I’ve been “yelling” (stern voice) at a 2 year old to take a nap and at a 4 year old to be quiet and rest for a hour. This is so pointless and has only led me to being frustrated. They are having an awesome time antagonizing me. However my SIL gets in town in a hour. Now im going to have overtired kids.
@Activebaby I can relate. My son has been having what sounds like a rave in his room for almost 2 hours. He is going to be so cranky later, so I’m not ready to throw in the towel, yet.
@katy0990 thanks for the consideration. I showered the kids because I’m not really sure what the plans are tonight. Well ds2 passed out after his shower. Ughhh
I'm on the treating-myself-too-often train lately too. I Googled Brewer Diet checklist and found this. This kind of thing would normally be helpful for me since it tells you what to eat instead of what not to eat. It would be hard to eat two bowls of ice cream in addition to meeting the requirements listed every day. It's a little intimidating though -- I'm not sure I can comfortably get that all in every day! There also isn't much space for fruit and I love fruit.
Sorry it's taken me forever to get on my computer and attach this today! I like the layout of this sheet so I use it -- It looks like it's actually from Bradley but it's essentially the Brewer Diet, made a bit more manageable and with less protein boxes to check off (but really, if you're getting two protein sources plus two eggs a day and ALL THAT DAIRY, you're most likely hitting the numbers Brewer wants you to).
@kadeephd It is a bit intimidating at first. I've found it's easier to fill it in as I go rather than trying to come up with a meal plan for the entire week. I'm not perfect, but it's better than nothing! My basic meal structure right now is eggs and protein (and sometimes toast) in the morning, with a snack of yogurt with muesli, and then a green salad with vegetables and some protein and carb at lunch, fruit for a snack in there somewhere, maybe some cheese too, and then another protein and carb with a hot vegetable for supper.
@PensiveCrayon Your diet sounds excellent. I will give it a shot and see if I can't get a little closer to this checklist at least. I don't always pay as much attention to protein as I should as a vegetarian, though I've been a bit more careful about it during pregnancy.
New bf for me.... the first ever paper I submitted (with my advisor as a coauthor) to a peer reviewed journal was just rejected. They advised us to revise and resubmit if we can address the issues the reviewers brought up. Their feedback is definitely useful, but the amount of fixing we have to do seems overwhelming. I also thought I had another paper idea that would be quick to write up based on work I did last year, and on Friday I realized it's not going to be as easy as I thought and might not work at all due to data issues I didn't notice at first. I'm just feeling a little dejected and demoralized. I'm also worried I won't be able to deal with all of this with a newborn.
@kadeephd I’m sorry you’re feeling demoralized by the process and the revisions. Academia can be a real bear.
Can I also add the perspective that revise & resubmit is actually great!! In my field, papers are never outright accepted, there are always revisions required. There are usually 3 catergories: accept (basically never happens); revise & resubmit (usual best case scenario); and rejection (actual rejection, without invitation to revise & resubmit). I’ve been doing a lot of reviewing this year and I don’t recommend revise/resubmitting unless I think the paper is good and should be published.
@Katzalia I used to be an editorial assistant at a chemistry journal and we had the same categories you described. Most manuscripts that were eventually accepted started out as revise/resubmits. The email we got said reject though, and then there was a note saying we were encouraged to revise and resubmit if we felt we could adequately address the reviewer comments. That wasn't as encouraging sounding to me as an actual revise/resubmit decision.
@PensiveCrayon thanks for sharing! Unfortunately on mobile I can't open the attachment for some reason. I have found a few resources myself in my research of the diet. I am definitely going to try this out!
@kadeephd I'm sorry that your paper wasn't accepted, but revisions aren't the worst thing that could have been. As @Katzalia said, very few papers are accepted without revisions. It does stink though, and I'm sure it shook your confidence a bit.
@PensiveCrayon I don't need to be, but I do need to be published to find a job -- at least if I want one in academia. I still have four years to go so I'm not too panicked about it yet. I was hoping to get one under my belt though!
@scaredunprepared Thanks I know I have a lot to learn still so my confidence didn't take too much of a hit. It's just a reminder.
@kadeephd I’m sorry the response wasn’t what you hoped for. At least you still have some time before the baby arrives and even then, it will be a balancing act, but you will figure it out.
Re: Bitchin' - week of 9/2
going to have overtired kids.
@kadeephd It is a bit intimidating at first. I've found it's easier to fill it in as I go rather than trying to come up with a meal plan for the entire week. I'm not perfect, but it's better than nothing! My basic meal structure right now is eggs and protein (and sometimes toast) in the morning, with a snack of yogurt with muesli, and then a green salad with vegetables and some protein and carb at lunch, fruit for a snack in there somewhere, maybe some cheese too, and then another protein and carb with a hot vegetable for supper.
TTC #1 January 2016
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BFP March 30, 2018 | EDD December 12, 2018
Can I also add the perspective that revise & resubmit is actually great!! In my field, papers are never outright accepted, there are always revisions required. There are usually 3 catergories: accept (basically never happens); revise & resubmit (usual best case scenario); and rejection (actual rejection, without invitation to revise & resubmit). I’ve been doing a lot of reviewing this year and I don’t recommend revise/resubmitting unless I think the paper is good and should be published.
@kadeephd I'm sorry that your paper wasn't accepted, but revisions aren't the worst thing that could have been. As @Katzalia said, very few papers are accepted without revisions. It does stink though, and I'm sure it shook your confidence a bit.
TTC #1 January 2016
BFP April 18 2016 | EDD December 29, 2016
Welcome baby A! January 9, 2017
TTC#2 March 2018
BFP March 30, 2018 | EDD December 12, 2018