Adrienne Osuna is a mom and a fitness blogger with a focus on weight training. After years of struggling with her weight, this mother of four finally got serious about her health, adopting a rigorous schedule of power lifting, cardio, and intermittent fasting to lose weight, gain muscle, and kick ass. And while her personal regimen might be a little too ambitious for most of us, she's still inspiring—because she keeps it real.
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An image she posted on her blog on January 1st is going viral for pointing out that focusing on your weight is a misleading goal. The before-and-after pic shows her before she started lifting and after—a complete physical transformation which resulted in a staggering one pound of weight loss.
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I know what you're thinking—that's two pounds! Well, I can explain. After Osuna's pic was copied from her blog, it blew up all over the internet—on Facebook, Twitter, Imgur, and more. But she wasn't credited as the woman in the photos, so she decided to share it on her own Instagram to help spread her message even further. And she amended the numbers to point out an additional pound she had lost in the interim.
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She explains in the caption that she felt it was important to reclaim her image because it had been used in advertisements for weight loss products, and that's not what she's about.
But I DID NOT use anyone's products to do this...in fact I didn't even diet to do this 😂 this was all hard work in the gym lifting heavy weights and intermittent fasting.
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Kudos to Ms. Osuna for getting the word out—fitness isn't about a number, it's about having awesome muscles you could use to punch a hole through a plaster wall.
A scorching hot report from British tabloid The Sunwants to acquaint you with a new sex savior. The procedure's got all the sensuality of a cold shower, but it's blasted specifically at your lady bits/man pieces to the shrill tune of minus 160 degrees.
Apparently, the 30-minute, £50 "treatment" from a spa in Manchester is being branded as the "Love Mist." Here's a PG approximation of what the procedure looks like gone wrong:
It's a deep chill for your genitals, and it's not so you can preserve them in a freezer somewhere until you finally get a date.
Instead, this procedure/torture tactic is meant to improve sex drive and appearance. Check out the full explanation at The Sun, but the gist of it is this: the sub-zero temp "stimulates the temperature receptors" in your most sensitive areas. In turn, you get a natural high, and maybe you want to bone more? It's unclear.
As far as making you look perkier down there, from The Sun:
When it comes to perking up appearance, the spa said: “While the skin continues to feel the ‘freeze’ the body sends signals back and forth to the brain.
“These messengers tell the brain if there is damage to the tissues, to repair them.
“It’s this that along with the instant endorphin level energy boost and natural high, generates a tighter, youthful, clear and vibrant genital skin appearance through boosting collagen.”
I am not a scientist. But neither are the people who want to shoot -160 degree vapor mist at your gonads, probably. Here's a PG approximation of the guy doing the procedure:
According to Forbes, "damage and genitals are two words that should not go together." They conclude that—as the Love Mist seems to have zero backing from anything resembling scientific research—any effects might be merely psychological or definitely not worth the risk.
But are you really going to let Forbes, the liberal elite, "scientists," or "doctors" tell you how to get your rocks off?
Good morning, internet! We have another celebrity boob job rumor for you. (I know, it's all you've ever wanted. You're welcome.) The subject of today's controversy: this Instagram by Kylie Jenner.
Jenner posted a photo of herself wearing a crop top on Monday. And the internet's creepy weirdos are staring at it trying to figure out if she's had breast implants done.
(Note that she is wearing different clothes and standing a different way and these photos mean nothing.)
This isn't the first time Kylie Jenner (who is 19, by the way) has had to deal with her fans' strange obsession over what plastic surgery she may or may not have had. Last year she addressed yet another boob job rumor, saying:
No, people – I haven’t gotten breast implants! Everyone is obsessed with that. Truth is, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve gained 15 pounds and my body has changed; I’ve definitely filled out.
Look, I don't know if Kylie Jenner got a boob job or not. But guys, it's really none of our business. Instead of spending our time staring at Kylie's Instagram trying to figure out if her breasts have been enhanced, perhaps we should make time for new hobbies. Would anyone like to join a racquetball league?
Hollywood’s biggest night is the Super Bowl for non-sporty folk, an opportunity to get drunk on a Sunday and collectively scream at the TV. This year, the Academy nominated nine movies for Best Picture, humbly requesting that you spend approximately 27 hours consuming the content. We realize you may happen to have a life outside of the movie theater, so we at Someecards are here to help you with cheat sheets for the five Best Picture nominees you need to know about to fake your way through an Oscars watch-party.
