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May 15, 2008
The 40 Days are over and I feel surprisingly sad. It’s been just a couple of days since we finished, but I feel myself getting back into some bad habits. For example, I go to try on some new clothes at one of my favorite stores and see only the cellulite on my thighs and think my arms look fat in the mirror. Negativity takes over. Maybe it’s the lighting (I love to blame the crappy lights), but the same old recordings play in my head and I wish I could turn them off like I was able to during the 40 Days.
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May 15, 2008
I’m trying to make it through the 40-Day rejuvenation process staying true to the tagline of the blog, which is “Can Sheri make it with one pair of yoga pants and a clearance mat from Marshall’s?” Or something to that effect. Essentially, I’m trying to prove that even a regular gal can do this thing with little financial investment.
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May 13, 2008
When I first started this blog, I saw a girl who had done the 40-Day Rejuvenation thing a year ago and she told me that by day 28 she had quit because she was so sick of herself. I thought that was hilarious, but now I know what she’s talking about. There are only so many deep thoughts I’m willing to have, and sometimes I feel like I’ve used up a lifetime in these 40 days. I’ve noticed that a couple of the folks who were at the first meeting haven’t gone lately. I’ll admit I’ve skimmed more than a few chapters and skipped some home practices and counted hitting the snooze button as a morning meditation, but I still go to the meetings and follow Life Coach Trudi’s directions when she tells us to write down our life’s purpose and share some personal stuff with this roomful of strangers. No judgment, I’m just saying… I was okay with it all until Life Coach Trudi had us hold hands at the last meeting. I f%^&ing hate holding hands!
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May 12, 2008
So after a couple of days off the wagon (I’ve been moving for God’s sake, gimme a break), I resolve to get back. Staci LeFleur informs me that if I’ve been off the 40 Days, then I’m supposed to pick it up and complete it even after the program is over. When did she become an expert? I already feel guilty enough! Staci’s all into the yoga thing, and one day we start talking about some of the poses. I’m not exactly sure why Staci volunteered to sign up to do 40 Days with me. At first she said if nothing else it would make her more flexible for interesting sexual positions (and I had to admit, the thought did cross my mind). We laughed the other day at this pose called “Deaf Man” where you’re on your back, with your knees pinned to either side of your head. We like to call it the “monologue” pose (as in “The Vagina Monologues” because it’s like giving yourself an exam). Not really sure why I’m telling you this; I just think it’s funny.
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May 07, 2008
Week 5 is about centering and being present in all things big and small. Ugh. Do you know how hard it is to be present and “in the moment” and centered with two small boys? The amount of laundry I do on a daily basis nearly undoes me--and don’t get me started on palm prints all over the glass doors. I’m much more comfortable being distracted: on the phone, watching crap TV, checking e-mails, running errands with my boys strapped into their seats in the back…but Baron wants us to be present.
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May 04, 2008
Third day of the fruit fast and I’m feeling pretty good. I’m sure I haven’t lost any actual weight, due in large part to the number of avocados I’ve been chomping, but that doesn’t really matter. I stuck to it and didn’t cheat and that’s huge. Eating just fruit eliminated the ability for me to justify eating anything else. Unlike the time I went on South Beach and convinced myself microwave popcorn was a grain.
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May 04, 2008
There are a couple of things I get squeamish about discussing: sex (why is it anybody’s biz? And my dad reads this!). And any bodily functions: boogers in the nose, farting, bad breath, pooping, etc. Yick. I just don’t like admitting they’re a part of the human experience—especially mine. But, of course, the 40 Days of Rejuvenation are about seeing whatever is going on and just accepting it. How else do you think you could stand inches away from the person on the mat next to you in yoga class, sweat like a mule, and not be completely grossed out?
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May 01, 2008
I awoke this morning with the same thought I have every morning, which is “What am I gonna eat today?” And then I remembered I was on the 3-day fruit fast. Let’s see: for breakfast, 1 banana, 1 apple, another banana, some green tea and 3 Advil to counteract the huge caffeine headache I’m anticipating. I look longingly at the boxes of cereal stacked up in the cabinet and am tempted but resist.
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Apr 22, 2008
Sunday I get back from the mountains and haul ass to the Sunday yoga meeting. Daniel and Trudi ask us all about our week, and I am comforted to know I’m not the only one who has pretty much taken the week off from the 40-Day practice and felt guilty about it. Trudi comforts us by saying that maybe this acceptance of not getting to the some of the practices (in my case, ALL of them) is our practice. I knew I liked that Trudi! Justification. My new best friend. Anyway, Daniel lowers the boom on our group and tells us this is the start of Week 4 and we’re going to be doing a fruit fast. I’ve been dreading the fruit fast for weeks now and thought maybe we weren’t gonna do it, but apparently we are. I like fruit, but hate restrictions. But here we are. Fruit for three days. Yeehaw.
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Apr 22, 2008
We moved into our new house on Thursday and I leave Friday night to go to the mountains on a required Junior League retreat. As I close the door, both kids are whining, MJ still can’t figure out the new microwave and there are boxes filled with God knows what all over the house-Oh, and the washer is broken…super. I pledge to give MJ all the hot lovin’ he could ever want and drive away.
