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HOW TO PREPARE YOUR BIKE TO THE MARATHON - BOSB

As you gear up for an upcoming bike marathon, How to prepare your bike to the marathon ensuring that your bike is in top-notch condition is crucial for a smooth and successful ride. From basic maintenance to performance upgrades, proper preparation can make all the difference on race day. In this guide, we'll walk you through the essential steps to get your bike marathon-ready.

Assessing Your Bike's Condition

Checking the Frame and Wheels

Before diving into maintenance tasks, give your bike a thorough inspection. Look for any signs of damage or wear on the frame and wheels, such as cracks, dents, or loose spokes. Addressing any structural issues early on can prevent problems during the marathon.

Inspecting Brakes and Gears

Ensure that your brakes are functioning properly and provide adequate stopping power. Check for worn brake pads and replace them if necessary. Similarly, inspect the gears and derailleurs for smooth shifting and make adjustments as needed.

Basic Maintenance and Tune-Up

Cleaning and Lubricating Components

Start by giving your bike a good cleaning to remove dirt, grime, and debris. Pay special attention to the chain, cassette, and derailleur pulleys. Once clean, apply lubricant to moving parts to reduce friction and ensure smooth operation.

Adjusting Brakes and Gears

Take the time to fine-tune your bike's braking and shifting systems. Adjust brake cable tension and pad alignment for optimal performance. Likewise, fine-tune the indexing of your gears to ensure crisp and precise shifting throughout the marathon.

Upgrading and Customizing Your Bike

Choosing the Right Tires

Selecting the appropriate tires for the marathon can significantly impact your performance. Opt for lightweight, puncture-resistant tires with low rolling resistance for smooth, efficient riding. Consider the terrain and weather conditions when choosing tire width and tread pattern.

Installing Performance Enhancements

Upgrade your bike with performance-enhancing components to gain a competitive edge. From aerodynamic handlebars to lightweight carbon fiber accessories, small upgrades can make a big difference in your overall speed and efficiency.

Preparing Yourself for the Marathon

Training and Conditioning

In addition to preparing your bike, focus on your own physical conditioning for the marathon. Incorporate regular training rides into your schedule to build endurance, strength, and stamina. Gradually increase your mileage and intensity leading up to the event.

Nutrition and Hydration

Proper nutrition and hydration are essential for peak performance on race day. Fuel your body with a balanced diet rich in carbohydrates, protein, and healthy fats. Stay hydrated before, during, and after your rides, and consider carrying energy gels or snacks for quick fuel on the go.

Final Preparations and Checklist

Packing Essential Gear

Create a checklist of essential gear and supplies for the marathon. Pack spare tubes, tools, tire levers, and a mini pump for on-the-go repairs. Don't forget to bring sunscreen, sunglasses, and a helmet for sun protection and safety.

Reviewing the Route and Logistics

Familiarize yourself with the marathon route and logistics to avoid any surprises on race day. Know the location of rest stops, aid stations, and emergency services along the course. Plan your transportation to and from the event, and arrive early to allow time for registration and warm-up.

Tips for a Successful Bike Marathon

Pacing Yourself

Maintain a steady pace throughout the marathon to conserve energy and avoid burnout. Start conservatively and gradually increase your speed as you settle into the ride. Listen to your body and adjust your effort level accordingly to avoid hitting the wall.

Staying Focused and Motivated

Stay mentally focused and motivated during the marathon by setting small, How to prepare your bike to the marathon achievable goals along the way. Break the course into segments and reward yourself for reaching milestones. Stay positive and visualize yourself crossing the finish line strong and triumphant.

Conclusion

How to prepare your bike to the marathon for a marathon involves a combination of basic maintenance, performance upgrades, and personal preparation. By following these steps and incorporating proper training and nutrition, you can maximize your chances of success on race day. Remember to stay focused, pace yourself, and enjoy the experience of tackling the marathon course.

FAQs

How far in advance should I start preparing my bike for a marathon?

It's advisable to start preparing your bike at least a few weeks before the marathon to allow time for any necessary repairs or upgrades.

Do I need to hire a professional mechanic to tune up my bike?

While a professional tune-up can be beneficial, many basic maintenance tasks can be performed at home with the right tools and resources.

What should I do if I experience mechanical issues during the marathon?

Carry basic repair tools and supplies with you during the marathon, and familiarize yourself with common mechanical issues and how to address them on the go.

Is it necessary to taper my training leading up to the marathon?

Tapering your training, or gradually reducing your mileage and intensity, can help ensure that you're well-rested and fully recovered for race day.

Are there any specific nutrition strategies I should follow during the marathon?

Focus on consuming easily digestible carbohydrates and staying hydrated throughout the marathon. Experiment with different nutrition products during training to find what works best for you.

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[ghostofhyuck]

NCT Dream and summer days with them. 

Mark Lee

Probably would prefer indoors during the summer but he's very up for a treat! He doesn't mind going for a short mart run just to buy ingredients for a cool treat like watermelon punch or bingsu! He'll volunteer to cut the watermelon and would probably stare at it for minute before cutting it. The watermelon slices were a bit imperfect and i feel like mark would take a bite while slicing it and even giving you some who's busy mixing the sparkling water, yogurt drink, and ice. It'll be refreshing date for you two and you two find the homemade treat delicious!

Huang Renjun

Oh my sweet summer boy, Renjun will live during summer. He loves summer and the flowers blooming! He'll love being outdoors just enjoying the bearable sun at a suitable hour and if it becomes harsh, he'll find a place underneath the shade of a tree. There could be a hammock that's big enough for you two to sleep and snuggle! He finds it serene and quiet especially when he has you by his side! He's also the type to pick a flower and just hands it to you or maybe tuck it behind your ear!

Lee Jeno

Summer days with Jeno can be a free time. As a homebody, he would probably enjoy the day indoors due to the unbearable heat. But when the sun is slowly setting, Jeno will have the energy to go out. So he drags you to ride bikes with him on a late-afternoon. Yes, those marathon-type of cycling, he'll do that with you. </3 but would probably slow down so that you can catch up with his pace. You two will stop by the Han River, buy drinks and snacks and just watch the sun set beautifully. 

Lee Donghyuck

Our lovely fullsun, summer days with Haechan means taking a dip into the beach! You two would love to go out and have your skin get tan underneath the sun, putting sunblock on each other's backs, and just racing your ways toward the clear, cold water of the sea. You two will play around the water and just stay there until both of your hands get wrinkled. He'll also the type to push you into the waters when your dipping your feet into the water, so you get revenge by dragging him towards the water too! Also would love to watch the sunset while you two dry yourselves.

Na Jaemin

I feel like Jaemin would prefer indoors but make it fancy, so staycation it is! He'll find a cozy place where you two can enjoy a peaceful and quiet summer. You two will drive your way there, drop by to buy some groceries, and enjoy the serene summer. If it's a beach front, you two will go out to take pictures, but you two will probably spend the whole day inside, underneath the cool air-conditioner, and during night, that's when you two will take a dip into the pool! 

Zhong Chenle

Chenle would love the idea of having a picnic during summer. The weather's nice, there aren't any bugs or insect, and he gets to spend it with you! <3 He wants to be prepared for the picnic, even buying a picnic basket so that the mood is there, it's either you two made sandwich and cooked food for the picnic OR you two just ordered food and have it delivered. Either way, you two had a lot of fun, and you two would probably take a nap if you two placed the mat underneath the shade of a tree. 

Park Jisung

Summer days with Jisung meant you two try something new like camping! It's not literally just the two of you, but your family always do camping, that's why you brought your boyfriend with you. He'll help setting the tent, even with the cooking. Would probably be amazed by the food prepared and when it's night time, he'll make smores with you. <3 you two probably had your alone time when you two decided to go to the nearby lake and stargaze because you know how much your boyfriend loves the universe. <3

[lovesanmotion]

sundays with dad!ateez

Hongjoong: 

Hongjoong would try to sleep in for the day, taking in a lot of sleep as much as possible since he will be dreading the next day after - Monday. He wouldn’t be able to hear the sounds of two little feet thumping lightly on the floor, the door swinging open and his one year old son staring at his sleeping face besides him. He will stir in his sleep and turn to face the other side, open his arms and carry his son on the bed, snuggling with him as they both sleep together. 

Afternoons would smells of strong coffee and baked chocolate chip cookies in the kitchen and wafting around the whole house. Hongjoong would spend the afternoon in his backyard with his son, playing with him with his toyset or letting him climb and ride on his back. And when the nighttime falls, Hongjoong loves to lay down besides his son in bed and read him a bedtime story until he falls asleep. Sunday is Hongjoong’s favorite day of the week, he gets to spend time with his son before heading to hectic days. 

Seonghwa: 

When Seonghwa wakes up, he would pat the bed space besides him, and when he couldn’t find you, he’d slowly get up and look for you. But a faint and sleepy smile would paint his lips as he watches your back flipping pancakes and his triplets messily eating on the little table of their high chairs. 

In the afternoon, Seonghwa would dress his daughters in matching outfits but with a little something in the outfit so that he would be able to distinguish them. Putting the triplets in their stroller and away they stroll in the park. Loves to watch the reaction of his daughters smiling when a dog takes interest in them or when elderly couples coo and gush at how little and cute they are. He loves showing the world what makes him get up in the morning, his own bundle of joy. 

And at night, he would help you wash up the triplets as they love to create a watery mess all over the bathroom. But Seonghwa doesn’t mind cleaning up after them. They are only children for a short period of time and he already couldn’t help but feel sad and wish that his daughters would stay as babies forever. Tucking them into their beds and kissing them on their foreheads, turning on the night late before he closes the door behind him. 

Yunho: 

Would wake up and already feel energized that would radiate in him throughout the day. Yunho would be pulling you closer to him, snuggling you in the still until he hears the door slightly swinging open his son climbing on top of the bed and snuggling in between you two. While you were making breakfast for you and Yunho, he would already be sitting in the dining table and feeding his son. Giggling and admiring him with little hearts in his eyes. His son is the most precious thing in the world that nothing can compare. And Yunho especially likes to eat a heavy breakfast so you always kept that in mind and always prepares his favorites in one plate, you love seeing that big smile on his face. 

When the afternoon rolls in, he and his son would be out in the backyard, teachim him how to ride a bike. His patience with his son knows a lot of great length and he was beyond happy as he watches his son paddle his feet and be able to bicycle in a straight line. Ice creams are a must afterwards. 

Yeosang: 

Yeosang would already be up even if it is still early and head over to his two year old daughter’s room to greet her a ‘good morning’. Before heading downstairs, Yeosang would take a hairbrush and a hair clip, gently brushing his daughter’s long hair before tying it into a half ponytail to which his heart swelled with warmth upon seeing his masterpiece. 

When afternoon comes in, you and Yeosang would be inside your daughter’s room finger painting. The sight of his daughter dipping her little fingers into the paint and just play with the paper in front of her amused him. Yeosang would paint himself, his wife and his daughter in hehetmon. 

