until she met

her boyfriend, who enjoys cooking healthy meals. He’s studying to be a

dietitian and told her about how eating a balanced diet can help improve energy

levels, digestion, and overall health. Vita’s mum always tells her that she

looks tired, so she likes the idea that eating healthier might help. As she

considers the change

she wonders how she will fit it into her lifestyle and

how she will learn to cook healthy meals. She doesn’t have money for a meal

delivery service. On the mid-session uni break she discovers that one of her

friends cooks healthy meals a few times a week and asks her to demonstrate how

to prepare some simple dishes. Her friend agrees and they set a date for the

next week

. Vita catches on quickly and figures out how to incorporate

healthy meals into her routine by meal prepping on the weekends

. However,

after the first week she gets busy with assignments and so decides to take a

week off from meal prepping to focus on her studies

. She restarts her

routine 2 weeks later and eats healthy meals 5 days a week for the first 3

weeks of the next semester

. Then the stress of uni hits and she can’t fit

meal prepping into her schedule again until the end of exams

. Vita’s next

semester of study is a little lighter, so she starts meal prepping again

consistently for that semester and throughout the Christmas holidays for over 7 months