My Weight Loss Experience: Weeks 3 – 7

A lot has changed since week 1. I have moved comfortably into a routine of healthy eating, I am a regular at the gym, I have more energy and I am 6 pounds lighter than when I started. The biggest realization for me has been the fact that I do not want to be consuming foods that aren’t even really food. Something clicked in my mind and I realized that my body needs and craves whole, fresh foods. Food in their natural form that have not been processed and packaged. Foods that do not contain additives that I am unable to pronounce let alone understand their contents. I have realized that my former ‘need’ for packaged convenient foods was not actually a need but rather a decision. It was a decision to be busy, lazy and to put food and health at the bottom of the list of priorities. I quickly discovered that I actually enjoy making my own food everyday, knowing exactly what is in it and it isn’t as difficult or time consuming as I first thought. What it does require is planning, perseverance when things don’t go according to plan and research.