http://www.katporter.com/lmao Health and Fitness (Bitching and Moaning) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:03:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I love you because you comfort me when I cry, and you happily help me celebrate when I don't. I adore you because we can breakfast together, you and me, me with my mismatched pyjamas and my knotty hair, morning breath and and dark patches smudged across my cheeks from eyeliner ... http://www.katporter.com/lmao/index.php/2008/02/14/ill-love-you-forever-and-always/ Down to 221.6 this morning, although that has more to do with a stomach bug than any virtuous new commitment to exercise. V.'s gone for a month, and it's particularly difficult this time around, for some reason.  Maybe it's the lack of sunshine, or the presidential primary, or the extreme exertion ... http://www.katporter.com/lmao/index.php/2008/02/05/quick-checkin/ Pharmacies Anyone with the authority to "Approve This Message" Living in a small state with no political sway Freezing rain My metabolism Whichever piece of furniture keeps ripping off my Roomba's arms The cat who is smart enough to realize knocking a water glass on my head will wake me up and eventually feed him, yet ... http://www.katporter.com/lmao/index.php/2008/02/01/things-i-hate-today/ I set up a meeting today, with someone I've never met before.  We'll be having lunch at Panera next Tuesday at 12:30.  Lot of people at a Panera that time of day, and when she asked how we might recognize each other, I didn't predict the clothes I'd be wearing. "I'll ... http://www.katporter.com/lmao/index.php/2008/01/29/ill-be-the-overweight-brunette-with-a-laptop/ So let's check in on mine, shall we? I didn't do an "official" weigh in again this week. Not because I'm not still chugging along, but because my husband is (again) going to Africa for (again) a month, and my scale was misappropriated to spend the weekend weighing Air India's ... http://www.katporter.com/lmao/index.php/2008/01/28/everybody-needs-a-body-somehow/ Today your job is to love your body. Be honest with your doctor, and yourself. http://www.katporter.com/lmao/index.php/2008/01/24/note-to-self/ I'm not sure how old it is, but this was the first time I'd stumbled upon this series of photos from Peter Menzel's Hungry Planet. I think what's most striking - other than the heartbreaking absence and the itty bitty bags in the photo from Breidjing Camp - are the ... http://www.katporter.com/lmao/index.php/2008/01/23/what-the-world-eats-a-photo-essay/ And so I climb aboard the Blood Pressure Roller Coaster.  Yesterday's instructions were to take double the betablockers this morning if my diastolic was higher than 90, which it was (although improved at 140/110), and so I did. Two hours later, I approached my boss with the possibility that I might ... http://www.katporter.com/lmao/index.php/2008/01/22/wooooooooh-ride-the-wave/ "Love, you're a doctor's worst nightmare.  A hypochondriac who might actually be sick." I've been feeling crummy for the past few days.  I often feel crummy this time of year, but this year I've got a bigger support team. Five years ago I turned into a blubbering mess at my doctor's office, ... http://www.katporter.com/lmao/index.php/2008/01/21/where-ive-been/ So the American Food and Drug Administration has ruled that cloned meat is safe to eat. And while, somehow, I get how there might be no difference between a real cow and its cloned counterpart (duh, they're the same thing), I'm still not entirely sure I want to add ... http://www.katporter.com/lmao/index.php/2008/01/16/if-i-already-ate-it-do-the-calories-still-count/