And when the nighttime falls, he would help his daughter brush her teeth before he lets her sit on the edge of the sink. After his finished brushing his teeth, he would then proceed to do his skincare. His daughter would always copy him how he would do his skincare and Yeosang couldn’t help but laugh and plant kisses on her chubby cheeks before putting her in bed. 

San: 

San would sleep in for the day and not wake up even when you left the bed already. His four year old son and three year old daughter would barge into the room and jump around the bed to wake him up. But even with San’s eyes closed, he would scoop them in his arms and cuddle them close to him. 

In the afternoon, he would hold his children’s hands and stroll around the neighborhood before setting inside a cafe, ordering a cup of coffee for him, ade for his children and cakes. Spending time with his children are his golden moments. They then would be walking back home with new memories. 

Mingi: 

He would stay up late at night working on composing new lyrics and would join you in bed at around 4am. As soon as Mingi hits the sheets, he is out cold. You had to take your children away from the bedroom to let him get enough sleep. But Mingi would only wake up almost or around noon time already. And when he gets up, he’s hungry. 

As the afternoon sun sets in, he would be lounging in the living room with his son, watching cartoon movies while wrapped around in soft blankets and sipping juices. As you join them in the living room with baked muffins, smiles would instantly lift up the corners of their lips. 

At night, he would help brush his son’s teeth and put his pajamas on for him before tucking him into bed and reading him a story. As he watches his son fall asleep, he’d place a kiss on top of his head before going back to his. 

Wooyoung: 

While Wooyoung would still be sleeping, his daughter would barge into the bedroom and wake him up with her loud screaming. Yes, his daughter takes after his loud screaming. Funny as it may seem to the boys, they find his daughter a mini version of him as she too is clingy and loud. Wooyoung loves to dress his daughter in pretty dresses and shoes and add pretty headbands to match her outfit. 

Afternoons with Wooyoung and would be spent drinking cold lemonade while sitting in the pergola. Wooyoung would always ask his daughter what she did the day before and what she would like to do when she has free time, and while his daughter would answer his question, he’d be mentally taking note of it. So that on his next free day/s, he would bring her wishes to life. 

Jongho: 

Breakfast would be spent eating a good hearty meal while indie music or his group’s music be played around the kitchen. Jongho would be taking a bite while feeding his sons together at the same time. After the meal, Jongho would make a second cup of coffee for himself. As he claims that one cup is not enough. 

As the afternoon kicks in, Jongho already prepared a bowl of cheese balls and pretzels, setting down in the living room table before pouring grape flavored juices on his sons’ cups (and on his and yours as well) and enjoy a good movie marathon. 

Before bedtime, instead of reading them a story, he would sing his children to sleep. Hearing their little snores would bring a smile to his face, placing a kiss on their foreheads before he heads to his bedroom with you. 

[starrynite7114]

wrapping (angel reyes)

A/N: Three days till Christmas! How were finals for you all? Christmas shopping all done? I just have two more people on my list and I should be good to go. This year has been tolling, but I’m glad it is almost over. I wanted to let you all know that you’ve made this extremely difficult year so much more bearable. I hope I was able to help some especially with quarantine and all. It’s been tolling on us all but I want to let you all know that we’ve got this and you’re not alone. Please don’t ever hesitate to message me for anything, silly jokes, conversations, etc. 

I’m going to post mostly holiday stories till after Christmas. I will update Roommates and the EZ request will be posted! I know I don’t update as quick as I should, but I’m trying! <3

Hope you all enjoy this story!

Shoutout: This is for @blackmissfrizzle​! I still owe her one more for her birthday, but we were shooting the shit as we always do, being one another’s second brain and this idea popped up as I was struggling with wrapping Christmas presents. To my second brain, I love you, do not know how we got as close as we did, I am forever thankful. You are evil, but I love nonetheless. 

Groupchat for updates! Please join since the tags could be a bit iffy at times!

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Masterlist

Word count: 2171

Warnings: Fluff, mild sexual situation (hand job, fingering), Does Angel count as a warning?

CREDITS TO THE ORIGINAL GIF MAKER!

“Angel, stop,” you groaned as you felt Angel leave another mark on your skin. 

He smirked against your skin, placing a kiss on the spot he just bit. “What?” His voice sounded gravely, you two had just woken up. 

“Did you not leave enough bites last night?” Well, this morning, but it counted as last night since you two started last night.

“Can never get enough bites in baby.” He chuckled. 

Turning you to face him, Angel kissed you. It started with a few pecks, before he slipped his tongue in, slow and sensual as always. He moved on top of you, your lips never parting, intertwining your hands beside your head. 

“Te quiero mucho mi vida,” Angel whispered against your lips before he slipped his tongue inside your mouth again. You felt his hardened member against your leg. Reaching down to wrap your hand around his hardened member, you moved your hand up and down his cock causing Angel to groan. “Fuck baby, just like that. Can’t wait to be buried inside you again.” He ran his fingers up and down your folds, slipping his fingers inside.

You moaned, widening your legs. Angel removed your hand from his cock, moving so he can slide inside you. Just as he was about to, his phone rang, making Angel groan. He buried his face at the crook of your neck as he grabbed his phone.

“What’s up?” He answered. “Yeah, I’ll be there in twenty.” He hung up, placing his phone on the bedside drawer. “You think we can get a quickie done in ten minutes?”

You laughed and pushed away from Angel. “Have you met you? There’s no way baby.” You slipped on your discarded panties and his shirt. “I’ll see you in the kitchen.” 

Preparing a quick breakfast for Angel, you made coffee just like how he liked it, with no sweetener or anything. You were cooking some eggs, bacon and a patty for his sandwich. 

“Only psycho’s drink their coffee black.” You commented, shaking your head. 

“I’m your psychopath though.” Angel grabbed the coffee cup and dropped a kiss on your lips. “Besides, that's how pops drink it.” He took a sip, the bitterness was not something he could get used to, but it woke him up. “What you got planned today?”

“I have to finish up some christmas shopping, but otherwise, I have to wrap presents.” 

Angel almost choked on his coffee and tried his best not to laugh. “Baby, we have a deal. You shop, I wrap. It’s better this way.” 

“Yes, but we made a deal yesterday remember?” You pouted, wrapping your arms around Angel.

He chuckled and shook his head. “Hard to forget baby, especially when your lips were wrapped around my dick.” 

“You’re too much sometimes, you know that?”

“Ain’t no shame baby.”

You laughed. “Of course not, why would you?” You handed him the quick breakfast sandwich you made. “You’ve been busy with the club, I got this.”

Angel doubted that, but he loves you and he supported you no matter what you wanted to do. “If you need me, I’m a call away.”

“Are you going across the border today?”

“No, just templo and a shift at the yard. Then I’m all yours. We still doing a movie marathon?” Angel scruffed down the sandwich you made for him as he waited for your answer.

“Yes, are Coco, Letty and Gilly still coming over?”

“Baby, we’ve had them over the last three nights, we can enjoy one night to ourselves.” Angel drank the rest of his coffee and threw the paper towel that once held his sandwich. “I’ll cook dinner and you pick the movies.”

“Cook? Baby, you can’t cook.” 

“Alright, I’ll order take out and I can fuck you on the kitchen table while we wait.”

“Angel!” You threw a piece of bread at him which he caught and ate. 

He laughed and kissed you again. “Okay, we can fuck in bed whichever one, regardless, that ass is mine tonight. Te queiro.”

“Love you too.” 

Wrapping presents shouldn’t be hard.

But there was no shame of paying professionals to do it either.

This year, you promised yourself that you would wrap the Christmas presents. That for once, you could wrap the presents and learn how to do it.

God bless YouTube University.

You watched videos, practiced with various items so when the time came, you could wrap the presents. 

The time came and yet again, it was a fail.

You looked at the Christmas wrappers scattered on your living room floor as you wrapped one of Angel’s several gifts. You and Angel have been dating for three years now and he knew your peril with wrapping gifts. So every Christmas the tasks were always the same. You bought the gifts, Angel wrapped the presents. But with the club being busier this year, you told your boyfriend that you had everything handled. He gave you a look, but you assured him with a smile and a blowjob. 

You had your tongue sticking out at the side of your mouth, taping the Christmas wrapper together and yet again, you didn’t measure correctly and it was disproportionate. 

“This is hopeless. How is Angel so good at this?” You laid your forehead against the coffee table in front of you. With every failed attempt, the more you regretted not going to the mall and had the professionals wrap your presents. But you had to push through. This Christmas was all you and you didn’t want Angel to lift a finger. 

You continued to wrap presents, adding strips of wrapping paper for certain presents that you didn’t measure out correctly. The presents didn’t look bad necessarily, but you just wished they looked better.

You placed all of Angel’s presents under the Christmas tree and went to get the rest of the presents you have yet to wrap. You had at least ten more presents to wrap and it was slightly becoming daunting for you. Presents shouldn’t be hard to wrap and honestly, you were using the mall gift wrappers next year. You went into the kitchen to grab a drink of water and finish the rest of these presents. Looking at your watch, it was fifteen minutes to six. Angel should be home in an hour or so. 

Sitting back down with your hot chocolate instead of water, you placed Coco’s present on the coffee table to begin wrapping it. As you were busying yourself with that, Angel came in through the backdoor wanting to surprise you. He left his bike at the clubhouse since Bishop gave him the day off tomorrow. EZ had dropped him off so that he could surprise you. He had the takeout in one hand and your favorite cheesecake from the bakery down the street from the clubhouse. 

He placed the food in the kitchen and quietly made his way to the living room where he knew you would be. He heard a train of expletives come out from your mouth and he had to hold back laughter. Peeking into the living room, he saw you with various pieces of christmas wrappers around you, highly concentrated on wrapping a gift on the coffee table. You were trying to fold the top of the present, looking at the gift before you with frustration. 

“Cut the top so you can fold it better,” he heard you tell yourself. “Okay, how do I know how much to cut?” You let out a groan. “This is ridiculous. I’m going to the mall tomorrow and have the experts do it.” 

“Or you can just let me do it like we always do.”

You yelled, your hot chocolate spilling all over you. “Angel!”

“Baby!” He quickly made his way over to you with paper towels, handing it to you. “I’m so sorry.”

“I know, what the hell, I didn’t even hear your bike.” 

“EZ dropped me off, wanted to surprise you.” Angel took off your shirt. “You should change.”

“Yeah? You think?” You rolled your eyes, playfully pushing him. 

You took a quick shower and came back out, finding Angel wrapping the rest of the presents. You sat beside him and he had hot chocolate waiting for you. “How are you so good at wrapping presents? You literally wrapped five in twenty minutes.” 

Angel shrugged. “My mom and I used to wrap presents for the whole family. It was our thing up till she passed.” 

You gave him a small smile and wrapped your hand around his. “So it was tradition?”

“Of some sorts, I would help her with wrapping the presents and she would tell me all these stories about my tio’s and tia’s, about her and my father.” Angel smiled fondly of the memories he shared with his mother. No one could wrap presents with them, it was for him and her, their bonding time. He continued to wrap presents every once in a while, but he didn’t do it traditionally like before, till he met you.

