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[MangaReader]

My school schedule basically prevents me from having a stable training regiment as the hours shift greatly day to day. I'm comfortable with myself, but it wouldn't hurt me to lose a few pounds eventually. I'm just so bad at exercise routines though -.-

[Slextrem]

My school schedule basically prevents me from having a stable training regiment as the hours shift greatly day to day. I'm comfortable with myself, but it wouldn't hurt me to lose a few pounds eventually. I'm just so bad at exercise routines though -.-

 

I'm in the same boat, but that's why I've decided to dedicate one evening each week to Zumba. I can handle that in my schedule, and it's only an hour. Also, there are some easy at-home exercises that can be done before bed. I find that those work the best for me because they only take about 15 minutes and I don't have to go anywhere to do them.

[MangaReader]

 

I'm in the same boat, but that's why I've decided to dedicate one evening each week to Zumba. I can handle that in my schedule, and it's only an hour. Also, there are some easy at-home exercises that can be done before bed. I find that those work the best for me because they only take about 15 minutes and I don't have to go anywhere to do them.

You don't want my schedule... 

[Slextrem]

Just because I don't talk to you, it doesn’t mean I don’t think about you.

It doesn’t mean I don’t check up on you.

It doesn’t mean I don’t worry and wonder about how you are doing.

It doesn’t mean I don’t care about you anymore...

[rikakim94]

Just because I don't talk to you, it doesn’t mean I don’t think about you.

It doesn’t mean I don’t check up on you.

It doesn’t mean I don’t worry and wonder about how you are doing.

It doesn’t mean I don’t care about you anymore...

 

Hello slextrem What happened? Funny thing is my friend also had the same experience to she hated how one of my other friend was victimizing my friend for not answering her text message to often.

[MangaReader]

I just now realized you live in Canada... where exactly? I don't live all that far away from Detroit :)

[Slextrem]

 

Hello slextrem What happened? Funny thing is my friend also had the same experience to she hated how one of my other friend was victimizing my friend for not answering her text message to often.

 

Oh, don't worry. I was just thinking about some friends that I've lost contact with and how I still care about them even though we don't speak much anymore.

 

I just now realized you live in Canada... where exactly? I don't live all that far away from Detroit :)

 

I grew up in Regina, Saskatchewan. Right here:

 

[rikakim94]

 

Oh, don't worry. I was just thinking about some friends that I've lost contact with and how I still care about them even though we don't speak much anymore.

 

 

I grew up in Regina, Saskatchewan. Right here:

 

 

Ok good to hear! Also are you ready to play the new pokemon game? 

Edited by rikakim94, 13 October 2013 - 12:52 AM.

[Slextrem]

 

Ok good to hear! Also are you ready to play the new pokemon game? 

 

I am! I'm just waiting on my copy of Pokemon X to arrive in the mail. In the meantime, I've been playing Animal Crossing.

[Slextrem]

Apparently I can stuff my face with taste-bud deliciousness and still lose weight. I'm down seven pounds~ That's amazing progress! I've been eating a lot of homemade soups, apples, brownies, and this delicious bean-tomato-jalapenos combination that the man of the house makes. It's all so good~ At this rate, I might be able to hit my goal by November!

 

In gaming news, Pokemon X is awesome. I trained to be a Pokemon Master until 3:30am on Monday. I went to school with 4 hours of sleep under my belt, but I caught 43 Pokemon, so it's k. Also, I finally got my hands on Animal Crossing: New Leaf. You may refer to me as Mayor Wimbleton of Catopolis.

[Quinny52]

 

Good job on losing the weight, Miss Mayor. Keep it up, and I'm sure you'll make it.

 

I think I need to make some changes, as I seem to have hit a plateau myself. I'm at 236, any weight I put on I quickly lose but I can't seem to drop any lower.

 

I've never been much for cooking, but I must admit I've started to experiment. I made some honeycomb last christmas, made some chilli a couple times, and asked a friend's wife (who is Thai) for the recipe to her thai green curry & beef stir fry. I'm even considering trying my hand at some pumpkin pie for Halloween. 

