I spoke in my page SLD Crash and Burn about the issue of planning. The first time I tried SLD, I did not really plan, I just kind of expected it to happen: some time around ten am I’ll take my SLD dose, no problem. That might LOOK like planning but it wasn’t; I did not plan for when I would have to stop drinking my coffee, or when it would be good to eat lunch, so when I did not finish my coffee until ten am, I was flummoxed. In other words, I was hoping SLD would shoe horn in without much effort on my part.
This time, I set out with a clear idea of a schedule: stop drinking coffee by 9:30am, take my SLD dose at 10:30am, be well and truly ready for lunch by noon.
Not working.
I’ve watched my habits as I try to force myself into this schedule, and the fact is, by 9:30am I am usually barely halfway through my coffee. I’m a sipper, not a gulper, so taking two hours to finish a cup is not unusual for me (this is something I never really knew about myself before!). Turns out I need to move everything UP an hour: done with coffee by 10:30am, SLD at 11:30am, lunch around 1:00. Since that is how everything has been falling out anyway, I think I can manage it. lol!
I’ve found that I’ve been drinking *alot* less coffee since I’ve been on the SLD.
This is a good thing for me, since I drink too much anyway.
You can read about my thoughts on this here: http://lightalan.blogspot.com/2008/11/too-much-joe.html
Comment by Alan — Friday, December 12, 2008 @ 10:38 pm