Let's start with a movie that's certain to win for its unique ability to make Hollywood feel important for once: La La Land.
What Happens in La La Land:
It should go without saying there are SPOILERS AHEAD!
This modern musical stars beautiful, successful actress Emma Stone as a beautiful, struggling actress and broodingly handsome actor Ryan Gosling as a broodingly handsome jazz musician. La La Land has been celebrated for being beautiful, colorful and distracting from the world’s horrors. The main shtick is that La La Land matches full-scale production numbered with laid-back whispery singing to keep things “grounded.”
Take away the music and La La Land is one of the lamest stories ever told, but with the music, it's awesome.
Emma and Ryan's characters don’t end up together, because the real romance is between a person and their DREAMS!
Smart Things To Say About La La Land:
Choose your own opinion:
“This truly is a remarkable entry into the movie musical canon, both an homage and pushing the form!”
“I enjoyed it, but the conflict is nonexistent compared to that of an Important Pic like Moonlight.”
"A white dude saves jazz? Really?"
"Ryan Gosling's Sebastian is every pretentious guy I've ever had to sit through a date with—except handsome."
"We've got Fences and Hidden Figures and Moonlight and the documentaries but Jesus, #LaLaLandSoWhite."
"The songs got stuck in my head, but they barely made it into my heart."
“Such a ripoff of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, amirite?”
Stay tuned: We'll have a new cheat sheet every day leading up to Sunday.
A document detailing how to cast a spell that would bind Trump to all who abet him has been circulating the web in both private and public witchcraft groups, and even those who don't regularly practice the craft are seizing the opportunity to curse the president. There have been marches, petitions, and demonstrations against the Donald Trump, but is definitely the most magical way to #resist.
Fun for the entire Coven.
The ritual is to be done at the stroke of midnight on waning crescent moon ritual days, which are February 24th (midnight, Friday evening), March 26th, April 24th, May 23rd, June 21st (especially important as it is the summer solstice) etc. until Trump leaves office.
Will it work? Honestly, there is only one way to find out. But hey, you watch didn't Hocus Pocus a million times for nothing, so here is how to cast a spell on Donald Trump.
Supplies
Unflattering photo of Trump (aka any picture of Trump)
Tower tarot card.
Tiny stub of an orange candle (think one of Trump's fingers).
Pin or small nail
White candle, representing the element of Fire
Small bowl of water, representing elemental Water
Small bowl of salt, representing elemental Earth
Feather, representing the element of Air
Matches or lighter
Ashtray or dish of sand
Optional items include pyrite (or fool's gold), sulfur, and black thread. The document also says that you can substitute the orange candle for a baby carrot.
No comment for what that reminds us of.
Next, you carve the name "Donald J. Trump" into the orange candle (or carrot) with the pin, arrange the other items in a pleasing circle, and lean the tarot card on something so it is standing up vertically. Then, say a prayer for protection to your preferred deity (the document suggests the 23rd Psalm because it has connections to voodoo traditions). After that, it is time to cast the spell.
Ritual
(Light white candle)
Hear me, oh spirits Of Water, Earth, Fire, and Air Heavenly hosts Demons of the infernal realms And spirits of the ancestors
(Light inscribed orange candle stub)
I call upon you To bind Donald J. Trump So that he may fail utterly That he may do no harm To any human soul Nor any tree Animal Rock Stream or Sea
Bind him so that he shall not break our polity Usurp our liberty Or fill our minds with hate, confusion, fear, or despair And bind, too, All those who enable his wickedness And those whose mouths speak his poisonous lies
I beseech thee, spirits, bind all of them As with chains of iron Bind their malicious tongues Strike down their towers of vanity
(Invert Tower tarot card)
I beseech thee in my name (Say your full name) In the name of all who walk Crawl, swim, or fly Of all the trees, the forests, Streams, deserts, Rivers and seas In the name of Justice And Liberty And Love And Equality And Peace
Bind them in chains Bind their tongues Bind their works Bind their wickedness
At this point, you are to light the picture of Donald Trump on fire and let it burn until it turns to ash as you passionately exclaim "so mote it be!" three times. If you do not like that phrase, you can exchange it for one of Trump's signature catch phrases, such as "You're fired!" Then you snuff out the white candle and end the ritual.
Tada!
