Swimming Pretty in the Glass-Half-Full 2012: Day 12 - So healthy I am glowing

Well not exactly but that would be really cool right?


No, what I am in fact is thrilled that I am finally back on a dedicated exercise and healthy eating regimen. It's taken months to get back into the swing but even though I loved Christmas and New Year, the excess consumption finally motivated me to get back to low calorie eating (with a few exceptions like tomorrow's night's pizza and wine with the boys, and Saturday's Yum Cha for Tracy's birthday) and proper exercise.


While I didn't exercise today thanks to sleeping in this morning and some shopping at JB Hi-Fi World Square tonight - where I got the awesomely healthy and yummy salads in the picture - I had swum on Sunday and Tuesday, and power walked Monday and Wednesday nights with my friend Waz around Sydney park (just under 6km each time). The plan is to swim at least once on the weekend and then get back to walking EVERY week day morning from here on in. 

Pumpkin and couscous salad at the top, pumpkin and chickpeas in the middle and Persian Rice (wild rice + almonds + sultanas) at the bottom)

I love how I feel when I am toned and in shape. I feel far better and power through life with much more enthusiasm than if I eat crap and sit around. Admittedly I love junk food so giving it up isn't easy - especially with a pantry still full of chocolate etc - but definitely worth it. Besides, if you do without something most of the time, you appreciate it all the more when you do have it.