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JFT 8/14 - log food and water - Reintroduce Greek yogurt - Edit - Write - Run dishwasher - Figure out medical bill Biggest priority today is figuring out this medical billing issue. The first statement they sent me was messed up; they fixed it and sent me another one. I paid it, now they sent me a THIRD bill for the amount…

People who think it’s appropriate to play loud music from their cars/stereos with a thumping bass. This irks me at any time of day, but especially when it wakes me up at 3:45 am 😴😡

JFT 8/10 - Log food and water (really need to focus on the water) ✅ - Dishes ❌ - Write ❌ - Job hunt ❌ I did much better with water yesterday and I slept a little better last night. My stomach is causing me discomfort this morning though. Part of the elimination diet I’m on is to slowly eat larger and larger amounts of…

JFT 8/9 - log food and water ❌ - Work ✅ - Doctors appointment (new specialist, pretty anxious that she’s going to find yet another problem I have to deal with) ✅ - laundry (desperately need to get this done) ✅ - Dishes (also a desperate need) ❌ - Set aside one hour for writing-related tasks ❌ - look into career counseling…

JFT 8/9 - log food and water - Work - Doctors appointment (new specialist, pretty anxious that she’s going to find yet another problem I have to deal with) - laundry (desperately need to get this done) - Dishes (also a desperate need) - Set aside one hour for writing-related tasks - look into career counseling services…

I keep waking up at 4 am no matter what time I go to bed and then I can’t get back to sleep. Several days in a row now. Can’t drink caffeine because it gives me heart palpitations. I’m so tired and my head is killing me. But I have two jobs so… gotta suck it up and keep pushing.

Having to prioritize the job that pays my bills over the creative side business that actually makes me happy. Leading to the creative side business not making any money because I don’t have enough time/mental energy leftover to put into it. Also the bagel I planned to eat for breakfast was full of mold so now I have to go…

I have IBS as well. Still trying to figure out my triggers (in the midst of the low FODMAP diet). I am working with a dietician, but I’m still having a hard time gaining weight because she doesn’t believe it’s actually the food causing any of my symptoms. She just tells me to eat more fiber and drink more water. It’s so…

30 items on my work to-do list this week, plus 2 meetings and 3 medical appointments. And a bunch of stuff I need to do outside of work. And my writing business that desperately needs my attention. It’s only Tuesday and I’m already exhausted 😴

Goals for the week: - log food and water every day - Pay bills - Medical appointments (x3) - Renew vehicle registration Another busy work week ahead, mostly catching up on all the stuff I couldn’t get done last week. Also, my 5th book goes live on Amazon tomorrow 😁 Super excited, but need to put some time aside for…

Yet again my only goal is to get through the workday. I just took a short break and came back to ten new emails with new issues to figure out so it’s going to be a struggle. Then I promised I’d go to an event tonight with my mom so I won’t have much time to myself to unwind. I’m running on fumes and I’m sick of life…

Goals for 7/25 - log food and water ✅ - Pay medical bill ❌ - work ✅ - Look for a better job ❌ - Write ❌ - Do something to clean up around the house ❌ Too burnt out after a 10 hour workday to do anything useful or productive. And despite the extra hours I’m still miles behind where I need to be, so I get to look forward to…

Being forced to wear several different hats at work. My head is too small for all of these hats. Also losing weight I can’t afford to lose because stress kills my appetite and kicks my IBS symptoms into overdrive. So I get nausea and bloating on top of everything else. Which makes it harder to focus at work, which drives…

Goals for 7/24 - IT troubleshooting ✅ - Make it through the work day ✅ - Reserve tickets for Thursday workshop ✅ - Pay medical bill ❌ - Reschedule dentist appointment ✅ - Log food and water ✅ Goals for 7/25 - log food and water - Pay medical bill - work - Look for a better job - Write - Do something to clean up around the…

Goals for 7/24 - IT troubleshooting - Make it through the work day - Reserve tickets for Thursday workshop - Pay medical bill - Reschedule dentist appointment - Log food and water Feels like Thanksgiving with how much is on my plate at work this week. And I’m starting off with a bad night of sleep last night. Here we go…

Found out today that I’m going to be out of work for at least tomorrow, and maybe part of next week as well. The contract that I’m on expired today and there’s a problem getting the new contract in place. I guess it’s a good thing I have plenty of vacation hours built up so I can get paid. Still kind of scary though since…

@littleblackskirt I used to be close with my coworkers. Then the pandemic happened and now we barely see each other because all our positions went remote. They’re also a lot closer with each other than with me because I’m far and away the youngest person on the team and don’t have the same life experiences that they do…

Didn’t make very good food choices today - as in, I didn’t eat as much as I should have. Stress kills my appetite and I had a lot going on today. To add to my stress, today at work my boss said he was buying everyone lunch. I’m still doing this elimination diet with my doctor so I had to tell him I brought my own lunch…

Didn’t sleep well last night, massive headache this morning, and now I just made an incredibly large and stupid mistake at work that’s going to make this project deadline much more difficult to meet. Can I just hit “restart” on this day please?

Another long day/week ahead. Just going to keep logging my food and trying to drink enough water. I have to go into the office today, so wish me luck that I can hoist a smile on my face and pretend like I actually like my job 🤣

My only goals for today are to log my food and survive the workday. I’m being pulled in so many different directions at work I don’t even know which way is up. It feels like this week has been one giant drawn out Monday, and next week looks like it’s going to be even more ridiculously busy. My company talks about how they…

This whole week has felt like one drawn-out Monday. Crazy busy at work with next week looking even worse. IT problems making me fall even further behind. Medical bills that are way higher than I thought they would be and I need to figure out why. I’m exhausted but I still have so much to do. Oh, and I look like a hot mess…

Nutritionist has me following an elimination diet (cut out a bunch of stuff and then reintroduce things very slowly) to try and pinpoint IBS triggers, but I was forced to break it today because I ended up having to spend way more time at the office than planned and pretzels were the only food available to me. So now if I…

Giving myself a break from logging food. I’ve logged every other day this week, and most of what I’ve eaten has been pretty balanced. But today I started taking a different anxiety medication, which makes me super nauseous. Apparently that’s normal and I just have to live with it for about a week and then it will go away.…

Anxiety has been out of control today. Which has made my IBS issues kick into overdrive (no surprises there). That’s causing more anxiety, which causes more symptoms… and the cycle continues. Hard to believe I actually felt hopeful a few days ago. Writing today off as a failure. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

Bad day all around today. Stomach bouncing from nauseous to starving so I didn’t eat nearly as much as I should have. Then got over a thousand dollars worth of medical bills for an outpatient procedure that lasted about 20 minutes. The American healthcare system seriously needs to change. I have savings built up to be able…

A 10-minute outpatient procedure comes with a $1,100 bill. If I didn’t have insurance it would have been almost twice that. I have the savings built up to be able to cover it, but the healthcare system in America really needs a makeover. I guess I should feel lucky instead of irked because I can afford it?

Didn’t have a great day yesterday, but trying to put it behind me. I think instead of looking at my calories per day, I’m going to look at it for the whole week. Maybe that will help me be a little more forgiving toward myself.

Did much better with water today, and got my serving of fruit in. I ordered vegetables when we went out to dinner but they didn’t taste very good so I didn’t end up eating them. I’ll be sure to work in more veggies tomorrow. Thank you for all the birthday wishes 😊 Hope everyone is doing well

It’s my birthday today - seems like as good a day as any to recommit to getting my weight back to a healthy level. One day at a time. Going to really focus on water today, and get at least one serving of fruit and one serving of veggies