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The bloating will go down in a week or two once your gi tract gets used to the extra fiber again, right? More mood equilibrium is a definite plus!
 
Llama said:
The bloating will go down in a week or two once your gi tract gets used to the extra fiber again, right? More mood equilibrium is a definite plus!
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Right and right!

Having truly wicked cramps in my stomach and lower back so I'll have that salmon, salad and egg sandwich, cherry tomatoes, a bowl of miso with sauerkraut, and a small portion of yogurt NOW. The cramps are most likely from meds, so food should help.

EDIT eating helped a bit with the cramps - I need to remember this, especially as the meds make it hard to recognize hunger. I'm very tired. I'll have a cup of white tea, brush my teeth, and see if I can go to sleep early 🥰
 
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Meh, can't sleep. I guess I need something carbsy, and I'd really fancy instant ramen, so instant ramen it is. I'll have four brazil nuts, some cherry tomatoes, and my last tiny piece of gravlax on the side to make it into a more balanced meal. That would make it my sixth meal of the day so I'm not overindulging (and I did hit the gym so it makes sense I'm hungry).
 
Hope that carbsy meal helped & you got some decent sleep in. I have bedlam in our household & haven't been able to get near my chair with my laptop so am currently sitting up at the table. R's dog has a halo (just been denutted) & he's crashing into everything & everyone. R has disappeared for a few hours leaving him with us. It's chaotic. I just roared & he's settled in a chair. He is annoying the living daylights out of Archie. He gets him cornered with the halo. It's peaceful for now. I don't dare move.
 
It is hard to sleep if you haven’t eaten enough. I think your body gives you a little adrenaline shot because it thinks you need to get up and forage for some food so you survive.
 
Cate said:
Hope that carbsy meal helped & you got some decent sleep in. I have bedlam in our household & haven't been able to get near my chair with my laptop so am currently sitting up at the table. R's dog has a halo (just been denutted) & he's crashing into everything & everyone. R has disappeared for a few hours leaving him with us. It's chaotic. I just roared & he's settled in a chair. He is annoying the living daylights out of Archie. He gets him cornered with the halo. It's peaceful for now. I don't dare move.
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I'm so sorry about the circus but I laughed out loud. Best of luck dealing with the fresh castrata 😂 I do prefer "halo" over "cone of shame"!

Skurgeon said:
It is hard to sleep if you haven’t eaten enough. I think your body gives you a little adrenaline shot because it thinks you need to get up and forage for some food so you survive.
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Sounds reasonable! I need to pay attention to eating enough in the evening. I fell asleep ~45 mins after my late night noodles, so that's a positive!
 
This is my third bento breakfast and I think the routine/ritual is starting to grow on me. I've been starting with the sandwich, popping my meds after that with a big glass of water, and then emptying the rest of the compartments. Today's sandwich and salad combo with nuts+seeds and an egg for protein seems to be just about perfect: not too heavy or tedious to eat, but still satiating.

I like my new plant setup. The old velvet leaf really needed to retire, the new cuttings look really pretty and lush and they'll grow a lot during the growth season!

I woke up early on purpose because I want to have lunch before therapy. I'll probably buy some kind of a snack after therapy and go aqua jogging on my way home. On the other hand, if I have a heavy lunch it might give me enough energy to go aqua jogging straight after therapy, and I could then just have my usual locker room porridge after? Or I could maybe pack a sandwich for after therapy? Because I'm not feeling too excited about the snack options in the supermarket... Yeah I think I'll do that. And a tea thermos too! I can have my snack sitting on a park bench :)

I like how my arms are feeling after gym yesterday. I don't even need to drop that much weight to get more muscle definition, I think -5kg would already make a big difference, and if I keep up my current eating habits and abstain from alcohol, I think I'll be there around the middle of June. Funnily enough, I haven't even been missing alcohol. Maybe my mental health and my attitude about losing Nera is now at such a phase that I don't need the sedative/numbing effect of drinking, which is great of course.

