These past few weeks, I've been reading up on all these blogs about people who have decided to switch up their lifestyle. Eating healthier, exercising, and so on. They all have these wonderful success stories of weight loss and just improved over all health, and it's been inspiring to me...
I've always realized I was, well, "bigger". It never really bothered me and I didn't let it take a toll on my outlook on life like some do. But recently, I noticed that I have gained even more weight! And I am not happy with that. I can feel that I'm not healthy. I never did anything about it though. I would complain and complain how unhappy I am with myself, but never follow up with anything to change. Until today. Today is the day that I set the healthy changes in my life in motion. First, I went on a run around my neighborhood with my dog. Granted, it may have been only 10 minutes or so, but that's 10 minutes worth of exercise that I wouldn't have gotten at all if I hadn't decided to do so. It's only my first time, and I do plan on making them longer. I'd like to work myself up to 20-30 minutes over time.
I came home and rested for a while and let myself cool off, and then I went on a grocery run. My diet needs to be cleaned up BAD. I've been eating awfully for quite a long time, and if I want to be healthy, that needs to stop. Here's what I got for the rest of the week:
-4 lbs of Macintosh apples
-Whole wheat pasta
-Smoked salmon (Lox)
-2 containers of silken tofu
-Eggplant
-Zucchini
-Kiwis
-Avocados
-Candied ginger (even the healthiest diets have treats!)
-Vanilla almond milk
-Drie fruit crisps
-Frozen mango chunks
-Frozen rasberries
-Whole grain sunflower bread
-A large container of plain non-fat Chobani greek yogurt (not shown)
For my first night of clean eating, I'm making whole wheat pasta with eggplant, zucchini, garlic, and olive oil for myself and Frank. Mmmmmm, I can't wait! Pictures will ensue. ;)
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