Eternal Hippies A Year Homemade and Beyond

 So it’s mid-month and time to check on my goals for March. It will be rough going and I am not looking forward to how brutally honest I must be. -Drink at least a gallon of filtered water a day – Still struggling with this one. I don’t understand why. I used to drink almost 2 gallons a day, but now I don’t. -Get at least 6 hours of sleep each night – I might as well take this off of the list. Except I know just how important getting enough sleep is. Take last night, we didn’t get to sleep until 12:30am, I woke up at 4:30am for a restroom break ( I had to pee!) and then just a I was starting to doze off, the alarm clock went off. It was 5:30am. So about 4 ½ hours of sleep. -Make own shampoo-   Okay, this is becoming a joke. What am I using for shampoo? Right now just Dr. Bronner liquid soap mixed with water and an apple cider vinegar rinse. It does okay, but it can be drying. -Walking 15 minutes at least twice a week . – I’m doing better with this one. -Make ...

Just ate an orange. Yum! In fact, I brought an orange, an apple and a banana to enjoy during the 9 hour work day. I don't go to lunch, just snack when no one is around. It can be difficult because where I work there is an upscale restaurant, a huge kitchen and function rooms so the smell of food lingers all day. Some days I feel sick to my stomach hungry and it effects my habit of ordering out. I used to take a lunch break and my place for work offers employees one free meal a shift. But the food is rich and decadent. My first year here I gained 50 pounds! Then when I started juicing, it was a challenge to be smelling all this food and to sip a spinach juice. I just gave up and stayed behind my desk and endured. The aromas still reach my lobby desk and some days all I want to do is walk out. The temptation to over indulge when I got home is extreme. Among my many tasks and besides answering the phones, I make and update the menus, dining feature sheets and special food labels f...