Wait do you did keto for 8 years? I can't even fathom the willpower that must have taken. I've tried intuitive eating in the past and I don't tend to have a great time with mindfulness and impulse control but I really should incorporate at least some aspects of it because I definitely have had my moments where I sat there asking myself why I was eating when I wasn't hungry... then took another bite.
I don't think the meditation is going to work for me but I really need to figure out some healthy junk food like you suggested! I have a bunch of premade quesadillas in the freezer but with all that cheese they're not too healthy, and I cook them with butter so that isn't great either.
This will definitely not make me use TikTok. I can only imagine what kind of garbage people will post on text form. I'm obviously not the target demographic for that platform but I cannot comprehend what people enjoy about it. I had some old coworkers who used to send me tiktoks daily and they were annoying, insane, made no sense. Now put that in text format.
This looks so good! I got a tagine for my birthday last year but haven't used it as much as I might like because I don't cook meat and most recipes are for meat dishes. It works really well to cook lentils though.
Idk if you ever read various subreddits or forums about relationships etc but it seems very common now for really nice guys to just out of the blue turn into a woman hating monster and their partners are shocked and appalled because it seems out of character for that person. Social media is really pushing that red pill stuff, and coupled with these types of legal changes, it creates a very dangerous environment for a lot of people to be in.
I use my toaster oven fairly regularly although to be honest it's usually to reheat pizza. But one of these days I really want to upgrade it to one with a convection oven/air fryer in it. That just sounds like the best thing.
I actually read Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss quite some time ago and it was really interesting. If this interests you and you haven't read it, I suggest taking a look at it.
The only single player ones I've ever played have been 1 and 7. 1 was...old. The mechanics and everything remind me of Dragon Warrior but I kind of honestly just prefer Dragon Warrior (although I guess that one is also nostalgic because I remember watching my dad play it as a kid).
7 is much more modern but still pretty old at this point. It has a good story and interesting characters. It's been a while and I don't remember what the actual gameplay was like but I don't remember it being turn based.
I've also watched my BF play quite a bit of Final Fantasy Tactics and that's just what it sounds like, a very tactical turn based game. Not for me but some people really like that style of game so that's something to look into if it appeals to what you're looking for.
I also played a little bit of Final Fantasy 14 online and it was fun, although not the styles of MMO I personally prefer. But again it's all personal preference and if you like MMOs you should look it up because you might want to consider that instead of one of the single player games.
She's already acclimated to you so I would suggest that you just bring her home and see what happens. Stay outside with her for a couple hours at first so she knows you're there. Also I don't know that the climate is like where you live but if you live somewhere cold please get her a little heated house and heated water bowl. The heated houses are more like a heated pad than actual heating but will help keep her safe and comfortable in winter.
So I meal prep weekly and this week I adapted a Thai soup recipe I have to use as a quinoa salad recipe and it's really good. 10/10, healthy and delicious.
A lot of ultra processed foods are also ultra palatable foods so they're high in fat, sugar and salt and very hard to stop eating. They're also calorie dense so you eat past the point where you might become full with less calorie dense foods. I read this article earlier today and really liked it except that I thought the author went a little light on the judgement against this type of food manufacturing. Yes, we really do live in a world where it can be hard to both find and prepare "real" food, but the consequences of a western or specifically American diet have proven to be pretty intense.
That's such a wonderful sentiment. Thank you for that!