“Maybe we can start our own tradition? You can teach me how to wrap presents and this could be our thing.” You paused. You shouldn’t have said that, the last thing you wanted to do was impose on Angel’s memories of his mother. “Sorry, I shouldn’t have said that.” 

“No, it’s okay.” Angel turned to you and kissed your cheek. “I haven’t done this since my mom passed, it's nice to share this tradition with the most important person in my life.” 

You felt the tears well up in your eyes, Angel’s words making your heart swell. “I love you.”

“I love you more baby.” He smiled. His smile was so warm. You knew he was a tough guy, but when he was with you, he didn’t need to have to hide behind that exterior. “Do me a favor, can you grab the gift I got for pops? It’s in the drawer on my side of the bed.”

“Sure.”

You did as he asked and brought the gift over to him. It was in a velvet box and you couldn’t help but think what it could possibly be? Felipe hardly wore jewelry, but made Angel got home some to commemorate Marisol.

“Here babe.” You offered the box to him.

Angel took it and thanked you. The nerves began to set in for him, but he had to do it, he had this. 

Taking a deep breath, he turned to face you and you were standing, watching the baking show you had on before he came. He wasn’t sure when it clicked for him exactly, but a year ago, during the holiday season, he came to your apartment and found you watching some cheesy Hallmark Christmas movies and Letty was with you. You had looked up at him and smiled, patting the seat beside you. He realized then that he wanted to have this every holiday, every day for the rest of his life. 

He wanted to come home to a home you two shared with your kids surrounding you. 

He wanted to come home to you during a hard day and just be enveloped in your warmth.

He wanted to make new traditions with you and do it every year just as he did with his family.

You were his family now.

“Y/N,” he softly called out your name.

“Yeah baby?” You turned to face Angel and found him on one knee with the velvet box opened, showing you a beautiful diamond ring.

“When we first met, I never thought we would get this far. If anything, I thought you would come to your senses and not give me a second or third date, but you have no idea how happy I was you did. I hardly ever win, but in hindsight it doesn’t matter since my biggest victory is you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you and make new traditions with you.” You began to cry along with Angel as he took your hand. “Will you do me the honor of becoming my wife? I love you, and there’s no one else I rather watch cheesy Hallmark movies with than you.”

You managed to laugh between your tears and nodded your head. “Yes, I will marry you.”

Angel smiled brightly as he took the ring off and slipped it in your finger. He stood up and kissed you, wrapping his arms around you. 

Pulling away, you looked at your ring and kissed him again. Life was hardly perfect with Angel, but you didn’t want that. You want all the imperfections you two had because at the end of the day, much like your divided task with Christmas, you two completed one another. Where one lacked, the other picked up.

And that’s what it was all about. You bettered one another.

Angel was your better half. 

No questions about it.

“We really gotta teach you how to wrap mami, cause I can’t wrap every damn present.”

You laughed. “We better get started then.”

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[mojwisungie]

hc | boyfriend ♡

req (from: anon) ➥ : read the mark-jaemin boyfriend, and then then renjun-jisung boyfriend headcanons,,, can you do one for the remaining members? thank you~~

☄︎ with: lee jeno, lee donghyuck, zhong chenle ☄︎ lou.note: this has been in my wips for so long im sorry anonie but here i am to give it you guys as an offering for my birthday (its tomorrow on the 26th but anyway) hehe hope you all enjoy <3

ੈ⋆ mark & jaemin ver. | renjun & jisung ver.

Jeno

the observing, supportive boyfriend

jeno doesnt pay much attention to things that arent important

but YOU are important

you mean so much to him, and thats still an understatement

he often thinks that by paying attention to you and everything you do

he'll know you in a way no one else does

at this point, he knows everything about you

your favorite sweater (which he owns), favorite color, favorite artists, favorite songs, etc.

jeno actually knows your order by heart even if it varies in different restaurants

his mantra is actually happy y/n = happy jeno ^_^

thats also the reason why fights dont usually happen

he knows when its too much for you and so he will do what he thinks is best for the situation

anyways: dates with jeno are either doing physical activities or plain cuddling on the couch

it would mostly be him who initiates dates like hiking, biking, etc.

but, he would also always check with you if youre okay with it or if you want to rest 

one time you asked him for a day in those sport grounds ?? like those places that has random games like wall-climbing, archery, and trampolines

oh this boy has the biggest smile on his face asking you, “hold on love, are you serious ( ◕▿◕ ) ?”

during hectic weeks, he’s definitely up for movie marathons

if he still has some energy, he will make a blanket fort for the both of you

also jeno lee is a cuddle bug (you cannot change my mind, this case is closed)

and so he’ll use these lazy dates to indulge in hugging you for as long as he can 

on the supportive note, he always reassures you with the kindest words

AND hes the type of guy who will ask you if you need comfort or solutions when you rant to him T﹏T

and that is actually proof that he is the best support system

he'd be your hype man when you need a push

thinking of auditioning for a club? go ahead, he'll teach you what he knows

want to try a new hobby and start journaling? he'll help you find cute stickers (and he'll buy them too)

he will always help in whatever way he can, and he will constantly assure you that he’s there for you as you have been for him

he is reserved, quiet, and keep things on the down low, yet with you, he’s entirely different

jeno loves you just as you love him, and he’ll do everything to prove it to the world- you.

Haechan

the enthusiastic, soft boyfriend

he is!! literally!! the sun!!

he often calls you often in the morning to wake you up, greeting you with the loveliest voice saying, “good morning darling, how was your sleep?” SADKJASD

if he’s free, he’ll actually drop by yours to bring breakfast and eat with you

and if ever you still live with your family, you bet that once you slip into the kitchen he’s chatting up with your parents like he’s their son

actually... he technically is

he loves going out with you and your family as much as he loves going out with his

hyuck is very family-oriented, you really dont have to plead to him if you want him to come to a gathering

as long as you say yes to him inviting you to their family activities too 😌

he once asked you to go with him to this intimate family dinner his relatives organized

and you ask him, “are you sure im allowed to go? the invitation in the email complete says Lee Family and clearly.. im not-”

this man didnt even let you finish and says, “BUT YOU WILL BE!! SOON!! I WILL MARRY YOU!! baby come on just please come with me!!!”

he means it though

you dont know it, but the thought of spending the rest of his life with you often comes into his mind

and so dates with him can be both ends of the spectrum

you guys could go for fancy restaurants, amusement parks, and even late night computer games (if you dont play, he’ll teach you dont worry <3)

but there are also domestic dates such as grocery shopping, helping each other babysit nephews/nieces, and the such

its obvious to every one that haechan is so soft for you

and he doesnt care what other people say

one time, mark heard him talk to you in the cutest, softest voice and laughed... and regretted it bc haechan turned to him in the most serious face and the deepest tone saying, “and so?” 

as much as possible, he wants you to feel loved bc thats what you make him feel

despite this, arguments are still there, but it doesnt go on for long

fights dont escalate as you both work together against the problem

so at the end of the day, no feelings are hurt or turned a blind eye to

disagreements are often rooted from the nature of work though, thats why every time things arent so fine, he’ll do his best to fix it

because he treasures his time with you and the love you both invest in

he didnt value time that much before, bc he’s so used to putting up with whatever that comes his way

but when you came into his life, he realized it is indeed precious

haechan spends every second loving you beyond infinity

Chenle

the parental, sincere, affectionate boyfriend

you’ve seen him rant, right?

he’ll do that often, but only when its about you not getting what you need

others may not see it, but he’s really concerned when its about you so he’ll do anything to make sure youre well taken care of

if you havent eaten yet bc youre too busy going over your notes for your exams, he’ll buy you your favorite food and feed it to you

all the while talking about how you shouldnt put aside eating bc its important to eat meals at the right time

this guy solves old math problems when he has time to spare, so he’ll be okay with you coming to for help whenever you struggle with your lessons

as cliché as it may be, he will also get you the stuff you need- whether it may be for school or for your personal shenanigans 

you complained about your laptop once, saying it keeps on lagging

he deadass goes, “do you wanna go and buy a new one now?” 💀

he just wants you to do well in the stuff you do, okay ??

chenle is blunt about pretty much everything in your relationship too

he tells you all the stuff he knows he should tell you

including embarrassing moments of his members

the dreamies cant joke around with you too much,, bc they know you know everything (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)

but jokes aside, sometimes his honesty can be cause of some arguments

bc he gets too straight-forward at times and ends up unintentionally hurting you :((

and when you explain why it made you feel that way, he’s lost bc he thinks he was just saying the truth

but as time passes, he will learn how to be upfront with you without having to sadden you

please be patient with him as he is with you 👉🏼👈🏼

anyhow, dates with him would always be one for the books

if you ever think that he probably doesnt remember the dates you wanna go on to, youre wrong

bc its all listed in his mind and he’s determined to tick every single one from the list

when he’s busy or away on tour, facetimes would be a regular thing

he’s prepared with the timezones and he will remind you to sleep when you should, no buts y/n

if you tell him you cant just drift off, he’ll always offer to sing you to sleep

and when you do, he’ll take lots of pictures to treasure the little moments he has with you

some people tell him he looks too deeply in love

but he doesnt really see anything wrong with it because it was with you

chenle completely knows that he loves you so much, and he’s willing to love you until forever

[preppinglite]

Prepping For: Civil Unrest

This is the first of a series of posts covering different scenarios you might want to be prepared for and what you can do now to increase your safety later. Not every scenario will apply to you - it’s up to you to determine what risks you face given your location, lifestyle, and needs. 

What is civil unrest?

Examples include the Rodney King riots of 1992, the Ferguson riot and related events in 2014, and more. Civil unrest usually begins with a protest that gets out of hand, often when people who were not initially involved in the protest see it as an opportunity to get away with stirring up chaos or who use existing chaos as cover for looting and other illegal activities.

Civil unrest can be isolated to a neighborhood or city center, or it can happen in multiple locations around the country or even around the world at the same time. The nature and intensity of the unrest will influence your response.

Note: The advice in this post also applies to a situation like the Boston Marathon bombing where the cities of Boston, Watertown, and Cambridge were under a “shelter-in-place” recommendation for several days after the initial terrorist attack while law enforcement searched for the suspects. 

Why prep for civil unrest?

- It can prevent you from going about your normal activities if it is occurring in your neighborhood or near your place of work. Streets may be blocked, stores may be closed, and in some cases it may not be safe to go outside.

- It can begin with very little warning. Protests and rallies happen all the time; it is difficult to predict which ones will turn violent or chaotic. In the case of the Rodney King riots, protests began within 30 minutes of the verdict and violence and looting began about an hour after the verdict. Someone who was at home and not paying attention to the news may not have known what was going on until after the full-scale riots and looting began within 3 hours of the verdict. 

