Once more I got lost among school work, my job, internship, working out and now *drum roll please* wedding planning! It's been a pretty tough few weeks, not gonna lie. Seeing the fiancé about twice a week was a little hard at first. Now we're managing our time pretty well I'd say-- that way we get to at least see each other more, even if it's going to the gym together.
Since we haven't had much free time, hardly at all to be honest, and being healthy is still a priority for us we're making sure we're giving our bodies the best nutrition, rest, as well as staying active even in our busiest days. I've talked to a few people and it seems to be challenging for most people to give themselves the good, healthy food, rest, as well as exercise.
Let me tell ya a few tricks that work for me, and could possibly work for you as well. The biggest one is PLANNING. Funny, huh? We'll let me tell ya that it works! Just try it out before you judge me/ what I say. ;) Here's everything broken down about Nutrition. STAY TUNED FOR PART TWO (REST & EXERCISE). WILL BE PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY.
Nutrition:
Plan your meals ahead.
Plan your grocery store trips, what you'll buy, what you'll make, and when everything is happening. That way you save a ton of time wondering around what you'll buy, what you'll make, as well as don't buy things you don't need etc.The great thing about meal planning is that you also don't have any food gone bad as you're planning on using everything at a certain time. Who doesn't want that??! We've all been through the fridge scene "Ohh, I bought that?!?! Oh. Well. It's gone bad now... Oops. I forgot... Next time I won't let anything go bad!". And the scene almost always happens to repeat itself, and you've wasted a bunch of money. Again. If you're like me, in a tight budget, trying to make everything work then you don't want that happening!
Since I'm pretty busy I try and have my grocery store trips on the weekends/ typically Saturdays. Then Sundays is the fun part of it! I cook for the whole week, prep my veggies, etc. If you're like me and love the kitchen then you'll have a blast preparing everything! I make sure to have some music playing, or talking to my parents, and other family members.Sometimes Auston (the fiancé :D) joins me and we have a real party in the kitchen prepping yummy, healthy foodand enjoy each others company <3.
Grocery shopping Saturday night with Auston.
As I said earlier, prepping your food ahead will 1. save you money 2. save you time and 3. will help you stick to your healthy eating.
Stick to what you planned!!!
It'll be hard the first few times but slowly, slowly your body will get used to eating the healthy foods and stop craving the junk that you might currently be eating. And no. The cravings won't completely go away-- unless you have some super magical power and yours go away. Honestly, we're human and we have those types of cravings. You just have to learn how to deal with them the correct way. And that requires time and dedication. Honestly if I'm craving something I'll eat it! However I don't go crazy on it... Everything on moderation (don't ask me about my bag of M&Ms that I've been eating for the past week while I do my Math HW though). I figured if I'm always eating healthy and crave something yummy and not healthy i.e. ice cream (I like this triple chocolate ice cream from Smiths-- seriously death by chocolate. There's so much of it in there you cannot imagine! Never seen a more chocolaty ice cream. Ever.) I will still eat it. Uh huh. Again, everything in moderation. That's the key!
That's Auston's fridge. :) Most of the food is pretty healthy there. Super organized, you know where everything is/ stuff is easy to find, therefore no food wasted/ gone bad. The fridge got more stuffed on Sunday when we made yummy food/prepared meals with what we bought Saturday night.
Drink your water ladies! (And gents if you're reading this, it applies to you as well.)
Make sure you're hydrated. Even if it's freezing like it's here in Utah you still need your water! Maybe not as much as in the summer but you still need it. I drink about 2 liters of water every day. And yes. I go to use the restroom every 10 mins. Thanks for asking. :) haha If you have a hard time having water try having always a water bottle with you. Sip water every now and then and you'll eventually finish your daily water intake. :) That's what works for me-- trust me I hated drinking water before. One or two glasses was how much water I'd have a day. That's really bad! Now I need my water. :)
Skip the soda.
By that I mean all soda! Even the diet ones. They're horrible for you! Yes, they might have zero calories but have you seen the ingredients?!?! They're substituting the sugar with ingredients that your body has a hard time breaking down or cannot break down, and that's bad for you. Plus they still spike your blood sugar and you'll want/ crave more sweets afterwards. Then you're trapped into the junk food circle again. If you're craving a soda, have fruit juice instead. Make sure there's no sugar added as if it is, it will have the same effect on you as soda. Now, at the ingredients list you'll still find the sugar at the juice and that's because fruits are high in sugar, but it's better for you to have sugar from natural sources than artificial ones.
Eat plenty of fruits and veggies each day.
This is actually pretty important and a lot of people just skip this just because they hate veggies, or because fruit is high in sugar. Your body still needs them! Remember that. The best way I've found to help myself eat my veggies (no problem with fruits-- they're YUMMY haha), is prepping the veggies I like and try and skip on the ones I hate, or have them with something else so I can somewhat hide their flavor. i.e. I love carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, cauliflower but hate celery. In order to have my celery I blend it out with whatever snack that I'm having. This was actually Auston's idea. What a genius! You can even have celery with some natural peanut butter. That works great as well! Oh and remember to have fruits and veggies in different colors. It's okay if you feel like this:
Avoid buying the junk food.
If you don't have it at home, you won't eat it. ;) Simple as that! However I always make sure to have something yummy/ somewhat healthy at home so if I'm craving something sweet I'll just grab that, rather then go to the store and buy a million of other products that aren't good for me and will throw me out of my good eating habits.
Well that's about it for the nutrition part! If you have any suggestions about this topic feel free to let me know! I'd love that!! If you need more help with nutrition, feel free to ask questions! I'd be super happy to help you out.
In other (unrelated) news I bought my wedding dress! Woohooo!
I'm super dooooppperrrr excited to wear it! haha Now I have to wait 100 days to wear it! Yuuup!
Getting married in ONE HUNDRED DAYS BABY!
We also found our photographer! She's amazing and I'm impressed by her work more each day-- Sami Jo Photography. Check her out! Seriously amazing things are happening. :)
Okay that was it. Had to express my excitement about my wedding day in a way or another haha.
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