Okay. I know I haven't blogged in way too long, so here goes my attempt to update you all. School is back in session, and I love all of my classes so far. I have Human Biology, Nutrition, Wellness, Physical Geography, Global Environment, and Urban Geography. Really, with the exception of Urban Geography, they are all connected to the path I seem to be on - a quest for inner peace, well-being, and an attempt to quench my thirst for knowledge about being healthy.

Let me explain.

My global environment class is helping me focus on the little (and big!) changes I need to make to be more environmentally conscious. I have wanted to "go green" for a long time but giving up some conveniences is hard (*hem *hem bottled water...). Physical Geography is helping with this too!

Human Biology is cool because right now we are learning about "functional foods," or foods that you eat for a specific reason - many supplements are included in this, like energy drinks and multivitamins.

Nutrition and Wellness are probably the most obvious ones related to my goals. I am taking Wellness unofficially because I took it my freshmen year and do not remember the supposed "fundamentals" of living healthy that we learned. So far, we've just been adjusting to school returning, but the focus of the class is on stress management, a topic I can never seem to conquer easily.

As for Nutrition, I will be teaching the class in October about Nutrition and Fitness, so I definitely have to keep on top of the material for this class. I think it would be really cool to try out all of the principles we learn and see how they really apply to my life.

Now that I've covered the main part of my days...

Fitness - I really hate counting regular physical movement as a workout, but if I did (major cleaning including scrubbing floors and bathrooms; walking the mile to campus; and breaking a sweat in the dishroom at work) I would be rocking it right now.

Now that my gym membership is completely free again, I have have HAVE to get back in the swing of things. I am planning on meeting with Tyler on Tuesday, so hopefully he doesn't kick my butt too bad!

Where is my motivation?

Food. *sigh* What an interesting tale...

I have been half-assing it, to be quite honest. Part of the time I'm totally righteous and downing salad, water, and fruit like they're going out of style. A few nights ago I ate a whole container of cookies. It was the first time I had them in the house in months, and not that that makes it any healthier, but it certainly serves as an adequate reminder of why I kept them out in the first place.

I went food shopping this week and have fallen into a funk of buying pre-packaged foods, including frozen meals, shredded cheese, and even junk food. Being so busy again for the semester has made me value my time even more - and in the kitchen that has lead to poor decisions.

Until I started writing this post, I didn't really have a plan. I don't know that I do now. But I do know that I have a plan of what I am NOT going to do. I'm not going to keep this nonchalant, devil-may-care attitude about the calories, nutrients (or lack there-of), and additives that I put in my body. I am not going to skip working out most days of the week. And I am not buying those damn cookies again.

Until next time, thanks for reading ;-)