I did have a little cry this morning when I read about a philosopher who questioned the idea that dogs need to be put down instead of dying of age. So I guilt-tripped for a minute. But obviously there's a difference between cancer in an elderly dog, and benign changes related to aging. I also think there's a difference in how animals and humans understand death, humans can choose to cling to life but animal instincts are different. So while yeah, I do think there should never be a hurry to euthanize an animal just for being old and having the needs of a senior pet, I'm pretty sure I did right by Nera. I think she forgave me for setting the date for her. I hope so at least.
 
Lunch: polenta with PB, mango, pomegranate seeds, cinnamon, and maple syrup. I'm feeling kinda stuffed from breakfast still so I think a lighter lunch will do. If my snack sandwich, cucumber and tomatoes after therapy won't be enough, I can buy something rich in protein to make the meal more satiating and to give me the energy to do a good workout. I'm kinda in the mood for beef jerky, even though it's not the healthiest choice... We'll see!
 
Llama said:
I think she thanked you. She trusted you to have her best interests at heart and you did.
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Thanks Llama.

Therapy was good. I felt affirmed and left feeling assured that I can, indeed, handle anything that's thrown in my direction. I bought 50g of snack salami and a box of jerky for later. I had my sandwich, veggies and the salami as well as my tea in the park, took my short effect med, and will now head to the pool. It's a lovely day and it's fun to eat outside. :)
 
Dinner is two breaded fish fillets, rice, cherry tomatoes, sauerkraut, and a slice of bread with cheese. I bought some necessities on my way back home. I'll have another big meal in a few hours, because my meals until this one have been quite light. And I'll take the chicken livers to thaw in the fridge for tomorrow!

My alarm clock is making a huge racket as it ticks, I guess the batteries are starting to go. I need to remember to buy some.

EDIT decided to have a nice cup of coffee. I woke up so early and was so active today that it shouldn't affect my sleep! And I need the little boost to pack tomorrow's breakfast and plan my second dinner.
 
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Packed tomorrow's bento breakfast: oat flatbread with cheese, pork jerky, green salad with mung bean sprouts, tuna, chopped cucumber, cherry tomatoes and sunflower seeds. I'm looking forward to waking up and getting to eat it!

I had leftover tuna, cucumber and sprouts as an appetizer salad, and next I'll have 200g of cottage cheese and a bowl of spicy instant ramen with spinach, corn, 2 eggs, and shiitake, because I'm feeling really tired and lazy and tomorrow I'll need to focus on cooking those chicken livers so I have every right to take it easy tonight lol.

EDIT oh wow I'm stuffed and I still have half a bowl of ramen to clear. At least I won't go to sleep hungry tonight lol

EDIT 2: yay I finished it all! I'm very happy with my foods today. And everything else too. I feel like a normal person except I'm not employed 😅
 
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Plenty of normal people are unemployed! Also: is the oat flatbread something you buy or something you make? I like the sound of it.
 
Llama said:
Plenty of normal people are unemployed! Also: is the oat flatbread something you buy or something you make? I like the sound of it.
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Something I bought! I've never tried this particular brand. Finland has a lot of oat products and -bread, most are mixed in with wheat flour but this one is 100% oat flour. I'll tell you how it was tomorrow!
 
Thank you. I try to diversify my grains but wheat and corn are just so convenient! Oat flatbreads sound both delicious and repeatable.
 
Just found a recipe that basically makes oat pancakes and uses them as flatbread. Is that the texture of the ones you got? Because in that case I could just make cold porridge and use an immersion blender to turn it into a pancake batter since I don't have a high-speed blender to turn oats into oat flour.
 
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Just found a recipe that basically makes oat pancakes and uses them as flatbread. Is that the texture of the ones you got? Because in that case I could just make cold porridge and use an immersion blender to turn it into a pancake batter since I don't have a high-speed blender to turn oats into oat flour.
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Yeah the texture is very close to a thin, solid, slightly stretchy pancake. I think it could work!
 
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