AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Member

I'm hyperlexic, autistic, and reading is my stim. So I read way more than the average person. Like, in 23, my Kindle says I read 872 titles. That doesn't count books I read on my computer, or paper books I read. So I'm probably somewhere close to a thousand, allowing for that. Yeah, I know, I'm a freak, lol. It helps that…

Happy Birthday to Yooly! We have had very high heat and humidity and it has not been good for me. I am not yet out of the habit of reaching for carbs when I feel physically bad. But the heat will be better this week, so I'm hoping to do better diet-wise and get the house back in order, because it is not in order and that…

Yeah, mad cells are a bad thing. I had some in my thyroid when they took it out, so now I get to get regular blood tests just to be sure none are anywhere else. (Very low possibility, so I don't worry.) I hope that all goes well with the mastectomy. I've seen some beautiful body art done over mastectomy scars, and I say…

I did a deep clean of the sitting room yesterday, and today I'm going to do a lot of sitting and reading and letting my back get over moving furniture yesterday. I'm more and more aware that my body does not like hauling all the weight that is on it. It's a definite motivator to not put food in my mouth. Of course, I'm on…

(sigh) I wish I could eat vegetables. Today's been hard. But tomorrow is another day.

I find it easier to not eat at all than to eat a little, especially in the evening. I have discovered that I personally don't do very well eating a little bit in the evenings; I eat all of it. It is much simpler to eat a large dinner and let that be that. Especially in the heat of the summer, I find myself liking eating…

It wasn't terribly hot today, but it was hot enough that the high humidity was seriously oppressive.

There's also a spiralizer attachment for Kitchenaid mixers, if you want to go that route. I don't have one but I have their meat grinder and it works very well. And I adore my mixer. Eldest Son was here at dinnertime so I made burritos for Husband and Wife and Son and I had chicken and cheese quesadillas, since the griddle…

I admire your commitment to science, PAV. (giggle)

I am eating different today owing to getting up too early. So I'm having two meals and then not dinner. We'll see how this rolls for me. Chicken quesadillas are a fine meal to end with, though. I always forget how simple and tasty they are.

One good thing is that tomorrow is another day. I'm up in the wee hours again cause a certain puppy had to do her business in the middle of the night. I look forward to her growing up to where she can sleep all night. So I will have some tea and wake up and then see what sort of productive and useful I can be before…

Heat index yesterday was 104, which is 91 with 83% humidity. Today is supposed to be much the same. Therefore I got up at two am and did the necessary housecleaning stuff downstairs and ran two loads of dishes and cleaned up the kitchen, so everything is tidy and peaceful here. And yes, now that it is 8:30 and other people…

Tonight they are having taquitos, which, having been made and frozen ahead of the heat wave here, just require warming up. I may have a taco salad or I may have one of the frozen lunches I put out in the freezer. We'll see what appeals around dinner time. I'm not quite ready to do a full "I'm not eating till tomorrow" sort…

I made samosas, and chicken tikka, and saag, and rice, and naan. And raita, of course. And it was tasty. But this was also my one meal today, so I can afford the calories. It's honestly hot enough that I'm not really inclined to eat...just sort of zone out and read on the couch and drink lots of ice water.

Tonight we're supposed to have Chicken Tikka, and I was going to do some onion fritters and samosas, if I want to go to the trouble. On the one hand, making pastry, making fillings, shaping....eh, it's a lot of work. On the other hand, samosas. The chicken's frozen in the marinade, so I just have to thaw it and grill it…

Dissociative identity disorder. Used to be called Multiple Personality Disorder.

A storm front went through. Therefore I had a migraine. (sigh) We're just all trying to get by. Husband uncovered the root traumatic cause of his DID this week and yep, it's what the books refer to as the usual cause of DID. Now he has to decide what as a grown man to do about it. I'm trying to be supportive without…

Tonight was either beef with broccoli and rice (For them who can eat it) or pepper steak and rice. They had egg rolls, I had none. Then I had some chocolate and I was done for the day. People say IF will cure IBS. That'd be nice. I miss eating egg rolls and Himmel un Erde like my grandma made (cabbage, onions, apples, and…

Hi! I'm Alexandra or Alex, and I am a 51 year old cis woman. I started this journey in 2020 at 298 pounds, and took off 60 pounds with pure CICO. But it wasn't easy. I've never liked eating breakfast, and having severe morning sickness with my kids just made that worse. And I discovered that I'm no good at snacking. I like…

Make sure you are having protein and fat with your dinner, to increase satiety, and finish with some sort of dessert. I found that worked much better for me than any evening snacks, because apparently in the evening if I eat I'm going to eat ALL OF IT. (sigh) I do better with eliminating snacks in the evening altogether.…

Today was a chicken and cheese quesadilla and a side of chips and then two scoops of chocolate chip icecream. And I'm good. I have no idea what I'm going to have tomorrow; probably do some cleaning out of what I had put up for lunches, since I'm eating lunch less frequently these days.

Well, they want to be good dogs, and all I have to do is show them what I want them to do so they can be good dogs. Crate training is useful for vet visits and traveling, and if I have the plumber in, for example, I'll crate the dogs. Then he can open the door as much as he needs to, he doesn't have someone "helping" him,…

Weighing every day for two years as I lost weight gave me the data I needed. Now when I get up in the morning in the third week of the month and suddenly weigh three pounds more than yesterday, I know exactly what's going on. Often that's the first PMS symptom I have.

Aldi's has cheese sticks that are monterey jack with habaneros in them. I buy them for my partners, as I don't do heat very well. Last night we went to bed late because he went out to a meeting, and after I let them out at ten, both dogs came in the front rooms, went into their crates, and went to sleep very pointedly. Ok.…

The puppy wanted to start the day at 4:30 am. (headdesk) So I let her out, waited till she was done with her business, and let her back in and went back to bed. 7:30 is a far more sensible time to get up. I have hopes that this will not be a regular thing as she grows up and gets bigger. We have also discovered the wonders…

We had a severe mental health crisis that was set off by some (expletive deleted) shooting off fireworks, including four of the house-rattling big shells, at irregular intervals from 11pm-1 am on Saturday night, thereby destroying his night's sleep, and then his anxiety spinning up whether or not he could sleep....which…

Staying with my eating plan, and working in exercise as my joints and weightbearing time will permit.

When I started, I wrote down my goals, and once a week I go back and say them aloud so that I hear them and keep buying into them. I also add things that I have changed and like, like "I like having the energy to not need to rest between cooking dinner and cleaning up the kitchen." "I like being able to walk the dog for a…

I want to prove I can lose the weight without surgery or without being ridiculous or extreme or starving myself, or all that other silly stuff. And that I was right, my breasts are not small, and they only look average next to my belly and hips. So I'll lose another 80 pounds and we'll see if they'll do the surgery I want…

I seem to be doing okay with one meal a day and accepting that I'm going to be sluggish afterwards. It's seven at night; I've not got much planned beyond reading another book and letting the dogs in and out a couple times before they go in their crates for the night at ten and I go up to bed. Tonight was roasted chicken…