falcongrrl | (no subject)

Yesterday the cloud finally lifted.

I don't know if it's that my body finally adjusted to the new way of eating, or if it's the supplements I'm taking...or if I somehow got thrown back into the good universe again, but I feel better.

Like, a lot better. :-)

Starkitty seems to be adjusting well to the change. My mother-in-law said she woke up this morning to find Star curled up on her bed. That made me feel better. And as terrible as it sounds, it feels really good to have one less creature here for which I'm responsible. Dave said that Star's climbing into all the boxes there and investigating the whole apartment. I think she'll like having more cool weather there, too.

Last night I made 'crabby patties' for dinner and Daniel ate them up. Unbeknownst to him they were actually zucchini fritters. I felt alternately bad (for lying) and really good (for getting him to eat veggies).

I haven't been writing in here all that much other than the food tracking posts, which I'm considering making private. I don't want to clutter up people's friends pages...and I don't think you're reading them...but the fact that any of my friends on here *could* read them at any moment, creates a subtle pressure, against, say, scarfing down the rest of the cookies that are stashed in the kitchen cabinet, out of reach of the kids. (Not because they don't eat them--they do--but so they don't eat an entire package the way they would if they had more immediate access.) So I hope I'm not annoying anyone by creating extra entries. Overall, I think this is a really good thing for me.

I haven't been counting calories or anything...my rule can loosely be articulated as 'Don't eat crap.' This isn't my saying, but one in a book my mom bought about aging better; nevertheless, there's a truth there, however simply and crudely stated. The thing is, I know what I'm supposed to eat and not eat, overall...the trick is in making better choices, and I think I'm doing that. I could fit a little more protein into my diet (and from more diverse sources than peanut or almond butter, heh). I'm working on that.

I'm going to be sad to miss pagan group tonight. I feel really connected to everyone after last week's ritual.

I wish I had more exciting things to write about. Most of my creative energy went to the meme in the last post, which was a lot of fun. I need to continue writing poetry--perhaps not the feverish one-a-day pace of January...but I know that I feel best when I'm writing.

musewoozle was right about that, at least.

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Yay! I'm glad you're feeling better.

Up to you about the food log thing. You could make a filter and let people opt in/out, but since you always use a cut I don't think it's a big deal. It really does help to track these sort of things and see what effects some foods may have on how we feel.

(I read them pretty much every time. :D )

*grins * I don't know whether to be self-conscious or grateful. Mostly I think you might clue me in if my veg diet is getting really out-of-whack. :-)

Anyway, thank you.

Well, from what I can see you're only posting your breakfast, so I've got no idea how balanced your veg diet is for the rest of the day. ;)

*grins* I go back and put the rest of it as the day goes along.

Oh, and on the "crabby patties", feel no shame. I have a story for you.

An online friend of mine had problems with her little daughter, who had had a big bowel movement that hurt her... as a result, she refused to go poop. It was high drama, as I'm sure you can imagine: much tears and struggling and NO NO NO NO NO. So my friend did her best to feed her things that had fiber to help things keep moving and come out smoothly (yes, tmi, what can you do).

The thing that did the trick?
Hummus.
Daughter said "What's that?"
Friend said, "It's special cheese, try some."
And her daughter proceeded to scorf it right down.

It's amazing what you can get kids to eat if you TELL them it's cheese or fishsticks or something. :D

I'd vote for keeping the food-tracking public. Not only does it give you incentive to behave, but private posts make journal-surfing less convenient. (next entry ... next entry ... ROADBLOCK. Ugh, back up, go to archive, pick next entry.) :)