#and protein is expensive

[foldingfittedsheets]

Back to food being a prison. Nothing sparks joy but I know I need to eat something.

[cookinguptales]

putting together a grocery order this week like

MAYBE THIS TIME I'LL WIN ♪♫♬♪♫♬♪♫♬♪♫♬♪♫♬♪♫♬

[girlfriendsofthegalaxy]

phil update

[raskies456]

literally just looking at various potential research labs for grad school and my brain has the audacity to give me the “fucking up the protein purification in front of everyone so badly they all think I’m an idiot” nightmare again

[keydekyie]

okay but werebear au tho

[mxwhore]

I am SO close to just saying Fuck It and speedrunning my way to homelessness i swear to god.

[clawdee]

Someone come make my protein drink, I don't wanna

[panvani]

I WOULD like to do more strength training but gyms are fucking yucky + I don't have much appetite at the best of times + I'm starting from basically nothing so .

[aturnoftheearth]

love to see a post asking a question, getting an answer, and then there being 4+ responses of people still not getting it

[pinknpoodley]

ok but why were they eating tasteless unseasoned noodles in this supposedly high end restaurant only ivan could get them into

[autobahnmp3]

eating enough protein for my gym goals is so fucking hard but im taking full advantage of the leftover chicken et work lmao

[robertseanleonardthinker]

why are all these protein drinks/meal replacements low calorie!!!! bitch im on stimulants i want as many calories as u can legally pack in that shit

[holocene-sims]

asking a bunch for grant bc im NOSY : 🌾 [RICE SHEAF] How picky is your OC with food? What will and won't they eat? 🍔 [BURGER] What would your OC put on their burger? 🥕 [CARROT] How tough is your OC against certain situations? How weak are they against others?🧅 [ONION] What is surefire to make your OC cry? Who knows of this information?

omg hi nectar 🤭 thanks for sending me some questions!!

🌾 [RICE SHEAF] how picky is your OC with food? what will and won't they eat?

grant is, like, negative picky. the only thing he doesn't really like is any kind of tea but he'll drink it if you give it to him and every once in a while, for a very special flavor, he'll approve of it. maybeeeee not like it but at least tolerate it more than usual.

so yeah!! he'll eat anything, he does not care. he enjoys cooking and baking, it's all very relaxing for him, and he likes trying new things.

however, probably large in part because he never got to eat anything fun as a child unless he was far, far away from his mother (who only ever served "rabbit food"), he does gravitate to classic american comfort cuisine as his favorite foods! stuff like macaroni and cheese, pizza, etc. he might be the #1 mac and cheese stan worldwide tbh

🍔 [BURGER] what would your OC put on their burger?

the absolute dream combo for him would probably be like standard burger patty and bread with sauerkraut and swiss cheese, maybe a fried egg for funsies, too

can you tell he's from the midwest

🥕 [CARROT] how tough is your OC against certain situations? how weak are they against others?

i truly believe grant is much, much tougher than people would at first give him credit for (or even than he would give himself credit for...)

he's been through a lot in his lifetime and he can be very critical of himself for having developed mental illness, a chronic physical illness, and for struggling with addiction in the past because he feels like it's all his fault and he wasn't strong enough to make it out "normally" (there is no normal, i just think he would use that terminology against himself). but the reality is that survival AT ALL is a huge deal and is worth celebrating, and he's very resilient to have gotten to the place he's at in life now. was it fair that he had to be resilient? no, not even remotely, but in a way, he had no choice.

so that said, i think as he's gotten a better handle on healing throughout his 20s and now 30s (yay!! we just had his birthday last update in the story!!), he's become much more unshakable. social situations are his weakest area - for example, it took him a long time to stand up to his ex and tell her to get out of his life, and it is going to take even longer for him to work out the situation with his father and confront him one way or another.

NOW what is he really good at?! handling emergencies! if you're in a car accident, he's the guy you want to be in the car with you at the time because he won't break a sweat dealing with it. he's very mechanically-minded and good with logic and problem solving, so any emergency is not even slightly going to bother him because he does know he's good at those things. he trusts himself completely as long as he can use those skills. plus, he has many years of experience in compartmentalization lol.

we could also think about his previous job (that he's attempting to get back now) here. aviation is very safe for the most part, but you have to be chill about any kind of crazy ass events happening as a pilot because the stakes are ridiculously high. grant has an advantage in the chill factor, though, because on any day of the week, he'd 100% choose flying an airplane that's on fire or literally falling apart over being in the same building, not even the same room, as his mother. in his mind, he's dealt with much worse.

🧅 [ONION] what is surefire to make your OC cry? who knows of this information?

remember the not as good with social stuff thing?

yeahhhh, it's raising your voice at him. you don't even have to yell, you can just barelyyyyyy raise it and his eyes will at least get watery. he can handle honesty, he can handle bluntness, but not anything with a tone or yelling 😥

and i think everyone knows because his emotions always show on his face. in this case, he'll get that kind of twitchy look and his face will look like it's just been completely drained of life

[buscemisworld]

let me just have a pity party about being a vegetarian and weightlifting ok incorporating protein into my admittedly low protein diet is very difficult and i hate that so much of it revolves around dairy or processed sources but there's only so many bean salad recipes a girl can handle

[cesium-sheep]

-n- apparently since they're both about where they want to be with their diets they've decided to start more actively meddling with mine. and for some reason they've decided to perseverate on protein of all things. yippee. (it stresses me out enough already just to be around it, being the target of the meddling is significantly worse.)

[distortionincarnate]

I found really tasty protein bars that are essentially chocolate covered marshmallows. However why the FUCK is it 27 dollars for a 12 piece box. FOR WHY