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Originally Posted by BellaZ
What do you do in the way of diet and exercise? I'm just curious what works or doesn't work for others. I'm doing a...I don't even know...natural? diet??? I believe that if we'd all eat the foods and plants that are God-made (aka grown naturally) we'd all be fit and healthy. Now, just because I believe that, doesn't mean I follow it. I try! Fruits, veggies, legumes, brown rice, some chicken and fish...as an example. Exercise...ugh. Dislike! I try to walk every day and do a short workout video. I'll use any excuse NOT to exercise, though, so I don't go as hard as I could. Working on that, too!
Diet is my real struggle...though I tend to eat more "naturally" than most I still indulge. I do not eat fast food or anything, and I make almost everything I eat (homemade salad dressing, pasta, breads, juice. I grew up with a very foodie gourmand father so everything was homemade), but that makes it very difficult to track things like calories as theres no real calorie count. I've tried and gotten overwhelmed so many times. Now I'm in med school and don't have nearly the time I should to cook at the level I would like and find myself struggling with grabbing food out at restaurants and all for a quick "eat while i study" meal.
I'm also the total opposite, I love exercise! I ride horses internationally and until school had been competing for over 20 years (I'm 28 so its been practically all my life). I have been boxing for the past 3 years but unfortunately there's nowhere around my school to do so so for now I'm not doing that. I do something activity wise 6 days a week - I lift weights 3 days a week for about an hour, and I've been trying to incorporate cardio into that which is my real struggle...i hate running, hate anything monotonous and repetitive, so I do 10m on the elliptical as warm up and then have been attempting to finish with a 15m bike ride but my gym is quite small and the last 2 times I've been unable to find a bike (stupid prime time). I have a pilates instructor once a week (has done wonders for my back which suffers from lots of injuries and sitting in a classroom 18 hours a day), and then i still ride here 2x a week, though not at the competition training level i have done for so long...
I've tried a few exercise videos but grew tired of them pretty quickly even if it was a good workout. Plus I feel silly jumping around my apartment - I prefer to separate my workout and living spaces (which I'm sure my downstairs neighbors appreciate)
I have always liked the gym but i never used to like going...now I bring my gym clothes to school and leave them in my car. This has been a huge help as I know if i go home to change i won't leave the house again. I also have it on my calendar so that if i miss a workout, everything else has to be moved around and thats a lot of work...
Good luck! Walking is a great place to start and is very versatile to switch up (add some weights, change where you walk, start a little jog, etc etc)