Day 1

Today I woke up and it dawned on me.. today is day 1 of this sugar free challenge.  Ugg.  For the first time in my life I woke up hungry for chocolate, sweet tea, waffles with syrup, and a hot cup of coffee with italian creme.  Man, what a bummer.  I settled for Heart to Heart cereal, and a black coffee.  I could have added milk, but that's just as bland.  Unfortunately I chose to start before I stocked up my fridge and pantry- bad idea #1, unless of course you count doing this diet- then that makes bad idea #2.  Anyhoo..  Day 1 felt more like Day 21.  This can't be good.

I would write more, but I'm too grumpy to think.  I miss my sweet tea.

No More Sugar...

Piece of cake... Not! Okay, here's the deal, err plan. I'm teetering on the idea of doing a sugar fast for (gasp) 21 days!! Holy sh*t.. What am I thinking? I'm sure I'll be kicking myself come Monday, but as I've stated before- I love a challenge, and this could very well be life or death.

So far I've read day 3-6 are the hardest. I will be tired, cranky, etc. If I survive the first 6 days it's supposed to get easier. The energy levels start to go up, but the cravings probably won't subside until around day 17. Oh joy- this is sounding better and better- want to join me?

Why am I doing this? I have an addiction, and it's not cocaine. Sugar gets me through the day. I'm an emotional person and an emotional eater. I always turn to sugar. It is my friend- my best friend. I also want to lose 10 more pounds. I work out on a regular basis, and it makes me mad knowing it takes 10 minutes to burn the 2 chocolates I had before I got on the treadmill this morning.

What do I hope to learn from this experience? I hope to come out of this with a little self control for one thing. How awesome would it be to have ice-cream in the freezer for more than 24 hours!?! I also hope to learn to reach for more nutritional foods when I'm hungry.

I'm going to need a few things from anyone reading this as well.. SUPPORT! This might very well be the hardest thing I've ever done. Luckily it's not forever.. Updates to follow.

Bad Day for 80's Icons

Man o man, what a sad day this has turned out to be. First the gorgeous, stop you in your tracks, Farrah Fawcett passes away from cancer, then out of no where.. the king of pop-Michael Jackson dies of an apparent heart attack!! I didn't know these people personally, (obviously) but I grew up seeing these people all over tv and radio- and let me tell you, I could dance to MJ's hits with the best of them. And I think I've finally pin-pointed where my Mom got that extremely "80's" hair do from. (don't worry, she doesn't have it any more).

Regardless of what you think of about these icons, they are people first- and they will be missed.

reality tv is hitting an all time low.

Why I am wasting my time writing about this is beyond me, but what in the world is going on with T.L.C. airing a divorce announcement? Seriously? The show must go on, gotta tape those family memories- good or bad I guess. LAME!  What's worse is that I found myself glued to the t.v. watching along with the rest of America.  They got me... I just hope those beautiful children don't end up crazy like their mom and douchie like their dad. *sigh*

Four Years Later

Holy Moly- I was walking down the aisle 4 years ago today. What a trip. I love you baby!!

I love Avocados

I love them so much I think I could eat them every day and never get tired of them.  "So what, who cares..." 

But really, they are yummy, and so is our new exterior paint color!  It turned out better than I imagined, and I think Jim is really happy with it too.  Let me know whatcha think!

On a side note:

Did You Know?

• An avocado is a fruit and not a vegetable! It is actually a member of the berry family.

• In the past, the avocado had a well-entrenched reputation for inducing sexual prowess and wasn't purchased or consumed by any person wishing to protect their image from slanderous assault. Growers had to sponsor a public relations campaign to dispel the ill-founded reputation before avocados became popular.

• Avocados got their name from the Spanish explorers. They couldn't pronounce the Aztec word for the fruit, know as ahuacatl, "testicle," because of its shape. The Spanish called the aguacate, leading to the guacamole we know today.

• Avocados must reach full maturity before they are picked, however, they do not soften on the tree. The tree can actually be used as a storage unit by keeping the fruit on the tree for many months after maturing.--- very interesting!

  
  

No Doubt

We got out for a rare date night and saw No Doubt perform.  Great show- I'm glad we ended up going.  We went with a few friends, and that made it extra enjoyable.  I must say I was really taken back by Gwen's abs.  My goodness, how is it humanly possible to look that good? (please note I am enjoying a mint chocolate chip milkshake as I type this.)  Damn her and her perfect abs.  At least I have some sort of motivation for tomorrow's work-out. *sigh*