I’m lucky I have the metabolism I do. I snack at bedtime. I don’t eat breakfast. I nibble on junk food. I smoke. I spend far too much time sitting in front of the computer. I take vitamins here or there but nothing on a regular basis. I really need to make some changes for the better.
Part of the problem is living in a climate which sees a REAL four seasons which seem more like three. Winter – for what seems like forever. Semi-mild weather in the fall and spring which are so much like each other there is no point in distinguishing one from the other, and a short summer. A short summer rife with mosquitoes no less.
Winters are frigid and no one wants to venture out any more than they have to – especially me. There’s snow to shovel, banks made from city plows in front of your driveway you HAVE to clear in order to move your vehicle. Layers of clothing to put on. I won’t go out anymore than I have to. Though I like jogging and walking I won’t do it in the winter months. I won’t go to a gym because that means having to bundle up and warm up the vehicle to get there. I am never hungry in the morning, though my metabolism would work more efficiently if I did eat breakfast. I LIKE smoking. I love the many things I can see and do on the computer. I love to swim but with the pool closed from September until late May that doesn’t make up for the completely sluggish lifestyle of winter.
My pledge: To take my vitamins EVERY SINGLE DAY. To do something active every single day. Even if it means simply walking up and down the basement stairs ten times or something equally silly. To start eating breakfast (especially since my six year old is now saying “Why do I have to have breakfast if you don’t?”
Smoking? Well. I could try to cut back for starters. I could.
