Establishing a habit and dehydrated fruit!

After my two days of failure to do anything healthy, I vowed Sunday after I worked 8 hours and went to a cookout that I would get some exercise before bed.

I was able to do this, though exhausted, I did about 15 minutes of crunches and pushups before I crawled into bed. It wasn't the half hour of exercise I was hoping for, but it's better than nothing at all, and Monday and Tuesday were about the same amount.

What matters most to me is not having a zero day, and establishing a pattern. I'm working on not exercising right before bed, because that means I'm already tired and less determined to get a good workout.

As this habit is established, I'm hoping to increase the time I spend on it from 15 to 30 minutes, maybe more depending on the stress I need to work off or how energized I am that day.Going longer than planned is certainly not a bad thing.

Yesterday I went for a hike after a job interview, it took me about an hour and it was a good climb, only 2.8 miles but enough to leave me winded.

Mule deer

The town below was my starting point. I got a bit higher than this

Now onto the subject of food. I have a dehydrator, and it's perfect for me because I love chewy foods!

So when I pack for lunch, I often include both fresh fruit, and dehydrated fruit!

Mmmm, Fresh fruit!

For those of you who have a dehydrator, I've found that the best fruit leather is applesauce!

Just slather it on a fruit leather tray, get it as flat and even as you can, and let it go for about 6-8 hours.

Plain old applesauce!

I also love using peach or strawberry applesauce!

There are lots of good fruits to dehydrate, my personal favorites being bananas, kiwi, mango and strawberries! 

We eat a lot of banana chips, and they get their own jar. Since I moved into my house in July, the jar has never been empty. Here I am below with the very nearly empty jar.

Yes, I took a sad selfie with a banana chip jar. See how much I care.