Intervention!

Dear Self
I'm only writing this because I love you.
You are an incredibly person: smart, funny, and can also very pretty, however, you are unlike most teenage girls. They can eat whatever they want whenever they want, whereas you gain ten pounds just by looking at a donut. Those girls can burn off fat like it's nobody's business...and you have to work for hours upon end just to burn off a piece of cake. You are fat. You have been for sometime although nobody has really brought it to your attention. It crept up on you, slowly but surely. You went to college where you dove into fries and burgers on the buffet everyday and drank your calories. You can no longer do that. You have to be cautious of the food you put into your body. I know you've been having the mentality of "Oh I can eat whatever or drink whatever I want because it's a holiday or special occasion." FALSE! Those times are especially important to not binge eat or eat terrible things. Be strong.  Have my voice inside your head and listen to it when it tells you that you will regret that come Monday. Please please please eat smart and exercise hard. NO amount of food is worth spoiling all your progress. I want you go love yourself again, and making excuses for eating junk, no matter how good it may look, will never get you to where you want to be. If you have to cheat, cheat small.

I had to give myself an intervention. I kept spoiling myself with food over the weekend, or over 4th of July and it has got to stop. I'm so passionate about losing weight but when it comes to choosing between healthy and delicious, my hunger takes over and doesn't listen to my brain.

After a few weeks of this working but not enough...I'm switching things up a bit.

First of all, I will be running a 4 mile race on August 31st. In order to train for this race, I'm taking a class on Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:15-6:15AM that will teach me good running skills. After the class I will be working out until work starts. That way, I can go home right after lessons, eat early, and go to bed early. That will help tremendously. I will still do Zumba on Tuesday nights, and I'll still be walking with my best friend Monday and Wednesday nights.

Today I honored Meatless Monday by eating an apple and banana for breakfast after my early workout, a fettichini alfredo bake for dinner accompanied by a cheese quesadilla and some frozen yogurt, a strawberry salad with greek yogurt and brussel sprouts for dinner. Total calories consumed today:1544.

I got protein bars for breakfast before my running class so we will see if that helps me. I am excited to run, and I know I have the strength to keep this up. Whenever I feel like slipping I will picture everything I want getting ripped from my grasp by the dirty food that is taunting me. Until next time,  everyone. Bueñas noches☆