Andy Lien

Being unemployed, I spend metformin side effects and pcos the bulk of my life in my apartment.   I’m working on my computers, cooking up recipes, looking for jobs, hanging with Grendel, watching dark documentaries on Netflix “Watch Instantly,” and all sorts of other things.

If being in my apartment is the movie, it has no fewer than 20 intermissions a day.  At the beginning of each intermission plays the following song courtesy of rachelkillsemo on YouTube:

“Let’s Go Out to the Kitchen”

You’re probably familiar with it…it’s not only embedded on this page, but also in our collective psyche.  It fits right in with the “Hanker for a Hunka Cheese” song and every single McDonald’s jingle ever written.

(twoallbeefpattiesspecialsaucelettucecheesepicklesonionsonasesameseedbun)

Wanna talk about “viral?”

Any snag of boredom or break from an article and I’m venturing into the kitchen.  If I had actual tasks to accomplish (and I do…I really, really do), I would have fewer opportunities for grazing.  As it is, I need to chew gum for long periods of time until I break the habit of having myself a snack at the drop of a dime.

But, since a normal number of snacks in a day is a very acceptable–even popular–practice, I like to have some tasty but low-calorie options around.  Having been around the weight-loss block a couple of times, I’m aware that low-calorie foods can not only be not very nutritional but also detrimental in terms of our cravings and appetites.  So, I try to make good decisions…I like win-win scenarios.

One fairly large stumbling block to weight loss is portion control.  While counting calories, I truly take a moment and count out the number of snack items in a serving to be sure that I’m calculating my intake correctly.  Sometimes, I’m not interested in measuring, or want to grab something quick and easy, so I have a handy armory of prepackaged snacks lying around.  Here are a few that I picked up today…I’ve only sampled a few so far:

Applesauce. 50 calories metformin weight loss pcos a cup, no sugar added.

Cereal. I eat it dry. A little bit of sweet, crunchy childhood-in-a-box. 100-140 calories each.

Kashi Bar. For 140 calories, these things really stick with ya. Great "chew factor," so that by the end you know you just ate something.

Pudding--70 calories for the Rice and 110 calories for the Tapioca. For all the fake crap they put in these, I think I'll go with the higher calorie Kozy Shack natural pudding next time. Yikes.

Oh, yes I did. Speaking of "fake crap," this takes the cake. Ha. Punny. For 150 calories each, I felt like indulging and buying a box today. Just don't indulge 4 times as that would be a whopping 600 calories...and you could be embalmed prematurely by all the preservatives.

So, while I’m trying to change my behavior so that I rarely even  “Go Out to the Ki-tchen,” I’m also being deliberate in what I keep in stock on my shelves.  And, just as a nod to the American Dairy Association, I think I’ll go have a glass of milk right now.  Skim milk.