DW Community Catch-up Thread
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OMG the dishwasher! I seriously would run mine like twice a week when single, perhaps four times a week when I grew up with my mom. I feel like it’s every single day, well it actually is. It is a never ending cycle, ha, pun. Son will take the dishes out sometimes but they end up in the wrong spot so I just do it. Got tired of not being able to find things I needed haha. Now that I have all my nice pots and pans and such I don’t even want anyone else using it anyway because if my Al Clad ends up in the dishwasher I will be wanted for murder. hahahahah
@Copa, not long-term. We were together about 6 months. It was the least dramatic breakup I’ve ever gone through, by far, so I don’t have much venting to do. I have been ill off and on since October, and I thought I would be completely uninterested in dating for a while. I’m starting to feel a little better now, though, and think I will actually interested in dating again soon. I’m probably also just happy to be free of a relationship that was not working for me.
@shakeourtree Well, I guess as far as break-ups go, that’s the best kind if it has to happen. I’m usually a bit sad even when I know it’s the right call. Wishing you good health and great dates in 2019! You’ll have to keep us updated when you get back out there!
This is a really silly thing, but I’ll share anyway. As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve decided to do Whole30, which is 30 days of a pretty restrictive “nutrition reset.” I’ve did it several years ago and felt great, but it’s hard in that it requires a fair amount of planning. I decided to start on January 1, but had zero planned for this short work week. So I felt like I’d been yapping my bf’s ear off nonstop about compliant foods, and apologized for being such a broken record. Anyway, he made a comment about wanting to support me and you know what? It was such a small, non-thing thing, but it made me so happy. That’s all.
That’s sweet Copa. I’m doing just about a Whole 30 but still having some peanut butter with my oats to keep me going in the am. I had a small amount of cheese last night as I wasn’t making two dinners. I find limiting dairy has always been key for me and the only thing that ever gave me abs (not that i expect them now). I’ve been searching for a used treadmill to get me through this and next winter since I obviously can’t run on ice. Hopefully a good deal pops up soon. Some people have truly unrealistic ideas of what they can sell their used crap for.
The only time in my life that I’ve ever seen my abs was the last time I did Whole30. Although I was probably a good 10 lbs lighter when I started it than I am now, so I don’t have those aspirations this time. Just want to rein in my sugar and alcohol intake, both of which have been out of control for awhile, but am expecting and hoping for some weight loss, too. I went on vacation immediately after my round, so never did the reintroduction of inflammatory foods to figure out which ones don’t sit well with me. I know I have some (suspect dairy to be one), so plan to do the reintro this time. I can tell I’m coming down with a cold (throat is sore), but I also have a headache, and I’m not sure if I can attribute the latter to illness or the “hangover” a lot of people allegedly get in the early days of this eating plan.
Hmm I didn’t know about the feeling poorly thing. Hoping that doesn’t happen as I am not changing my diet much, just actually sticking to it and not adding half a pizza in there. I’ve been a little sick anyway since NYE with a head cold, which I was nice enough to pass on to my husband. Ya I am not really aiming to lose minus the holiday crap but inevitably will, mainly just get back to more toned and get off my ass. Also on the alcohol. It was getting too much due to calorie content at the least. For whatever reason I just stopped wanting to drink about a week ago so that has solved that. I do kind of want to go out inn friday so likely will have something but once every two weeks is a large improvement from every few days. Plus I just get hungover no matter what now days and I am so over it. Hate wasting half a day lying around just because I had a few drinks the night before. Truly cannot bounce back like I used to. How I used to go into work and function after a night of partying is beyond my comprehension.
https://whole30.com/2013/08/revised-timeline/
I’m on day three (even though BG technically botched my day one when he made me breakfast with a bit of dairy, but I’m shrugging that off since I don’t think it’s realistic to be 100% perfect at this). It says that the awful-ness many people feel on days 2-3 is in direct proportion to how bad their diet was before. Mine was bad, particularly my alcohol consumption. But like I said, I can’t tell if it’s a diet change OR the cold I feel coming on. Either way, I don’t feel great today.
@Copa Whole30 is a great system reset. Do you have your long term plan fixture out for after your 30 days? I lost about 18# last year and have been doing a A- job keeping it off; a B+ during the holidays.
Not sure what’s next for me. If I don’t struggle too much I can see myself doing it longer. I know I’d like to do the food reintroduction this time because I do have some GI and acid reflux issues, and I’m unsure which foods trigger those in me. (Last time I did this, I had zero acid reflux! At this point, I’m taking medication for it far more often than I’d like.) I’d love to lose a little of the weight I’ve put on in the past couple years — it’s not a *ton*, but I’m teetering on the brink of needing to buy clothes in a larger size. I think I’ll lose a little on Whole 30, and if I do, great! — that’ll be a bonus of a “reset” that has some larger goals behind it.
Whole30 is how I figured out I needed to go gluten free. Doing another reset for me is when I learned I needed, desperately, to decrease my sugar intake. Tracking taught me a high fat diet/low carb (think KETO) is awful for my body.
re: food. I have some weird dietary restrictions due to having had the stomach tumors removed. I should be doing what my surgeon called keto-lite. (Low sugar, higher protein basically) Problem is one of my traditions for the kids involves lots of baking. So I ate sugar and I’m dead tired all the time right now. One of the ladies in my office just walked in, looked at me and said “you look really sick. Are you ok?” great for the ego lol. I had jaundice before they took out the tumors, so I’ve spent a good 10 minutes trying to figure out if my eyes were yellowing again.
Definitely time to get back on the dietary wagon.
Oh gosh i love when people say that shit. Heavy sarcasm. Unless you think someone is about to pass out. Just don’t. If I hear “oh you’ve lost so much weight” one more time. Never mind I’m a 4 and never have lost a lab when someone says this.
