Fruits and Veggies

I am one of the most unhealthy eaters that I know.  As I mentioned about a year ago in this post I am very picky.  Foods that top my loved-and-often-consumed list include anything at Taco Bell, ice cream, cake, Cheese-its, Doritos, pizza, etc.  You get the idea.  I love me some junk.

About a month ago I had a sort of epiphany while chatting with two of my friends: my eating habits are gross!  And what I'm eating is directly affecting how I feel.  And it's completely within my ability to change that.  So I set myself on a new path and started off small so as not to freak myself out which would inevitably lead to me giving up.  Instead I thought of three small, reasonable things that I could immediately change:

1) Stop drinking soda

2) Eat an apple a day

3) Switch from regular yogurt to Greek yogurt

Baby steps people.  As luck would have it, James' health nut friend ended up staying at our apartment for a few nights during my revelation process.  He introduced us to the Magic Bullet and now I'm a smoothie making machine!!  Every day I drink a smoothie consisting of fresh spinach, pure orange juice, and a banana.  If you know me at all, you know that I do not enjoy 2 out of 3 of these items.  But somehow together, they are pure deliciousness.  And every once in a while I'll spice it up by adding something else like blueberries or raspberries. I usually make it my afternoon or after-run snack.

I'm enjoying this, I promise.

In order to make sure that I continue on this path of (somewhat) healthiness I decided not to restrict myself from eating anything.  I am allowing myself to still have dessert as long as I've eaten lots of fruits and veggies throughout the day.  And, shockingly I've found that I am so satisfied by the healthy stuff I've been eating that I am not craving the extra stuff as much.  Apparently my body is pleased to have vitamins inside it.  The best part of the whole thing is that I went into it just wanting to feel better, healthier...and after two weeks I had actually lost 3 lbs.  I know it's not much, but it still makes me happy!! Of course, after birthday week I've gained 1 back.  Whoops!!

My next healthy endeavor is....dun dun dun...flossing daily!! I'm on day three and so far my gums hate me.  I hope this gets better soon!