Eating healthier vs exercising

BananaBee3

I enjoy both: eating healthy and exercising...it's just that I like sitting on the couch and eating ice cream too haha

I buy awesome healthy foods and eat fine when I'm at home, but at work it's a different story. No one really eats as healthy as I do and I tend to be easily influenced into eating the junk that's around just to avoid comments my co-workers WILL make. I bring my own snacks pretty often and sometimes my own meals, but I hate feeling like I'm being judged or looked at differently just because of what I decide to put in my body.

I'm slowly building these healthy habits though I used to never work out at work, but recently, I've been in the gym every day I've been on duty.

Lyadeia: I can't eat ice cream or pizza in moderation either! I will eat an entire pint or whole pizza if I have it at my house (and I'm alone haha)

fiberartist219

I agree that baby steps is the way to go.

Honestly, I thought exercising would be easier, because I didn't want to give up the amount or types of food that I was eating. However, the opposite has proven to be true. I find that if I eat healthy foods regularly, I don't miss the unhealthy foods. I still eat them from time to time, but I don't crave them. I find that it isn't that hard to eat less calories when I eat foods that are filling, like whole grains and protein.

I am doing better now with exercising, but it is absolutely baby steps. I am just doing 10 minutes here or there of jump rope or weight lifting. I find that if I work out until I'm exhausted, then I won't work out again for several days. So, I just do a little here and there to get the habits in place.