Into the Void

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

1. I have returned to the land of living! My cold has passed remarkably quickly. Really it was kind of amazing that about 1 hour after waking yesterday, I was feeling like a completely different person. I have started taking Airborne (vitamin C + zinc) chewables.

2. Today I completed 12 days going to the fitness center (re: gym) at the Y for the month of December so I earned this shirt!



3. The boys are out of school until 2 Jan.

4. I am listening to the latest Tuesday Murder Club book on audiobook. It's such a fun series.

5. This month I managed 19 consecutive days of Yoga with Adriene before I gave up.

6. I am going to cancel my Noom subscription. The only part I like is the food journal so I am wondering if any of my friends can recommend/use a low-cost/free app which has calories of foods/food journaling. I like I can just scan a barcode and record what I'm eating, and I'm certain there are apps out there or search 1 cup of grapes or whatever. I just don't know them.

Comments

[smallhobbit]

Well done on earning the t-shirt!

I've been toying with the idea of getting the second Thursday Murder Club on audio.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you! It's mint coloured.

I think they changed the narrator, but I still like her.

[garonne]

I like I can just scan a barcode and record what I'm eating, and I'm certain there are apps out there or search 1 cup of grapes or whatever.

Yeah, I think there are several such apps. I know of Open Food Facts (https://us.openfoodfacts.org/discover) which is a free, non-profit one made by a team of volunteers, originally founded in France but now with products and volunteers from all over the world.

There's also Yuka (https://yuka.io/en/) but it may be mostly products sold in France (I never tested it).

I expect there are other apps with more of a slant towards to US food market.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yes, I think more precisely I am looking for a calorie counter but while there are a lot on the Google play store, they all seem to have bad(ish) reviews. Like that one but with a kind of food journal part to it, not just information about nutrition contents, or maybe it has that and I'm not understand.

Yes, yuka seems to be mostly France but cool for France.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Ah but I found something called Clean Slate which uses the Open Food Facts as its database so---maybe that will work. It seems to be geared toward people with eating issues (which is me).

[kingstoken]

Love the t-shirt with the polar bear working out!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yes--so fun!

[dr_zook]

I'm happy to read you're back amongst the living! 🥳 Having a cold over Holidays is really no fun at all.

Love the Yoga Bear shirt, haha, awesome. Congratulations on being on such a yoga streak, wow! Adriene's channel looks neat, I'll have to try it out. :)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you. I sank deep and quick but luckily recovered just as quickly so Christmas miracle!

It's very fun. For me, Adriene is the right balance, knowledgeable but not arrogant or gate-keeping and not taking herself too seriously but still kind of New Age.