Eating is hard...

No, I'm not talking about an eating disorder. What I'm referring to, is eating healthy is difficult, especially when you're working and all you want to do when you come home is vegetate. This has got to be the hardest, most challenging obstacle I've encountered in the "real world." Sure, I have time and the money to make something nutritious and yummy, but I don't have the motivation. My roommates, all three who are grad students at GWU, can relate to this. My previous roommate was the same way. All we wanted to do, is come home and relax. However, I have realized that eating right is important, not just for providing energy, but for the long run too. Thus, every time I go out I wander around my local grocery store, and buy something healthy. It's easy for me to eat fruit (and do I love eating fruit), but for some reason it's very difficult for me to eat any veggies. Maybe that's because I don't know how to properly cook them, and being as it's winter I don't really want to eat cold food. Thus, I am stuck between two evils. Recently, I've been eating cold veggies, as I figured that this is better than nothing.

For some odd reason, buying veggies and fruit is really expensive at my local grocery store. I have to go to a Trader Joe's near my work to buy cheap veggies and fruit (69 cents for one apple, and $1.99 for a big bag of spinach. Totally worth it). But, that also requires effort as I have to walk through the cold, and for some odd reason DC is really, really cold (this coming from a New Yorker, and someone who graduated from a college in Pennsylvania). However, in my quest to eat healthier, and eat out less, I'm willing to put in the effort because I know in the long run, there will be positive returns.

What I'm trying to say here is, is that you should all try to eat healthy, or live a healthy lifestyle. I know it's hard with school/work, but try to do something healthy at least once a week. I don't work out, simply because I hate going to the gym and using equipment that are somewhat intimidating (and, using an elliptical is like running nowhere). So, instead I try to eat more veggies and fruit. I have to keep motivating and reminding myself why I'm doing this, but in the end it's totally worth it.