After performing the ritual, the document says it is important to have a good laugh at Trump's expense (think about how much he would hate being laughed at) and have a bite to eat (but not that carrot, though) because all that spell-casting is hard work. Then you are to discard the orange candle by burying it, discarding it at a crossroads, or in running water.
The document also outlines alternatives and advanced versions of the spell, which could be read here. It also answers questions that I, a mere muggle, am unable to answer.
Just in time for Sunday's Oscars awards, Seth Meyers, the host of Late Night, has made a trailer for a movie designed to catch the attention of the Academy. The first clue? Well, it's called Oscar Bait.
As the voiceover says, "Oscar Bait checks off all the boxes: racial tension, latent homosexuality, and a man staring at trains." It's also got a main character trying to overcome a (ridiculous) disease, artistic shots of a man's hand touching wheat, and more crying than a funeral.
Wow, that really is all the boxes! Well, just about all—there doesn't seem to be any singing or dancing. Good luck beating La La Land, Oscar Bait.
A Stamford, Connecticut couple were horrified over Martin Luther King Day weekend to discover that some racist vandal had spray-painted the N-word in huge letters on their garage door. This was clearly no random act of graffiti, because the homeowners in question, Lexene Charles and Heather Lindsay, are an interracial couple.
Lexene Charles and Heather Lindsay.
Five weeks later, the word is still there. WABC reports that Charles and Lindsay have refused to remove it until the Stamford Police Department catches whoever is responsible, or at least opens an active investigation. And the neighbors are starting to complain.
Quite an eyesore.
Now, the city has slapped the couple with a $100 Notice of Blight Violation. Civil rights groups including the Connecticut NAACP support Charles and Lindsay, saying this is just another example of government trying to sweep a hate crime under the rug. But the Stamford Police disagree.
They claim that they interviewed neighbors and did everything they could to find who was responsible for the graffiti, but dropped the investigation due to a complete lack of evidence. They also claim that they immediately offered to cover up the offensive paint, but were refused.
Here's the full report from WABC.
The debate over this crime is far from over. But regardless of who comes out on top, it's clear that this horrible act of vandalism has exposed underlying racial tensions that make this community very uncomfortable.
On Wednesday, pop singer Demi Lovato was a guest on Ellen DeGeneres' show, where they played "Su'Move It, Move It" (the same game she played with Jennifer Aniston). In the game, players put on giant inflatable sumo wrestler suits and try to act out things like yoga, cheerleading, weightlifting, and so on. Of course, it's not as easy to use your body for charades when you're encased in a big bulky circle.
Ellen sure loves the hell out of these sumo wrestler suits. Demi Lovato, it seems, maybe not so much.
EHarmony in the UK conducted a survey to find out the biggest reasons couples fight, in what would also make a really enticing episode of Family Feud.
While TV shows would have you believe that the biggest issue facing couples is sex (rather, a lack of it), bodily needs don't show up until #10 on the eHarmony list. When it comes to relationships, turns out people worry about things like being seen and heard, except when what you're hearing is snoring.
How many of you and your loved one's arguments have cracked eHarmony's top 10?
1. Not listening (47% of people have fought about it)
Welp. Here's another scary thing you need to look out for.
As 19-year-old Ashley Hardacre was getting into her car after working her closing shift at a mall in Flint, Michigan, she noticed that someone had left a flannel shirt on her windshield.
Though a shirt on a windshield seems innocent enough, the teen believes it may have been part of a scary plot to kidnap her. She detailed the incident in a Facebook post, which quickly went viral.
As some of you know I work at a store in the Mall out in flint. I worked a closing shift tonight so me and the girls I...
"I got to my car and locked the doors behind me immediately as I always do and noticed that there was a blue flannel shirt on my windshield. There were two cars near me and one was running so I immediately felt uneasy and knew I couldn't get out to get it off," Hardacre wrote.
"At first I thought maybe someone had just thrown it on my car for some odd reason. I used my windshield wipers to try to get them off but the shirt was completely wrapped around my wiper blade," she continued.
Luckily, the teen had seen posts on social media about similar incidents and had the good sense to wait until she had driven to a safe location to stop and get the shirt off her windshield. She can't help but believe that someone had put it there for a reason.
"I don't know why the shirt was on my car but it had to have been intentional the way it was put on there," she wrote on Facebook. "I really can't think of another reason as to why someone would put it on my car."
