tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515681361792943705.post1025536148977776598..comments2023-09-10T03:50:50.036-07:00Comments on Mastering My Midlife (and midriff!): Reminder Via a RepostShanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13040527560710894077noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515681361792943705.post-32545981096331933642016-04-01T08:56:02.243-07:002016-04-01T08:56:02.243-07:00Awe thanks babe!Awe thanks babe!Shanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13040527560710894077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515681361792943705.post-23223075534226698712016-03-31T11:40:35.410-07:002016-03-31T11:40:35.410-07:00PS.
Wow.
I just re-read your above declaration/mis...PS.<br />Wow.<br />I just re-read your above declaration/mission statement.<br /><br />I don't think I have i In me to be as brave, honest and vulnerable as you are in this.<br />Which in turn makes me believe even more in your strength.<br />Anyone as brave as this can beat Sugar hands down - maybe a bit rough in the first few rounds but after that it could be a Knock Out. xsophienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515681361792943705.post-14116760472880922362016-03-31T11:29:55.979-07:002016-03-31T11:29:55.979-07:00Thank you for understanding and always helping me,...Thank you for understanding and always helping me, especially with clean. <br />I have never really done anything 100%, like on clean I still had dark chocolate, on Tracy's diet I added in granola, even when I quit sugar every other time, I always still had sugar in my tea. So right now, staying off sugar, while I continue to be gluten free I am allowing dairy and eggs so I don't feel super deprived. It's like you said baby steps.<br /><br />However, if I manage these three days, I will try to carry on "sweets" free, but will def put the sugar back in my tea. Today it feels like what the fuck is the point if life is so bloody miserable without it? But it's like you say, it will make me feel better in the long run and I know from experience once the addiction loses it's grip my mind will be free and it will just become a lifestyle like it used to be. I hope.<br />Love you.Shanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13040527560710894077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515681361792943705.post-90028170561639343312016-03-31T11:04:42.986-07:002016-03-31T11:04:42.986-07:00Ugh, Shan.
I wish I had some magic words that coul...Ugh, Shan.<br />I wish I had some magic words that could time machine you through these first few days....(and I can only speak for myself) days can mean up to 5, but if you can brave the pain of 3 the mental strength will see you to 5 by stubbornness.<br />I TRULY feel your pain. HONESTLY.<br />At the end of a job, after 4-5 months of stress, early mornings, sleep deprivation, negative thought patterns... I feel polluted.<br />Thats the only way I can accurately describe it in one word. Though the symptoms... bloated stomach,bad skin,uncrontrolable cravings, depression..<br /><br />The inner battle is almost WORSE - when I know what I need to do to make me feel better. It seems like an inconceiavble mountain to climb...to be Clean.<br /><br />The only way I can get my head around it, is, like you - to break it down into manageable, bite size portions - i.e. 'baby steps'.<br />Day 1 no sugar<br />Day 2 No sugar no caffeine<br />Day 3 No sugar no caffeine]<br />Da4 4 Np sugar no caffeine, no Gluten <br />etc etc.<br />And before I know it, I've tricked myself into the first 3 days of the cleans 'Pre Clean' program.<br />So I say "fuck it' lets see if I can do a whole 7 days... 7 turns into 10 etc etc..<br /><br />You know the rest of the story.<br /><br />But.<br />There have been times when I have tried to go from taxi overload to green goddess in 24 hours - and that (for me) has never worked.<br />Its the times when I have taken the 'slowly,slowly catch the monkey' approach in which I have made the most significant sustainable changes.<br /><br />Big Hugs<br /><br />SxSophienoreply@blogger.com