purplerabbits

Good things post, cos it's probably good for me.

My work rock, I've been feeling shitty with depression and getting in at after 11.00 every day and boss is being lovely

Because I was brave and told boss that I wasn't doing well, I felt somewhat better and got some stuff done yesterday

Jon had done a batch of washing up when I got home

In spite of intending to do only comfort food and TV last night, I also got the library, hall kitchen and living room hoovered (I *heart* my robot hoover), finished the washing up and started the neck of Jon's sweater (I hate doing necklines, and the fact that he's done the first batch of washing up made me more inclined to do it)

This morning I took a batch of recycling down. There's still loads to go, but it is now not all over the floor.

I am going to Arran for a long weekend at the end of the month.

Those who are know what I am talking about may be interested to know that the Hacker's Diet now has an online version of EatWatch - http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/online/hdo.html

In order to drag myself out of the Slough of Despond I need to do some basic things from the good old pulling myself together list. Like cook proper food instead of living on cereal, see some human beings and get a little exercise. With that in mind can anyone recommend some recipes for quickish healthy food made of ingredients? Or offer me company?

Also, how should I go about thinking about ISAs? I don't know whether to change it in the new financial year - or whether it matters very much especially since I expect to have spent most or all of my savings by December...

I am quite cross with things. I am trying t both type and moude left-handed due to convincing RSI-like pains across the back of my right hand. This also means no knitting this weekend. Arse. I have had this before but not for such a long time and persisting after a few days of little computer. Double arse.

Also a bad clod coming on, probably caught from my 1st Aid instructor. Also PMT. And my knee aches from going up and done in !st Aid practice.

That's a lot of arse.

I may be offline for a bit. Have fun.

I have stinking lurgy and therefore may not be available to do anything other than shiver and sneeze and swear. Things I may not be up for include but are not limited to: going to work, torchies meeting tomorrow, sorting out any torchie stuff I need to, sleeping, breathing and standing up. Just so you know.

Today I shall be mostly feeling shit because I still have a horrible chesty cough after over a week (over two weeks since the cold started.) And I'm not even sure I will be well enough to go to Gigantor. I shall probably go anyway, but it would be unwise to stay out late or drink much. A couple of hours in a smoky pub last night made me feel much worse, which is not a good sign :-(

And in spite of feeling crap I still have to do loads of stuff in my house, like put all the clean clothes away that are making my room effectively a quarter of its useful size, and shower, and make soup for next week so all the good healthy veg I bought doesn't go to waste, and knit like a bastard since everyone wants stuff off me, which is great, but there's only so much crap TV a rabbit can watch...

I hate the LJ holiday banner, BTW - what about you?

So I need hugs. Or not actually hugs but some other vurtual token of my LJ chums affaction, like virtual cocktails of dubious ingredients, virtual cuddly toys with strange hats or maybe a very small dinosaur. Go on - make stuff up to entertain me, you know you want to...

Also a way to cook yam would be helpful, since I stupidly bought one...

Damn, a chunk went missing off the end of that last update, although on reflection it's probably for the best. The summary is that there is other bad stuff happening in my family. Surprise. I am glad that I'm typing this in the morning while there is light and my brain is less likely to be sucked into the black hole of despair that is November. ( And it seems to be getting long, so here is a cut )

I am going to attempt to update a little more often, since, among other reasons, it will help me with my CBT (get your minds out of the gutter over there!) I feel I owe you lot some updates anyway, but be warned some of these could (if I even manage to do it) end up as lists of good/bad things or similar. So to liven things up there will be an opportunity for questions at the end of this post.

Meanwhile - ( good/bad things )

I feel like shit, really
I don't know what's going on with me. No sleep last night, guts rebelling.
I lack coffee
The flat is overwhelming me
But I can't face going out
Even for coffee
This is a bad recipe
I suppose I could face up to the washing up. Yes, if I'm going to feel crap that would be a good idea.
This has been a cry for help. Please send coffee and/or sanity.

I'm trying to do that healthy eating thing again/some more. Recently I've been particularly impressed by the concept of Superfoods. There are apparently 14 foods, which are particularly good for you, most of which have alternatives or 'sidekicks'. There's a book based on this but I don't feel any need to actually buy it. The list is below, with sidekicks in brackets. This adds up to a healthy diet, basically, but these are some foods with even more of the good stuff than most. And I like nearly all of them.

So given how much/badly my diet can affect me I'm trying to do this, as a spur to eating really healthily most of the time (so I can eat unhealthily every so often.)

Superfood
• Beans
• Blueberries (purple grapes, cranberries, raspberries, strawberries, currants,
blackberries & cherries)
• Broccoli (kale, cauliflower, brussel sprouts)
• Oats (wheatgerm, flaxseed)
• Oranges (grapefruit, tangerine, lemon etc)
• Pumpkin (carrots, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, and orange bell peppers)
• Salmon (Alaskan Halibut, albacore tuna, sardines)
• Soy
• Spinach (bok choy, romaine lettuce, collards,)
• Tea -- green or black
• Tomatoes (red watermelon,pink grapefruit)
• Turkey (chicken breasts)
• Walnuts (almonds, pecans, pistachios, cashews,)
• Yogurt (keifer)

Some people add olive oil to the list, although it's not in the book, probably because you don't want to overdo it...

So this weekend I had such stuff as blueberry porridge, a wonderful dish made of tofu, brocolli, spinach, tomatoes, mushrooms, olive oil, garlic, coriander, lime juice, ginger and chilli, ostrich steaks with tomatoes, red onion, leek and mushrooms, much pink grapefruit juice, a caesar salad, lemon olives, and, er, a cone full of fried dough from the French Market, which doesn't count.

Also I made spinach and parsnip soup for lunches this week - I figure I can make all my lunch soups with at least one superfood and at the moment the freezer contains spinach and parsnip, brocolli and potato and roasted tomato. Today I ate an orange fruit and some red bush tea which I hope counts cos I don't like regular tea, and am having spinach soup with a wholewheat roll for lunch and chickpea and aubergine stew with tomatoes and rice for tea.

Oh, and I seem to have lost a little more weight. I want to keep going with this, but more than anything I want something sustainable which allows me to treat myself at the weekend otherwise I will go mad.

So, thoughts? Does this seem like a good idea? Is it cranky? Am I boring you? Do tell.