{"id":526,"date":"2015-01-20T17:37:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T22:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/andi\/?p=526"},"modified":"2015-01-20T17:37:39","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T22:37:39","slug":"new-year-new-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/andi\/2015\/01\/new-year-new-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year, New Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy 2015 Hawkeyes! As with every new year, it was time to make some New Year’s resolutions! But unlike most years where I make a big long list, this year I decided to focus on just one. So my biggest goal for 2015? Live a healthier lifestyle.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ll be the first to admit, I\u00a0love\u00a0<\/em>my junk food. Chips, popcorn, you name it, I love it. One of my biggest offense is soda. I love drinking Coca-Cola, Pepsi, RC, any of the above. I definitely get strong cravings for it. So my first step to lead a healthier life is to cut the soda. Ok, maybe not completely. In order to ease my way into it, I’ve decided to only treat myself to a soda if I eat out at a sit-down restaurant. I’ll be frank, I love it too much to cut it out completely. So my main goal is to not keep a supply at home, and focus on drinking more water instead. My parents even got me a really nice Tervis water bottle for Christmas that I’ve definitely been taking advantage of!<\/p>\n

My next step to being healthier, is focusing on my portion sizes when I cook my meals. I love to snack, so I love to eat, a lot…So typically my meal portions are a little disproportionate. I definitely have eyes bigger than my stomach, and because I don’t want to waste the food, I end up eating it all anyways. I’m on a college budget, so I can’t always afford a lot of nice fresh produce each week, or organic brands. I go for it sometimes, but it’s not something I can afford on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

Another step to my overall goal, is to be more active. I definitely became quite the hermit this past semester, and that’s something I want to change. I’ve recently found I love going to the fieldhouse and going up to a racquet ball court and just hitting a tennis ball around. I also typically incorporate a small workout up there as well. I also intend on getting back into the swing of climbing this semester. I definitely missed that this past fall.<\/p>\n

Being over 2 weeks into the next year, so far I think I have done a really good job. This time around I feel that my resolution is much more realistic. I definitely have my weak moments, but hey, no one’s perfect right? I’m really proud of my progress so far, and I have every intention of keeping it up! I think it’s really important that if you truly want to achieve your New Year’s goals, they need to be realistic, that or just pick one and dive right into it! I can’t wait to see what these coming months bring for me. Happy New Year!<\/p>\n

Go Hawks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy 2015 Hawkeyes! As with every new year, it was time to make some New Year’s resolutions! But unlike most years where I make a big long list, this year I decided to focus on just one. So my biggest goal for 2015? Live a healthier lifestyle. I’ll be the first to admit, I\u00a0love\u00a0my junk […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/andi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/andi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/andi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/andi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/andi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/andi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":527,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/andi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526\/revisions\/527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/andi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/andi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/andi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}