Comments on: MMM #12 Second Check-In

By: Sayward

Sayward — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:59:27 +0000

@ Courtney – Ahhh, good ol’ sugar, it’ll get you every time. Smart of you to keep healthier snacks around. Nuts are great too. I’m such a snacker . . .

Good luck with breaking the marshmallow spell!

@ Staar – Wow! What a transformation. I am impressed, and so happy for you!! Congrats and keep it up!

Celestial Seasonings ‘peach passion’ herbal tea is one of my greatest guilty pleasures. Highly recommended if you can get your hans on it – and even better iced for summer!

By: Staar

Staar — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:31:57 +0000

So at the beginning of this mission I had no idea which vice to work on, what habit to change etc. So yes I didn’t work on anything specifically until last weekend I realized I had an hiatus hernia and I had 2 really horrible days of not being able to eat and stuff. Anyway needless to say I realized I had to change something dramatic or this thing wouldn’t be able to heal. So I’ve kicked my coffee habit. BEST THING I EVER DID! It’s been about 8 days without the substance and I’ve had the best sleep I’ve had in about 5 years every single night this week. I feel super happy and peppy in the morning it’s almost scary. And now I’m trying out all the fun teas you can get. Anyway I also don’t feel the overwhelming control coffee had over my life. I was hard core addicted had about 5 cups a day and couldn’t go out of the house without a cup of it. Anyway I’m now in line with my bodies natural rhythm, I wake up without an alarm and the anxiety I felt from constantly pushing my adrenal glands has gone away significantly. Thank you for doing this Monthly Mission.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:50:03 +0000

I’ve realized a vice I have and am working on. A coworker of mine keeps marshmallows in her desk for us. I was eating them just because I was hungry and nothing else sounded good that was at hand. Now I’m keeping fruit, cheese, and a variety of crackers at work to keep me from eating too many marshmallows. Every once in a while they still sound good, but it’s specifically marshmallows I’m wanting. And even those desires are going away.

By: Sayward

Sayward — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:18:29 +0000

@ saundra – It sounds like you’re making the necessary steps to get you there, ad even having some success! 7 am on some days is great. Unfortunately it just takes a ton of willpower to *make* yourself sit up in bed in the early morning (believe me I know!) But sitting up is the hard part, and I know you can do it. Remember that the MORE you do it, the easier it will get, until one day it will actually feel good!

@ Stephanie – Girl, it is truly my pleasure. I am just so thoroughly impressed and inspired by all of you!

@ Diana – Oh wow, that’s so awesome that your husband is on board! That makes *such* a huge difference. Congrats, that’s really great news.

And I think you’ve got it exactly right, if you can make all your sweet treats homemade, you will be doing a world of good for your body. I’m so happy for you, what a huge step!

By: Diana

Diana — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:37:56 +0000

it’s been going okay – I think I have been more moderate about sugar, especially in terms of not seeking it out as much. But if it’s in front of me, I still have such a hard time resisting!

The great news, however, is that my partner just admitted this afternoon that he needs to cut down on sugar for health reasons! So we talked about different strategies to do that, and while he’s reluctant to give up his tea and cookie habit, we agreed that we would try to make our own desserts more, using much healthier ingredients. So I just made a peach clafoutis using rice four, almond butter and a very small amount of organic whole cane sugar – much less than the traditional super sweet recipe. It totally satisfied our sweet tooth, and I didn’t have a crazy sugar rush afterwards despite the fact that we finished it all (it was only a half recipe, after all!)

So hopefully that’s a good direction to head into, and with kevin being more conscious of his own sugar intake, I think my mission will become so much easier!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:06:18 +0000

You are so sweet, and make me feel so much better about this! Thank you for having these missions!

By: saundra

saundra — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:27:49 +0000

unfortunately my mm is only working halfway i’ve cut back on my drinking which is one of the many reasonsi can’t seem to wake up in the morning but still can’t seem to wake up before 9 unless someone really needs me to get up aka rainy day and hubby would like ride to work… but i have been getting up earlier some days at like 7 so even if it’s half and half it’s still better.

By: Sayward

Sayward — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:33:52 +0000

@ Stephanie – It can be really tough, but remember that going from every day to not every day is actually a big deal and a huge first step! Now you just need to set a new small challenge. How about starting your week off right, and abstain for all of Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday? See if you can do that three day spell (you can!) and it’ll show you how manageable this actually is. And I do speak from experience here. =)

Good luck! Remember that a *little* progress is still progress!!!

@ A Green Spell – We all slip up once in a while. Hey, maybe you’re just a supertaster! (see Kathryn’s link)

@ Callie – Oat milk is good, and Hazelnut is my favorite storebought alt milk, by far. But have you looked into homemade? I’ll be posting a tutorial soon. Homemade almond milk is sooooooo amazing!

I totally feel you on the oral fixation/smoking thing. I never really had a sweet tooth until I quit smoking, at which oint I totally used food to get me through it. I no longer smoke which is great, but now I have a raging sugar addiction to deal with! I guess we replace larger vices with lesser ones, and on and on until we can kick them ALL, for good. Ahhh, it’s all a process. ;-)

@ Meghan – Well, I think there’s a huge difference between logging in to chat with someone for a specific purpose for specific plans, or to find a recipe for dinner, or to find a movie time or something, versus mindlessly surfing the net. If you can trust your self control I don’t see why you couldn’t do the former during the day without feeling guilty about it. It’s the sort of aimless internet wandering that requires a time budget, right?

So basically I think your ‘a little of both’ plan sounds perfect, and it actually sounds to me like you’re doing good!

@ Kathryn – I saw that! And I SO WISH I could use that excuse, but alas, a supertaster I am not. =)

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:40:49 +0000

I saw this article and I thought you’d find it interesting:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127880219&sc=fb&cc=fp

By: Meghan

Meghan — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:06:11 +0000

I am not doing great, but have done ok on some days! I’m sort of torn about how I want to divide my time. On one hand, I like my original idea of just some time in the morning and some time in the evening. But sometimes there is just stuff to be done during the day! Friends I am making plans with to talk to on facebook, or recipes to find in vegancooking. So I really like the chrome extension erosan posted. I dunno. I think I might ultimately have some combination of these methods, a time set aside in the morning and a time set aside in the evening, then during the day I can have some small amount of time (5-10 minutes) that I can use if I need to, using the chrome extension. Then I’d have to use a different browser (or computer) for each of these things though. I am probably way overthinking this. In conclusion: Some days are better than others. I’ll keep working on it. :-)

I am going to be in spain for 2 and a half weeks in July without my computer, that might help. I’ll also be in Cape Town in August for 3 weeks… I’m taking my computer with me, but I’ll have to pay for internet, so that’ll help too. :-) With luck I’ll be a disciplined internet user before I start grad school! (and then it’ll either be really good that I don’t waste so much time online… or I’ll totally fall off the wagon!)