Well, it’s that time of year again, where we all look to the next 12 months and decide what we want from the new year.

I want better fitness and health. Primarily losing weight and eating better foods and drinking less beer. All will be tough for me, but I know I can do it. I finished December with a total of 29.4 miles, 27.1 of them in December. I started the last week of November. Not great, but considering I have never run before it is great.

My goal is to run a 5K on or around my birthday in March and be down 15 pounds by then, which is a reasonable 5 pounds per month. 

I’m on week 3 of the C25K running program, with a goal of running a 5K around my birthday in March! Finally just had enough, well actually, too much, of my sedentary lifestyle. Got some great motivation from a true friend and we are working on shaping up together. I’ve run/walked 13 miles since November 28th! That is huge for me!

Also started drinking homemade fruit/juice smoothies to really up my intake of fruits and vegetables.  I made one this morning with;

• 3 clementine oranges
• 1 Fuji apple
• 1 banana
• 1 celery stalk
• 1 cup of spinach
• 1 cup of baby carrots
• 1 cup fruit yogurt
• ice/water

Does’t look great, but tastes pretty good and I’m excited about the good stuff I’m putting in my body.  Also cutting way back on beer intake!