My biggest challenge for exercise is time, since I have to fit it with my school, work, and even personal schedule. I know the importance of exercise and the benefits such as being health, reducing certain health risks, and overall physical appearance. I have made several attempts to make exercise as a part of my life, but I must admit that I tend to stop and pick it up. It has been like that since I started college. When I was living on campus I started going to the gym because I saw that I had gained some unwanted weight. However, once I moved back home I stopped the exercise. The odd thing I noticed was that at home I did not gain weight; in fact I went back to my normal weight.
I know when I lived in the dorms I would eat a lot of junk food, which was because of boredom and anxiety. At home my mom cooks home cooked meals and she watches what she cooks because my dad has high cholesterol. I admit I love sweets, which include chocolate, candy, and chips. It is a weakness I have had since I was little, says my mom. I also do not like vegetables or certain foods that I know are good for me. The only way I eat peas and green beans if my mom makes it with rice. I do not like thick meats, I prefer chicken. However, I tend to get bored of foods quickly and sometimes I am hungry but nothing sparks interest.
At work I only get a 30 minute lunch break; so I usually get fast food and when I do remember to take my lunch it is Roman Noodles and crackers. I never eat breakfast because I am always in a hurry and I cannot make myself wake up early enough to eat a good breakfast. On Fridays and Saturdays I would say I eat only twice or once a day since I am at work from 8:45am-6pm and 8:45-am3pm since my work only gives us 30 minutes of lunch break or sometime none at all on Saturdays.
I am trying to eat more fruits and vegetables that I do like. I do not feel that I over eat because I get full rather quickly, but then get hungry about 3 hours later. I need to find a source of calcium that does not make me sick. When I started living on campus I stopped consuming milk and now my body has not accepted it. I get really bad stomach aches, flatulence, and diarrhea when I drink milk, eat yogurts, cheese, etc. I use to love milk, but now I hate it; however I do love cheese and yogurts. I tried the lactaid pills, but they make me sick. I get a burn bellow my xyphoid process, chills, nausea, and I have thrown up before. I completely stopped taking them.
I have actually picked up exercising again. I try to walk my dog more often and have joined a gym. I am trying to stay on top of my assignments so I can make time to go to the gym. However, I am not too fond of the gym price. Although, I prefer the gym because weather is a barrier for me, If it is too cold or hot I will not go run.
I certainly agree. When I stayed on-campus in the dorms, I gained so much weight. Interestingly, when I moved off campus I went back down to my normal size. I also tended to eat less food when I went home for the weekends and during the summer.I have never been very successful when it comes to excercising. However, after having a baby I should probably consider more excercise:)
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ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you on how hard it is to fit exercise into your busy schedule. That is one of my issues also! I do not have time to exercise because I work and I also have to complete my school work. I wish i had more time in the day to fit it in. I also can not afford the gym prices, but it is definitely the best bet for me since I do not like to run in extreme weather conditions. I know that I have gained alot of weight since I began college because of eating junk foods. I feel that even after I moved back home I still have not gotten rid of this excess weight because I do not have access to the resources to workout or the time. I feel that I should definitely do better about getting regular exercise! I am now making that my new target goal!
I understand the skipping breakfast because you don't want to get up earlier just to have time to eat, however, I have also learned that all the experts that say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day are right. I now eat breakfast every day, but like you I'm not going to get up any earlier to do it, so I either keep things cooked that I can microwave and eat in the car on the way to work, or I grab a high protein granola bar to eat on my way to work. I have to be in the car for 15 minutes anyway, so this way I am energizing my body while driving.
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I agree with you also in the fact that we gain to much weight living in the dorms. I think also that many of us are having trouble with time management on doing exercise. Sometimes is very hard combined school and work, or even other personal situations. Also it is true that meal skipping is unhealthy that way you can get some disease such as gaining weight due to time management.