I got to meet the fantabulous Carrie on Tuesday. We first met way back when I was in high school, bonded over our mutual love of science books, and the rest is history. It's always kind of surreal to meet someone you've only known online, but definitely interesting, and, at least in this case, definitely a lot of fun. :) And, as Carrie pointed out, it was interesting that we chatted for hours (time flew!) but had so much to talk about that EDs never came up once. It's nice to be around people that reinforce the fact that there are so many other, more rewarding things to build our lives around.
A few stressors from the homefront:
-Our big chest freezer in the garage broke down today. The one, of course, that was holding a ton of groceries I bought at Trader Joe's over the weekend. When it comes to food management, I got stress, people. So the thought of the food going to waste, not having available what I'd planned to eat, etc etc, was very bothersome. And my parents were at work/school so I was dealing with it myself today, Brother and Littlebro were decidedly unhelpful.
-Which leads to the fact that I've been eating a lot more frozen/packaged foods since I've moved back in with the family. I'm self-conscious about being watched in the kitchen, so I resort to whatever gets me in and out of there fastest. I'm not a super-puritan on preservatives and all that, but I do definitely notice that I feel different from all the sodium and such. I'd gotten to the point over the past year where I cooked mostly from real ingredients, and I miss that. Of course I could very well do that here, I just need to get over my hang-ups about other people seeing me preparing food.
-I've been doing well with adhering to the meal plan, great in fact. But exercise, as always, is definitely keeping me out of balance, in a big way. Considering I'm not taking classes and work from home, I should have time to get plenty done, but I know my productivity is WAY, WAY below what it could be if I wasn't burning so much time at the gym. Really need to work on breaking rigidities with the exercise.
Starting to doze off, so I better go. Love y'all, have a great Labor Day weekend!
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4 comments:
Glad you had such a great time with C.
I hope you can get your freezer fixed.
Maybe you should try cooking for them? Maybe they would appriciate it? I know it would be healthier than frozen stuff.
Congrats on following the meal plan, and surviving the freezer debacle. Hope it gets fixed!!
I am decidedly just about as anxious even thinking about the lab freezer going down. Those suckers are at least 20 years old, and hold samples from grad students of an earlier era, I would absolutely know nothing about what to do with them, but would, of course, choose the wrong course of action.
I vote cook for people, too! Or, offer to cook them some as well, while you're cooking for yourself if you feel particularly watched. Part of what I like about cooking is that it is basically a chemistry experiment, which makes it a squish more fun than if it's just, well, food.
You are one tough cookie for living at home, and that's all I have to say.
What about going back to the small steps for exercise reduction you worked on while you were on your campus?
Oh lord, I am the WORST person in the world when we lose power for even an hour. Why? The food. I couldn't care less about hairdryers or TV, but if any of my food spoils, I will crap kittens. I feel your pain.
As for the cooking thing, I obviously don't know your family, but is it possible that you're oversensitive to them watching you? If they're like most people, they're really more interested in themselves and their food than yours. Sometimes we read too much into things. I say shrug it off and cook what you want when you want. If they want some, they can ask. Otherwise I say you do what make you most comfortable.
Of course, that excludes exercise. I'm in the same boat and biting the bullet with rest. It will suck, but it will help. Give it a shot. You'll have more time and less stress to get things done.
I can totally relate! I always get frozen food when I go home too (unless I am cooking for the family) because I hate taking up space/time while they try to cook around me, plus I don't want to spend my time at home cooking/shopping for ingredients when it's easier to just grab freezer stuff. I wind up feeling pretty icky when I'm home because I eat so much frozen stuff and have so many preservatives :( Hope you can figure it out. Doing things like smoothies, oatmeal, cereal with soy milk, salads, low-sodium soups, and sandwiches help me eat fast while still getting out of everyone's way. Maybe this will help you get a few ideas?
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