I feel like this might be an over statement. Either way,
Seconded.
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Totally right. Here’s a more precise word: seduced.
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There you go! That was all you, being a beautiful woman that your husband can’t resist.
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HAHA you’re a delight! Thanks for making me blush. 
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Signs You Have A Literary Porn Problem:
- You have written “fan fiction” including characters from Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, any “comic universe” or reality show, or vampire novels.
- Your children or pets are named after “Fifty Shades” characters.
- Your answering machine message includes a repetitive song with a jazzy base, Tom Jones or that song Ken Burns plays when discussing Civil War letters home. “Dearest Martha”…
- You dress up like a librarian, scullery maid or shepherdess for Hallowe’en.
- You never ride horses, but own jodhpurs and crops.
- You own more than a hundred Harlequins (or modern equivalent).
- A famous author has signed your Rabbit.
- You insist you on replacing a perfectly good bed with an old-timey four poster with an overhead canopy.
- You are familiar with every show ever played on the Hallmark channel.
- I should probably stop doing Top Ten lists. But if you have had a vivacious fantasy about David Letterman reading bedtime stories…
Sad day. 
Oh by the way, thank you for the book recommendation, when I say no I feel guilty. I started it the audio version a couple weeks ago and it helped me clarify some big things. Even the “bill of assertive rights” at the very beginning was incredible. So thanks!
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Whew! Close call. Only got nine out of those ten. 
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Hot Take: Chips Are For All Times of Day
Here’s a drawback of not counting calories: accidentally eating too little for too many days in a row. It happened again. Calories were too low yesterday and I had to get up in the middle of the night for food, which I hate. Blood sugar tanked. But I just don’t have much of an appetite lately. And for a 5’10” female body with muscle, that can become no bueno pretty quickly.
So today’s workout was just punch-the-clock. There was a lot of good muscular tension and quality reps, but also a lot of dizzy spells between sets.
The last thing I want to do is recoup the lost calories with a binge. So I’m just going to be intentional about bumping everything up a bit. Siete lime chips included. I had some already and it’s only 9 am. Food norms be damned; chips are for all times of day.
Today’s Workout
Hip Thrust
Superset:
Booty Machine
Loaded Walking Lunge
Lateral Raise
Back Extension
Abs
Kind of just filled in some gaps from yesterday with a lower body emphasis. I didn’t hit arms, but they’ll survive.
I’ve been using a Tabata-style timer for abs that gives me 40 seconds on and 20 seconds off for 6-8 sets. If you have a good mind-muscle connection with your abs, it’ll set them on fire.
Back to calories though: it’s pretty obvious that my dietary philosophy is all about not counting. But I will admit that there are some cons that come with it. On a related, somewhat ironic note, here’s what I wrote over the weekend in a different thread about achieving a great body comp without counting calories:
I highly recommend checking out the rest of that thread if you’ve got the time. This community has a lot of smarty pants participants.
Totally off topic, but my log needs pictures and I’m approaching 41. So here’s my back.
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I’m going to guess the “experts” are tiny under-muscled people. So yes, for them 10 chips is appropriate.
I find it helpful to keep some fairly healthy foods close to my bedroom - usually small bags of almonds. Then if I do wake up hungry, which happens occasionally, my choice is still better than what is available in the kitchen.
For me it is about portion control. I do well with small bags of chips bought by the box at Costco. I can limit myself to one and the craving is satisfied. (I usually avoid buying unhealthy stuff where this is not true.)
I have a gentler attitude towards nuts and healthy fats. But one big thing is not to eat unless you are hungry (within reason).
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I like your approach a lot.
One of the reasons I’m careful with nuts is because they were a problem food for me when I was big into low carb eating. I overate nuts and as a result was perpetually chubby. Especially in the face.
But for those who don’t have any history of binging them, have at it!
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Best strategy ever. Thank you! 
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Yeah, I need the small bags or it becomes several big handfuls.
Fibery protein bars work well too. At 3am convenience is usually going to beat going to the kitchen and making, say, four peanut butter sandwiches. But it also depends on goals and what you did and ate that day. If you were looking to bulk, sandwiches have their place.
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At 3 am, I’d just stay up for the day. Or maybe try a dose of progesterone which is what my NP does when she wakes up too early.
Smart idea. Although tiny bags of stuff at other times of day often just whet my appetite instead of sating it.
Yep, true.
Absolutely. And actually this is where nuts really come in handy. Those who can’t seem to gain weight would do well having those easy calories around.
There are Asian grocery stores here that sell roasted edamame snacks. Crunchy. Salty. Sort of genuinely tasty (but no one would mistake them for chips). But super high in fiber and protein. Very filling, and nutritionally better than most snacks - even if soy is not my first choice of protein in general.
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Those were a staple for me in college.
I go hypoglycemic quickly, and i had this problem for many years.
The only fix i have for it is eating more protein.
Protein will convert to glycogen when it needs to, and it does so at a pretty slow rate - meaning the protein should help last overnight.
But your problem with food is the exact opposite of mine, so the tool that works for me may not be the best tool for you 
P.S i have no problem with you reading over deleted comments of mine, or responding to them. I deleted that last one because i felt like i went too hard on a passing comment.
I’m glad the book recommendation is panning out!
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I’m a non-counting recomper too (5’11” male body), and this happens to me periodically. If my appetite takes a hit, like it did recently with a ton of big life changes happening simultaneously, I can’t really get out of the downward cortisol spiral with the “clean” foods that I normally eat.
I do a binge 
. Namely, a 1.5-2lb drop triggers a post-workout Wendy’s run for a JBC and Spicy Chicken sandwich. This week it was really bad, so I upgraded to McD’s McChicken and a Big Arch. I can certainly understand reasons not to, but I don’t seem to suffer any lasting ill effects (no cravings, for example) and it pretty quickly gets me back on track.
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