The Spring Cleanse is going pretty well. I made a conscious decision to abandon it last night to go to this event http://www.lplevent.ca/b2e/index.html and to have a night out. Yes, I ate sugar, yeast breads, and drank alcohol. oh well. I think being too dogmatic about food is detrimental - at least for me.
In general, it has been very easy to give up sugar. I have also avoided foods that have any type of sugar except dried or fresh fruit in the ingredients list. As long as I don't surround myself with a lot of it, I am happy to avoid it. Giving up coffee has also been fairly easy although I am not sure how much less caffeine I'm consuming since I am drinking black tea like crazy. It's not just the caffeine, though, coffee is just generally very hard on my body and I always drink too much of it. Can't seem to do coffee in moderation. Yeast bread has been the hardest thing to not eat.
The hardest part of the cleanse is to get back on a decent exercise schedule. My life gets so busy that exercising is the thing I am most likely to skip. This is not a good thing. It's hard to remember - when I'm feeling tired and busy - that exercise has so many benefits that go way beyond losing weight or building muscle. Getting enough exercise will help me with my energy level, fighting sicknesses, reducing stress, and on and on. My main goal this week is going to be getting back on track, exercise wise. Really it is about getting into a habit and routine. And actually this week is unusually busy so getting into a routine this week is impossible. Groan.
I can try to form these habits this week:
1. Bike to work
2. On mornings when I don't have my kids, set my alarm early and run. Even if there is a nice, warm person in my nice, warm bed. He'll still be there when I get back!
Next week, I need to develop about a more structured routine.
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