i’m trying to change some of my bad habits so that i can become a healthier person. <\/p>\n
since june 1, i’ve been eating 1200 to 1400 calories per day. and i’m eating healthier things, like fresh fruits and veggies. i’m measuring portions so i don’t eat too much. i’m eating breakfast most days so i don’t eat as much later in the day.<\/p>\n
the first two weeks were hard. i felt hungry all the time, and i craved crackers (i’m a cheese cracker junkie). i think i’m over that hump finally. i haven’t had any cravings in the last few days, and i feel full when i eat a 300 calorie meal. i’m also doing better about eating low-calorie snacks throughout the day so i don’t get hungry.<\/p>\n
i’m still bad about eating late at night. but at least when i snack late at night now, it’s 100 calories or less.<\/p>\n
i know i should get on the scale to see what my weight is, but i’m scared to. i figure i’ll know that i’m doing the right thing when my clothes start fitting looser. so while i am<\/em> keeping track of every single thing that goes into my mouth, i am not<\/em> keeping track of my weight. i’m not doing this strictly to lose weight; i’m trying to change my eating habits for the rest of my life. i refuse to say i’m on a diet because this is not something that will stop once i lose weight.<\/p>\n so i haven’t had any soda since early may, and now i’m eating better. and i’m still working out, but i only do 20 minutes a day. i know i need to up it to 30 or 45 minutes but it’s torture just doing 20. i need to find something i enjoy but honestly i’m just not a very “sporty” person. i’d rather curl up and read a book than go outside for a walk. right now i alternate between the treadmill and the elliptical machine. i hardly ever go outside because i’m so self-conscious about my horrible skin and i am certainly not going to go walking or running through the neighborhood with no makeup on. so i just turn on the daily show or the colbert report and do my 20 minutes and get it over with. at least working at home makes it a lot easier to fit the 20 minutes in everyday.<\/p>\n i tell myself all the time that i can do it. and i know i can — i just need to remember that i’m worth all the hard work and that i’ll enjoy life so much more if i’m healthier. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" i’m trying to change some of my bad habits so that i can become a healthier person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6vTaU-healthy","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jennsjournal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jennsjournal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jennsjournal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennsjournal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennsjournal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennsjournal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jennsjournal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennsjournal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennsjournal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}