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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Thirty days. No processed Food.

protein shake chock full o’fruit & veggie goodness

The day after Halloween I was obsessing about my MOVE & pacing in front of the ON! SALE candy standing in a long grocery line when I spied a tweet.

(I deliberately pick the long lines so as to snag me some mid-day social media time)

I really like Derek & Greatist.

He melds the super-smart and the irreverently funny in the way I only aspire to—so I immediately tweeted back words of encouragement.

I used voice dictation however & instead of tweeting YOUVE GOT THIS—my iPhone conspired against me & informed him IVE GOT THIS.

Derek’s response?

In that moment I glanced down at my red plastic shopping basket & decided: YES. I. AM.

Methinks this is NOT found in nature…

Ive rambled before all about how Im an intuitive eater.  A mindful eater.

A woman who grazes all day and snacks all night.

Im SALT not SUGAR and Im finally 100% content the way I am.

Except for right now. 

Im stressedIm leaving my home of 12 years about seven months BEFORE Id thought I was moving.

Ive little time for goodbyes and know it will be a muddle of work-pack-mothering-work-pack-mothering-work-pack-mothering for the next 6 weeks (at which point Ill happily shift to work-UNPACK-mothering-work-UNPACK-mothering).

The last time I had this schedule I was packing up to move to Guatemala and let’s just say I ate intuitively—but I intuitively reached for far more sugar and junk.

The result was I arrived to the Land of Eternal Spring EXHAUSTED and already running on fumes.  (not so much a good plan when you’re a new mom, a first time mom, solo and dont speak the language.)

As soon as I spied Derek’s response to me I knew there were no accidents.

I was in. 

I knew this was what I needed. 

I swapped out my processed crap (Im human, People.  I may not be hitting McD’s drive thru but it isnt all KALE and BROCCOLI up in herre).  I was ready to go.

AFTER I CLARIFIED ONE THING: could I still consume my beloved ostrich jerky?

Derek FlanzraichI say yep.

I was in.  Committed.  Yet as a woman whos renown for being SOFT CORE and not doing challenges I invariably had to tweak the proposition.

Im committing to no-processed junk until Im happily residing in the Bay Area (<—-see? I got it. Im a local already!) and unpacked.

Im setting myself up for success (Im so good to me) with the inclusion of my jerky—but otherwise Im striving to be 99% wrapper-free until Im a Northern California resident.

All in the name of voice-dictation error and knowing  (deep in my forty three & a half year old needs more planking core) this will provide me the energy I need to make a smooth transition for the Tornado & me.

Whatcha think?

Wanna JOIN ME?


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