Life's been kind of dull lately. Day in, day out, been mostly going to classes, studying, going to the gym, doing any necessary errands and chilling at home. But you know, adjusting to my fall class schedule has been pretty stressful, so I kind of needed a bit of boring.
Tomorrow night's my queer women's book club, and we're discussing a book on homeless LGBT youth. It's a pretty interesting collection of short stories told by different people who've been there.
Ready to have a little fun this weekend. I have a 3-day weekend due to Columbus day, YES! Gonna see the girl I'm kinda dating on Saturday night. Also, It's the monthly meeting for peer counselors (not so fun) but it's our turn to provide the refreshments, and I am looking forward to trying out a recipe for raspberry bars. Never baked 'em before, but I bet they'll be delicious!
This despite the fact that I'm trying to give up sugar. I never thought I'd see the day when I actually did this, but right now I'm aiming to have sugar no more than once a week. I've been eating more nuts, and eat a lot of fruit as usual, and it's not so bad. Oh who am I kidding, every day it's a challenge, but I think I'm getting used to it. I guess normally, I had sugar like 2 - 5 times a day. I don't drink, smoke, have caffiene, and I rarely do drugs, so... sugar's my biggest vice, and has been for a long time.
This is partly because I'm a health nut, but mostly because I have major issues with chronic anxiety, and found that there's a link between sudden spikes and drops in my blood sugar, and anxiety. This is sort of an experiment to see if I can do it, and to see if I can replace it with other things without getting miserable. I'm NOT doing the fake sugar thing, that shit will give you cancer, and it tastes awful. I think that so far, I've been a lot more relaxed since I've been avoiding sugar, but I think that's also partly due to other changes. Wish me luck!
Tomorrow night's my queer women's book club, and we're discussing a book on homeless LGBT youth. It's a pretty interesting collection of short stories told by different people who've been there.
Ready to have a little fun this weekend. I have a 3-day weekend due to Columbus day, YES! Gonna see the girl I'm kinda dating on Saturday night. Also, It's the monthly meeting for peer counselors (not so fun) but it's our turn to provide the refreshments, and I am looking forward to trying out a recipe for raspberry bars. Never baked 'em before, but I bet they'll be delicious!
This despite the fact that I'm trying to give up sugar. I never thought I'd see the day when I actually did this, but right now I'm aiming to have sugar no more than once a week. I've been eating more nuts, and eat a lot of fruit as usual, and it's not so bad. Oh who am I kidding, every day it's a challenge, but I think I'm getting used to it. I guess normally, I had sugar like 2 - 5 times a day. I don't drink, smoke, have caffiene, and I rarely do drugs, so... sugar's my biggest vice, and has been for a long time.
This is partly because I'm a health nut, but mostly because I have major issues with chronic anxiety, and found that there's a link between sudden spikes and drops in my blood sugar, and anxiety. This is sort of an experiment to see if I can do it, and to see if I can replace it with other things without getting miserable. I'm NOT doing the fake sugar thing, that shit will give you cancer, and it tastes awful. I think that so far, I've been a lot more relaxed since I've been avoiding sugar, but I think that's also partly due to other changes. Wish me luck!
The Raspberri bars sound wonderful, I highly recommend them.
Good for you on eliminating sugar, it is a drug in its refined form, and does cause what you described.
Be well!
Interesting, I was never a sugar fiend 'til I found out about anxiety and sugar. Then I was more like, go for sugar, but it's worming it's way into sugar in hot beverages and stuff so I need to get back to fruit. Yeah, go fruit! Fuck loads of sugar in fruit, along with hydration and vitamins and a wealth of benefits. Be a fruit bat for the anxiety.