Do you own a Nook? And random life updates

[thistlechaser]

Do you own a Nook? Do you want some amount of free credit for a Nook book? If so, leave your email address in a comment on this post. First person to comment gets it. I have no idea how much the credit is! It's from some court settlement, but I don't have a Nook, so I can't use it. I'll send the Credit Certificate Number and PIN to use it to the first person who wants it.

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Random life updates:

- For all its downsides (which include a longer drive), my new workspace rocks for one reason: The desks raise or lower with the push of a button. I can work standing! Working standing up is really good for you, plus I suspect helps burn calories. I work for an hour to an hour and a half standing, then sit down a while, then stand again. Only downside is your monitor is so high, everyone can see it. No doing non-work stuff, ha.

- The heat in my apartment died on Monday. They did a short-term fix (somehow turned my AC into heat), but it's not automatic like heat is (where it clicks on and off to keep you at whatever temperature you set it at). I have to turn it on and off. That's an issue when I go to work and sleep. It's going to take two to three weeks to fix! But luckily they found a used part they can repair it with for now... So I guess that's good.

- I haven't lost my hair yet. In the 3-6 months post-surgery, you can lose all/most/some of your hair. I'm soooooo worried about it. We're three weeks into that 3-6 month period, and so far so good.

- I haven't written about weight loss in general, because whenever I think about all this, I just get depressed. Life works best when I don't think about all the food I'll never, ever, ever eat again this new diet. I'm down 80 pounds now, 60 post-surgery. On one hand, that's a lot for 3.5 months on the other... it's so so so far from goal. But 3.5 months, so... I'm just trying to be chill and go with it. And not think about how I'll never taste frosting, cake, a cookie, or anything good ever again.

- And to end on a food- and work-positive note, one more good thing about the new building: We have a nice cafe in walking distance (in our other building, so maybe a couple minute walk), and I had a nice egg white sandwich on Monday. I think I'm going to get something again tomorrow morning. Starting the morning off with hot eggs is so nice. (Usual breakfast is a cheese stick, like you'd give a kid for a snack.)

Comments

[ani-mama.livejournal.com]

Nook! I has a Nook! *jumps up and down*

I have a Kindle account now too, but I have more books on the Nook.

80 pounds is huge, you should really be proud of your progress. That is like the weight of a 5th grader.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

It's yours! Remind me of your email address?

80 pounds is huge, you should really be proud of your progress. That is like the weight of a 5th grader.

Hahaha I like that!

[ani-mama.livejournal.com]

Do you need just any email account, or the one that is hooked up to the Nook? I think the Nook account is under Hubby's email.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Any one, just so I can send you the codes. Then you log in to B&N's Nook area and put them in like a gift card (I think).

[ani-mama.livejournal.com]

animama@hardwayranch.com

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Sent! I hope it's at least enough to buy a book, if not more!

[ani-mama.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Welcome. :)

[gconnor.livejournal.com]

Wow 80 is a lot. Great work so far!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I like how ani_mama phrased it above: I've lost a fifth grader!

[changeling72.livejournal.com]

I think 80lbs is fantastic!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

That's cool with the desk!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Very! Especially since my chair isn't so comfortable, when my butt gets tired, I just stand up a while.

[teaandfailure.livejournal.com]

OH GOD what a horrible time of year for your heat to die. At least there was a quick fix, even if it's an annoying one.

I'm jealous about the desk raising. I wish I could work standing up. I'm told that if you buttsit for eight hours after working out in the morning, it negates the entire workout. So I get up every hour or so and go jog up and down the stairs five times. I'd much rather be able to just do my mathmagic standing.

Eighty pounds is COMPLETELY AWESOME. I think it took my best friend a year and a half to reach her final goal weight. She had the surgery one spring, and the next summer when she came down to visit, she was at goal.

Are you not ever eating those things again because you think if you taste them, you will eat too much and hurt yourself? I didn't want to say this before because I was afraid of sabotaging you, but my best friend totally eats all those things. She just eats less of them than she used to. Like, one time she did eat a whole slice of frosted cake and she went into this really scary sugar shock, like a diabetic. She turned red and was sweating profusely. It was like nothing I'd ever seen and was definitely scary. However, sometimes she'll eat half a cupcake and she's fine, and she makes cookies literally all the damn time. She has mastered the art of eating one cookie and walking away (an art I personally have not mastered). So I totally understand if it's that you can't eat one cookie without eating twelve. I am that way also. It is why I cannot have cookies in the house.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's the word around here, too. No matter how much you exercise, if you sit for 8 or more hours during the day, all the benefit is gone. Add onto work that I go home and sit on the computer all evening... I need to stand up at home, too!

Like, one time she did eat a whole slice of frosted cake and she went into this really scary sugar shock, like a diabetic. She turned red and was sweating profusely. It was like nothing I'd ever seen and was definitely scary.

Yeah, that's called dumping. Some people can eat a little sugar, some a lot, some none... when you hit your limit, that happens (which can also include passing out). People around you tend to take you to the hospital when that happens, so I really, really want to avoid it.

I'm not sure if I could stop at one of something, but I'm at the point where I'm still afraid to try at all. So far I know I can handle TWO WHOLE PACKETS of sweet and sour sauce without dumping, so yay.

The scary thing about the dumping is that it can change from day to day -- something I could eat today might not be okay tomorrow.

So it's true, maybe one day I can taste frosting again... but in the past I've sat down and eaten a whole can of frosting in a day so... yeah.

Mmm frosting.

[postingwhore.livejournal.com]

How did you get the settlement money if you don't have a nook? :P

And you could always wear more to bed? I find it really interesting how Westerners tend to heat their homes whilst we tend to just wear lots of layers inside during winter (at least here in the south, apparently northerners do heat their homes :P) - right now I'm sleeping under two blankets & a duvet, and it works for me. XD

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

When I bought my iPad, it came with a Nook app. Before I knew anything about ebooks, I bought some Nook books (thinking you could use them interchangeably with Kindle, ha). I've still never read them, since all I use is the Kindle.

Yeah, I added an extra blanket to my bed, which helps a lot! :)

[ashmedai.livejournal.com]

That is a lot of weight to lose - congratulations!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And ♥ your new icon!

[ashmedai.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Feel free to snag it, I'm only using it as my default icon for the next couple days.

[mayanas.livejournal.com]

80 pounds is a lot! Congratulations!

I like the idea of a desk one can raise. It has got to be nice just to be able to change ones position occasionally.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And yeah, it's very nice. Keep my butt from falling asleep, haha.

[twissie.livejournal.com]

Omg, adjustable desk! I want one too!

Dude, 80 pounds is huge! Congrats~ keep on going!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And hopefully you can get one to use soon, too.

[coconuthead.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the weight loss! You may not have reached your goal, but at least you're on your way.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Yep! I'm closer than I've ever been. :)