She went on to say that finding the shirt on her windshield "definitely frightened me a little bit."
Hardacre says she wanted to share the incident on Facebook to make other young women aware of tactics that might be used to lure them out of their cars.
“I posted about the incident to inform others that it can happen to anyone and that they shouldn’t fall for it,” Hardacre told CBS News. “A lot of people think it is fake or it won’t happen to them. But you can never be too safe.”
Teen posts viral warning about scary new kidnapper tactic after she's almost abducted.Flint Township Police Sergeant Brad Wangler said he reached out to Hardacre after he saw her post.
"Nothing like this has ever happened before," he told CBS News. "There have been no other incidences like this. It's kind of unknown as to what or why or who [did this]."
Hardacre says she'll be asking mall security or police officers to escort her to her car after work from now on. Probably a good idea.
On Wednesday, Ivanka Trump treated her five-year-old daughter to arguments at the Supreme Court, getting VIP seats to the debate, "Do Arbitration Agreements between Nursing Homes and Patients Violate Public Policy or are they enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act." Fun!
The photo op at the highest court in the land was posted to Twitter with a pro-judiciary message that is shocking coming from Trump.
Arabella & me at the Supreme Court today. I'm grateful for the opportunity to teach her about the judicial system in our country firsthand. pic.twitter.com/1YXHyZ9ADZ
On February 13, the world was slightly shocked by news that actor/treasure hunter/space pirate Harrison Ford was involved in a serious incident while landing his private plane at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California. But until now, fans had to content themselves with boring FAA descriptions of this major f***up. Thankfully, video of the near-miss has finally been released.
In the clip, Ford's single-engine Husky can be seen swooping dangerously low over a 737 passenger jet as it was taxiing on the runway. If it doesn't look like much to you, that's because you've been watching too many Harrison Ford movies.
Air traffic controllers cleared the pilot of a single-engine Aviat Husky to land on Runway 20L at John Wayne Airport Monday afternoon. The pilot correctly read back the clearance. The pilot then landed on a taxiway that runs parallel to the runway, overflying a Boeing 737 that was holding short of the runway. The FAA is investigating this incident.
That's a big deal. (Ford also reportedly asked controllers, “Was that airliner meant to be underneath me?”) If he had made the same mixup seconds later, he could have blown up both planes. It's possible he could lose his pilot's license over this, after more than 50 years of flying and collecting vintage planes.
Harrison Ford is a legendary movie star and a personal favorite of many people, including your author. He clearly doesn't mean any harm, but it may be time for the 74-year-old to give up his favorite hobby.
George Clooney is for sure a card-carrying member of the "Hollywood elite." But he has turned the tables on Trump supporters who use the term "Hollywood elitists" to shut down members of the film industry who speak out against the President and his cabinet, Entertainment Weekly reports.
ICYMI: Over the course of his campaign and early Presidency, Donald Trump has wracked up a whole lot of hate from Hollywood ac-tors and other voices of the film industry. As a prime example, Clooney's close pal Meryl Streep criticized the President at the Golden Globes, and he shot back by calling her "overrated."
The rivalry makes sense since "The Arts" tend to lean left, giving rise to the term "Hollywood elitists.""What would THEY know about the plight of the common American?!"
You know, this kind of thing:
#TrumpRally He is not with the Hollywood elite:Jay-Z, billionaire Cuban,media Tapper,or Washington swamps.He is with us- the American people pic.twitter.com/spaHaIVFVc
Here's the thing, as Clooney pointed out in an interview this week with French news network Canal+, that argument doesn't quite hold up in the case of our current President.
“When Meryl spoke, everyone on that one side was, ‘Well that’s elitist Hollywood speaking,'” Clooney said. “Donald Trump has 22 acting credits in television… He collects $120,000 a year in his Screen Actors Guild pension fund. He is a Hollywood elitist.”
The Cloones is right about Trump, who hosted NBC's The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice and has appeared in a whole bunch of TV shows and movies, including Home Alone 2 and Zoolander.
George Clooney also pointed out that Trump's chief advisor, Steve Bannon, is a member of the Hollywood elite "club" as well. “Steve Bannon is a failed film writer and director," he said. "That’s the truth, that’s what he’s done. He wrote a Shakespearean rap musical about the L.A. riots that he couldn’t get made. He made a lot of money off of Seinfeld. He’s elitist Hollywood, I mean that’s the reality.”
