Home is chaos but I chose to prioritise food and friends this weekend. This week I am aiming to eat fresh and lower fat/sugar. And to get up between 6/6:30 each day. I need to.slot into a rhythm
it takes a while to make order from KAOS, I am halfway there and even halfway there feels great
you can do this :)
You go girl!
I plan on eating no peanut puffs all week even though I have 10 bags left and I dream about them.
I threw away the yummy new zealand lollies I bought with my b’day money , sigh, I can do this
on a really good note I bought the young seagoons a complete kitchen’s worth of new and near new italian stainless steel cook ware for pennies on the dollar, they are stoked
I also bought a box of hand made ceramic dining ware for them, a blender, a juicer and a giant good quality microwave
I know there’s the saying with sugary stuff that it it’s in your shopping basket, it’s in your mouth, but surely throwing them out was a bit mean to yourself? Unless you didn’t want them at all or had no restraint?
no restraint
and Miss Seagoon is bringing in a small quantity in a few weeks so I have something to look forward to
Goodnight poppets
Good night , sweet dreams
and good night every one else too
I see very ominous clouds, it’s about to pour
Bucketing down here in Thornbury. And the wind has changed to the south. Obviously watering the garden this afternoon worked …
It’s hammering down here.
Power is out in the right hand side
it’s pouring here
Today I only did 4,594 steps, which is odd as I went grocery shopping and did laundry 🤔 It was a day where I mostly hung out with the kids cooking and eating though. It is the beginning of my irl birthday week, so given the volume of cakes and treats that will be consumed I don’t hold out much hope of keeping the weight down 😆 It is but one week of the year and I intend to enjoy it without guilt, so I will keep tracking my steps and weight and likely do little else. It’ll be interesting: exactly what is the effect of a week of dietary abandon on my weight? And how long will it take to undo the “damage?” Will I succumb to guilt and exercise to counter the indulgence?
Speaking from a degree of experience 1 week physically isn’t a huge deal. It’s more about being able to come back to the discipline you’ve already created.
I’ve done the whole “I’m doing double gym to make up for the food I shouldn’t have eaten” and I’ll be honest, it’s not a great way to relate to food.
Enjoy your birthday week, have fun and when it’s over just jump back in where you left off :)
Happy birthday week!!!
You’re right. I get into this cycle where I’m really good for a while, exercising and avoiding the treat foods, and then I eventually crack and eat a few things I shouldn’t. Then it’s like I’m all, “well I’ve ruined it all now!” instead of just maintaining consistency. I can’t remember who said it, but they allowed themselves a small amount of treat food regularly because if they didn’t, they’d eventually and inevitably fail their diet in a spectacular way and go on a ravenous treat bingeing rampage. This is an idea I need to adopt I think!
I think that’s the way to go.
Consistency really is key because eventually you start only wanting the good food. Because it makes you feel good. It takes a little time to get there but when you do you’ll know it.
You get to a point where eating not healthy affects you because you’ve built up a stronger foundation of health.
I’m what we’ll call “gym culture” there is absolutely the cheat day because it’s human nature to want something a little sugary or whatever.
It’s OK to slip up. But getting back into it as soon as you can I reckon is a good way to go about things.
Enjoy your birthday week without guilt. And when you’re ready, you can get back to working towards your goal :)
Might be interesting to check your step counter/watch/whatever in case it reset itself to zero at midday. My boss has a watch thingy that counts his steps and one day he was morally certain he’d done ‘enough’ only to find that only the steps from midday onward had been counted. Something to do with a 12 hour clock not a 24 hour one. The watch turned out not to be faulty, he’d just set it up on the wrong timing. Worth checking imo. And happy birfday!
Have a fabulous birthday week!
Thankyou!
This is what the consistent steps are for - being able to indulge when you deserve it! Have a great birthday week.
True, and thankyou!
The most exciting thing that’s happened in my suburb all week is that it’s rained heavily.
The even worse part is that I’m excited
“Oh wow! It’s almost hailing! I’d better go and look out the window! Wowsers that’s intense! Off to the back door to have a better look!”
God I miss living closer to the city.
peace and quiet is a good thing
Not for me unfortunately. I love the chaos of the city.
Plus I’m a bachelor. The suburbs aren’t the place for me.
oh I love the city too, I’m basically at the beach doing rehab, taking a break from a wild wild life …lol
( This is the first time in over 25 years i have been further than 1 km from the CBD )
I wish I could trade, but somehow I don’t think you want this kind of chaos
My earworm is
nsfw
Fuck I love boobs though
Turns out my friend has a little food processor they never use (hand me down from old relative) so I have scored a food processor at least for a while to test if the ease of bulk chopping beats the pain of storage in a tiny kitchen.
And then I got home and realised I have some gf apple turnovers in the freezer. Coffee snack sorted
I’ve always been a bit ambivalent about food processors. I have found in my current kitchen I have a more convenient spot to put it in which makes it easier to get out of the cupboard, so I am more likely to use it now. But most food processors can only slice or pulverise vegies, so their use case is also a bit limited. I’ve been able to get a dicing attachment for mine which does fabulous evenly sized cubes, but also increases the amount of cleaning and storage space required. I do use it when I’m doing big batches of things, but not much for day to day cooking.
Having a food processor is pretty handy if you make a lot of dips, sauces, pesto, mayo, chopping nuts.
Receiving a freebie is a bonus.
Especially home made falafel. That used to be a family activity lol
Ooh yes falafel! I have had one before when I had a bigger kitchen. Mainly want to easily chop a bunch of stuff once a week for meal prep…we’ll see how it goes
That’s what I was thinking too. Heaps of middle eastern food that you wouldn’t attempt doing without a food processor.
They’re spectacular if you have a worm farm though. Chuck everything in, mince for wormies
Had some nice sourdough toast for breakfast. It’s been a while since I just had some good bread.
There’s a nice sourdough bakery near us but I stopped making trips there after the kids were born, and they stopped making bread during the week while some roadworks were happening at the train station down the road.
Time for reading then bed :)
Goodnight everyone (and I’ll see you here later insomniacs lol) ❤️
I’ve had a lovely time babysitting the niblings, and will now spend an afternoon happily cooking things
Today is the day I decide I am taking antihistamines for the rest of spring 😢
I decided that a couple of days ago. Today was the day I discovered what I thought was a full foil pack of tablets actually only has 2 left, making shopping for more a bit more urgent than I expected.
Same. I have found my bumper pack of Telfast and have dropped.
It was a bit earlier this week for me… I had that “punched between the eyes” feeling
MARGE!
I’ve been a sad slug today. No walk, no pull downs. Trying to at least do some chores to not fall behind.
spoiler
It feels like any time I try to join a new group there are invariably adult cliques, and there’s no way to stick up for myself against bitchy people without becoming the focus of escalating drama. And it’s like do I try to adjust or just leave? It’s really isolating and discouraging.
choose nice groups , just like you choose to be here :)
Yeah, it’s lovely here. It just seems like nice groups are like hens teeth and can be ruined by even one jerk.
I had a nice group irl but it required me to come home through my area after dark and it’s not safe to do that anymore. (The Ubers would be too expensive.)
I get really excited when it’s Lamb Day.
