Friday, March 7, 2025

Friday, 7 March 2025

 Hi everyone! 

It's a Friday in Lent, so just water today. It's also officially spring break! Apparently, I need the break, because I got home around noon today and took an unplanned nap from 2 PM to almost 9 PM. Probably not the best thing for my circadian rhythm, but I'm not mad about it. 

I also ordered some groceries today, including some plant-based things I've never tried before that I'll be trying. Tomorrow’s plant-based taste test will include: 

  • My usual KOS vegan chocolate protein shake but with vanilla coconut yogurt instead of the soy yogurt, in hopes that will help with the aftertaste
  • Nacho Vibes Hippeas (I’ve heard a lot of vegan kids really like them, so that’s promising.) 
  • Vegan Babybel rounds
  • Boomchickapop Sweet and Salty Kettle Corn Popcorn 
  • Triscuit Whole Grain Vegan Crackers (I thought Triscuits were vegan by definition, but the more you know…)
  • Philadelphia Plant-Based Cream Cheese (I have high hopes for this one. I've heard universally good things.) 

Hopefully at least some of them will be winners so I can keep shopping at Kroger/Aldi/Giant Eagle and not have to surrender my entire net worth to Thrive Market for a membership and their overpriced bougie food. 

I also bought, but have not yet received, the vanilla version of my current protein powder, because I want to see if that's any better. When I get the vanilla stuff, I have an idea of trying it with coconut yogurt and some vanilla non-dairy creamer and maybe some chai spices? That might be good. Enough cinnamon and clove will cover a multitude of evils in the taste department.

I'm not finding the fasting difficult overall, but of course, it's only been Lent for like three days at this point, so I'm sure it will get harder. My stomach did decide to start singing the song of its people in the middle of my Church History class today (which gave my friend Joanne, who sits next to me, the giggles) and it was a little embarrassing, but I wasn't too physically uncomfortable. I've found that drinking as-cold-as-I-can-stand-it ice water really helps. Well, sipping more so than drinking. 

Also, I unexpectedly ended up having to walk home from school today, and while it was inconvenient, it wasn't too hot today, and I found it to be a lot easier and quicker than I remember it being when I had to do it 70+ pounds ago when I moved here. 

To do this weekend: Vegan taste test and report results, order some documents online from my home state's vital statistics (because I need to renew my state ID), catch up on sleep, maybe try to get out and take a walk one morning, find my bus pass, and otherwise, spring break mode activated!

Until next time,
Simone

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Friday, 6 March 2025
(Friday after Ash Wednesday)
Location: Ohio (home)
Reading: On Second Thought by Kristan Higgins
Weight: 314.0 lbs. (142.0 kg)  

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