cheekylemur

Not mentioned so far, I don't think, but I'm a big fan of the Kashi Trail Mix Chewy granola bar. I find them pretty filling for a long time, with some good stuff like whole almonds and dried fruit.

I do run a fiber arts business on the side, but knitting for profit - in the vast majority of cases - really comes down to paying yourself obscenely far below minimum wage. The only finished projects I sell I won't price that low, so they are few and far between, and are knit on huge needles out of big handspun yarns. Some…

Good reminder, thank you, for when I can find it. I love hummus and never think to get any. And calling this a bump and hoping for more ideas. I'm at 108 days and counting this year already for travel - it's hard to eat well.

I'm a sometimes fiber artist when I can escape my day job, mostly for making weird impractical sculptural yarns. I'd be happy to have some other arty friends.

Laugh. Mine won the bed room and his office being "relaxing" and "fairly neutral", so I didn't end up making _everything_ wacky.

The most important thing to remember: it's only paint. If you don't like it, fixing it later isn't that bad compared to a lot of other home-decorating choices. Both of those are pretty tame for my tastes - I cringe at white/cream/beige walls. I painted my living room RL Ballroom gold - a slightly metallic aged gold color.…

Thanks - I somehow hadn't known there was mini-peanut butter around!

I signed up for a once/month session with a trainer when I joined a gym. My primary reason is that I have never been in a gym outside of freshman year in high school. I have no idea what to do with the equipment, how to use all the assorted aids, how to exercise in a planned way in general. In years past I've been a…

I'm heavy enough that I should lose weight, no matter how much I would work out, so I do use the scale. I weigh daily, but I log that outside MFP on a Hacker's Diet app that gives me a calculated weight so I don't have to worry about normal day-to-day variations and can see whether my weight is following the trend I want.…

I was out on a trip, and the client's elevator was broken all week. Between getting to the top of the stairs in such bad shape I was seriously considering whether I needed to call for help, and realizing I had bid a job that wouldn't have an elevator option, something had to change. I impulse joined a gym and decided to…

Minnesotan, feel free to add me.

In addition to the farmer's market suggestions, for next year you might want to check in your area for a CSA (community supported agriculture). I belong to one of the larger/older farm share programs in my area, and mine and some others also accept food stamps. They vary a lot in what they offer, but boxes of fresh fruit…

My first post and my first "I'm so proud of myself NSV" - I started getting serious about joining a gym and taking better care of myself almost exactly a month ago. Last night when traveling for work, I managed to make it through my third zumba class without having to stop for a break, despite being about 4,500 feet in…