LYNNABEL's CalorieKing Blog

Friday, January 13th 2012

Thanks for all your congratulations!

I met some of the good colleagues from my last horrible awful abusive job last night for happy hour. Many satisfying things were heard and said. Apparently the universe has a sense of justice.

After all this time, I still managed to feel shocked and betrayed - yes, betrayed - by the fact that the Applebee's Chili Cheese Nacho's come in at a whopping 1680 calories. I knew it wasn't low cal, but 1680?! I find myself mad, and, stupidly, more mad at App...

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Thursday, January 12th 2012

Yesterday I was accepted at both law schools I applied to! Yippee!!

Sunday, January 8th 2012

I would like to try to eat better through the end January. And beyond, but let's just start with January. I know what to do, and need just do it. I need to keep it top of mind, because I tend to slip when I don't plan and focus.

I was doing well at drinking water at work the past few weeks, and will plan to continue that. It seems to help how I feel overall.

I'm not sure if this is the cause, but my body has been a bit, well, off, since my miscarriage. I seem to retain water more than ...

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Tuesday, December 27th 2011

A coworker from a few jobs ago sent me a message for advice because her husband is the at-home parent for their first baby. I sent this, and then thought I'd save it, because it a piece of my family's story.

"For Steve and I, it took some time for us to work through the different ways we each handle parenting-type things. I think this would be the case even if Steve weren't at home, but initially our differences were exaggerated because of it. Without sounding borish, respect for the d...

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Sunday, December 18th 2011

Ellie and I had a wonderful, Christmas-y weekend - I took her to her first ever Nutcracker ballet. I hope this is the start of an annual tradition. She was a little wigged out by the mouse king (she called him a 'dirty mouse' ) but otherwise loved the ballerinas and dresses, and being up late with Mommy. We both got dressed up, and Will and Steve (is there a word for one degree short of 'shut-in' ? - if so, they are whatever that state of being is called. And happy about it, I have to say. Thank...

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