hey old friend!

That no sugar thing, last a whole 3 days. Michigan was miserably fun... And I ate everything I wanted. And then we came back to Knoxville and I was being such a good little girl working out and running and then we left for the beach.

And it was magical. We rented this that 70s show beach house. My parents, my bf, my cousin, his wife and their 2 kids all pilled in on Saturday. We wasted no time running to the beach! It was a beautiful, but shelly, little private beach. And by private I mean mainly it was only people living/renting in Sandbridge. It. Was. Awesome. We ate a lot of food. And I mean a lot. At least 2 dozen eggs, every morning, and 4 loaves of bread were consumed. And like 9 bags of potato chips. And 3+ handles of liquor. Needless to say, it was a much needed, well deserved, break from reality.

And now we're back to reality. And I have a cold. Who gets a cold in July? Ashley, that's who.

I regularly read +Caroline Pekarsky's blog, of course because she's my friend and I love her. But, today it made me cry. I'm not really sure why...but I did. She is one of the few people who I can honestly say we're like almost exactly the same person. Why weren't we friends from the beginning of college? I don't really know, and I don't really care because I know she's there for me now. I'd bet $9 million if I called her tonight and told her I needed her in Knoxville, she'd come. And that's something that becomes more rare as you get older, or so I'm noticing.

I'm not really sure what the point of the blog is.... although I've realized 2 things just writing it

1) I love sugar

2) I love Caroline Pekarsky. 

Happy Wendesday Y'all!

no sugar = death

I use to believe that no sugar = death. I actually still kind of believe that, but my mind is slowly changing. I've been working real hard to get myself to a place that I'm happy with. It hasn't been easy. And it's taken time.

July was rolling around and I knew I needed a monthly goal to keep up the good work. I decided since I'm going to the beach on the 20th of this month that I would do a 20 day sugar detox. This means NO SUGAR. I love sugar. I also love pizza. I'm not eating any of this. I'm on day 3. I've missed my afternoon chocolate. I haven't missed fruit as much as I thought I would, mainly just the 2 pieces of Dove Dark Chocolate I let myself eat every day. BUT, it's day 3 and I'm feeling good. My workout this morning was a good one, and I feel like I killed it. We did some 400m intervals last night in our Crossfit Endurance run and I felt good about it. I shaved off 5 seconds from my second interval to my last. That was a great accomplishment for me. I actually think I'm starting to enjoy running.

I kind of got away from my sugar topic. I'll get back on. We're going to visit family in Michigan this weekend and I'm stressed out about this sugar thing. It's hard to tell people what to fix you and how do I know that I'll have something to eat?!? Especially when my family thinks I'm crazy for doing all this stuff in the first place. Well, I've decided to do some prep. I will be taking carrots and broccoli with me for snaking in the car as well as some kale chips I'm going to make. I'm allowing myself 3 Granny Smith apples a week, so I'll take 2 of those too. I've got my box of salad ready to go so I can eat it if a meal doesn't meet my requirements, and I've got a pound of bacon to cook tonight as well. I'm hoping this gets me through. Because I really don't want to mess this up. I'll let you know how it goes, but only if it goes well!!