a week of healthy + realistic college meals 📚🍎 how I stay fit during school | productive habits

[Music] I'll find myself [Music] wakey wakey it's time to go to school my body is still very much adjusting from Summer mode to school mode my goal for this week is to survive like get enough sleep try to see everything with an open mind especially when I'm in those mandatory classes learning information that I'm never gonna use again in my soul feels like dying a little bit and to do some weekly meal prepping and no I don't mean putting Chicken in rice and Bland oatmeal into containers for a whole week that would be literal torture for me usually on Sundays I like to sit down and figure out roughly when I want to eat the next week depending on how hectic my schedule looks and what I'm craving so I'll pick something I want to bake oatmeals I want to try food reels that caught my eye and I'll make a cute little list and my notes happen head to the grocery store this week had some incredibly life-changing moments for me because I was confronting one of my biggest enemies who I've never been on good terms with automatic cottage cheese yeah I know she's been having her moment dominating social media 2023 is cottage cheese year and I promised myself I would never fall victim to this trend but I guess people change and this is just the power of social media I decided what better way to participate in the cottage cheese cult than mixing my favorite thing with my least favorite thing a risky decision it could have ended very badly but I kid you not these pancakes blew my mind I love myself a moist fluffy mushy pancake and it's a great boost of protein and you can't taste the cottage cheese at all wait a minute that is so good [Music] moistness I mean disguising into the pancake and drenching in maple syrup might have been cheating a little bit but still quite remarkable I hate cottage cheese you need to buy to make this I think the thing that gets me honestly is the texture like the chunky curdled nuggets of varying sizes suspended in slightly lumpy liquid it's not the first thing that comes to mind when I think of the word appetizing but if I'm going to commit to cottage cheese I can't just hide it in a pancake so I made this garlic bruschetta cottage cheese toast and I slathered a generous layer of curdled cheese on it okay that is yummy what is it yeah it was actually not bad the flavor of cottage cheese is super mild and it pairs well with sourdough and it does really complement the sweet Tangy Tomatoes I don't even know what I'm eating but it's so good the only thing that is not okay about that is now my breath smells entirely like garlic so really bad the person's gonna have to sit next to me and Clash it's like 12 p.m on a Monday and already my computer has broken down and given me a heart attack and I'm already ready for bed so we're off to a great start it's been tough coming back to school after taking a year off I had my own routine down I worked my own hours all my time was mine and now so much of my time is taken up by classes prepping for class getting to class pretending I'm paying attention during class but I did make it a personal goal of mine to not let school take over my life too much as in I need to find time to be me first of all so I don't go absolutely crazy and so I can stay relatively healthy now being healthy isn't just about how much you work out and what you eat and how your body looks the things we think make us healthy are literally not even measures of Health we forget that Health isn't big muscles and a grocery basket full of celery or a hundred dollar Pilates classes I think this might actually take me three months to read so what this is is you read both of these books at the same time you jump from book to book I'm too excited oh yeah we've got to section them off I very much thought for my entire life that my ideal University healthy productive girl routine would go something along the lines of meal prepping all of my meals while working out five times a week going to my part-time job hitting all my protein goals green juice going out with friends every night reading sleeping enough making time for my creative Hobbies attending all the meetings for the four clubs I joined while also getting good grades and slaying all my classes and what I learned from all that is if you are stressed out of your mind about being healthy and sleeping like three hours a night just so you have time to be healthy I'm sorry to be the one to break it to you but that's not healthy it's probably doing more harm than good to be honest I want to remind you there's a difference between trying to be healthy and trying to be perfect foreign list of everything we want to do and it feels like there are never enough hours in a day you can't do everything but you can choose everything that matters most to you right now not every single thing deserves your time and energy at all times deciding what isn't worth your time is how we make time to be healthier and happier humans so sit down and like really ask yourself what is important to me right now what can Health realistically look like for me right now good morning too early it hasn't even been 12 hours yet and I'm back in the same place what are the things I should focus more on and less on that will help me support my goals and health is going to look so different for college me than I did for summer me or gappier me in the summer I also had so much more energy and mental real estate to pour into being creative and soul-searching and reading 10 hours a day I can't go in with expectation that my exercise routine will look the same with six classes and a full-time job as it did in the summer when I had like 24 hours of free time but