Experiments with Food

I've had enough recent self-observed evidence that sugar is doing Bad Things to my system that I've decided to bite the bullet and go on a refined sugar/carb fast for a minimum of a month's time. And see if I feel any different.

Some say that refined sugar can act like some drugs do, on brain chemistry, including serotonin and endorphins. And that, yes...a craving not unlike any addict's can be set up, throwing a person into a vicious cycle.

I've seen my mood and energy level plummet and rise, plummet and rise after sugar enough lately to see that my own personal hypothesis is worth testing now.

In the end, I have to admit...

...I didn't have the 'EQ' to either a) deal with the unpleasant feelings generated by 2 former friends' recountings of their spiritually-related plight/trauma, nor to b) rid myself of the extremely unpleasant feelings caused by my envy of the supportive 'Boston Marriage' they'd formed (not that they labled it as that, but that's what it was in retrospect).

Since there was nothing I could do about either situation, I could either continue to 'suffer' (ie, be co-dependant while also disturbing them in their life with my anger), or leave that all utterly behind as not meant to be a part of my life.

At one point they spoke of being sad about the 'loss' of the friendship.

No. All 3 of us lost little, if indeed anything.

We lost a short-term fantasy (of really, only a few month's duration) that didn't pan out.

And that's all, really.

A Petition worth signing...

...at:
http://www.amnesty.org.au/women/action-letter09.html

The Apan Way - Chapter 2

DOCTOR WHO: THE INTERNET ADVENTURES #27

THE APAN WAY

CHAPTER 2: A LITTLE WARNING WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE
by Molly Schlemmer


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