i am going to add a few more shelves to the makeup table space and deal with some holes in the wall by just taping cardboard over it and painting over it for now. somebody's going to have to eventually fix it, but i'm not getting much response from the landlord recently. the correct thing for me to do is to sue him, but that's not in my self interest at the moment. there currently aren't any smokers on the property and the rent is cheap. i want to maintain this space, not get into a fight. but it needs to get done. so, it makes more sense for me to just do it and send him the bill and then tell him "look, you're not doing it. i did it. just send me what it cost me to do it.". the way i'm going to do this - taping a piece of cardboard on the wall and painting over it - won't cost me anything substantive. that's a commonality; i'm just taping, painting or cardboarding over problems so that i can't see them, making a note that i did it and then moving on. each of these issues will need to be dealt with independently when he gets around to it, but i'm tired of waiting. i mostly don't give a fuck, i'm just tired of looking at it.
i have one more package coming tomorrow with the materials to build an ad hoc spotlight for the sink mirror out of a broken dresser, some small lights sold in bulk for cheap and an extension power cord and then that's it, besides lingering small bathroom usb devices. i'm probably going to get a water flosser in the next few days.
my focus for the next week or two is going to shift somewhere else, however.
i'm used to my bmi being in the 20-21 range. i've seen it fall to 19ish and climb to 22ish, but it generally stays around 20-21. i knew i had gained some weight recently and i understand why - i made an attempt to eat more (and better) during the pandemic and increased the amount of exercise i was doing for a while but have seen that lapse recently with the housing issues (i will get back to that), and my diet was then expanded when i started supplementing with food bank items, which i'm just eating through the end of. i wouldn't normally have items like cream of mushroom soup in my diet (which i'm eating with toast, cheese and bacon as a side to my normal salad). for a while, the added calories were probably beneficial, because i cut my calories immediately after i got evicted to save money. i have been noticing it creep up so i weighed myself the other day. i was surprised to see my bmi over 24 (but below 25), which is at the highest level of healthy weight. i've weighed myself repeatedly over the last few days, and i'm bouncing between 23.5 and 24.5, which is too much for me. so, i need to lose on the order of 10-15 kg to get closer to what i'd consider a healthy weight.
the way i'm going to do this is by staggering meals downwards a kg per meal. i will need to weigh myself at a kg less than i was before i started the previous meal before i start the next meal. by keeping to this, i expect to lose 14 kg over the next two weeks and around 20 over the next three, and that should be enough. an example may be helpful.
- i measured myself at 73 kg and change (which is just under 24 bmi) before my meal last night.
- my next meal will be a large meal-portioned garden salad. i will wait until it gets to 72 before i eat it.
- i will have the same meal after that, and will wait until it gets to 71 before i eat it.
- there will be some lentil soup next, and i will wait until it gets to 70
- a chicken caesar salad follows that, and i will wait until it gets to 69
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when it does get back to the 20-21sh range, i'll hold and keep an eye on it. but the issue is related to the food bank items, which are clearing out. i don't expect to need to be too focused on this once my diet goes back into schedule in the next few weeks.