Korranation Gets Spirited Away

[Nadoriel]

Catching up too! xD

 

First off, I love your meal prep! It looks super delicious! And then I'm really sorry for the donuts thingie. I always bring my food in case something happens :s well, to work I mean xD when I get there I decide whether I try or not the foods they have. But then again I can't eat gluten without bloating up so I like to be careful.

 

Hmmm I have no idea how online dating works other than I met both my ex (we dated 5yrs) and my current boyfriend (4 yrs and counting) online. One in a forum about books and the last one playing Guild Wars 2 ^^

But I can tell you that with both I had fuzzy butterflies on my stomach every time and I was dancing around the house when we were talking to each other. But I'm silly like that xD I reckon not everyone needs to be silly like this! 

 

Anyways it helped that I met them both with other people at the same time, so we were not alone and I was more confident in their... goodness. I'd be scared to death if I met them alone :x

 

Hmm I just read something really nice yesterday about romance nowadays. I didn't really enjoy it, but I know I've been lucky so far. I definitely think it represents romance nowadays though: Romance

I also think that being able to have good conversations with one another is the best because that means you can live with each other and make each other company. But if you're together just for physical chemistry it can get kinda awkward in the end.

[Korranation]

Catching up too! xD
 
First off, I love your meal prep! It looks super delicious! And then I'm really sorry for the donuts thingie. I always bring my food in case something happens :s well, to work I mean xD when I get there I decide whether I try or not the foods they have. But then again I can't eat gluten without bloating up so I like to be careful.

Thanks! I try to put plenty of spices and veggies in so it doesn't get bland.
One of my goals was to not eat cake, but I should have included "all things carbs that I didn't bring." I may have a gluten sensitivity, but I'd need to get a check up from the doctor to confirm.
 

Hmmm I have no idea how online dating works other than I met both my ex (we dated 5yrs) and my current boyfriend (4 yrs and counting) online. One in a forum about books and the last one playing Guild Wars 2 ^^
But I can tell you that with both I had fuzzy butterflies on my stomach every time and I was dancing around the house when we were talking to each other. But I'm silly like that xD I reckon not everyone needs to be silly like this! 
 
Anyways it helped that I met them both with other people at the same time, so we were not alone and I was more confident in their... goodness. I'd be scared to death if I met them alone :x
 
Hmm I just read something really nice yesterday about romance nowadays. I didn't really enjoy it, but I know I've been lucky so far. I definitely think it represents romance nowadays though: Romance
I also think that being able to have good conversations with one another is the best because that means you can live with each other and make each other company. But if you're together just for physical chemistry it can get kinda awkward in the end.

I haven't gotten any of those butterflies with the guy I went on a date with. If anything we'd be better off as friends. I'm quitting the current dating app I have. At the time usage to date ratio it's not worth it. The meetup website may be better. I'd be meeting a lot more people that's for sure. And it'll be in a better environment that get butterflies for another.

[Nadoriel]

@Korranationhmm I didn't have any test for mine. I just stopped eating gluten for a while because of a diet (probably keto) and when I came back to it it felt absolutely dreadful. So you can do it, if you really feel something is wrong.

 

I really wish I could control myself with processed carbs like that. I really want to dip a cookie on my coffee.. But I already can see the rest of the story after that. It'll be he whole package. I really wish I had some sort of natural self control. 

 

Friends is nice but yeah.. I dunno, I don't think I could hang out on date sites. It doesn't feel natural. You meet people and sometimes it clicks. And it's a really happy fuzzy occasion. Then again you're just technically meeting people, you don't really have to go with second intentions. Again finding a new friend is already a new door to a whole new experience anyway ^^

 

[Korranation]

My meals I've been preparing for work have been completely gluten free. That wasn't the original intention though. I just wanted some clean eating that filled me up.

After eating like this for more almost four months, I've found that gluten dulls the mind and does the body. In my case at least. And it does nothing to stop my hunger pains.
It's not a sense of control you need over processed carbs, but rather a sense of understanding the unencessity of it.

