Slug brain and Zombie girl

For the last week, I have been making smoothies in the morning instead of running by the convenience store to pick up a doughnut or a package of Twinkies.The smoothies are great, because they are giving me the nutrients I don't usually get from the foods I eat.  I find that I've had more energy, even after a Zumba class.

The downside to the smoothies is that I am not adding any processed sugar.  It's a completely organic, chemical free smoothie.  No processed sugar = hellacious sugar cravings.  Hellacious sugar cravings = slug brain/zombie girl.  Slug brain/zombie girl = dumb girl who forgets to bring healthy snacks to substitute for the peanut M&Ms she so desperately wants to scarf down at an alarming rate.  

I am more slug brain/zombie girl today than I have been since I started this whole shebang.  Today is worse because it is gray outside.  I'm very much a solar powered person.  No sun = slug girl who doesn't want to do anything.  So, imagine my surprise when I made it to work armed with an arsenal of sweet peppers that I plan to keep within reach of my sugar-seeking hands.  What is more impressive is that I did not cut a finger off cutting the peppers into manageable bites.  

Today, I am prepared for the sugar cravings.  When I start fixating on the aforementioned M&Ms, I will reach for a healthy, tasty snack instead.  This is the plan, anyway.  This plan is already looking much better than not bringing any snacks and thinking about those damned peanut M&Ms for the last two hours I was at work yesterday.  It was miserable.  Never.  Again.