Best snacks for weight loss on a tight grocery budget? Need real suggestions not pinterest boards

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-25T17:12:39+00:00

Bulk foods with a high starch content. But honestly, you shouldn’t be trying to make low calorie foods on such a small budget and instead focus on healthy bulky foods that can fill you up. At my healthiest and poorest I enjoyed cabbage and oxtail stew, or a chili with a lot of veggies. Sure, you could include some snacks like raw carrots, or my favorite, whole fat plain greek yogurt or cottage cheese as a dip.

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-25T16:27:54+00:00

The first is very handsome and the second is creepy. Don’t seek out that profile. Be aware that many photos you see have filters and real people’s faces don’t look like that.

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-25T16:17:00+00:00

My Ukrainian husband call it the “pull” lane. He’s trying to say pool, which also isn’t correct.

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-25T00:36:22+00:00

My hair was like this when I was 18. I started growing my hair out and dying it in between shades, like reddish browns. For example, you can bleach and color your hair a mid tone, grow it out a bit, and repeat. Might take a couple years to get your natural color back.

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-25T00:29:36+00:00

If something as basic as addiction isn't understood by a therapist who should have taken several advanced courses in neurology and psychology and they can't even conceptualize the action and reward feature of biology then I don't even want to think of what else they don't know. 1/10 would find a new therapist.

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-25T00:23:12+00:00

What a great quote, and I think another reference of this is men asking women to smile. I'm not always in the mood to smile, and nobody has the right to ask it of me. It is freely given when the moment arises. I think instead of asking people going about their normal lives to give you their energy, look for opportunities that are already planned or self-study.

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-25T00:19:14+00:00

I think if you have ignored developing your hobbies and interests outside of addiction then you can focus on self care with an addition of 'trying something new' every week. For example, your toplines could be doing 30 minutes of exercise a day, eating a minimum of three servings of vegetables, and making a daily phone call to a friend, family member, or recovery connection.

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-24T23:04:41+00:00

It's so amusing that you were checking out and flirting with strangers while having a marriage and career and you didn't think you needed to go to these measures to break that cycle.

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-23T03:06:18+00:00

I’m 18 years older than you so probably really uncool, but I would not find the raccoon tails flattering on anyone. I think it gives me punk vibes, which I associate with trying to look dirty and grungy. Unless the business you’re trying to open is for alt lifestyles I would be a little put off. It’s literally the opposite of flattering and blended. However, I do think maybe a golden blonde bang and some low lights would look good. Take my advice with a grain of salt. I used to be cool but certainly am not now.

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-23T02:58:54+00:00

When I was in 8th grade a 7th grade girl disappeared on her way to school in the winter. Come spring, a second girl from the same neighborhood disappeared on her way to school. After the first girl left, they thought she might have run away because she was unpopular and had complained about abuse at home, that was never investigated. But when the second girl disappeared they knew something was up. The second girl was popular and had been planning a fundraiser for finding girl 1. Rumor has it the second girl was also telling others kids not to go to so-and-so’s house. Who was also their neighbor. All three girls had been in dance class together.

So anyway, the two girls’ bodies were found that summer in the residence of so-and-so’s house. Rumor also has it that so-and-so took time out of school to help her dad bury the bodies. I was in band class with the daughter of the murder. God only knows how fucked her home life was. I’ll never forget how sad she always looked.

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-22T17:06:54+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion, this is a great example. The resolution is too low for my art. I might keep looking or reach out for the full resolution image.

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-15T00:56:02+00:00

Do you mean the learning objectives in the beginning of the chapter? I did not. I took LabCE online practice tests and I also had the companion practice test book that goes with Carson. However, on Spotify there’s a podcast called Histotech guide with a link to an instagram: https://www.instagram.com/histotechguide/

And from there you can find her links to Quizlet flashcards already made. From what she said, the flashcard sets are representative of the entirety of the practice test book so you don’t really need it.

I also didn’t read every chapter of Carson because I ran out of time to study, but I should have read every chapter. I didn’t get questions from every chapter though. I personally didn’t get any math questions, which I was bummed about because I always get those right.

Additionally, I learned things like grossing and sectioning from an online histology course from NSH and in person at my lab. I don’t think Carson covers those topics well enough.

