Jade and Food: The Ultimate Tragic Love Story, The Sequel

So in the first post about my unhealthy love affair with food, I said that I was going to start meal prepping. Yeah, that didn't happen, instead I started the sequel to my tragic love story: Deliveroo. When I wrote that post I had definitely forgotten how hard it is to have a schedule at uni. So when I got to uni all of my meal prep plans disappeared, replaced instead with trying to keep on top of all my uni work. Combine that with the fact that I missed the first week of uni because I was ill and having to join a higher class of mandarin, there was no time to cook. So Deliveroo was my best friend. There was one day when I ordered three times in one day, as I said before I give 150% or nothing.

But I'm back! I've just finished my fourth meal prepping session and I'm loving it. Surprisingly, before taking my new approach to meal prepping I didn't research. Usually, I'd spend days researching about every aspect when I start something new but this time I didn't. I restarted meal prepping when I was annoyed that when I came back from the gym at midnight I had to start cooking, so I ordered some meal prep containers from amazon and the next day I was back. The first meal prepping session didn't go exactly to plan as I cut my finger nearly all the way to the bone while chopping up sweet potatoes, so I had to postpone it. But after that I was on a roll.

Now, over two weeks later I have a proper schedule. I meal prep twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so that I don't get bored. I try to go to the gym at least 2 times a week, mixing my sessions with cardio and strength training.

Wait, so hold on hold on everything is going to plan with my physical fitness? Lol, no! Every so often I still crave cake, biscuits, bread but I'm learning self-control. I've also stopped drinking my calories. I've only had one glass of wine in a month, and this is coming from the girl who used to have a daily glass of wine to deal with the stress of lectures. I was living like a 40 year old house wife. I'm not tee-total, but the point is I'm trying.

So, yeah I'm properly trying  on this healthy lifestyle journey and I'm actually seeing results. I've lost a bit of weight so my clothes fit better and I feel better in myself. Mostly because I look better, I didn't realise how unhappy I was with my appearance beforehand. But yeah, new healthy, happy Jade is enroute but the chronicles of the ultimate love story continues.

P.S. Update about my fashion situation. To be honest initially it was harder than I thought because I had to wake up about 20-30 minutes early to decide what to wear and do my hair. But, by the end of the week it wasn't that bad and now two weeks later I've got the hang of it. So, let's see how long I can keep it up.