I decided at the time I decided to actually do the c25k that if I was going to make an effort to exercise, it wouldn’t be that much more difficult to actually eat good stuff as well. So instead of the 2-3 20oz bottles of Coke Zero I’d drink at work, I’m now drinking about 2ltrs of water a day. On the weekends I drink water or cranberry juice mostly, unless I’m taking a day off from the healthy stuff, like this afternoon when I had Taco Bell as a reward. I’ve found that moderation is the key for me.

My doctor has been on my case for not eating 3 meals a day for years (I’m not much of a food-in-the-morning person), so I eat “breakfast” at about 10pm every night – a bowl of Frosted Mini-Wheats – which curbs my urge to snack on something a couple of hours after dinner, and makes up for the lack of fiber I get with the rest of my meals. And aside from my afternoon snack, it’s really the only sweet thing I eat lately.

The biggest change was lunch at work, where instead of eating one of the sodium-filled prepackaged sandwiches I had been eating, I eat yogurt, and instead of eating a bag of Chex mix or cheese crackers, I’m totally hooked on those Fiber Plus Antioxident snack bars, which are far too chewy and chocolatey for my body to believe that I’m eating something that’s actually kinda good for me.

Even though I needed to lose about 50lbs to be considered a “healthy” weight, I set my goal to 30, with the plan to go on to 40, and then 50lbs. I need to lose about another 30lbs at this point to reach my ultimate goal of “healthy.”