And so, here I am. Trying to get back into the swing of updating again.
I've gotten a LOT accomplished in the last two days, which is wonderful. Thank GOODNESS. I've needed some productive days. Now that I've been able to accomplish filing our taxes, I know what we're looking at for a return.
We're getting a goodly amount back. This means that we will have money to save, money to catch up on things we've let ride, money to put aside for the inevitable growth spurt for LP, money to put aside for traveling to Chicago for a work-week for a wedding, and... just a little bit to spend. What are we looking to spend ON?
Fun kitchen things. We're likely going to take advantage of our garden this year, and also of our tendency to have leftovers. We're looking into purchasing a food dehydrator to make our own soups, fruit leathers, simple dried fruit... Things we would ordinarily pay a fortune for at the store. We're also looking into a Food Saver thing. One of those sucks-the-air-out-and-seals-it jobs. We had one, but it worked all of twice before it died. So we're thinking a better one at a better brand, and maybe it'll help. ^_^ The other thing we're investing in takes advantage of my craftsy tendencies - bento boxes. Skeeve has a hard case lunchbox already, so he'll just get the containers, but LP and I... well, we're heading into Traveling Season, and I do NOT like the idea of taking my toddler to visit my mother and pumping him full of fast food for the entire drive. And so... Bentos. We can take them on the road, eat as we go, and not come out with tummy aches, or horrifying grease-in-hair debacles (yes, LP still has a tendency to eat with his hands and then put them directly into his hair). I'm SO EXCITED.
And so, the browsing has begun. I've just finished our bento shopping and saved our cart. When the return comes in, I'll be ready to go. I'm pleased - we've even gotten a lot of good recommendations, and our bento kits come with a book of fun bento-able recipes. So Excited. So VERY Excited.
Next up, shopping for a food dehydrator. Then the food-saver-thingie. I don't want to spend a fortune on it all, but I don't want it to die on me either. I'm always so thrilled when we can find new ways to do better for ourselves, you know?
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Well. Oops.
It has been entirely too long since I've posted. I didn't mean for it to be this long. Oops.
Since the last time I updated, things have gone pretty well. LP has gotten bigger. He has gotten very good at very many things. I'm surprised at how many things he can do now.
Also since the last update, I've made the conscious decision to try to get my weight under control. It's going well for the most part, I'm just coming up on having lost my first ten pounds. I'm pretty proud of that one.
However, rather than using a silly little blog on a weight loss site, I figure I'll use my own dang blog, thank you very much. ^_^ Today, I ran into a post on the community pages from a woman who has made one of the more infuriating comments I've seen. The gist of her long-winded commentary? Fat = Unhealthy. No caveats, nothing. Thing is, she's dead wrong. In many ways. She's gone on about how it's totally cool to eat less than 1000 calories every day, and how it's risking DEATH every day you're overweight.
I got to the weight I am by eating less than 1000 calories daily. I did this for years, and I gained sixty pounds. Even more interesting, my blood tests, blood sugar tests, every test they've run... all come back perfectly. No high cholesterol. No imbalances (save low iron reserves, which is part and parcel with bearing and nursing children), no problems, healthy as a horse. Just... 80 pounds overweight.
One would think that on a site full of people who are all unhappy with how they look and/or feel (with very few exceptions), there would be a few people who are seriously less delusional. I understand that my anecdata does not an argument make. However, there is an entire community of people who have come to the same conclusions, so it's not just me, and it's not just a handful of people. However, the fact is, regardless of actual fact, the fat bashing continues. I am personally choosing to lose weight not because I'm unhealthy as I am, but because I do not like the way I look and want to change it.
One would think that in a grouping of people who are all working toward a common goal - fitness - there would be less "ZOMG, FAT=DED!!!!" hysteria. But no. Apparently, we have to perpetuate the myth that being heavy is ALWAYS deadly, and that obese is always unhealthy. We have to continue to rag on each other, denigrate their efforts, and pretend that unsafe means to lose weight are perfectly fine if you have enough weight to lose. Also, apparently, if you have enough weight to lose, it's perfectly safe to lose 20+ pounds per week. Not in a month, not in two, but in seven days. This is a huge problem. HUGE. And then advocating that? Not because it's safe but because you totally can 'cause you have enough to lose? Because you don't have the patience to lose weight the safe way? Because if you had the patience to lose weight the safe way you wouldn't be overweight? BULLSHIT. Great Big Bullshit. You do whatever you like with your own body, but don't be advocating seriously unhealthy options to others based on your misconceptions and your self-centered determination that everyone overweight got that way by eating Twinkies for every meal and snack.
