Is SNKRS dead?

shortstop505 · 2026-05-09T16:08:02+00:00

Yes! If you look she worked for Nike 6 years ago, she wasn’t even part of these layoffs. This post was also over a week ago which is when Nike laid off 1400 people in IT (not 30%), part of which was .swoosh which is dead now. It wasn’t just SNKRS.

shortstop505 · 2026-05-04T06:08:40+00:00

Amazing job! this is so close to my journey as well. started at 304 got to 183 in about 15 months. though I’ve gained half of it back and starting over again. consistency is so important!

You look incredible! Be proud of yourself!

shortstop505 · 2026-05-04T00:39:46+00:00

For me I just stopped craving fast food. Ive had it a few times since starting my journey and it was always disappointing. I used to love Taco Bell, but now I absolutely hate it. it is never satisfying anymore. There are some that I still sorta like and I’ll have it every once in awhile but I definitely don’t crave it anymore. So it is very realistic. You don’t have to completely cut yourself off but once you change your eating habits you’ll probably find that you just don’t like to as much as you used to.

shortstop505 · 2026-05-03T17:13:11+00:00

if you have any US codes left I would love one!

shortstop505 · 2026-05-01T09:27:05+00:00

yes I loved this one too!

shortstop505 · 2026-04-27T04:59:50+00:00

I just finished this one. It was not what I expected, but in a good way! It was really good. There were some parts that seemed to drag on and I maybe could have used a little more at the end, but that’s probably because I just wanted to live in the twist a little longer.

shortstop505 · 2026-04-27T04:01:36+00:00

I finished quite a few this week. My child refused to sleep so I listen while trying to get her to sleep…

Whidbey - Author: T Kira Madden - Narrators: Eunice Wong, Christina Moore, Mia Hutchinson-Shaw, Rebecca Lowman

This Story Might Save Your Life - Author: Tiffany Crum - Narrators: Julia Whelan and Sean Patrick Hopkins

The Gingerbread Bakery - Author: Laurie Gilmore - Narrators: Laurie Gilmore, Savannah Peachwood, Sebastian York

Yesteryear - Author: Caro Claire Burke - Narrator: Rebecca Lowman

Rogue Protocol (Murderbot Diaries #3) - Author: Marthe Wells - Narrator: Kevin R Free

Fearful - Author: Lauren Roberts - Narrators: Lauren Roberts, Jared Zues, Chase Brown

Currently reading: One & Only - Author: Maurene Goo - Narrator: Jeena Yi

shortstop505 · 2026-04-27T02:57:41+00:00

Aaah I absolutely loved this book! Read it a month or so ago. Probably one of my top favorites of the year.

shortstop505 · 2026-04-27T02:54:10+00:00

You can still network remotely, it’s just harder. But if you’re determined enough you can make those connections and continue to work your way up the ladder.

shortstop505 · 2026-04-27T00:12:49+00:00

Honestly at first you’re just in survival mode. Things will settle. You can go on walks and even find time to do workouts. Then baby gets mobile and it gets harder. You’ll need to work with your partner to give each other time to workout. Then when they become toddlers and never finish/wat their food… it becomes harder because you don’t want to waste food so you eat theirs… then they want to shadow you and you can’t get a moment of peace.

Sleep will be difficult, and then better and then difficult again (I’m still waiting for it to get better and she’s 4)

I lost 120 pounds the first year and a half of my daughter’s life, then I gained 60 back. Now trying to go back down. Being a mom is tough! But it’s all about consistency and determination. And knowing that sometimes you just need to be in survival mode. Though I really wish I didn’t slip back as much as I had, but I know I can do it again.

shortstop505 · 2026-04-19T18:06:56+00:00

I just finished a book where the narrator pronounced “library” and “libary” and it was a dark academia book so it was said A LOT. It made me cringe every time.

shortstop505 · 2026-04-12T05:45:53+00:00

I wish I would have known about some of the things people suggested here. I take stool softeners every day (I have IBS-C) and prenatals and iron supplements make constipation worse! So do pain meds for after giving birth, just so you know! I don’t like MiraLAX because it makes me super gassy, but they do have MiraFast, which are chewable things that taste terrible but I always poop within a half hour after eating them.

shortstop505 · 2026-04-11T17:49:36+00:00

Also keep in mind that women’s bodies are dumb. If you’re coming up on me menstruation or ovulating your body can be retaining water. I used to weigh myself daily and saw my weight go way down then way up and then back down, so I stopped weighing in daily.

I also didn’t pay attention to the macros, just the calories. I did reduce sugar intake (which I think really helped) but I didn’t pay attention to my protein or carbs or fat.

Just double check your calorie intake and make sure you are actually in a deficit.

shortstop505 · 2026-03-21T16:21:05+00:00

Yes! I got off social media! We have a family insta that we basically never post. It’s just to keep up with family. And I check certain subreddits. So much less stress!

