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brightbluegirlI was in a crappy mood all night last night. I don't know what it was. This new 1500 calorie/day diet, maybe. PMS, maybe. Not looking forward to today's 13 hour work day, maybe. I just dunno.
Last night I woke up every fricken two hours to pee. I HATE that. I hate that I haven't slept an entire night through the night for as long as I can remember (10 years?). It's not so bad for most of the month - if I have to get up once or twice, that's not so horrible. Or at least I'm used to it. But every 1 to 2 hours is brutal.
On Monday night we made granola. The same granola my mom used to make when I was growing up. It has oats and wheat germ and sesame seeds and sunflower seeds and coconut and raisins and honey in it. She made it with 1 cup of butter. We used 1 cup of apple juice and 1/3 cup of skim milk powder, and cinnamon. It's delish. Then we added puffed millet, and some sort of grain flakes to it, so 1 cup of the mixture is only 233 calories.
I had it for breakfast this morning. It is GOOD. Mmmmmm home made granola. Not to mention we made a fricken 25 cups (once mixed with millet and flakes). So there's a bunch in the freezer. Huzzah!
I've been doing this proper protein thing for 3 whole days now. It's pretty easy to count protein at the same time that I count calories, and I have a degree in Optimization, so I SHOULD be able to make this work. :P For all I know, eating more protein and less carbs should be enough to make my body start losing weight again, but I'm dropping down to 1500 cal/day anyway. After all, I'm still eating 2400 calories on Mondays.
Once I've gotten down to less than 20 lbs to go, I'll take a rest and go back to 1700 cal/day or something, for a couple of weeks, to make sure my body doesn't get used to the low calories. And to make sure I don't get too frustrated at not being able to eat much.
I am afraid that my skills no longer translate to a job in software. I'm afraid that all I'm good for now, technically, is customer support. I'm afraid that I will not be hired for anything else, and I'm going to be stuck in this sort of dead-end 3rd class person bullshit job for years.
Last night I woke up every fricken two hours to pee. I HATE that. I hate that I haven't slept an entire night through the night for as long as I can remember (10 years?). It's not so bad for most of the month - if I have to get up once or twice, that's not so horrible. Or at least I'm used to it. But every 1 to 2 hours is brutal.
On Monday night we made granola. The same granola my mom used to make when I was growing up. It has oats and wheat germ and sesame seeds and sunflower seeds and coconut and raisins and honey in it. She made it with 1 cup of butter. We used 1 cup of apple juice and 1/3 cup of skim milk powder, and cinnamon. It's delish. Then we added puffed millet, and some sort of grain flakes to it, so 1 cup of the mixture is only 233 calories.
I had it for breakfast this morning. It is GOOD. Mmmmmm home made granola. Not to mention we made a fricken 25 cups (once mixed with millet and flakes). So there's a bunch in the freezer. Huzzah!
I've been doing this proper protein thing for 3 whole days now. It's pretty easy to count protein at the same time that I count calories, and I have a degree in Optimization, so I SHOULD be able to make this work. :P For all I know, eating more protein and less carbs should be enough to make my body start losing weight again, but I'm dropping down to 1500 cal/day anyway. After all, I'm still eating 2400 calories on Mondays.
Once I've gotten down to less than 20 lbs to go, I'll take a rest and go back to 1700 cal/day or something, for a couple of weeks, to make sure my body doesn't get used to the low calories. And to make sure I don't get too frustrated at not being able to eat much.
I am afraid that my skills no longer translate to a job in software. I'm afraid that all I'm good for now, technically, is customer support. I'm afraid that I will not be hired for anything else, and I'm going to be stuck in this sort of dead-end 3rd class person bullshit job for years.
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