Healthy Changes

After going to the doctor Monday and discovering that I now weight 182 lbs (gasp), I have decided to make some changes. I knew that I was overweight, but I have been avoiding the scale cause I was afraid to know exactly how much. I have tried to "diet" in the past, but realistically I just need to eat healthier for the long haul. I am not going to completely deprive myself or anything, but I am definitely going to try and stop eating out so much and start cooking my own meals. As soon as I get rid of all the unhealthy foods I have already bought, I am going to start with a clean slate and make my pantry more healthy.

I have thought about this a lot this past few days, and I am realizing that I have been making excuses for how I eat. Living alone makes it easier for me to take the easy way out and eat boxed dinners and fast food instead of cooking. Tonight I finally cooked on my George Foreman grill my mom gave me when I moved in to my apartment a year ago. I made chicken (marinated in teriyaki sauce), hoppin john blackeyed peas, and herbed mashed potatoes. It only took about 15 minutes to cook, and I have enough leftovers for dinner tomorrow night as well. The food tasted so much better too. I have also been exercising more this week. I really want to keep this up this time. I think putting it down in writing will strengthen my commitment (crosses fingers).

I am also starting to get into couponing! I have decided that I will start budgeting for food every month, and whatever I don't use as a result of coupon savings I will put towards a vacation to Disney World for spring break 2011! I have never been to Disney, so I am so so excited and hope I can save up enough to go!

This week has definitely been a good week so far. I only have one more day of data collection for my thesis, and then I will start writing the results and discussion! Also, tomorrow the McNair program is taking us to visit LSU's graduate school. I plan on applying there, so I really hope I get something out of this trip.

Well, I guess I am about to clean up and get ready for tomorrow. We have to leave early, and I value sleep way too much to stay up late.


Britny :)