Project 7:15, Week Two

Thus far my decision to not eat cookies in the middle of the night has been the right one.  As a family, we are going through cookies at a much more respectable rate, and, perhaps more importantly, I no longer wake up people with the loud "crinkling" noise that cookie packages make at two in the morning.

After three days of not gorging on cookies after going to bed, I had a pretty good idea for organizing some random junk in the basement, and it occurred to me that maybe that idea came from the added rest that came from sleeping instead of eating.  I have read somewhere that eating at night is a bad idea, because while you are trying to sleep, your body is busy trying to digest the food, thus making it difficult to actually rest.  This makes sense, and after ten full days of not eating cookies at night, I will admit that I do feel more rested.  And I lost three pounds, too, which makes me think I was probably eating too many cookies to begin with.

To reiterate what we discussed last week, as an uncertified life coach it is necessary for me to have an A.I.T., (an Amazing and/or Inspiring Transformation,) in order for you to actually take me seriously.  A successful A.I.T. will give me the life-coaching street cred that has been sorely lacking thus far.  Every A.I.T. I have ever witnessed, however, begins with the B.P.; the "Before Picture," the photographic proof that I am a flawed person in need of an A.I.T.  With this in mind, then, I have provided you with a pretty intense B.P. taken about a month before the beginning of my A.I.T.

Although a little blurry, this photo speaks volumes about where I was in my life before I stopped eating cookies in the middle of the night.  What am I even doing in this picture?  Playing badminton?  Directing spider traffic?  And what’s with the outfit, anyway?  Those shoes say I’m going on a hike later but the polo shirt suggests otherwise.  (Turns out the shirt was right.)

Regardless, I was a mess.  Fortunately, my journey toward not being that person anymore is into its second week.  Stay tuned for even more inspiration!