Changing appearance, attitude, lifestyle or anything in general takes time and patience. The key is not to worry or fret too much
By DEVYN LANSDEN, student reporter
The past couple of months I have made a lot of changes. To my appearance and my attitude.
I started running in the beginning of July, thanks to my boyfriend. At first, it was just something that I did cause it is always nice to get out and exercise.
Once running started to be a part of my daily routine, I decided I might as well start eating better. I now do intermediate fasting which is not eating for 16 hours and eat for eight hours every day.
During the eight hours I try my best to eat the best I can. I was doing it without even thinking too much of it. Next thing I know, intermediate fasting was becoming easier and easier.
In October I finally shared on Instagram what I have accomplished since July, which was losing 20 pounds.
A lot of people were interested and told me I inspired them, so I thought more people would enjoy knowing what my mind set was like during the past couple of months when I was exercising and losing weight.
The key is to not look at yourself, just push that to the back of your mind. I notice in a lot of people they judge themselves a lot. This isn’t a good thing when wanting to lose weight, so the best thing to do is to not pay too much attention to results. Just do your work and before you know it, someone else will be saying how good you look.
Weighing yourself every day is also something you shouldn’t do. If you check your weight every day then nothing will happen.
I bought a scale in August because I was in a weight loss competition so I needed to have one in my house. But now I am in the habit of checking my weight frequently so I had to move the scale into the garage, somewhere I wouldn’t see it every day and be enticed to step on it.
I meal prep every week, this was something I was scared of because I get bored easily so I was afraid that I would get tired of my food and not want to eat it.
I have done it since the beginning of August so now I know what I like and what I won’t get tired of.
The biggest meal I eat is supper. For lunch I eat a smoothie or a protein bar.
The only reason I don’t have to eat so much in a day is because it took months of doing it. This isn’t something to just pick up, trust me. Before, for lunch I would eat yogurt, avocado toast, hummus, eggs, etc. Something that I liked but wasn’t too much and somewhat healthy.
So the key is to want to make yourself better and do not try to change yourself too fast. Everything takes time.