Category: Miscellaneous

Gracie’s back in the hospital, with a respiratory infection. Please think good thoughts for her speedy recovery.

Since I couldn’t visit Grace, I hung out with her family and the visiting Sara instead. Noah’s as cute as can be, with such a sunny disposition it’s hard not to smile when you’re around him. The “Planet Earth” dvds were less sunny, and I had to leave before witnessing more nature at work. Nature sucks.

I was unable to reach my goal of 1200 calories, but I almost hit 1000, so it wasn’t as bad as previous days. I went grocery shopping, got lots of fruits and veggies, and I’ve planned my menu for the day, and yet? Still can’t reach 1200. I have to figure what I’m (still) doing wrong, ’cause that just doesn’t seem right. Surely not all calories come from evil carbs?

Must stop thinking of baby elephants.

I was torn on what to talk about today. I was planning on sharing my Scrabble/Scrabulous strategy tips, because I’m starting to feel like a Scrabulous bully and I was thinking it might level the playing field if I explain how I play.

But really, what’s freshest in my mind is my current calorie dilemma. As I mentioned two days ago, my caloric intake has been rather low lately–after some research, I’ve learned it’s starvation mode low–and it’s been totally by accident. The fact is, I’m horribly LAZY. Why does this matter? ‘Cause I hate to cook, so I buy foods that require little to no cooking. And sometimes, I’m too lazy to go grocery shopping, so I just eat what few protein bars remain in the house. I don’t feel hungry, but I do feel tired, which means an even stronger aversion to grocery shopping and preparing any food that requires, well, preparation, and it becomes a big ugly circle of SLOTH.

Ok, so I’m lazy. Which means my average calorie intake over the past week (excepting Friday, when I binged on a calorie heavy brunch) was around 800 calories a day–400 less than the recommended healthy minimum. Isn’t that insane?! I mean, holy crap! I’m starving myself! I don’t think I’ve ever felt more stupid.

I consider this a breakthrough, though. Now that I’m tracking this stuff, I’m aware of the problem, which should mean I can fix it, right? The first step is always recognizing and owning the problem. To that end, my goal today is to eat at least 1200 calories–without resorting to Chinese or pizza or a double cheeseburger. Sounds hard, and I’m not sure how to do it, but that’s my goal.

Maybe tomorrow I’ll give away my Scrabulous secrets. 🙂

I don’t really feel like coming up with a topic to discuss, so I chose a picture at random from my Flickr stream. This picture comes from page 217. It’s a picture of the entrance plaza at the Getty Museum, all lit up special for our holiday party last year. Our next holiday party is only a few weeks away, and all I can think is, holy carp, how did it already become the holiday season?! I’m also thinking, I shall miss my coworkers who have departed in the year since this picture was taken. The party won’t be the same without them. 🙁

Today my friend Allyson and I got up way too early and visited the striking WGA members at FOX Studios. Our friends at buffistas.org had collected money for gift bags for the picketers, which Allyson put together last night. We met up with our friend Kristen, one of the coordinators for her picketing area, and distributed half the bags at the back gate, and the other half at the front gate. One of the picketers at the back gate was Sarah Fain (below, right), formerly a writer for Angel, and now co-show-runner for Women’s Murder Club.

Afterwards, Allyson and I had brunch at Mel’s, my first time there in well over a month. I had the largest meal I’ve had all week, which isn’t saying much. Completely by accident, it appears I’ve been starving myself. I’ve started entering my daily food intake information at the Spark People website, which has helped me realize that no, I don’t take in nearly enough calories by living off of protein bars and low-fat cheese. In fact, yesterday I survived on a mere 531 calories–apparently my minimum goal should be 1270. ?! That’s not good. Thanks to the ham and cheese omelet with a side of bacon at Mel’s, today I’ve doubled yesterday’s calories, which doesn’t seem fair when now I’m craving Chinese food.

I swear, I have no idea how to eat anymore. I’ve completely lost my common sense when it comes to food. I need my own private chef.

Today was my virtual Friday, because tomorrow is my off-Friday–woot! Almost forgot to update today, and man, that would’ve sucked after posting everyday for two weeks. That’s what I get for finding a new game to obsess about–this time it’s Bogglific.

I’ve got nothing interesting to report. Had boring meetings today. Obsessed about my diet (I don’t know what I should be eating anymore). Knitted some on my bag during lunch.

That’s all I’ve got for today. Until tomorrow!