We finished The Gentlemen and went back to where we left off on the most recent True Detective with Jodie Foster. But dh really isn't into it so I may finish that one myself. I mentioned The Killing and he put it in our queue so I think we'll start that one next.

My go to when I need a little dose of Friends is to watch the YouTube clip of Monica and Ross doing The Routine. So funny. My other favorite clip is when all the friends (except Ross) know about Monica and Chandler and Phoebe is pretend trying to seduce Chandler.

I wrote about it in my journal but thought I'd also mention here that I'm really loving season 10 of Alone. DH and I are also watching The Gentlemen on Netflix. It's a Guy Ritchie show and if you don't like his style you won't like it. Actually I can't really say I'm a fan of Guy Ritchie but I am enjoying this show. I never finished the last season of The Morning. show and there wasn't anything else I immediately wanted to watch on Apple so I let my subscription lapse. But I'll probably go back and finish it if I subscribe again. I finally finished Friends and I'm missing my daily dose of belly laughs. To make it up I started watching PBS's All Creatures Great and Small. Not the same kind of laughs but still a nice dose of the feel goods.

No. I did try to make kale chips in it once but I over fried them and they burned. I think early on I tried "cooking" more things. But at least my model which is the drawer style and only about 8 inches square it's better for heating things. Although baking fish is a new thing and turned out really well. I generally don't think about using it for things that take longer than 10 minutes.

I have a small Instant Pot Vortex air fryer. I use it to reheat pizza, cook salmon, and heat the occasional packaged and/or frozen item. I like having it around and the model I have I can store on a shelf off the counter.

I have no business starting a new show when I have so many that I'm still in the middle of. That said I just binged over half of season 1 of The Morning Show. It is sooo good! I'm totally hooked.

The only True Detective I remember watching too is the one with Matthew McConaughey. I think this new one is number 4? Maybe 3. There is not one episode of Friends where I don't truly laugh out loud. This is the first time I've re-watched since it first came out. I think it'll be my go too for these SAD days of winter because it definitely gives me an endophin boost. I forgot that we're still in the middle of The Bear first season too. Lots of shows we need to get back to...

I watched the trailer for the Natalie Grace documentary and I'm intrigued! I'm still plowing my way through Friends. With 20+ episodes per season I'm only on season 6. They don't make em like that anymore. I think the new True Detective with Jodie Foster started on MAX and I definitely want to watch that. I love her. I'm also a few episodes into the current season of Julia AND I started the season of American Crime Story - the one about OJ Simpson. I didn't think I"d be interested but listened to a podcast interview with Sterling K Brown which made me check it out. And then there's Barbie - still haven't seen it and it's on MAX now.

I don't eat a lot of meat, winter is kind of an outlier since we had turkey on Thanksgiving and ham at Christmas. But otherwise maybe fish or eggs once a week. Meatballs occasionally or a hamburger out. I like plant based burgers (like a bean or garden burger), but if given the option between a fake meat burger (like Impossible) or beef burger I'll take the beef. Everyone is different, I think some can be perfectly healthy eating vegan or vegetarian as long as you're getting enough calories. You have to find what's right for you and it may take awhile. If you want to add more meat to your diet but don't want to cook it from raw, start with already cooked options that you just need to heat up. If you have a Trader Joe's near you they have a lot of prepared foods like this that seem relatively healthy.

Good to read the update and glad things are going well! If I had to add meat to my diet I'd go for a carne asada taco or nachos with carne asada on top. Or pasta with Italian beef meatballs. Agree with skwigg it all about how it's seasoned and cooked.

I liked ROAR but it's been a while since I read it. Also I'm past her target audience on that one as I think it was mostly how to structure workouts around your period. I've enjoyed listening to audio books - I especially like autobiographies that are read by the author. But I also listen to podcasts - I subscribe to more than I could ever listen to all - and usually go to a podcast for working out and cooking, etc.

I only read 7 books in 2023 which was less than 2021 and 2022. My goal is to prioritize reading again in the AM and I hope I can read at least a book a month if now two. I'd also like to read more fiction. My 2023 books were: Outlive - Peter Attia This was probably the longest book I read but also the quickest since I read most of it on a camping trip where I didn't have access to the internet. That tells me something right there that I need to keep making it easier to pick up a book instead of my phone or ipad. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning - Margareta Magnusson Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals - Oliver Burkeman. Basically we can't do it all so we need to make choices. Really liked this book Next Level - Stacey Sims Good for a Girl - Lauren Fleshman You're a Miracle (And A Pain in the Ass) - Mike McHargue Left on Tenth, A Second Chance at Life - Delia Ephron I started a lot of other ones that I didn't finish and had to return to the library and still need to revisit.

I've heard that protein needs will take care of themselves as long as you're eating enough (and not actively avoiding protein). So it makes sense that you haven't been meeting your calorie needs. Anything below 2000 sounds low to me unless really petite or sedentary. Good luck! I hope you can find foods you enjoy that help get you back to health.

Thanks for the review! I just added this to my list yesterday and am looking forward to watching it.

I just listened to a Rich Roll podcast with Christopher Gardner Ph.D who is a nutrition researcher and professor of Medicine at Stanford. I thought of you and your issues with nutrition and you may find it interesting if you're in to listening to podcasts. https://www.richroll.com/podcast/christopher-gardner-774/ Spoiler: he says we can get all the protein we need from plants and we actually don't need as much as people think (I've heard this from others too). I'm wondering if a second opinion would be helpful. It sounds to me like this new style of eating you're trying isn't making you a "happy eater". I don't want to offend or presume but it seems like you're forcing it and perhaps another perspective from a different medical professional would provide some insight.

Ok I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who isn't totally enamored with Only Murders

Looking for some new shows to watch now that we are up to date on Winning Time. The Bear is definitely one I'll suggest to dh. I see ads for it and keep thinking we should revisit Only Murders in the Building. We only made it through a few episodes. Are we the only ones who didn't like it?

If you're in your 40's then it's also possible that some of your symptoms could be peri-menopause. But on the diet front, I'm with skwigg in that I eat a very high plant based diet but I do better overall with a bit of animal protein here and there. For me that's eggs, greek yogurt, cheese and the occasional burger. I would not be suprised that your digestive system is taking a bit of time to adjust to the new additions to your diet. Our gut biome is developed based on what we feed it. So if it hasn't been getting any eggs or dairy then the little microbes that are more compatible with that need time to adjust and multiply. And I realized skwigg just wrote the same thing! lol. So I'm basically just here to say I think you're on the right track and don't be discouraged and agreed that's not really a lot of extra food.

We're watching Winning Time on HBO. I'm not particularly a fan of basketball but it's a fun watch. They do that thing were they talk to the camera and we both almost gave up in the first 10 minutes, but it's not too bad and I'm glad we stuck with it. Also the sexism of the 70's and 80's is cringey and having lived through it as a teen and young adult I could do without. But we're still enjoying it. Snappy and keeps the attention.

I've read so many good things about The Bear that I think I'll suggest that to dh as next on our "watch together" list. Right now we're watching the most recent season on Netflix of Alone (season 9). It's great because everyone actually seems to know what they're doing - have actual survival and hunting experience. I watched the first episode of season 2 of And Just Like That and remembered why I didn't like season 1. Ugh I wish they had just left well enough alone. Someone let me know if I'm wrong and it gets better.