Becoming a Health Nut

I've been into becoming "healthy" lately.

This comes as no surprise since I get into this phase quite often...but I'm hoping it sticks this time. For example:

Bart gave me this for my birthday:

Beautiful, isn't it?

I'm in love with it. It is now my only form of transportation for work. That's right, I ride this beauty everyday to and from work as my form of exercise. I only live about 5 miles away from my work, but still...for a couch potato like me...its a huge work-out.

I bought this book from Border's on Friday (half off, thank you very much):

And so far, I've learned a lot about how my body processes food...and how my appetite comes from chemicals in my brain. It's super interesting. What I love most is that it teaches me how to be and stay healthy (no gimmicks, crash diets, or amazing miracle pills) instead of saying "this is what you need to do...just trust us". You have to teach a man to fish, right?

Although I do trust Dr. Oz. He looks pretty healthy to me.

And lastly, I've actually been paying attention to those annoying Nutrition Facts on the back of food packages lately. You know, these pesky little things:

For the most part it's been depressing...learning that all the things I used to eat were quite bad for me. But once I got past the "I'm going to starve since NOTHING is good for me" stage, I was able to find great alternatives. Lots of fruits and veggies have come into my life, including an oh-so-yummy salad that I just ate today.

It included:

• Spring Salad Mix (3 cups)


• Half an Avacado (small to medium size)


• Grilled chicken (with Costco's Sweet Mesquite seasoning) (half cup chopped)


• Three Cheese Vinaigrette Dressing (from Fresh & Easy) (2 tbls)

It was 300 calories of pure heaven! And for how much I ate, it was a feast.

So I'm really hoping this phase sticks this time, so I can finally loose those last couple pounds of baby fat I can't seem to get rid of. And so I don't have to be so doctor dependent later in my life...because I hate going to the doctor.

Happy healthy eating my friends!