The Candyman CAN'T!

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It's official: I'm giving up sweets for Lent.

I already gave away my stash of candy students have bought for me. Goodbye, Godiva truffles! *sniff*

So, just so I have some measure of accountability, I'll lay down here the rules I'm setting for myself.

List of Allowed 'Sweet' Foods

• Any and all fruit, including juice, dried, and canned fruits, as long as there is no sugar added.
  
• Artificial sweeteners in diet soft drinks and for my coffee. (Hush! These are a completely separate addiction to be dealt with at a date TBD.)
  
• Cereals such as raisin bran, Kashi, etc. NO MORE Frosted Mini Wheats.
  
• Yogurt. NOT frozen yogurt or other sugary, yogurty dessert things, but my Stonyfield organic lowfat yogurt cups. They are good for my tummy!
  

Basically, no: desserts, cake, cookies, ice cream, chocolate, candy, sugar, etc. etc. etc.

Day 1: Today, March 9, 2011.

End day: Easter! April 24, 2011.

(sabriel75: let's do this!)

In other news, I got an iPhone! Woo hoo! I mean, seriously: I am SO behind the times, it's amazing I actually own a piece of technology my students would recognize on a first glance. It's such an odd feeling to be up-to-date! What else have I been missing?

ARE THERE JETPACKS YET??? :P

Comments

[plumeriandeity.livejournal.com]

Good luck on your Lenten fast :)

I still have a basic, candy-bar phone. I don't know when I will ever use a smartphone :D

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

I have never had anything other than the most basic, comes-with-the-plan phone, so we'll see how this works out!

The phone itself was only $50.00, and my dad (who just retired from AT&T) has an employee discount, so the service isn't bad. I don't know if I'll get a lot of use out of the 'smartphone' features, but it is a lovely phone, and I do enjoy having a full keyboard for texting!

[plumeriandeity.livejournal.com]

I'm tempted to get a smartphone but I have no use for the smartphone features (yet) and I figure I will be enslaved to a smartphone in my future job, so I will enjoy the lull before that happens LOL.

I'm glad you like the phone! I always play with my relatives' iPhones whenever they visit and they are a treat!