10mo ago

Weekend with no plans

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Weekend with no plans, ADHD edition:
wake up
looking forward to a full day of fatty food, gaming and shitposting on lemmy
go downstairs to make scrambled eggs
all pans are dirty
dishwasher still broken
partner asks if I've got the present for her aunt's birthday which is today and I apparently agreed to go to with her, 2 months ago
the day spirals downward from there
- Same here for most of the above, but I would like to suggest something I do often with random obligatory attendances. Every time you're bored at the party, say your tummy is acting strange. Free pass to go to the bathroom to fuck around on your phone whenever you want. Nobody wants to talk about yr poops. You might owe your partner an explanation, but you can follow your heart on that.

Wait, do people eats less than at least one frozen pizza per meal? Like, I don't get them often, but I need two to feel full.
(I always get shit for writing about portion sizes, I'm only 70kg)
- Some just eat a lot. I do sometimes, not frozen pizza but other stuff, but then I also regularly skip both breakfast and lunch or dinner without really thinking about it so on the whole I don't think I eat more than others. I'm around 60 KG. The one that makes people look is when I pack away 30 pieces of sushi while they ordered 10 pieces and are somehow satisfied. That or how I can kill a full bag of potato chips (300 g) in one sitting, a cool 1500 kcal of crispy goodness.
  
  My weakness is Oreos.
- You just have to add enough cheese
- The post doesn't specify pizza size, you could be thinking of smaller pizzas than the post.
- I think that's just you. I weigh like 40kg more than you, and I usually eat 3/8 pieces when I make a frozen pizza
  
  I'm honestly curious, do you snack a lot or something? Where do your calories come from?
  I looked up a few frozen pizzas you can get in my area and they are around 800-900 kcal. Assuming you eat 3/8 per meal, that's 9/8 a day, or up to about 1000 kcal. On the basis that you average a similar amount of calories per meal and consume the usual three meals.
  The average man needs between 2000 and 3000 kcal. Woman start at 1600.
  Since I gun for at least 2800 kcal and my average breakfast is about 600 kcal, my other meals need to be ~1200 kcal (1.3-1.5 pizzas). I never eat outside of meals except for maybe once over the weekend.
- Im about your weight, but a whole pizza is usually enough. More than enough if I wash it down with coke
- Are we talking frozen “pizza for one”, or like 16” frozen pies?
  
  What's the difference?
- Not frozen pizza but if I am ordering any, I usually go for 1 normal or 2 very tiny ones for different flavours. Idk if its the bread or I am just too Asian but any fast food like pizza or burger fills me easily unlike a proper meal.
- Are you still growing (teenager) or are very active or both? Calorie needs vary based on stuff like that, so if you're discussing with people above 25 who are only mildly active they wouldn't be able to burn away those calories as easily. Our base metabolic rate slows down too.
  
  I'm around 30, actually. I used to be quite active, yes, but I've been sitting on an injury for almost a year now and even lost weight in that time eating the same amount (I still track every meal, so'll still be in the habit once I'm fully healed).
  Otherwise I'm healthy, even got checked for stuff like thyroid problems.

Need to add a free space for “time travel”, it’s where you look at the clock and it’s 9:13a and then minutes later when you look again it’s 2a the next morning
- Yeah, no kidding.
  There are those special weekends though where you think it's 4pm and the clock only says 11am.
  I find that getting up early, no matter how tired I am (and even if it means I need to nap later) makes weekends feel significantly longer.

eat a whole frozen pizza? that is a walk in the park on a regular day
- You must do it while pizza is frozen.
  
  ok that makes sense

BLACKOUT!
What’d I win?
- A blackout. You already collected it.
- The same shit all over again
- You don't remember what you won?

...what exactly is the world record?
- Definitely more then 3 otherwise I just broke it O⁠_⁠o
  
  It's not like you can set a world record, there is a cap.
  
  You gotta stop at 45.
  
  Definitely more than 3. Nice try tho.

When you win weekend Bingo on a Wednesday night

This changes drastically if you have a kid(s). I would kill for a weekend alone at home right about now.
- You would kill? And the thing stopping you from enjoying these free weekends is your kids?
  Hmmmm /s
- There's still hope bro!

Slept in, set record, smoked, ignored messages and although I didn't eat a frozen pizza I did cook only chicken legs for dinner...

I spend my home alone weekends setting up a series of elaborate traps in case some bandits try to rob my house.

I filled the whole card up before 10am. :/
- I'm proud of you for waking up before 10am!
  
  I mean... Technically 3pm the previous day is before 10am the next 🤷🏻‍♂️

Just print this out and throw bean bags at it to pick the activity. Like a "jump to conclusions" mat, but better.

I don't remember many of these from the movie...
/j

Do I get anything special for doing all 9? That's like... 8 bingos
- When you do all 9 for 9 weekends in a row, then you get to claim you accomplished something

Home
Weekend
 
cries in retail
- I'm so sorry, and thank you for your service!
  
  I too am sorry, and also I thank you!
- ?

Weekend? This is like my daily routine.
- I was laid off during covid and had severance, PTO payout, stimulus checks, and a healthy savings account so I definitely did this for about a month before I decided to get my shit together.

Am I the only one who began to hate wasting time on weekends? I am 28 and I have mostly wasted my time playing video games or watching TV shows earlier, but now I just can't do that, and if I don't spend time learning or working on something I am just stressed out.
- To each their own. Just be sure it's making you happy.
  I work to live, but I don't live to work.
  Life is short and I thoroughly enjoy playing a video game without a care in the world. With a kid and a house, I have plenty on my plate. I don't go out of my way looking for extra work. If the opportunity arises for me to "waste time" I take it and enjoy it without guilt.
  Last night I got to play Lethal Company with two of my friends. Most fun I've had in months. No regrets.
  
  In the same boat as you, but hell yeah nothing wrong with “wasting time” playing video games with friends!
  My wife and I moved across the country so I highly value playing video games with my friends from back home, we play with our webcams on in discord so it’s the closest I have to quality time, given our distance from each other
- It could be a symptom of anxiety, specifically time anxiety. Feeling like you "have" to be working on something and relaxing is "wasting" time is a consequence of hustle/grind culture that is linked to broader economic anxiety.
  Are you able to meaningfully measure how productive you actually are? Research into productivity has shown that resting properly in moderation is linked to more efficient work output.

I'm 50 and since before I was a teenager I've never had weekends off in my whole life.
- Well dammit, you don't stand a chance at the maturation world record just waking off on a weekday. Where are your priorities?
  
  You never had to work from home on a day with no meetings?
- Jezes
- Are you happy?

relax now..., sleep in, and binge youtube (well, really long letsplay, really) done, spiral scheduled for about 5 or 6 hours from now.

Six. Spiralling on Sunday will happen. People report to me so half of my Sunday evening is coming up with game plans for Monday so they think I know what I'm doing.