It's getting better all the time

I pulled our old smoothie machine (basically blender with a pour spout) out of the closet as soon as I returned home, and since then I've had frozen yoghurt for breakfast every morning, mixing plain yoghurt with frozen fruit and soymilk, sticking it in an old yoghurt tub and then putting it in the freezer, and eating it with granola in the morning. This has been doing wonders for me - it's like an ice cream substitute which satisfies my craving for sweets without having any sugar except from the fruit proper, and thus not only am I eating more healthily in general but also when I do succumb to my desire for junk food I instantly get a stomachache, and therefore have started to develop an aversion. Amazing! Those who know me personally will realise what a feat this is for me; I am beyond addicted to chocolate and cookies, so the first step to getting healthier is eating healthily.

Of course the other half of this challenge is getting exercise. This has always been a problem for me. I'm quite lazy by nature, often choosing television and video games over going outside. However, now that I no longer have regular internet access I've started going outside more frequently, and to really start encouraging myself (as well as my parents) I ended up buying a Wii Fit this past week. Every day since I've been pushing myself to do the activities, spend at least half an hour with the yoga and strength training and such that it offers. I find mixing these with the feedback of a video game can really motivate me - in less than a week I'm down two kilos and really starting to feel better about myself. I was convinced that I would get this kind of benefit from living in Europe, but since I spent all my time exploring and not bothering to check my diet despite all of the exercise I got from walking about all of those cities, it never happened. It's motivation, really, that counts. I don't have much time left...

A deadline? No, not really. I just... Since I'm taking this fifth year of school I want to be the person I really want to be in life when I finish, and hopefully make it into grad school making the impression I want to be making for the rest of my life. Self confidence! I want to be in real life the person I am on the internet.