  Batty's Slow Trek Towards Optimal Health Ever since my upsetting BMI diagnosis, I've made several changes in my life. 1. I'm eating more fruits and vegetables. Trader Joe's has made this transition a helluva lot easier by supplying interesting salads, 4-packs of white nectarines, and snack packs of celery sticks that come with a small pot of peanut butter.
A warning though: don't get their curried chicken salad because the curry has RAISINS in it. BLEAh!!! Though TJ's makes vegetables fun, it's still a chore to eat them because I'd rather feed veggies to rabbits or horses. Or I'd rather dangle them from a stick to propel my pack mule. 2. I'm drinking more water. This sucks sucks sucks. Drinking a lot when it's cold outside is really hard. It doesn't cool or rehydrate me because there is no sun interplay. In hot weather I chuzzle water like a maniac but when it's freezing outside in the cold cold summer, I'd rather be drinking other things, like spiked cocoa.
3. I walk during my lunchtime. I don my pink Roos and trek to IKEA and back. Though this isn't a rigorous exercise, I think it's better than no exercise at all, which I actually prefer. XX says the secret to exercise is finding an activity that you like. You know what activities I like? Eating, sleeping, and sitting on my ass. I also like to take baths and read magazines. I also really like to play Taboo. 4. Smaller portions. I eat less now. Before I'd eat a lot because I really enjoy the taste of food and the act of eating itself.
I like to taste and chew and savor and swallow. I like the alchemy of cooking, the appetizing incarnations of food, and the aromas and textures involved. Eating is a pleasurable experience for me. But now, I've kind of lost my joie de eating because the repercussions of it hang on me like an albatross. An albatross around my mid-section. 
