Brad and I agreed over the weekend that starting today that we'd try to start some healthier habits. All the health problems in our families are getting to be a bit sobering, and we're trying not to fall into the trap of feeling like we're young and invincible. Spinning class has been great, and it's fun to be able to bike 20 or 30 miles at a time without too much trouble, but that doesn't seem to be enough to reverse the expanding of our midsections.

So, we're starting this couch-to-5K program. Got up early this morning and went for our first walk/jog. It was easier for me because I used to run and I still do jog occasionally just to keep up the ability - I ran a 5K last spring so I at least know it's physically possible. We're hoping to run in some kind of organized 5K event after we're done with the two month program, just to have something concrete to work towards.

We're also trying to curtail our worst eating habits. So I'm going to stop eating junk food all day long at work and he's going to give up his iced mocha/peanut butter cookie habit.

Nothing like publicly announcing something to create a sense of accountability!