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““The album is also a good reminder of the obvious point that K-Pop comes from Black American music.
Yeah, for sure. And a lot of times too, you don't get K-pop compilations like this where these bands are on the same album as each other. With these groups and these solo acts, I don't know if it's ever been done like this before. So we wanted to do something that hadn't been done and at the same time, like you said, remind people what this really is.

Which is?
It's definitely Black music, R&B music, hip hop. And a lot of times with the K-pop music it's their interpretation of it, and we've seen it before -- everybody's interpretation, whether it's K-pop or within Indian music. There's been so many different times where it's been done. And I think the intriguing part with the whole thing is seeing people's interpretation of it and how they do it. But I think it's about respecting the culture and the music and paying homage as well, so that it'll take care of you in the long run.”

Excerpt From
“Inside Anderson .Paak’s K-Pop Album: ‘This is More Than a Soundtrack’”
Brian Hiatt
Rolling Stone
https://apple.news/A\_hGdUmeZSxO9Kdvnvzn2bw
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I have been on this multi-month journey to build are the supporting structures up in my knees to get rid of the pain triggers. And to date I have mostly been doing training that is in the front to back plane, and not side to side. And then I started seeing all these things about how rotation, power, and being able to move loads through a wider range of motion are things that decline with age, but are good for longevity.

If you are taking a longevity lens to your movement patterns, what other things are you doing to maintain or improving power, explosiveness and strength through the range of motion.

I am about 7ish months into my Zepbound journey right now. I came into this with a health goals/outcomes. I also had a goal of some weight loss. The goal was based around what number I thought was reasonable for my aesthetic and size goals. 

[NOTE: I have health goals, but this post is long enough, no need to dive into those, and I'll probably hit them well before the scale/body composition changes).

Now I feel like I am kind of at an impasse.  I have not lost many pounds, it definitely feels like my scale goal is out of reach.

But what has me rethinking the scale goals even more (besides slow progress) is current visual change, body recomposition progress, and seeing what is happening with my celeb role models.

I just saw a photo of myself from the weekend, and it was surprising. What is really really strange to me at the moment, is my face. I am a round-faced woman. The kind of face where cheek pinching never ends. My face, and more acutely my neck are slimmer than they have ever been in my life. Even when I was younger and lighter. The change in my neck is very odd to me, as I have always had a chubby one. This must be a Zepbound exclusive. (Note: I am still a bit heavier than the weight I had settled at for most of adulthood, but this trip to this weight I am smaller in measurements than I was at the lower weight)

I can also see a lot of recomposition is happening without the scale. ‼️I see it all over the place in my body, gradually. I have a dexascan in a few more weeks, and I am actually up a few pounds compared to 3 months ago, but most of my measurements are down, so it'll be interesting to see what it reveals.

But the last thing that has me rethinking the number is somewhat recomposition related. I have a few "goal" celebrity body doubles. I like to have some visuals to help me understand what is realistic, and of course just what other people look like. 

The two main ones are my height, similarly proportioned. One is around a decade older, one is about a decade younger.

Celeb one: they went on a weight loss journey, and they started maybe a size or so smaller than what my typical adult weight was or roughly my college size. They have been visibly slimmer for the last decade or so after losing weight. They are lighter my goal, large for Hollywood, but a good match for proportions/visuals.

Celeb two: when they came out they were basically my normal adult size. So perfect person to follow for fashion ideas! Over the last few years they have been on a slow body recomposition journey, post pregnancy. After some time, the are looking quite a bit smaller than before. Smaller in the sense of they have gained muscle and become more compact along the way. 

They recently shared a photo, which is what I would call my "goal" give or take.

And they are much heavier than my goal. Which is 🤯. I absolutely thought I would need to lose more on the scale to get to that point. And maybe I don't. So this has me rethinking the scale part of my goals. It might be possible to hit my goal measurements at a higher weight than I thought was possible, continuing to focus on the recomposition side of things.

Is anyone going through similar mental math?

EDIT: original goal weight was solidly in the middle to upper end of overweight BMI, and revising looks like obese BMI. I have a goal of being somewhat smaller. But not small. Nor a restrictive path to get there, nothing more than a moderate amount of exercise per week.