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I currently live in Louisiana, i make too much to qualify for most government benefits(especially since I live alone) but too little to actually live comfortably.. i also have 3 cats that I absolutely WILL NOT rehome.. after paying all of my bills and leaving room for 25 dollars a week of fun.. and after putting money away into my savings for emergencies(I tend to have car related problems and want to save for a newer car) I have about 100 left for food for the month. I think it's a decent amount, but I have also just moved into a new apartment and am starting with the basics. For the past two years, I have mostly relied on Ramen or discounted food from the restaurants I worked at, but now i got a new job as well and it's not even close to food industry anymore. 100 a month is about 25 a week, i know I can do it i just dont know how.. my mom helped me get some frozen meat and veggies, as well as some bags of beans- so I think that will help me out but it will only last so long... i saw others posts and ngl I feel like im complaining when I've been very fortunate.. i got a new job a couple months ago, a new apartment a few weeks ago, and another car around the same time as my job(but it has over 200,000 miles and gives me constant trouble)... and I'll be starting up school again.. I've just never thought about food budgeting much and just spent the money, but I want to start... i also want to work on getting healthier and losing weight.. im 5 ft 160 pounds. Thankfully my apartments offer a workout facility lol... i MIGHT even get a small raise in a few months👀

I know this technically isnt 'beauty' but i feel like this is kind of in the scope and i really just need help.. i have a fragrance allergy, its not terrible right now but thats because i have been surrounded in it for years. This has always affected my breathing and i suspect its contributing to the severity of my asthma. I am moving next week and am going to make this a completely fragrance free zone, but im worried that after distancing myself from it, my reaction is only going to get worse whenever i come into contact. I just learned that some flavored things like toothpaste/mouthwash contain fragrance and im freaking out. I had no idea. Now i have to look into fragrance free ones and dont know which are actually good to use, so some tips and recommendations would def be helpful. But also, what else has fragrance that i wouldnt normally think of. Obviously hygiene products, make up and lotions, cleaning products, soaps and detergents, but what else?

I feel like i dont know anything and my breathing has only been getting worse lately. I get panic attacks when i get sick and my nose gets clogged because i already have difficulty breathing normally. I cried driving home from work yesterday because it felt like someone was sitting on my chest and i could only breath shallowly.

Even sitting feels like im compressing my lungs(i also own cats which dont help my breathing).. i feel so lost right now and i want to cry thinking about this getting to the point where i dont even want to leave my apartment. I believe if it gets to that point i shouldn't have TOO much trouble getting my work to allow me to work from home, but i wouldn't be able to afford never leaving my own apartment.. What about food? clothes shopping? hanging out with my friends and family? Eating out? I also dont qualify for my works health insurance yet so seeing a doctor right now isnt really possible but i make 'too much' to qualify for Medicaid but after taxes i take home barely 2000. Even writing this my chest feels tight and i just want to cry. Im only 19, my family never bothered to remove fragrance from our household because 'it didnt seem to affect you much'.. it really did but i didnt know how to distinguish what was from my allergy vs my asthma so i never made it an issue. Now because of that, i have no idea how to navigate this and my fears of it getting worse when i distance myself is only growing. (my sister developed a different allergy and the more she separated herself the worse her reactions to it got)

PLEASE someone help me.. things id never imagine having fragrance, how you deal with going outside, even just someone telling me their own experiences to calm myself. Also good products and brands for fragrance free items would be super helpful....

I work an office job and soon we’ll be coming up on our slow months in a few weeks.. that means I’ll have maybe an hour or two of actual work a day.. we are able to watch YouTube on our computers(probably for music or background noise) but can’t risk getting carried away with any other apps and lose privileges. What are some good free anime’s or shows on YouTube? My office doesn’t care TOO much as long as if someone comes up we at least look like we’re working, so constantly being on phones is a no go. I don’t watch Naruto, one piece, bleach, or pokemon, so please don’t recommend those.. I don’t even mind rewatching things I’ve already seen but I don’t want to spend a whole day searching for something now terrible quality that actually has at least most of the show on there.. please help because I’ll be bored out of my mind😭

Has anyone stayed at this place? Are there any utilities included in the rent? Like water, trash, electricity? How do they charge for animals? What’s the apartments and management like?

Has anyone had any good or bad experiences in this place? The rent is cheap and there are no monthly pet expenses other than the initial payment… I don’t know about laundry. Are there hook ups in the apartment or is it just an on site laundry. Also, I found it on another website, and when I used the filter I applied utilities included, is it actually all utilities included? Or is it just water like other places? What about management and maintenance? Also what are the actual apartments like? I don’t really want to waste my time if they aren’t even that worth it.. plenty of places can look good to people they want to sell to.

So I started keto almost 2 weeks ago, and I started fasting along with it because of a post I saw.. both were going great, I actually took a small break one day because of a family event and felt nauseous because of all grease(and the fact that the past week I only ate between 6-8 pm) and even the smell grossed me out after eating.. I like my progress and it’s definitely helping with my self control. But I have been feeling very tired, I think it’s because along with keeping my carbs low, I’ve been having a hard time consuming the minimum nutrients I need.. fat, calories, protein, sodium, etc.. is there a way to get those without increasing my carbs? Especially when I only have 2 hours to do so. I’m already full by the time I finish my dinner and it’s hard to eat anything else.. should I start taking supplements? ATP I feel like I’ll be taking more pills than eating anything.. for dinners, I meal prep the weekend before, but even then it’s still hard to get everything else without raising carb intake..

