Diet Time

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, believe it or not, I am on a diet. Now, if you think about it, technically everybody is on a diet. If all you eat is greasy take-out, then you're on a diet of greasy food. Your diet is whatever your eating habits are. And I am simply attempting to change my diet.

Let me be very clear: I am NOT trying to lose weight, as is usually the goal of a diet. I simply want develop better eating habits. It's not really a drastic food change. I have decided to cut out all unnecessary sugars (meaning sweets and desserts) and I would also like to cut WAY back on unhealthy food (read: take-out/chips and snacks like that).

Not that I live a life of fast food and desserts, but even what I have been consuming of those foods has been too much for my body. It's telling me in no uncertain terms that I need to develop better eating habits. So I'm going to try.

Today is Day 2 and so far I'm doing fine, but man, is it ever tempting to convince yourself, "just one bite of something sweet, just one tiny treat." And of course, once you tell yourself that you can't have a certain type of food, suddenly you want it like you've never wanted anything before.

I'm also trying to get it into my head that this isn't a temporary thing. Diets shouldn't be for a short period of time, because once you are off the diet, you go back to the way you were eating and you completely reverse whatever good your diet did. No, if you're going to go on a diet, it should be for life. I really want to eat better. I need to eat better.

Of course, the other problem with trying to stay away from unhealthy, unnatural sugars is that I'm trying to distract myself by filling up on other things. Like salty foods. There's a reason why they call it junk food, but it's so hard to give it up! Now I truly understand what it means to take it one day at a time.

But hey, I'm not in this alone. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Phil. 4:13

My Birthday

As of today, I am 22 years and 2 days. I celebrated my birthday on Monday (well, and on Sunday too). Birthdays are always so good! Hanging out with my family and my friends, good food, great cake, a few gifts and cards, and mostly a lot of attention.

I don't understand when people dread their birthday. I look forward to mine! It probably helps that it's at the end of May, and also that I'm still young. I might be dreading my birthday 20 years from now.

Anyway, I got a pretty white shirt, a few books, a pearl necklace with matching earrings (fake, of course), and best of all: the most gorgeous bouquet of flowers from my wonderful boyfriend.




Quite a happy birthday, if I do say so myself. :D

Gimme A Break

Mmm, now I'm thinking about Kit Kat bars. But that is not the topic of today's blog.

I have decided to take a sabbatical from the Internet. It's only going to be for about 5 days, so I guess I can't really call it a sabbatical, but I like the word. So sabbatical it is. I've decided to attempt to take the time I would normally spend on the Internet, and use it instead to read the bible and pray.

And even if it's for 5 days, this will be no easy task for me. I really like the Internet! But I think it's pretty much a guarantee that if I'm on the Internet, I'm not doing anything productive.

Also, this sabbatical doesn't apply to the time I'm on the Internet when I'm at work. I work on the computer, I need the Internet for some of my tasks. And honestly, if I have no work to do, I use the Internet to amuse myself until I have work to do. Plus, if I let myself do everything I need to do on the Internet while I'm at work, then it's easier for me not to go on the Internet at home.

Anyway, the whole point of this is that I want to spend more time reading my Bible and praying when I have spare time, which I should be doing anyway. But we all gotta start somewhere.

This also means that I won't be blogging for the next 5 or 6 days. I know that I don't blog everyday, but now you have all been notified, so you don't have to worry about checking in until....May 29? At least until then.

In fact, I'll try to write you all a nice long blog to let you know how everything went. Remember, my 22nd birthday is next week Monday, and next week is also big decision-making time for Art and myself. Exciting and scary. Alrighty then. Until next week!