The Homeworks

Superbowl Sunday has never been a "dangerous" day for me.  When I was younger, we were always left at home with a babysitter while my parents went out to a party.  While I love me some football, I'm more in to the college scene, and since my beloved Nittany Lions won't be playing in a bowl game for a couple years, I'm safe from the lure of my own dips and nachos.  On top of that, I'm an old person, and enjoy sleep more than staying up for a game I'm not that interested in.

That said, I try not to turn down social opportunities with friends who also eat Good Food, so I will be heading over to Mary and Tim's to enjoy the festivities and nom noms with other nutrition program friends.  Luckily they only live one block over!  I'm tossing some ideas for food around in my head, including a repeat of the chicken caprese bites, stuffed mushrooms, or trying my hand at a compliant spinach-artichoke dip.  I'll figure something out!  (And my inner advertising nerd is in love with the advertisements)






Things that have gone surprisingly well: my energy levels came up and stabilized more quickly than last time.  My "theory" about this is that since I had just finished a whole30 in November and ate clean for probably half of December, my body wasn't as effed up as it could have been so it recovered a little faster.
 


Thing that has gone surprisingly not well: my cravings are a lot worse this time.  I'm going to blame it on my hormones sorting themselves out and doing their thing moreso than last time, but it sucks.  Just fighting through it.