I can still move my body for at least 10 minutes a day to clear my head and feel energized now I'm prioritizing making yummy nutritious easy to pack food instead of making aesthetically pleasing food I'm prioritizing sleep over posting consistently on social media I joined zero club so I can have time to edit these videos and sometimes health is just focusing on really little things bringing my water bottle everywhere I go always having a feel-good snack ready to eat in the fridge setting up a bedtime slash close your laptop alarm at 10 pm it's never underestimating the power of a 10 minute morning yoga or walk [Music] so peanut buttery yum [Applause] [Music] another son made me some tea and tired yes staying caught up with my classes is important but so is staying caught up with my mental health as in making sure I have time to do things that keep me mentally stable therapy books YouTube cooking with my mom [Music] little healthy habits and beliefs you implement into your day-to-day life are what adds up to create a healthy life foreign [Music] and it's so not about being perfect with your routine and your meals and your habits it's actually about letting go of that Perfection like it really is okay it's okay if you didn't go to the gym if you forgot to drink water all day if you're a little behind on your classwork if you gain some weight if you haven't eaten a vegetable for a week oh my goodness it doesn't mean you failed the little easier on yourself I found that when I stopped expecting perfect that's when I found peace with food and exercise and how I look and how I live instead of trying to be this perfect healthy person I'm trying to be a realistic healthy person okay [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so juicy [Music] so Tuesdays and Thursdays are my early morning classes and I'm out the door by seven and I have class with no breaks until like right before noon and sometimes I'm just not hungry in the mornings or I'm so confused by the class content that I forget to feel hungry but other times my stomach is rumbly and there's a part of me that's like all deceit after I'll just wait until lunch no one else is eating so I don't need to eat either but I also know if I don't eat by the time lunch comes around I'm going to be so freaking ravenous and most likely eat everything in sight one day I was feeling a little peckish but no one else was eating I was like okay I'll eat after but then I saw my friend eat a breakfast sandwich at 8am during class and she had no idea how much I needed to see that seeing her just honoring her hunger just being a normal human it's so weird how we try to fight against all these things that just make us human feeling hungry or having cravings is our body's way of asking us for something it needs our job is pretty simple to pay attention and listen and to trust it and it's okay to be hungry when no one else is it's okay to eat earlier some days it's okay to eat even when you're not hungry so you won't be overly hungry later it's okay to eat breakfast not just water or green juice or coffee but breakfast and I really do have more regular balanced meals throughout the day when I do I tend to feel more satisfied at other meals have fewer Cravings at night I feel like my energy levels are more stable and most importantly it prevents me from turning into evil hangry Linda basically what I'm trying to say is I want to be your breakfast sandwich and let you know you always deserve to honor your home group and feel your bodies [Music] okay this moment right here is super important I think this was the turning point for my relationship with cottage cheese I put a layer over my avocado toast and smeared it with chili oil and honey and I am speechless like all the different textures and flavor profiles it's just magical it's sweet and savory and spicy and creamy sauce for words I'm blaming chili oil this is so freaking delicious I genuinely thought I hated cottage cheese my whole life turns out I just didn't know what I was doing eating less isn't better a smaller body isn't healthier being hungry is not an accomplishment eating later during the day doesn't mean you win not listening to your body isn't really something you should be proud of having the discipline to never eat your favorite foods or feeling guilty after enjoying a meal sounds like a very miserable life and obsessing over every meal it sounds like an exhausting one foreign you are more than a body more than what you ate today more than how much you weigh remember it's not about how good we think our bodies look but knowing our bodies are good regardless of how they look [Music] [Applause] Adventure [Music] Sometimes the best workout you can do isn't the sweatiest one the heaviest one or the longest one but simply the one that feels good the one that your body is asking for foreign [Music] okay save the pancake batter first my hair my clothes why okay this is not okay what the actual like why yeah that happens to me way more often than it should anyways I saw this waffle yogurt combo on Instagram and it immediately won me over you spread a yogurt peanut butter cinnamon situation within the waffle crevices and then you end up with this higher protein super satisfying and satiating beautiful breakfast it was definitely worth the waffle battered hair and sweater and floor making time for waffles on a school day is my form of self-care today and it's totally fair if you say you don't have time to Waffle or meal prep or sleep or drink water or go for a walk but is it you don't have time or is it just you don't want to or know how to make time I don't think you'll ever regret prioritizing your health at the end of the day it's just me and this body and brain of mine for the