- It’s difficult to predict how long civil unrest will last. Some riots can be de-escalated within hours. The Rodney King riots began on April 29, 1992 and lasted until May 2nd with some incidents occurring on May 3rd, but the last National Guardsmen didn’t leave until May 27th, almost a month later. 

Who should prep for civil unrest?

People who live or work in a major city (especially near the city center) or people who visit a major city center often (for instance, going out on the weekends). Since unrest can happen quickly, you don’t want to be caught off-guard while you’re enjoying dinner and drinks downtown. 

Also, if you see indications that suggest national-level civil unrest may happen soon (such as a certain upcoming election that may ignite protests should a certain candidate win again), you should prepare regardless of where you live. 

How to prep for civil unrest: 

Preps that apply to multiple scenarios:

- Store 2 weeks of food and water at all times. 

- If you are on medications, make sure you always have a couple of weeks’ worth. For most people, that simply means getting your refill when you still have 2-3 weeks left, but for some it may involve a conversation with your doctor if your medication is highly controlled (aka high risk for overdose or abuse). Explain that you are trying to follow guidelines for emergency preparedness. Caution: Do not change your medication routine (taking a smaller dose or taking medicine less often) in order to save up extra.

- Keep a first aid kit well-stocked, and consider getting a tourniquet kit in case the chaos spreads to your neighborhood.

- Keep your car’s gas tank at 1/2 full or more at all times. In a disaster, gas pumps may be broken, gas stations may be crowded, and shortages may occur. 

- Keep an inventory (with photos) of valuables in your home, as well as photos of your property. If damage occurs to your home or property from any disaster event, you will want these photos to make your insurance claim. Update the inventory often. Keep this inventory on paper and digitally.

- Keep the paper copy with your other important documents (Passport, birth certificate, social security card, marriage license, property deed or rental agreement, and so on). Have these documents in a folder or binder that you can quickly grab if you have to leave home in a hurry.

- Take self-defense classes and consider taking firearms classes and buying a firearm you can safely and reliably use. You should be prepared for both armed and unarmed combat.

- Plan a bug-out location (BOL) outside your city. This may be a friend or family member who lives in another town or in a rural area, it may be property you own (like a cabin), or it may be public land or a state/national park. The important thing is to know where the location is and how to get there if your gps or smartphone is not functioning. Consider having one location that is accessible within a day on foot, and one that is further away that can be accessed by car. Depending on  the disaster, roads may be impassable, you might run out of gas, or your car could be damaged or stolen. Note:  Make sure that if it is a family member or friend’s house that you discuss your plans with them in advance - you don’t want to show up unannounced during a disaster!

- Identify at least three routes out of your city by car (only one of those should use a major highway, the other two should use side streets) and two on foot or by bicycle. If unrest gets severe and seems like it will be prolonged, you may want to bug out. If everyone else has the same idea, major streets and highways will get congested, forcing you to seek alternate routes. You do NOT want to be stuck in traffic if riots are happening in the streets. 

Specific preps for civil unrest:

- Review the entry points to your home (doors and windows) and identify the best ways to secure them. If possible, keep plywood in your garage/shed that could be used to board windows and doors if severe unrest reaches your neighborhood. Alternatively, identify large, heavy pieces of furniture that could be moved to barricade entry points. If you choose this option, consider practicing how you would move furniture to ensure you can do so quickly and safely. 

- Consider closed-circuit security cameras (I do NOT recommend internet-enabled ones for privacy reasons). These can also be generally useful if you live in an area with a high crime rate. 

- Keep an eye on the news and identify events that could lead to civil unrest, such as controversial court cases, elections, and racial tensions. If you see signs that unrest may be coming, review your preps (or consider planning a vacation to the countryside). The unrest may not happen, but it is better to be prepared. 

- Avoid the city center on the day when you believe unrest may occur. If you work in the city, go directly home after work with no unnecessary stops. 

If unrest occurs in your city: 

- If you are outside the city, stay away. Avoid all trips into town. If you have prepared, you’ll be able to go at least two weeks without visiting the grocery store. If you work near the area where unrest is happening, contact your supervisor or office and ask if it is possible to work from home or if they are closing the office in response to the event. Indicate that you do not feel safe going into town given the ongoing events. Don’t go in if you don’t feel safe - it’s better to be fired for skipping work than to be killed or severely injured in a riot. 

- If you are in the city but not near the riots, stay home and keep an eye on the news. If you need to go to work, determine whether your commute will take you through the affected area and identify alternate routes. 

- If the unrest is happening in your neighborhood, shelter in place and barricade doors and windows. Make sure any firearms you own are accessible and loaded in case looters try to break into your home. 

- If the unrest lasts more than a few days or you believe it is moving toward your neighborhood, consider bugging out. Review the five routes you identified (three by car, two on foot or bike) and determine the one that gets you far away from the unrest as quickly as possible. Even if you have to go the opposite direction from your bug out location, it’s better to get out first and then go the long way around than to drive through or near the impacted area. 

- If unrest is widespread or happening on a national scale, and especially if the military/national guard is involved, consider getting away from town completely and seeking out either your BOL if you have one in a rural area or a campground or other public land where you can stay temporarily. 

When the unrest is over: 

- Use caution in determining when the event is truly over. Officials may prematurely call an end to the unrest in the hope of calming the public, but there may still be people on the streets looking to keep it going. Return to your normal routine, but avoid unnecessary time spent in the area where the unrest occurred.

- If you had to leave your home, use caution when returning. If you suspect your home was broken into, call the police and ask them to check it for you before you enter. Only clear you home yourself IF you have training to do so. Watching actors do it on TV does not count as training.

- Take pictures of any damage immediately to submit insurance claims if applicable.

Final Notes:

- No prep is 100%. Things may not go as you expect, so always have a Plan B and a Plan C. 

- Be vigilant. Your chances are best if you see disaster coming and act before it strikes, rather than reacting afterward along with everyone else. 

- You might have all the preps in the world and then live to a ripe old age with no disasters happening to you. There’s no guarantee that any particular disaster will happen. Don’t be so consumed with prepping that you are not prepared for the possibility that nothing happens. 

[richiethedicktozier]

|| in a combination of many prompts, i present: great best friend eddie kaspbrak helping upset (and secretly pining) richie tozier post- arcade assault. ||

What could Richie say, going home that afternoon?

Hey Mom. Hey Dad. I got called a fa-- this new word today. Yeah, I’ve heard it before but hearing it as my name sounds different. It feels different.

How about to his friends?

I know we aren’t exactly talking right now, but Bowers just fucking ran into me at the arcade and-- hey! shut up and listen-- GUYS! He asked if I was trying to bone his cousin.

What about himself?

God what a fucking idiot, you looked too long. The way you looked at him. The way you touched his hand. You should have let him go. He’s not your friend. He’s not your friend. He’s not like you, not a disgusting and worthless loser with a perverted secret. What a fucking trashmouth. Filthy mouth thinking and saying filthy things...

One thing Richie never prepared for, was having to tell Eddie. Just Eddie, alone on his front steps. Granted, he didn’t have to tell him anything, but with Eddie it was like Richie’s already running mouth suddenly would attempt a marathon.

“Why are you sitting still? Are you dead or something?” Eddie laughed, already walking up the pathway to Richie’s house. Richie gave him the finger, his words still strangled in the back of his throat. It burned like he was still trying to run. “Most of us are at the clubhouse, maybe going to the quarry later. Why are you here? You hate being at home.”

“Tired.” Richie muttered, adjusting his glasses. “Long afternoon.”

“It’s fucking two.”

“Yeah.”

“Richie, what the fuck? Are you high or something?” Eddie reached up and shoved Richie’s head down, moving his glasses again. “Did you smoke in your house?”

Richie wished he was high, or something to make the harsh air hissing in his lungs feel more like a pillow than a brick blanket.

“No, fuckface. I didn’t. You think Wentworth is at least an iota of cool to fucking smoke?” Richie snapped, pushing Eddie’s hands away. “I’m just sitting.”

“That’s stupid. Sit in the clubhouse with us.” Eddie laughed, grabbing his wrists. Richie refused and Eddie’s grip soon slipped into Richie’s hands.

We don’t like our town being filled with a bunch of fucking fa--

“I’m not going! Just shove it, Eds. I want to sit here.” Richie yelled, yanking his arms back. Their hands pulled apart with a snap, their fingers clinging together.

Eddie blinked at him. “We have a hammock.” He said plainly. “Sit in it with me. Come on, Rich. What the fuck.”

“I said no!” Richie shouted. It was the only thing he could openly deny with Eddie. Everything else was involuntary-- the sweating, the blushing, the need to make him laugh, the need to annoy him, the need to see him-- the least Richie could do was push away those things he could control. Give himself a half a chance to be normal.

Eddie moved Richie’s legs and sat on the step below him. He placed his arms on Richie’s knees, looking up at him the way Richie always imagined people in love did. He nudged his glasses and blurred his vision.

“What happened today?” Eddie was asking like a parent-- or maybe a concerned girlfriend or something. Well no, he was asking like Eddie. Like a great friend, a companion.

A boyfriend, really.

No. No. No. No. No.

"I got run down by Bowers today.” Richie sighed, looking at his hands. “Chased me all the way to the park.”

“Oh fuck-- Why did he do that? I mean, not that the bastard ever has a good reason to do any of his boneheaded bullshit, but where were you when he found you?” Eddie was asking because he was concerned, but Richie began to hear his father’s echo in his voice. Asking what he was doing, where he was going, what did he say to ask for the bullying.

“Just the arcade.”

“Oh.” Eddie groaned. “Fuck that guy. He’s so fucking stupid-- looks a like a weasel, have you ever noticed that? He’s got that really like thin fucking face that just--”

“He called me a faggot.” Richie said, point-blank.

Eddie’s words died, his mouth hanging open as if new ones would just appear. “Oh. Fuck.”

“Yeah.” Richie thought by that point he’d be crying-- like a fucking girl-- but instead, he was just cold. His throat was stale and his tongue was heavy. The truth was the truth, huh?

“Wanna get ice cream?” Eddie said suddenly, sitting back. “Come on, I got a crisp ten that’s got a double scoop of gross ass mint-chocolate chip with your name all over it, Rich.”

“No, I don’t know if--”

“I just offered to buy you ice cream that is easily the grossest flavor. You don’t get to argue! Just fucking get up and grab your bike.” Eddie grabbed Richie’s hands again and yanked him up.

They both nearly toppled over; the taller one of them shouldn’t have been on the higher step. Richie clung to Eddie’s hands and stumbled down the walkway. Even after telling Eddie the truth, he hadn’t tried to avoid touching him-- his hands.

“W-Wait, where’s your bike?” Richie asked, pulling away and wiping his palms on his shorts.

“I walked. We live like, a few blocks apart.”

“Yeah but we’re going downtown.”

“Yeah.”

“Where is your bike?”

“Richie.” Eddie laughed, and pointed at Richie’s bike on its side in the grass. “You have pegs.”

“You’re gonna ride on my bike. With me?” Richie tried to sound possessive. Of the bike, that is.

