@Anusha – Yep, the gym is a hard habit to keep up with. Also, I have the same problems with food – especially my sweet tooth. But, like you said, adding good stuff to your diet is great. You don’t think about being deprived!

@emma – thanks for the tip, I will keep an eye out for that at the drugstore.

I also feel I need to really include more vegetables in my diet and cut down on sugar (not easy with my sweet tooth). I just can’t diet at all, as depriving myself of any kind of food only makes me crave it more, but I’m starting to think in a new way: instead of concentrating on cutting stuff out, I’m going to focus on adding in more nutritious foods to my daily meals. This has worked really well, so far: I eat a lot more salads and veggies than I used to.

As for beauty, I just gave in and started painting my toenails because I realize it’s kind of a must for me in sandal weather. I avoided all kinds of nail polish due to that phthalate scare, but my toenails are too gnarly to go without. Sigh.

One last thing: I have dry skin so I use Aveeno, which is the best lotion, and on extra-dry spots like feet, knees, elbows, etc. I massage a little vitamin E oil into the skin before applying lotion. That has worked wonders!

Right now I’m trying to remember to put lotion on every night after I get out of the bath. I used to be so good at remembering but I’ve majorly slacked off and my skin shows the change.