Comfort food was always associated in my mind with unhealthy snacks or food.

You could also phrase this sentence as, "Comfort food has always been associated in my mind with unhealthiness".

Before June/ 2020, I was the type of person who would go for a slice (or two) of pizza very late at night.

I'm a night owl, and for the past 3 months or so, I've mostly slept at dawn.

My schedule leftaves several hours at night in which I’m usually working on my translations, and to be able to think straight I need to grab a bite to eat.

Every time I felt hungry at night, I looked around and had the fastefast food so that I don't lose time preparing anything.

Be it baklava, pita bread with either cheese, baba ghanouj or hoummous, croissants, noodles, pies, or cakes with fresh cream.

As you can see, they were all high in calories!

I also had a problem of eating while doing something else, so that made me forget to chew my food and therefore I ate more than I should 🙈have 🙈.

Despite the fact that either I work out at home using my two dumbbells and Swiss ball or go on long walks most of the days, I started to feel theat it was necessitary to change my approach to food.

My concerns weren't just associated with my weight, but more with the type of food I surrounded myself with.

Late at night I started to keep a plate of fruits, like strawberries or grapes, ready in case I feelt hungry.

I also found comfort in having lemon water with some nuts, especially almonds, pistachios, or walnuts.

Changing habits wais never easy!

FThe first week tortured me and made me realize how dependaent I was on food to stay in a good mood and be able to function, but it was just the first week really!