Lee Crockford – HSM Blog 3 from Hello Sunday Morning on Vimeo.

So; I’m feeling a bit lazy this week and Chris Raine bought a new fan-dangled blog cam: Ergo, a video post! I’ve been told this is HSM’s first… oooooo!!

Lee Crockford HSM Video Post from Hello Sunday Morning on Vimeo.

And so rounds out the first week of self imposed prohibition…

I’ve surprisingly wanted to drink a lot more than I thought I would. What I don’t know is how much can be credited to an incredibly manic week at work, simply feeling like a beer or how much can be attributed to the fact that I want something that I can’t have.

We all know that old psych exercise “Don’t think of a pink elephant”. What are you thinking of? Most likely a pink elephant. This theory doesn’t seem to be confined to obstusely coloured, large, land dwelling mammals – oh no – it also very much applies to beer. This week there’s been a mate’s birthday and several networking functions, all of which a few bevvies would usually be standard practice. However, instead of sipping on the cool amber liquid in the warm, afternoon glow of new farm park, I was relegated to soda and lime..

I don’t always drink huge amounts, but I really, really  like the taste of beer and that’s what I’m missing most. Not getting “pissed”, but simply having a beer.

As far as my HSM goals are concerned, I seem to have lost two kilos in the last week. I have changed my diet and have started exercising since I started HSM, though, so I doubt it’s just from not drinking.

I’ll leave with a quote fom W.C. Fields who sums up how I’m starting to feel: ”Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.”

So, this is the world of HSM? This, at least so far, seems alright – almost easy…

I must admit, I’ve known about HSM for months and months and it never actually occurred to me to get involved until a little over a week ago. Last week I was confined to a cabin in the middle of rural Victoria with 14 strangers as apart of the Foundation for Young Australians’ Young Social Pioneer project. It was there that I met Chris Raine AKA the Jesus of HSM. I run my own business and for me, the work/life balance is fairly non-existant, in fact someone stole the scales a long time ago and all I was left with was 90 hour work weeks… The number one thing I learnt in the confined cabin was that I either have to choose a healthy balance now, or it’ll be thrust on me later down the track, whether I want it to be or not…

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