Whew! Made it (through the year)!

I've been eating too much, and too much junk, in the past two weeks. That's due, in part, to the end-of-the-year stress and exhaustion. Moreover, it has to do with recent revelations about loving myself and my body. Because I've been so focused on liking the way I am, I haven't been trying to change myself at all, including my health. That's a slight problem, because I'm not in the best of shape and my cholesterol is pretty much through the roof. Eating all these "bad" things has led to me being more lethargic than I was while I was forcing myself to eat "better" earlier this spring.


I think I need to work on my eating habits and overall fitness. That'll be easier for the next two weeks, because I'm living at home. No cafeteria food, no donuts and coffee, and I have a treadmill right downstairs. But sadly, easier doesn't mean easy. Oh well, it's worth paying attention to for at least two weeks. (I'm leaving for Europe in 12 days, by the way!!)

In order to work on being healthier, while continuing to try not to beat myself up too much about things, I'm keeping track of what I'm eating online, and I'm going to try to get in a little bit of exercise each day (even if that's only a ten-minute walk). In fact, today I did exactly that: walking a little over half a mile in 10 minutes on the treadmill. I wanted to go further, but my allergies are giving me a nasty headache...

I made it through my freshman year of college. Sure, I spent the entire first semester fighting an illness. And spent part of the second semester dealing with the repercussions of that illness, things like insomnia and being too dependent on my boyfriend. It's still a little melancholy to see it end, though.

Aside from that, I'm spending most of my time and energy getting ready to go abroad for a couple of months...it's exciting and exhilarating and nerve-wracking. I think it'll be really, really good for me, though.