I already did a post about tea, and wondered "is it reasonable to write another post about tea?", but then I realized a) pretty much no one reads this and b) I haven't written in a while and c) who is this blog for if not myself?
This morning starts the first day of Lent, during which I am pulling back from the creeping menace of sugar. I haven't gained weight lately, but I've definitely been eating more sugar than is healthy, and have been feeling the effects.
I felt good about my choice last night - had no qualms about eating plain oatmeal or plain bread w/ butter. Then this morning came and I realized the way the habit of eating something sweet is so pernicious that it can take over your thought processes. I mean, I know I decided on "no brown sugar on my oatmeal", but did that also mean I shouldn't have sweetened yogurt? In some ways, the gratitude diet plan makes things easier b/c it makes you start from the ground up, even as that "first day" threatens to feel so "depriving:.
Anyway, all that angst-ing about whether or not to repeat the "tea" topic and I haven't even mentioned it. Well, I felt so very grateful for spearmint tea this morning. Because it gave me the sweetness I felt like I needed, and felt genuinely satisfying. My other tea choice is a cinnamon-licorice root type thing, which is also very sweet, considering it has no sugar.
Then I read something recently about licorice root having some potential side effects, and I was like "noooooooo". But here's to recognizing that nothing is perfect or simple, but finding way to savor the sweetness of things anyway.
