Fresh Start

I am working on a 30 day Fitness Challenge, but the holiday season is the busiest time of year, so it didn't come together in nice neat fashion.

That is ok, because I think with health and fitness -- it isn't about starting on January 1st and having a perfect year -- it is about making choices that you are happy with.

I have lots of ideas about what would make me happy in 2011. Treating each day as a fresh start in a calm relaxed way. Paying attention to the details without feeling hyper critical.

For breakfast this morning I had a cup of coffee with whole milk. I had homemade carrot and celery juice that Eric made on our lovely new juicer. I had bacon, scrambled eggs with peas and half a slice of whole wheat toast. I could go though my meal with a red pen like a school teacher. Cross out the toast, bacon, eggs, add more veggies replace the milk with soy milk... but really - it was lovely and even though bacon isn't at all on my good foods to eat for health list -- I do love the way it tastes, so I will eat it from time to time.

A fresh start doesn't need to happen in the form of a "perfect day". It can be about slowing down and making choices that you are happy with. The happiness can come from eating vegetables that are loaded with nutrients, or from something that just tastes great. This year's fresh start is about finding balance between both good things; becoming healthier and stronger and happier in little ways, every day.