Confession

I'd like to start by asking, what sort of health and fitness blog would this be if I had a relapse, a failure of sorts - and lied to you about it?

"There is no failure except in no longer trying." - Elbert Hubbard
"It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success." - Havelock Ellis

I am not giving up, nor did I give up... just slipped. I tend to do that when I've been sick. I can't eat a thing when I am ill. I starve myself unintentionally. Then, I binge once I'm feeling well again. My routine of going to the gym is shot to hell with 2 weeks of sickness. I'll find my way again.

One thing I am really, really struggling with during this economic barf fest we're having - is how to eat healthy, organic, nutritious food on a shoe string. Is it my fault that a box of pasta is not only cheaper, but lasts a lot longer than a bundle of new potatoes and free range chicken? I really haven't mastered the art of eating well on a BEYOND tight budget. The "health foods" that I enjoy eating are, lets not fool ourselves, much pricier.
I welcome other bloggers to help me with this and share opinions and ideas.
Perhaps the art is in eating different things, quinoa, lentils, not pasta. Grilled white fish, tuna, tofu - not chicken. Veggies are cheap. Yes... bloggers... help!

The other small matter I am facing, is my personal life is something of a stress-case right now, and I am comforting myself with food. Bad food. I had a really good long shower last night and WASHED the lazy off of me. (I'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair - cept, I washed the lazy right outta my bones) and I am going to force myself to get to the gym. I've proved it to myself time and time again that I feel like a million bucks when I'm active and like a million UPchucks when I'm not. It's like night and day. I guess in writing this I am regaining my accountability to the blog world, but also creating a positive affirmation for myself of things I already know. Sometimes writing it helps.

When I begin p90x I will be taking a photo once a week. There will be no hiding.

I also appologize for no asana last week, so I will make it up to you this week.

I'm truly back now. I promise.

xoxo