Essentially, the whole strategy of killing off your sugar loving bad bacteria (the ones that live in your gut) involves starving them out by NOT EATING certain foods. You know, foods they love and require: sugar, simple starches, alcohol, fruit (fructose)…
When you sacrifice and see results, that’s one thing, but to see negative results is, well, a recipe to drive you crazy. It’s just so unexpected. But you soldier one. You’re gonna lose some battles on your way to winning the war.
As I look at a Sober September, that voice is already hinting at what we will drink to celebrate sobriety on the first day of October. Talk about a powerful paradox!
I mean, who doesn’t enjoy an ice cold brewsky on a 100 degree + broiler of a day? Especially when beer seems to literally be at every turn! Yet, there and then I confronted and stared down temptation once more. Me two, beer zero.
I’m happy to report, today is day 90 of my consecutive meditation practice. Making contemplation a daily habit has changed my life positively in so many ways, including the development of a quiet mind. And I have no intention of stopping now. Skipping morning meditation at this point would be akin to skipping my morning coffee. That’s sacrilege!