Coffee Break: Flower Charms
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In general, I'm not a fan of the “charms” trend for bags — I appreciate how they're supposed to add a whimsical touch, but I usually feel like it's so far from the vibe of the bag that it's distracting. But these leather flower charms from Cuyana are lovely.
There are two main varieties, the poppy (pictured) and the orchid. They feel whimsical, yes, but they also feel like they elevate the bag instead of cheapening it. They show the charms on a number of bags if you click around the site and they look cool on almost every bag they have.
I'm not a huge fan of yellow and orange, of course, but those are some of the main colors of Icelandic poppies, so it's just as well.
The charms are $78 each, at Cuyana.
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What nutrition trackers are you all using now that the latest update has rendered MyFitnessPal useless? I am looking for something that will show calories, protein, fiber, and sodium for each individual food along with totals by meal and for the day. I also need to be able to enter my own recipes. The MFP website hasn’t taken away these functions yet, but it’s clunky and doesn’t allow you to search your recipes (just the MFP food database).
Macrofactor is the GOAT.
I wish macrofactor could track fiber though!
I still use cronometer.
I am using Cronometer as part of a fitness program and love it
LoseIt. I bought the premium subscription a couple of years ago. It is fine (I’m not the most consistent with logging).
I like Cronometer, and my understanding is that it’s generally dietitians preferred. I no longer recall exactly why, but they deal with a huge volume of nutritional logging, so presumably have a good view of the options in the marketplace and their various pros/cons.
I am dealing with someone in a semi-professional context who is just going out of her way to be a bitch for no reason in an incredibly low stakes situation. 90% jesting: are there any services I can hire to send her a lump of coal at Christmas?
There’s companies which anonymously send a bag of phallic gummies. I’m a fan of that.
There is a service that will anonymously send her a bag of gummy male body parts, with an invitation to eat a bag of them.
🤣 jinx!
Ugh, the worst. Fantasize about her opening a box of glitter.
https://thenaughtylist.com/
I got violently ill overnight after a day when I ate breakfast (same daily) and lunch (ate this dish without incident for years) and then had dinner out (salad, likely from a bag, at restaurant staffed by teens). Is the salad the likely culprit? Is there a price point for a restaurant below which you wouldn’t consume raw veggies? I haven’t been that sick in ages and there are OMG so many burst blood vessels around my eyes down to my cheeks. It was about +7 hours after eating dinner. I usually don’t get sick..
I don’t know that either price point or age of server is a reliable signal of food safety, but I will say that I no longer eat at the “slop bowl” places after experiencing too many digestive issues. The combination of prewashed greens + poorly cooked meats + cold and hot food sitting uncovered on assembly lines for hours seems to be especially risky.
Bagged salads in general are a gamble.
Sounds like the salad, and no, there’s no price point for me.
It’s likely the salad. I have had food poisoning multiple times from pre-cut fruits/veggies at high end places (Whole Foods, high end airport lounge, local brunch place).
I’m sorry you’re feeling so badly!
It’s probably the salad, but it’s probably the salad because lettuce is the most likely vector for things like e coli. I wouldn’t eliminate the two other meals just because you’ve stomached them fine in the past, though. If one of them is, like, beef tartare, the fact that the beef has been properly stored historically doesn’t prevent the possibility that it wasn’t properly stored this time.
Eliminate = eliminate them as suspects.
If you’re in USA, food safety really isn’t what it used to be even not that long ago. It would not be unreasonable to be tested since this is how food borne disease surveillance works in a lot of the country now for a lot of known pathogens.
Many very expensive restaurants barely wash lettuce and rely on the same food systems, so I don’t think price point makes a difference. Maybe something really farm to fork where the lettuce was grown out back or nearby would at least avoid picking up pathogens at centralized processing and shipping locations?
US food safety is so scary. In addition to the abysmal standards there’s basically a complete lack of inspection and enforcement.
It is not “so scary” for those of us who routinely travel internationally to non-rich countries.
It’s not about being scared but taking appropriate precautions. Those are known for many travel destinations, but Americans are still adapting at home.
It’s probably the salad. Lettuce can harbor all sorts of bacteria. I have a sensitive stomach (IBS) and only eat salad at nicer restaurants. I’ve gotten sick from fast casual places too many times.
Price point has nothing to do with it. Lettuce and other raw vegetables can easily arrive at the restaurant contaminated and washing often doesn’t help. And for that matter, the food you ate at home could also be a problem. Just because you eat the food frequently doesn’t mean that you can’t get a contaminated batch. But anything raw or undercooked is more suspect, so the salad is much more likely than oatmeal you ate for breakfast, but any meat (including deli meat) or eggs or raw fruits and veggies could also have been an issue.
My anxiety has been through the roof lately. I take medication, but what are some things that work for you in the moment to slow your heart rate/ease up that butterflies in stomach feeling?
A weird one: listen to the song Weightless by Marconi Union. Read about how it had been studied, and was shown to reduce anxiety. I think it works for me!
The usual suggestions but also … my cat has a sixth sense and likes to aggressively demand to sit on me in those moments and require undivided attention (including by headbutting my phone out of my hand). Other options are to run down the plant check list – I am fed (including something with fiber and not too much caffeine), watered and got a bit of sun? If no to any of those, address as half the time the feeling is really low blood sugar and/or stress coffee consumption.
Re: bag charms and keychains.
The kids love keychains. I mentor a teen and she has no less than 15 fun keychains on her backpack. I also love keychains and have 3 fun ones on my work backpack (which is mint green). I do not care if its professional :)
We have one of those master baths with the toilet in its own tiny room, and until recently I had a blue rug in there. I tried to wash it and it got all bunchy. So now I’m looking for something new — can anyone recommend a really fluffy, warm but washable rug that is only like 2′ wide? Preferably in a bright color?