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    I read one book when I was in elementary school about Mary Lou. I pretty much only read books about gymnastics back then. I remember very little of the content. I do, however, remember her getting a perfect ten on the vault, and the expression of focus on her face before she began her approach.

     

    She visualized hitting her landings and exploding with happiness--the surgery made these visualizations sear into her mind and her body snapped back with a vengeance!

     

    This exact thing has helped me when I've been too sore to actually tumble! I will visualize myself doing a flip with perfect toes, perfect legs over and over again. It really does work!

     

    She also says that after she quit competition, she quit exercising and eating right and promptly gained a lot of weight.

     

    I've seen a lot of my favorite gymnasts in photos and interviews several years after they compete, and it's always the same. Their bodies are pure muscle when they are training and as soon as they stop it all turns to fat! I wonder if my body did that, just in a smaller dose hmm... <_< Would explain a few things...

     

    Her health tips:

    be bad on the weekends--blow off exercise and eat whatever

     

    Wow, I could never take that approach again. I've tried to do routines like that in the past, and the weekends just stay with me on Monday, through to Tuesday, by Wednesday I'm disappointed in myself. I try to think of the weekends as just another day and stick to my routine of whatever... I guess partying would be ok ;)

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    maybe possibly...

     

    ADAPTATION

     

    i also really like:

     

    MAGNOLIA

    THE BREAKFAST CLUB

    HAROLD AND MAUDE

    THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (however the fuck it's spelled)

    THE DECALOUGES (not a movie, more of a series)

    THE DARK CRYSTAL (from childhood)

    HOW TO DRAW A BUNNY

    DOGTOWN AND THE Z BOYS (hate they are making a motion picture out of this)

    EYES WIDE SHUT

     

    and for any Hitchcock fans out there, i highly recommend

    THE MACHINIST

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    i only *really* crave coffee when i'm doing boring things, like my job for instance, or running errands, or something equally as mindless. if i'm seeking energy, i go for some matte, or apple juice, or vitamin water, or regular water.

     

    i love the way coffee smells and tastes, so in a boring situation, it can make it seem a lot less dull.

     

    it gives me the jitters about 35% of the time. especially if i have also taken a vitamin.

     

    i also enjoy coffee as a treat, after a big meal with friends or something.

    i don't want to go back to the days where i drank 3 cups every morning.

    iiieee, but i also do not wish to give it up completely.

     

    hmmm, but if your withdrawl symptoms are too annoying to handle, i would recommend some yerba matte to smooth them out. it doesn't make you jittery, or at least, not me.