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Fall 2014 applicants??
despejado replied to sugoionna's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
That is the plan! I have absolute faith that we are going to JOINTLY be kicking ass in a few years. Des and Kam v. the World (minus all of my lovely GC friends). I am going to PM you for advice in a second, if you don't mind -
Fall 2014 applicants??
despejado replied to sugoionna's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Awh thank you Kamisha! I really couldn't be happier. It feels so excellent for something to finally be concrete. Nyctophile: That gif has completely and totally stolen my heart. I love it. -
Fall 2014 applicants??
despejado replied to sugoionna's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Well crap. Me too. I actually took a test that included Freudian slips in Psych class today. Interesting. -
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despejado replied to sugoionna's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Yes, their MA. I'm still bouncing off the walls. Someone wants to pay me to be a student! Congratulations AC! That's so wonderful. -
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despejado replied to sugoionna's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Thank you! What a great spring break this is going to be now haha. I am so, so excited. -
Fall 2014 applicants??
despejado replied to sugoionna's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Accepted to Nova with their Liberal Arts Presidential Fellowship and a tuition waiver. HELL YEAH. -
Staying Healthy Through the Stress
despejado replied to despejado's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Of course I would love the details. I always want to make stir fry, but I don't own a wok.. It's tragic. -
Staying Healthy Through the Stress
despejado replied to despejado's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
This is a good point. For some reason I want to ask you about enchiladas but I'm supposed to be eating better. Do you have a favorite recipe for eating healthy, other than your lettuce wraps? -
Staying Healthy Through the Stress
despejado replied to despejado's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Haha yes! Salsa verde is my absolute favorite, especially on enchiladas... Thank you so much. I think I will ask you for tips on several things until I am a professional chef myself. -
Looking for Insight on Wait Lists
despejado replied to back2black's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
This makes sense as well... If the situation arises where I have a funded offer from another school, but am still waiting on funding from Syracuse, I assume I will have to speak with my advisers as well as the departments of both schools to figure out what works best for me. I don't plan on pulling out of any acceptances or contracts or anything like that. -
Staying Healthy Through the Stress
despejado replied to despejado's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
YES, share! This sounds delicious. Especially the homemade salsa... Tips? -
Staying Healthy Through the Stress
despejado replied to despejado's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
I will! On the same website, I also discovered a recipe for vegan, gluten-free sweet potato brownies. I actually gasped when I saw it posted there. These are both things I will be trying over spring break... I found them on the DeliciouslyElla app, if you're wondering That's really sound advice. Where I tend to get caught up is snacking; every five minutes I want a handful of something, and that always puts me 100-200 calories over where I want to be. I clearly have very little self-control, but I'm working on it. I just threw out a half-full gallon of ice cream that was in my freezer to rid myself of the temptation. I may or may not go to the supermarket tomorrow, grind my own (I've seen these devices before but never used them: EXCITEMENT) "sun butter" with cinnamon, but maybe minus the sugar, and then use it to make apple slice-sun butter sandwiches. I'm looking forward to tomorrow already. Also: Trust in the quinoa. You have to surround it with other flavors because it doesn't taste like much on its own, but it's a wonderfood. -
Staying Healthy Through the Stress
despejado replied to despejado's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
This is good to know! I tend to stop calculating as soon as I know I've gone over my limit for the day haha. I don't want to know EXACTLY how much I've gone over, I just know I have. Congratulations, by the way, on the 30 pounds! That is amazing and requires some serious dedication. I'm having trouble getting rid of 3. I think I'm going to try your lax attitude in regards to avoiding binge-eating. Sounds like a really good way to handle it. Just thought I would point out: Yes. Bagels. And YES, QUINOA! I actually recently found a recipe for quinoa pizza dough. I will be trying it soon. I'm taking a yoga class this semester to fill a kinesiology requirement, and it is awesome. So relaxing, and not so much pressure on the body. However, I do love a good run and collapsing right afterward. Also, sunflower butter (?) sounds kind of awesome. I will try it and let you know how I feel about it -
Staying Healthy Through the Stress
