CONFESSIONS OF A FAT GIRL

I've Got The Sick

Home sick: Day 2

I guess it really began on Saturday night. I was getting these little dizzy spells. They did not last long and I felt just fine on Sunday morning. But by Sunday night, I was groggy and cranky. I went to bed early (there is some gravity in that - I NEVER go to bed early). 

When I woke up Monday morning, I couldn't swallow without pain and my ears - especially my right - HURT. I was incredibly dizzy. I emailed my office and went right back to bed.

I woke up a couple more times but in truth, I actually slept til 4:00. 

I'm slightly ashamed to admit that. Who the hell sleeps til four in the afternoon?

Unfortunately, I woke up this morning feeling only a little bit better but still with the dizziness. My right ear was still aching. Hello, ear infection. 

Do you know any grown women who get ear infections? This often? I'm so lucky. 

I forced myself out of bed a little earlier today, though, and tried to have a more normal day (and by "normal" I mean I sat on the couch and watched TV while playing a lot of solitaire on my laptop). Enter a couple doses of antibiotics, chicken noodle soup and some cranberry juice...

I think I might actually feel human again. 

Not my most profound blog entry but just thought I'd share. :)

Antioxidants Tutorial

I have a Pinterest problem but the good news is, I find things to steal for the blog:

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I love this. There was previously a 10 meals for $16 deal but it sold out already. You have to sign up for an Albertsons club card but no biggie there. 

Anyway, just thought I'd pass it along. Click here to redeem.

 

 

Keep Smoking. Forever.

Who saw this blog entry title and was like "WTF, dude?"

So I got this study e-mailed to me entitled "Quitting Smoking Enhances Personality Change." My first thought? Shit title. Because what does it enhance? The moodiness? The frustration while trying to give up an addiction? Your need to sit in front of the fridge and eat everything you can get your hands on? 

Enhance negatively or positively? Get it togeher, University of Missouri.

Does it shock YOU that addiction changes your personality? It did NOT shock me. 

This is my favorite part:

In the study, MU researchers compared people, aged 18-35, who smoked with those who had quit smoking. They found that individuals who smoked were higher in two distinct personality traits during young adulthood: 

• impulsivity – acting without thinking about the consequences
• neuroticism – being emotionally negative and anxious, most of the time 

I mean, I coulda told you THAT. But I can also tell you quitting has not changed those sttributes in me. I am inherently impulsive and neurotic. Smoking has nothing to do with it. 

U of M, talk to me when you have found a revolutionary way to quit smoking without turning into a raging lunatic sans patches, pills or magic. Thanks. 

Original Source: http://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2011/0912-mu-study-finds-quitting-smoking-enhances-personality-change-2/

Wipe it Off

I am guilty of taking horrible care of my skin.

I've been incredibly lucky (I am now realizing there is no way to write this post without sounding profoundly vain). In high school, I had very few run-ins with acne, getting only one or two pimples around that certain time of month. And I almost never washed my face, except in the shower. 

As I got older, I established a little bit of a regimen, washing my face before bed or something. Later I added moisturizers, finally settling on one I liked to keep using... Sometimes I use a night cream. 

My mother got me into wipes, though -- they have been my favoritest thing. They are perfect for a lazy S.O.B. like me. And then I slap on some lotion and poof! 

I'm not expert - I am also not a role model. LOL. I just wanted to explain so you would understand my delight to find these wipes from Specific Beauty on my BlogHER goodie bag:

They say they're exfoliating. I don't really know about that but they're textured so I feel like they're getting all the crap off my face. They don't smell and they don't leave me feeling dry and/or sticky. And they don't make me break out anywhere, which is more than I can say for the last wipes I used, from Korres. 

My mother, who still has pretty flawless skin, still uses these, which I also like, from Comodynes:

Go out and buy some wipes. Tell me what you think. It's pretty rare I do a product review unsolicited so you know I'm serious - they're great, I promise.