I've recovered from the Super Bowl enough to write again. :)

I have no willpower. Alot of you may be saying "Really, Jenn? We've known that for years." Well, it's news to me (this article is feeling very deja vu...have I written this before?). Every year I try and give something up for Lent. Not for any religious reason and certainly not because I'm Catholic. I give up something every year, just to know I could give something up if I really wanted to. I used to be pretty good at it. It was hard, but I made it through. The last couple times I tried to eliminate, add or change anything, I've failed. Some hedonistic thought creeps into my little brain - "Why should I do that? There are people who like that/can't eat that I'm sure would hit me upside the head for restraining." Plus, somewhere I think I've done without in my life in certain areas, why should I purposely do without in others?

This year it's food. For Lent, I gave up chocolate. A few days after Ash Wednesday, I found out I was going to have to give up White Flour and Sugar to try and relieve some health problems I'd been having. I agreed to give it up for a month as a test. I started yesterday. I made it until dinner. I then began rationalizing that maybe I should give up one thing at a time - fruit, dairy, then breads and pasta, etc. Now I'm thinking it's all crap. It's been just over 24 hours and already I have less willpower than a 2 year old child.

Did you guys know Goldfish are made with Wheat flour? Did you also know my diet is primarily crap? ("No, Jenn, really? Mac and Cheese is not touted as the end all be all of nutritious diets?" -sarc-) Did you also know that, while I love Whole Foods, I hate the people that shop there? (Same way I feel about Wal-Mart.) Did ya know I like the Blue Collar Comedy Tour (and the Part 2 that was on the other night). It's not food related, but I thought I'd throw that in there! :)

Well, I'm doing well so far today. I ate a bit more than yesterday and still on my weird variation of diet. Let's keep our fingers crossed I can make it through dinner. Maybe willpower is overrated. :)