Back in January I decided I wanted to be healthier and get
back into shape. Between school and life in general, this took a back
burner, but I have made conscious efforts to change how and what I eat.
Now I'm not going to lie, I will never eat 3 square meals a day and a
couple small snacks. I always have and always will eat small amounts of
food throughout the day. Now "small" when I started, meant 1-2
sandwiches and some chips, which is not really small. But anymore it's
some veggies here, half a sandwich there, and sometimes when other
people I'm with are having a full meal, I have a whole sandwich or
something of that size. I've cut back on the amount of sweets, but I
still love myself some candy so that has been an uphill battle. But it
was more than just some pounds that I wanted to deal with. I also wanted
to feel better about myself. Now I have come to the conclusion that I'm
not super strong or athletic but I seemed to be fine walking around
Disney, other than the fact that my ankles are weak (genetics), and the
fact that I STILL have blisters on my feet from it. It actually got to
the point where that was causing me so much pain we had to rent a
wheelchair. But for my days at Universal and Disney where I walked, I
actually wasn't too tired by the end of it. Just sleepy from all the
stimulation--oh and the allergic reaction I had to something I ate.
But other that I've just been trying to eat smaller amounts
at a time since I eat so often, and walking whenever possible. I want
to get something comfortable to start running in and maybe try to do
that with John more.
My two favorite foods have been lime and herb chicken salad
with whole grain pasta (I will have a recipe that I use here when it goes up next week) and Cesar
salads with tomatoes. For a little pick me up, I'm also liking homemade
fruit smoothies.
Since the beginning of the year, I've lost maybe 5 pounds,
but I've felt a lot better. I'm hoping maybe exercise will help bring
off some more weight. That's all for this update!
xoxo
Courtney
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