I was traveling for work. I spent the morning in an interview and after lunch I had a 4 hour drive home. I didn't eat much at lunch because I just didn't. On the drive home I stopped at a gas station and didn't find anything that looked good for a snack but i bought jerky and cheese and some crackers, neither of which were to good so I didn't eat much of either. two hours down the road I was starving and decided to stop at a fast food place rather then stop at a sit down and be late getting home. Fast food was mediocre. I got home and was still hungry. Anyways lesson learned. Don't settle. Stop at a normal place I like and get something nutritious and good that I like rather than settling and eating more.

Packing to move, eventually. I have to be careful because if I get exhausted and have a flare, meals don't get cooked. That's why we had pizza last night, and why I had pizza for lunch. It works within my calories but it's not as satisfying as eating real, slow food.

The packing is progressing well. The plan is to put all the stuff-we-don't-actually-need-to-function in boxes and put it in the garage. Then we will go and find the new house. At that point, we have to sell this house, so we clear the tops of the desks and make the beds and have an open house so people can see it. Then, once it's sold, we can pack up everything else and stack it in the garage, and get the house stripped down to just furniture, and let the movers handle that.

The only things I want us to hand carry are my fine china, our large-screen TV, our computers (which have laptop bags anyway) and a large suitcase and a small overnight bag apiece. Our backs won't take moving a ton of stuff ourselves, and I know quite well that we'll be exhausted when this is all done.

Our two cats are going to go stay with his mom and dad from the time we pack up the kitchen to the point where we are in the new house and the furniture is where it's going to go, and we're just at the point of starting to open all the boxes and unpack ourselves. That will be easier on them and easier on us because we don't have to worry about anyone dashing out an open door, and they will come home to a new house where their things are already in place, and the beds are there to hide under until they feel like exploring the new house.

I'm also doing some food planning because I don't need to have my allergies go off in the middle of all this, and my partners will similarly need safe food to eat. I'm not going to so much worry about exact calories for those three to four days because I will be moving and working more than usual, but I eat so much less now that it's not as easy to overeat.

NovusDies wrote: »

I think today will be an excellent food day. I have had so much going on over the last few weeks that I have not been eating "my way" or the way I know works the best for me as much. Flexibility is important but there are definitely good, better, best versions of how to eat, at least for me. There are obviously poor ways to eat too that do not control hunger well at all. Anyway "good" is fine but I am looking forward to a "best" day. For me that is high protein, high fiber, high volume, and whatever on the fat and carbs. I have also been calorie creeping more than I should earlier in the day in the name of fueling all my morning exercise. Enough of that. I need some calories but not that much. It is funny how fast a food lie can take hold and sad how much losing an extra 280 calories early in the day can cause budgeting headaches later. Enough of my mental nonsense making things slightly harder! Time to point my compass back towards easier.

Soooo true! It seems like such a good idea at the time (and such a small amount) until dinner rolls around... Enjoy your "best" food day - no doubt it will feel great!

I'm having a terribly painful fibro flare and have decided to just eat maintenance today and be good to myself as much as I can.

NovusDies wrote: »

Second day back doing what I know works the best. Yesterday, despite burning more calories than anticipated, was an effortless deficit day. It is very important for me to accrue those days. They give me rest and remind me that when life needs me to be more flexible that those are the unusual days. I can get through most unusual days without much difficulty but some difficulty is not no difficulty.

It’s nice to have those great days when everything seems easier!...you are amazing!

@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 We get all of our extra stock bones from the local Asian supermarket if we need to bulk up what's in our freezer. You can usually find all sorts of goodies in the meat case there.

Too hot. Too humid.
I did get the front room thoroughly deep-cleaned. Deep cleaning is when you move furniture and sweep/mop Under and Behind everything, wiped out the grooves in the window tracks, and aired the room out before it got awful this morning. Upended the soft furniture and ran the upholstery tool and the crevice tool over the undersides, too. By the time I got done, it was time to make lunch. (Monday lunch is always chicken quesadillas, with or without extra jalapenos, depending on people's taste.) Made that, ate it, determined that these days I can't eat a chicken quesadilla AND chips at the same time, and realized it was too blessed hot to work on the kitchen and the library. Girlfriend came out of her room and did dishes, and that helped a lot. But I was sore from upending furniture (surprise surprise...) and so went and laid down for a couple hours because it was too blessed hot to get anything else done. I seriously look forward to getting the twin bed for our guest room because today I would have napped on it. The guest room is smaller and the a/c unit newer.
So I was still hot when I got up, and couldn't face cooking, so we got sandwiches. Then I sat around and gamed and drank lots of water, and felt blah. Until about nine-thirty, when everything cooled off and I could go clean the kitchen and the library. Going to wait to do the bathroom, the laundry room, the pantry, and the sunroom, though. I'm out of steam for today.