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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
The stupidly heavy antique drill press has been sold and is on it's way to a new home. ๐
Decluttering is getting more and more complete every day - the prospect of moving house definitly help, it's amazing how many "maybe" items turn into a hard no when faced with the prospect of packing and moving them.
When I'm decluttering and I come to a few maybe/maybe not decisions I know that's when to stop altogether. When I come back to it, that decision is so much more clearer.
The gym is kicking my ass big time.
Just had another 12 hour sleep. It's great in a way because I know it's working.
It's just a bit intense.
Edit: just went for an hour walk and yeah. Don't go outside if you can avoid it lol
Today I am aiming at packing ten boxes and staying cool.
At last! A diet/nutrition article that talks about the 'burden of decision making' in the context of diet. One of my pet peeves is that this aspect isn't given enough weight.
"On any given day, humans make an estimated 300 decisions about food'.
hrmm that seems like a lot..
Good article though.
It's one of the things I like about meal prep. If I make a dozen chicken curries, a dozen chilli and a doz apricot chicken, that's a months worth of meals if I eat at least one every day. Pita salad protein wrap for another meal. Suddenly my food decisions are way down. Fruit and nuts for clean nibbles. Ice creams on a stick, two biscuits or PBnJ for dirty nibbles. Water or protein shake for drinks. That's most of the thinking taken out of it. Every few weeks I crave something I haven't made myself which is usually banh mi, hsp or pizza as that's what's good around here.
I know diets are really hard. I know will power is a big issue and that I'm not weak, I'm normal. If dieting was easy there wouldn't be an obesity epidemic.
This is why I love the shake meal replacement. I have no prohibitions to make opportunities for failure and to feel bad. All I have to do is eat way less of what I normally do and have a meal shake instead. I am doing something instead of not doing something.
And it is really easy. I don't have to cook anything special, just the same , just much less. ( and I cook pretty healthy anyway, I have always added 3 x the amount of vegies to a recipe and don't often use premade dishes)
I'm finding giving up bread really hard. I have reduced my intake but fresh Vienna from the bakery is holding me back. I will not lose sleep about it, instead allow my self to enjoy the occasional slice or two.
Happy 2nd Saturday guys.
Last bougie breakfast for the hams today. Kibble w/ egg and basil topped with some parmesan lol. Actually ate the basil.
Probably the most polite dog I've met with food. Set it down in front of him and he just stands there for a minute looking at you wondering what the catch is.
Here he is wondering if there are seconds (hopefully vid works this time):
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Fucked up last night and got boba with a friend. My body must be extremely sensitive to caffeine, or I just drank it too late because I couldn't sleep until 3am last night despite waking up at 7am yesterday. Was supposed to do some uni work and go down to the beach with the fam, but my head is pounding. Going to take it kind of easy and hopefully get my work done. Not going to let this ruin my day.
The ice cream van drove by ๐ฅฐ๐ฆ
there's a place at qvc that sells yoghurt soft serve, maybe I can go halves or thirds
noooo, I must not , I had mousse yesterday
I eat ice cream every day and I've lost 10kg in 3 months. Portion control & prioritisation. You need some joyful food.
Living on cardboard isn't sustainable for me, it needs to be a lifestyle change I can stick to long-term.
And frozen yogurt especially is pretty low in calories.
Contemplating having a drink tonight. Margaritas or Hard Solos. Hmm.
Margaritas. The salt will replace what you lose to sweat in the heat today. Plus hard solo is just expensive solo and vodka.
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I'm rewatching Arrival after having watched Mickey 17 yesterday and going "what was that movie where they try to talk to the aliens". It's cracking me up that the top realdebrid result is from a torrent titled "41 best movies to watch when stoned (all High IMDB)"
I really couldn't remember so much from this movie though, so it's kind of nice watching it all over again. Can't believe it's 9 years old. I suppose in a few years the movie will finally be dated by the fact that they didn't use AI to analyse the aliens' language immediately
Easily ranks in my top 10 favourite sci fi movies. Villeneuve has yet to make a bad movie itโs astonishing
I feel changed after watching it. It's truly a masterpiece. What are your other top sci fi movies? I'm feeling inspired
All the usual suspects you would imagine
Blade Runner (and its sequel)
Alien (and its sequel)
Dune (even the David Lynch version)
Interstellar
5th Element
Star Wars (OT)
District 9
Annihilation
Gattaca
Chronicles of Riddick
You've got great taste!
What about event horizon?
Itโs a good one but definitely not a top ten for me.
