Trying To Be Healthy

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I'm so sorry this is a day late but my internet was out for most of the weekend but its back now so onto the post!


Anyway I thought I would talk about the love and bane of my life. Food!

As some of you may know from my New Years Post I've been trying to lose weight and live a healthier lifestyle. It has gotten to the point where I am so unhappy with the way I look, its preventing me from doing things I'd like to do and so instead of feeling sorry for myself, I decided it was time to take action.

Recently I've started working out about 5-6 days a week for 30 minutes and this is doing anything from Zumba to Blogilates! Honestly I hate working out and almost always have no motivation and I literally have to force myself to do it but by the time I'm done I'm so happy that I did it as I know that if I want to see progress, I have to put in the effort. And though its only been a few weeks, I'm starting to see some change and as shallow as it sounds, it's making me feel so much better about myself.

But the real problem I have is food. I snack so much its ridiculous and I know it's due to boredom rather than hunger which sucks. So I've been trying to busy myself and eat healthier snacks like fruit, nuts and yoghurt. Its a lot better than eating chocolate and cookies and then feeling guilty about it. I also try to keep myself busy, so that can mean anything from writing songs, to reading to even playing The Sims. I find if I'm occupied doing something productive (The Sims IS productive!) then I'm not bored and don't feel the need to eat. Portion control is something else I'm working on. I've been trying to eat smaller portions of food so that I'm eating less and I do this by just eating from smaller plates. And by cooking healthier meals, I find that I'm also preparing myself for University where I'll be living by myself and therefore cooking for myself instead of ordering take out every night (even though I really really want to!).

However, I found that its important to give yourself a break every now and then, so one day a week I have a cheat day which basically means no exercise (unless I want to) and dietary restrictions go out of the window! I feel like by exercising for those 6 days, I'm working towards my rest/cheat day and I don't feel guilty pigging out and not exercising as I feel as though I've earned it.

So yeah, i hope you liked this kind of update/advice on food and exercise. I hope this helped in some kind of way and if you have any comments or questions please leave a comment and I will do my best to reply. If you made it this far thank you, I love you, lets go have some imaginary strawberry, banana and mango smoothies in this imaginary coffee shop we call life...I'm not high I swear...

Until next week,

Natalie x