The theme at Heads or Tails this week is “one” or “won.” I want to make ONE change to my lifestyle this week.

I occasionally dabble in eating healthy. I got a free book on eating fiber and I have made a few green smoothies in my lifetime. It’s hard, because one, fresh food never stays that way in my house for long. I’ll buy fruits and vegetables and then forget about them. Two, my husband is picky and anti-healthy. He wants red meat, greasy foods (everything fried with lots of butter), and white bread. The only salad he likes is Caesar. There is hope, as he does like broccoli and spinach (when fully cooked). He will buy whole-grain white but won’t eat the chunky wheat bread that I like.

My problem is that I lose focus too easily. I need to make one small change at a time and stick to it. I usually go gung-ho on something then desert it after a week or two.

I was going to make exercise the change this week. I won in the marriage department because my awesome hubby modified one of the Dance Dance Revolution pads to be more sturdy. The soft home pads slide around while dancing and sometimes lose response. DH cut up old closet doors and used duct tape, rug tape, and a plastic roll of something he got from Walmart (not sure what it’s called). It’s now easier to use and more like the arcade version. Of course, one advantage of the home version is that the sliding makes you work harder, so when you go to the arcade and play the real thing, you dance like a pro. That is no longer relevant, as I don’t frequent arcades anymore.

I want to utilize DDR for an indoor exercise option. We bought me a bike several weeks ago, but then found it’s not as easy as we thought it’d be to fix DH’s bike. We are still waiting until the local bike store has the necessary part in stock. There is a pool in our apartment complex, but it’s too cold for that, so DDR will have to do. There is a workout mode even.

However, I’m sick and DH is fighting sickness, so I think this week, our one change this week will be in the eating more greens category, which is most easily accomplished with green smoothies. If you can consider having to clean the blender every day easy. At least all parts are dishwasher safe.

The first step towards green smoothies, though, is getting to the store and buying fresh spinach and anything else we might want in our smoothies. Being sick, that doesn’t sound too exciting right now. I am going to be dragging myself to class tonight, so I can drag myself to the store tomorrow, right? Especially when it’s for a good cause (getting better) as opposed to class (review night – booooring).

Here’s to healthy living!

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