July 04, 2016
Statistics and Instagram Inspiration
June 20, 2016
There and Back Again
It's been over a year since I last posted on this blog. I then wrote that I was on the verge of starting a journey: a journey towards a healthy life. A new and improved me, that was what I was going for. I figured once I'd get thin, I'd be probably be happy too. Wasn't that an obvious chain of thought?
It has been over a year, and what a year it's been. For the first time in my life, I had a team of professionals rooting for me. Weekly, I'd meet with my therapist, my dietician and/or my physiotherapist. I'd attend group meetings about the importance of nutricious food, participate in a spinning class, attend group meetings about the importance of exercizing. Heck, I even tried Nordic walking and discovered that is NOT as easy as the elderly part of society makes it look. I made sure I got plenty of exercize every single day, taking my bike whenever I could - the perks of being Dutch, I know -, wore myself out in the swimming pool and took up running again. All the while, I was eating according to a plan adjusted to my personal situation and writing down thoughts about myself and food in a food diary my therapist gave me.
It has been over a year, and what a year it's been. For the first time in my life, I had a team of professionals rooting for me. Weekly, I'd meet with my therapist, my dietician and/or my physiotherapist. I'd attend group meetings about the importance of nutricious food, participate in a spinning class, attend group meetings about the importance of exercizing. Heck, I even tried Nordic walking and discovered that is NOT as easy as the elderly part of society makes it look. I made sure I got plenty of exercize every single day, taking my bike whenever I could - the perks of being Dutch, I know -, wore myself out in the swimming pool and took up running again. All the while, I was eating according to a plan adjusted to my personal situation and writing down thoughts about myself and food in a food diary my therapist gave me.
April 07, 2015
Start Somewhere
So here I am, typing my first blog entry. All this feels so new (obviously because it is). One thing I do know, is that I am done staying where I am now.
You see, I haven't been doing so well lately. For the past four years of my life, I'd been thinking about seeing a therapist for my socials anxieties and depressed tendencies. I have been blessed with many amazing friends, and last December, one of them told me I should really get into therapy. Because of her persuasiveness, in February I started my counseling. After five very intense sessions, that therapist told me that she thought it'd be best if I would start working on my eating problems and obesity firstly. I expected anything from her really, but not this.