Day 4: April 3rd

Wooo! Four days straight of starting off with the 30 day yoga challenge! It’s always quite fun. For some reason my 1-year-old son loves when I do yoga and he thinks its time to climb all over me. Apparently when I do yoga he think I am his personal jungle gym. It cracks me up every time, though. He is so funny. He also helps to keep me going and trying to be healthy. He is so active and has so much energy. I want to be able to keep up with him, so I do this in part for him and my future children. After I took Spencer to work, the little guy and I went to the park and we went on a nice walk around the park. And then we played for a little while. It makes me so happy to be active and play with my son. We have so much fun together when we do.

A large part of being healthy is not just being active and exercising, but what you eat is soooo important! You can’t just eat whatever you want and then exercise to work it off. That’s not totally how it works. You need vitamins and minerals that good, healthy food gives your body. And putting in excess sugar and highly processed foods is going to negatively effect your body and your health. I am going to be perfectly honest and say that this is something I sometimes struggle with. I love sweets. I love things high in fat-mashed potatoes with sour cream, cheese, and milk. Mmmm. But it’s horrible. And I know I need to be better. So I have to say how proud I am of what I ordered when we ate out for dinner.

We went to Cracker Barrel, which I love. But I usually order something fried, mashed potatoes or fries, or other unhealthy things. But when we went this time, I exercised self control and ordered something different. I was ecstatic to find that they actually had a low-calorie menu with healthy side options. So I ordered a baked chicken meal instead of fried chicken. It came with steamed broccoli, and for the other side I ordered green beans. It was actually soooo delicious! I added a little bit of salt to the vegetables because they were slightly bland, but with the little salt I added I was perfectly happy eating those. I thoroughly enjoyed my meal and was reminded that good food can still be delicious.

So if you’re looking for another way to get slowly healthy, try adding a vegetable in to your meal. It’s those little things that will help you to feel better!