Riddle Me This.
Why a pointless post? Because I'm a time-waster, life-forsaker.
("AaaOOoooGAH!" Pocket Bressler shouts, "Sentence fragments! Comma splice!)
#1.
What's a chubby girl to do when warm weather comes? Whale clothes have been packed away, and now I'm again sorting through my skinny clothes, into which I probably won't fit for another ten months. Should I just toss all the skinnies? In the past, the small window of time that flares between "I've finally lost all my pregnancy (i.e. candy) weight!" and "God has given us another!" has not been significant enough to warrant an entire bin of clothing. I'm tempted to, but then ten months from now, if I'm not yet pregnant, I'll still be wearing dolphin clothes, and though I love dolphins, I'm not too fond of their clothes.
#2.
What's a packing girl to do when downstairs neighbors curse? Our rear downstairs neighbors live below the storage area, into which John and I need to traipse to get ready for this move. Three times in two days, we've been yelled at through the floorboards. John talked to the boy and found that he works the night shift, so we try to go in there when he's awake, but the grumpy girl cannot be pleased. This morning, she cursed at me when I walked in on tippy-toed feet. I tippy-toed back out as fast as my toes could carry me and haven't set foot in there since.
#3.
What's a hungry girl to do when her belly rumbles?
Lunch suggestions, please. (Candy, anyone?)
8 comments :
Hmmm. Dolphin clothes. I am contemplating getting out MATERNITY again! I can hardle squeeze into my 'transition' clothes. Such a sad reality-but not so bad that I get out my workout videos or stop my munching. I am afraid I am addicted. So-when you find out how to have self-control, let me know the secret. And while that seems like a comment made jokingly, I am QUITE serious.
I just sorted through (believe it or not I had to do it AFTER the move!) all my 'skinny' clothes and couldn't part with more than a handful-though I KNOW I should have. Not only because they will probably never fit again but also because they are on the verge of teeny-bopper. Having two children kind of takes me out of that role...
My suggestion for your unfriendly downers...when they curse at you-yell back at them 'SKITTLES' or "Sassafras!" or "Magaluuka!" Or any other such nonsensical malarki. See what they say to THAT! ;-)
Macaroni and Cheese (homemade, of course)
Spaghetti and meatsauce, followed the next day by
Spaghetti pancake
Potato pancakes following meals requiring mashed potatoes
Gravy on startch (usually following a chicken meal, and usually on leftover potatoes)
Ground beef stroganoff/meat and onion gravy on startch (noodles, usually)
Macaroni and sloppy joe sauce
Tuna fish sandwiches/tuna cheese melts
ziti (not baked)
macaroni and chickpeas
Occasionally soup made from leftovers, but this is highly scorned and barely tolerated by the eating majority (and by that I mean, Lachlan)and hence rarely made.
grilled cheese sandwhiches
with our Spring abundance of eggs, we also make somtimes:
French Toast
Dumpling soup (following a roast chicken meal)
egg salad sandwiches
Made by kids when they feel like providing food for themselves (e.g. when they reject what has been prepared as whole for the family)
Scrambled/fried egg
rice (eaten with milk and cinnamon sugar)
Toast with cottage cheese, raisins and cinnamon
As a last resort,
Peanut butter and jelly
I think I must be missing some, but it's list enough to get you started I guess. (All recipes available upon request.)Feeding rumbly bellies sometimes seems like a full time job around here, but I think we manage a pretty good job of it. When Lachlan was at his peak hunger during extreme growth, we would make 3 lbs. of pasta for macaroni and cheese. . .2 lbs. for him, and 1 for the rest of us. I think now we usually have about a pound leftover, but it is usually eaten the next day.
Alright. I have only seen photos of you, but you are NOT what I consider "chubby". Stop it!! :P (Said jokingly. I realize you have never met me, either)
Seriously, I have pondered about the weight issue between pregnancies, too. I think your kids, my kids, and Leah's are all about the same age. I told my dh that I did NOT want to end up wearing a muumuu in 10 yrs because I couldn't lose the weight between pregnancies.
The #1 tip: DON'T keep junk food in the house!! If it isn't there, ya can't munch! haha
For me, what works is Weight Watchers Points system. I got their books, etc, off EBay 2yrs ago. I am too cheap to attend meetings, and when I want to, I have willpower of steel. LOL It works for me because it makes me count pts. for the food I eat and if I go over, I feel very guilty and beat myself up over it. So, to avoid feeling THAT way, I don't go over my pts! That can sometimes be hard while nursing because I feel like I could eat all day. I usually drown myself with water to keep the munchies away... I realize it won't work for those who think counting pts is a drag.
Just wanted to throw that out there. Anyway... You don't even look like you need to lose weight! Sheesh...
I think the obvious solution to your neighbro problems is to leave your apartment and move to the country. "Green acres is the place for me..." and all of that.
Mrs. Rebecca Teenybopper,
Well, I tried "Sassafrass!"(I love sassafrass soda), and they said...well, here's not the place to repeat it. I don't fret too much about excess weight, but it sure is annoying. In ten months or so, it'll be gone, but I do kick myself for eating so much candy every pregnancy. Each time I tell myself that I'll eat less instead of more so that I can wear more than two outfits once the wee one's out. Riiiight. I'm the least likely one to give you advice about self-control, and you know it! (Care for a jellybean?)
Titi,
Peanut butter and jelly it was! I read your comment too late, but now I have two week's worth of menu options. I thought it was funny that your riddling of number three completely foiled the dilemma of number one! And I hope Lachlan appreciates all the food you've filled him with over the past five years. Where would he be without you? A few inches shorter, I bet.
Michelle,
I'm lazy. There you have it. I don't exercise for the sake of exercise (though I love to garden and move and swim and walk and run...in the country, though, not on sidewalks...I haven't gone running in a couple of years). I'm probably one of those people who would count points for about one meal before I gave up. I think your #1 tip is the trick to losing this 20 pound excess, pure and simple. Then I don't even have to exercise willpower! (However, I have been know to mix peanut butter, baking cocoa, and powdered sugar together when all else fails...)
Josh,
Amen and again!
Ouch about the neighbors. Nothing like a good send off.
Has the moving day been picked?
Yes, but I have so much more experience with feeding rumbly bellies than I do with pregnancy (or candy)weight. Mostly I get mini-lectures from Lachlan how the more calories a food has the better.
But, thinking of you, I did see in a magazine that "long walks are the cure to eating too many jam tarts" so maybe it will work with cadies, too.
Moving day: one of May's twenties.
Titi,
Let's hope! (But I don't eat too many Cadies. :)
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