I no longer have sunrises during my drive into work on day shift, only darkness. I do get to enjoy an almost completely setted (I love making up words) sun on the way home. During the peak of summer I have sun both ways, and during the spring and early fall, I get sun rises and sun sets every drive in and out.
One of the strange perks of this job is that I have seen more sun rises and sun sets than at any other point in my life because my commute is often close to the day cycle of the sun.
But now I am very ready to exchange my evening sunsets on the drive home on days, and drive in on mids for the sun rise. It just seems more normal to drive into work seeing sun and leaving in the dark, then to drive into work in the dark and leave while it’s still light outside. However, this change will only last for a while, and then I will be thrust into months of darkness.
The months of darkness are hard. Especially since the large room I and my crew members are in does not have any windows. We come and go in the dark, and when I work the night shift I wake up around 3pm — which is usually enough time to watch the sun go down just before I have to get around for work. Even on my days off, I sleep later than most people because of my strange work cycle, so my daylight opportunity is greatly diminished.
I think this year, I will seriously look into buying a sun lamp like people buy in those very northern countries. Lack of daylight makes me weird after a while, and seeing sunset after sunset without seeing much day time is very very strange. This is my third winter experiencing this, and the fact that the shortening of the days is already prompting me to compulsive write about daylight should be a very strong hint that I need to start looking at sun lamps sooner rather than later. Ha. :-S
I finally got to enjoy my hempilicious berry sorbet this evening, even though I did have a sneak attack of 2 mini york peppermint patties at work. Hungry + Free = Yum. And they only added about 100 cals, which still put me within a respectable limit. So, I’m ok with that today.
I’m ready to wind down for bed with a book, so here’s my food and numbers.
Food for October 121th, 2010.
1 Brazil Nut (26)
Beet Lemon Carrot Kale Juice (163)
1T Olive Oil w/ 2T Balsamic Vinaigrette & Simple Salad (159)
Autumn Peach & Pumpkin Oats (246)
Vegan Chipotle Pepper Stew (312)
+ 20g Diaya Vegan Cheese
2 Mini York Peppermint Patties (102)
Hempilicious Berry Sorbet (358)
* 120g Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
* 240g Unsweetened Vanilla Hemp Milk
* 240g Strawberries, Frozen
* 100g Blueberries, Frozen
* 15g Hemp Protein Powder
* 8g Flax Oil
* Stevia
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Nutrition Summary for October 12, 2010
Report generated by CRON-o-Meter v0.9.7
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General (96%)
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Energy | 1367.6 kcal 103%
Protein | 43.3 g 76%
Carbs | 212.1 g 109%
Fiber | 44.8 g 179%
Starch | 14.8 g 99%
Sugars | 81.7 g 163%
Fat | 48.8 g 104%
Vitamins (100%)
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Vitamin A | 83712.0 IU 1674%
Lutein+Zeaxanthin | 42571.4 µg 851%
Folate | 736.8 µg 409%
B1 (Thiamine) | 2.2 mg 204%
B2 (Riboflavin) | 10.9 mg 838%
B3 (Niacin) | 18.4 mg 123%
B5 (Pantothenic Acid)| 16.2 mg 324%
B6 (Pyridoxine) | 19.2 mg 1202%
B12 (Cyanocobalamin) | 52.3 µg 2615%
Vitamin C | 494.0 mg 823%
Vitamin D | 3650.0 IU 1825%
Vitamin E | 17.1 mg 142%
Vitamin K | 1158.8 µg 1288%
Minerals (100%)
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Calcium | 1426.5 mg 143%
Copper | 2.2 mg 110%
Iron | 18.3 mg 122%
Magnesium | 897.0 mg 280%
Manganese | 8.1 mg 202%
Phosphorus | 1147.0 mg 164%
Potassium | 4200.9 mg 120%
Selenium | 94.1 µg 171%
Sodium | 1768.9 mg 354%
Zinc | 14.5 mg 121%
Amino Acids (100%)
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CYS | 0.8 g 339%
ILE | 1.6 g 139%
LEU | 2.6 g 117%
LYS | 2.0 g 115%
MET | 0.6 g 109%
PHE | 1.7 g 180%
THR | 1.9 g 217%
TRP | 0.5 g 200%
TYR | 1.2 g 245%
VAL | 1.9 g 110%
Lipids (62%)
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Saturated | 8.2 g 41%
Monounsaturated | 15.3 g 61%
Polyunsaturated | 17.4 g 70%
Omega-3 | 6.7 g 613%
Omega-6 | 10.9 g 99%
Cholesterol | 0.3 mg 0%
October 13th, 2010 at 10:35 am
If you get a moment – can you please write a post again about Beet Carrot Lemon Juice. I need to learn how to juice this. :)
October 13th, 2010 at 11:16 am
Ag, I’ll make you a proper post on how I do this juice with some lovely pictures when I make it tomorrow. This is my favorite juice to drink (besides just carrot and ginger). I feel like I get so much out of this juice, and it’s absolutely packed with vitamins and minerals!!!
I even have QB drinking juice because he has seen how much better my skin looks. Whether or not the juice makes that much of a difference or not, it’s hard to gather proper data to tell, but I can’t see how I am doing any harm!
October 22nd, 2010 at 8:44 pm
hi sie,
another cron woman with a couple of questions.
-what is your richest source of vit E? folate? these tend to be my lowest totals. i’m sort of amazed at how you manage to get such high percentages across the board. are there any supplements involved?
-how tall are you?
thanks!
October 22nd, 2010 at 8:58 pm
I like to use my Unsweetened Almond Milk for my Vit E source. Without it, I tend to run low and have to play with my food to get my numbers. I use to eat a lot of sunflower seeds and almonds to get my Vit E up, so that is an option too.
Supplements are Bone-Up (3 capsules/day), Vit D (5000IU/day), 1/2 tablet P-5-P.
I’m 5’8″, so I’m pretty tall for a female.
One of the reasons I tend to eat the same foods over and over is because once I find a way to get all my nutrients with foods I like, it’s often easier just to eat those same foods until I get bored. I also like routine, so changing things up every day is just too overwhelming for me.