Thanksgiving Salad & Workout

One thing I am extremely thankful for this Thanksgiving is my health.

This time last year I was at least 20 pounds, maybe 30 pounds heavier.   The year before that, even more so.  I will no longer use the Holidays as an excuse to become unhealthy.

I had salad and fruit for my Thanksgiving meal, and it was delicious.  I might have eaten just a slice too much watermelon, though!  Now I am thinking about my workout tonight.  Since I just started Dr. Fuhrman's 6 week holiday challenge, I thought about maybe doing Jillian Michael's Ripped in 30 dvd all the way through, but having knee issues,  I find some of the exercises hard on my knees when doing them every single day.  I am thinking about alternating "Ripped in 30" with 6 week 6 pack every other day and doing some yoga either afterwards or in the morning.  I love the cardio, but I also love the stretch that yoga gives me, especially on my leg muscles.

Soapbox:

I find that many people often don't care enough about their health to throw away their unhealthy habits.  Maybe it is because they don't think they are worthy enough to live the wonderful, healthy life they should be living.  I know this may have been the case for me, the more weight I gained the less I cared about my appearance.  I dressed sloppier, and continued to eat junk.  I guess one day I just woke up, looked in the mirror and quit lying to myself.  I would say, "it's so hard to lose weight", "I don't know how".

There IS a quick fix to losing weight.  It doesn't come in expensive pills and surgeries.  It comes in eating healthy and exercising.  It comes from not lying to yourself about what foods are healthy.  It comes from educating yourself about eating healthy, and it comes from living that life day in and day out.  Sure, it means you can't have a candy bar every time you go through the check-out line at the grocery store.  But its worth it, I am worth it, you are worth it.