March Madness

This year, I have a different kind of March Madness.  I’ve always been a big believer in “Don’t Start Something You Will Eventually Have to Quit.”  It’s why I don’t smoke and why I avoid forming new bad habits, because based on my nail biting situation.

Simply, I suck at quitting.

Granted, with the help of my friend Amanda (a former nail biter herself), I have made much better progress than in the past.  So I’ve stayed away from smoking, knocking over old people, and other things I’ve heard are terribly addictive, but I’ve noticed that’s not where my problem is.  My problem is a little more complicated.  It’s food.  More specifically. . . it’s these guys:

And let’s not forget my favorite. The ones I spend all Sunday with. . .

These are great foods to have in small doses, but as regular fixtures in my diet… not quite.   My sister was the one who pointed out to me the fact she was feeling unhealthy, our family’s serious medical history, and the forming of bad habits. I’m already stuck in a lot of my food habits, but since I am only in my twenties, it’s the perfect time to change the way I eat. So, sis and I are going to be doing a balanced-eating circle detox for the next twenty one days.

I will be foregoing my beloved breads, cheeses, and potatoes, the sugars, the caffiene, the eating out, the butter– oh the butter! – for three weeks and opt for eating lean proteins, healthy fats, high fiber foods and non-starchy veggies. They’re not the foods I generally reach for immediately, but I’m psyched. It’s a challenge, I’ll get to play with ingredients I’m not used to and I’m excited to do something with my sister since we live 2,700+ miles apart.

I can’t wait to show everyone the triumphs and disasters that come out of this “Project Healthy.”  Maybe I will find it in me to blog every day, but I definitely hope to post a handful of new recipes from it.