healthy me...

my parents raised me to be healthy. we have chickens for our own eggs, we have had a garden every summer since before i can remember, we make our own yogurt, my dad used to make bread. my parent trained us to know what things are healthy to eat and what things are not healthy to eat, especially when it comes to organic and natural foods. i have not ever really focused on exercising though. summer used to be the best time for that, what with garden work happening and what not. but in the last few years, i have been working over the summer and not really able to spend much time in the garden. i haven't been in organized sports for years, and even when i was, i was never very good at them. in high school, i was in our show choir, which was awesome and provided a good workout once or twice a week for the first few weeks of school, but it was pretty limited to that.

so now we come to today...as thin as i am, i am really not all that healthy. so, since the beginning of 2012, i've been really trying to motivate myself to do better in this area. it's difficult to be my own trainer in this, because, again, i have never really had an opportunity or a reason to work out. the first bit of the year, i tried, but i would have a few solid days, and then several days in which i did nothing. so now since i am posting this, i will be trying to hold myself more accountable. so, i sat down and wrote out a plan:

Monday: up @ 5:45...15-20 minutes of yoga
Tuesday: up @ 7:30...15-20 minutes of yoga; 30 minutes of pilates; run between classes (and hopefully shower in a friend's room)
Wednesday: up @ 8:00...15-20 minutes of yoga; 30 minutes of pilates; run after class
Thursday: up @ 7:30...15-20 minutes of yoga; 30 minutes of pilates; run after class
Friday: up @ 6:00...15-20 minutes of yoga; 30 minutes of pilates; short run after class
Saturday: up 3 hours before shift starts (i usually work at 11)...15-20 minutes of yoga; run before work
Sunday: up @7:30...yoga; possibly run after church

so...now i'm going to stick to this. it's not anything ridiculous, but it's more than i've ever done. so hopefully with the support of my boyfriend (hint, hint), i can do this.

also, i am planning on changing a few things in my diet by adding these things more frequently:

grapefruit...expensive, but so worth it

don't like these AT ALL, but i think i
can tolerate them.

don't like these either...i've never
actually eaten one, but i'm considering
adding them to breakfast

LOVE this, and i definitely think that
it's something else that i would be willing
to spend money on

green tea. love it. i should drink it more

i've been eating this a lot lately,
especially now that it's lent. but some
fresh fruit on a bowl of this every day... 

so that's all folks...bailey's attempts at being healthier and getting my life more in my control...