30-day trial, take 3
Okay! So I’m several days into one, actually two, 30-day trials!
30-day trial: No sugar
The first one is to lay off sugar for 30 days. Two weeks ago I discovered that big chunks of the days I was feeling irritated and annoyed/angry. When I introspected about why I was feeling this way I realised I had been eating large quantities of sugar in the form of candy, chocolate, cookies and other sugary stuff every day!
I’ve previously discovered that if I keep a large daily intake of sugar, I become irritated and annoyed/angry. So I decided to take a break from sugar (white refined sugar that is) all together.
I started this trial on 8:th of october and it will end on tuesday 6:th of november.
I feel a lot better generally when I lay off the sugar! Instead for candy and stuff, I’ve been eating chips and cheese balls. The best part is that I only have to eat small amounts of them before I’m fed up. Some days the sugar craving is real bad, but I just have to remember how I usually feel after eating lots of sugar to stave it off.
After these 30-days I’m going to try to limit my intake of sugar to one day each week. That’ll be my C-day! Candy-day! Yay!
30-day trial: Going to bed at 10 pm
This one I’ve been thinking about for a long time. Finally I’m doing it! I’m going to bed at 10 pm. That means that the lights are out and I’m safely tucked in and ready for some sleep at that time.
I started the trial on monday 15:th of october and will finish it on tuesday 13:th of november.
The first thing I noticed when I started with this was that people in my building didn’t go to sleep that early. And since my appartment has real thin walls (and ceiling and floor) I could hear almost everything that happened around me.
The worst part was that the girl in the appartment below me had a really bad cold! She and her boyfriend would get to bed around 22.20, when I almost had fallen asleep, and she would start coughing real bad! Her boyfriend, who has a really deep voice, immediately tried to console her, with his really deep voice, and they did this every night! Combine this with the fact that I like to go to sleep lying on my stomach with one ear to my madrass, which lies directly on the floor, and that their appartment functioned like a gigantic resonance chamber, and you have a great recipe for disaster!
This gave me a lot of chagrin the first days, until I resolved it by using the stereo and head phones to block out the noise 
I’ve managed to go to sleep every night around 10 pm 0for the past week! One time only did I go to sleep later, at 10.02 pm!
I’m not sure if it has any effect on me, except that 8 am isn’t any longer that early in the morning. But I’m sure it will give me some more food for though concerning my sleeping patterns and sleeping habits!
Jenny J wrote,
Oh, no sugar! I’m going by the no sugar too, right now, mostly to slim a bit. After the first week or two it’s not very hard any more, but the first few days are truly horrid. The cravings can drive me mad.
I didn’t know you could get irritable from sugar, very interesting. I’ll have to introspect some and see if I get calmer now.
Aye, you sure have thin walls at your place. Poor Mika. But in time you get used to the sounds, and for revenge they get to listen to you real early in the morning when you get up and they try to sleep.
October 24th 2007 at 13:05 (1:05 pm) — Using
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John wrote,
let it be known, c-day… the best day.. IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!!!!!
October 24th 2007 at 18:35 (6:35 pm) — Using
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Mika Perälä wrote,
Cool! For how long? And tell me if you need help with the motivating
I’ve had tremendeous help from Mattias, since we’ve planned it together. He asks me how it’s going and that helps my motivation to stay on top!
Yeah, but I think I’m the one having to experience their revenge now since I’ve been up rather late watching noisy movies and TV-series
John:
Yeah! It sure will be!
Oh! Time for me to shut off the computer, do the dishes, brush my teeth and read a couple of pages before bedtime ensues!
October 24th 2007 at 21:38 (9:38 pm) — Using
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MatsK wrote,
I could write something cynical here, but I think I might be better off trying a 30-day trial of no cynical comments.
October 24th 2007 at 21:59 (9:59 pm) — Using
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Traian wrote,
Going to bed at 10:00pm for 30 days? Can you really go that long without dating?
October 25th 2007 at 00:37 (12:37 am) — Using
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Mika Perälä wrote,
MatsK: Whee! A cynical free 30-days!
Traian: Hahaha! I’m not always dating!
Infact, I’ve only been to two dates this year! 
October 25th 2007 at 19:06 (7:06 pm) — Using
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JenEriC wrote,
Nice going! And both trials is over before our day of 24, too - good planning!
October 26th 2007 at 00:09 (12:09 am) — Using
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Mika Perälä wrote,
I know, I sent that list with dates when we could have our 24 session based on when both trials were over
October 26th 2007 at 09:00 (9:00 am) — Using
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Mhwc wrote,
Chips and cheese balls?!? Almost as bad as sugar, especially the cheese balls which has a tremendously bad glychemical index - and trans-fats to boot.
Carrots! Beans! Rye bread!
November 3rd 2007 at 10:52 (10:52 am) — Using
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Edward Aschan wrote,
Going to bed at 2200 at the latest sounds like an excellent trial. I guess I have to try that one but maybe start small with a week, or maybe just one evening.
November 22nd 2007 at 01:14 (1:14 am) — Using
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