Optimism and Measurement Regrets

As the weeks have gone on keeping on a vegetarian diet has definitely gotten easier. I have a definite fall back meal on days I’m feeling too lazy to be creative and just need to cook for sustenance which back in the day might be a frozen pizza or something similarly simple. Lentils and rice are a fast and easy meal to put together with little cleanup needed afterward. I still have some frozen vegetables that I tossed in to add some additional nutrients and flavor.

Last week, I think I was a bit too far on the opposite side of the spectrum from my first post, that I feel my words were a bit exaggerated. I was particularly over zealous in my statement that I would not need to go shopping for the next couple weeks. There was no way in hell that was actually going to become a reality. That lasted all of about three days. The trip was only for a refill of some bananas and some canned tomatoes, but shopping none the less. I’ll probably make another less than ten dollar stop before the week is done. We shall see. In general, I’ve been either busy with other things or distracted and haven’t really made anything that complex for a few days. I’ve just been sort of rehashing what’s in the fridge and pantry to make a meal that will keep me alive.

On the subject of shopping, I wish I had set myself up with better measurements for the diet. Weight loss, money spent, other examples. It would be nice to be able to give some concrete results based on real data rather than arbitrary feelings or estimates. I did end up buying a new scale on Amazon. There was a sale on a smart scale by Eufy, nonaffiliate link for anyone interested in the model. I suppose some people would say starting this late would be better than never, there’s that joyous optimism creeping its way back. I went with the scale because it was reasonably priced and offered some interesting options. A major selling point that got me was that the app is supposed to have body fat percent measurement, not sure how accurate it would be, but I was hoping to at least use it to track a gain/loss trend. So far I’ve been unable to create an account for the companion app and each time I’ve tried to sign up, the service is oh so conveniently unavailable. All in all, I’ve seen mixed reviews for it online, mostly due to the app involved, and I can see why.

Going forward, I hope to A) quickly recognize moments of blind optimism. Looking at the bright side of things is good so long as you don’t get blinded by some very obvious flaws in the mindset. B) set my self up for better measurement and tracking of particular benefits or losses of trials. Each post has been a building on the last here and I hope to keep finding out ways I can try to make this blog better. On a similar note, sign up for my newsletter, aka that annoying pop-up box you close every time you visit the site, though I wonder if it’s blocked by an ad blocker. Regardless, I plan on sending a short email to subscribers to the newsletter some bonus thoughts and recent reads, videos, etc. that caught my attention. And as always, let me know what you think I should try next!