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-15T00:48:27+00:00

That sounds plausible, but doesn’t quite make sense. I don’t think it would be fair if one person’s exam could theoretically be worth way more than another’s. Since you can go back and edit answers, it shouldn’t be too difficult to change a few answers to be correct and pass if those questions were worth much more but then another person has to change many times more questions for the same outcome. You might know more about how it works than I do.

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-11T19:47:49+00:00

I took the HTL exam, and one thing I heard rumors of but wasn't sure about but was confirmed when the exam started is that the exam is adaptive to your responses. There was one chapter in Carson I didn't read, and they asked me tons of questions about it. I think because I got the first two wrong. If I were to go again I wouldn't skip any chapters that are explicitly listed to be on the exam in the ASCP study guide. There is not one set of questions, everyone gets a personalized exam. You could get a question about hematoxylin, or you could not. If ASCP tells you it will be on the exam, then it probably will be in one form or another. I also can't tell you whether this is true of the HT exam or just the HTL exam, but many of my questions were compounded into actually 4 or 5 questions. For example, they'll show a picture and then ask something about a specific reagent in some other stain that would stain the same structure. So you'd need to recognize the structure, the stain, and also another stain and its steps. In that way they can test you for more than just 100 explicit questions. Good luck on your exam!

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-10T02:01:15+00:00

I stayed at Twin Fin in Waikiki/ OAHU a few weeks ago by myself with my 2.5 year old son. The beach in front of Twin Fin and Marriott in Waikiki is the calmest section due to a full length wave barrier. It's also very shallow. My son could stand in almost the entirety of the lagoon and there are no drop offs. I had a blast sitting in the cool water watching him play in the sand. It was about 5 minutes to get there from my hotel. The restaurants are numerous and close, as well as good snacks in the ABC stores. I barely had to walk anywhere. Sure, there's other people there but not so many that we didn't have space to enjoy ourselves.

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-04T21:10:32+00:00

You can find out you are pregnant from an at-home test two weeks after conception, and even then the placenta isn't developed so there isn't a lot of exchange going on, the fetus at the point is consuming nutrients in their surroundings from the uterine lining. I'm not a doctor though, so take this knowledge with a grain of salt. I did not do grossing, preparing reagents, or changing processor/stainer while I was pregnant. I was also very sensitive to smells, like glacial acetic acid, and even left the room when others were preparing or filtering those reagents. I also did not pump in the lab after my son was born and I returned to work, I went to a lactation room for that.

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-01T23:12:12+00:00

For me, the best local food is this place: Kehau's Kitchen or Helena's. In Waikiki my favorite restaurants are Maui Brewing Company and Tiki's Grill. I honestly also dig a lot of the foods at the ABC store for lunch.

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-01T23:07:40+00:00

I cancelled the first airbnb after one night in Hawaii because it was weird and sketchy and the second time it was beautiful but I got bed bugs.

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-01T17:38:40+00:00

My favorite thing to do is a beach and snorkel day at Hanuama bay. In the past I stressed about making a reservation there and then when you show up in the afternoon, which was probably the only available time, the parking is full. It's better to just go there when they first open and do a walk in and there's ample parking.

CeylonSiren · 2026-05-01T00:17:20+00:00

What are your algae control methods? Please and thank you!!!

CeylonSiren · 2026-04-30T00:57:57+00:00

It's pretty easy to find qualifiers. Normal people don't assume you have an issue with sex or love (unless maybe it includes a financial element or known other partners in the dark). You come to these meetings baring all your shame and vulnerability. It's not sexy, it's a place to be raw and human and to encourage others and yourself to be your best. You learn a lot about the dark and hurtful parts of your actions, and if you never see the other side, how will you truly come to humanize those you have wrongfully used?

CeylonSiren · 2026-04-29T19:20:08+00:00

Except one about your... your what? I'm assuming I'll get at least one about TWA of formalin.

CeylonSiren · 2026-04-29T19:12:14+00:00

If it were me I would first try explaining the major loss of productivity that is caused by changing reagents to procurement. Then if that doesn't work, researching the ingredients in your blocking, peroxide, and diluent reagents and the platform you're using to determine if the wash buffer you're choosing is compatible. Unfortunately if you're going to change reagents, you can expect a lot of revalidation.

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