Weekend hiking to kick off better living!

Last week, Marek and I were out of the house almost every night, between hanging out with friends and going out to eat (and not even going out to eat at healthy places - we treated ourselves to Red Robin and Chick-Fil-A's new Spicy Chicken sandwich), so we committed ourselves to taking Claudius on a hike on Saturday.

Saturday ended up being really, really humid, and we finally got on our way in the early afternoon and completed a 5 mile-loop of the Blue Hills. Marek uses a Garmin GPS (for hiking) to track a lot of details about the hike, and here's a map of our hike below.

It was a lot of fun - a lot of ups and downs, but Claudius really seemed to enjoy it. We took a break about halfway through to refuel (pretzels and water for us, and chewy meat snacks and water for Claud). On our way back, it started to rain a little, but luckily we were under the trees for most of the hike, so we made it back safely. Here's me and the little guy during the hike.

This weekend also kicked off our plan to get back on track, eating wise (and for me, life wise!). Life's been really lazy since I graduated, but I'm determined to start being better about a lot of different things, especially eating. We went out this weekend and restocked the fridge with lots of fresh, healthy food, and I'm going back on this eating plan that a dietitian I met with put together for me. I'm making a serious return to running, and am vowing to use my time more wisely.

Lately I've been feeling really scatterbrained and on top of that, super unmotivated. After dinner, I usually just want to go to bed. I don't watch too much TV, and am frequently bored after dinner, so going to bed is just the easiest solution. But I have a huge to-do list (product of being in school for 2.5 years!), and I should be working on that instead of sleeping.

So this week is the start of it all! We'll be starting slow, and hopefully making a lot of positive changes!