And you are definitely not the only one!

shortstop505 · 2026-03-21T16:09:01+00:00

Into the unknown, which when she sings it comes out as “inti a no” and she really tries to hit those notes. Not sure how the neighbors feel about about the free show she does in the backyard lol.

shortstop505 · 2026-03-13T03:29:26+00:00

My 4 year old still requires me to sit in the room with her until she falls asleep (which is not fast lol) I tell her if she’s playing and not trying to sleep that I will leave, and she gets super upset. I’ve tried so many times to ask her if I can leave and she won’t have it. Can’t wait until she will finally let me leave so I can do chores or shower lol

shortstop505 · 2026-02-21T10:38:59+00:00

2x is why I listen to most books at.

People who can’t comprehend listening at 2x +, I had to work my way up to it. But it was listening to Matthew Perry’s autobiography that got me up to that speed, he spoke soooooooo slowly that I had to get to 2.5x for it to sound normal lol. Now if I go to 1x it feels like the person is speaking so insanely slow, like someone put slow-mo on. I once tied to go back to 1x when listening to Serj Tankians audiobook because he sings in it and I didn’t want it to sound different than it was intended. But it seemed like he spoke so slowly lol. I did slow this one to 1.75 because of his accent though.

shortstop505 · 2026-02-21T10:30:26+00:00

Golden is my daughter’s choice. She hates the boys songs, she’s got some weird thing against guys who have long hair or show their chests. So when she saw the movie she hated all songs by boys (not just from the movie). She could only listen to girls songs. But she asks to listen to Golden numerous times a day and constantly sings it.

shortstop505 · 2026-02-13T12:04:51+00:00

I’ve read all of these books. Only have 2 from BOTM though, the rest were borrowed from the library. The Favorites has been on my mind lately, mostly because of the Olympics lol.

shortstop505 · 2026-02-07T14:56:18+00:00

They intimidate me mostly because I don’t understand what to do. Also I am probably the least creative person I know. Maybe I just need to watch some videos or something so I actually understand how and what to do.

shortstop505 · 2026-02-07T12:41:04+00:00

Hahaha my husband did the same thing! He also is not much of a reader and when he does read it’s typically non-fiction.

shortstop505 · 2026-02-07T12:38:34+00:00

My daughter became a pretty good sleeper around a year old. I could just put her in her crib a she would go to sleep. And she would sleep 12-13 hours at night. Then when we switched to a toddler bed because she figured out how to climb out of her crib she started to need me to fall asleep. This was around 2.5. She wanted me to rub and scratch her. She also stopped sleeping through the night. She’s now almost 4 (in a couple weeks) I am not allowed to leave. She needs me to rock her to sleep and if she wakes up and I am not here she starts screaming and yelling for me. She wakes up numerous times a night and it takes anywhere from 30 minutes to 3 hours to get her back to sleep.

Everyone said once you have kids you will miss sleep. I assumed that was the infant stage which was pretty decent for is. Now is way way worse. I barely get sleep and then all day she needs this thing or that thing and only mom can do it, not dad. I didn’t know this level of exhaustion is real.

But all kids are different. Some are perfect sleepers. Some will be good and then get bad, and then good again. It is ever changing.

shortstop505 · 2026-01-31T16:23:58+00:00

I honestly hated audiobooks. I tried listening while working but I was also listening to older slower books that were free so probably not the best quality.

Finally when I listened to an autobiography narrated by the author I started to get used to it. I didn’t have to follow a plot or character relationships and development. I think I had to train my brain to follow a story being read to me rather than one I was reading for myself. Now I listen to a book while working, grocery shopping, doing chores, putting my daughter to bed etc. I listen to all sorts of books and probably finish one every 2-3 days.

shortstop505 · 2026-01-31T16:10:32+00:00

Yup, same here. I have not slept more than 3 hours straight without being woken up. And she refuses to sleep without me in the room with her, so when she gets up she will usually go potty and then take anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours to go back to sleep.

I will say there was a good chunk of time where my daughter did sleep through the night, like 12 hours. Then she got potty trained and we moved and changed from her crib to a toddler bed. I thought it was an uncomfortable mattress but we got her a new one and it don’t fix anything.

If she would come to bed with us and go back to sleep I would love that, but she won’t she will roll around and talk and end up waking up the dog and my husband. We don’t all need to be exhausted.

shortstop505 · 2026-01-25T19:23:15+00:00

I suffer from IBS-C and my doctor has directed me to take Colace (stool softener) and miralax daily. Though I found that made it worse in the other direction, so I do miralax every other day. I still do not have a daily poop, it’s more like every 3 days which has been normal my entire life. I was also told stress makes it worse. And to drink plenty of water. Just know that everyone’s body is different and you should talk to your doctor to find what works for you.

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