When do you start watching what you eat?

Grandma would smack my grandpa's hand as he reached out for the last prawn in the dish. She was just being a good wife watching after grandpa's cholesterol. She would immediately pick that prawn up with her chopsticks and drop it in my bowl. She would say with much love,"You're a growing girl so eat up!"Grandpa would look at my bowl and be envious.

A year ago, we were celebrating my friend's birthday by eating some "KFC" wicked wings (it's called wicked for a reason) and the infamous green tea smoothie from Samurai (a lil' Japanese shop on Glenferrie St) J was turning 26 and then the question came up," When do we start watching what we eat?" We laughed it off and said,"Maybe next year!"

Today we had a health check at work and thank God I was declared healthy with some good stats. Besides being nagged to eat the government recommendation of 2 cups of fruit and (yes! "AND" and not "OR") 5 cups of vegetables (which I think is a mission impossible), I was quite proud of myself. But it somehow got me thinking that I cannot afford to take my health for granted anymore.

So, I am determined to eat more vegetables and exercise more in year 2013. I plan to live long to see my grandchildren and fatten them up (following in my grandma's footsteps **grin**). I plan to be effective and bring my best to God's ministry. 

I am determined.