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I'm 21 years old, a student, and really unhealthy. So I'm going to change my life, and this is how I'm doing it.

Saturday, 23 March 2013

Clean Diet

So, as I've been having such problems with running, I've been trying to really focus on my diet to compensate. Also I'll be going to home to stay with my parents for a week or two over easter, and I know that my diet won't be great then, (I can never resist their amazing cooking) so I decided to try to eat really clean in the two weeks before.
Those two weeks are almost over now and they've gone pretty well. In the first week I ate 1 small slice of toast or porridge for breakfast everyday, cottage cheese with salad and vegetables for lunch, and fish with salad and vegetables, and sometimes cannellini beans, for dinner. The fish I was eating was breaded and frozen, which I bought simply because it's a lot cheaper and the breading really isn't that bad. So that was pretty good, but I still slipped up a few times and had a few treats here and there, and didn't quite see the results I wanted. So in the second I week I decided to be even stricter with myself (I think it was easier knowing that at the end of the week I'd be going home to have delicious meals cooked for me), I switched the morning toast and porridge for two eggs, and added a bit of variety to dinner, having chicken and beef some nights instead of the fish.
I've also been working out at home everyday this week, alternating between easier, short strength workouts (mainly arms and abs), 45 minutes sessions on an exercise bike, and the more intensive, 30 Day Shred. On the harder workout days I've also been having a smoothie made with a banana, some frozen berries and greek yoghurt to help recovery.

Even though I haven't been able to get any further with my running goals, these two weeks have been really positive and I feel like I've made some really good clean eating habits, which will hopefully help me with my weight loss goals. Only time will tell.

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