The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Unless at the bottom some sweetness lie
who cares for all the crinkling of the pie?

A line from my most recent book club selection ( a delightful murder-mystery which incidentally shares a name with this post) that is somehow fitting for my next 30 days.

That's right, back in action for November.  October was a bit of a bust.  Turns out, dieting is as boring and unfulfilling to blog about as it is to carry out.  The timing of that challenge was a bit off, too, so close to the beginning of the school year, with all the trials, tribulations, stresses and general malaise thereof.  I wasn't able to add anything to my life (as in, the time and energy it takes to plan and prepare properly for a controlled diet plan), and the vagueness of the goal allowed me free reign to cheat.

So I threw in the towel and went back to life as usual.


And October blurred by, almost unnoticed, in a rush of mundanity.

Enough of that.  Time to make life memorable again.

My November challenge is inspired in part by the quote above, and in part by an article in some random women's magazine I picked up at the gym.  In this article, the author attempts to counter her sugar addition by quitting all refined sugar, cold turkey.  Sound a bit familiar?

I was excited to successfully curb my own candy addiction in the spring with our original diet, but I have had a tendency to turn to baked goods in times of weakness, since then.

So this month, I'm going to try to cut something OUT of my life rather than adding anything in: No extra refined sugar, if I can help it.

I figure this shouldn't take any extra planning.  Just a LOT of willpower.

But what's a little willpower among friends?

To help out a bit, I am also, simultaneously, going to use my blogging time to look for the sweetness in the bottom of the pie-- the sweetness of life itself, far deeper and richer than any glazed donut can offer.

Ok, maybe not ANY glazed donut. I mean, there's Krispy Kreme right off the conveyor...

At any rate, tomorrow.  We'll give it a shot.  Join me, and I'll try to throw in a bit of gratitude in addition to boring sugar-free updates.  A bit of sweetness to make it all worthwhile.