So, clearly this did not work out as planned considering I haven't written in well over a year. It is now 2013. A brand new year to start fresh and figure out what habits I can actually stick to. I currently am doing pretty well with eating better. I don't necessarily eliminate anything from my diet other than processed foods as much as I can. Stephen (my boyfriend) and I have recently been shopping at Whole Foods grocery store instead of Food Lion or Harris Teeter. I've been loving the freshness of the food on top of the "realness" of it all. It almost gives the food an extra tasty quality! The one thing that I am sticking to in terms of what and how much I eat is that I will not log any of the food I eat or post numbers. To me, this is what gets people hung up on not accomplishing goals. They think to themselves, "I'm not at the weight I need to be" or "I can't eat that, it has 700 calories in it" or "I ate 2100 calories today when I should have eaten 1700". I don't want to go to bed every night obsessed about numbers, which I used to do a lot. Now I just portion out my food and eat healthier. It seems to be sticking! I also don't eat out as much as I used to and when I do I try to choose healthier options or take half home to eat later. The other thing that I have recently been doing is that I printed out an entire 2013 calendar with each month on a page. In each box I am keeping track of my headaches, when I take the medicine I have, and what I do for a workout each day. It is motivational for me to think that I need to fill each box with at least ONE thing! And when I don't workout/don't have time, like tonight, I put REST, but I stretched my body. I'm going to try my hardest to stick to this as much as I can and I think that if I do, I will reap so many healthy benefits in terms of my physical, mental, and emotional well-being.