It's likely that I've said this before, but what the hell, I'll say it again...I'm gonna use this blog to kinda help keep me on track in regards to my fitness/health and such. I'm moving in a few weeks and I would really like to get back into a routine and all. I realize that after I move things might get thrown off a bit for a while, especially when school/externship/work starts up, but at least if I make the initial changes towards the routine I want to get into now it will not be like an extra stressor when all that kinda unloads on me.

Having said that...in addition to this whole getting back on the fitness wagon I really want to focus on sticking to a financial budget this upcoming year as well. I still have some good savings to get me through the year, but I would really like to have a little bit of money left over at the end of the year (May 2010), just in case I don't get hired right away, and so that I don't start my career with a negative balance bank account (which in reality I will because I will have loans to repay, but those don't kick in for several months post graduation). I wish I had been more thoughtful on this issue earlier on; not that I have spent frivolously ever really (granted I think we all have our moments or our impulsive purchases here and there), but I could certainly have lived more frugally. How does that play into the fitness blog tho? Well basically, I want to think about making a "menu" for my weeks in advance so that I can buy the groceries and I need and use the foods in my fridge and pantry rather than just throwing whatever is fast or easy together at night or in my bag for lunch. This year I spent a lot of money and calories for that matter in restaurants and while I still will allot some money and calories aside for eating out on occasion, I think at 23years old it would be a good time to broaden my cooking skills and cook more diverse meals and such. Now that I will have an actual kitchen with counter space that is certainly going to be easier and I think I will likely enjoy cooking (and the resulting eating).

But enough blabbing, I think I'll start this up tomorrow.