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Someone: oh there’s this show I’m watching... oh, nevermind, it’s silly you probably don’t wanna hear about it

Me, knowing fully well how much it sucks to have your passions invalidated and how cool it is to rant about something you love:

a beginners guide to pilates

🎀 what is pilates?

pilates is a form of strength training exercise that focuses on low to medium impact movements to improve muscle tone, stability, endurance, and mobility. pilates also focuses more on the smaller muscles of the body compared to traditional strength or weight training.

🎀 benefits of pilates

including the benefits that exercise generally brings, pilates:

improves mind-body connection and body control

improves active flexibility and mobility

works the core, improving stability

improves coordination and balance

reduces mental and physical stress

works muscles that can be neglected in our daily lives

treats and prevents body pain, including menstrual pain

teaches you how to pair your breath with your body

keeps the joints healthy without putting pressure on them

🎀 where to start

while you can absolutely start with studio or reformer classes, you can also do pilates routines on youtube! i recommend move with nicole and dansique fitness. if you want to get your cardio in as well, i absolutely recommend eleni fit. her workouts are some of the best i’ve ever tried!

🎀 personal tips

keep your core in mind. core strength is a major benefit of pilates because each movement requires at least a mild amount of core work to keep your body stable, so do your best to keep the engagement throughout.

start slow. pilates movements can take a while to fully understand and it can take a while to build the mind-body connection, so don’t push yourself too far in the beginning. your coordination will improve over time!

don’t underestimate it! while the movements are generally slower than other types of exercise, you will work your muscles just as much and in a way they may not have been worked before. sometimes i even find pilates more difficult than hiit or weights!

Recipies by Ana•••••••

Chocolate Tiramisu🍫🍰

Ingredients

1/2 cup strong brewed coffee, cooled (0 calories)

- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder, unsweetened (12 calories)

- 1/2 teaspoon Stevita Stevia Sweetener (0 calories)

- 4 ladyfinger cookies (60 calories)

- 1/2 cup fat-free ricotta cheese (80 calories)

- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract (3 calories)

- 1 tablespoon mini chocolate chips (70 calories)

Instructions

1. Mix the brewed coffee with 1 tablespoon cocoa powder and Stevita sweetener.

2. Dip the ladyfinger cookies in the coffee mixture and layer them in a serving dish.

3. Mix the ricotta cheese with vanilla extract until smooth.

4. Spread half of the ricotta mixture over the ladyfingers.

5. Sprinkle half of the mini chocolate chips over the ricotta layer.

6. Repeat the layers with the remaining ingredients.

7. Dust the top with unsweetened cocoa powder.

8. Chill for at least 1 hour before serving.

Total Calories: 231

Calories per Serving (2 servings):116

What recipies would you guys like next, comment them<3

Ed community looking at memes about starving, lying to friends and family and hating your own body:

Cake-like oatmeal inspo

are u a “dont fucking touch me or ill rip ur spine out thru ur throat” traumatized or a “please please touch me i need physical validation to live” traumatized

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it's never too late to start your day

insomnia got you sleeping in until 2 pm?

that's okay. get yourself some coffee and go thrift shopping, no one will know

anxiety got you staring at walls until 8 pm?

it's going to get better. start a load of laundry and take a hot shower, so you go to sleep clean

depression keep you locked in your room until 11 pm?

it'll be alright. drive to walmart and buy some nice candles for your night, you'll wake up with something new

you don't have to start your day in the morning. i start at 5 pm sometimes and let me tell you, doing something almost always feels better than doing nothing. it doesn't have to be big or important. it doesn't have to be too much to handle. it's enough to wash your face, or comb out your hair. if you feel tired, it's enough to make a list of things you want to do tomorrow. don't let the clock hold you back. it's a piece of glass and plastic. you get to decide what a day is.