Well, it has been a week since I started this experiment. I have lost 5 pounds. As you can imagine, I am thrilled about that. But honestly, that was not my first and foremost reason for going 100 days without sugar. I want to be comfortable in my own skin again. I want to be healthy and enjoying my physical experience again. I am tired of battling the way I feel every day. Achiness, tiredness, negative thoughts, worry, feeling self conscious. I want to free up my mental and physical energy to invest in the business of living again. I want to invest in the good things, the things that build momentum, instead of being pre-occupied with the unproductive things in life.
I guess what I am saying is that I don't buy into the "over the hill" concept, that the first half of life is upward climbing and then at the half way point you begin a steady decline. I want to live a life that just gets richer and truer with each year that I live.
The most pleasant surprise this week has been that I have an enormous amount of energy since giving up sugar in my diet. I am used to having a really tired, sleepy spell in the middle of the afternoon and am ready to go to bed long before my day is over. But now I have consistent energy all day long. In fact, the last several days at work I have been surprised how quickly the afternoons have flown by because I have been able to stay on task much better. My mind stays sharp all day and into the evening. There is a proverbs that says, "As your day is, so shall your strength be." I say, "Bring it on!"
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