Getting hard

Ok, ok, I knew I had a sweet tooth. I mean, who doesn't? Well.. yes lots of people. But weren't we evolved to go for sweet tasting foods? To avoid poisoning ourselves with bitter things? I feel like I read that somewhere once. May have been on Wikipedia though now I think on it..

Anyways, so I knew I had a sweet tooth, but this is HARD. No dried fruit or honey to cheat either!? And to top it all off there have been two birthday cakes in at the office this week, including one chocolate quinoa cake that everyone was in ecstasies over because it was so delicious. That's just not fair. To be honest I may have frozen away a slice at work and have a reminder in my calendar to eat it in a month... Yes the sugar thing is hopefully going to be a permanent adjustment but we're all allowed to cheat every once in a while, right?

As you may have gathered, I did not have any cake, despite really, really, REALLY wanting some. And you know what? I felt really good about that, and myself, afterwards. Which was definitely worth the moment feeling like I was missing out on the best thing in the world followed by guilt for indulging.

A large part of my perseverance is due to the fact that I kept thinking, if I cave in now and have some sugar then I would have to admit it on the blog and it's not even a full week yet and who is, honestly, so addicted to sugar they can't even make a week??? So thank goodness for self-inflicted-external-motivation!

I'm still going strong and said no to some feijoa wine tonight, which is probably the best of all wines, and as a bonus, no one glass of wine hangover for me at work tomorrow! *winning*

Day One

Today is the first day of my scheme to, like Mary Poppins, become 'practically perfect in every way'. There will be no singing (well, no good singing), flying umbrellas, cartoon penguins or even Dick Van Dyke and his Cockney accent.

No, I'll be starting much more humbly than that. 

This week I will focus on:

• the eating no sugar thing, 
• drinking lots of water, 
• exercising (dancing in my pjs) more regularly, and 
• sticking to a budget I've drafted up so that rather than present me squandering money on chocolate and things I don't need, future me can use it to have fun. I'll thank me I'm sure. 

Actually, that looks like a lot typed up.. Well, in for a penny in for a pound!

It starts...

I went to a naturopath last Thursday, for a variety of reasons - stress, anxiety, low immunity, lethargy, skin, digestion, you name it. It was quite informative and turns out I'm low in all sorts of nutrients and other good things.  

But I came away with a plan of attack! Unfortunately this involved such things as exercise and cutting sugar and takeouts from my diet. I was also to increase my intake of good fats, drink lots of water and do ten minutes of relaxation every day, as well as a whole host of other things but no need to overwhelm me just yet.

Today is Sunday. Thursday night I had Mexican for dinner. Saturday I went to a rugby prize giving with a friend and ate chocolate eclairs. Today I went to a 3 year old's birthday party and ate lots of cake and had delicious, delicious Rekordelig winter cider. There has been only average fats, normal amounts of water, and no relaxation whatsoever. And exercise? Does dancing to Billy Jean in my pjs count?

So, I am not doing too well. 

I'm hoping by keeping this blog that I'll be accountable to myself and actually stick to hauling my life around.  And while I'm at it, I thought, why not start actually looking after my financing and save up for a house? Or land and a tiny house? Or, much more excitingly, to fund my adventures as a travelling bum? And why not just become a better person all round? 

So, hopefully, this blog will document my journey to becoming a saint! Or at least a happier, healthier and more at peace average human being.  

Watch this space.