Since I started my diet almost four weeks ago, I’ve made it a habit to drink a cup of plain green tea every day. I read so many wonderful things about the benefits of green tea that I thought I’d incorporate it into my diet. Not only is it a healthy supplement to water, but it is an effective appetite suppressant as well (no wonder it is the drink of choice for supermodels!).
Though it tends to make me feel sick if I drink it on an empty stomach, I’ve found that drinking it with or after a meal doesn’t cause any discomfort. I love how it eliminates my strong post-meal cravings for dessert. A cup of green tea pretty much serves as my dessert these days (another healthy dessert option is a small piece of 70% dark chocolate or a single glass of red wine – not more than once a day, of course).
I choose the decaf green tea version because I’m extremely sensitive to caffeine. However, a cup of regular green tea after lunch helps keep me alert in the lull of the early afternoon hours when I could really use a nap.
All in all, green tea has been a great diet asset. Drinking it without sugar or honey took some getting used to at first, but eventually I found that the flavors of the tea were a lot more discernible, and consequently better appreciated, when I drank it unadulterated.
Food Diary #6 – Hooked on Green Tea November 14, 2007
Negativity and Cynicism November 14, 2007
I’m trying to crack my skull open to write something positive, but I can’t do it. I honestly cannot come up with a single positive thing to say. It is just impossible.
But then what do you expect from a jaded cynic like me? You might as well ask for the moon here. Seriously.
I’ve given up on dreams, on hope, on life, and on anything that I might have once thought was worth pursuing. I’ve stopped caring, stopped believing. What’s the point? The world is an evil place. We’re all doomed to die sooner or later … etc.
People say we (should) live to enjoy life. How can we think of enjoying ourselves when there is so much suffering in the world? We are all selfish people. We don’t dare admit it, but that’s the goddamn truth. We, human beings, are selfish creatures.
How can I say anything positive about humanity or the world we live in when there really isn’t anything truly and absolutely positive about them? Every which way you look at it, the good (whatever’s left of it) will always be overshadowed by the bad and the ugly.
