Succumbing to Sweetness and Pained Provisions

So remember how I said I would be eating less sugar? Well, that lasted for a whole 24 hours. I ended up getting cookies while I was working yesterday. I'M WEAK. :(

It's okay, though, I comfort myself knowing that going Cold Turkey is very difficult, and I haven't had sugar in my tea at all since my post declaring it so, and I only had cookies at work. At home, I was perfectly good! Also, I did yoga today! I couldn't yesterday, because I made an unfortunate decision regarding groceries on Wednesday and ended up with knots in my shoulders the size of field mice. Let me tell you that story first:

Where my apartment is now, I can walk to the store, and as I said before, I wanted to try to walk more to save money on gas and to be healthier. Well, when I moved in, my mother (the wonderful woman that she is, thank you so much Mommy) gave me a gift card for groceries. So I went a little wild, stocking up on all the things I would/could/should use and ended up with around 30-40 lbs of groceries. I did bring my own reusable shopping bags! So I was good to the environment! But let me tell you, carrying groceries that amount to half your body weight using two bags on your shoulders, and two bags in your hands and attempting to walk about a half mile back to your upstairs apartment will NOT be good for your shoulders. Along with being pretty terrible for the rest of your body. Learn from my mistakes, people.

So I couldn't do yoga yesterday. But I stretched out my knots quite a bit on Wednesday and yesterday, so today I was in good enough shape to do a little gentle yoga today. I also stopped by my work today and picked up a glass of tea, which was a pu-erh tea (dissolves built-up body fat and functions as a gentle laxative to stimulate metabolism) blended with an oolong tea (speeds up metabolism) so hopefully that will put me on track. I am wearing my favorite pair of jeans right now and oh, man. It is a tight fit. So hopefully healthy eating and exercise and strategic use of tea will help me get back to a healthy amount of body fat that will also allow me to fit into my favorite clothing. And not just my favorite clothes that are made with liberal amounts of spandex.

I've been eating a lot better lately, which is good, because this means I don't have to eat as often because my meals are more satisfying. I still have a big bag of potato chips, but I have been trying to only eat about a handful at a time, and stop when I have satisfied my craving, instead of stopping when I feel sick.

So I need to go home and bake bread so I can take it to a friend's birthday party/potluck and I'm late late late because today is busy busy busy and I made the mistake of drinking a Starbucks drink with coffee in it and now I'm super jittery and AAAAHHHHH.

I WILL TALK TO YOU LATER GOOD BYE.

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Reinstated Rambling

Hello everyone!

Man, it's been a while. I am gonna start up this blog again, since I have limited internet access and a LOT of time on my hands. Right now I'm taking the internet from Starbucks, because I bought a DELICIOUS THING from them. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THIS, PEOPLE.

My friend Brandon told me about this: Ask for a Mocha Coconut Frappucino with no coffee and extra caramel. It tastes like liquid Samoas. SO GOOD.

So anyway, updates in my life: I finally moved out of my Dad's house! I am now living in an apartment with one of my best friends, whom I've known since we were 9 years old. So far it's good! It is the cheapest apartment in Chandler, but so far we have been nothing but impressed with it. We have been living there for a little under a week and we have had trouble with our closet doors--both of our bedroom closets have trouble opening and closing, and the door in front of our washer/dryer came off completely while I was doing laundry a few days ago. But aside from that, good neighbors, good parking available, low price, accommodating office people, gates close at night for safety, and the apartment itself is spacious and well-laid-out.

Another update: In about five days, I have managed to gain somewhere around 2-3 pounds (which is fine, I don't mind gaining weight, there's nothing wrong with it, and I know I'm very skinny anyway so it's not like I'm morbidly obese or anything with these extra two pounds) and I've realized that I've been eating nothing but take-out and not exercising past carrying my stuff up the stairs to my apartment. So I'm thinking I need to be healthier. And I'm gonna share my fitness goals here, so that I might be more inclined to stop being a lazy sonnovabitch and stick with it, you unhealthy slob. Here we go:

-Cook more. The more I cook, the more I'm in control of what I'm putting into my body. Take out is convenient for work (I work at a mall, so I typically go to the food court for lunches) but it is SUPER unhealthy for my body. I know the more I have nutrition-lacking carbs and fried foods the worse I feel and the less inclined I am to exercise.

-Drink more Tea. And I hear you saying, 'But LO! You are working at a TEA STORE, Minty! How much more tea can your little, over-hydrated body hold???' Well, I would have to say 'Fair play to you'. (if either of us actually talked like that, I mean. I would probably actually say 'Good point' or something equally as not ridiculously pseudo-Shakespearean) But I would like to strategize my tea-drinking a little more. Instead of drinking teas that taste good all the time, or teas imbibed with enough caffeine to wake even I from my zombie-like morning stupor, I want to start drinking teas that are good for me, and good for the health benefits that I'm looking for. Some Green teas to help me be healthy (because I can't exercise or be fit or anything of that sort when I'm laid up in bed with the sniffles), some Oolong teas for a healthy metabolism (to make up for the havoc that fast food has wreaked upon me), and if I am going to drink teas that are more delicious than they are nutritious, then they would be to prevent myself from eating unnecessarily. I'm not going to starve myself, though, let me explain...

-Eat less. Like I said before, I will not be starving myself. But one of my habits is that when I'm bored, I eat. Also, I tend to eat larger portions than I really should. So my goal with this 'Eating less' idea is to actually eat the amount of food that I SHOULD be eating, instead of the amount of food that my cravings and elastic-band pants are telling me I can eat. Also, now that I'm paying for rent AND food, food costs need to go down. I tend to impulse-buy at the grocery store, and regret it later when I realize that I spend over $100 at the store and I only have one thing that qualifies as food, and the rest being cookies and candy. Cookies and candy can be bought! I won't deprive myself! But I would like to MAKE my sweets more often instead of buying them. That will put a restriction on how much sugar I'm consuming, and also how often I'm consuming stuff that falls under the category of 'sweets'.

-Less sugar. I am guilty of adding a crap-ton of sugar to everything. All sugar, all the time. Dessert after every meal, not just dinner. Jesus, how do I not have Type 2 Diabetes already, I am an absolute feind. So I am cutting down on sugar. Natural sugars only (none of that over-processed shit like granulated sugar or Splenda) and as little as I can stand. For dessert, fruits instead of cheesecake. I really enjoy eating fruits, and they are more than sweet enough for me, so I really don't know why I haven't made that switch sooner. And finally,

-Walk more. I am very lazy and I would prefer to drive even down the hall to the kitchen. But I'm going to have have to suck it up, bring my book, and walk whenever the weather is bearable. This, in addition to allowing me to exercise more often, will save me in gas expenses, which will be a freaking life-saver. My car drinks gas like I drank that Liquid-Samoa Frappucino. Sweet Baby Jesus is it expensive.

So it's 3:06pm, my computer's dying, Starbucks misting system is working so hard that it might be aspiring to be a thunderstorm someday, and the woman sitting upwind of me has just finished her fourth cigarette. I think it is time for me to head home to leave my laptop there and then go shopping for foods that will be  commiserate with my newly-documented goals.

It was lovely talking with you again, though I was doing the talking. Comment with thoughts, feelings, advice for my fitness goals!

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