#37-41: A New Approach

So, so far I haven't been as good about this as I would like. I haven't been terrible, but as you may notice, there are no meal plans posted as of yet on here... because I don't have any. I've been better about what I eat, and was better about cooking at home for a couple weeks, and then that all kind of went down the drain.

One of the things I like to do every so often is go on a detox for a few days, a week, etc... I like being over-regimented. It's like hitting a reset button. It gets me back in the right mindset, remember, oh yeah, I feel so much better without eating all this processed crap... why don't I do this all the time?

So tomorrow I'm starting the Whole30 - it's a month long paleo detox plan. I have a feeling Poppy, being as into health and fitness as she is, may have some strong opinions on plans such as this. But the bottom like of it, which I always agree with, is to start eating whole foods. Only. The stuff I know I should do and know how to do but then forget how to do and man do those potato chips and diet coke and hot dogs sound awesome right now....

The one thing I will really miss I think is the legume restriction - especially as a former vegetarian I'm really into beans. That doesn't mean I can't ever have them again, just not for the next 30 days. I can do anything for 30 days.

Since this will be a shift from what I'm used to, I will definitely be creating some meal plans to keep me on track, so stay tuned for those as I figure out this new diet and develop my new eating strategies!

#61. Use Retinol - Again With I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

Man, I just got into bed after Go-Go's wedding. Getting up...

Can I tell you though, I showed my ID to the bouncer at Five Star on draft night and he goes, "You are fucking kidding me."

#61. Use Retinol - I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

Just got back from volunteering at Pitchfork, showered and in bed on the internets and Biggie's post just popped up on my Google Reader. Getting up to put on the goddamned retinol...

I'm doing it pretty regularly, I think I've missed two nights when I was super tired. Which I am now. Getting up, though.

#61. Use Retinol - Taking It On The Road

I successfully remembered to pack my tube of retinol for my ECDX trip, and Zombea nicely reminded me to put it on. I was also nicely reminded that one of my great vanities is looking a lot younger than I am, when Uni asked how old I was again and I said that I'd be forty four in August and the hipster boy who was roadtripping with us musingly said, My dad is forty six...

#61. Use Retinol - Removing Bottlenecks

So if I'm going to wear sunscreen every day, I guess I should actually go to the store and buy a new bottle of moisturizer with sunscreen to replace the bottle than ran out about three weeks ago. Achieving escape velocity from my house requires an unbelievable amount of energy, really it's something of a measure of how much I love skating. And I guess, publicly committing to something dumb.

#61. Use Retinol

For the next 100 days, I'm going to actually put the retinol cream that's in the tube in my bathroom on my face. Yeah. This is going to end world hunger. And it's not even on the list. That's how I roll.

Then I have to be good about sunscreen, don't I. So also I will actually put on sunscreen every day. That's a good thing to do, Kurt Vonnegut said so. Yes, I know it wasn't Kurt Vonnegut.