A Healthy Start

A couple of days ago, I had an illness, which I believe caused by something I ate. I had fever week for 2 days and couldn’t really leave the bed. That caused me to miss 6 classes in a row. That is why I decided to take some measures for any further problems. Nowadays I am working on a healthier lifestyle. As a student I don’t have much leisure time but I will cope with it somehow.

I started to cook for myself more often and eating at least 1 portion of vegetables and salad every day. The results are not really bright, but I am really keen on cooking and I am sure, I will improve it. I changed my cooking habits as well. I shifted from sunflower oil and butter to olive oil and walnut oil; also I started to eat less fast food, making sandwiches for my lunch at school which is healthier and saves money.

Recently I learnt how to cook menemen (a kind of Turkish omelette with cheese, tomato and green pepper) and pasta with tomato. It is not a big accomplishment but still edible and surprisingly they taste good.

In addition to change my diet, next week I will start gym because I don’t do enough exercise. Therefore last week I visited City University London’s gym centre, Saddlers Sport Centre.  Place is quite satisfactory. All kind of gym equipments are available. You have to bring a sweat towel with you for your and the other members’ convenience. There is an indoor basketball court available, however you have to reserve the place and pay a small fee.  For City University London students membership fees are rather cheap, but also the centre accepts members from outside. You can apply for different classes as well. There are calm classes such as Ashtanga Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Iyengar Yoga and Pilates, and martial arts classes such as Aikido, Kung Fu, Nudda, Capoeira, Ju-jitsu, Goju Karate and Shorinji Kempo. A sauna is available as well and free for members. After I finish my Accounting assignment, I will start to go this centre with 2 of my friends from INTO.

As a last measure, I planned my sleeping hours. I put them in an order. I started to go bed around 23:30 every day and wake up at 07:30. I believe 8 hours of sleep is necessary to keep up with my daily schedule.

With that programme, I plan to lose some weight, since I am a little bit overweight at the moment. However losing weight is not the sole reason. Having a regular time table will affect my performance at school as well.