January 14th, 2025
Yesterday, I wrote that my desire for sugar had all but disappeared. I found out today that they lurk right beneath the surface waiting for a weak moment to strike again. I guess that is the way with temptation- it will always find a way. Once it knows it can come in the front door, it starts looking for a back door to sneak inside. The mistake I made was waiting to have lunch until about 2:45. I had several meetings back to back and decided that I could last around 10:30 until I got back to the office around 2:30.
As went to get my lunch from the fridge, the two leftover Sprites that my Secret Santa gifted me before winter break were staring right at me and speaking to me. “Drink me. It is only the polite thing to do. It was a gift after all and it would be rude not to. Think of how she would feel after the extra effort and thoughtfulness!” I turned around and the remnants of the King Cake for the week were right there. “No one is around. You haven’t eaten all day. That lunch won’t satisfy you!” I thought that the King Cake was right for a moment as I flirted with the idea of descending to Whole Foods to get a more exciting option than my leftover pasta from several days ago. But I held out! A little hot sauce can fix a lot of food and thankfully there is always a bottle in our kitchen area at work. This is Louisiana after all.
The lesson here of course is that I must remain vigilant. Tomorrow I will have to apologize to my friend and put the Spites out for the community. I need to find ways to have access to fruit and other healthy options throughout the day. I must remind myself that I like the way my body is starting to feel and sugar is antithetical to everything I want to accomplish. It will make me slower, fatter, stiffer, lazier, more prone to every disease on this planet, decay my teeth, and poorer. Yes, I swear I am spending less money on food these days–unhealthy sugary delights add up!
The last little anecdote here is that I have decided to add one more activity to my routine. I have never really cared about lifting weights and bulking up, I would like to do a little something for strength in the upper body. So last night I did five push-ups and today I did five more so I have decided it is a thing. At least five good push-ups each night. I can do more but no less. Even if I am bone tired, do five push-ups. I know you are thinking that is pathetic and you might well be right I have zero aspiration to try to know out 50 or a hundred a day. It seems like a tedious amount of work for something I care little about. That being said, they do have to be 5 slow descending, nose literally touching the ground, and slow ascending push-ups. I can play around with it from there. I know I will stick with it and and fairly confident that 5 real pushups will do something for me. So that’s the evolving plan- no sugar, lots of turmeric, and 5 pushups. Let’s go 2025!