I decided that I didn't like the old name of this blog. ' Dirt road to health' just wasn' t right. It didn't FEEL right.

I have been having a lot of trouble getting here and keeping updated. Part of was due to the fact that I was screwing up majorly with my eating and exercise habits, and part of it was due to the fact that my kids or hubby were always over my shoulder asking what I was doing, what I was writing, and when could they have a turn on the computer. So I've solved the last part by buying myself a laptop and now the rest of the family can have computer time whenever while I can be here updating.

As for the first part, I have seen that Lori over at ' Finding Radiance ' has given herself a 12 day challenge to eat clean and be disciplined. So I was thinking that I would try the same thing. Fruit guy is back now for the season and I have no trouble staying away from the junk foods when there is lots of fruit in the house. So I will start there. I lost 30 lbs last spring/summer when I incorperated lots of fruits and vegs into my diet.

My other biggest problem is that I have been having an extreme amount of trouble getting back into an exercise routine since my mother past away at christmas time. But I went out last weekend and bought a new pair of Mizuno running shoes and a pair of Vibram 5 fingers. Now I need to get out and start running again as I feel very GUILTY spending that much money on shoes that don't get used!

So tomorrow morning I will start day 1 of my own challenge (hubby is taking me out on a date tonight and movie popcorn is a DEFINATE must!). It will be a 7 day challenge so it is not so overwhelming at first, then I will re-evalute and make a new challenge.

Goal 1 will be to eliminate the junk and replace it with healthy fruits
Goal 2 will be to re-start running using the C25K running plan.
Goal 3 will be to get here each day to update and keep myself accountable.

See you guys tomorrow!

I have gained 5 lbs. Serves me right though as I have been eating total crap; chips, pop, lots of creme eggs. I really need to tighten the reigns and get ahold of my eating. Plus I need to find some motivation again to get back to my exercise routine. My girls and I really want to get back to the rollerblading but, there is still too much snow on the sidewalks and sand on the roads. All that would succeed in doing is wreck my rollerblades.

I did eat better most of the day; until dinner. We had burgers. And they were so darn good that I had 3. Yes, 3 darn burgers. Then I proceded to head to the store for some mini-eggs. Oh those cadbury easter treats. The down-fall of me!

As for the exercise, it doesn't help that I am sitting on my ass for most of the day and evening trying to learn how to design websites. Andthe time gets past me until it's too late to go do something for exercise. Like right now. What am I doing? Blogging! Sitting on my arse! With a 3 burger full belly!

Well, no luck for me for winning the Pure Bar contest. I guess I will have to try to track them down around here to give them a try.

Going to work this week on getting back to healthy eating, mostly primal if I can. Short on groceries again so that makes it tough. I will check out The Last Straw blog later to see if there are any new challenges that I can join and hopefully manage to do. I still need to take the time to do the aerobic videos she has there for not winning at last weeks challenge. He he..So for dinner tonight I will make some chicken to have with some carrots and see what I have for salad fixings. Then later this evening, get on my treadmill and at least have a nice long walk. I swear I can feel my butt expanding without any exercise!!