Foodtime

So I've been on this health kick recently, inspired by this chubby guy, and it involves not only exercising more, but also is a lot of healthy eating. I've always been a fairly healthy eater since my mother is a nutritionist which makes it fairly difficult to eat even healthier. However I have identified myself as a boredom/lazy eater! (The first step is always admitting you have a problem, amirite?) This means that I eat whether I'm hungry or not and I eat what's around me when I'm bored. Thankfully this has an easy solution: keep busy and don't buy junk food. If I'm busy, I'll be distracted from my eating tendencies and if I don't have unhealthy food around, I won't eat unhealthy food.

As a result, I've been eating a wider variety of foods that make me feel good physically and mentally. Half of the time for me, eating healthy isn't just about the vitamins and nutrients, but about the positive feeling I get from making healthy decisions.

For example, for breakfast I've been eating non-fat yogurt. The thing is though, plain non-fat yogurt is boring. Instead, I'll mix in bananas, granola, honey (and since I'm such a chocolate addict), I'll throw in some chocolate chips as well. I know that altogether my breakfast isn't the perfect breakfast of champions. But after I tell myself that I could be eating a bowl of Reese's Peanut Butter cereal with a few Pop-Tarts, I start feeling pretty good about my yogurt.

For dinner tonight, I was inspired by a friend to make a tomato and mozzarella salad. I also washed and cut a couple leaves of spinach, sliced a few small peppers, and finally covered the dish with olive oil, salt, and pepper. For a girl whose not a huge fan of vegetables and any meal lacking meat, I quite enjoyed myself and look forward to making it again.

I'm really hoping this health kick doesn't end soon because I'm really liking it. I just need to hold onto this feeling the next time I feel the urge to buy Redvines.

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Speaking of food, my near and dear friend Shannon literally had me laughing out loud by myself in a Starbucks today after sending me these pictures. I guess you could say she's just starting to learn her way around a kitchen.

"Lightly Toasted Garlic Bread"

"Half-cooked Spaghetti"

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On a completely unrelated note, here is one of my favorite screenshots from The Office recently.