February Resolution

I try to eat healthy most of the time.  Well, healthier.  Healthier than I used to eat, anyway.  This past week I slipped back into old (really old), bad (really bad) habits.  I was eating chips and sweets and going out for most of my meals, not ordering salads but burgers and fried chicken and nachos and french fries and mozzarella sticks.  It was all SO GOOD.  However, my body is reacting to all the crap I have fed it.  Lack of energy, bloating, gassiness (is that even a word? according to spell check, no).  So I have made a February resolution.  I know, resolutions are usually made in January (and forgotten by February).  So, I'm a month behind everyone else.  Oh well. Most people have probably dropped off the bandwagon by now anyway.

I am not totally revamping.   I think trying to make a major changes all at once is a setup for failure.  I am making small changes, one month at a time.  So my February resolution is to stop buying snacks at work, whether from the shelf or the vending machine.  This February resolution will help me feel better, and it will help my checkbook.  After all, everyone knows that vending machines aren't the cheapest way to go.  Nor do they fill vending machines with apples and salad.   None of it is good for me, none of it is nutritionally worth the money I pay for it, and none of it is worth this yucky, bloated, tired feeling.

I will plan my work snacks, buy and prepare and pack them ahead of time.  This way, I am not settling for the crap that is conveniently available.  I can buy things like string cheese, or yogurt, or almonds (mmm, almonds and dried cherries - if you haven't tried that combination, you need to!).  If I forget to bring a snack, then I am out of luck.  I don't really get THAT hungry between meals anyway.

So 30 days for this healthy new habit (oh wait, 28 days since this IS February).  Next month a new challenge!