New Music: Nicki Minaj ft. Sean Garrett; Usher

yvonne79 Says:

@speak: Coming from a very “blessed” woman, you don’t want it. Guys have a tendency to talk to your chest vs. your face. Quite annoying!!
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kinda like how my butt gets hot whenever i walk past a man (and sometimes women!) cuz i know he’s staring at my fatty! :lolol:

both my sisters have nice size boobs but i was still wearing t-shirts in 11th grade.

my other opinion on why Sandra is always pushing this gay agenda is because of how our media operates in today’s society. if Usher or any of the other artists Sandra is always accusing of being gay filed a lawsuit against her for slander/libel, etc., there would be all kindsa weirdos claiming to have definitive proof that they slept with said rapper/singer. whether or not people want to believe it or not, emails/texts can be manufactured to appear real. not that facts really matter to the media these days anyway! the scandal that would ensue would be enough to ruin a person’s life – not just career – and there would forever be a shadow of ‘doubt’ cast on that person about their true sexual preference.

i think it’s reckless and fickle to intentionally attempt to cause harm to a person’s career and personal relationships by ‘gay bashing’ them. if i were a celeb accused by a certain blogger of being gay or on the DL, said blogger would meet with a very unfortunate ending. #jusspeakinmymind!

Usher should have made a video for “Okay”. It’s probably the best song on the album. I don’t know if I will buy this album.

gay people think they got the market cornered on determining if someone is gay or not…WRONG! i think it’s their way of trying to have some upper hand/false superiority. personally, i don’t care if Usher is gay, bisexual, asexual, whatever. he can be with a woman today, a man tomorrow and both the next day. as long as he isn’t molesting children or murdering anyone (‘cept reckless, fickle bloggers/media personnel), i don’t care and will still support his music.

**steps off soapbox**

@ yvonne79 and mirsmommy

i have a C cup now, but the more weight i lose working out, they will continue to get smaller and i’ll end up with an A when it’s all said and done. meanwhile, my @$$ will get firmer/rounder (more “pokeout”) but won’t get smaller, so i end up “mismatched”.

@ SangriaSugar

i don’t dislike Nicki but I agree with er’thing else you said regarding female entertainers these days. the sad part is that their mess has filtered over into regular society and everywhere you turn is some wannabe “Barbie” chick with a face full of clown makeup, too much weave, too little/too tight clothes…and this is all happening in corporate America. YT folks are having a field day laughing at us.

@ Flo

yes, i go the gym about 4-5 days per week. my whole body has changed over the past year. i got my “Coca-Cola” shape back and i feel fantastic! i’m not on any special diet, just eat healthy most of the time and treat myself each week.

@ ms.truth
when i first started working out about a year ago, i focused on strength training (light weights with a lot of reps) to burn fat and build muscle at the same time. i alternated days – one day upper body, next day lower body, next day all cardio. i did abs everyday since a strong core helps with everything else.

now that i’ve built muscle, i do more cardio – at least 1 hour daily to burn off the remaining fat. i only touch weights about two days per week but stick mostly to squats, pushups, pullups/dips. i’m up to about 4 miles jogging on the treadmill and i do my elliptical/cross trainer workouts to the beat of whatever song is playing on my ipod, so the hour goes by pretty quickly.

the main thing is knowing it’s a process and the changes won’t happen overnight. some parts of your body will show signs of improvement quicker than others and always go at your own pace. don’t feel like you should do what everybody else is doing. anything a personal trainer can teach you, you can easily learn on your own by asking questions of people using the different equipment in the gym and researching workouts online.

sorry to be so longwinded but it’s not something i can easily explain online vs. in person

@ Daisy

:woot: :woot: even though i don’t “love” it everyday, i absolutely loooooove the benefits of working out and that’s my motivation. plus (and i know ur celibate) the se.x is da bestest when your body is in shape – all toned and flexible!!

@ Flo,

circuit training workouts work best for total body toning/sculpting. that’s where you workout a little bit of everything at a fast pace in each workout. instead of focusing on upper body/lower body on different days, circuit training hits each body part in the same workout. google circuit training workouts and you should find a few you can mix/match to work for you. also, for the stomach i do torso twists, crunches on the big ball, bicycles on the floor…just a variety of ab exercises and i do them ’til i can’t stand the pain anymore.

@ FloridaChick813
Question, is it better to run/walk then do the exercises. Or do the exercises, then run/walk??
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as with everything else in life, it depends on who you ask. my advice is you should always warm up before doing strength training – at least 15 minutes (elliptical/cross trainer or jog/walk a 1/2 mile or mile on the treadmill. most trainers i’ve talked to say that if you do all your cardio prior to strength training, your body will be in an anaerobic state and therefore isn’t working at full capacity, thus not getting the most out of the workout.

@ Civil

yes, i’ve heard that about spin building your lower body muscle mass, as well. i burn about 750-900 calories on the elliptical or cross trainer and i def can tell that i’m getting more lean since i stopped taking spin regularly (2-3 times per week). i still ride the bike but only take spin classes about twice a month.

@ Flo

LA Fitness doesn’t have contracts…it’s month-to-month. at sign up, i think you pay first and last month, plus a registration fee (i can’t remember cuz it’s been a while). but def no contracts and some companies offer health & fitness reimbursements so you can get some of the monthly fee (usually 1/2) paid back to you from your company. check it out.

i’m going to try it this Saturday. and is your boot camp thru LA Fitness too?

@ Flo

truthfully, i work out best by myself but i’ll take a coupla classes with Daisy on the regular so she can keep me motivated to stay in there for the full hour.