I quit eating instant noodles for breakfast and picked something smarter today. This breakfast, with roughly the same number of calories as instant noodles, makes me feeling satiated for 5 hours compared with barely 3 hours on the noodle.

Cheese sandwich, sour milk with corn flakes, orange, and boiled egg white.

I realize it isn’t the food that makes me fat, but the stress does! Stress causes me to overeat and binge in the first place. I didn’t realize this earlier because I don’t live a stressful life. You know that type of stress where you need to hurry and finish a lot of things at once? Exercise and new eating habits can also cause stress to the body. So I don’t fight with food anymore. Trying to replace unhealthy choice doesn’t work because I’ll still be craving that junk food. If it’s junk food I want I’ll have some bite to satisfied my taste buds and then some apple (or other healthy alternatives) afterwards to get satiated. Trying to fight with food to avoid temptation is useless. It’s important to nourish every part of the body, my brain often wants snacks and junk food and my body need something fresh and healthy. So I believe it’s important to have both, but of course less junk and more of healthy stuff. Now I’m eating all the time!

“Food is my friend. With every healthy meal I have an opportunity to make myself fit, healthy, and satisfied. ”- from The fat-fighter diet book.

I love these workout videos by Zuzana. It’s easy to follow and she doesn’t rush through the exercise.

It’s going really great right now! I’ve been back and forth about the scale, but I think it’s best to do both the weigh in and taking weekly photo.

Current weight: 65,7kg (144.8lbs)

Start: 67.2 kg(148.2lbs)

Monday: Strength. Brisk walking, 30 minutes
Sunday: Brisk walking, 45-60 minutes.
Wednesday: Rest
Sunday: Brisk walking, 30 minutes
Friday: Strength. Brisk walking, 30 minutes
Sunday: Brisk walking, 45-60 minutes
Sunday: Rest

Strength: 3 x 10 reps.
Lunges
Push-up
Plank
Lying row
Shoulder lift
Biceps
Triceps

Sometimes I forget to wear my pedometer because I don’t move so much, but I am pleased with the last week’s performance anyway. It’s my aunt flow week so I took it easy this weekend. Usually, I used to eat a lot and move as little as possible during this week. I’m trying to get in a little more exercise and will only rest 2-3 days at the most. So today I’m going to take a little walk to the grocery store.

The best thing I’ve done this week was walking back and forth to town, almost 12 000 steps! I’m keeping it simple with just walking, occasionally running and playing badminton. I love having noodle soup for breakfast every day but I’m trying to get some variety, maybe oatmeal one day and pancakes the next day. But not noodles every day.

A little less bloated, maybe?

Week 2

Week 1

I wanted to make exercise a part of my daily routine, so when I went to the dentist yesterday I took the stairs instead of the elevator to the 4th floor. I was dying out of exhaustion but it’s great exercise! The receptionist lady looked at me strangely because I was out of breath. ^^

I walked to town today to get a new haircut. Then I ate too much at lunch buffet so I decided to walk back home too. It added up to 11 740 steps, 7,9km/4.9miles, 313 calories, 1 hour and 45 minutes. Slept like a baby when I got home. ^ ^

Left- the new haircut. Sleek and shiny again. Right – before the haircut.

Some great tips from cosmopolitan magazine about cravings – visualize the smell of eucalyptus OR think about Robert Pattinson in swimming shorts to curve your cravings!

Louloupiu left some great tips on how to slim down naturally. One of these are, “As for the exercising, don’t do something that tires you too much. Each week, focus on one zone that you want to work out, and do it little by little.”

Simply, keep it simple!

I’ve also tried water and lemon in the morning and notice how my appetite is open up. For more tips and how-to head over to her blog, now! ^ ^