Those afternoon fast food cravings are easier to survive with some sugar free gum - right now I'm champing (I prefer "champing" to "chomping," from a pleasing prose standpoint, don't you?) on some "React 5" mint-flavored gum from the good folks at Wrigley. I also enjoy the "Rain" and "Cobalt" flavors. Community editor Francis Silva and I trade pieces of gum back and forth often. (To be fair, most of the "trading" is Francis sharing with me, but I chip in a pack from time to time.)
I've found that putting some Neil Young - currently 'Unknown Legend - Unplugged' - on the headphones and working over a piece of gum or two will help the afternoon slip by faster. Ultimately, though, I need a little bit of protein, peanut butter and pretzels is my favorite way, to allow me to fight my car's steering wheel on the way home and keep the vile beast from turning into a fast-food establishment! Or something like that!
OK, so I'm surviving Day 6.
Sounds like "so far, so good". I chew gum constatnly, and it seems to help curb the cravings. I do have to remind myself to discard it before I speak to students or do presentations though. ;)
ReplyDeleteI, too, am Lutheran (LCMS); however, I did not "give up" anything for the Lenten Season . . . yet . . .