How Did I Lose Weight #1

Hey guys I'm back!! It's been a while, I know, but I was so busy between uni, placement, work and trying to manage myself that I completly lost track of the blog. But, I'm here stronger than ever!

So this post as you can guess by the title is about my journey to lose weight. This was a frequent question on my social media so I've decided to come with an actual diary of what I did and still do.

This is going to be a thread, that means I will be posting about this matter regularly about different stages of the journey.

Let's start by the beggining: the WHY.

WHY did I lost weight, WHY did I felt like I had to and WHY you want to lose weight. These are all important questions, I can only anwser the first two but you should have your awnser before starting doing crazy nonsense diets, workouts for it to actual have results. This because, mental wellfare is as important as physical wellbeing. The mind is the support of our hole body, life and will. It's not easy to lose weight, honestly I know, I love eating/snacking/cooking, and being in the UK and uni, well, it doesn't really help.

You probably want to lose weight because you were told you are too fat, too out of shape, you have too much belly fat, you're comparing yourself with someone and you think you are less attractive than that person; because of someone you love or want to impress, because summer is coming (I mean if this coronavirus allows it), ''because your body isn't pretty enought, fit enought,toned enought''...

I've heard it all. I've felt it all. It's not the best way or reason to change, you should only change your body/lifestyle because of YOU. Because YOU want to, because YOU want to feel and look good for yourself, because YOU want to prove YOU can do it. It's your journey, only you can exercise, eat better, feel better.

So, if you are really doing this for you, here you have the first week steps:

1. For the all week, analyse what foods you react to. Which ones make you bloat and which ones are easy to digest.

2. Hidration. Drink between 2 and 2,5L of water per day (everyday for this week). Tip: if you dont like water that much just add fruits to it like lemon/orange slices, berries, melon, etc.

3. On the first 3 days, write the time and everything you eat and drink, at the end you will see and notice how much you eat and snack. MyFitnessPal app is your best friend in this.

4. CALORIES, CALORIES, CALORIES. This is the big part of losing weight, your calorie intake must be lower than what your body actually needs so it can consume the fat on your body. You can use the app MyFitnessPal for calorie intake track and for weight goal achievements.

5. Sleep. I know its cliché but it is important that your body rests in order to work properly. Also when you feel tired you are most likely to overeat.

6. Cook instead of ordering food or going to the restaurant.

7. Keep moving, do some home workouts that are not too intensive, not too long but more throughout the day, so youre busy and dont think about eating.

8. Keep yourself busy and entertained so you don't end up eating out of boredom.

9. Chew your food. Take your time, don't rush.

10. Make a list of 10 foods you think you cannot live without.(This is for next week steps).

Hope you guys, enjoy this weeks advice.

The next posts will be available, every Monday from now on.

Xx Mariana.