So the last few weeks have been terrible for me as far as food is concerned. I've been making poor food choice after poor food choice after poor food choice. Before this week, it'd probably been months since I had more than a piece of watermelon a day to classify as fruit intake. I've been lazy. I haven't wanted to cook. God forbid, if I did cook, that I make any effort to include vegetables in the mix. Just meat and starches, loaded with fats. So healthy. I can see and feel the results of my poor choices as well. I don't want to go back down this road of unhappiness.
I have always been a yo-yo dieter. I lose a bunch of weight, then I gain it all back, and put more on. I don't really know what to do to change my mindset about food. It's always there for me! Bored? Food! Tired? Food! Drunk? Food! Hungry? Food! Give me your burgers, your pizza, your chicken wings, and your french fries. If it's unhealthy, I probably love it, and eat it to an insanely unhealthy degree. I don't even want to think about the kind of money I have spent on junk food.
Exercise can't possibly be the answer for me either. I love exercising when I want to exercise and only if I can go to the gym or ride my bike when it's not raining or 800 degrees outside. I have a specific regimen that I like to follow and has always given me the best results (along with smarter food choices). Fourty-five minutes of cardio and thirty minutes of strength training, in that order. I ONLY like to do this at the gym. Exercise at home? Home is where I relax! I miss free weights and ellipticals. Those are impossible to find in Korea unless I want to spend $150 a month for a membership at a semi-decent gym, or $50 at a mediocre gym with no AC. I may be a glutton for punishment, but I will not exercise in a place that exceeds 20 degrees Celsius. No, thank you.
I'm still up in the air about what I'll do with exercising, but I have begun making better food choices. Cutting out the junk and adding in more fruits and veggies while reducing carbs. I bought a blender so I can make smoothies. I bought protein bars so I can eat something healthy and quick that'll keep me from starving by the end of my work shift, which always leads to the worst decisions. I'm counting my calories too. So far it has been pretty easy. I am allowing myself a cheat day on the weekend with the bank of calories I haven't been eating so as not to feel entirely deprived. I do want to avoid key foods as much as possible, such as sugary drinks. Those always seem to be the most addictive things for me and such a waste of calories that could be put towards food. Delicious food.
Right now I'm trying to focus on the little steps I'm taking. Smarter food choices, check. Now to figure out an exercise regimen that I can stick to until I can return to the glorious gyms of the USA.
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