So, just in keeping with the second part of my resolution, which was to make healthier eating choices this year and restore my exercise program, here is an excerpt from Marylin Smith's blog 'the Healthy Plate'. I stumbled upon it this morning on yahoo and the refreshing thing about it is it's good old fashioned common sense, doled out in small steps. No miracle cures, or crazy birdseed diets. Her approach is to give you one thing to ADD to your lifestyle each month throughout the year, instead of taking away. So, for the month of January, if you're interested in being nicer to your body this year:

"This month all I want you to do is to add one more serving of fruit and one more serving of vegetables to your diet every day. That's it. That's all you do for the next month.
A serving of fruit is one medium-sized fruit, ½ cup (125 mL) cooked or canned fruit or ¼ cup (60 mL) dried fruit. Notice there is no mention of juice. You're probably drinking way too much juice anyway and I want you to eat the fruit not drink it. You only need ½ cup (125 mL) of juice a day which is a ton less than what most people are drinking. And when I say juice I mean 100 per cent juice. The real thing; not a fruit beverage, not a fruit cocktail, not a fruit drink. So eat more fruit, don't drink more fruit.
A serving of vegetables is ½ cup (125 mL) cooked or raw veggies or 1 cup (250 mL) of salad or leafy greens like spinach. Try to pick really deeply coloured fruits and veggies. Wash them well and eat the peel if possible. Of course that doesn't mean the orange rind, banana peel, onion skin, the list goes on. But apple peel, potato, peel, sweet potato peel, carrot, you get the idea, are all good. "

Yay, I can do this!! :)
S