the techniques of performing any exercise.

It would be best if you were very precise while doing these poses, or else you might end up hurting yourself. Many of the yoga poses require specific timings like morning or evening. Some of them must be done with an empty stomach. Everybody cannot do many postures. They are prohibited to people having any muscle injury or spinal problem.

An example being the Dhanurasana mentioned above. So please make sure to check all of the techniques to perform the yoga posture. Otherwise, you might end up hurting yourself, or you might not see visible results even after efforts. Once you grasp the technique, it can be a piece of cake for you.

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Can Yoga Help You Lose Weight And Tone

In order to start using yoga for weight loss, you need to make sure that you are healthy enough to do it. You should always keep in mind to eat a balanced diet, get plenty of exercise and use a positive attitude.

can yoga help you lose weight and tone?YesYoga can help you get the results that you are looking for. It is an easy way to get into shape and get in good form so that you do not feel stressed out when you take your next step.

There are many things that go into learning how to lose weight. Yoga can give you the knowledge and skills that you need to have sure to lose weight. You will not feel depressed or stressed about how you look or what you feel about yourself.

can yoga help you lose weight? Weight loss is a big concern and one that many people have. The best way to lose weight is to start the right exercise.