Monday I began, or shall I say, restarted the right way to live. I went to the gym. Stepping onto that scale was a scary thing. I don't remember how low I actually got, but I know I gained a good 10-20 pounds back over the past 5 months. I think Jen would be proud of me. Today I walked for 1 minute and ran for 9. I ran for almost 90% of my time on the treadmill. I am excited that my work hours changed to 8-5 because now I can go back to working out in the mornings. I don't know why it's so much easier for me, but it truly is... It's a lot easier to stay on top of. There are rarely any reasons why I should ever miss completely. Sure, there will be times I need to cut it short, but I can still go. At night... too many random things come up all the time.

Eating healthy... that's a whole other animal. It's hard to eat healthy, but I realize there are some important rules that I need to set for myself.

1. I need to have healthy snacks at my desk for work. People start to get the munchies around 3, so for 2 hours, it gets really hard to ignore the temptations of food in the vending machine. I also need to put them in daily servings so I don't over-indulge just because it's there.
2. I like Kent and Kradan's rule for their kids. In order to get a snack, they need to eat a piece of fruit before hand.
3. Only drink water, and drink enough. However... don't drink too much water to where it will cause your kidneys to shut down.
4. Limit my red meat intake and increase the amount of good vegetables and fruits (not just yummy advocados in guacamole).
5. Decrease the amount of cheese in my diet. Replace cheese on sandwiches with banana peppers for an extra kick.

For now, those are the ones I am going to start with... Wish me luck. I just need to get to the point where I am healthy and where I only like healthy stuff. Afterall, God does tell us to take care of our bodies, so I definitely need to do so too.