GlennM's Journal, 16 October 2010

Less is more:) I always look up to people such as yourself who get it! Best wishes on your publication as you just never know where life will take you. Dreams do come true, TOWANDA! 

sometimes glenn...the people with the least are happier an wealthier in knowledge..of whats important to them... 

ive been watching the dq blizzard pumpkin pie...but havnt gave in yet...but ohhhh so close...lol 

We don't go to DQ all that often but did this past Sunday. I must admit to thoroughly enjoying the pumpkin pie blizzard! I love anything pumpkin. One thing I do really like about DQ is that they have their nutrition information online. That way you can splurge and know exactly how many calories/carbs/fat, etc that you ate. I'm to the point that, with a very few exceptions, I don't go to a restaurant if they don't publish their nutrition information. That really helps when I eat out.  

Thanks everyone for checking in. I don't really like sweets and felt a bit ill after having ice cream twice this week. The past two days I've had a migraine with nausea - so I took a caffeine pill this morning. As far as money is concerned, I would like to move but can't afford it now. I need very little to get by. My twin sister told me at least I am doing what I want with the writing since so many people don't like their careers. She has my books on her computer(s) backed up. Otherwise, I'm doing OK but need to stop eating sugar, which I did too much this week. I really haven't eaten it in so long when I do it makes me feel lousy... 

Did you ever read my true story regarding Releasing the Peeps? I think it is my May 17th journal, and is a good share regarding sugar:) 

I found it, since you are a writer and this is my favorite journal this year please accept my boldness in posting it here. I needed to release my habit, my tie to the sugary foods. So ceremoniously I took my Marshmellow Peeps to the Ocean. I released them into the waves as I stood on shore watching. They DIDN'T float away until they were little yellow dots on the horizon and then no more. The ocean kept throwing those five little peeps back at me as if Mother Nature was saying she would not accept high fructose syrup, sugar and yellow die number 2 in her diet. I watched the Ocean pull them in and then spit them back to me for a very long time. Slowly the sugar eroded off the 5 yellow peeps but they always came back to me. I decided I needed to pick them up and eat them. That was a funny thought that crossed my mind but I knew I was ready to really give up my habit of eating empty calories to excess. After 30 minutes of this I tossed those sticky yellow chunks of candy very far into the ocean but to my dismay they still came back. A Seagull appeared dangerously close while circling around me and my peeps. Our eyes locked upon each other. Truly I was afraid not for my peeps but for me. He swooped down and just as I thought he was going to grab one of my eroding marshmallow vices he flew away without a second thought. The peeps were not even desireable to a scavanger bird. The process took longer then I had ever imagined it would but I had a lot of time to think about what it means to choose healthier and to never mindlessly eat sugar. There will be no more sugar comma's for me! I think Mother Nature made the point very well to me yesterday. P.S. You should see the JUMBO Mega Marshmallows my hubby brought home today. They must be as big as my fist. Jeez is there hope for me? TOWANDA!!  

Thanks for sharing that Lisa. Marshmallows I can eat once in a while if they're roasted on a fire. Peeps I don't care for - but lately I've been eating chocolate and must stop as I think I'm sensitive to it - I had a migraine for two days after eating it. Anyway, I can see why animals won't eat sugar - dogs will eat about anything and will eat junk food - but cats usually won't. I have been very good since adulthood avoiding sugar. I am now trying to walk a couple of miles a day weather permitting, so will go out this morning as rain is expected the rest of the day. A sedentary lifestyle is just as bad as eating sugar I think when one has difficulty losing weight...