"How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them'"
Ben Franklin
So the new year offers inspiration to begin again. I know - it has taken me 10 days to put my resolution together! Everyone who knows me, knows I get things done - eventually. It takes time for me to put it together in my head, and once written, ZING! So there are areas I definately need to work on and maybe by the end of the year, I will be free!
Writing, eating and exercise, relationships, and boxes of clutter are areas that have always challenged me and I am so eager to resolve. My bulging belly and my hair falling out are physical signs that all is not well. I resolved today to begin to eat properly watching carbs and sugars (following Jorge Cruise) and I have a good understanding of the basic plan.
I packed a "nutritious" lunch. I look at the containers prior to devouring the contents and OMG! A "healthy" greek fruit at the bottom yogurt has 18 carbs - so it counts for one serving, not bad - and 17 grams of sugar! WTH! WTH! WTH! (story later). I am only supposed to eat 15 grams of sugar total - all day! I already blew it with breakfast. So I decide to keep track of the sugar and carbs and keep on track. Mozerella cheese stick - no carbs (yeah cheese!) but 6 grams of sugar! In cheese! Two mini ready to eat bags of carrots - 12 grams carbs so just one serving - and 8 grams of sugar! In carrots - peeled and ready to eat? WOW! The "Healthy" oh so bland Lean Cuisine - 47 carbs 2 servings- and 25 grams of sugar! Balancing all of this out, I grab innocent garbanzo beans -20 grams carbs 1 serving - and 1 gram of sugar (whew! ). I haven't had dinner yet but I really blew it with the Queen Anne milk chocolate cordial cherries I rescued from a coworker. These actually had carbs and the sugar content - 25grams each! This I expected. Sugar is as sugar does... so I ate four and grabbed my muffin top (the way my stepmother elegantly does) and thought to myself "Look at my Yanta!"
This is tougher than it looks and you just can't eat healthy off the shelf! I have a whole week of the stuff so I will start again when the yogurt's gone and maybe take a walk (in my mind). Maybe I should try the inside out method and look for fiber pills.
Alas - tonight Robert Mondavi Woodbridge Merlot - good for the price and for what ails you. Good News - Red wine counts as one carb (yes!) and zero sugars (oh yes!) because something about alcohol sugars and blah blah blah... I stopped reading once I knew I could fit it into my daily allowances! ;)
