Welcome back everyone! These past few days haven’t been easy. Going out to eat is a killer, I’ve realized. It’s hard to order something healthy when you go out to eat, especially when the person you’re with is ordering whatever they want. But I do think I have made some improvements that I am happy about. I know I’m not going to be able to immediately change my eating habits and just starting working out every single day. That’s not really realistic. 

These past few days I have been eating a lot more fruit! All different kinds. I find that in general I eat more fruit in the summer and I’m sure others can relate to that as well. Instead of snacking on something unhealthy I would snack on some fruit instead. I didn’t completely cut out sugar but there were times when I really wanted something sweet and decided against it.

During this past week, I did do some research to help me with this journey because I am not exactly a health expert. I came across this YouTube video:

I found it really helpful to me and it is also a beginners guide which is what I am looking for. The woman in the video, Lucie, gives some great advice on portion control, what to incorporate into your diet, calorie counting, and meal prep. I really like how she doesn’t just say that you have to completely cut out unhealthy foods. It’s really all about doing things in moderation. So if I want a cookie every now and then and pizza every once in awhile, then it’s ok!

In terms of exercise this week, I worked out three different times! Which I am pretty proud of because I definitely don’t workout every single week let alone three times in a week. I found this picture on Pinterest that was posted by Fitness Chat from fitnesschat.co. It’s a 4 week challenge for people to do 6 times a week although I didn’t do all 6 of the days. One day I only had 3 hours of sleep and another day I worked all day and was just too tired. I’m not going to beat myself up if I can’t do it everyday. I’m doing something and that is what matters the most to me right now.

I would really like to meal prep, but we are in the process of moving so we aren’t buying many groceries at the moment. My goal next week is to just take it day by day. I always feel so much better when I eat healthier so this past week I felt pretty good about myself! But I would like to try and workout about 4 times this next week and go a step further.

What I realized this week so far is that the most difficult thing for me has been motivation. Or even finding time to get a workout in. I find myself at times doing the workouts later at night because that is all the time I really have most days. Going out to eat and finding something that isn’t horrible for you. When I do eat at home, eating healthy isn’t too difficult because there are a lot of healthy foods I do really enjoy.

It’ll be interesting to see where next week takes me on this journey, thanks for reading!