The first day of my healthier eating habits is drawing to a close, and I’m quite pleased with myself and how it is turning out. After a midnight workout, I set an alarm and woke up at 9 a.m. this morning, which pathetically was the earliest I’ve been up in weeks. I haven’t been sleeping well lately, but maybe the workout last night and the determination to start making a difference in my life helped me to roll out of bed so “early” today. With groceries in the fridge and pantry, it was time to start making better choices when hunger struck.
Archive for the “Health & Fitness” CategoryI realized earlier today/yesterday (depending on your frame of reference) that too long have I allowed myself to be unhealthy. I’ve made excuses for myself and let them allow me to make all the bad decisions I shouldn’t be making. Since I was laid off I have gained about 20 pounds. That’s ridiculous. At first I told myself that I was just laid off and deserved to take some time to relax and eat whatever I want and pretty much just mope around the apartment feeling sorry for myself. Days turned into weeks, and weeks turned into months, and here I am over 260 pounds. I share this embarrassing fact because I’m making some changes, and it’s time to be accountable for them – and this blog will help me do that. It’s that time of year again. December has turned over into January, and a new year is on the rise. It’s refreshing yet frightening. One can never tell what the new year will hold, but I am going to try to remain optimistic. Then again, that’s cutting into my so-to-say “resolutions” that I’ve laid out for myself. Each year I set some down for myself, and each year I forget all about them before February. I suppose that’s typical. That’s why this year I don’t want to make them strict and specific. Just ideals that I want to hold myself to. I remember the first time I ever really weighed myself back in P.E. in middle school, and the scale reading exactly 80 pounds. I was lanky and awkward and oh so incredibly dorky, but I was also thin. High school hit and my body matured and I gained some weight, though not in a bad way. I was growing up and gaining some weight, but I was still thin. And then college started. |
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