Swap One: Bad Diet & Lack of Exercise

I eat well sometimes, and I exercise sometimes. By no means can I call either a sustainable good habit.

I love pizza. Everybody knows. My friends say pizza reminds them of me: When they're making pizza, when they're eating pizza, when they see a picture of pizza, they think of me. I can’t tell you how many times I get random message’s just containing a picture of pizza with a caption saying ‘saw this and thought of you’. I love pizza so much, an old flat mate once baked me a cake that looked like pizza for my birthday. I loved it. Only problem was, it wasn’t pizza. I think there’s nothing wrong with loving pizza and enjoying the deliciousness of it. My problem is, I feel like enjoying it all the time.

Hi I'm Heida and I'm a pizza addict.

I am way too easy on myself when it comes to my diet. I just want what I want and what I don’t want is salad. Or salmon. Or lentils. Man, I hate lentils with the fire of a thousand suns. Their chalky, powdery texture and snotty colour dampens my will to live. Now, I know I don't have to eat lentils, I know that. I do however need to start eating for my health and stop satisfying any and every dumb craving I get. I need to feed myself good, clean, whole foods that nourish my body. Surprisingly, I do actually have an extensive knowledge of what is good for me and what isn’t. I just choose to ignore it too often and ride The Guilt Train all the way to Sad Town. Stops along the way are such as Self Indulgence, Denial and Insecurity among others. I simply lack balance. It has a lot to do with the lack of structure in my life as an actor, where most of the time I don't even have a regular sleep pattern, let alone a structured diet and exercise routine. But no more Excuses; It's just another layover on the way to Sad Town.

THE CHALLENGE

For the next 28 days I have to eat only natural, whole foods that are good for me. No deep fried, sugary or processed foods. Maybe I'll give lentils another go. Ugh.

I have to do some kind of exercise every day. It needs to count as exercise. Not a ‘I just vacuumed and I broke a sweat’ type of exercise. I’ve made that justification before.

BODY POSITIVITY

During this month of physical focus, I will also be focusing on body positivity. For me, body image and self care go hand in hand with diet and exercise so I will be sharing my journey on that too as we go along. I have of course given myself exercise challenges before but I've never realised the importance of incorporating body positivity along with it until now.

That's it! Starting tomorrow! Aim of the game is to have developed a better eating and exercise habit by the end of the month. The real challenge will be to maintain it. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a very sad goodbye party planned for one, in a tub filled with macaroni cheese and my tears.

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