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No Quarter
I've fallen off the stick on several goals, and it's time to get back on. My Rainfurrest 2013 report is up on jakebe.com if you care to look, and I'll be working on my review for the AFI Top 100 Movies here in a little bit. I need to nail down dates for my next few Pathfinder sessions, and figure out what the heck I should be working on next in regards to writing. I *do* have a story commission in the works, and it shouldn't be too hard to bang out. When all else fails, that'll do.
One of the things I'd really like to work on is diet and exercise this month, though. With the holidays coming up, now's the time to try and bake in good eating habits. I love, love, LOVE Thanksgiving and Christmas, but it doesn't necessarily mean I should pig out on holiday chocolates, pies and all that business. Well, no more than a few days at least in November and December at least. :)
Something I've learned about myself is that I have a bit of an addictive personality. If I find something I love, I'll tend to cling to it for a while. Nowhere is that more true than sweets of just about any kind -- candy, pastries, cakes and the like. There's no such thing as having a little nip of something to satisfy a craving. If I have something sweet, I'll want more. There's this line that Leo McGarry has on West Wing, regarding his alcoholism -- "I can't imagine why everyone wouldn't want to feel like this all the time". That's the way I feel with candy. I can't imagine why people aren't just stuffing their faces with sweet things forever and ever, amen.
Yet I've proven time and again that I can quit; I gave up candy entirely for a year, and while it was difficult I did it. I gave up sweets and a whole lot more during the Whole30. But when I'm able to have candy again, when I take that plunge...it almost always ends up spiraling down into too much. I'll create caches around the house, so that I'm never far from my next fix.
I don't think I can have a healthy relationship with candy. I do love it so, but I lose my ability to moderate with it. So I think it's come to the point where I'll just have to cut it out almost entirely. No chocolate or caramel bars, no Skittles or Sugar Babies. Pastries and cookies are a sometimes food that I can handle, but if I start shifting my allegiance from candies to cookies then that policy will need to be revisited.
My family has a history of diabetes and glaucoma; it's high past time I got my sugar intake under control. Learning how to do that without an end in sight might be difficult, but I'm committed to making it stick. To get rid of my belly, if nothing else. ;)
One of the things I'd really like to work on is diet and exercise this month, though. With the holidays coming up, now's the time to try and bake in good eating habits. I love, love, LOVE Thanksgiving and Christmas, but it doesn't necessarily mean I should pig out on holiday chocolates, pies and all that business. Well, no more than a few days at least in November and December at least. :)
Something I've learned about myself is that I have a bit of an addictive personality. If I find something I love, I'll tend to cling to it for a while. Nowhere is that more true than sweets of just about any kind -- candy, pastries, cakes and the like. There's no such thing as having a little nip of something to satisfy a craving. If I have something sweet, I'll want more. There's this line that Leo McGarry has on West Wing, regarding his alcoholism -- "I can't imagine why everyone wouldn't want to feel like this all the time". That's the way I feel with candy. I can't imagine why people aren't just stuffing their faces with sweet things forever and ever, amen.
Yet I've proven time and again that I can quit; I gave up candy entirely for a year, and while it was difficult I did it. I gave up sweets and a whole lot more during the Whole30. But when I'm able to have candy again, when I take that plunge...it almost always ends up spiraling down into too much. I'll create caches around the house, so that I'm never far from my next fix.
I don't think I can have a healthy relationship with candy. I do love it so, but I lose my ability to moderate with it. So I think it's come to the point where I'll just have to cut it out almost entirely. No chocolate or caramel bars, no Skittles or Sugar Babies. Pastries and cookies are a sometimes food that I can handle, but if I start shifting my allegiance from candies to cookies then that policy will need to be revisited.
My family has a history of diabetes and glaucoma; it's high past time I got my sugar intake under control. Learning how to do that without an end in sight might be difficult, but I'm committed to making it stick. To get rid of my belly, if nothing else. ;)