Time to eat healthy now

   After 4 weeks of consistent exercise, I am ready to take the next step. I took a hard look at my eating habits, and it was not a pretty sight. I have always been pretty active and up until the last couple of years, I could lose weight fairly easy. I have never been thin, but I would like to think that I have been considered a "healthy weight" most of my life. I, however, have never been a very healthy eater. I eat my fruits and vegetables, but I am an admitted cookie and candy junkie. I do keep moving up 10 pounds for every decade of life even while running for most of the last 8 years. I have never been one to shy away from telling anyone who wanted to know my age and my weight. I am 46 years old and with slight trepidation, I will tell all of you that as of last Monday, I weigh 150 pounds. After last weekend, I stepped on the scale and was surprised to see that I had gained 4 pounds over the weekend. I have not gotten weighed since and have tried not to make numerous excuses for this big weight gain. I have always been an avid reader of fitness and health magazine, so I can't really say that I am surprised. Did you know that 10 M&M's is approximately 45 calories? I have been known to eat 20-30 times that amount in an afternoon. It is, however, my favorite candy!
    I took a hard look at my diet and have made some changes. I stayed around 1400 calories today, which based on the rumbling in my stomach is considerably lower that my usual caloric amount. I will try to eat more of my calories from fruits, vegetables and proteins and less from candy, cookies and carbs. It is a healthy eating plan that I have used throughout the years. I do not see it as being on a diet since I would like to make some permanent changes to the way that I eat. My cholesterol, blood pressure and sugar is still good at my physicals, but I would like to keep it that way. So now in addition to blogging about my running, which by the way, is going great; I will also write about my eating. I ran 6 miles last week and walked 1 mile. I always begin my new week on Sunday, and I would like to say that I ran 3 miles today! It was hard, and I wanted to stop after the first 2, but I did it and feel proud of myself. Off to read my "Runner's" magazine.