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Sunday, April 08, 2012
Lent or No Sweets for Kiera, Day 33-40
Easter! YAY!! What do you know, Lent really is 40 days. So...really I gave up last week and had a TON of crap this week. All kinds of candy, I made chocolate chip toffee cookies, bought donut holes, molasses cookies, chocolate caramel filled eggs, cadbury eggs, peeps, jelly beans, etc...and I made a cake. Needless to say I did not lose any weight this week. So what have I learned from all of this? That next baby I should totally do this the first six weeks instead of binging during my last six weeks of guilt free eating. That it really is possible to go without sweets and when you're in the middle of it it really doesn't seem like such a hardship. You hear other people saying they couldn't do that and you reflect on how sad it is that we are so dependent upon sugar that we feel physically/mentally unable to go without it for any real period of time. Of course, then you give in and have some and it's suddenly very hard to go without again. I've also learned that I will lose weight like nobody's business if I lay off the sweets...but they are very satisfying on a psychological level sometimes. A treat is a reward you give yourself for accomplishing an unsavory task, it is a common element that helps strengthen bonds in a relationship as you share a special sweet together away from others, it is a moment of solace in a chaotic and deafening world and it relaxes you when you're tense. Of course, substitute "sweet" for alcohol or cocaine and you have a serious problem. Something to think about I guess. ;)
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Way to go! The sad thing is that when I did it I learned that I wouldn't lose weight, and that was kind of depressing.
Going off sweets actually helped me realize how much junk I ate that I didn't even really want. It was beneficial. Would you do it again?
Yes I think I would do it again. I agree with realizing how much junk you eat on a daily basis, it was kind of depressing to realize how much I sabotage my own weight loss efforts by eating so much junk. Sorry you didn't lose any...I was working out at the gym 9+ hours a week in addition to this so I think the junk food eating was really the only thing holding me back from letting my exercise help me lose weight. Next time I'll try to hold back on the birthday treats and maybe that will help.
I want a zen rock.
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