Day 24
Just ~this morning~ I reflected on my sweet tooth and consumption of honey. i thought to myself: self, you are consuming too much honey. perhaps an experiment is in order? I decided to try cutting honey ~completely~ out of my diet, at least for the rest of the challenge, and count a paleo sweet -- except for my 1 square, and not 2, but 1 square of almost daily dark choc -- as a CHEAT! And then Coach's email. Talk about timing. Great minds think alike. :)
so this morning i drank my tea without honey. was not bad at all. i ate the last of my paleo cookies. no more baking for a spell, AND when i do, i will count my cookies, although paleo, as a cheat. i also will eat my paleo pancakes sans the honey. honey is still sugar, and too much sugar is bad for the body. this is proven by recent research (as a librarian and historian, i consult multiple sources when researching ANYTHING.) As far as fruit? I am not going to omit fruit from my diet -- not that anyone is advocating that -- but i will try going a whole day without fruit, as an experiment. postscript: i am going to eat fruit in the am only; Diane and Kristin will, too.
i do think i have made some strides; e.g., save for my delightful vagina monologue milk chocolate cheat, i have not consumed nor do i crave milk chocolate, which is a HUGE breakthrough for me. i will no longer buy it. but i do feel the need to take this to the next level. will i feel better without all of that sugar (honey) in my body? not that i have been consuming crazy amounts every day, but on days that i eat paleo pancakes or cookies as well as consuming honey in my tea and on my dark choc, i think i am consuming far too much. This will be exciting -- another challenge. can i do it? yes!!! though i still need to work on my time (or lack thereof) management skills. i am going to make life changes in the coming months that will improve those skills. i do try.
food:
meal 1: 2 paleo cookies and banana (in a rush--see time management comment above)
snack to hold me over til lunch: last paleo cookie. did not want to waste. :)
meal 2: paleo chicken fingers and broccoli leftover from last night
snack: remaining few pieces of chicken, broc, and apple
WOD: singles and burpees at 14:30 -- i shaved nearly 3 minutes off my last time: 17:19. yahoo!
dinner: 3 eggs, salsa, walnuts, avocado, 1 square dark choc.
i decided to stop with the dark choc, too. it does have sugar.
5 comments:
AWESOME! You are on the ball OCD! It IS an experiment isn't it?? Step outside of your comfort zone so to speak, just like your CrossFit training, and you may soon realize that life isn't so bad without some of these things ... mainly SUGAR!!! Keep it up!!! ~ J
why thank you, the other JC. I am trying real hard to be the shepherd. *grin*
girl: I am seeing you make some big ol' strides! GOOD JOB. hollah.
You are doing awesome Jane! Keep it up. BTW, the 5k race was fun the other night. You did great!
I will be interested to hear about the results of your sugar-less day. I too am going to try to further decrease it although I am not consuming much. Less than 1 teaspoon of honey in my dressing 5 or 6 times a week, fruit, and of course the wine and dark chocolate. I am NOT eliminating it, I have finally acquired a taste for it and no longer crave milk chocolate. You go Jane! You can do it!!
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