Back on the wagon... well elliptical.

I have struggled with my weight all my life. I have had periods where I have worked really hard to lose weight and get healthy, and other periods where I just haven't cared. Recently I turned the big 3-0 and I am realizing that I cannot live the rest of my life with a BMI >30.

This year I am attempting to get healthier. Current goals are to exercise every day off four days a week. I am also attempting to start a exercise and food journal, but currently there is a half day from a week ago entered. It's a start. I believe that some long term changes are started off by small steps along the way.

So now I am of to spend my time with my good friend the elliptical machine.

Expanding my horizons.

Ok, I will admit it, I do tend to get into reading ruts. Where I will tend to read the same books over and over again. Same authors and same genres.

So here is the challenge for my friends. You can recommend new and different books for me to read. The rules because every thing has rules. 1. Don't just recommend an author, I would like to have the "ultimate" book, by this person, that you would recommend. 2. Christian fiction is completely out. That is the genre that I have exclusively read for the last year. 3. Science fiction fantasy is limited to authors I haven't read or who are not on my book case. 4. I reserve the right to reject books. If I reject yours I will ask for an alternate. 5. You can recommend non-fiction but I hardly ever read it for enjoyment.

I am trying to expand my reading selections this year. It may happen slowly mostly due to the fact I read for escape not for literary reasons.