“Yeah, come on. Don’t be so w--” Eddie stopped and chewed his lip. Don’t be weird. Richie had no say in it; he’d tried. “Don’t be scared-- I’m not gonna die or anything. We won’t tell my mom.”

“Okay. Sure.” Richie said. Oh, this was a bad idea.

And it sure fucking was. Richie sat on the seat while Eddie stood behind him, arms bracing on his shoulders. He called out into the summer wind, laughing and jostling Richie to try and get him to join. He focused on the road and got them to the ice cream shop in one piece-- two pieces, technically. Two separate boys. Not at all conjoined or comparable to any one, unified person or feeling.

Eddie hopped off Richie’s bike the moment he stopped. The shop had a walk-thru window-- for anyone stupid enough to not want to go into crisp air-conditioning. Which was, of course, both Richie and Eddie. They hated going inside the parlor; large masses of sweaty people covered in sticky syrup and loudly crunching on cones? Richie could already feel Eddie’s skin crawling. Birthplace of food borne, close-contact illnesses.

Eddie ordered as Richie waited by a streetlight, balancing himself and the bike against it. It was still strange-- and maybe a move of pity-- that Eddie was buying him ice cream after he’d admitted the worst thing about himself. With absolutely no denial. Even if it meant that Eddie knew that Richie was gay now, he still only took his word for it after hearing that Bowers had called it out in the middle of arcade.

God. He was disgusting.

“Alright, here we go! One fucking gross double scoop of mint chocolate chip. You know, that’s another reason you’re a trashmouth-- you’ll eat just about anything, huh? Mint? Dude, that’s like eating toothpaste.”

"Hey, at least I can handle a little variety! You only eat vanilla!” Richie laughed, taking the cone from Eddie carefully. “Are you allergic to fucking fun, Eds?”

“Hey! It’s arguably the best flavor!”

“Is fucking not. It’s like eating nothing! It’s flavorless. The base of all other ice creams. It’s like eating ice cream primer.”

“When is the last time you had vanilla?” Eddie said, crossing his free arm over his chest. “I think you need a goddamn refresh, asshole.”

He held the cone out to Richie, eyebrows raised. Richie could see the small dip in the top swirl where he’d already licked.

“No.” Richie said, pushing it away. “I’m not licking your-- not sharing your ice cream, dude. That’s gross. I don’t know where that mouth has been.”

“Says the trashmouth.” Eddie retorted, grabbing the handlebar of Richie’s bike as he wobbled. Richie was trying, by all means, to not drop the cone and speed away. It wouldn’t have escaped any of the things swelling inside of his chest, but at least he could die in solitude.

“Would you just fucking try some?”

“No.”

“Rich, come on. If I’m asking you to share my food, I think it’s okay! I know you don’t have fucking weird diseases-- and I sure as fuck don’t. Just fucking have some.”

“No. I can’t.”

“You can’t?” Eddie echoed Richie with a laugh, but his smile fell. “Richie, come on. You can.”

“No. I-- I think I should get home or something. Wentworth is having a really big hard-on for curfew lately so--”

“You don’t have a curfew.”

“I-- I could.”

“You’ve walked out your front door at eleven at night to go swimming in the quarry with us before.” Eddie said, licking the top of his ice cream again. Richie did the same as if only to try and keep himself from sounding like more of an idiot. “Richie, man, what the fuck is going on? Is everything alright?”

They were on the sidewalk in the middle of the afternoon, any number of eyes possibly staring at them and measuring their distance, watching their expressions, reading their lips. There was nothing Richie could say there. Nothing he would want to.

"Are you deaf? I said that I’m fine.” Richie said, nearly grinding his teeth.

“I’m not blind either!” Eddie said, gesticulating his cone around. “You look like shit.”

Oh, well that was good to hear coming from Eddie. He already knew he was ugly-- that he’d “grow into his looks”, whatever the fuck that meant-- but now he had confirmation that no matter how much “beauty was subjective” or whatever, Eddie thought he looked like shit. Great. Amazing. Fantastic. Best thing he’d heard all fucking--

“I mean like. You don’t look like yourself. Your face is like, gray, man. Like, completely gray. Wiped and exhausted. Is everything alright-- besides the Bowers stuff.” Eddie said.

“Can’t it just be the Bowers stuff?” That was all Richie could hear. Over and over and over and--

A blink. A pause. The acceptance of a secret. “’course it can. Yeah. It can just be him. I mean, the guy’s a total fucking dickwad-- doesn’t fucking know anything.”

“Right? What a douche.”

“A fucking shitpile.”

Richie laughed and it hurt, but in the best way. It was the shattering of something old that had formed. Something he didn’t know had built up. He hadn’t said anything-- hadn’t incriminated himself in any way-- but he was no longer alone. He was safe, but he could still be so with his best friend. It could count as lying if Richie really looked at it closely-- but he didn’t want to. He closed his eyes and breathed slow, trying to pretend he was stopping his laughter rather than any possible tears.

“Wanna go home? Go to the clubhouse?”

“What so you can get spiders in your ice cream?”

"Fuck you.” Eddie said, hitching his leg over the back of Richie’s bike. He wrapped his one arm across Richie’s chest and kept the other at length, ice cream unable to drip on either of them. He rested his chin on Richie’s shoulder. “They probably all went to the quarry by now, so we can just sit-- talk if you want.”

Richie’s feet were on the pedals but he was frozen, nearly toppling them over. “O-Okay.”

“I mean, we don’t have to-- it can be about whatever. Like when you’re gonna get a fucking haircut.” Eddie laughed, spitting out some of Richie’s hair that had curled into his mouth. “Hell, I’ll fucking cut it myself.”

“You wouldn’t dare.” You wouldn’t dare touch me like that-- be so close on your own.

“Snip snip, Richie.” Eddie teased, clapping a hand on his chest. “Come on, let’s go before your Colgate Cone melts down your hand, shithead.”

“Don’t tell me what to do, dickwad.”

“If you don’t start pedaling, I’m going to nose you with this cone.” Eddie teased, faking- out nearly smashing the cone onto Richie’s face. Instead, he reached across Richie’s chest with the arm and licked the cone. It grazed his face, getting a sticky stripe on his cheek and a bit in his hair.

“You’re so bossy when you’re on a sugar high.” Richie said, settling further on the end of his seat, letting Eddie sit on the back.

Richie started pedaling, trying to get out of sight of the sidewalk as quickly as he could. He knew he wouldn’t be able to hide his smile, but didn’t want anyone to catch him with it-- catch him with Eddie, resting his head against Richie’s.

This time, he wasn’t doing anything. He was just biking when Eddie grabbed him, comforted him. Richie hadn’t done anything wrong, and he could feel the thinnest ray of warmth-- of that summer sun and wind-- cracking through his chest. He could finally breathe.

Bowers was probably right; Richie was exactly what he said he was. But, biking across town to the clubhouse, it was maybe the first time that Richie had ever felt okay about it. Felt good. Felt even the tiniest, vanilla-spotted bit of happiness for it. Maybe Bowers was right, but being there-- being with Eddie and letting himself lean against the comfort of someone safe and silly and sweet-- was too.

[goodvibesatpeace]

The 30 Day Challenge Each Zodiac Sign Needs To Take In Order To Live Beautifully

Aries: Watch a movie each day challenge

Netflix is great, but how about expanding your knowledge and inspiration for the next 30 days with a movie marathon? A friend of mine took this challenge while he was studying to become an actor and spent a couple minutes each morning reviewing the film he watched the night before.

This proved an excellent exercise to access not only great art, but also to nurture his curiosity, to enhance his thinking and to learn amazing pick-up lines (my point exactly).

Make a list of the films you’ve always wanted to watch and never had the chance to, subscribe to local cinemas to stay informed about premieres or offer to host some movie nights at your place for your friends and their cinema aficionado acquaintances. Soon enough, you’ll have a complete new agenda to look up to!

Taurus: Living without social media challenge

This social media thing has invaded your life, hasn’t it, Taurus? You spend your minutes before falling asleep with your phone rather than with your SO, endlessly scrolling newsfeeds and hopelessly spying on your current Instagram obsessions. Before superficially sighing again and letting your ennui grow stronger than your sense of humour, consider cutting your own access to social channels for one month. Wait, what, you work there? That doesn’t mean you can’t still do it. Create a separate Facebook profile (without adding ANY friends) if you need one for your work, and deactivate your main profile instead. Oh, I know, you think you’re gonna die without your newsfeed tabloid each day, but whenever you postpone going to the toilet in the morning because you want some extra time spying your ex on Facebook, remember your bladder is not an infinite well. Other than that, you’ll be surprised how much spare time you will have access to. You might even want to pass this to your social media obsessed friend(s) next time their lunch gets cold because they HAD to Instagram it.

Gemini: Dance class challenge

This is a good time to work on your feminine/masculine balance and what better way to do so other than dancing your demons away while learning to actually synch with a partner? Takes two to tango, Gemini, and even if you do it just for you to learn to move your hips like Shakira, you can bet this kind of energy will make peace between your conflicted sides.

Cancer: Slow cooking challenge

If your diet’s been more vodka on the rocks and preheated meals this winter, Cancer, you might consider breaking up with your fast foodie knack and get yourself prepared a real, delicious and healthy snack. Even if you’ll find it boring and painstaking in the first week to actually move your ass to the market, analyze recipes and ingredients, spend time figuring how to mix organic avocados with goat cheese and chutney, doing so will make room for creativity in the kitchen. Plus, your body will thank you for that. From all its pores.

Leo: Learning a new skill challenge

It only takes 20 hours to become pretty good at something new. That means 45 minutes each day for a month, and a realistic plan to get you closer to your next dream job, fruition of a hobby or take-off of a business you’ve been long musing to kickstart. You might be surprised how fast your mind wraps itself around this new outlook and you’ll feel so much confident when you’ve touched first base with something you’ve always wanted to do but never considered yourself competent enough to actually do it. Now it’s the time!

Virgo: Deep cleansing challenge

Rest, eat, meditate, repeat. If you’ve been struggling with a difficult project, ran the mile to burnout at work or postponed washing your hair for a whole week (OR, even worse, slept in your make-up because you once read Kim Kardashian gets away with that – which she totally doesn’t, BTW), it’s high time to put a hold on your FOMO and workaholic inside and get a good and completely deserved rest. This means 9 hours of sleep each night, drinking lemon water each morning on an empty stomach, comforting your body with Swedish massage and eating healthy and vitamin reach meals three times a day, no exception. You might also want to swipe alcohol and caffeine while you’re at it, and treat your body and mind the well deserved rest it needs.

Libra: Vippassana meditation challenge

For someone who finds it hard to sit down with their own issues and often forgets to shush and listen to others, a no-talking yoga camp with long meditation classes in the morning and spiritual engaging activities throughout the day may be a winning challenge to finally connect with your deepest desires.

