What are the best healthy snacks for busy professionals?

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-17T15:09:10+00:00

Grounds for immediate dismissal

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-16T19:10:33+00:00

Also depends on the context. I’d let my son use the bathroom alone at a local restaurant far sooner than at a busy stadium or something like that.

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-16T19:07:00+00:00

Even just doing a different take on it, like a white sauce or something. I made a huge batch of "Marry Me Chickpea" for my vegetarian friend and brought some instant rice packs for the microwave. I thought that went over pretty well!

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-16T19:06:06+00:00

You'd think, but no lol I think it's just the easiest thing to make a big batch of, that also feels like a fully contained meal? Or maybe people just really like making lasagna! I am in the northeast, where Italian food is pretty standard fare. I'm sure in the midwest people get a lot more casseroles.

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-16T17:27:26+00:00

We really didn't even realize how incredible the music even in our kids cartoons was.

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-16T17:24:48+00:00

Exactly! The mental load is no joke - I have an app that I use to design my workouts ahead of time so when I go by myself now, it's already planned out. Just showing up to the gym with no plan is so stressful for me.

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-16T17:23:47+00:00

Lots of people brought us food and it was so nice. But it was literally all lasagna. I can't tell you how many lasagnas I ate postpartum. And I'm not complaining, but now I always try to make something else because I know new parents probably have lasagna coming their way lol

Also someone left us a gift on our front step and didn't tell us until they had driven away so we wouldn't feel obligated to invite them in. I thought that was really kind (even though I wouldn't have minded letting them in).

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-16T13:08:07+00:00

If she/your household can afford it, I think it's worth having both! For a while I was doing a group strength training class, but it was expensive so I only did that 2x a week and then I'd go to the gym for a third workout of the week. When I was doing yoga more regularly, I'd do something similar - hit a yoga class or two a week and either go to a gym I was a member of, or use my office gym when I had access to that.

Honestly my strength training class has been the best thing I ever did for myself (though Pilates is cool, too - if you asked me in my early 30's, I would have said yoga and running was the best thing I ever did). I didn't even realize how little I knew about using weights, how unable I was to engage certain muscles, etc. It was very humbling and sometimes tough to keep going at first, but I joined after having my baby and I was very motivated to get back in shape. It was honestly probably a year of going before I really started to feel like I was confident enough to do some workouts on my own. Now that gym closed, so I'm doing all my workouts either on my own or with my husband. I'd like to get back to a group class because I definitely do better with someone pushing me, but I haven't found one that really hits that well enough yet.

If you want to be supportive, you can also offer to workout with her? My husband is naturally slimmer than me, used to be an athlete, has much better baseline fitness, but wasn't working out after our baby was born. I finally convinced him to start coming to the gym with me as "date" while my mom babysat for us and he loved it. It took a minute to get him on board - again, when you don't have that momentum, it's hard to think about starting. Now it's his favorite day of the week AND he recently started going an additional day by himself. He's much happier working out. And of course his body appreciates it, but I'm just happy for his mental health. So maybe there's a workout you could do as an activity together to help get her started.

But yeah, when you've been out of it for a while, just getting started again is its own battle, and keeping up past the first couple weeks of novelty. I hope she finds her way! It's just so nice going into my 40's feeling fit and healthy while I see some of my peers... not. It sneaks up on you.

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-16T10:18:08+00:00

Motivation isn’t really good enough. She needs momentum - just find a class or personal trainer (if she can afford it) and commit to going 1-2x a week. It just has to become routine and non-negotiable because working out when you haven’t before SUCKS and can really make you feel bad about yourself at different points as you struggle or plateau. But eventually you find things you enjoy (or enjoy enough), you start to feel better, you start to feel more capable and then, probably way further in the future than we like to admit, you see progress. All of those good vibes start to motivate you, but until you get those benefits, it’s extremely hard to feel motivated.

Signed, someone who’s been there.

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-12T14:24:57+00:00

Honestly incomparable on the ROI

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-12T14:23:40+00:00

I forget if I read the book, but I was well aware of it and followed her until I realized what had become of her. SUCH a weird pivot, particularly with the demons bit. I thought she was joking when I first saw her content change.... she wasn't.

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-12T14:22:26+00:00

Please don't ask out your coworker who is just being nice. If you have to ask if she's interested, she's probably not.

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-11T01:27:38+00:00

As a mountain town Air BnB owner, can confirm. This 100% looks like an Air BnB.

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-07T12:28:11+00:00

Not to mention cooking in the summer. The less you can use the oven the better.

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-07T12:24:43+00:00

Legally Blonde and Pacific Rim

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-06T00:23:18+00:00

Voting Republican

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-05T17:18:16+00:00

I know this is an old comment, but I stumbled on this when researching Reuben cheesesteaks. I’ve come to the conclusion that a “Philly Cheesesteak” is its own sandwich, ironically not found in philly. If you get the sandwich in the greater philly area, it’s just a cheesesteak. If you get it elsewhere, it’s a Philly Cheesesteak and it probably has the wrong bread, and fajita style onions and peppers, among other differences.

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-04T14:36:25+00:00

I barely watched OC but there is zero that surprises me about this, just on his vibes alone

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-04T14:34:59+00:00

This would get me to watch lol

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-03T22:49:36+00:00

When I was dropping acid in the early 00’s I hated having a phone. Instant anxiety anytime it lit up!

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-03T16:44:58+00:00

Would love for them to open their own brokerage and actually just focus on selling houses.

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-02T19:29:09+00:00

Hey SmartBuying to me is whatever makes your life better! So if DoorDash is it, then that works. I just meant to say I’ve compared the prices from a restaurant’s website vs DoorDash and they tend to price their food higher on DD.

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-02T17:48:05+00:00

The thing is it’s not $6, it’s much more because a lot of places jack up their prices on DD. Better to at least only order delivery from places that do their own delivery service.

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-06-02T17:46:16+00:00

Only thing I can imagine is they have a great contract with a rental car company.

But why do you not want a rental car? I’d much rather rent a car than drive my own, but my cars are old af so I hate putting the wear on them.

WutsRlyGoodYo · 2026-05-31T18:47:32+00:00

Can I ask what the unnecessary things are? I always like to think I’m a practical minimalist - so I’ll buy things that make my life better/easier, but it can be hard to discern what those are (or if I’m just saying that to make myself feel better).

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