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3 hours ago, Celery Man said:

I mean wtf if you’re actually working 14 hour days regularly.

 

Pretty much, yeah. Granted, not straight through usually, I tend to take a few minutes here and there to throw clothes in the washer, pull clothes from the dryer and maybe fold or usually make them ready to fold across another break or two.  But overall, yeah. Been that way for about 6 months, and will probably last another year before I’m situated enough with putting band-aids on one app that was contracted out (that’s shit, and we’re just trying to get working as best we can, just to get off the legacy app); a new app that I’m writing from scratch to replace the contracted pile of shit (which is slow going until we have all the business logic sorted and correct, because right now it’s beyond fucked up), plus having to keep up with legacy, although that is mostly fixes and not new work (thankfully!)

When I kicked the hours up a bit in  mid January, it was for a trade show a couple months ago. It just carried over with so much on my plate.

 

3 hours ago, Celery Man said:

You said above that you started at 235. That’s awesome. It’s going to suck tomorrow when you inevitably bounce above 200 again (because that’s how it goes every time you hit an imaginary threshold) but sliding under 200 is awesome.

 

 

I’m not tied to a specific weight either, just a range. I’ll get there eventually. 

 

 

3 hours ago, Celery Man said:

My wife takes care of dinner, so that’s my hack. But, I am happy to eat a small number of things pretty frequently and that works well for me to stay in a calorie range.

 

My wife isn’t much for cooking overall. She does a very few things that work, the rest… not so much. Not that there’s much beyond her couple three things.

I wouldn’t ask her to follow a recipe, mainly because of interpretation and how you just know things when you cook a lot. Like substitutions, cooking something a different way, etc.

 

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I cook my proteins in 3-4 day batches and then refrigerate. Same with my rice or potatoes. Portion out on the scale what I need and throw it in the skillet when I can. Reheated on the stove is 100x better than the microwave if time allows. My Tupperware game is legit. The day before I run out I do it all again. Being prepared helps remove the tendency to deviate and be bad because of how easy a pizza or other takeouts are.

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47 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

 

Pretty much, yeah. Granted, not straight through usually, I tend to take a few minutes here and there to throw clothes in the washer, pull clothes from the dryer and maybe fold or usually make them ready to fold across another break or two.  But overall, yeah. Been that way for about 6 months, and will probably last another year before I’m situated enough with putting band-aids on one app that was contracted out (that’s shit, and we’re just trying to get working as best we can, just to get off the legacy app); a new app that I’m writing from scratch to replace the contracted pile of shit (which is slow going until we have all the business logic sorted and correct, because right now it’s beyond fucked up), plus having to keep up with legacy, although that is mostly fixes and not new work (thankfully!)

When I kicked the hours up a bit in  mid January, it was for a trade show a couple months ago. It just carried over with so much on my plate.

 

 

I’m not tied to a specific weight either, just a range. I’ll get there eventually. 

 

 

 

My wife isn’t much for cooking overall. She does a very few things that work, the rest… not so much. Not that there’s much beyond her couple three things.

I wouldn’t ask her to follow a recipe, mainly because of interpretation and how you just know things when you cook a lot. Like substitutions, cooking something a different way, etc.

 

I mean tech job market isn’t great at the moment but if you’re straight salary that’s some bullshit. But, digression. I will say, one of the things that accelerated my creep up in weight in 2023 was no time = grilled cheese. Pivoting to no time = spinach shake was a big part of what has worked for me this year with little kids and a busy job. I look forward to that shake for lunch almost every single day. If my wife wasn’t on dinner I’d have a hard time staying on track with the kids. But if it was just me, I’d have a couple of things in rotation and that would be that.

 

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12 hours ago, Celery Man said:

Pivoting to no time = spinach shake was a big part of what has worked for me this year with little kids and a busy job. 

If I’m not out of the office, that’s essentially been my lunch for the past several years.  Coconut milk base, peanut butter, flax oil, flax or chia seed, scoop of protein powder, cinnamon, ginger, turmeric, and a bunch of spinach.  I get in a ton of fiber, healthy fats, protein, and greens, and instead of spending an hour or more going to a restaurant like I did in my younger days, I can use that time to leave work a little earlier.

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