30 Days of Perfection: Day 5 ~ Sweet Feelings

Day 4 was a good day. I finally started to get over my sugar hangover, and I met all of my daily goals.  I even mailed the card! And I made an appointment I've been putting off.  I know it's silly, but I was proud of myself for doing a little extra.

Today started with snow. Yes, snow in April! We do that in Minnesota. It makes everyone miserable. Normally spring snow would send me into a major funk, but not today. I got over it quickly, and have been in a great mood. Happy, energetic, enthusiastic. I don't remember the last time I felt all those things at once.  Maybe it's because the snow melted and the sun came out, or maybe it's because my moods aren't being jerked around by sugar. If this keeps up, my relationship with sugar might truly be over. We'll see. Saying that made me feel a twinge of panic.

That was my hope and my fear with this experiment. I wanted to see if being sugar free would help me feel better.  But if it does, I'll have to choose between feeling good and eating sugar. Just like I had to choose between eating gluten and chronic body aches. You'd think it would be an easy choice. Who wants to feel like crap all the time? I gave up gluten to see if it made a difference in my health. I didn't think it would. I didn't plan on never again eating a regular cookie.  I didn't know that after feeling better off of gluten how bad my reaction would be when I accidentally I ate something that wasn't gluten free. It's awful enough that I know gluten and I are done. It's weird to miss something that makes you sick, but I do miss it. Every day. I'm not excited about mourning the loss of sugar too. Maybe I won't have to. I'll think about that on May 6.

The other day when my friend and I were catching up over coffee, I mentioned how scheduling our coffee date had been one of my goals. "Oh, so getting together was a chore to check off of your list?!" She was joking, but it was one of those jokes with a hint of truth. That is absolutely not the deal with the people or relationships that might pop up in my daily goals. If you find yourself in my goals it's because you're important to me and our relationship is a priority for me.  It can be easy for me to get caught up in my own stuff, and let my friendships slide. I'm working on that.  Know that no matter what is going on with me, I always have time for you and don't know what I'd do without you.

Day 5

Family: ask Mark out on a date (honey, this is not a chore!)

Friends: make weekend plans

Work: run the kids here, there, and everywhere

Writing: go to Writing Group

Habits: go the entire night without complaining 

Whole Health: meditate for 5 minutes