 

It's tempting, but I'd rather wait until I'm in a better financial position before I splash out on a 2/3DS and Pokemon X (obviously X  ). I'm still coming down from Pokemon Origins. That's the way the Pokemon anime should be! 

 

Haven't played Animal Crossing so I can't comment on it, just promise you'll stay Mayor of Catopolis in the game and not go cuckoo and try raise a feline world revolution with Beans leading the charge.   What? It's a crazy world as it is, someone's bound to try it.

 

What did you think of the chapter? I hope Kishi's going somewhere with the whole 'leave Sakura seperate from the other K11' business. 

[Slextrem]

Thank you!

 

Just keep doing what you're doing. Eventually your body will realize that you aren't quitting and the weight will start to come off again. Try adding another 15 minutes to your workouts and see if that helps any. I find that boosting my exercise routine helps me shake the dreaded plateau. I'm going to incorporate P90X sessions with Zumba whenever I hit my plateau, (which should be soon...)

 

Cooking is so much fun!! Try looking up some low-calorie recipes online! There are tons of healthy and delicious low-calorie meals that will keep you full. Also, buy some yogurt, granola, and fruit to snack on between meals. It's better to eat small, healthy snacks throughout the day than to eat three big meals. If you want something that will clean your body out, try cabbage soup. It sounds gross, but it's actually really tasty! One of the best vegetable soups I've ever had! It's also great with stewing beef, if you're a red meat kind of guy. Andy won't eat anything with just vegetables in it...

 

When you can, I recommend you go for the 2DS. It's cheaper and it doesn't have the headache function. I can't stand 3D. It's also more durable than a 3DS because it doesn't have the hinges, and it fits perfectly in my hand.    I can't wait for you to play X, seriously. It's so awesome. Unlike the original games, there are TONS of Pokemon hiding in the grass. I spent roughly 30 minutes in the first patch of grass because I wanted to catch everything. It looks so good too. It's like playing Colosseum on a handheld console, but with an entirely new gen of amazing Pokemon. (All of Gen 6 looks so good~)

 

Don't worry. Beans doesn't listen to me anyway.

 

As for the chapter... Eh. It was really dull. I laughed when the K8 + Sai were like, "He's calling us."

 

It reminded me of this:

"The ring calls to us."

 

I just couldn't take it seriously at all.

 

I'm glad Sakura wasn't included. I would hate to see Naruto use her as a substitute shadow clone, which is essentially what he did with the Rookies. (Why give the spiel about friends giving strength and then not let them use their own powers to help?) I believe that Kishimoto excluded Sakura because the emphasis of this chapter was the power of friendship, and she's more than just a friend to Naruto, but we'll have to wait and see. We'll likely get a flashback/inner monologue next chapter. Perhaps Rin will come up and Kishi will make another parallel canon.

[Quinny52]

Sorry for the late reply.

 

I've heard of P90X before, and the Insanity workout. Just might give them a try (the only issue I have is space to excercise).

 

I've heard of the cabbage soup diet but just assumed it was only 'fad', but I've seen recipes online and tehy don't sound half bad. I'm gonna have to try it. And I hold my hands up that I love red meat, but with the health concerns that keep popping up nearly all the time, I'm switching to almost all white, and more types of fish (specifically oily fish rich in Omega 3 like mackerel). Thanks for the tips.

 

If I do, I most likely will go for the 2DS, because it seems that 3D (cinema, TV, games etc) just hasn't been as successful as devlopers probably wanted them to be, or just the hype for the tech has fizzled out. And looking at the price as well, I don't think I'll be missing anything if I go with good ol' 2D. Good to hear you're enjoying X, your comment about searching in grass made me remember a time when I was playing Yellow going through Viridian forest for the first time and encountered a level 9 PIDGEOTTO that wiped out my entire team (including Pikachu!). I've never come across that since so I don't know if it was a bug, but it was very strange. I'm glad though, when i heard that you can avoid attacks in caves (Zubat just annoys me now ).

 

For me, the chapter reminded me of this...

Corny as hell when I look back at it, but even now it's a guilty pleasure.

 

Next chapters round the corner, so fingers crossed things go back to 'normal', and Sakura becomes more a prominent role in iminent events as we hypothesise/hope.

