Posts by somnolence

Thanks! I have a non-stick bandage on it because it's in an area where it would be getting rubbed by my clothing otherwise. I didn't think it was too bad of a burn but it sure looks nasty so I was starting to worry a little.

I get a feeling like that in the same areas and it kind of feels like mild electric shocks. I believe it's from my sciatic nerve.

I have a daughter who currently lives full time with her dad, but I raised her myself until she finished the 1st grade. I have SO much more time now than I did before. Despite having a second job I have tons more time, and despite paying child support and not getting a very good deal on my taxes I also have tons more disposeable income, partly because I'm able to have a second job, something there wasn't any way for me to do before.

I would be lying if I said it's not much much easier to live healthy as a single person. If I want to eat fish five nights a week I can. I don't have to worry about whether or not my kid will eat it (I wouldn't even have asked her to since she hates fish and it would be tantamount to cruel and unusual punishment), and I can *afford* it what's more. I can go excercise anytime I want and not have to worry about whether there's anyone who can watch her. I don't have to plan out my time around her school/childcare schedule. I can get a full night's sleep much more easily. I can go get a pedicure to reward myself, or shop for workout clothes.

So I guess I'm not a super mom. Oh well. It's worth noting that I'm not one of those people who can do fine on 5 hours of sleep a night. I need 8-9 hours minimum or I'm fairly worthless. When I've asked single moms who work, go to school, runs marathons, cook all their meals from scratch and freeze them, etc. where they get the time to do these things, I find that most often they are not sleeping much at all.

Well, studies have shown that 30 minutes of moderate excercise a day is all you really need for good cardiovascular health. I guess if that is impossible or very difficult for you then you would be out of shape.

I don't have a lot of junk food in the house, but I'll eat whatever is here. Like tonight I ate 3/4 of a pint of soy ice cream, 8 of those Mexican marshmallow cookies and a handfull of vanilla wafers. Ugh, it was like 800-900 calories alltogether.  Normally I don't have a problem just having one serving and leaving the rest alone, it's only when I eat out. I don't have any alcohol either. I'm not a big drinker so that wasn't a big deal for me to just not do anymore. I just get water.

I wonder if part of the problem is because when we go out I don't log my foods for that day. I have tried to in the past but it just became an excercise in frustration. We eat at a lot of hole-in-the-wall places that don't have nutrition info and the foods they serve are not the kind of thing I can ever find an equivilent to online (like fusion and vegan food), so I kind of view it as a free day, but I still try to be concious of making good choices and try not to go overboard. And while I am not setting out to eat a lot of junk on those days it seems to happen most of the time anyway. It's so frustrating because I don't even klnow why I do it really. It's like once I get started I have a very hard time stopping.

Oh man! I have big breakfasts. They usually have lots of protein in them though. I love the days I work later because I have time to cook a big hot breakfast. My favorite is some style of of eggs, soy sausage, fruit, and either pancakes, waffles, french toast or an English muffin. My breakfasts are always at least 350 calories, but I aim for 400-450. It's a long time before I can have lunch sometimes. The days I work early, which is unfortunately most of the time, I take some combintion Luna bars, sandwiches made on English muffins with egg salad or soy sausage with cheese, fruit, yogurt, soy milk, sometimes a high fiber muffin or something, and I eat them on the bus on the way in.

Where do you find those? My walgreen's stopped carrying them. :(

Breakfast: egg salad made with fat free mayo on a toasted multigrain english muffin, banana

Lunch: pasta salad with salad shrimp, cucumber, tomato, and celery, reduced fat vanilla wafers

Snack: Rome apple, sugar free chocolate pudding

Dinner: Oat bran pancakes with sugar free syrup, scrambled eggs, Gimme Lean soy sausage, strawberries

Snack: Smart Ones chocolate eclair and sugar free hot cocoa

not the healthiest day ever, but it was good and satisfying :)

Breakfast: egg salad (made with fat free mayo) on a toasted multi grain english muffin, rome apple, chocolate soy slender soymilk

Snack: Starbucks tall chai with soymilk

Lunch: turkey sandwich on whole wheat with soy cheese, romaine, and honey mustard, sliced kiwi and strawberries, 100 calorie pack of mini gummy bears

Snack: Russell Stover dark chocolate raspberry cream egg

Dinner: baked salmon filet, corn on the cob, baby red potatoes, steamed broccoli, chocolate soy slender soymilk

I'm lactose intolerant. Soy cheese is fine. I mean I like it. I've heard that too about people who eat the same thing, but it's getting to where I don't even want to eat it, and there's too much fast food nearby for me to be taking lunches I don't want to eat.

Healthy living costs more, and it's not just the food, though that's part of it. It costs more to eat at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, plus lean proteins, whole grains, etc. than to eat a box of Kraft dinner every night. You also need more varied cooking utensils, measuring cups, maybe a scale, and if you don't already have them you have to buy those too. Then there's the new clothes when your old clothes don't fit. Workout clothes and shoes. Even if you can find the clothes used, it's not good for your feet to wear used athletic shoes, and good ones aren't cheap. Hell, I'm even doing an extra load of laundry every week just from my workout clothes. Now maybe if you were eating at restaurants a lot before, and doing expensive leisure activities instead of working out, then maybe it would cost you less. And as far as saved medical expenses, not for me. None of my medical conditions are in anay way weight related. Maybe when I'm 60 it will make a difference, but not right now.

Don't feel guilty. What's done is done, and in the grand scheme of things it's not THAT much food. Next time you can freeze them in a storage bag and then when you want one just take one out and let it thaw at room temperature for half an hour.

anybody?