So how has the conversion to eating paleo been going? Miserably. By which I don't mean that I'm doing it and it's making me miserable, but that I'm failing miserably. Because I have no self control whatsoever and my addiction to sugar is worse than I feared. So if there are sodas in the house I tell myself I will have just one more today and then I'm done forever. If Saren makes a loaf of bread in the middle of the night and I wake up and hey, look! Bread! Well, obviously I have to eat it because it's important to support your children in all their endeavors.
But, whatever. Because when I made that goal (among others) I told myself if I faltered I would just keep trying without berating myself. Which either means I will eventually get it or I will use that as an excuse to forestall forever. Just one more Pepsi/Taco Bell dinner/Snickers bar for today and I can start for reals tomorrow!
I've also been trying to keep up with writing every day. Last year I did very well, but lost steam around September. Still, last year was better than the year before, which was better then the year before that. This year will be the best yet. But I have the same caveat as above. When I miss a day I just get back on the horse and start again, no self guilt trips. I think part of why I faltered last year and hardly wrote at all for the last months was just the inertia of not writing. So far this year, I have missed a few days, but the days I did write outnumber the days I didn't.
The novel I had been working on got maybe a quarter of the way done. I am still interested in it actually, but I don't know how to begin again from a different angle, which is what it needs. That's kind of intimidating, to have written so much and to know I need to start again from scratch. So I put it off. And put it off. And in the meantime I started in on a little idea involving time manipulation. Sort of a no pressure thing because I don't really know where it's going.
Speaking of time manipulation, a few days ago I had to temporarily cancel the Netflix streaming, and so I had to say goodbye to Dr. Who, which was heartbreaking. I was just in the middle of the last season that was currently available on Netflix so after I start it again I'll have a couple of days of bliss and then my heart will be broken all over again. I had gotten into the habit of watching it every night before bed and now I just don't know what to do with myself between 9 and 11pm.
Our washing machine broke a few weeks back and since we can't afford to get it fixed right away, we've been using the laundromat. The great thing about the laundromat is that you can get all your laundry done at once in about an hour. The bad thing about going to the laundromat is going to the laundromat. If only I could have four washers and two dryers in my house. Best of both worlds.
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I have no self control either, which is why I had to get the whole family on board and get all the offedning foods out of my house. Then I focuesed on making primal versions of everything I missed. And gorged myself on fat. Fat is sooo satisfying, it helped me forget the sugar. Also, I eased into this by eating up what was left of the "bad" food, and stopped buying it. When it was gone, and no more was coming in, it was easier to just eat what was left. By then, my body has switched over to fat burning mode and I could pass over the sugar. And sweet stuff tasted waaaaaay too sweet and wheat killed me. Easy to say no now that I know the sufferring I will experience if I give in. Good luck! Oh, also, I kept reading all the research on why I really did not want to be eating this stuff, until I believed it! It is easy to not eat what you consider poison.
My friend Georgia really loves the 21 Day Sugar Detox (I think that's what it's called) for kicking the addiction. I don't know if it would work for you but maybe!
Miranda, I could never get Saren to go along with it. She's the reason there's so much soda in the house! I should get her a mini fridge! Harper, maybe, probably not. And Irina would starve to death. I think I'm on my own on this one.
Annika, thanks, I will look into that.
Is that the Doctor and Rose in your banner?
You're my favorite.
Yes. Harper made them. :)
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