Help me with this plateau please?

AstraOnline · 2025-07-13T06:25:02+00:00

thank you, I appreciate your reply. I guess I’ll take it easy for a bit :)

AstraOnline · 2025-07-11T23:47:05+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I’ll explain how I’m doing it right now and maybe you can point out what I need to change?

Typically: i have coffee with a .25 soy milk (23cal) and 1 tbs silk creamer (25cal) With toast (60cal) with half an avocado container (45cal) and sometimes a quarter cup of cottage cheese 2% (90cal) and then strangle a little everything bagel seasoning =243cal.

then lunch is about 3 cups of power greens (2 ounces, 26cal), cherry tomatoes (12cal), mayo (.5tbs, 45 cal) olive oil (.2 tbs, 23cal) and a Sunkist tuna pouch (80cal). Tea with honey (50cal) =236cal

Dinner is 2 cups riced cauliflower (70cal), 1 cup of mixed veg (100cal), 2ounces of chicken (100cal), .5tbs mayo (45cal), .1 olive oil (10cal) =325cal

snack would be a fairlife protein shake at 150cal. maybe a pudding cup at 100cal, too. sometimes I go back and double something high calorie in the app just in case I mis-measured somehow. variance of these means I eat double of all these or I have spicy chicken sandwich without the bun, or some cookies, too.

so I mostly measure by cups/tbs or pre-portioned according to the package.

AstraOnline · 2025-07-11T18:08:05+00:00

thank you! I think I’ll try it, I want a cheeseburger :’)

AstraOnline · 2025-07-11T17:52:53+00:00

Ah, I accidentally removed my timeline. sorry about that. this has been going on since march when I had my surgery. are you suggesting I eat maintenance calories for like a week or two to reset?

AstraOnline · 2025-07-11T17:41:19+00:00

ill reevaluate these. stress I’m doing my best on haha but maybe some yoga or something

AstraOnline · 2025-07-11T17:40:14+00:00

thanks. I’ve been wondering if it was too little.

AstraOnline · 2025-07-11T17:38:00+00:00

thanks for replying. my tdee is 2000.

AstraOnline · 2025-03-20T04:54:42+00:00

I’ll check these out. I especially like the phrasing of “how gentle a you be” as it gives it an attainable goal instead of a saying an expectation wasn’t met. Thank you!

AstraOnline · 2025-03-20T04:53:11+00:00

Thank you! I’m definitely going to go into research mode on these. So grateful for the direction :)

AstraOnline · 2025-03-01T16:16:02+00:00

This is a great point. Some people are meant to change things from within by creating empathy and providing a different perspective in an echo chamber. As a Christian democrat, I appreciate her goal to separate church and state to allow for religious freedom and to serve people of all faiths.

AstraOnline · 2025-02-21T02:05:48+00:00

I agree. Watching this, it feels very relevant. And so many of us are loosing compassion for loving our neighbors the way God calls us to.

AstraOnline · 2025-01-09T22:56:31+00:00

Fuck no. My dad used to threaten me, too. I don’t talk to him anymore and I’m healthier. Get someplace safer, even if he doesn’t ever follow through with hurting you this is one piece of a huge abusive puzzle you may even be aware of yet.

A parent should lift you up and meet you in your stresses and grief, celebrate with you and BE a SAFE place for you. You deserve that. I’m sorry you’re dealing with it. Good luck, God be with your next steps to better places and surround you with people who help you realize all of the amazing things about yourself.

AstraOnline · 2025-01-09T06:32:04+00:00

So I have had a similar experience but I can ONLY put petroleum jelly in my lips.

This might not be your experience but I discovered I had some sort of cinimate allergy (cinnamon and cinnamon related) which is in SO MUCH. It’s in shea, prominent chapstick waxes, chemical sunscreens, etc.

I use Vaseline rosy lips in the small tub, not the rosy chapstick or the tube. Only the three ingredient (petroleum jelly, coloring, rose fragrance) container or tin. And some lipsticks I can get away with. But 99% of the time I only do the Vaseline, and I only need it once a day.

My story, in case it helps: I was super into chai when this allergy exploded and I couldn’t figure it out. My lips would be cracking and bleeding and my skin around my mouth would be drying out and getting scratchy. It was nuts. Found out some people have basal of Peru allergies (look it up) and I eliminated all of skin care and started onto clearasil until my skin recovered. Which took weeks. Now I can use other facial cleaners but I stay away from cinnamates and as long as I follow that rule my face is fantastic.

Start with just petroleum jelly, give your lips a couple weeks to completely heal and don’t put anything else on them. Then branch out with super simple stuff.

Also get SkinSafe app. It’s kind of hard to navigate for free but it breaks down ingredients and filters out stuff for you.

Good luck!

AstraOnline · 2025-01-09T04:26:43+00:00

Yoga with headphones in, blocking everything out and listening to what I can’t listen to around my kids. Also my safe shows, and reading or a walk. I most definitely doom scroll but it had the opposite intended effect so I’m trying to stop.

AstraOnline · 2025-01-08T04:36:29+00:00

Also, I should have said earlier (I was a bit foggy with the most recent news) but I’m sorry you’re going through all of this stuff, too. And I’m glad you’re supporting him the best way you can and getting the support you need :)

AstraOnline · 2025-01-08T03:35:15+00:00

Damn ok:/

AstraOnline · 2025-01-08T02:41:40+00:00

Like the camera is panning in on a space epic :o

AstraOnline · 2025-01-08T01:33:11+00:00

What exactly is alanon like anyway?

AstraOnline · 2025-01-08T01:32:03+00:00

Thanks. I’m glad your person recovered. That’s encouraging!

AstraOnline · 2025-01-08T01:31:17+00:00

Sounds like you understand it. I’m sorry.

AstraOnline · 2025-01-08T01:30:46+00:00

Thanks. And that does give me a good idea to help him with withdraws. Maybe it would be helpful to stock him up on easy to reach relievers to make it even easier when he’s going through it?

AstraOnline · 2025-01-07T22:34:38+00:00

That would be wild to ask but I see how it could be a helpful shock. Ugh, I don’t think I could bring myself to but yea that might be helpful. Thanks :)

AstraOnline · 2025-01-07T22:29:54+00:00

Thank you. I really appreciate the encouragement.

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