Finally, I found my camera cord.

it's been really hard for me to write a post as I haven't been able to find my camera cord ( no one likes a bland picture free post ). I finally found today, it seems as though i packed it in my canon box, smart at the time right? it took me 28 days to find it.

First, i feel i should update you on my 30 days, things are going great. John quit the first day and dived into a bag of sour patch kids. I haven't had a $0.05 candy since, i have had some starbucks but it's been within moderation. I can't totally give up coffee, i have a serious addiction to it & i'm not looking to go through withdrawal. It's been 20 days and for the most part, i feel the cravings have kicked themselves.

Now, onto other things.. i have so many pictures (including the new place) to show you guys, so expect some blog posts this week and into next. We're going to Oregon next week to go camping on the coast with out best friends amanda & her husband bk. i'm so totally beyond stoked, i feel like i'm six. i've never been to oregon, much less outside of seattle.. expect a huge post of pictures then!

most recently we went on a bike ride on the trails by our new place ( with my new bike ):











beef dog was pretty tired from the ride and his teeth are super creepy:





Anyways, i'll make another post in a day or two!

30 days to a healthier you!

so, all thanks to larissa, i'm going to blog for 30 days on getting myself to a healthier point. We generally don't keep junk in the house, but i have to admit, john makes a lot of runs to the local 7/11. as Honeybees post says as well, it does take on average 28 days to to rid of cravings, one important thing as well is it takes about 20 days to adjust to new flavors. This is one thing john and I have done in the past. We cut out salt ( we don't even have a salt shaker anymore ), and though hard at first it's been about a year now and easier then i thought it could be. We had some tortilla chips the other day, just normal safeway tortilla chips and they were like salt licks for horses. sick. I don't bake as much as i used to, not because i don't love to bake ( i do ) but i don't like to have it in the home.

some of my problems:
Ice cream
starbucks
popcorn &
$0.05 candies. (dammit)

Over the next 30 days, i'm going to make sure i keep up my healthy eating habits, like actually eating breakfast! I've already cut out most starches ( white pasta, white rice, white bread [which I haven't eaten in years anyways] & potatoes ) I've replaced these with whole pasta and brown rice, instead of potatoes with dinner, i stick to a wide variety of fruits & veggies on the side instead. I'm going to vow to not eat any junkfood!

No ice cream ( not even the strawberry! )



No Starbucks,



No Popcorn, not even raw! ( corn has no nutritional value anyways )



and last but not least, definitely the hardest.. no $0.05 candies!



Now after 30 days what's going to happen? nothing. the point is to rid of my bad habits and kick them for good. I have goals that i want to work towards, my biggest one? i really want to do the west coast trail, a 7 day hike. i figured the best way to achieve my new habits is to announce it to everyone, that way if i fail, i'll be embarrassed. On top of the better eating, i'm vowing to do at least 30 minutes of physical activity a day. This shouldn't be hard as I already it the gym 5 days a week, I just need to drag john out of the house for runs/bike rides with the beef dog on the other 2!

So here's to not wanting to be embarrassed, wanting a healthier heart, a healthier life, and healthier me!

FYI

Just an FYI, I'm not neglecting my blog. I have Lots of pictures for you guys.. I just currently have no Internet all thanks to telus. I *hope* to be able to put one up this weekend!