As I reach the almost end of this diet I feel that its important to talk about something that i'm sure everyone faces, Challenges. For most people they encounter the normal challenges such as time management, cravings, motivation troubles, etc. Something different about my experience is the fact that I am at college. This makes it a little more difficult to have success on a diet.
First challenge that I face is peer pressure from friends. Its extremely easy to be influenced to cheat on your diet when your friends are constantly eating delicious food around you. I live with two roommates and I know that one is into sweets and constantly has sugar and chocolates. Another very difficult challenge was alcohol. In college its normal to go out pretty frequently and have a couple of drinks at the bars. Alcohol as most of you know, adds up to a lot of calories. Alcohol makes it very difficult to lose weight but is such a way of life at college. Not drinking on halloween was so insanely hard and i'm still amazed I pulled it off.
Second challenge that I face is having time in my day to exercise. Having a full day of classes and then shlepping to the gym was tough. Keeping my motivation throughout the entire challenge and maintaining time for homework and workout time isn't easy. However, I purchased a white board and posted motivational quotes all over my room. No matter how silly a motivational idea sounds, if it works, DO IT!! I can't begin to explain how much easier that made these challenges.
My third and final biggest challenge on this diet at college was acceptance that this takes time. I thought that losing weight was as simple as just eating healthy and working out, but it is so much more. I did not start to see results in the mirror until a week or two ago. Finally seeing results has made this all worth my while.
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