Food

[maderr]

My moodiness is the bane of my existence.

That said, I know how to control it to some measure. Some factors I can't control, but others I can.

Remembering to take my fsking iron supplements would help enormously. You wouldn't think my anemia would affect it so much, but it does. Which means I need more multivitamins, b/c taking just the iron is pointless.

I also need to eat better. Food contribues directly to my bitchiness, and the way I eat now is fucking ridiculous.

Also am not healthy with my general state of unhealthiness, so took a cue from my splendid Sammikins and decided to try out ediets. No grand weightloss program, mostly I just want it to help me shape up and stay healthy. Combined with the exercise I'm slowly beginning to integrate into my mornings and it should work fine. Plus, I can better commiserate with my Sammikins ^_^ and the Bottomless Pit can laugh at both of us, hee hee.

Of course, this means I have an interetsing grocery list - a mix of easy stuff for morning and lunch, then stuff for me to actually cook for dinner. Should be fun, actually. I like most of what's on the list. But I may put off shopping 'til tomorrow or Friday, so I can print my list out and balance it with other things I have to buy that will cut into actual grocery money.

One day I won't have to count every last fucking penny, or so I keep telling myself. I get so sick of playing the penny-pinching miser when everone around me is just "oh, I want that *buy*"

Now, of course, I need to add a scale to the list as its hard to do weigh ins without one.

Mmm, I like having goals.

Oh, yeah. Iris Print said they were keeping my story on file until they had another anthology, at which time they'll read it and reject it at that time. Am still pondering whether or not to try submitting Sandstorm.

Ah, I like having goals, things to aspire to.

Today was much better than yesterday, for various reasons. Maybe I'll splurge my pennies to buy us La Rosa's, since starting tomorrow (or Friday, depending on when I can get my groceries) will be my last time to have fun (which is also good, b/c I spend too much money eating out, or used to,and if I don't eat out, the roomime is a little less likely to, which is good for her ^_~).

Mwahahaha.

All this talk of food has made me really really hungry.

Comments

[skylark97.livejournal.com]

*will not let you get away with downplaying your stuff* Submit! Submitsubmitsubmit!!!! Even if I have to wait longer for the story, you so should submit it.

at which time they'll read it and put it in, for we all know it is awesome!! *pounces on you*

Cooking is fun. I finally understand now why people say it's relaxing. ^_^;; Good luck with the grocery shopping. Having a list is a good way to not buy the junk food and all the other pretty, pretty temptations impulse buys that are out there.

What kind of exercise? *is curious*

[maderr.livejournal.com]

^^;;;

Heh. We'll see. I submitted Jewels and a rejection would be totally fair. But I'll just try something else in that case.

I wish I had more time to actually cook. How you do it while working, I dunno. I prefer easy, easy, easy.

Right now I just do sit ups and stuff before bed. If I can ever wake up early enough, I plan to abuse the roomie's treadmill.

[skylark97.livejournal.com]

How you do it while working, I dunno.

XD When I get home from grocery shopping, I prepare the easy stuff. I have a couple of the ziploc tupperware things that can go in the dishwasher and I chop the celery, onions, whatever for the stuff I'm planning to make during the week, and it goes into the tupperware thingy so that when I go to make something later in the week, all I have to do is measure and cut the fat off the meat. ^_^;; (Same goes for the chicken too, sometimes. Seven minutes in the microwave, chop it up, and into the tupperware thingy it goes for the meals that are crockpot/croissants/chicken salad.) I hate having to start from scratch after I'm already tired.

Oooh, treadmill. *looks thoughtful*

And yay Jewels! ^________^ I think it was a good choice. I so, so love that story. I reread it for the umpteenth bajillionth time this weekend.

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Amazingly practical ^_^ I shall have to copy.

I like treadmills. Put on my tunes and I can go. I miss working out. I used to like Pilates too, but there's no room to do that here, unless I shunt furniture around every morning, which will get old fast.

^__^

[tygati.livejournal.com]

Yes, submit Sandstorm. ^.^ *biased!*

Oooh, you take iron pills too. o.o Thought I was the only weird one... ^^; I don't think my moods change when I forget my vitamins, but I know I get really freaking tired all the time... >.>;

Mmmmm.. food.... >.> *toddles off in search of breakfast lunch* ^.^v

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Yeah, fatigue is the other aggravation. I always feel dedz0r when I neglect the ol' iron.

[rykaine.livejournal.com]

I'd look carefully over that list and make sure there's nothing there you don't want. I made the mistake the first week of getting things I haven't touched ever because the recipes they're for I don't like.

Things I always have on stock regardless of the week--2% or non-fat cheddar (shredded and block), milk, yogurt, cheerios, salad greens, onions, garlic, wheat bread, fruits and veggies, , all that turkey stuff, and the leanest, meanest stock of pork and beef kept frozen in the fridge. That way, if I don't like what they have me set up for, I can fix something else.

Ooh! And the substitution guide has a section to show what to put in a bag lunch. Figure you would find that useful. ^_^

I find its easier just to keep stock of what you do like and schedule your week according to that. Because some of that stuff they had me fixing that first week? X_x

Yay for getting healthy. Good luck, Meggie! ^_^

And that's sorta good news about Iris Print, right? If you want to try Sandstorm, let me know, and I'll start hacking away at it (^_~).

[rykaine.livejournal.com]

oh, and don't forget the wheat germ. ^_^

[maderr.livejournal.com]

*shudders*

[rykaine.livejournal.com]

Just mix it into the yogurt. It's loads better that way.

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tips ^____^ I will obey.


If you feel up to it, after working your stuff, go ahead and poke at chapters 1,2 & 3? I'll try to do the rest and then run it by you. But no rush, I won't do it before this weekend at least an dmore likely next week.

[rykaine.livejournal.com]

That's just my scheme. You might find something else works better.

Let me see if I can't crank out Gargoyle tonight. I wanted to have it finished to send to Sky tonight, anyway. So that I can do. ^_^

[cynbaby.livejournal.com]

Good luck with Iris print. they seem to be a really good company.

[naatz.livejournal.com]

Hi; mad fan here. Would you terribly mind if I friended you and stalk you everywhere until the end of time? >_>

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[maderr.livejournal.com]

Hee. Come and join the fray!

[naatz.livejournal.com]

Oh yay~!

Because, you know, skylark97 has recced me your stuff, and most of the one-shots I found have ended up printed and sitting on my radiator-turned-shelf! And now everything I try to write comes out as a mix between your style and hers, because I've read you both too much! O_O Freaky. *adds*

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