Living Healthier…Again

For the past couple weeks I've been trying to get back on the healthier living bandwagon. I was getting tired of how much weight I had put on over the past year and I finally became motivated to do something about it. What was also helpful is that a couple of my friends were motivated to do the same thing at around the same point that I decided to get back on the bandwagon so we've been kinda supporting each other. It helps to have other people around to keep you honest.

Like my friends, I'm not going on some sort of a fad diet or anything. Portion control, eating things that are better for me, daily exercise is where it's at. A couple years ago I lost around 70-75 pounds but I ended up gaining it back because I lapsed into my old eating habits again after moving out from my parents house. The problem was, without somebody else around in the house, I didn't feel as guilty about snacking on foods I had laying around as I did when I knew somebody was there watching me. My portion size for lunch/dinner also increased from what I was doing before.

So now I'm watching how much I eat for dinner, not going for the extra helping of desert or another trip to the potato chips after eating my lunch.I'm also trying to drink more water during the day and cut out the number of times I'd snack on something…basically get back into my better habits from the last time I decided to lose weight. So far, so good as I've lost about 5 pounds since I started. We'll see where it goes from here. Hopefully it'll stick this time. I've done it once before, so I know it's possible for me to do it again.

This also has the up side of me saving money on groceries because I'm not snacking as often, therefore I don't need to buy so much crap.

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