Diet and Exercise

Dieting and exercise have been a big problem for me since I started college two and a half years ago. My first year in college, I went through a phase that I just wanted to be skinny. I would purposely eat only animal crackers and go days or a full week without eating an actual meal. I am not anorexic, but people have always told me that if you really want to lose weight then you should starve yourself. The diet worked with me not eating and I ended up losing fifteen pounds. That summer I committed to exercising and I noticed that with a decent diet and about an hour of exercise, anyone can easily shed some pounds. Diet and exercise is a hard thing for me. I am constantly busy with school and work so I tend to just grab some fast food and go. Lately, me and my boyfriend have started cooking late at night so that we have food for the next day. This helps so that we don’t consume a lot of fast food. Exercising on the other hand is something that I have not done in awhile. I plan to start exercising so that I can slim down for my trip to Miami over the summer. Over the next five years, I want to just maintain my weight at about where it is now. I do not want to gain weight. I am going to watch my food intake and participate in more activities and daily exercise so that I can maintain my weight.