rest of my life I'm really stuck with them whether I like it or not so I really do believe you'll never regret putting in the time to make it a safer stronger Kinder place to be this is one way I make time you know how people have fomo like fear of missing out I literally have the opposite I have joy from missing out because I love knowing that I'm spending my time doing the things that actually matter to me and make me happy I used to say yes to every invite and opportunity even to stuff I never really wanted to go to typical people pleaser Tendencies but I recognize that I can't show up to everything and never show up for myself discover what matters most to you and fill your time with those instead of the things that seem to matter most to everyone else learning to say no and exercising my right to prioritize myself is one of the best things that's happened to me sometimes saying no is how you say yes to yourself it's given me time to create to hang out with mother son to not overload my schedule so I don't feel stressed and panicky all the time it's helped me differentiate between the events and social Hangouts that actually get me excited instead of the ones that leave me feeling empty it's helped me surround myself with people that fill my cup instead of drain it it's helped me become more in tune with my energy and be able to set the boundaries I need for myself to protect that energy and striking that balance between those times you should get out of your comfort zone and go to that social thing or event or when you should stay home and watch a movie about yourself and even if it doesn't feel like it you know yourself a lot better than you think you do and with time and practice you'll learn to believe it [Music] at the end of every week I like to do a little reflecting because even if I don't feel like I learned anything super valuable in my lectures I always find I learned something at least a little valuable about myself I think there are a lot of takeaways from this week first baked oats are the best meal preppable school snack or meal I'm obsessed and I'd say by far the biggest win from this week was befriending cottage cheese we're not best friends not even close but I'd say we now respect one another and another takeaway thank the breakfast sandwiches of your life the people who unknowingly remind you to take care of yourself the people who see you sitting alone eating your pizza and decide to pull up a chair and say hi the ones who make you feel less alone the ones who make you laugh the ones who inspire you the ones who challenge you the ones who feel like a warm hug the ones who you're just so glad exist you should thank them [Music] thank you [Music] I don't know why [Music] not bad [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] imagine your mistakes this week I also learned I've always been the rabbit you know the story about the turtle and the rabbit slow and steady wins the race yeah no I've been losing that race but lately I think I've evolved into the turtle while everyone around me seems to be obsessed productivity and the grind life I see now that trying to be the most productive person ever actually made me the least productive person ever let me explain is it really productive if you work yourself to a point of exhaustion where you have to quit your job and drop out of school for a whole year just to regain enough mental energy to get out of bed in the morning I know that's kind of an extreme example but it is my personal experience we are all human and we all have limits I'd rather do less things day to day see progress over a longer period of time go at a pace that is sustainable and healthy I'd rather get there eventually than burn out and maybe not even get there at all or get there and be too tired to even enjoy it however I'm also very grateful that I was the rabbit or else I would have never gained these New Perspectives or learned what works for me or take breaks from doing homework to make the absolutely most gorgeous pepperoni bacon pizza with garlic butter crust and hot honey drizzle yeah it tasted better than it sounds but maybe everyone is both the turtle and the rabbit or maybe we have to be the rabbit first and lose the race to gain the insight to become this wise Turtle I don't know but I've learned from my mistakes and learned to like him too so I'm sorry if you wanted some quick tips on how to study for 20 hours a day and run a side hustle and perfectly portion out your meals and how to be a robot I'm not the person you want to go to for that but I will tell you don't be too hard on yourself some days my best does look like having enough energy to meal prep and exercise and get caught up in all my classes and still have time to read at night and then there are days where my best looks like barely getting through my classes and going straight home and passing out some days the last thing I want to do is touch my laptop talk to another living Soul pick up my camera and film myself most days I want to cry in class sometimes my meals are balanced and other times you just need a big bowl of comfort food some days my best looks like being miserable and cranky and doing the things I don't want to do and some days there are more important things in my life to take care of than being productive you so do something nice for yourself this week whether that's trying out a new workout class or baking your favorite fall baked good maybe try out some cottage cheese recipes or take time to reflect on the lessons you learned this week as always thank you for eating with me thank you for being here go eat something yummy I love you so much and we'll talk soon

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Published: Sun Sep 24 2023