I usually drink my coffee black. I did it a few challenges back and have stuck with it ever since. I don't like how coffee creamer coats the tongue anymore and I enjoy the flavors of the coffee. If I'm having some bad coffee at a diner with the family I'll usually drown it in creamer. Everyone at work is a coffee fanatic and loves their keurig. They've invested in a lot of k cups so it has be an adventure trying them all. The donut shop and dunkin donuts taste like burnt dirt, but Starbucks/ Shipley/ cafe olé are all very good.

Friends are really great. I've fallen into a cycle of work and binge watching with minimal outside interaction. Another change of pace is good and in order. And if I find someone to have butterflies with that's a perk.

[Korranation]

COOKING UPDATE
so it was another week of meal prep.


I went to the store on a Sunday afternoon which is the opposite of a Sunday drive. Everyone and their mom was there. With their giant carts. I stuck to the outer edges of the store aka the produce and frozen sections. I got the goods and got the heck outta doge. I didn't take a picture of my breakfast since it's a white pasty mess. Who wants to look and boiled eggs and Greek yogurt? Well... I do when I'm eating it. Otherwise I'd be eating blind and that's gonna be a big mess. But I've got a nice post lunch snack to enjoy too.


I got a little lazy with the prepping and pulled out the food processor and used it on the onions, garlic, and sweet potatoes. It all became a mushy mess as I began cooking and I don't know where the turkey begins and the sweet potatoes end. I did garnish the top with an array of bell peppers though. The recipe was for stuffed, but I like
To modify.



The two meals plus the snack are a little under 800 calories so that gives me about 600 calories for dinner, but I don't want to be eating about half my calories for the day in one meal so I'll have to find a second snack to have in the day because I know I'll go on a binging craze before works over if I don't. And it's bad enough that the coffee station is carbed up.


On another note, I listen to a lot of podcasts while at work. I do mostly data entry and admin work so it's okay. Almost everyone at work has one ear hooked to an earbud if they're at their desk a majority of the day. But today's podcast ties directly into my meal prepping. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/motivated/id1228393937?mt=2&i=1000391268468 in fact it's called " meal prepping and exercise made easy." I've only listened to the first half that covers meal prepping and luckily
I'm doing basically everything they mention.
And now I'm trying to change my nutritional philosophy. It use to be about punishment. "You eat this and you can't have dinner. You ate that, now no dessert."
But now I need to change it to reward. One of the podcast speakers talks about eating at least every two hour, having either protein or veggies, and never being hungry. I'll start bringing carrots and hummus in my next step to eating healthy and see how that goes.

[CallunaTook]

Oh goodness, those bell peppers look so tasty. And the coffee station is evil! 

[Korranation]

Oh goodness, those bell peppers look so tasty. And the coffee station is evil! 

Thanks!
I try to make my meals as colorful as I can. I just wish that more stores sold purple potatoes so I can complete the rainbow of veggies.

[Korranation]

Weekly update

So I didn't batch cook for this week. Thankfully work had enough birthday parties and farewell celebrations last week that I could save those prepped lunches in the freezer for this week. And I had already prepped breakfast and I had hidden away my snacks so I'm mostly covered.

My meals were a little bland since I didn't put enough seasoning in the ground beef so the bell peppers and sweet potatoes flavor but no spice. I've started having this with a hand full of potato chips even though I shouldn't.

And I still haven't been doing good in the eating healthy at work since there is a birthday every other week and a retirement or farewell party every other other week. In the four months I've been here six people have left. Granted most have been with the company for years. But this makes for a sense of unease at the rate people are leaving.

And there's some good news bad news. The good new is that I get to go last minute cruise with most of the fam. The bad news is that it's because my dad can't go since he's helping out with hurricane Harvey. And this new happened a few days after the only other admin left for maternity leave and I took over her responsibilities, so I have to tie any loose ends before the new work fiscal year starts, and find time to pack before the weekend starts. Other than that I can spend next week drinking myself away.