I am looking for a new place to rent in the next few months. I have cats, which are fixed and have their shots, and I’m looking for a, preferably, 2 bed but will settle with a 1 bed if needed. Obviously I’ll be a woman living alone so I want it to be in a decent area. For rent, I’m looking for something with utilities included or where they total up to (hopefully) around 900 a month. I’m also not looking to room with anyone. I currently live with my sister and it’s a nightmare. I live an hour away from work, and she’s very messy(the kind that leaves dirty diapers on the kitchen table and waits weeks to wash her dishes), can’t pay her rent on time EVER, and she’s quick to pick fights. I really can’t stand it.. I’m really asking someone to help me out here..

I am looking to move in a few months, I can start saving now and have a deposit ready in about 2 months so I need something that will be available then.

This is honestly just a question for when I’m out or when I’m at work a need a quick lunch I didn’t pack, what do you guys get from fast food places that don’t interfere with the diet? I sometimes forget to pack snacks or a filling lunch and I live almost an hour away from work so going home isn’t an option. If someone could provide examples that would be nice…. I don’t plan to do it often(don’t like spending more than I have to) but for times when I can’t just pack a lunch or I forget to…

Okay, so I went on keto with my mom 2 years ago and lost 9 pounds in less than a month. I felt cleaner and just better about myself. It was easier to do because me and my mom could watch over each other and make sure neither of us were tempted to cheat. Now I live with my sister(I can’t even get that train started) and there is no way I can rely on her to help me stay on track. She never sticks to healthy food for long, constantly looking for excuses to eat junk.(he doctor told her she needed to start eating more fatty foods for health and she bought hot chips and junk food) she can do whatever she wants but it’s also hard for me because she keeps that food in the house. I’m trying to start because I just feel unhealthy and i want to eat better. I can’t afford anything too expensive or time consuming. For now I just bought keto bread and eggs, but the bread smells and tastes like dog food and I get sick of eggs so fast. Everything I find that might be keto friendly is just expensive or tastes nasty.. I remember this being so much easier after the second week but I can’t even get to that. I feel like I’m starving at work so I end up eating cup ramen since it’s small and only like 47 carbs, but I’m limiting myself to 25 a day so I can’t keep doing that. Anything that is easy to meal prep or a grab and go for breakfast and lunch, I don’t mind cooking when I get home from work for dinner.. dude this has been stressing me out so much because it’s been so hard to start without support. Maybe I’m just weak and need someone there to help me stay on track.. it doesn’t help that I’ve also been trying to start light work outs.. I just need someone guidance here

Guys I might actually be screwed.. Graduating with a beautiful 1.8 gpa and a 19 on my ACT. Then college.. I did two semesters, and it basically went down the drain because that was around the time I moved out and lost my car, only friend, but gained a stalker and months of being scared and anxious. So basically, I did terrible in high school, worse in college, and now after a break and cleaning up my life, I’m ready to go back and finally be a good student again. But the problem is who would even take me? I have a full time 9-5 job, I also get government benefits for going to school. So tuition exemption and a month stipend. I refuse to quit my job because it was my big break. I’m trying to find something in state(Louisiana) so that my benefits apply, but also something that would even accept me with my academic past. Hopefully fully online and I don’t have to miss any work either.. please someone help me. Btw I went to SOLACC, so if I go back I’d either have to do a semester without my benefits(which I don’t know if I can even afford) OR I’d have to put in an appeal.. I don’t doubt an appeal would work but it takes a while and I’m looking for something to start soon if I can.

For some background, in the past 5 years, I’ve been stressed out of my mind. When I was 14, my brother moved his girlfriend into our house, they had an extremely toxic relationship that affected everyone in the house. I spent most of my time in my room and even developed ticks. Right when she was going to get kicked out, she wound up pregnant. 6 months after my nephew was born, the split and it’s been 4 years and we’re still dealing with her with court. I basically became a full time babysitter the second I got home from school. Both of my uncles died, I lost most of my friends, and became extremely depressed although I never told anyone. I even developed body image issues because of comments that 24yr made to my face and behind my back. I moved out at 17 with my only friend and started college.. she moved out a month later and left me alone, got a new job and one of the men who worked there ended up stalking me for months and my managers hardly did anything.. lost my car twice, ended up moving in with my sister who relied heavily on me to cover basically both our bills because she didn’t want to keep a job(pretty sure that’s why she asked me to move in) because of this, I barely stayed present in hs. Worst part is, I was a really good student before all of this. I did well in all of my classes, teachers loved me, and I had a lot of friends. I never even dated because I wanted to focus on school.

Specificity chapter 35 and title 29… I don’t think I could afford to go if they don’t accept these benefits.. I’m fine with switching between flex and guided paths but I need to know before I fully enroll because the woman I am speaking to hardly knows anything.