Mark Vs. Mark

2 new critics at my place. Yep.

So I haven't written a post in this blog in about a year.  I'd say it safely mirrors the amount of time in which I haven't thought about this sort of stuff, and that has had consequences for me.  I've put weight back on and slid right back into poor dietary habits, and less exercise.  The time has come for a redirection of things and to get back on track.

I'm planning to cut all the bad habits right off again as I did last time, and in fact, I am re-reading my own blog going.. yeah, I'm bad again, time to take my own advice.  For health, comfort, and emotional reasons I need to shed weight again and use the good tools I learned before to do it.

It's also taught me that I wasn't quite as changed as I thought.  It's a lifelong commitment to become healthier and when life got harder, I went back to the comforts of sitting at home, eating too many snacks, going out to eat vs. cooking, etc.

I think new year resolutions are gimmicky but it is a good time of year to get a clean start on things.

My near-future plans:

• Get some new walking shoes, and new walking-compatible work shoes
• Toss the existing snack food at home
• Budget, eat out rarely, cook more
• Make this a priority, not a "I should do this.."

Fact is I am very healthy apart from the number on my scale, but to stay that way that number and the physical fitness I will develop reducing it are important.

Nothing is certain in life but I know I FELT so much better when I was on the right track.

I doubt anyone is reading this any more and I likely won't push it to people but I am going to write here now and then to keep myself honest and we'll see.

If you DO read this, leave a comment and let me know.

Bye, all. ;)