 

Got a little surprise as well. You, Hou and I have known eachother for years now, you guys have spoken with me on YT, Skype and on here, and you've heard my voice, but never seen what I look like. So, until I can find or get a more recent photo that shows me in a more flattering light...

 

This is me when I was 4-5 years old...

In my dad's back yard with one of his rabbits.

That hair!

[KnS]

This is me when I was 4-5 years old...

In my dad's back yard with one of his rabbits.

That hair!

 

What a little cutie pie you were!   And what's weird, I used to have a rabbit just like that.  I named him Buster Black.

[Slextrem]

Today is a Stay-Under-The-Covers-All-Day kind of morning, but I made myself get up so that I wouldn't be late for my first class. I drove all the way over to campus in my cold little Pontiac, made it 30 minutes early to school, and low-and-behold, my class has been cancelled. At least, that's what I'm assuming. I waited for 15 minutes after class was supposed to start and no one showed up. I didn't get an e-mail about a cancellation, and there was no note on the door. I have no idea what's going on. I guess I'm out of the loop.

 

Sorry for the late reply.

 

I've heard of P90X before, and the Insanity workout. Just might give them a try (the only issue I have is space to excercise).

 

I've heard of the cabbage soup diet but just assumed it was only 'fad', but I've seen recipes online and tehy don't sound half bad. I'm gonna have to try it. And I hold my hands up that I love red meat, but with the health concerns that keep popping up nearly all the time, I'm switching to almost all white, and more types of fish (specifically oily fish rich in Omega 3 like mackerel). Thanks for the tips.

 

If I do, I most likely will go for the 2DS, because it seems that 3D (cinema, TV, games etc) just hasn't been as successful as devlopers probably wanted them to be, or just the hype for the tech has fizzled out. And looking at the price as well, I don't think I'll be missing anything if I go with good ol' 2D. Good to hear you're enjoying X, your comment about searching in grass made me remember a time when I was playing Yellow going through Viridian forest for the first time and encountered a level 9 PIDGEOTTO that wiped out my entire team (including Pikachu!). I've never come across that since so I don't know if it was a bug, but it was very strange. I'm glad though, when i heard that you can avoid attacks in caves (Zubat just annoys me now ).

 

For me, the chapter reminded me of this...

Corny as hell when I look back at it, but even now it's a guilty pleasure.

 

Next chapters round the corner, so fingers crossed things go back to 'normal', and Sakura becomes more a prominent role in iminent events as we hypothesise/hope.

 

Got a little surprise as well. You, Hou and I have known eachother for years now, you guys have spoken with me on YT, Skype and on here, and you've heard my voice, but never seen what I look like. So, until I can find or get a more recent photo that shows me in a more flattering light...

 

This is me when I was 4-5 years old...

In my dad's back yard with one of his rabbits.

That hair!

 

Awww, Quin! You were such an adorable kid! Thanks for sharing!

 

They don't take up too much space to do. All I have to do is push the couches back against the wall, and I have all the room that I need. My issue with P90X is how intense it is. I guess the idea is that you won't be able to keep up at first, but as long as you continue to do your best with it each day, you'll eventually get to the point where you can complete the DVD.

 

It kind of is a fad, which I have tried before and it did work, but I just really like the taste of it. It's like homemade vegetable soup. That's good that you're eating fish and poultry instead of red meat! The only fish that I can handle eating is tuna and maybe salmon. LOL. To be healthy about it, I've started mixing mustard with canned tuna instead of mayonnaise. It's super tasty~

 

I can't believe you found a Pidgeotto that soon! That must be as rare as coming across a shiny. LOL. I'm jelly. Nothing fun like that happened during my first run of Blue Version. I remember getting my butt kicked by Snorlax over and over again, and after that I got lost.

[rikakim94]

Slextrem are you planning to get the special torchic? In the pokemon x and y game box theres this paper that tells you about the event to get that torchic.

 

Also what do you do in animal crossing? Whats fun about the game i might get it if it suits my gaming taste. 

[Slextrem]

Slextrem are you planning to get the special torchic? In the pokemon x and y game box theres this paper that tells you about the event to get that torchic.

 

Also what do you do in animal crossing? Whats fun about the game i might get it if it suits my gaming taste. 