Damn, George. Great points. Handsome and clever? Too bad he's hella taken.
Grandmas are so sweet, aren't they? From knitting sweaters to force feeding you way too much food, most grandmothers just love to shower their grandkids in love and carbohydrates. They are also infamous for giving gifts just as sweet as their home baked goods, so when painter Henry Fraser received a birthday card from his grandma that at first seemed complimentary, but at second glance was totally insulting, he was totally caught off guard. Let's just put it this way— it's even shadier than receiving an ugly, itchy sweater.
Take a close look.
Got this birthday card from my grandma. The sentiment is beautiful, but she didn't realise what the card was trying to say! 🙈😂pic.twitter.com/QbBFaj5d1C
Of course, Fraser's granny totally meant well by sending the card, and the mistake is as innocent as it is hilarious (we think).
Fraser cultivated an internet following after uploading videos of himself painting with his mouth. Fraser was left paralyzed from the shoulders down after a diving accident in 2009.
Here's a teenage patient who's apparently seen Dr. Pimple Popper a.k.a. dermatologist Dr. Sandra Lee. The poor guy has acne, and his blackhead extractions, when done by his mom, are both painful and stubborn. With Dr. Pimple Popper, the blackheads are just stubborn. But no match for Dr. Lee, obviously.
For some popping video fans, huge cysts are the Holy Grail, but for others, it's these little blackheads that really get their hearts pumping. There's truly nothing more satisfying than watching someone squeezing tiny dirt worms out of their little hole homes, leaving behind clean pores. Just waiting to fill up again and get popped again. See all you popping fanatics next time.
Heads up, Instafans—your Instagram feed is about to get way more cluttered. The Instagram app introduced a new feature where users can attach up to 10 photos or videos to a post. That means each post is basically a mini-album. THAT MEANS SO MANY MORE BRUNCH/DOG/BABY PICTURES, Y'ALL. You'll be drowning in them.
According to Mashable, the multiple upload feature was first spotted in the beta version of the update, earlier this February. It's being rolled out now, though, and will reportedly be live in every country within the next few weeks.
I updated my Instagram app and found the new "multiple" feature available to me (to hate on). Here's how it works: To upload an album, tap the "select multiple" option on the upload screen.
Get ready for so many dog and sunset and baby and food pictures, Instafiends.
After clicking, you'll get instructions to include up to 10 pictures or videos just by clicking on them. And yes, you can add a filter to each one, and change around the order.
Now alllll those photos will be crammed into the tiny space that was once dedicated to a single image.
Neatniks and clutter haters, are you losing your mind yet?
In an era of "fake news" and outright hatred for the media, storied newspaper The Washington Post has added a mission statement to the top of its website. The phrase has struck some readers as perhaps a little... shall we say, musical?
"Democracy Dies in Darkness," according to the Washington Post's communications director, "is actually something we've said internally for a long time in speaking about our mission."
“We thought it would be a good, concise value statement that conveys who we are to the many millions of readers who have come to us for the first time over the last year.”
It's a good thing they're confident in it. Because they must have known it would be quickly photoshopped into a hundred thousand alternative slogans for the entire internet to LOL @. Here's a few of the funniest:
Congratulations are in order for Nick Cannon and Brittany Bell (the former Miss Arizona USA)! They are now the proud parents of a baby boy born February 21, who they've named Golden. As in, Stay Gold…en.
To quote the great Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt theme song, "Females are strong as hell." This is especially true of pregnant females.
One man recently learned just how much strength it requires to carry a tiny human inside you when he donned a fake belly at CrossFit to see what exercising is like for his pregnant wife.
Blake Milchuck is rightfully impressed that his wife is still crushing her CrossFit workouts at 37 weeks pregnant. For a recent workout, he strapped a 14lb medicine ball around his torso to get a feel for what exercising is like for her.
He posted a series of videos of his "pregnant" gym session to Instagram. Needless to say, he had a bit of a rough time.
"@kmilchuck is a gadass and still hitting the gym, figured I could be a good sport and see what it's like #37weeks #14lbbaby #noteasy," he captioned the video.
#noteasy indeed. And unlike his wife, he gets to take that baby bump off whenever he feels like it. It seems like Milchuck has a pretty good appreciation for how badass his wife is anyway, but we're glad his workout was able to reaffirm that for him.
Does anyone else feel like these two are going to raise the fittest, most athletic baby who ever lived?
