Do you think people who give out parking tickets enjoying doing it or absolutely hate it? I always wonder that. Especially when I see someone give me a parking ticket. No, I know I asked for it, but I still wonder what they’re thinking while they give the ticket. That job would make me real sad.
So this weekend, I really did….nothing. I stayed in Friday night. I stayed in Saturday night. And then I went to the lake on Sunday and didn’t even really get in the water. Wtf? I slightly feel like I wasted a weekend, BUT I don’t feel like getting wasted. You get what I’m throwin’ out there? Well, the more I live my life not competing in CrossFit and not trying to live a completely strict life, the less I like to drink that much. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love to have some wine sometimes and get a little crazy from time to time, with nights resulting in a sweaty dance floor. But, I really hate feeling depressed after drinking. And, obviously, that’s what alcohol is. A depressant. I just feel super bloated after drinking. Which is weird, since I remember feeling super skinny and dehydrated in college after a week of binge drinking. How things change.
Anywho, I’m in this weird stage of my life that either my friends are going out and getting trashed or staying in with their significant others. But I don’t want to get trashed. And I still want to hang out with my friends. But drunk people are annoying. And they peer pressure you into drinking. Or just peer pressure you into feeling guilty about not drinking. I don’t know. It’s all just very frustrating. Why doesn’t everyone else feel bloated and depressed after drinking and want to stop like I do? Am I the only one out there that likes to be sober and get up the next day to have a positive day? I love positivity. And bloated Juli is not a positive Juli. #factoftheday. I just feel boring. I hate being boring. I’ve been told that I need to find “balance” and I obviously have not found it yet. #rantofthedayisover.
Ever wonder how many people out there are on the human growth hormone? Is that a pill or do you shoot it into your butt? I don’t really know much about it. I just know about it from guys talking about it. I wonder how many people are on it in the CrossFit community. #wonderingthoughtoftheday.
OMG. I totally want to see that new show ‘Total Divas’ on the E! channel. I don’t care what you think of me. I really don’t. But that kind of trash tv looks awwwwesome. I mean, come on. It’s about women in the WWE world. They’re attractive and fake fight each other. How can that not be interesting to watch? Their promotional commercials have totally sold me. SOLD.
Oh PS- like my doodling on my cinnamon roll balls? I’m obviously extremely talented.
Cinnamon Roll Balls
- Yield: 8-10 1x
Ingredients
- 10 dried dates, pitted
- 12 ounces cinnamon roll cracked nut butter
- 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- melted coconut butter, to top
Instructions
- Place dried dates in a food processor and pulse until broken down.
- Then add nut butter, coconut, cinnamon and salt and pulse until well combined.
- Use your hands to roll small bite-size ball shapes.
- Top with melted coconut butter.
- Eat and imagine they are cinnamon rolls. They’re not, but the mind is able to do pretty cool things.
- Refrigerate leftovers. If there are any!
Notes
Makes 8-10 balls
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I spent the last 10 years being everyone’s favorite binge drinker. Now I am having to re-invent myself because I want to be healthy, and also get really really depressed after, not to mention mean and nasty…. There is so much pressure to drink and so much entertainment revolves around it. But then when I am not drinking I am generally alone and that sucks too. Thirty, single and sober is even more lame. #NoWin
I’m 30 now and I often will go to the bar to hang out, but just have water. I just tell my friends I’m not drinking and usually they are good with it. If not, I just tell them “I need your support on this” and then they usually shut up about it. I will from time to time get “Why aren’t you drinking? Aren’t you into having fun?” from randoms. I don’t understand that the only way to have fun is drinking? Oh well. It certainly is about the person questioning you, that they are not comfortable with their choice and maybe they shouldn’t be drinking, so they try to get you to drink so they don’t feel bad or think anything is wrong with them. Don’t sweat it and do you!
Infinitely relatable post for most me thinks…Nodding in agreement with nearly every comment from your faithful flock of followers…especially Megan’s above…I find that if you decline the drink that will result in YOUR personal decline into a depressive bloated state…the entourage immediately imagines that you’re dieting and that you’re “no fun”…
I need to tone down the drinking events as I find them to be personal excuses to move on to the salty no-no’s…water retention…nasty mood and mega-bloat the following DAYS….not worth it!
My finace is a super heavy drinker and feels like death in the morning. I however, decided to go against it and not drink and I get some gnarly headaches from booze anyhow. I think I have an allergy to it, thats what I’m going to keep telling myself. Funny though, he posted on good ol’ FB how he feels like death and I wrote write back, “if you’re wondering… i just left to the gym and i feel GREAT!” Such a loving relationship. hahaha
I’ve been on that same not drinking mindset. I really is great waking up at 7 or 8 without being exhausted with a head ache…wondering where my credit cards went and why I have a rubber chicken on the dresser.
My recent way of dealing with being a boring responsible person is setting up little excursions for myself. I’m going kite boarding this weekend, which I’m PUMPED about…and sailing lessons in two weeks. If I’m learning or practicing something I don’t feel like I’ve wasted it as much…but I hear what your saying.
One word: Brunch. First of all, brunch is the new dinner. All the kids are doing it. Second, you can totally get drunk off of mimosa’s or bloody mary’s. One’s a fruit and another’s a vegetable, so you don’t have to feel guilty. Fact. Third, if you don’t want to drink, you’re not a weirdo because it’s the morning/early afternoon for goodness sakes. You don’t need to drink in the morning. Fourth, if you do drink, the hangover happens that night, and unless you got REALLY drunk, it’s all over by the next day.
Get your friends to do more brunches. It will fix everything.
Brunch DOES fix everything. It’s my favorite.
Like many other people who commented here, I too could have written this post… which makes me feel sort of boring, but it’s a fact- i just hate how i feel the next day after i drink. I think a lot of people ignore the fact that it’s a depressant and that.. well, post-college bodies don’t bounce back as well as during-college. 🙂 Sooooooooo, boring-ville it is! Or I’ll go out to parties/bars w friends and not drink, and then just leave early (bc you can only hang out w drunk people for so long before you want to punch everyone for being obnoxious).
I love reading your recipes but I have developed a nut alergy (peanuts first, but now I get a reaction to all nuts).
What can I subsitute?
Sunbutter! (i.e. mushed up sunflower seeds, not a nut in sight). It’ll taste different, but the consistency is very similar to other nut butters.
I feel the same way – about the parking officers, of course. What a sad job. I feel like that about the cleaners in my office too though, but I suppose at least they get to move around all day instead of staring at a computer screen for hours!
My partner and I are both military, and the pressure to drink can be pretty extreme. I’m currently doing “Dry July”, which is a month off alcohol to raise money for cancer sufferers, and frankly I feel awesome (and have been charging people to drive them home, all in the name of charity, but I won’t deny it feels pretty good!). I know it will be hard to maintain after the month is up and my ‘excuse’ is gone, though.
Food for thought, two guys I know (both in the Army) don’t drink, one because he never really has but the other one said to me “I don’t like who I am when I drink, so I don’t drink.” which I thought was a really sensible and defensible statement – who would force you to do something that makes you into someone you hate? Not a real friend, that’s for sure.
Your blog is my favourite blog combining food and personality. My colleagues are big fans when I bake your treats, too 🙂
Well, I’m 51 years old and ten years sober. Interesting reading all the posts, for certain! I’ve just begun this Paleo journey and OMG is my go to site. I have MS and struggle with the workout part – consistancy is a B*#ch. Especially because I used to do tri, bi and duo-athalons. I’m doing it for the leaky gut and overall health for immune. But, I simply love your spirit and energy, Juli. And your recipees and FAB. Thank you.