Hi, it's me again, the self-proclaimed queen of doing all the things. I watch all the Netflix, eat all the foods, sip all the drinks, work all the jobs. All the things.
Perhaps I'm the only one, but I have recently realized in myself that while change terrifies me, I am obsessed with novelty. I love new seasons, new apparel, new words, new episodes on Netflix...new is kind of my jam. The most definitive word I could come up with for this piece of me is "neophiliac" although I don't think I'm quite as intense as the dictionary definition [that may just be denial].
My most regular experimental victim is my body, which pretty much runs on a weird rotation of whatever I feel like doing on any given day. You name it, I've done it. From South Beach to military crash diets, vegetarianism, lactose-free; weight-lifting, running, HIIT, Zumba, yoga--you get the point: all the things. I think I've settled on a few things that work for me but my diet is an incessant struggle. Pretty much I eat to keep myself awake and mobile. I thrive on coffee and snacks that serve to both keep me busy and give me surges of what might be energy (jury's still out on how real that is), and I don't think I can live like that much longer.
Last week I noticed I'm often dehydrated so I decided to work on drinking a gallon of water a day. I'll be the first to admit that I have not managed to finish the entire gallon every day, but I have noticed a significant difference in the way I feel and look the mornings after I have reached my goal. I feel less bloated, less dry, and look less swollen, which doesn't sound like much but if you know me you know that mornings in my world are sucky and I have always struggled with feeling gross when I wake up which tends to set my day on a not-great path.
Now, a gallon of water is no simple feat for someone like me whose life blood consists primarily of espresso and although it's challenging, it's not quite enough to counterbalance my afternoon snack attacks or my evening Netflix-and-eat sugar crashes. So I'm trying another new thing starting Monday. It's called Thrive and to be honest, I have not done my research but it worked for my boss and I'm getting pretty sick of having 0 energy, so why not? If you're curious about it, you're more than welcome to look into it on your own: https://kristinmockler.le-vel.com/, but I will be documenting my thoughts on Thriving and sharing them on Thursday evening/Friday morning. Stay tuned for developments!
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