Country music. My roommate got me hooked on a couple radio stations. I am really a city girl at heart and have zero emotional connection to, like, farms and cows and stuff, but I do enjoy a fun feel-good country song now and then. But I have some conditions: 1) Must be upbeat and have a sense of humor, nothing slow or depressing. 2) Not too twangy. Banjos only acceptable on limited occasions. 3) Quit talking about your damn TRUCK. I don't CARE.
Eucerin moisturizing cream. This stuff is a godsend in the winter (or anytime, really, since my hands seem to repel moisture). It's super thick and makes your hands a little slippery for a few minutes, but then your skin will be soft and lovely.
Sensodyne toothpaste. Over the past couple years, I started noticing that my teeth were super sensitive to temperature and they hurt when I bit into something crunchy. My dentist suggested I switch from regular old Crest toothpaste to Sensodyne, and I've noticed a HUGE difference.
Peanut butter. This needs no elaboration. My uncle is deathly allergic and I cry for him, on occasion.
And, in a related vein, Things I Am Eating:
Cake. Well, I had one piece at my friend's apartment one night last week, but it was totally unplanned and calories totally unknown.
Real bread. Like, the thick hearty kind with grains and seeds and stuff. None of the low-cal fat-free cardboard crap that disintegrates in the toaster. Been there, done that. Yuck.
Muffins. Again, it was just one muffin, but still a big deal for me. I was in a coffeeshop and was running a little low on calories for the day, so I just decided, why not? It replaced my regular boring snack, so a big change in routine as well. fatsaregoodfatsaregoodfatsaregood
Peanut butter. I know I already said this. Shut up. Your argument is invalid.
That's awesome! May you one day be able to have a slice of cake, a muffin, and lovely crunchy bread with peanut butter all in the same day :-)
ReplyDeleteOne can dream! But actually, that sounds like an amazing day!
DeleteThat's so cute about the country music! I really like Reba McEntire, although, as you say, not the super sad stuff. I'll have to give the lotion a try, I love cocoa butter also for winter (or anytime) dry skin. Congrats on the food variety! That's so so exciting, and I'm really proud of you for challenging yourself and expanding your food horizons. Delicious AND forward motion in recovery: double win! And you're so right, PB really is probably the best thing ever invented.
ReplyDeleteI'm really liking Jason Aldean, Zac Brown Band, and Keith Urban right now. And same, the depressing ones drive me nuts! Amen on the peanut butter.
DeleteI identify so much with so many of your posts that it's almost eerie sometimes. Right now I have Skippy Superchunk, Jif Cappuchino Hazelnut, Maranatha Creamy Almond, Peter Pan Honey Roasted, and Planter's Cinnamon Raisin Granola nut butters all in my cabinet in various stages of being ravaged day by day. I have serious sympathy for anyone with a nut allergy, just can't imagine.
ReplyDeleteI have SUPER sensitive teeth as well and have found the Sensodyne Pronamel formula to be a lifesaver. As is Eucerin. Really, Kaylee, people are going to think someone is paying us to plug these things but it's a funny coincidence.
Woot for muffins and good bread! you rock, my friend.
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Haha wow, you definitely have me beat on the nut butter front, although I do buy my peanut butter 40oz at a time. Maybe if we mention a brand enough they'll send us free samples? Are you listening, Eucerin and Sensodyne? And while I'm at it: Jif, Pepperidge Farm, Starbucks, Nature Valley, and Clif?
DeleteYour conditions for country music make me laugh -- especially the one about banjos. I love bluegrass music (sue me - I'm a southern girl at heart), but most of the country music on the radio grates my nerves to no end.
ReplyDeleteWay to go on the muffin! I mean, way to go on the other stuff, too, but I completely understand the gravity of a muffin and it reminds me of the time in treatment that I cried for half an hour (BAWLED -- snot and everything) over a muffin at breakfast and then proceeded to tell my therapist that I absolutely did NOT have an eating disorder and didn't need to be there. I did, on both accounts, and six weeks later when that meal came up again, I ate it like a champ. And enjoyed it. Yay muffin!