This is one that I can say I have never attempted before. It came as a challenge last year from my coworker Sage and I figured why not? We have a lot available to us in America in the snap of a finger, why not see what its like to live without it for a while.
This goal will be very challenging for me but I needed to hold on to my car for a bit longer and I just can't fathom giving up processed sugar yet so cheese is out. This means
So why should I stop eating cheese? Well other than just being a challenge there is some debate about whether cheese is really healthy for you, especially in large quantities. I like how this article tries to stress using cheese as a flavoring more so than a main ingredient. The article also had an interesting video by Michael Moss. It would be interesting to investigate just how much of what he presents here is actually true. Indeed it does appear from a lot of different areas online that the government stores food in caves in Missouri? Pretty strange. Anyhow, whether it be for just a challenge or to see how this effects my energy and mood I'll be staying away from cheese for the rest of 2014!
NO MORE FREE CHEESE SAMPLES AT KROGER. I'm sure a few people will feel my agony in parting with this delightful experience.
This goal will be very challenging for me but I needed to hold on to my car for a bit longer and I just can't fathom giving up processed sugar yet so cheese is out. This means
So why should I stop eating cheese? Well other than just being a challenge there is some debate about whether cheese is really healthy for you, especially in large quantities. I like how this article tries to stress using cheese as a flavoring more so than a main ingredient. The article also had an interesting video by Michael Moss. It would be interesting to investigate just how much of what he presents here is actually true. Indeed it does appear from a lot of different areas online that the government stores food in caves in Missouri? Pretty strange. Anyhow, whether it be for just a challenge or to see how this effects my energy and mood I'll be staying away from cheese for the rest of 2014!
NO MORE FREE CHEESE SAMPLES AT KROGER. I'm sure a few people will feel my agony in parting with this delightful experience.
End of Week Update
I found myself jetting around town this Wednesday and Thursday preparing for our departure to Frozen Head State Park for the first ever Barkley Fall Classic. As we left town Friday, Kroger cheese samples were the farthest thing from my mind, in fact the only thing I was thinking about was PASTA, PASTA, PASTA, RUNNING, PASTA, PASTA. Camping out for two nights was the perfect ticket to making this week easier than I had imagined. When you don't have cheese to eat, it's a lot easier not to eat cheese. In fact giving up cheese ended up not being a huge challenge . . .mostly because I was trying to figure out how to cut processed sugar out of my diet in the upcoming week.
Learning to look ahead and formulate a plan about how I am going to accomplish my future goals has been an important and recurring lesson throughout this year. The weeks that have been the hardest have been the ones I have not payed a piece of mind to until Tuesday night (my weeks start on Wednesday since Jan 1st was a Wednesday). On the other hand, when I find myself focusing more on what I need to do next week or three weeks down the road it makes the current weeks goal seem much easier.
Lastly I wanted to give a shout out to the six racers from Blacksburg that did something challenging for themselves this weekend. For me it will remain a very memorable one of carelessly running through beds of poison ivy and stinging nettle, making new friends, almost stepping on a copper head and sleeping under a shower of gigantic Tennessee acorns that bombarded our campsite constantly reminding us of the arrival of Fall.
I found myself jetting around town this Wednesday and Thursday preparing for our departure to Frozen Head State Park for the first ever Barkley Fall Classic. As we left town Friday, Kroger cheese samples were the farthest thing from my mind, in fact the only thing I was thinking about was PASTA, PASTA, PASTA, RUNNING, PASTA, PASTA. Camping out for two nights was the perfect ticket to making this week easier than I had imagined. When you don't have cheese to eat, it's a lot easier not to eat cheese. In fact giving up cheese ended up not being a huge challenge . . .mostly because I was trying to figure out how to cut processed sugar out of my diet in the upcoming week.
Learning to look ahead and formulate a plan about how I am going to accomplish my future goals has been an important and recurring lesson throughout this year. The weeks that have been the hardest have been the ones I have not payed a piece of mind to until Tuesday night (my weeks start on Wednesday since Jan 1st was a Wednesday). On the other hand, when I find myself focusing more on what I need to do next week or three weeks down the road it makes the current weeks goal seem much easier.
Lastly I wanted to give a shout out to the six racers from Blacksburg that did something challenging for themselves this weekend. For me it will remain a very memorable one of carelessly running through beds of poison ivy and stinging nettle, making new friends, almost stepping on a copper head and sleeping under a shower of gigantic Tennessee acorns that bombarded our campsite constantly reminding us of the arrival of Fall.