It just drives me up the wall. Maybe I'm just oversensitive to this whole thing after learning that the reason I wasn't losing weight no matter what I did... was because I wasn't eating enough. I got no end of grief as the doctors continually treated me like I had a bag of chips in my purse, cupcakes stashed in the car, and candy everywhere in between, when really, the problem was that I was holding on to every single pound I could get to because I wasn't eating enough. It just drives me crazy when people propose horribly unhealthy solutions to nowhere near as deathly as claimed problems, basing their theories on all kinds of one-size-fits-all conclusions about how people gain weight in the first place. UGH.
Since the last time I updated, things have gone pretty well. LP has gotten bigger. He has gotten very good at very many things. I'm surprised at how many things he can do now.
Also since the last update, I've made the conscious decision to try to get my weight under control. It's going well for the most part, I'm just coming up on having lost my first ten pounds. I'm pretty proud of that one.
However, rather than using a silly little blog on a weight loss site, I figure I'll use my own dang blog, thank you very much. ^_^ Today, I ran into a post on the community pages from a woman who has made one of the more infuriating comments I've seen. The gist of her long-winded commentary? Fat = Unhealthy. No caveats, nothing. Thing is, she's dead wrong. In many ways. She's gone on about how it's totally cool to eat less than 1000 calories every day, and how it's risking DEATH every day you're overweight.
I got to the weight I am by eating less than 1000 calories daily. I did this for years, and I gained sixty pounds. Even more interesting, my blood tests, blood sugar tests, every test they've run... all come back perfectly. No high cholesterol. No imbalances (save low iron reserves, which is part and parcel with bearing and nursing children), no problems, healthy as a horse. Just... 80 pounds overweight.
One would think that on a site full of people who are all unhappy with how they look and/or feel (with very few exceptions), there would be a few people who are seriously less delusional. I understand that my anecdata does not an argument make. However, there is an entire community of people who have come to the same conclusions, so it's not just me, and it's not just a handful of people. However, the fact is, regardless of actual fact, the fat bashing continues. I am personally choosing to lose weight not because I'm unhealthy as I am, but because I do not like the way I look and want to change it.
One would think that in a grouping of people who are all working toward a common goal - fitness - there would be less "ZOMG, FAT=DED!!!!" hysteria. But no. Apparently, we have to perpetuate the myth that being heavy is ALWAYS deadly, and that obese is always unhealthy. We have to continue to rag on each other, denigrate their efforts, and pretend that unsafe means to lose weight are perfectly fine if you have enough weight to lose. Also, apparently, if you have enough weight to lose, it's perfectly safe to lose 20+ pounds per week. Not in a month, not in two, but in seven days. This is a huge problem. HUGE. And then advocating that? Not because it's safe but because you totally can 'cause you have enough to lose? Because you don't have the patience to lose weight the safe way? Because if you had the patience to lose weight the safe way you wouldn't be overweight? BULLSHIT. Great Big Bullshit. You do whatever you like with your own body, but don't be advocating seriously unhealthy options to others based on your misconceptions and your self-centered determination that everyone overweight got that way by eating Twinkies for every meal and snack.
It just drives me up the wall. Maybe I'm just oversensitive to this whole thing after learning that the reason I wasn't losing weight no matter what I did... was because I wasn't eating enough. I got no end of grief as the doctors continually treated me like I had a bag of chips in my purse, cupcakes stashed in the car, and candy everywhere in between, when really, the problem was that I was holding on to every single pound I could get to because I wasn't eating enough. It just drives me crazy when people propose horribly unhealthy solutions to nowhere near as deathly as claimed problems, basing their theories on all kinds of one-size-fits-all conclusions about how people gain weight in the first place. UGH.
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