Scorpio: Arts and crafts challenge

The creative adult is the child who survived. If you’ve been feeling disconnected from your heart’s wishes and feel like your anxiety is the only thing standing between you and that big dream of yours, this is a good time to actively listen to your inner child, inner artist, inner voice, and give them some credit. Take a painting class, start scribbling your thoughts into poems, play with clay or take a graphic design course. Whenever I tell myself I can’t do anything artistic because I lack the skill, I think of my friend who channelled her creative energy into 38 paintings over the course of 30 days (!) after she fell in love. And even if you’re not in love, you might end up learning an important lesson about what you really love in life.

Sagittarius: Yoga mat challenge

Your body is a wonderland of sensations, Sag, and you need to work on your flexibility, especially if you want things to get wilder in the bedroom. Your epicurean spirit may find great comfort in taking a relaxing yoga class, while your body will thank you for releasing the blocked energies in your chakras. Take a deep breath and stick to it for one month, even if it seems pointless in the beginning, you will be surprised by your Jagger moves after this!

Capricorn: Be a tourist in your own city challenge

I know, we all love to travel and we get this fantastic high when we’re mingling with new people in different cultures. Then, back home, we find ourselves numbed and bored by the lacklustre of the city we inhabit, often forgetting the myriad of possibilities and attractions that make it so catchy for tourists each season after all. Take some time to sit with your mood while revisiting all the shows, galleries, museums and free activities your city has to offer. Rent a bike and explore the lesser known areas of your city. Book a nice dinner to a venue you’ve never stepped into before. Wear those beautiful clothes that you only sport on holidays (because you feel it’s tacky to dress nice for no occasion) and plan some getaways to local events with your close friends. You will feel tired but extremely happy and thankful for the energy boost your social life and your mind will get from this.

Aquarius: Surf camp challenge

Your body craves interactive sports that help you tone that beach body and boost your adrenaline in the same time. Take a month to relax and refresh your system while learning to surf with a hot instructor in a breezy resort. Lena Dunham just took one on the premiere episode of GIRLS’ season 6 and it made up for some good old soul searching too. Don’t forget to SPF!

Pisces: Diary of dreams challenge

This is a fantastic way to connect to your subconscious and learn decoding the messages it sends to you while you’re resting between the sheets. If you’ve been having nightmares, or if you’re simply curious how your dream world relates to events in your waking life, you might start a dream journal. Get yourself a beautiful notebook and begin collecting your dreams each morning before breakfast, trying to be as explicit and detailed as possible. Reflect on the notes you made at the end of each week and soon you will be able to deconstruct your subconscious mind and connect in surprising ways to the aspects of your life that need improvement.

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“Stop waiting for things in your life to get better and MAKE changes to make your life better.”

This is something I’m getting really tired of hearing from people. Something people don’t realize about life is that sometimes when you actively do things to make your life better, there’s still a lot of waiting for those things to take effect. I’ve been going through a very difficult time all year. I really really hate my job. I deliver food for a fast food restaurant. Sometimes I have to carry 50+ lbs of food on my back, walk for miles (they don’t give us bikes) and carry it up 4-5 flights of stairs, sometimes in the pouring rain, boiling heat and freezing cold. When I’m not making deliveries, I’m in the dining room cleaning, taking out the trash, running and bussing tables, running dishes to the kitchen, helping customers, mopping, sweeping and stocking supplies. Sometimes I even help with food prep. The only thing I don’t do is wash the dishes. Now you’re probably thinking, “oh, well that doesn’t sound that bad.” Well, try doing that while the room is spinning, you feel like you just ran a marathon and the chemicals in your brain are telling you to kill yourself...and this is all before you even start your shift. I have thyroid disease, vertigo and a vitamin D deficiency. All these things make my job unbearable. I’m constantly exhausted, depressed and dizzy. Not to mention, I have a communication disorder so speaking to people is very difficult as well. My immune system is compromised. I got an infection on my hand after only working there for a couple of months because the restaurant is always filthy and it’s my job to clean it. My finger swelled up so much that I couldn’t bend it. Since I didn’t have medical insurance, I had to prick myself with a needle and drain the pus myself.

I have been trying like hell since I started this job to find another job. And of course, I keep getting rejected. 

So here are a few things I’ve been trying to do to improve my situation aside from applying for jobs:

• I’m a freelance illustrator and I’ve been trying to put myself out there and try to get commissions to make some extra money. But of course, I can’t just assign myself commissions and give myself money, I have to wait for people to commission me and I’ve actually gotten a few commissions this year. I also tabled at an art show last month and sold a few prints and copies of a novel I wrote. 

• I illustrated a children’s book for free as part of a deal so that the author and I can go into business together. However, I’m still waiting for the author to get the book printed. I’d like to emphasize the “waiting” part. This isn’t going to happen overnight. I need to WAIT. 

• One of my former teachers got a grant to work on some short films and he wants to create a short series of pilot films/episodes for a film series. I showed up to every meeting for these discussions always prepared with my script, always on time and always willing to take the next step toward making this happen. It’s been a couple of years since we first discussed this and during the past couple of years, we’ve had to WAIT for him to get that grant. Now that he has the grant, I need to WAIT for him to return from traveling so that we can start filming. More waiting. Not much else I can do at this point.

• I reached out to the dean of my college and the program coordinator of the pre-college program that I graduated from in high school to ask for help with finding work. My college’s campus has a career services office which I’ve visited. I asked for help with finding a job at this office and all they could tell me was that I wasn’t going to find a job on Indeed and that I need to reach out to other alumni and network in order to find work--which I’ve already tried. So now I need to WAIT to hear back from the dean and the coordinator to see if they can help me find a job. 

Story Time: The school that I attended is a not-for-profit university and while I was attending the university, I had a very difficult time securing enough financial aid to remain in my classes. I came close to dropping out because of this. I got a meeting with the financial aid director of my school and they told me that since I was in that pre-college program and I spent so much time in high school volunteering and I came from a poor socio-economic background that the school had a responsibility to help me finish school. So, they gave me extra financial aid to dorm and they helped me secure a work-study job. Now that I’ve graduated, I still need help from my school to find a decent job. As a matter of fact, I got my first job after I graduated because one of my supervisors from my work-study job found me a job. And then I got laid off less than 6 months later...

• I recently had to retake my learner’s permit exam because my permit expired and I didn’t get to take driver’s ed yet. I haven’t taken driver’s ed yet because I’ve been more focused on trying to find a better job, working on the children’s book I illustrated, dealing with my medical issues and just the day-to-day bullshit. I also haven’t had the money since I recently moved out of my mother’s place and drained my savings and whatever money I had to do so. So yeah, I’ve been pretty broke these past few months. Now that I’ve retaken my permit test and went into more credit card debt paying for that, now I need to WAIT for my new permit to come in the mail so that I can start driver’s ed. My girlfriend and I plan on moving to California someday and that’s going to be very difficult to do if we can’t drive. I know, all the Cali people are going “well, you don’t necessarily need a car.” Well, when I visited Cali, my friend and I had to do an obscene amount of walking through the suburbs to get anywhere after getting off public transportation. And having to take trains and busses between each city also takes a lot of time. Having a car would be so much easier. But we’re going to wait until we actually have the money for all of this which won’t be any time soon. Also, a lot of arts-related jobs require that people know how to drive because if you work for an arts program or gallery, they ask people to transport art pieces. So if I get my license, I’ll have more job opportunities in general. But like I said, this isn’t all going to happen overnight. I have to WAIT.  • I used to work as a teacher’s assistant for a non-profit but I quit because they kept running out of money to pay us. But I recently discovered that they increased their pay rate and that they’re hiring. I really hope this means that they’ve solved their funding issues. Anyway, I told them that I want to work there again because, at this point, I rather work anywhere else. I actually liked working as a teacher’s assistant too. It was easy and sometimes fun. So I have a meeting on Monday, that I have to WAIT for to discuss my availability and where they want to place me. So I already technically got the job, we’re just going to discuss my scheduling for the job. 

• I am also writing a new novel not only as a possible way to make money in the future but also as a form of therapy (since I can’t afford actual therapy right now because my “health insurance” is a scam). I’ve also came up with an idea for a TV show and my teacher suggested that I apply for a grant to create a pilot for it. I have over 50 pages of an outline of events that take place on this show. I made a documentary in high school so I know a little about filmmaking but I don’t yet have experience making fictional films so I am going to WAIT until I have experience with the film that I’m going to be making with my teacher so that I know what the process is like and so that I can use it as a way to hone my writing/directing skills. 

• I’m going to be applying for medicaid today since my health insurance is utter crap but I heard there’s a WAITING period as they figure out if the applicant is qualified so I’m probably not going to get that any time soon. But when I do, I’m going to try to find a therapist and/or psychiatrist.  

So in conclusion, I may complain a lot about my situation and I have the right to do so because if I just kept everything bottled up all the time and never complained, I’d probably be having a panic attack every day like I did yesterday at work and like I did last summer at my last job. I get really mixed messages from people about how I’m supposed to go about dealing with my struggles. I get people telling me that if I’m going through something that I need to talk to someone; that I need to talk to them about it. But then when I do, they often tell me to just suck it up and be glad that I have a job and place to live. However, just because I do doesn’t mean that I have a decent quality of life. For example, my apartment has bedbugs and I’ve called the housing office (which has abysmal reviews), 311, the borough president’s office and they haven’t done anything about it so my girlfriend and I had to take care of it and they haven’t completely gone away. My health insurance doesn’t cover any of my medical expenses and I’m paying out of pocket via my paychecks for it. Doctors’ visits are very expensive. I’m currently almost near $3K in debt and that’s just from getting a splint for my wrist and getting testing done at the OB/GYN’s office. I feel like our society has been so conditioned to believe that as long as you’re not homeless and you’re making minimum wage, you should be happy even when your medical insurance company is trying to drown you in debt, you barely scrape by to pay your bills every month, can’t afford to go back to school and you’re living in a bed-bug infested apartment. In other developed countries, people don’t have to struggle the way that we do. Their tax dollars pay for everything including medical care and college. Their public housing is also better too. So you could live a good life going to school, working part-time and living in public housing in places like Germany but here, in great ole’ America, we have such a terrible quality of life that it makes people want to kill themselves. 

So to anyone who wants to tell me to shut up, suck it up and do things to make my life better, you can shut up now. 

