AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Member

Girlfriend has decided to eat keto, so I am slowly revamping some things in the light of the fact that I'm the only one who will be eating any of them at all. Tonight was carnitas, and there was much rejoicing, for they were tasty. I'm attempting to just hold my ground because I am out of my ADHD med, and therefore I want…

I won't be. I've had to largely give up nightshades. They make my arthritis worse. A little red salsa here and there, the occasional indulgence in marinara, but largely I've stepped away from potatoes. Today's not a great day for me physically so it's just as well lunch is just waiting for me to eat it. We may get delivery…

Tonight was crunchwraps, which are probably about the calorie cost for us of a burrito and a small bag of fritos, because we only eat half of them. And since I make them they are real food with real meat and cheese in them, and so that is satisfying. Plus, people can have just what they want in them. Green sauce and lots…

It was a nice day here too! I got all the laundry done and folded and put away, in between letting the good Sergeant in and out and in and out. Also got the signs for the gates hung up (Dog in yard, please close gate) on the front gates. There's one on either side of the house, because I kept getting annoyed about having…

Sergeant Pickles is a lot happier now that we have his yard fenced and he has freedom from the long line. 5 foot coated chain link. It looks very nice. I did have to tell him this morning that it would be better if he saved his opinion on the issue he was talking about until the sun was up. (grin) If I keep myself busy…

Well, I am going to have to start watching calories as while I was focused on everything else, bad habits crept in. I suppose that as I did the bad habits for 49 years and the good habits for 2, it's understandable that the bad ones are easier to fall into. But I know what to do. Log my food and stay under 1350 and the…

I spent too long in a hoarded up house to feel good when things get cluttered and dusty. Put a chair together today to replace Fiance's desk chair, which broke. And I'm working on the waistband of a pair of underwear, having figured out how I want to fasten them, which affects how I make them.

And just in case you think I have it all together, I'm sitting here unable to do much because it seemed a good idea to take my muscle relaxant in the middle of the night and now at quarter to nine in the morning it has not worn off. So I am very....relaxed. Which isn't helpful for getting on with the laundry, you know!

My first wedding, when I was 23, I had the big white dress. Even this is to make our parents happy, but it's much simpler as befits two people who are each on their second marriage and are introverts from a family of introverts and people with disabilities, who don't want to mess around. So we can all come together, be…

I've been dealing with a lot of stuff and the weight has gone on a back burner. Plus making a couple of big serious life changes have the anxiety up until I figured some stuff out. (Stuff is figured out.) So we have a venue chosen and paid for and a date set, and now I can relax and just sew and work to get my dress and…

We are going down from low forties to 2 degrees above zero with -15 wind chills. Not looking forward to that. However, I did get something we've been looking forward to! It's not a traditional engagement ring, but I am not traditional, so it works. I wanted something that wouldn't get in the way of all the work I do with…

Cookies are what I'll be working on next week. A plate goes with me to my family on the 24th, the remains of the plate go to his family on the 25th, and my son wants a plates-worth packed so he can take it down to my aunt's on the 26th. No problem. That'll get them out of my house.

The hole is now healed so I'm back to normal eating. I'm not logging quite yet as I'm trying to get to where I can do that again. (Also haven't been weighing.) But I still fit in my hard pants, which is a good enough guide that I'm not doing too bad at maintaining. I think I've been recomping though, because before I had a…

Well, my girlfriend would back then have eaten the other half a pan. So yeah.

Had the problematic tooth pulled, and I feel way much better. I always am surprised when a chronic pain I was just living with eases how very much energy was being sucked up by coping with it. So today I did Under and Behind in the kitchen, which included moving the fridge out enough to sweep behind it. It's more awkward…

This is subtler but huge for me. Two nights ago, I made brownies, because we all needed a little special lift, and having had a tooth pulled a few days ago, that was a soft treat. I ate half one that night. I ate half one the next night. I may or may not have one tonight. This is a HUGE difference from before I started…

Well, he pulled the tooth. But he was very gentle and numbed me up well, so it was okay. And I had a milkshake made with half and half for dinner, which is not exactly standard but I feel like I had something solid, so that'll do. Soup never feels like I had a solid meal.

Tonight my partners are having enchiladas filled with pulled beef and beans. I don't know yet what I am having. It will depend on what happens at the dentist this afternoon regarding my upper left second molar, which has a hole in it. Worst case scenario, I'm having a slurry of pureed pot roast and bread roll soaked in…

I need to get the tree out and do the decorating. Yesterday I slept a lot of the day. I suspect it was the recent excitement catching up with me.

I went and ate with my mom, sons, my ex-husband and my mom's friend. (Yes, my ex and I are still friends.) It was just fine, but Mom as usual got all worked up about doing the meal, and inevitably muffed some things up. I think I'll do my own next year, as I prefer. Now to worry about the Christmas presents.

Apparently I overdid over the last couple days. It appears my Monday is going to be spent doing non-weightbearing activities. My feet are ANGRY. Too angry to wear shoes. Socks are being only barely tolerated.

I have to be careful with samosas. I can eat quite a few of those. But if I only thaw one and serve it with the rest of the meal, once I'm done with the meal, eh, I'm full, I don't want any more. We'll have samosas again next time we have curry, so I'm not deprived.

I did a lot of pre-cooking prep work yesterday, including freezing a lot of pork broth left after making pulled pork. It was so rich it set up into a jelly, so taking the fat off the top was easy. That will make nice sauces and gravies, and I know where it came from and know that it doesn't have extra salt or anything that…

Yes and no. Fiance is near a trauma anniversary and is not doing well in the mental health department. But we are managing it, and I got to the store today and did the shopping and got it all put away and the precooking started, so I'm pretty happy with today. I know I've lost some more weight because while my feet were…

I woke up at four am with a painfully misbehaving gut. So we can guess what sort of a day I'm going to have! (sigh) It's now six, and since the gut has settled down, I'm going back to bed for a few hours and then I'll try the day again.

I had three rolls of back fat. I now have two rolls and a crease. I call this progress. It's interesting because that lower back into hip area is really sort of the first place I'm starting to get a hint of what shape is under all the fat and saggy skin. I've never been at a healthy weight as an adult, so this is totally…

I had three rolls of back fat. I now have two rolls and a faint crease. I'm doing something right!

We got Sergeant Pickles bathed today. The only thing he dislikes about the whole thing is that he can't go out until he's dry. We give him a bath once a week with hypoallergenic soap and soothing conditioner, since he has some skin irritation when he's been out a lot. He LOVES his bath. He stands there and blinks and licks…

I honestly prefer Unf*ck Your Habitat to Flylady. The lady who wrote UFYH is much more understanding of the issues that come with chronic physical or mental illness, and of the paralysis of STUFF EVERYWHERE. Flylady felt very cutesy and a little overly religious to me. I'm sure that works for some people, but it doesn't…

I've done a lot of good cleaning today Under and Behind stuff, which makes me feel better. I now have a large bookcase to empty and dust. This is the downside of being a bibliophile.