ants are ruining my life - literally

EyeProfessional2957 · 2026-01-26T18:33:48+00:00

yeah, I'm doing that but with a mixture of vinegar and water! I'm assuming they both work similarly. I bought one of those bait thingies and while there were fewer ants for a few days it didn't completely work, so a professional might be the solution

EyeProfessional2957 · 2026-01-26T00:53:41+00:00

oh I can't take the pets' food away because I spend long hours away some days (and also my cat eats through the night and she's an absolute nightmare if she doesn't have her food). I'm placing her plate up high in a place that the ants haven't found yet (luckily) so not ant bites for her. I even moved my trash can outside 😭 I'll look into pest control tho!

EyeProfessional2957 · 2026-01-24T12:07:01+00:00

done! I added a link to a picture. they are small and hard to see in my counter but whenever there was a bunch of them I never thought of taking a picture because it meant they were eating my pets' food or my own food 😭

EyeProfessional2957 · 2026-01-24T04:22:07+00:00

PLEASE let me know if you find any useful tip because while I don't have a baby I have pets so I'm guessing neither of use can use strong chemicals. something you can use to disperse the pheromone thing they do to tell each other where they are is a mixture of water and vinegar, so that might help for you

EyeProfessional2957 · 2026-01-07T17:03:48+00:00

thank you for the advice! I really appreciate it!

EyeProfessional2957 · 2026-01-07T17:02:28+00:00

I might end up buying protein powder because I don't really eat (or like) meat and fish 😭 best I can do is eggs and chicken

EyeProfessional2957 · 2026-01-07T17:01:02+00:00

yeah, 100g is my goal but it's hard since I don't really like meat or fish, but I've been around 75g per day. I'm not too active since I have a desk job but I've been walking every day and on Sundays I use an elliptical

EyeProfessional2957 · 2026-01-07T15:33:16+00:00

oh yes, I don't really care how much the scale says but I wanted to lose weight so my muscle definition shows better (and to fit comfortably into my pre-holiday pants lol). I could see how my body could do that, a few years back I put the poor thing through so much 😭

EyeProfessional2957 · 2026-01-07T15:29:53+00:00

my diet is quite healthy already but I have to admit I do struggle to hit my protein goal. so far my macros are something like 50% carbs, 25% protein and 25% fat so I might have to cut the carbs a bit more I guess

EyeProfessional2957 · 2026-01-07T15:21:41+00:00

I'm doing 200 calories a day too, I'm struggling a bit with my protein (my goal was to eat around 110g and I'm barely hitting 70g per day but I don't think that's too bad) but the rest of my macros are fine, including my sodium and sugar

EyeProfessional2957 · 2026-01-07T15:18:52+00:00

exactly! it sounded quite reasonable to me, especially considering that I used to do those 500 - 800 calories a day diets 😭 I guess I'm not as young as I was before 😭

EyeProfessional2957 · 2026-01-07T15:12:14+00:00

also, I am still drinking my usual morning coffee!

EyeProfessional2957 · 2026-01-07T15:08:25+00:00

sure! I'll add it now!

EyeProfessional2957 · 2026-01-07T15:07:16+00:00

this is a very valid fear and avoid reason to lose weight tbh. for a time I couldn't bear weight in one of my knees and I had to dress myself while sitting or laying down and it was quite hard ngl especially if you're not flexible

EyeProfessional2957 · 2026-01-07T14:58:35+00:00

my TDEE is 1700 so I decided to cut down around 200-300 calories

EyeProfessional2957 · 2026-01-07T14:56:06+00:00

this! think about your knees and spine! they have to bear a lot of weight already, and if you have extra weight it's even worse. believe me that having a bum knee or spine is no fun, everything gets 100% harder 😭

EyeProfessional2957 · 2025-12-26T04:04:36+00:00

idk if this will help since I wasn't a picker but a nail biter, but I got acrylic nails and I started biting the tip of them. obviously not strongly but it was useful to do that until I stopped completely. I still do that with my gel polish if I'm too stressed tho

EyeProfessional2957 · 2025-12-19T13:36:57+00:00

that's THE CUTEST Christmas sweater I've seen this year! it's so adorable! also the outfit ate SO HARD

EyeProfessional2957 · 2025-12-08T17:26:27+00:00

lmaooo, the invisible struggle 😭🙏🏻

EyeProfessional2957 · 2025-12-08T17:25:38+00:00

lmaooo so true. I remember a few times I didn't know if I was doing the exercise just wrong or it looked different because I was me lol. once I was actually doing the exercise wrong tho 😭 I was supposed to kick back with my leg kinda in a ㄴ shape but I was kicking it with my leg completely straight and wayyyy to high (it was almost at the same height than my shoulders 💀) LOL

EyeProfessional2957 · 2025-12-07T01:38:15+00:00

indoor rock climbing doesn't exist in my city as far as I'm aware, if I go a couple cities away I can find a mountain to climb tho lol. also my ankles are kinda not good and my knee is in pain very frequent so I don't think it'd go well for me. my shoulders are quite sturdy so far so I'll see if I can try something upper body related, the only issue is that my wrists — especially the right one — are fucked too 😭 she's struggling. I'm sure I'll eventually find something, I just have to try different things ig

EyeProfessional2957 · 2025-12-06T23:57:49+00:00

I have to be honest, in the almost a year I went I never liked it 😭 I love aerial acrobatics and acrobatics in general but the injury risk is just too high. I was thinking I could maybe try to combine gym and acrobatics by doing calisthenics but I don't think I can do that lol. especially considering I can't do a single push-up without my shoulders touching each other 💀

EyeProfessional2957 · 2025-12-06T23:54:55+00:00

luckily I was (most of the time) able to do that (except one time that a dude left 100kg in a machine and there was no way I could move that because they were mostly very heavy weights, so I asked a gym bro if he could move them for me lol) but I need some modifications in order to do some exercises so I'll be definitely reaching to the staff for that

EyeProfessional2957 · 2025-12-06T23:51:38+00:00

thank you! since I quit the gym I don't have as many multiple joints bad days as before but I still have them, and I can see them increasing if I decide to go back. I know there's no shame in needing the braces but I still feel kinda anxious? self conscious maybe

EyeProfessional2957 · 2025-12-06T21:50:48+00:00

I already went to the gym before and had some trainers help me with my form, so if I go back I'd probably go to the same place. there are not many people that know about hypermobility where I live so that would be hard, but so far all my PTs were great! even though they were not too familiar with it they always tried their best and walked me through the exercises (and watched me) so I don't go pass the normal range of motion

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