Food Fridays!

So I have been starting to workout more since the New Year and have implemented new strategies to prevent me from treading back to my old habits/excuses of being to busy to exercise or care about my health.

One of the ways I found to help me stay fit and continue exercising was to join in on workout classes. The University of Iowa recently completed a brand new rec. center, called the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center (CRWC). The classes are free, and you sign-up for them a few minutes before they start, which makes it a first come first serve type of system. I have really enjoyed the workout classes, even if I am one of the few men in the classes. They work my butt off and I feel great afterwards, so what's not to love!

Second, I made an appointment with the Wellness Center staff for a nutrition consultation. I have never liked milk much and really only have it with cereal or desserts, and was worried about calcium intake and just overall nutrition. The best part is that this is another FREE service offered to full-time students at Iowa. I had my consult yesterday and am headed to the grocery store tonight with some great new ideas and more knowledge about specific foods I can eat to boost my workouts and overall health. Plus, the consult was ironically with an alumnus of the MPH program, which made me feel even more at home and confident I had the best resources at my fingertips.

So if your struggling or just plain trying to figure out how to maintain a healthy new you, these are some of the ways and changes I've made and hopefully with help you out :) I mean everyone knows they need to workout and eat healthy, but how many of us actually maintain that attitude...

Ryan