My other passion right now..

I think I mentioned I would be blogging about things that didn't have anything to do with photography. I was wrong. I had to think about how I wanted to take this picture of the Agave Nectar that I got in the mail today. Then I had to change my ISO setting so I wouldn't have to use a flash. I think it turned out okay. See? It kinda does pertain to photography...and taking care of myself. So I can continue to take pictures and blog about them.

I am on this kick lately. Well, I hope it's not just a "kick". I hope I stick with this for the rest of my life.

I was really good about going to the gym until about 7 months ago. I don't know what happened...call it laziness, or maybe I got a little burned out...I don't know. What I do know is that I gained a ridiculous amount of weight during the last 7 months. I can't fit into any of my clothes. I feel fat. I'm disgusted with myself. How did I let it get to this point? I needed to do something about it.

I started going back to the gym. I bought a bike. I had images of myself riding that bike all over the place. Ummm, yeah...the traffic is pretty bad around here and it makes me very nervous to ride on the busy roads. So I haven't been on too many rides. It's okay though because I am going to the gym.

Going to the gym is not enough though. I need to eat better too. So I ordered some new cookbooks. One of them is a about eating natural. I absolutely love it! However, I live on a small military base in Japan. The commissary does not carry over half of the ingredients in the cookbook. So I started searching online for these ingredients. I couldn't find everything at one site so I had to order from three different sites. A little frustrating, but I am glad I found some sites that would ship to an FPO address.

I'm sure you're wondering what's up with the Agave Nectar. Well, one of my concerns is with white sugar. I have been trying to cut it out of my diet completely, but it's so hard when a lot of packaged food items contain sugar in some form. I researched online and found that Agave Nectar is a great natural sugar that can be used in place of white sugar. And it's better for you! I'm finding that I am going to have to bake a lot of my own muffins and breads if I want to avoid white sugars completely. I am also going to have to make my own granola. I needed the Agave Nectar though so I ordered some and have been anxiously awaiting its arrival. I was SO happy when I got the box! I can't wait to do some baking with it this weekend!!