Laura Schmid

Right now my health had never been better. I no longer struggle with low blood pressure, and the only times I get fainting spells are usually when it's extremely hot and humid or if I'm hungry (naturally).

Most people probably think that I lie when I tell them, I genuinely do not crave unhealthy foods anymore. It actually tastes bad to me! Every now and again I'll get a huge craving for something like an Oreo McFlurry, or Burger King, and when I do, I go and eat it. Most of those types of food are tasteless to me these days though, but not always. I did develop a craving/love for healthy foods though. Especially oatmeal, yogurt, veggies, fruit and peanut butter! But just because those things are healthy, doesn't mean I stuff my face with it. Balance it key. Some days I do struggle a bit with food anxiety/feeling guilty about food I ate. Yes, even if it was all a 100% clean. Unfortunately there was a period in my journey this year where I restricted calories and over exercised. I do sometimes still fall back to wanting to eat less, but then remind myself that these past few months of listening to my body telling me how much I should eat I managed to not only become a lot stronger physically and mentally, but I also lost a ton of fat and gained muscle. Something my body was incapable of doing while eating so little. I am planning on writing about it in the future.

I'm at the point in my fitness journey, where I'm aiming to get physically stronger, rather than loose fat, or look toned. I'm not gonna lie, I still work on my body, and I have 'vanity goals' as well, but I'm trying to focus more on the performance part now.