Who doesn’t love a great, home-cooked meal? I have to admit, we eat a lot of the same things week after week with various subtle differences. And, both our backgrounds are Italian and we love it. For our first dinner date, I made a variation of squash risotto and I asked Dave during our meal,… Continue reading Squash Risotto and side of Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Funny how misery loves company 🙂 Just kidding…it’s more funny that folks try to sabotage your efforts to make a positive impact on your life — mind you, for only 30 days, and it’s as if World War III is about to go down. But, I am ready for tomorrow. I am VERY ready to… Continue reading Ready…Set…Maybe?
I made another commitment to cleanse and will begin Sober and Sugarless September in three days. Mind you, the word “cleanse” can mean many different things to a lot of different people. I am just going to keep it simple. I will be spending September sober and sugarless, thus “cleansing” myself of the crap I’ve accumulated… Continue reading Sober & Sugarless September!
Good morning! Miss me?! Don’t answer that…but, I did decide that after a long hiatus from this month’s blogging regime that it is prudent to return. Why the absence? No great reason, but it’s attributed to the detox: Lack of motivation. I have been underground for the past week or so. Digging my heels in deep.… Continue reading We Become our Habits
Today marks Day #15 of the sugar/alcohol detox (or whatever variation that you’re working towards). I’m feeling great — but in another sense not so great — but I expected that. In terms of abstaining, I do not have struggles. I have overcome my want of added sugar and every now and again I have… Continue reading Uncomfortable Change
Yum! Honey! Nothing can be bad if it comes from bees, right?! Well, that isn’t such a black and white answer because there’s nothing really wrong with table sugar either. Sugarcane is one of several species of tall perennial true grasses used for sugar production. So despite your thought that the more natural version of sugar is… Continue reading Keep it Real
I had an itch and I had to scratch it. I know from experience that eating no sugar and no bread and drinking no alcohol is easiest the first week or so. But, then my cravings come because my world of eating has become mundane. One goal this go around is to become more inventive… Continue reading Keep it Sweet (without added sugar)
I have often envied more conscious people (my yoga instructors, mediation gurus, enlightened souls, empaths) in their ability to so naturally be aware of so many things all at once and to walk through their lives with so much calm. I always thought how great it would be to be so dedicated, but then I… Continue reading Notice the Small Things
Quick shout out to the Sandman — the last few nights have amazed me. While I have felt super tired each night, and actually just drained (from nothing other than detox), I have crawled into bed without resistance, laid my head to the pillow (mouth guard in), and fallen asleep quickly. The dreams have come… Continue reading Open your Eyes
Will power is most often not enough. And, often is super overrated. It is discouraging when we rely too much on our will power to make any changes. Willpower has been studied in the laboratory: How it gives people the strength to persevere, how they lose self-control as their willpower is depleted, how this… Continue reading “I got to keep on truckin’…”
The Foods to Eat 