Day 4

Good morning beautiful people!  Today is a rest day on the squat challenge, but I'm hitting the core harder today.  I'm feeling a ton of relief in my back and neck thanks to exercising.  I did wake up this morning with a slight throb in my neck, but it went away once I was up and about.  I hit my head again yesterday, which is probably why I had a bit of pain.  Yes.. I hit my head again.  On the exact same thing I concussed myself on a few weeks ago.

In the addition, we have an unfinished wall where hubby ran out of drywall.  Instead of walking into the closet to get things, I just bend down and grab them through the space still lacking drywall.  I've hit my head several times, concussed once, and despite reminding myself prior to bending down, I continue to put myself in melon damaging situations.  I don't know why.. Perhaps I enjoy walking gracefully around the house balancing a bag of frozen broccoli on my head.  I'm starting a new challenge today.. Try not to hit my head for 30 days.  Wish me luck.

I have been enjoying my carrot juice, and plan to add a pre lunch juice to my day as well.  I'm feeling confident in my new daily habits, and hope to make them second nature by sticking to them.  I'm doing okay with the whole 'giving up sugar' thing..  But that's only because I'm eating 4 bananas a day.  I have a sweet tooth, to say the least.. But I don't drink my sugar.  I have 2 small cups of coffee every morning with just a dash of milk.  No flavors, no sugars.  Then I drink water all day long as if my very existence depends on it.  The only sugar I get is in what I eat.  And I'm becoming much pickier about that too.

Changing my eating habits hasn't been too difficult to date.  But this sugar thing sucks.  How I miss my double fudge brownies..  I could eat half the pan before anyone even knew I'd made them..  Ah, now they feel like a distant memory.  I'll go eat my bananas now.  -Nicki