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Wah

What do you consider a healthy lifestyle? Good diet, exercise and plenty of sleep? If that's healthy, I'm 0-3.

Diet: Those shakes that some of you are poo-pooing are the best thing I've got going right now. They're fast, easy, tasty and packed with a good balance of nutrients, unless you overdo the spinach and pumpkin, in which case you'll turn orange. Besides the shakes, I've been eating chocolate and blueberries for breakfast and chicken sausages for dinner (and sometimes if I stay too late at Blue Bacon's place, they'll feed me steak). Tonight I was out for dinner, so I picked up a bbq chicken calzone from Whole Foods. I suppose the foods I'm eating aren't terrible, but my diet relies way too much on chocolate.

Exercise: Before I moved I had an easy-to-follow daily exercise routine, rarely taking more than 30 minutes. I was fit and strong, getting lean and feeling good. After I moved, I slacked off a bit, but got back on track, even altering my work schedule to accommodate a morning workout. That all fell by the wayside as I got busy at work and moved into my new apartment. There's a fancy gym in the building, but I've been too tired to check it out. My lean waist is softly padded again.

Sleep: I'm spoiled. I'm used to 9-10 hours of sleep per night. I know, most people need 7-8 hours, but until I become most people, averaging 7 hours per night makes me a tired little butterfly. Right after I finish writing this, I'm going to fix the A/C unit I ripped out of the window in the middle of the night last night because the rain dripping on it kept me from sleeping, then I'm going to take a shower and go to bed. By 10 pm, fingers crossed.

Man, would you listen to me go on? I think someone needs a wahhhhambulance (or 10 hours of uninterrupted sleep and a healthy breakfast!)