The past couple of weeks, sticking to my plans for healthy living has felt kind of like having your underwear on backwards – slightly uncomfortable, a little restrictive, and just not quite right.  I’ve been doing fairly well (not counting my entire week without exercise), but something just has been a little off.  Even though I haven’t really been unhealthy in my eating, I was just was starting to feel a little behind – a little like I wasn’t at the top of my game.

And then I realized early this week, I’ve been bored.  Bored…as…hell…  Bored with the treadmill, bored with my packed lunches, bored with my typical breakfast of cereal, bored with the whole…damn…thing…  When I got started with healthy eating, I really needed to be very simplistic so that I didn’t have to put too much thought into my meals.  I knew if I counted calories or food groups, I’d feel overwhelmed, so I just found options that worked for breakfast and lunch, and I ate them.  Everyday.

Breakfast was a bowl of cereal with half of a banana and skim milk.  Lunch was » Read more: Variety: Spice of Life, and Key to Healthy Living