become healthier

Starting with Tesco diets this Saturday. It’s the Meditaranian diet which is supposed to be really healthy. Hopefully it will give me a kick up the bum. I find myself eating crap because I want to punish myself, not because I am hungry. I want to stop this.

Today, I’m trying really hard to ONLY eat raw food. I don’t know how long I can do this, but if the sun didn’t shine on it and if it had to be processed or have anything added to it before I bought it, I’m passing on it today. Just woke up this morning and made it my day’s mission.

Prior to this effort, I’d already stopped eating beef, pork, shellfish and I’ve tried hard to consciously avoid anything made with high fructose corn syrup. Eventually, however, I’d like to also stop eating chicken and turkey. I don’t know if I want to entirely abandon meat as I love lamb and fish.

I also want to stop eating processed foods, fried foods and anything that has a bunch of “stuff” added to it. I think that’s why I decided to use today as a trial run with raw foods. I don’t necessarily want to be a raw-foodist, but I want to be more aware of what I’m putting in my body. I know better, but now it’s time to do better.

Coffee is my next big challenge. I looooooooove the stuff. Certainly, it has health benefits, such as being a great antioxidant, but it is also addicting as hell and it’s a diauretic (sp). On top of this, I think my adrenal glands are a bit overloaded and caffeine isn’t helping. I know, I know, I can drink tea…and I do at times…but there’s nothing like a hot cup of coffee first thing in the morning. Today, Dr. Oz is featuring a segment on beating caffeine addictions, so I’ll tune in and consider what he has to offer. I also need to quit, or at least cut back, because while coffee has certain health benefits, the flavored cream that I use doesn’t.

As for exercising, I’m not making any promises other than to say that I will get around to it eventually. I don’t have a weight problem, but I do need to move in order to improve my circulation, moods, firm muscle and strengthen my bones. I walk a few miles every now and then, but need to commit to doing it more often. Ditto with riding my bike and using my yoga tapes. When I had a gym membership, I was really good at working out, but it’s hard for me to stay motivated at home. We have P90X and hubby does it every day, but even though I’ve tried it and am impressed with the workout, I know that it’s really not for me. Havta figure something out there…and I will…I’m just not gonna fool myself or anyone reading this into believing that I’m ready to start tomorrow. Today, my focus is diet and I’ll get to exercise next.

Gotta start somewhere, right?

Today is a new day. I’m going to eat healthier, get plenty of fluid, take my vitamins, excercise, get plenty of sleep and just generally look after myself. I’m going to need it to get through this year at uni, otherwise I won’t have the stamina or energy to get though. I haven’t been getting enough sleep lately and I’ve been eating crap and it definitely shows in how much energy I have to do my work everyday. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not out to lose weight, become a stick insect or anything like that. Just want to look after myself so I have more energy to function. Starting today…

Especially with me now getting sportier. I never have been before really, so I’ve not needed the energy. Now that I do, I find that I’m lacking in it a lot. So I want to get plenty of fluid, lots of fruit and veggies, excercise and really start to look after myself so I can do the things that I want to do safely. :) I’ve been ill over the past few days so it’s not been easy, but I’m going to start tomorrow. It’s a new day and it’s never too late. :D

I want to lose weight and eat healthier.

I want to become healthier to help me lose some weight as well as make myself less prone to sickness so I cans tudy for SATs and such more easily. So I’m trying to cut down on junk food and raise the amounts of healthier foods, like fruits and greens. Wish me luck~

I’ve been vegetarian for a week now. The next step is to move onto organic food. I do dancing but would like to excercise regularly if I can.

On Halloween of 2008, of all days!, I decided i wanted to eat better. I began to cut out all junk food totally. No pastries at Starbucks, no fancy coffee drinks, no chips during the day, no cookies. I bought a George Foreman grill for both at home and at work. I started making sure I ate 3 meals a day instead of grazing all day long. My breakfast is now scrambled eggs with vegetables, or a hard boiled egg with a fruit. Lunch is something like maybe a turkey hot dog with saurkraut, or sliced turkey, or fish, with a fruit and for dinner I’ll grill steak, or pork chop, lamb chop, or a chicken breast and have it with vegetables and fruit for dessert. 6 months later I’ve lost 20 lbs! The weight loss is nice, I’ll admit that but I was actually just wanting not to eat crap. I feel so much better physically and I sleep better as well.

I did this with no exercise and for the next 6 mos will focus on being more active and not having such a sedenatry lifestyle.

It was not that hard but not that easy either. I definetly don’t deprive myself. My husband and I enjoy dining out and I choose to eat what I want… this time though I make better choices!

I’m very stressed all the time and have allergies to certain foods. I find the news and other things get me down. As a result i have developed Irritable Bowel Syndrome (not pleasant.)
I’m trying to back off a bit from modern life and see if this helps me get more healthy. The ultimate goal is to have more energy.
I’m going to try and stay off junk food and enormous portions. I’m going to try yoga and meditation, get closer to nature and not fret about the material stuff. I’m sure this will help me regain my health as the stress, materialism and bad food of this modern world doesn’t seem to be doing me any favours. Reading a good book will also help. :)

We ate fruit for breakfast this morning! Melons…yum!