 

I really don't like Blazekin so probably not... I think it's one of the worst Pokemon starters ever, along with the fire monkey and pig. If I do get it, it will only be to have it added in my Pokedex and I'll keep it in my box forever.

 

In Animal Crossing, your character is moving to a new town, but you are mistaken as the new mayor when you get off of the train. It becomes your responsibility to develop the town into something beautiful. There are plenty of things to do, like filling up the museum with the various bugs, fish, fossils, and art pieces that you find each day, or starting public work projects to add more to the town. It's a lot of fun!

 

It's based on real time though, so that means if it's 1:00pm on October 23rd in real life, it's also 1:00pm on October 23rd in the game. Certain events happen at certain times of the day so you have to make sure that you're available to play at the right time. After you have played for a while, you will run out of things to do for the day. That's okay though because you can start it up the next day and find other events to participate in, or new citizens moving into the town to deal with. I like that the game is this way because it doesn't allow you to waste countless hours of your day on a game. You should try it!

[rikakim94]

 

I really don't like Blazekin so probably not... I think it's one of the worst Pokemon starters ever, along with the fire monkey and pig. If I do get it, it will only be to have it added in my Pokedex and I'll keep it in my box forever.

 

In Animal Crossing, your character is moving to a new town, but you are mistaken as the new mayor when you get off of the train. It becomes your responsibility to develop the town into something beautiful. There are plenty of things to do, like filling up the museum with the various bugs, fish, fossils, and art pieces that you find each day, or starting public work projects to add more to the town. It's a lot of fun!

 

It's based on real time though, so that means if it's 1:00pm on October 23rd in real life, it's also 1:00pm on October 23rd in the game. Certain events happen at certain times of the day so you have to make sure that you're available to play at the right time. After you have played for a while, you will run out of things to do for the day. That's okay though because you can start it up the next day and find other events to participate in, or new citizens moving into the town to deal with. I like that the game is this way because it doesn't allow you to waste countless hours of your day on a game. You should try it!

 

First bolded : The only starters i disliked is the monkey and and pig , but torchics ok to me why do you thinks its one of the worst starters? 

 

Second bolded : so animal crossing is kinda like a sim city like game you build stuff and manage ok i might give it a try. 

 

I want to say something about naruto lately this series has been disappointing whats worse is that im kinda losing faith in narusaku. when you hinata still loving naruto till the point she forgets about everything around her like neji,her team mates,friends  I don't know im i suppose to feel pity for her? To me she had the beginning of part to work on her shyness step by step to get closer to naruto maybe naruto  would have realized her sooner. Or even better why didn't hinata rush up and hug naruto after pein arc and interact  with him more? Right now shy ness isn't really an excuse to me if she had the guts to kill herself for him than im sure she can talk to him in a normal bases?

 

 Maybe its naruto fault for not saying much after pein arc ,but at the same time ether of them could have talked about it sooner about the issue cause right now to me im having a bit of a hard time to feel pity towards her when she hasen't made any effort to talked to him in a normal bases sooner. In the recent chapter she seems very disappointment that shes not helping naruto or naruto dosen't anything for her. Her saying naruto kun every panel is just annoying.   

 

And the sasusaku still lingering until the very end just dosen't feel right for sakura development im not saying she has to love naruto soon but i want to see progression towards it. And sakura just healing until the very end seems unfair to me if she can punch and blow up a boulder and kill 50 zetsu clones im sure she can put up a good fight with obito because of this some people are saying that shes irreverent to the plot. 

 

Just like how the plot of this manga is dragging  the pairings are dragging on...

 

I really can deal with this anymore however i still find my self clinging onto the manga hoping that things would changed for the better it just seems pointless. I really really want to get over naruto already  so do you have any advice to give me? It does make me want to ask how are still confident about narusaku?

 

Just to let you know I stopped reading the manga a volume ago,but my feelings for it linger on...

Edited by rikakim94, 24 October 2013 - 12:12 AM.

[BakeNeko-Chan]

 

First bolded : The only starters i disliked is the monkey and and pig , but torchics ok to me why do you thinks its one of the worst starters? 

