Monday, January 05, 2004

 

2003/The Year in Review:
Health and Fitness

(I just realized this whole "Year in Review" thing is going to be little more than a whiny summary of all the things I could have done better this year. . . but it's good to get off my chest, right? And now that it's all going to be documented, I'm commited to stop whining and do something about it. . .yeah, right)

I'm weak. I'm fat. I'm sluggish. My eating and exercising (or lack therof) habits have been poor. And it shows. My energy and enthusiasm have been lackluster at best.

The exercise thing will pick up when the weather warms up--I'll bike and walk more. Until then, I'll try to keep my twice weekly swimming dates with Linea.

Kara lent me a meditation video that's a lot of fun--it's got yoga and "body scannning" and all that. I'll practice the techniques whenever I feel stressed.

I'm going to try cooking more often, and try some of these raw vegan recipes I've discovered. I have all the kitchen gadgets I need: a Vita-Mix, a food dehydrator, super slicer/shredder and all the works, so I'll try to use them more. I'll make more batches of vegetable soup and insist that my sickly, coughing classmates eat, eat, eat it! You hear that guys? If you're sick, stay away from me unless you want to deal with the soup nazi!

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