be healthier

I always make all these grand plans about how I’m going to get in shape and lose weight and be fabulous and nothing ever manifests. I need to start with small stuff.

• walk to work
• stop visiting the coffee cart in my building
• related to the above, have oatmeal and fruit for breakfast instead of a scone and latte
• pack a lunch instead of eating out

I think I earn a big fat fail on this goal so far. I started a desk job last August and I’ve gained 15 pounds due to lack of exercise and constant access to candy and other treats. That is a LOT, even on a fat chick like me. All my clothes are getting tighter and I feel like an unhealthy blob.

It’s high time I got working on this for real. The goals I’ve posted on my last entry (over a year ago, ha!) are good ones, I just need to hold myself accountable.

In order to maintain good health and avoid the plague of colds I had last winter I will take the following actions:

• I will wash my hands at least once an hour while I am at work.
• I will get 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night, so I don’t get run down.
• I will eat five servings of vegetables every day. Potatoes do not count as vegetables.
• I will remember to take my muli-vitamins every day.
• I will exercise a little each day.
• I will drive less and walk/ride the bus more.
• I will practice listening to my body’s hunger signals, so I eat when I’m hungry and stop when I’m full.
• I will drink at least 2 liters of water per day.
• I will carry my lunch to school so I can stop eating the crap food in the cafeteria.

for eating fast food.

He sent bacteria to attack my digestive system and make me wish that it was botulism that would just kill me and get it over with.

On the bright side, I’m never going to be tempted by Taco Bell again.

The stupid cough is back.

I think it might be due to draining sinuses, from allergies, but whatever the cause, it’s annoying as heck.

On a side note, over the counter Claritin is pretty much useless.

I am now feeling the onset of my third cold in as many months. I have no idea what is going on, but it’s starting to concern me. I know it is partially due to working in a preschool full of little plague carriers. Even with diligent hand washing, there’s nothing I can do when one of the kids coughs directly on my head (as one did last week when I was tying her shoe). Even so, I’ve always been very healthy and rarely had colds.

I need to be better about eating right and drinking enough water. I think another part of the problem is the refined carbohydrate and coffee diet that I’ve been living on during finals.

On the bright side, after three colds hopefully I’ve picked up everything that is going around and I’ll be able to stay healthy for the rest of the winter.