Better Habits

Yesterday marked the beginning of Lent, and despite the fact that I’m not at all religious, I usually find something to give up for it- sweets, time on social media/the internet, whatever. But because most of the things I cut out of my life- or consider cutting out- are either far to easy for me to live without (like alcohol), or far too difficult, (to the point where I already know I’ll fail, like in giving up chocolate), this year, I’ve decided to use those 40 days to build some better habits. 

The first problem I’ve decided to tackle is my eating habits. They’re pretty bad- I eat irregular amounts of food at irregular intervals. If I’m stressed or running late I might forget to eat, or grab something to have on the run, and the next day I’ll have too much time and spend all of it in the kitchen. Then I’ll have a healthy phase where my nutrition is on point for a couple of days, and in the next week I’ll be having junk food again. It’s a mess. 

In an attempt to better this, I’ve decided to document what I eat and when I eat it until easter. Hopefully after a few days I’ll notice patterns and be able to fix things, and by the time april comes around my goal is to not cringe when I look into my food diary. 

Excuse the mixture of English and German- my food diary is something I write quickly, the same way I think, which usually results in a hot mess between multiple languages.

Bedsheets & bedspread- Ikea

Another goal of mine is to exercise regularly. I enjoy running, and now that the weather is slowly getting warmer I want to go out on a run at least twice a week. I also want to take time to do extra cardio and work on my stretches at least two nights a week. I may be aiming a little bit high, but it’s definitely in the realm of possibility, so I’m going to try my best to go through with it.

So those are my goals- what are you giving up/changing for Lent?