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I don't know if I've mentioned Ralph in here, but Ralph is a (presumably) stray cat who's been hanging around our house for a long time now. Probably like almost a year, I don't know. At first we just saw him once in a while and he's been around more and more to the point where now he's practically here more often than he's not. We put out food for him but he's a big scaredy cat and won't let anybody near him.
Anyway, today I noticed that Ralph has somehow acquired a swarm of mosquitoes. They're flying all around him, biting and getting in his eyes and all over his face and everything. And he can't seem to get rid of them or kill them or anything, all he can do is kinda twitch them off when they land on his face. I feel so bad for him and I don't know what to do - how can I kill mosquitoes who are hanging around a cat if the cat won't let me near him? I don't know why he has a swarm of mosquitoes anyway. Poor guy.
In other news, I think I have successfully lost a little bit of weight. It's hard to tell because it fluctuates anyway plus I'm not consistent about what time of day I weigh myself, what clothes I'm wearing, etc. But I think I've dropped a couple pounds already. And now that I have running shoes I can actually go running and hopefully that will also help me lose some more pounds and inches.
I've been really trying to eat healthy. I'm eating a small salad for lunch most days. Sometimes I might have a few potato chips or cheetos or something with it but a lot of the time I either just have the salad or I have some fruit with it. And I'm trying to not drink soda with lunches, at least not during the week. I still drink soda with dinner, and sometimes with lunch on the weekend since everyone else is drinking soda, but on weekdays with lunch I either have water or Vitamin Water or like lemonaid or Koolaid or something. Obviously Koolaid or Vitamin Water or whatever is not a whole lot better than soda but I figure it's at least slightly better. And I'm trying to keep myself from snacking on too much unhealthy stuff. I'm basically trying to limit myself to at MOST two "unhealthy" snacks a day - cookies, candy, ice cream, whatever. And for the most part I'm keeping it to one or none of those. Usually all I have is something at night. As much as possible I'm eating healthier snacks if I feel like snacking - fruit, cheese and crackers, stuff like that.
I need to come up with some more ideas for healthy snacks. My sleep schedule is so screwed up that I'm basically eating lunch when I wake up and then I'm up for like 8 hours after dinner, so I definitely get hungry later and it's definitely in my best interest, health-wise, to eat something later, but I'm pretty bad at healthy snacking. And the stupid part is that I really don't have a sweet tooth - if I get hungry late at night, I never actually WANT cookies or candy or whatever, I want real FOOD, but the unhealthy stuff is so much easier. Part of the problem is that I feel weird about eating late at night, especially eating "real food" because it's never been something my family does. So I want stuff that requires little to no preparation because I don't want to make a lot of noise and potentially wake people up, nor do I want to dirty a bunch of dishes that will have to be washed the next day. So fruit works really well, crackers with or without cheese is easy, but beyond that I'm kinda stumped. So if anyone has any ideas for easy yummy snacky things, let me know!
Anyway, today I noticed that Ralph has somehow acquired a swarm of mosquitoes. They're flying all around him, biting and getting in his eyes and all over his face and everything. And he can't seem to get rid of them or kill them or anything, all he can do is kinda twitch them off when they land on his face. I feel so bad for him and I don't know what to do - how can I kill mosquitoes who are hanging around a cat if the cat won't let me near him? I don't know why he has a swarm of mosquitoes anyway. Poor guy.
In other news, I think I have successfully lost a little bit of weight. It's hard to tell because it fluctuates anyway plus I'm not consistent about what time of day I weigh myself, what clothes I'm wearing, etc. But I think I've dropped a couple pounds already. And now that I have running shoes I can actually go running and hopefully that will also help me lose some more pounds and inches.
I've been really trying to eat healthy. I'm eating a small salad for lunch most days. Sometimes I might have a few potato chips or cheetos or something with it but a lot of the time I either just have the salad or I have some fruit with it. And I'm trying to not drink soda with lunches, at least not during the week. I still drink soda with dinner, and sometimes with lunch on the weekend since everyone else is drinking soda, but on weekdays with lunch I either have water or Vitamin Water or like lemonaid or Koolaid or something. Obviously Koolaid or Vitamin Water or whatever is not a whole lot better than soda but I figure it's at least slightly better. And I'm trying to keep myself from snacking on too much unhealthy stuff. I'm basically trying to limit myself to at MOST two "unhealthy" snacks a day - cookies, candy, ice cream, whatever. And for the most part I'm keeping it to one or none of those. Usually all I have is something at night. As much as possible I'm eating healthier snacks if I feel like snacking - fruit, cheese and crackers, stuff like that.
I need to come up with some more ideas for healthy snacks. My sleep schedule is so screwed up that I'm basically eating lunch when I wake up and then I'm up for like 8 hours after dinner, so I definitely get hungry later and it's definitely in my best interest, health-wise, to eat something later, but I'm pretty bad at healthy snacking. And the stupid part is that I really don't have a sweet tooth - if I get hungry late at night, I never actually WANT cookies or candy or whatever, I want real FOOD, but the unhealthy stuff is so much easier. Part of the problem is that I feel weird about eating late at night, especially eating "real food" because it's never been something my family does. So I want stuff that requires little to no preparation because I don't want to make a lot of noise and potentially wake people up, nor do I want to dirty a bunch of dishes that will have to be washed the next day. So fruit works really well, crackers with or without cheese is easy, but beyond that I'm kinda stumped. So if anyone has any ideas for easy yummy snacky things, let me know!