Get Healthy With Me: The Plan 2020

I wanna be honest with you: I really need a kind o accountability partner for this.

i'm always really motivated when i make plans but i just never stick with it...

so this time i wanna share it all with you:

• what i intend to do
• the specific steps towards my goals
• any kind of failure i experience
• and all the positive effects i encounter :)

MY GOALS:

quitting sugar

simple carbs are basically satan.
and i'm not even restricting my diet to become skinnier, i just really need this to balance my mood.

[before the change]
right now i just eat whatever is convenient and tastes nice:
breakfast: cornflakes
at school: bread, croissants or donuts
lunch: bread or pasta
snacks: chocolate or cookies
dinner: pizza, pasta or bread
not a single meal without gluten or empty carbs!
no surprise i'm so sluggish and moody - my blood sugar is never stable and i'm not getting enough nutrients.

NASTY EFFECTS OF SUGAR:

• low energy, low focus, low willpower, ...
• premature ageing: excessive sugar consumption can cause long-term damage to skin proteins, collagen and elastin, leading to premature wrinkles and ageing
• constant cravings
• bloating
• weakened immune system
• insomnia

sugar stimulates your brain in the same way that drugs do, it makes you addicted, in the long run it steals your power and joy and you will feel withdrawal at first.

let's beat this vicious cycle together!

cooking organic meals

cooking every meal myself might take a lot of time but i'm sure it will be worth it.
HEALTHY MEAL PLAN:
breakfast: fried or scrambled eggs, buckwheat pancakes, oatmeal with fruits, chia pudding, green smoothie

at school: whole grain bread with avocado, vegetable sticks with hummus, fruits

lunch: stir fry with quinoa and vegetables, glutenfree pasta with vegetable sauce, potato or pumpkin soup, baked sweet potato, tuna salad

snacks: smoothies, vegetable sticks with hummus, dark chocolate, nuts, sweet potato brownies

dinner: mashed potato, rice or lentil curry, buckwheat bread, wholegrain pizza, vegetable casserole

hacks to get through the sugar withdrawal:

• take time to slowly reduce your sugar intake

• if you're regularly drinking soda, dilute your drink with sparkling water before you eventually quit

• keep your blood sugar stable by eating complex carbs like wholegrain products, oats, potatoes, almonds or legumes

• replace some of the sugar with substitutes like stevia

• you can try intermittent fasting to feel energized all morning

• when you get an acute sugar craving, distract yourself with exercise

• use maple syrup instead of sugar when sweetening coffee or cooking

regular workouts to become more energetic

the only habit that i'm really consistent with is yoga - but in my case it doesn't really count as exercise because i'm only doing the easy stuff.

establishing a meditation habit

in the last year i've learned a lot about mindfulness and how to meditate - but i've somehow never been able to do it daily.
it's not even that difficult!
i want to work on my discipline and mediate for one hour every week, doesn't matter when or where.

reducing screen time to 1 h

oh sweet internet - my best friend and worst enemy at the same time...
all this endless entertainment and novelty is certainly addicting.
i need my time for things that are more worthy of my attention!

instead of watching youtube, netflix and scrolling through whi, i want to:

• read more books (fiction & non-fiction)
• invest more time in homework and studying
• meet friends
• take walks outside
• draw or just be creative
• organize my room
• make photos of my surroundings

that's it for today!
please comment your resolutions so we can motivate each other ;)