Life as a CrazyMimi

I've talked a lot in the past year about change....me changing.  I've changed my eating habits, fitness routines, etc.  I've felt pretty good about myself in the last six to eight months.  But something was missing.  Something.... I have always be a church goer.  I was raised in church.  I raised my kids in church.  I have always been a believer.  But while working a part time job on weekends for many years, I had no Sundays free to attend church.  This allowed me to break the habit of going regularly.  And once that habit is broken, it just becomes a new routine not to go to church every Sunday.  Now please don't think I am using this as an excuse.  It's not an excuse.  It's what happened to me.  Realizing that something was missing in my life, I started contemplating returning to church.  But as much as I love the church I was raised in, I felt that I needed to explore other options.  I needed something.... About the time I was thinking all of this, I re

Sugar can be addicting...true or false?   I have always had a sweet tooth.  As a child, I was a sugar junkie... no really!  I. LOVED. SUGAR.  (Still do actually!)  As an adult, growing older, I became "pre-diabetic" with warnings from the Doctor to cut back on the sugar or I would be diabetic soon.  So as a side effect of my new healthy lifestyle, I changed those important numbers on that blood test, and am no longer "pre-diabetic".  Yay me, right?  Absolutely.  I no longer craved sugar.  No longer needed sugar.  Until.... Ok, so over the holidays, I indulged in cookies, candy, sweet punches, cakes, etc.  Having lost 42 pounds, I felt like I deserved those treats.  And I worked out like a crazy person to counteract those extra calories.  I put on 2 pounds over the month of December.  And that's ok.  Not bad really.  I will take those off quickly, so no worries.  However, the one thing that does worry me is that all of a sudden, I'm craving sugar again