Kalens Octobris check-in 2011

[claire_chan]

It is Saturday and we want to know, how has your eating been going today? Plenty of nutrients? Enough? Happy with what you managed to down?

Be conscious of what you say so nothing turns out poorly.

Comments

[alexseanchai]

Potato bread with ranch dressing. (Yes, I know.) Macaroni and cheese with hot dogs and peas. Steak and gravy and potatoes and carrots and onions and salad. Weekends are always good days eating-wise.

[claire_chan]

Nice! Keep going ^^

Weekends are a little less-so for me - more time alone with no idea what I should eat or how much is okay.
Oh well! That's why I, too, am here.

[alexseanchai]

My big problems eating-wise are, one, my body does not tolerate breakfast well until after it's well past time to be at work away from the food supply, and two, I have work five days a week and class four nights, which means nine to fourteen meals (depending on whether I eat breakfast at work on weekdays) that have to be microwave meals. And whether any of those microwave meals are reheated actually-cooked things depends on whether anybody in my family left me anything at dinner the night before.

[claire_chan]

Have you tried to mete meals out in tiny portions, as in, could you convince your stomach to accept a biteful or two (of cereal, fruit, a nutrient-bar, some veggies) at a time, maybe until you've managed a good ten? I was going to say fifteen but I too just cannot stomach too much.

My body just does not tolerate food well under a normal amount of stress. u_u;

[alexseanchai]

I'm managing by bringing apples or bananas or little things of microwavable mac n' cheese to work and calling that breakfast.

[claire_chan]

There is that, at least!

Could you maybe talk with the higher-ups and perhaps make it in to your establishment a bit later thrice a week, taking those chances to eat and get your act better together?
Just a suggestion, keeping in mind that work on a minimally-full tummy is less productive.

[alexseanchai]

I'd rather get to work early and get the extra money, honestly, and I'm plenty productive. All my job requires of me is to stuff all the envelopes that go out Fedex or UPS or USPS Priority if applicable. I generally also end up stuffing a whole bunch of the regular mail envelopes, often matching the reject letters, and sometimes sorting through hardcopy records from two thousand frigging two and comparing them to the images in the computer system to see if any of the hardcopies need to be scanned in. None of this requires my brain to be functioning at peak capacity. Besides, nobody cares if I eat at my desk as long as I don't get food on the documents.

[claire_chan]

Suum cuique, to each her own.

Besides thinking well, regular quality eating promotes both cheer and health! The Japanese term is the same for both cheer and health - 元気.