My True (Food) Love and A Goal

I think that salmon is probably my most favorite food.  I like it served every way - raw, grilled, baked, smoked, or fried.  I like it fresh, frozen, or from a can.  Hubby can almost always "guess" what I'll be ordering when we go out to eat. 

Tonight, it was simply baked with nothing on it but a little sea salt.  Quinoa on the side and some steamed broccoli.  Yum.  And super clean.

When I decided to clean up my diet, I knew that I could do it because I like healthy foods.  Tonight's dinner is really very tasty to me.  But I think some people have really narrow palates and only like the pre-packaged or fast foods they grew up eating.*

We grew up eating a fair amount of processed food, but a lot of whole foods too.  My mom did cook dinner just about every night (or we had leftovers), but we rarely ate pre-packaged (think Stou!ffer's Lasagna).  We did eat out a fair bit, but the fast food was pretty limited.

So I realize that changing your taste buds can be really hard for some people.  But my challenge is in the preparation/planning/TIME issue.  I'm trying to cook meals to bring to work or cook something healthy when I get home, which is so hard.  Hubby almost always cooks since he gets home earlier and he doesn't cook how I'd like him to.  I don't feel like I can dictate what he makes if he's the one doing the actual work.  So I've been making myself separate meals which is really annoying. I gotta find a solution to that. 
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No workout today since I forgot my bag, but my goal is to walk in the morning and do weight training in the afternoon at the office.  Healthy Ashley had a great bunch of posts about dealing with shin splints, so that's been really encouraging because...

I'm going to run a half-marathon.

Which may sound kind of odd considering that I'm not running at all right now.  But actually, I think this is a great plan.  I don't plan on running it until March or May, so I've got forever to train.  Knowing that, I can make a very long term plan, building my runs by only 10%.  That will work, right?
*Hubby is like this.  He would probably choose to have potatoes au gratin from the box rather than the real thing.  You can imagine how frustrating that is for me.  Oh, and he HATES salmon.  Urgh.