I had so much fun and free time during the break that at the moment I am still having a hard time adjusting to the demands of school. Unfortunately for me, professors are quick to adjust because they hit the ground running and now we are back to work, work, and more work.
As far as my apartment goes well, lets just say I should really tidy up a bit.
Because of all the chaos in my life I have had to resort to the unspeakable. Takeout!
A few months back I decided that I needed to live a healthier life, so takeout, junk food and the sort were not acceptable for me anymore.
However, lately I have been really bad about my life goals. I had so much school work that at the end of the day I just wanted something quick to eat so I wouldn't have to deal with anything else. So there came the takeout and the junk food and the skipping gym days.
To sum it all up I gained 5 pounds, there are clothes on the floor, my fridge is empty, my trashcan is filled with takeout boxes, my running are probably under a pike of textbooks and I don't know how to get back.
I know I have come really far and I don't want to go back but right now I just feel stuck.
This actually goes back before spring break. I hit a plateau with my diet and been stuck for weeks before I basically gave up. So right now I feel that even if I got back on the train I wouldn't really go anywhere because I would still be on plateau.
There are two things that could fix this because it obviously needs fixing. Either my diet or my exercise routine are causing this, or both.
It goes without saying that the junk food and the takeout need to go but I was already on plateau before I resorted to that. I am also a part-time vegetarian. I follow a vegetarian diet but sometimes I add lean meat here and there because of iron deficiency. And I am fine with that, it is for my health and at the end of the day I don't really care for labels or anything else, food is food. 90% of the time I check my portion sizes and calories. This lead me to believe that my diet is good and not the cause of this problem.
Exercise on the other hand is all over the place. I don't have a set schedule because my life varies depending on how much work I have. But before plateau I tried to go run on the treadmill at least a few hours during the weekend. I would have preferred to exercise 30mins at least every other day but that was not possible so I only worked out on weekends. I ran on a treadmill, hit the elliptical and lifted small weights for a couple of minutes.
Of the whole lot, my exercise routine is the one thing that can definitely be improved but I just don't know how I can find the time.
For sure I don't want to go back to takeout and lazy days so I must do something about this so I can break from plateau and get back to my life....
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