despejado replied to despejado's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Shortstacks: You're right. I put a warning at the very top, so hopefully that's helpful. And wow, I'm really sorry to hear that. I usually always go to carbs as a source of weight gain, but since those digest too quickly for you, I'm not sure what to suggest. Protein, especially if you eat meat, can be a good source of lean muscle mass. I wish I had more insight on the situation and was more qualified to comment on a suitable diet for you... I will do some scientific googling/referencing friends for advice (if you don't mind, of course), and get back to you on that one. GK: Calorie counting sucks. It actually does tend to trigger binge eating for me, personally, but I have a hard time believing that I'll hold myself accountable or eat reasonable amounts of food any other way. I will wean myself off of the calorie counter and onto the peanut butter (I do not believe this will be hard. Peanut butter and apples are my favorite). For the record, you should try pears dipped in Greek yogurt. Or, Greek yogurt mixed with Hidden Valley Ranch Packets + cucumbers. So much better for you than with sour cream, and tastes exactly the same. It was a lovely discovery. I am a sucker for cranberry trail mix with dark chocolate chips, which I think has been my downfall lately. Carbs carbs carbs, and even dark chocolate is still chocolate. This is something I will try to get away from. Shortstacks, this might actually be something you should pick up. Addicting. "Mostly plants," is the hard part for me, I guess. I'm really good at not consuming soda, and I have only had maybe 3 in the last few years. Keeping myself from getting cinnamon dolce lattes every morning, especially when it's cold out, is one of the hardest parts of watching what I put in my body. All that delicious milk and sugar is not doing me any good. -
Staying Healthy Through the Stress
despejado replied to despejado's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Oh, gk210, the similarities! I was a competitive gymnast for 12 years, so I know what you mean about weight being an ever-important (and fluctuating, and disheartening) part of your life. For the first year after I stopped competing, it didn't occur to me to change my eating patterns along with my exercise ones. This resulted in a 25-pound onslaught in weight gain that I didn't really notice until my sophomore year of undergrad when I happened to step on a scale at my grandparents' house. Yikes. Since then, I've managed to keep myself at a weight I'm very happy with, and with very little maintenance required (thank you mother, for your metabolism). However, since app season began, Ive started to see this weight fluctuate and gradually rise - something it hasn't done this much in a few years now. I'm sure most of it is stress. Also, I have tons more free time than I've had in any other semester, and I often get fed at work (bad, terrible, atrocious, delicious pizza and BBQ and fried chicken. WHY). With all of this free time and my nerves continually set on edge, I've been reaching into my bag of trail mix, or even worse, in my freezer for the ice cream, every time some kind of bad news turns my way. These eating habits have finally turned into the realization that HEY!, you're putting some pounds on. You should proooobably chill the fuck out. So I'm back in the gym 3-4 times a week as well, and you're right! I forgot how good it feels to have Kendrick Lamar tell me to Hol' Up while I'm shreddin miles on the treadmill. Yeah right, just try and hol' me up. What about your eating habits? I've been trying to calorie count, but I find it depressing that even when I watch what I eat, I only manage to stay JUST under my goal. I can only imagine what I consume in a normal day when I'm not paying attention at all. -
Warning: This topic contains conversations about weight (both loss and gain) due to stress, etc. and may be sensitive material. I don't know how successful this topic will be, but here goes. Over the last couple weeks, the stress of knowing and not knowing where I stand in terms of admissions have had both positive and adverse effects on my weight depending on what kind of news I'd been dealing with. So how has everyone been doing in staying healthy? I've gained a few pounds, and thought it would be cool to have a place for us to share concerns and recipes and ideas, etc.
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Fall 2014 applicants??
despejado replied to sugoionna's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Interesting. Looks like I'll probably be getting another unfunded MA offer or something. Yay? I bet you're so stoked though. Duke? That's awesome. I would tell you to say hi to Jabari for me, but I doubt he'll still be there next year. -
Fall 2014 applicants??
despejado replied to sugoionna's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
That's what I was thinking. Or waitlist. -
Fall 2014 applicants??
despejado replied to sugoionna's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Mikers, remind me, do you already have an MA too? -
Fall 2014 applicants??
despejado replied to sugoionna's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Yeah me either.. -
Fall 2014 applicants??
despejado replied to sugoionna's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Uh oh. A new BU rejection? -
Looking for Insight on Wait Lists
despejado replied to back2black's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Thank you so much! I sincerely appreciate you taking the time out to walk me through this, and thanks so much for the positive vibes -
Looking for Insight on Wait Lists
despejado replied to back2black's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Oh no, I'm not planning on accepting anything without funding. Realistically, the only offer I have right now is the one from SU where I'm WLed for funding; however, I'm anticipating what would happen if I were to end up with a fully-funded offer from another of the schools I'm waiting to hear from. I've seen people on the forums talk about de-committing from an acceptance, and the general consensus seems to be that it's bad form, but you if you have to... I don't know. I'm just hoping SU comes up with funding before April 15; they're my first choice, so there wouldn't be any discrepancies there. And realistically, they're my ONLY choice as of right now. I guess I'm getting ahead of myself, but it is good to play out the scenarios just in case. Fingers crossed is all I can do at this point; I've already informed the DGS that they're the only school I'm currently considering and I will be accepting the TA position if it becomes available. Hopefully that helps me. -
I'm accepted
despejado replied to Phoebecaulfield's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Always for you. -
Fall 2014 applicants??
despejado replied to sugoionna's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Ahhhh congratulations! Philadelphia is amazing, and if funding comes through, I think you'll really love being there. So happy for you