 

Second bolded : so animal crossing is kinda like a sim city like game you build stuff and manage ok i might give it a try. 

 

I want to say something about naruto lately this series has been disappointing whats worse is that im kinda losing faith in narusaku. when you hinata still loving naruto till the point she forgets about everything around her like neji,her team mates,friends  I don't know im i suppose to feel pity for her? To me she had the beginning of part to work on her shyness step by step to get closer to naruto maybe naruto  would have realized her sooner. Or even better why didn't hinata rush up and hug naruto after pein arc and interact  with him more? Right now shy ness isn't really an excuse to me if she had the guts to kill herself for him than im sure she can talk to him in a normal bases?

 

 Maybe its naruto fault for not saying much after pein arc ,but at the same time ether of them could have talked about it sooner about the issue cause right now to me im having a bit of a hard time to feel pity towards her when she hasen't made any effort to talked to him in a normal bases sooner. In the recent chapter she seems very disappointment that shes not helping naruto or naruto dosen't anything for her. Her saying naruto kun every panel is just annoying.   

 

And the sasusaku still lingering until the very end just dosen't feel right for sakura development im not saying she has to love naruto soon but i want to see progression towards it. And sakura just healing until the very end seems unfair to me if she can punch and blow up a boulder and kill 50 zetsu clones im sure she can put up a good fight with obito because of this some people are saying that shes irreverent to the plot. 

 

Just like how the plot of this manga is dragging  the pairings are dragging on...

 

I really can deal with this anymore however i still find my self clinging onto the manga hoping that things would changed for the better it just seems pointless. I really really want to get over naruto already  so do you have any advice to give me? It does make me want to ask how are still confident about narusaku?

 

Just to let you know I stopped reading the manga a volume ago,but my feelings for it linger on...

 

I can understand your feelings, I felt extremely frustrated after 615, more with the fandom than the manga though, and I had to take a break for a while. I didn't start reading again until after the Hashirama/ Madara flashback and Sasuke's decision to join the battlefield, and I found I came back with a better perspective.

 

If you're feeling stressed by this manga, taking a step back as you've done is a good start, and I would recommend finding another new manga you can enjoy(if you haven't already), if that is ineffective, you could try reading Naruto over from the beginning, you may find it helpful to refresh yourself on everything that's happened so far. Remember that the story can't be judged for its entirety chapter by chapter, or volume by volume, by as a whole.

 

I don't know if my advice is at all helpful, but I hope some of it is useful to you.

[Slextrem]

 

First bolded : The only starters i disliked is the monkey and and pig , but torchics ok to me why do you thinks its one of the worst starters? 

 

I just don't like what they did with it. The concept of a fire-breathing chicken just seems so... lame, especially after Charizard and Typhlosion. Torchic isn't too awful, but it's evolved forms are horrendous.

 

 

Second bolded : so animal crossing is kinda like a sim city like game you build stuff and manage ok i might give it a try. 

 

Sort of. I spend most of my time trying to make money so that I can expand my house and start public work projects for the town. Anyway, you should try it. It's a lot of fun.

 

 

Do you have any advice to give me? It does make me want to ask how are still confident about narusaku?

 

Well... Taking a break from the series was a good choice if you feel that way. Perhaps you should wait until NaruSaku becomes more prominent and you get your confidence back.

 

As for me, I haven't questioned NaruSaku since the MinaKushi parallel was confirmed. There really isn't much else to say about it. Kishimoto, through Kushina, told us that he wants Naruto to be with a girl that is similar to her, and through Minato, told us that Sakura is that girl. He also told us, through Sai, that Sakura is hiding something about her feelings for Sasuke. I think it's pretty obvious which direction he wants to take this - he's just laying out the pieces before putting the puzzel together.

 

No amount of Hinata panels and inner monologues about Naruto-kun are going to change that either. Kishimoto made that obvious to us when he had Naruto refer to Sakura as his sort-of girlfriend in front of his father. He's about to make it even more obvious with the ObiRin parallel, (at least, that's what I'm anticipating.)

 

EDIT: Sorry for the really sloppy answer. I have a math class that I need to go to right now, so I don't have any time to revise my post.

Edited by Slextrem, 24 October 2013 - 08:23 PM.