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How do I transform my diet?
19/f
I'm a sophomore in college, living on my own. I have a really hard time making myself eat healthy. I've always been the kind of person who LOVES junk food. Sugar, fried stuff, you name it. I'm 5'3" and only 100lbs, so I'm very tiny and have never had a problem with my weight. I KNOW I can't possibly be healthy though. I work at a restaurant that sells stuff like cheeseburgers, fried chicken, french fries, etc. and I work about 60 hours a week, so most of my meals come from there. And since I work so much and go to school, I don't really feel like cooking healthy dinners when I have time to relax, so I end up getting fast food.
I eat pretty much every meal from a restaurant. It's expensive and I'm starting to notice how sickening it is. But I have no idea how I'm supposed to SUCCESSFULLY change my habits. I've tried to eat healthy before (and set realistic guidelines) and the moment I see junk food I can't stop myself. How do I develope eating habits that are inexpensive and how do I stick to it?
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Go high carb, low fat, whole foods, plant-based VEGAN! I went vegan this year and have lost 40 pounds, with minimal exercise, and eating AS MUCH as I desire bringing down my BMI from 30 to 24. I weigh less now than I did throughout high school, as an overweight teenager, even when I exercised for hours while on Junior Varsity and Varsity sports teams. I went to my annual physical earlier this month, and even my doctor was in shock.
My goal for next year is to lose 30-40 more pounds, I just need to start exercising on a regular basis. Nothing crazy, just 30-60 minutes of jogging, Ballet Beautiful, bike riding.. things like that.
I think it's amazing what I've accomplished so far, just by changing my diet, though. It's a lot easier to go vegan than it seems. I was never vegetarian, I went from being able to eat an entire box of pizza or entire tub of ice cream in one sitting to a full-fledged vegan. I now spend a lot less money on groceries, have more energy (never need caffeine, and never feel lethargic like I used to on a regular basis), have more concentration, am learning to cook, and etc. Try it for a week, that's how I started, and I felt so good that I just kept going, and it's now been 5 months! You can get every nutrient from plant foods, including protein!
Where do you get your protein?! 10 comebacks from a Vegan.
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The only vitamin you need to supplement is B12, and one I personally recommend is Garden of Life's B12 spray (cause I personally hate swallowing pills, and methylcobalamin is better than cyanocobalamin). You can buy it at any health foods store (Whole Foods, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, etc.), or online.
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These two movies turned me into a vegan overnight.
Forks Over Knives
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Processed People
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Cowspiracy
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Here are some good YouTube channels that have helped me, too.
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Good luck!
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It is not as hard as you may think to eat healthy. You start by having a healthy breakfast, even if this means getting up 15 minutes earlier. There are plenty of healthy cereals that are not loaded with sugar that you can have with skim or soy milk for breakfast. You can also pack your own lunch
Lunch cab consist of fruits and vegetables that you can make into a nice salad with a piece of chicken you made at home oven roasted or a slice of roast beef or ham and maybe a hard boiled egg. You can find more lunch and dinner ideas that you can make at home that are quick and easy on the web. That can be made ahead on a day off.
Nothing says you have to eat the food where you work, especially if you have to pay for it. Many of the lunch ideas you need to look for are ones that do not need refrigeration. The dinners you make ahead should need only to be heated in the oven or microwave.
Eating healthy takes a little bit of time, some extra energy and some ingenuity. The benefit will be you will feel better and have more energy which will show results in your grades as well. It is not all that hard and it is way less expensive than eating all your meals where you work.
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