The Good, the Bad, and the Challenge

So I'm off to a slow start on blogging and here's an update on how things have gone so far.

The Good: I survived a birthday trip to the theme park without gaining weight, joined the YMCA, took a long walk on the beach with my wife and went golfing last week. In about half of my meals when eating out I'm making healthy choices. We opted for state parks passes on our vehicles when we renewed our plates, so there are a few places nearby we could explore for free to keep active.

The Bad: I've only used the gym once. I got some inexpensive gym shoes, a radio tuner so I can actually hear the TVs, and I've spent all of 20 minutes inside the gym since joining 21 days ago. I also got some ear plugs for the pool and I know we need to go to get our money's worth and be healthy. It's probably the wrong time of day to get on a scale but it's about four pounds higher than the last time I checked (259). Need to check in the morning. I'm also not eating enough fruits and vegetables and I'm often choosing french fries, chips (baked if I can), and chocolate as food choices.

The Challenge: I want to eat a different type of fruit every day during the month of July. It sounds fun to me and a bit challenging to go find different fruits to try. It's quite possible just from what's available in the local supermarket if I'm technical about what qualifies as a fruit botanically (tomatoes and cucumbers for example). And frankly if I have to decide between a lemon and durian I'm going to pick durian every day of the week. This would be easier when I go to Thailand next month, and I might have another go at it in August, but I don't want to wait to try this.

So for now my goal is to go to the gym tomorrow (which begins in two minutes) and to start planning my food challenge.