A clean refrigerator feels really good.
Like a sneeze, only better.
I just cleaned out my fridge (and I just sneezed). It wasn’t even that bad (the fridge), but I can’t deny that it looks and feels pretty amazing now that I’m done. Putting away groceries was an extremely pleasurable, mind blowing, out-of-body experience.
(ok, I admit it. I’m trying to make this post climactic.)
Sometimes eating better is more about what you don’t buy as compared to what you do buy. One trick to making healthier food choices more frequently is to simply stop buying unhealthy foods in first place. That might sound painfully obvious or maybe it feels absolutely impossible – but if you can manage to leave these foods at the store, it works like a charm for a few reasons:
1. It’s much easier to resist temptation at the grocery store.
Especially if you eat before you shop.
Once upon a time I was that girl who tried and tried to lose weight and never saw any real, lasting results. While I never had a huge amount of weight to lose, I did know I wanted to be slimmer than I was for what felt like the majority of my life.
The post-pregnancy weight was always a little scary but eventually came off after each pregnancy with the addition of some moderate exercise. Then in early 2008 when I found myself back at my post-pregnancy weight and I hadn’t just had a baby – I knew it was time to get serious.
For those of you following along, I read Born to Run a few weeks ago. This book was awesome and continues to have a strong influence on my running life as of late. Much of the book is about these ultra-marathoners who run this insane, 100 mile race through the Rocky Mountains in Leadville, Colorado. One of the runners featured in this story had the bright idea to do his training for the race on the actual course itself. And what do you know – he ended up setting a new course record that year.
Do you know what I think of that?
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