RRY MuFFin

I struggled a lot during the last few weeks, both personally and at school. I went through a very dark period during which I completely lost myself, while the deadlines for school projects were just around the corner. No, I did not stick to my diet 100% and I even delayed it for a week extra. However, this does not take away the proud feeling I have about accomplishing the small steps that I did take in the right direction. My dietician told me that it can take a while to adapt to these changes in your lifestyle and diet, which makes sense. In order for a new routine to stay, it is very important to break it down into smaller steps. Trying to change immediately will only bring you more stress and lessen the possibilities of keeping the routine for the long term, as your brain needs time to adapt.

My tip is that, after receiving the list of changes, look at what’s the easiest to do. A very simple one for myself was to walk for a bit before eating breakfast. So instead of rushing to eat it at home, I took it with me to school and ate it on my way there.

Also, just like me, be happy with eventually accomplishing that 99%. Thinking about what you cannot eat anymore will only increase your cravings. You need to still be able to enjoy life and eat whatever you want, as long as you stay reasonable and make those moments special. Like the cheesecake bake-off is for me, it’s a very special and fun moment I have with my friends. I look forward to it every week, which makes it worth it for me to set aside my diet.

It can take a while for the effects of this practice to overrule the problems within your body. However, the more you do it, the more in sync you get with it. I love getting to know my body more and actually working together with it to cure it. It makes me feel empowered doing this and I wish it was normal to do this. No more countless visits to the doctors or crazy theories of Google. Just knowing what your body is experiencing and how to help it and be ok with losing yourself, everyone experiences that from time to time, as long as you can pull yourself back up after a while.