The Art & Poetry of Mary Coleman

So I haven’t started that PPE painting yet. I’ve been writing a lot and so far haven’t felt the urge to start painting. I will soon though. I have the canvas sized and ready to go. Hopefully tomorrow I feel like doing visual art. My goal is to do something creative each day, be it art or writing, so I have been fulfilling that goal, I’ve just been doing more writing than art.

So as far as my New Year’s resolutions go I’ve been working towards all of them. I fell away from doing social media for a few days, but I’ve been back to that today. Been exercising every day, doing my coping strategies for panic disorder (including meditation, a walk each day with the dog while I practice mindfulness, and meditation), and doing my creative practice each day. Still fasting until tomorrow evening. That’s been going well, been feeling calmer and calmer and not at all hungry as the days pass. I’m on hour 66 right now. 30 hours to go.

Going to try to get back to nutritious, home cooked meals after this fast. I ended up ordering takeout a lot and eating a lot of sugary foods last week, especially around Valentine’s Day, and although I stuck to one meal a day per my goal, I didn’t really have high quality food. As a result, I felt pretty crap coming into this week. I’ve decided to give up sugar because it’s the one food I just have no sense of moderation with. It sort of takes over my diet and becomes the majority of my calories for the day. I need to focus on getting in more nutritious food. Because although I am following a 1500 calorie goal with my meal each day, I’m finding myself eating a third of those calories with dessert. So yeah, no more sweets.