- Woke up at 7am, took the dog for a 30 minute walk.
- Got back and napped for a 30 or so minutes on the couch.
- Julie woke up and we took another walk with the dog.
- At 9:30, she went off with her mom to get various items for our upcoming wedding and I stayed and worked on the house.
- I got a lot of gardening done, cleaned up the shed, worked on the garage and found a bit of time to play with the dog.
- Also made myself a nice breakfast of organic bacon and tomatoes.
- When Julie and her mom came back, I made lunch with some fresh chicken and a greek style salad (olives, tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce tossed in a bit of of olive oil and feta cheese) for us to eat while we worked on the seating arrangement for the wedding.
- In the evening, Julie and I did some more work on the house, then took a two hour hike in the hills.
- To finish it off, I cooked dinner out of some turkey sausages and a fresh green salad.
I feel tired but great. We walked so much today and I also got in some physical activity through the gardening and house work. I feel full but not stuffed which tells me the amount of food was perfect. All in all, an amazing day.
It’s A Lifestyle
I keep telling my friends that being healthy is not about how many times you go to the gym or how many calories you track in your iPhone food journal. Those things are neat but they’re only a small part of it. Being healthy is a lifestyle. It’s choosing to wake up early because you love walking down quiet streets. It’s choosing to spend a bit of time smooching in the kitchen as you cook food because you enjoy that just as much as going out to a fancy restaurant. It’s going hiking in the hills instead of the latest Hollywood 3d Blockbuster and yes, it’s doing the gardening yourself instead of hiring someone because you love being in the yard and don’t mind getting your hands dirty.
Being healthy is a series of choices you make every single minute of every single day. It’s choosing to get up and walk two cubicles down to talk to your coworker instead of emailing them. It’s being ok with parking a few yards further and not spending 5 minutes looking for a closer parking spot. It’s asking for water instead of a soda and it’s telling the waiter to hold the chips and salsa before he even has a chance to bring them to the table. You can exercise and count calories all you want but you’re never truly going to be healthy until you start making those choices. In fact, you’re never going to be healthy until you start learning to enjoy those choices instead of seeing them as a burden.
What are you doing right this very minute? What are you going to be doing five minutes from now? Is there a way you can make a healthier choice?
I can’t tell you how much more fun I’m having these days and going to the gym has nothing to do with it. I hope you’ll join me