15 Days without M&M's

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I began my 🅧No M&M Challenge during the month of May and it has been tough! Today is Day 15 and I am not liking this. I am grumpy, moody, agitated, annoyed, and irritated! I am sure I am having night sweats too. This is worse than PMS!!!! 

 M&M's became my comfort snack. My Go-To for everything. Feeling happy? Eat M&M's! Feeling sad? Eat M&M's! Feeling excited? Eat M&M's! Feeling Heartbroken? Bring on the M&M's!!! I was known for always having a bag at arms reach often switching between the peanut and almond varieties.

 I remember the last time I gave up something I really liked. It was HARD... Now, I am pretty into my likes and rarely I gave up anything since I am a creature of habit and like what I like. Well one day I decided to test myself and give up Coke. This was a few years ago when I drank way too much Coke. I loved Coke! Going to see a movie with a large Coke to accompany my buttery popcorn was a must!! A Coke with my burger? Is that a trick question? While I was missing Coke, I began looking for something to take it's place. Wellllllll...... I picked up drinking sweet tea instead which is not any better. I am trying to avoid making the same mistake with this challenge. I went to CVS to grab a few things and was in a brief trance by all the candy options I could indulge in. I am HAPPY to report that I was strong and opted out. 

 What this challenge has taught me in these loooooooooong 15 days is that sometimes we give up something only to pick up something just as bad or worse. We are often so eager to feel that void of what we miss that we do not really think it through. Why do we do that? Why do we sabotage ourselves? Why can't we just give something up and be content? Why? Why? Why? It is important to go back and analyze why we left something in the first place. I stopped eating M&M's as an attempt to make healthier snack choices. I stopped drinking Cokes to cut back on sugar. How come I don't pick up biking? Jogging? Yoga? Pilates? Why do I go searching for the bad/worse alternative? 

 This happens with so many things in our lives besides food and drinks. It happens in relationships as well. Some people leave a bad situation just to walk right into something worse. STOP!!! You are better than that. It can also happen in our careers. No lateral moves are allowed! You can only climb up!

I am learning more about myself on this journey as I attempt to reinvent myself and life my best life. 

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