Time To Roto-Rooter The Arteries

As I've mentioned earlier, my diet is the type that would make a nutritionist cringe. And though I've dropped the baby weight and returned to my previous size, I can't help feeling that chicken gravy probably shouldn't accompany every single one of my meals.

So, as I sit here with this morning's breakfast of cold pizza in my tummy, I've decided it's time to make a change. It's time to clean out the ol' arteries.

Nothing too drastic, of course. I'm not going to completely eschew chicken and dumplings, spaghetti, or cheeseburgers and fries. I'm not crazy, for Pete's sake.

But I think I might try to eat a few more veggies, a little less gravy, and a lot less processed foods.

In addition, I have set an app on my phone that sends me reminders to exercise. (I've done this in the past, but never successfully stuck with it.) Every hour between 9AM-4PM during weekdays, I'll get a reminder that tells me to do pushups or crunches or squats or mountain climbers or whatever the exercise is planned for that day/hour. Mondays and Wednesdays are upper body days, Tuesdays and Fridays are lower body days, and Thursdays are for ab work. If that's the only type of exercise I can squeeze into my Mom Schedule, at least it's better than nothing.

Besides, body weight exercises can really sculpt a fantastic body. And if you don't think so, just check out the Adonis who wrote You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises. Smokin'.