Merry Christmas all you guys!
Hey.. Here comes a classically long and manic one from me! In my style.. LOL... Get ready okay.....
I'm having a pretty interesting day...
As you know, I tried the lemonade fast a few weeks back and only made it about 2 days... Then I didn't tell you guys, but I tried to do it again this week, but again, no sticking with it, simply, I believe, because it's Winter and I need warm things in me and I feel the elements are a bit against me... I will try it again in the Spring when the temps go above sixty...
Last night I was reading through a bunch of online info about both the Colon/Kidney cleanse, and what is usually recommended to follow... a Liver cleanse... So my mind was in cleanse mode... You should see some of the photos out there showing what flushes out of you when you do a Liver/Gallbladder cleanse... It's shocking... Not for the weak!
But today, I feel, retroactively, that even the few days I did it, have had some profound effect on my system..
Well...forgive me for rambling on.. I will get to the point! LOL.. sometime!
All year now, I've been noticing that I am pretty addicted to my morning fix/afternoon repair combo of coffee with chocolate soymilk...
Last night I had about half a pint of Chocolate Haagen Daz, and I have to say,,,, it didn't taste all that wonderful...
"What the heck is going on here???" I thought? And then this morning I didn't have any chocolate soymilk left, just plain, so I added the remaining chocolate icecream into some soymilk, and thought it might do the trick for the coffee...
Well I honestly can say I thought it made me ill... Blechhhh...
I got nauseous, and had a mild stomach ache...
Again I thought, "What in the world is happening to me???".....
So I tried a cup of coffee with just a teaspoon of sugar and some plain soy... Blech! Tasted like water with chemicals!!! Okay... Added one more teaspoon of sugar... Still yuck!! Maybe I really didn't even like the coffee, just liked the hot taste of chocolate soymilk???
At this point, my stomach was just almost ready to barf... I was getting nauseous at the mere thought of drinking that coffee..
"Who is this person?????" I thought??? LOL...
So now.. Back to the combination of the cleanse thoughts and the mornings events... Two of the items mentioned as being very harmful and difficult for digestion were coffee and dairy... I think ice cream falls into this category... LOL..
Well, as one of my teachers once said (and I'm sure she was probably quoting Buddha or Confucious)
"Where the mind goes, the body follows..." My mind was on cleansing and my body was saying.. "it's time..."
They just ganged up on me!!! LOL..
I gave up coffee about ten years ago when I was pregnant with Richard (I think??? ) but that was motivated by the fact that his dad didn't drink coffee and was encouraging me to quit... But I wasn't really ready...
I didn't give it up for the right reasons... Someone else shouldn't ever be a motivation for doing anything... You have to decide for yourself.
I went back to coffee after that, and have been fairly addicted to it for the past ten years...
I think that since I've been using chocolate soymilk this last year, I have really been doing a bit of a disservice to my weight loss efforts... Although it's semi borderline, I realized that if I have enough cups of it a day, in my coffee, it really isn't anymore.. It's an S.. 140 calories and 23 grams of sugar per cup...
Well.. all at once it just hit me.. All those thoughts all together.. And I decided to make Chocolate soymilk an S for S days, and give up coffee, except on S days... (maybe altogether if I don't really miss it..)
And as soon as I had that thought I turned around and (cue the Heavenly Light musical sound effects...)
I saw my "sign" which I've come to trust as God's little hint, just between he and I, LOL.... I can't tell you my sign because it's our secret! LOL...
So, this Christmas Day... My Body Mind and Spirit are all in agreement and I am finally going through with kicking my coffee/chocolate soy addicition!!!!!
I can't wait to go and buy a bunch of fun and healthy teas and start having more fresh juices and teas instead...
I expect there to be some rebellion against this idea, therefore I made the items S's instead of totally eliminating them... That way I know I can have them occasionally... But the fact that my
cravings for coffee are sooo strong, points to it being a Spiritual and Physical addiction...
I think this has really hindered my weight loss, and really expect a big change, once I stop having so much chocolate soy and drinking healthier things like fresh juice and occasional fresh lemonade (I have truly developed a taste for this...)
I feel content and peaceful with my decision, and know that my divine body wisdom was making sure that I really listen up this morning...
I am listening...
Thank you Lord!
(cue Handel's Hallelujah Chorus...)
Here's to a Healthier Debbie yall!!!!
Peace and Love and Good Will to all.....
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