My inspirational roommate

My roommate, Kate Henderson, has been a very good role model in how she takes care of herself. She eats almost vegan and takes care of herself well by going to bed early. Consistently seeing her soy products in the fridge remind me that I don't need to always be stocked with ground beef and chicken to please my fiance. You see the struggle I have :) Anyways, she has taught me a lot about substituting healthier ingredients in everyday meals and being more disciplined about going to bed at a descent time and for this she is an inspiration.

REST* & Exercise Update:

REST* has been going well, the only thing I've been slacking on is my fruit and veggie intake cause I ran out of money for the month for food and didn't have a good stock of f/v for the month. Also, I've been exercising again! I've been running, hiking or walking at least 4x week for anywhere between 20 min-1 hr. And lastly, my mono/anemia  seem to be getting better! I started taking iron supplements and Ester-C (the most absorbable form of vitamin C) about 1 month ago and I think they've really helped. 

Someone who has been supportive

As I attempted to REST* more and live a healthier lifestyle my fiance has been super supportive by even changing his lifestyle habits so that it would make it easier for me to meet my goals. He's from the South and when we first meet he loved his fried, fatty, processed and simple carbs. He literally never used to eat fruit and only a few vegetables! Steak and potatoes kinda guy. Now he's been eating fish, fruits, vegetables and even wheat instead of white bread, haha Anyways, he's also tried to help me go to bed earlier by him also going to bed earlier so we can't hang out late. Lastly, we just decided that we're gonna run the LA Marathon together in May as a goal to get us exercising more. We're both two college athletes gone lazy so we're gonna try and get unlazy together again. He's also helped me learn to enjoy exercise/athletics more for the sheer act of doing it rather than just the benefits. He has encouraged me to not only to be healthy but has also made me a better person. Yes, this blog is entirely to sappy but to top it off you can check out our wedding website http://www.mywedding.com/thadandlaura

Update 3/10/09

I've been exercising more yay and feeling better, kicking that mono! Can't write anymore cause I'm studying for our midterm tomorrow.

Link to Websites with Useful Information

So I've been trying to give up sweets for lent although I've had sweets two days since then already ): However, I do feel like I have been eating healthier overall and sleeping more. I even went to Borders the other day and browsed the nutrition/healthy eating aisle and looked at a bunch of different books. After looking at vegan books, detox books, aryuveda books and raw food books I learned a lot about the benefits of eating more nutritiously and saw that I could take a little from each way of eating to create a customized healthy way of eating that I could actually keep up. I also bought a book on the healing power of herbs and plants. Below I've posted some links to website describing some of these diets and their benefits

Raw Food

Why Detox

Different Types of Detox

Vegan Site

Aryuvedic Diet