I have no-the-machine-is-not-actually-broken-just-take-it-again-trust-me, low blood pressure. And, I've always been a sodium ho.

But since I've been living clean this last month, my need for salt seems to have gone down considerably. Where once I would grind the salt into my hand and eat it as a snack, using Trader Joe's Everyday Seasoning is really working out for me...and seems almost too salty...which is just weird.

Sure, but I've been this weight pretty consistently for years.

Sorry, Nora. I think I was massively unhelpful there and could have been read as being judgy. I was surprised to find out how connected it was FOR ME, is what I was trying to say--not for everyone. And even knowing that, I STILL can't seem to lose the weight, so I got nothing, I guess...
Well, I'll stop talking now.

Steph's back!! Behave, dammit.

Hey, Nora, where do you do yoga?

I have low BP, but bad cholesterol.

Lunch was fun. Going to see XM:FC tonight with girl from last night, so of course now I'm doing the "OMG what if she likes me likes me and I don't like her?" thing. Yay.

Just finished dinner (everyone is taking turns cooking; tonight was our turn). We finished up as the fucking O'Reilly TV show was coming on, and Tim's dad HAD to watch it (the TV is in the family room, which is really just half of the large open family room/kitchen combo, so hanging out upstairs means being confronted with that vile propaganda.

Conveniently, my back hurts and I need to lie on the heating pad.

I love Tim's father, I do, but I also can choose what I'm exposed to in the way of media, and this is my goddamn vacation. So I'm lying on a heating pad and surfing the internet.

Apologies to any buffistas in the UK who are feeling a burning sensation. My death glare at my colleagues over there is set at 11, so there may be some spillover.

Steph, you just described the last 4 years of my life with my MiL. Fox News on from 8 to 8 every day on not one, but two TV's (family room and bedroom). I had to cook every night wearing my iPod. Now that she's in assisted living I don't know what to do with myself in the kitchen. I can actually cook and watch what I want. (Hope the back feels better soon!)

I once complained about the constant TVs on at a friend's house and he said it was just like that at my house, too & I said, "But just during football season... and baseball season... but that's sports!"

Sorry, Nora. I think I was massively unhelpful there and could have been read as being judgy. I was surprised to find out how connected it was FOR ME, is what I was trying to say--not for everyone.

I'm sorry too- I did understand you weren't being judgy, and I was gonna go back and edit accordingly and then work interfered (as it does).

I went to Whole Foods and scrutinized every can and package (well, I mostly got vegetables and meat stuff, but canned tomatoes and black beans as well.)

smonster, I go to Swan River Yoga-they have a studio on Magazine (just off Jackson) and also one down the road from work in Mid City. They are nice, but they kick my ass a lot. Some of the instructors do Hindu chants at the start and end of practice. I signed up for a beginners class tomorrow night (7:30-8:45pm), if you want to join me- new students get one class for free!

canned tomatoes and black beans as well.

Canned goods in general but canned beans in particular were my You Must Be Kidding Me in terms of stealth sodium. And I didn't notice because I was trying to be aware of sodium. I was tracking my eating habits with a program that calculated it for me and I was stunned.

WF had a couple brands that were salt free and then I saw the Goya with salt with a zillion mg of sodium.