Healthy Living in 2011!

So this year, I'm not really setting "resolutions", but rather committing to make lifestyle changes!  One of the biggest is my health! For Christmas, my family and I gather around at my grandparent's and indulge on ANY and EVERY food possible, for tradition's sake. lol. Oftentimes, we would sit around the table and before I knew it, I had had 3 separate meals within an hour lol.

LOL that shrimp was good! Look at the lady looking at me! lol
It opened my eyes and showed me that I am a social eater. I eat for the sake of camaraderie. When I come home from college, the best way for me to catch up with friends is around the table at IHOP, Ruby Tuesday's, Fridays, Chipotle, etc. After catching up with my friends, I've probably eaten out 7 times... often in the same week. Whenever I want to get out of the house, I head out to a restaurant... it's the cheapest and easiest way to be social!

This, in addition to the realization that I have gained countless pounds in college and given up on the gym, is going to be my motivation for living healthier starting in 2011. Though I could stand to lose a few pounds, that's not really my focus.

I want to be more active physically, eat more nutritously, find other ways to be social outside of eating, cook for myself (my Dad does all the cooking and he FRIES EVERYTHING! lol), etc. So throughout this year *crosses fingers* you're going to see more content that follows me on this journey!

I'll most likely be vlogging about it mostly, but as I come across different resources that have helped me, I'll share them here! You can also click the tag "healthy living" on here and it'll show you all posts related to this challenge.

Here's a HORRIBLE pic of me my freshmen year (Spring 2008).
It was late night breakfast for exam week, so I was in my pjs lol

OH AND my goal is to accomplish this all WITHOUT a gym membership! Healthy living is something that so many people struggle with and everyone doesn't have money for the gym, or time to go to the gym, so I want to show that weight loss/nutritous eating/ etc. is possible without the gym!

#lehhgooooooooo (Did I type that right? Isn't that what the young kids are saying nowadays? LOL)