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Create Weight Reduction Success With These Expert Ideas

Are you hauling undesired weight? Excessive weight is pretty typical in today's planet, but it's not something that you should accept. Should you follow these steps, you will possess no trouble losing your excess fat. Slimming down is something you can now do. Stick to these easy techniques and you could enjoy the achievement others have accomplished. In choosing meals to eat on a diet, pick items that have a high fiber content articles. Dietary fiber may help satisfy you speedier than a similar level of sweets or fat. It is additionally much healthier, and may help to keep stuff "relocating", which can be a problem when you start off on a diet. A sensible way to slim down is always to usually consume a well-balanced breakfast time. It's no key that breakfast is an essential dinner through the day. After eating a quality morning meal, you'll acquire more energy to do that work out in the future within the working day. You should by no means ignore morning meal. If you're trying to lose weight, you'll have a much easier time when you physical exercise. Exercising keeps your body's metabolic process from entering an in-depth leap, which is particularly essential for individuals since they age. The true secret is to locate a exercising that you really enjoy and do it. Like to dancing? Subscribe to a dance school or the like. Want to drive a bicycle? Find a way to bike to be effective or a store. Even those who don't enjoy exercising - and there are a lot of us out there - can see strategies to operate actual motion into our lives within an enjoyable way. Look at replacing normal water for your other refreshments to aid with your weight reduction. It has absolutely nothing calorie consumption compared to the a lot of stacked on from drinking sweet soft drinks and fruit juice. Are you wanting a calories-free of charge, cheap, and filling up consume? Take a look at drinking water. Shedding pounds demands adhering to a tough program as time passes, rather than deviating from what you discovered works well for your whole body. To achieve this, start up a easy diet and exercise schedule, modify it in the process, and if you notice effects that you just appreciate, keep with all those elements. It makes sense that you just continues to have great outcomes. To point out to you to ultimately remain inspired on the weight loss quest, request somebody to require a image of you. Article it where it will probably be easy to see, or continue to keep more replicates with you. red tea detox start to go crazy with meals, or you don't would like to physical exercise, look at the picture to remind oneself of what you need to alter. When you want determination with weight reduction, take into consideration your stop goal often. Existence generally speaking can distract you and proceed to the leading edge should you don't spend some time to create a practice of considering it frequently. Whenever you wake up, contemplate "What is my weight target these days?" Prior to deciding to take a moment for a a few 60 minutes Television marathon or too much fast food, ask yourself "Is this element of my goal?" Tend not to take a "fast solution" that will help you shed weight. Slipping target to such weight reduction scams will do outright dissuade you. If diet tea look at the small print on these pills, it will explain to enjoy healthful and physical activity, and this alone will help you shed weight without having using these possibly damaging drugs. A wonderful way to help you lose fat is to try following a natural meals diet plan. Having simply raw food products for example vegatables and fruits, is a wonderful way to ensure you're obtaining refreshing, quality nutrition. By eating unprocessed meals you'll also be more healthy on the whole. Try and keep self manage. Certain sandwich on the table or maybe the hamburger from burger ruler would flavor great, but you must preserve that personal control and resist the need to eat these types of food. Try maintaining a healthy diet foods that choices fantastic so you can get used to the alteration in your daily life. diet tea feel remorseful if you value to nibble on your best snack foods. All meals may be poor if enjoyed excessive. If you really love these food types all you have to do is reduce the amount you try to eat or, give yourself a day-to-day reduce with regards to what you can try to eat. When attempting to lose weight, one of the best steps you can take yourself is to enter this trip by using a good friend. Use a support system that you can lean on while you are obtaining frustrated. Experiencing someone that is certainly going via it as well is really helpful, and you could also find out some new tips. Should you be within a romantic relationship with someone, you ought to type a team to aid one another struck targets. Load up meal for starters an additional every morning, in order that you limit your control, which can decrease the risk of you packing snack foods that do not satisfy your weight loss strategy. Be sure you have a complete evening of sleeping every single night time. When individuals do not do their very best to get ample sleep, it improves the quantity of human hormones in their techniques which make them hungry.

Which means that more food items is going to be ingested and a lot more weight is going to be gained. Replace applesauce for the essential oil when you find yourself preparing a birthday cake. Often we all have to fulfill our sugary teeth. Applesauce is a more healthy addition to dessert tasty recipes. It affords the cake wonderful flavour and moistness that can't be overcome. Why make an unhealthy selection when it's so simple to create a much healthier a single? A vital factor to consider when attempting to shed weight is that you should never do other things as you have a dinner. If you prevent watching tv, looking at a publication or carrying out some other project while you dine, you will find a far better sense of exactly how much you are actually eating. Concentrating on the sensations associated with eating will help you buyer smaller portions and have a much more pleasurable expertise. There is no magic pill for weight-loss. You need to transform what you are performing actually and modify what you are actually getting to your entire body. If you will follow our tips, you will discover good results at successfully burning off the load that you might want to get rid of and keeping the weight off.

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The birthday of your beloved partner is one of those unique occasions when you want to go all out to show them how much you admire, support, and adore them! But it might not be so simple to think of the best birthday surprises for your lover. Because of this, we have made the decision to offer our assistance. Therefore, in order to make your boyfriend’s birthday even more unforgettable, here are 20 creative birthday surprise ideas. Continue reading to learn the greatest birthday surprise ideas for your boyfriend and to check them out.

20 Romantic Birthday Surprise Ideas

1. Gift Basket

A gift basket is an ideal approach to make your lover feel special, regardless of your budget. You might give him a gift basket full of his favorite munchies from his youth, such as instant noodles, chips, and other snacks if you have a limited amount of money to spend.

2. Cook His Favorite Dish

This concept for a birthday surprise ideas for the lover is an old classic that has proven successful time and time again. If you have a balcony or another open area in your house, you may put up a romantic meal under the stars by decorating it with balloons and lights and presenting it with candlelight. You might also prepare a feast of his favorite foods.

3. Record A Song For Him

If you want to do something different but are short on cash, record yourself singing his favourite song on your phone and email it to him around midnight.

4. Plan Something Unpredictable And Adventurous

You should prepare a day full of exciting activities for your boyfriend if he values experiences more than material possessions. Some examples of these activities include rock climbing, trekking, and dirt biking. The purpose is to do something exciting together and get to know one another better.

5. Birthday Lunch At Home

Simply surprise your lover with a lunch basket at work if his birthday falls on a workday, and he is unable to take the day off. To celebrate his birthday at work, bring a picnic basket filled with his favourite snacks, wine, some candles, and a stunning cake.

6. DIY Birthday Gift

You may try your hand at producing a birthday present for your boyfriend if you have any creative side left in your body. You could also create a coupon book with vouchers for things like breakfast in bed, a trip to his preferred spa, a marathon of his preferred TV show or movie, etc.

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Dream about race

A dream about a race directly reflects your waking life, indicating that you are competing in some way. Race dreams can represent difficulties in various aspects of your life, including relationships, employment, and health.

Participating in a race in a dream is related to your job or everyday life. Consider how you’re performing in the race you’re in while dreaming and how it compares to your waking life. In what ways does your life reflect your race participation?

Often, you’ll find an accurate parallel between seeking money and chasing love. Biking or utilizing machinery in a race reflects the use of tools in your regular employment, whereas jogging or walking in a race reflects a more practical outlook on life. Swimming events are frequently associated with love or your emotional life. When it comes to races and their significance in dreams, winning and losing are typically essential.

When you put in a lot of effort in a race but never manage to go anywhere, it’s a sign that you’re in a rat race in your own life, working hard but never quite succeeding. Winning a race demonstrates that you have both the abilities and the preparation to deal with current difficulties in your life, but losing demonstrates that you need to focus more on your efforts to ensure that you are selecting the best avenues for your skills to be put to use.

What does it mean to dream about racing in a car?

Racing in a car is sometimes understood as receiving news and winning or losing in this type of race is regarded as good or bad news in waking life. Anything in a race that indicates mobility, such as a bike

, motorbike, cart, or another vehicle, is a sign of something momentous happening in your own life.

What does it mean to dream about the finish line?

In a dream, the finish line has its meaning that does not always correspond to winning or losing. The finish line itself denotes that something in your life is nearing its end - a phase of your life is coming to an end. Consider the aspects of your own life that are changing or coming to an end and ask yourself if you are ready. Have you made the proper decisions and applied yourself effectively so that you’ll be ready to take on a new challenge when this one ends? There is no such thing as a permanent conclusion to anything in life; things change and go on to the next.

What does it mean to dream about marathons?

Marathons represent the human race in the psyche and show your engagement in your own life. Whether you are running the marathon as a participant, cheering on others, giving refreshments, or simply hanging around as part of the marathon celebrations, this is a vital sign that you are an engaged member of your own life. Some individuals are not, and they rely on others to solve their issues. As a result, they frequently repeat the same difficulties in their lives or have a “why me?” mindset.

If you learn about a marathon, know someone who runs one, or the marathon in your dream is shown, but you are not a participant, think about how your own life is in a lull. What are you doing in your life that matters? In what ways do you actively engage in your own life?

What does it mean to dream about Olympic races?

Marriage, having children, graduating from college, obtaining a huge promotion, and so on are all significant events in our lives. Participating in any Olympic race in your dreams has a positive sign. Marathon does a fantastic job at capturing this. It contains a wide range of human expressions. Some people compete only for the sake of competitiveness. They desire to work hard in order to succeed and break through obstacles. Others are nearly crawling on their hands and knees. Despite their state, they continue on their path. On their features, determination, wrath, and fury can be seen.

Some people are just having a good time, dressed up in wacky costumes and laughing at life’s absurdity. Others are putting in this massive amount of work for the benefit of others - to raise money for charity; others just like being in the company of others, meeting, mating, and conversing. Apart from the many ways of participating by running, the multitude of observers, the recorders, the police, the assistants by the side of the road, and the authorities who arrange behind the scenes play an essential role. In its entirety, the race is all of these. This is the way things are.

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Rapidly Health and fitness Guidelines To Help Get You Heading

With so a lot of varieties of workouts out there and different foods to try to eat, the beginner man or woman making an attempt to get fit might just get dropped in the sea of information available on the web. Ahead of it turns into way too mind-boggling for you, read these ideas to uncover out how you can do some basic everyday items to get in wonderful form. If you happen to be doing work on your all round health with working and are searching to improve your endurance, decide up the speed. If you avoid lengthening your stride and rely rather on having quicker limited actions, your human body will acclimate to more difficult instruction quicker. You'll be well prepared for your subsequent marathon in no time! A actually excellent way to get in shape is by enrolling in a cycling course. Most fitness centers normally supply biking lessons and they are a fantastic way to get in condition and satisfy individuals. Instructors will push you and they typically enjoy excellent audio which makes the cycling a lot more satisfying. Use have a peek at these guys to set alarms that remind you to get up from the desk and climb a established of stairs. Even a little little bit of exercise is far better than no exercise. In our harried working day to day lives, even so, it is occasionally hard to remind ourselves to do it. Workout in the course of the operate working day will gain you both physically and mentally. Your function will probably advantage as well. If you want to construct up muscle mass quicker, make confident you have meat in your everyday diet program. Studies have revealed that if you try to eat meat in your daily diet, you may gain much more muscle and obtain it faster from your routines. Rooster, turkey, and fish depend as meats as effectively, so you can blend it up a little bit. As you get more mature your muscles grow to be considerably less versatile, which boosts the risk that your muscle tissues will turn out to be painfully strained. If you are more youthful than forty, you need to consider to maintain every stretching position for at the very least thirty seconds. After forty, improve the keeping time to a entire moment. This will keep your muscles pliable and strain-totally free. Get some sunshine and refreshing air! It is effortless to succumb to boredom and turn into entirely inactive when we are always confined to the inside. Make an attempt to get outside the house for at minimum a couple of minutes each day. It will improve your mood and greatly improve your probability of exercising. Function your hamstrings in order to make your sprint more rapidly. Your hamstring muscle groups aid your velocity and are used to drive off. Leg curl is a wonderful exercise to get robust hamstrings, but instead of releasing this exercising rapidly, launch slowly and gradually which will perform your hamstrings far more. Sturdy hamstrings equivalent a faster dash. Be mindful not to let misinformation mislead you. There is a good deal of stuff out there floating close to about how to turn into a match individual, but just take it from the specialists who put jointly the suggestions you have just read -- true data is the crucial to your accomplishment with everything in life, especially health.

