Geez. Sunday morning and that has always been a reflective part of life. Either reading the paper (yes, I am that old – love the Sunday edition of the newspaper) or talking to family or reading/researching. And the latter is what I did today. Being 51, I am the personification of change. My hair, which has always been stick straight, is now curly. CURLY. Don’t change the rules on me mid-life. It is like the Oxford comma. Don’t make changes to things I was taught 40 years ago. My brain can’t handle it. It is too busy remembering 80’s lyrics and my phone number when I was an early teenager. House phone not a cell phone. ANYWAY, I need help in being healthier. And, I believe exercise – yes – good for your overall well-being. Ok, starting that. And now, I think I need help with my cortisol levels. Yes, perfectly aware of the algorithms but in this case I think the math problems that are running our lives might be right. I did read up on it and given where and what and the who’s and …..it might be right. I keep most of my weight in the my middle. And stress and sugar might be the cause of it. Even if they are wrong, it is good idea to lower your stress and reduce your sugar. Now, with that said, I don’t eat a lot of sugar – but in this experiment of mine (called my body) – I know what I am eating probably hides a lot of it. I love yogurt…not the low fat ….the regular GREEK one with the fruit on the bottom. NOW, in my defense, I do eat it with natural granola and blueberries. Because I know myself and if you put regular plain greek yogurt in my fridge, it will stay there, untouched. So, what do I do? I think keep it – it has a lot of protein. Or, I go with the protein shake but there again – I have to like it in some way. You can’t have any flavor and expect this 51 year old who has always had a weight problem to jump up and down at something that has no taste or is horrible (in both looks and taste). Because I know my brain and it will say nuh uh. Then, it will looks for something else. And that is when I need to have something else – good for me – to eat. Er go, the fruit at the bottom probably swimming in sugar alternative. All this to say – it is hard. Not impossible but hard. I naturally don’t want to think about every aspect of my life. I want something things to just be easy. But, what I am learning is the more you do it, the easier it will be. Or the more natural it will become. No coffee. Ok…I think I can do this one. Iced tea without sweetener. Not sure on that one – would rather just have water with lemons. There you go! Look at me learning on the fly.

Go Me!

Laura