I love being healthy. I love having energy, I love being able to think, I love being able to concentrate.
Its fantastic.
In the last week or so I have discovered that I really like cooking and eating great food. I have been putting effort into what I am making and taking the time to enjoy eating it.
My running is going fairly well too, Im still on the treadmill (and all the rain isnt helping me to be able to run outside) but Im running for about 35 mins and doing just under 5kms at the moment.
While all this extra stuff is taking up a fair bit of time, I actually feel like I am getting more work done, mainly because I can think clearly and concentrate. I feel like a lot of what I do happens inside my own head, thinking of NCYC fundraising and ways to encourage others to come to NCYC, thinking about themes for kidzown and what we could do to make it work. Sometimes it seems a bit silly, to be thinking through all this stuff, but its important that I know why we are doing the things that we are doing, and why we aren’t doing some of the things we dont do. Because of the type of person I am I make spreadsheets about everything, it helps me remember where we are up to and what else needs to happen.
Anyway, my newest tip – dont bother with lettuce. Instead, have baby spinach. My guess is that everything that you could want to put lettuce with would be better with baby spinach and it makes it heaps healthier. I have been reading up on nutrition and sources of vitamins and minerals, its fascinating. Most of us dont eat enough fruit and veg, especially leafy greens.
Im a bit proud of myself today.
I had lunch with Liana. I had a sandwich on rye bread, with avocado, cucumber, tomato, beetroot, mustard and cheese with coleslaw on the side. I think its the first time I have eaten both beetroot and coleslaw.
Then, for dinner I used my wok for the first time. I had a chicken stirfry, with Onion, carrot, green beans, snowpeas, red capsicum, bok choy (not sure how its spelled), garlic, ginger and soy sauce. It was fantastic. I really enjoyed preparing and cooking it, as well as eating it.
I like putting effort into being healthy. I function better, I can think clearly and more. Its just better.
I actually enjoy eating food now. For years and years I wanted to be able to take a tablet or something and be rid of the whole eating thing, but I am actually enjoying it now.
Today I went to the organic grocery shop and got my food for the next few days, it wasnt as expensive as I had thought, mainly because they only sell things that are in season.
The people there were great, they were so helpful and had heaps of suggestions about how to eat the foods that Im not sure of yet. They were explaining stuff to me about what should be in your diet, like the more colours you have the better, its a good way to make sure you are getting a spread of nutrients.
Im actually enjoyig cooking food too. I made vege soup last week, its actually quite nice. I am attempting to wake up early enough to cook myself breakfast every day.
Im actually happy. I think the two are related. Eat well & exercise, people have been saying it for years and they are right. Happiness suits me, I like it. I notice myself smiling for no real reason all the time now. Its great. 
Oh, I have also decided to go vegetarian. Its going to be a slow process, at the moment I am semi-vegetarian already (that means I eat chicken but not other types of meat), I want to progress slowly to being lacto-ovo-vegetarian (that means I eat dairy and eggs, but no meat). Its all very exciting, I have so much to learn.