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10 reasons to join our 28-day Lose Weight Fitness and Meal Plan!

Welcome to our Lose Weight Physical fitness as well as Dish Strategy where you'll find everything you have to improve energy, feel freshened and drop a couple of pounds. We're providing you all the tools you require (absolutely totally free!) to better your mood as well as increase your joy over four weeks. Below's 10 more reasons that you need to comply with the plan:

1. You can win big! We have actually obtained a 7 day, 6 night stay for 2 to The Fairmont Southampton in Bermuda with everyday breakfast, deluxe double-room with ocean-view as well as two fitness classes (one per individual) to keep your brand-new body fit whilst you relax. Click on this link to get in.

2. You’ll look amazing. Our health and fitness professional James Fell, CSCS will certainly provide you daily fitness tips to obtain your blood moving regardless of your physical fitness degree. From walking and also biking to at-home exercises and 10-minute workouts, James is here to educate you the best ways to make workout right for your life.

3. You’ll feel amazing. As a self-proclaimed 'former fat person', James recognizes what it takes to make the initial step in the direction of changing your life for life. For those of you that already work out daily, James will certainly be offering exercises you could utilize to further obstacle yourself. As a dad, he knows exactly how difficult it is to discover time to exercise. His schedule-friendly routines will make it easy for you making healthy and balanced living a priority. We're positive his day-to-day exercises as well as interest will certainly obtain you as excited as we are for this month-long individual challenge! 4. You'll find out just how, and just what, to eat. What would a shape-up guide be without a dietary component? This is where Natasha Turner can be found in. As one of North The U.S.A.'s leading naturopathic doctors, as well as owner of the Clear Medicine Health Store, Natasha is a sphere of energy and also enjoyed be assisting you with this journey. With a four-week meal plan that consists of recipes, supplements and also detoxification techniques, we're confident you'll feel lighter, better and a lot more rejuvenated on her plan.

5. Learn how to consume for health condition prevention. Natasha's expertise of food as well as simple recipes will educate you lessons that could be carried on well after the difficulty ends. Her books

The Hormone Diet and The Carb Sensitivity Program describe why diet is critical to any type of healthy lifestyle. Her daily recipes will certainly get you begun on the track to a cleaner, much more recovered you.

6. Discover just how to change your life. No one's anticipating you to run a marathon by the end of the month, but if you get there hooray! Together, James as well as Natasha will certainly provide you with tips, methods, supplement choices as well as straightforward workouts you can include right into your life. Whether it's altering your eating habits or making a decision to ride your bike regularly (hopefully both!) we understand that any favorable adjustment you make is a step in the appropriate instructions.

7. We'll show you how preparing sets you up for success. Whether it's grocery store shopping or evasion your schedule to suit your physical component, we encourage you to obtain a head begin in order to set yourself up for success. We understand it's not constantly simple to eat best as well as exercise daily

— specifically with the long weekend approaching!

8. You'll hear of wisdom. One of our preferred quotes from James is, "You can't out-exercise a bad diet plan." Playing off the fact that regardless of exactly how much you exercise (and with him, you will) an inadequate diet will certainly set you back, this quote showcases the kind of equilibrium you'll discover over the 4 weeks of our plan.

9. Bid your old self adieu. And also claim hey there to a leaner, happier you. Life is indicated to be enjoyable and also complete of adventure so we hope you'll join us on this ride of self-discovery. If you've obtained inquiries or remarks relating to a specific recipe or exercise send us a message on our Facebook web page or tweet us # 28DayPlan @ChatelaineMag. We enjoy to hear your feedback!

10. Get going! We've launched Week 1 of our four week plan to aid you plan for the week ahead (check # 7). Join us July 3 as we officially kick-off the strategy starting with Day 1. You've got one week to obtain yourself prepped. It's game on from there! Not to worry if you miss out on a day or more, we'll have the whole plan readily available to you below. Pleased shape-up!

Get the complete effective weight loss and health and fitness plan here.

Editor's note: This strategy does not require any sign up or costs. You could merely click here to each day's fitness and health and wellness recommendations. We'll be releasing each week prior to its start day to guarantee you can get prepped beforehand. Week 2 will be launched July 6, Week 3 will certainly be launched July 13 and Week 4 will certainly be launched July 20.

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Running Outside versus on a Treadmill

Many runners have a strong preference for running on a treadmill or outside. Some struggle to pace themselves properly without manual controls in front of them and prefer the precision of executing a programmed exercise indoors, while others prefer to run outside, finding running on treadmill boring. In fact, each modality has its advantages and disadvantages, and each has the potential to help you achieve your goals, whether you’re training for a marathon or simply getting in a cardio session. Here’s how running on a treadmill compares to running outside. One of the most significant differences between running on a treadmill and outside is the environment. Because treadmills are indoor exercise machines, they can provide refuge from inclement weather, but those who enjoy variations in landscape or terrain may complain of their monotony. Treadmills allow users to fine-tune details of their run, including elevation, pace, and intervals. This is ideal for those recovering from injuries who require a more controlled workout. Modern treadmill belts are also intended to minimize impact on your joints by absorbing much of the force of your footfalls. Running outside allows you to take in the scenery and learn about your surroundings. According to a National Center for Biotechnology Information report, this can have significant advantages for people who experience anxiety or despair. According to the Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation, regular outdoor runners may benefit from stronger bones as a result of running on pavement or hard ground. On the other hand, running outside can provide problems in terms of elevation, topography, and weather, which could lead to injury when dealing with uneven or slippery surfaces. In terms of expense, you may need to account for specific fees when using a treadmill, depending on your area. If you opt for a gym, keep in mind that annual membership fees average $507, according to RunRepeat, and can easily exceed $562. If you live more than a short walk or bike ride from your local gym, fuel or other transportation costs may also be a consideration. You should also consider whether you will use a gym membership on a regular basis. If you do not want to go to a gym, you could buy a treadmill, but that could cost you anywhere from $300 to $2,500. When comparing running on a treadmill to running outside, it’s evident that running outside is the less expensive alternative. Nonetheless, pricing and tastes may differ. You are the only one who can decide which option is best for you. To lose weight, you must create a calorie deficit, meaning you must burn more calories each day than you take in. Weight management is primarily concerned with energy balance, which means that we must consume fewer calories than we spend through our resting metabolism and physical activity in order to reduce weight. According to Harvard Health Publishing, running on a regular basis can help you burn more calories and produce a 500-calorie/day deficit. But, when it comes to losing weight, which is better: running on a treadmill or running outside? Experts have found little evidence to indicate that treadmill running and outdoor running differ in terms of weight loss. Regular aerobic activity, regardless of the choice you make, will burn calories and help you reach your goals, according to the National Library of Medicine. The number of calories expended is affected by the speed and type of jogging you do. Jogging, running, steady-state running, and high-intensity interval training can all be done on a treadmill or outside. Most treadmills, on the other hand, lack a descent, making it difficult to accurately imitate topography or cross-country running during marathon preparation.

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Womens Vivid Fluorescent Tights Legging - Sport9s Fit Leggings

They are comfortable and may look and feel amazing. By using specialized fabrics and flattering slashes, our plus size fitness wear keeps comfort on the forefront, while still providing the latest styles which means you really feel (and look) amazing. Thankfully for you, there are other options which you can use for those circumstances that will appearance even nicer and allow you to definitely still appear professional. You may also choose colored tights if you need to bring a little spice for your wardrobe while still getting appropriate for your job. Choosing the right types to liven up your closet depends on what you are usually putting on, the look you wish to create as well as the people you will be around. Tights made from buckskin or made of woll were worn a long time back to protect individuals from the chilly and from animal attacks. Next would be the cut along with the fit of the leggings: High-waisted leggings or a lower match; mid-calf or full-length? Fitness center clothing, including leggings, are made to fit well, yet become breathable and unmoving, regardless of how vigorously you are exercising.

You can select footed leggings, but footless leggings are far more popular. This is a great way to make sure it is possible to workout every day. Choose from a wide range of fitness center leggings on eBay and locate the ones that will fill your own exercise needs - which make you smile. All these choices are personal choices that will assist you to love your leggings a little more. You can choose bright plus vivid colors or you can select the more subtle varieties. These are safer than casual clothing, which can catch on apparatus, flap uncomfortably, or roll-up or down with your exertions. Leggings should go down to your own calves and not near to the knees unless you are usually going to bike for your destination. When it comes to comfort, you would like materials that are going to breathe plus move with you, no matter the game. Both footless legging plus footed varieties provide you with a opportunity to dress up slightly without opting for the more night out type of appearance. You merely have to follow the guidelines for how to wear tights so you don't look like you are actually headed to your local gym in order to workout.

That doesn't mean that they don't get their place, but just that you will find places deemed inappropriate on their behalf. When I say multicolored, I may mean a couple of tights which is as bright and vibrant as Rosie's and Sophia Grace's tutu skirt. Irrespective of which tights you select, there is certainly likely a choice that will work with exactly what you need. Leggings could be a great fashion choice in case you wear them the right way. Colored leggings may also be a choice when you want to provide a little spark to your closet. Choosing the right accessories is a fast way to liven up any uninteresting wardrobe. This can be a great way in order to showcase the personality of the style without throwing this too openly for your globe to see. Thus giving you the opportunity to dress up any outfit plus showcase your own personal style plus taste. You should wear tights as an accessory but always be certain they match your clothing. This can make a difference in the high quality of gym leggings you will require.

There is a big difference between the gentle walk or run once or twice weekly, and operating marathons, taking part in events such as Tough Mudder, or various other extreme sports. When I say various colored, I meant a pair inside a combination of two neutral tones such as a black and white pin-striped leggings. Try out some thigh higher tights or socks on the knee to produce a look that is unique and just a bit more interesting than what you sportlegging high waist wear throughout the day. You can opt for a dressy seem with fashion leggings. Tights are not supposed to look like bike shorts. You can also try a distinctive pair like an embroidered set or one that has emboss detailing. One accessory that ladies often do not think about is definitely tights. Generally associated with young girls, there are actually a number of women leggings available as well. While these are very attractive of all females, many generally will not put on fishnet tights for official or business affairs. To begin, consider how much use your tights will be place to. People utilize them for walking or biking to work, joggers wear them, fitness center members use them, and even swimmers use them to get themselves psychologically prepared and keep warm prior to diving in.