Junk Food Junkie

Do any of you remember the commercial back when we were younger where the guy was running down the street panting and you thought that he was just out for his morning exercise only to find out that he was running from a cop and the little boy's voice in the background said.."When I grow up, I want to be a Junkie". We used to have so many of those drug commercials like the, "This is you brain...this is your brain on drugs...Any questions?" Whatever happened to all those commercials? Shawn and I actually called the cops the other day to report 2 teenage boys driving around on 116th street smoking a joint in their car. LOL! They must have never seen the commercials. I hope they get the butts busted.
Well, to my point, I never said growing up I want to be a Junkie but somehow I ended up doing so. Although it isn't drugs it is sometimes a drug to me. I caught myself the other day saying I NEEDED something to comfort me during my time of the month and guess what I wanted. Chocolate!!! (Need is such a strong word.)Well, instead of chocolate I got a Cappachino loaded with at least 500 calories in it. OK, let me just be honest. I wanted the whole 24 ounce cup of Cappachino but I didn't want to look like a pig so I actually bought two 16 ounce cups as if I were going to give someone the other one. (Total 32 ounces...would have just been better to get the 24) Who would that be, the little man in my junkie brain telling me I needed it. After the incident of giving into the "drugs" I knew that I needed to work my butt off to burn off those extra calories. Why is it we always realize this after we already do what we shouldn't have. If I had just not drank the cappachino I wouldn't have had to spend the next 45 min running on a treadmill to work it off. (which my shins are still hurting from today!)
With that said, I am giving up the drugs. I am coming clean and I need each of you to keep me accountable for it. I don't want to be a Junk Food Junkie anymore. I need ideas 0f things to do when my brain is telling me I "need" something sweet. I always tell Shawn I have a sweet tooth and if it doesn't quit acting up I am going to have to just pull the darn thing out. So, at the risk of me actually looking like I belong living in the country missing teeth...HELP!!! What are some ideas that each of you do to keep yourself away from the temptations?

Don't you wish Apple Pie could be your fruit for the day?

Well, another day of temptation has passed and I made it through. Today, while wanting to just stay home and get my workout in I ended up going with my hubby to his parents house and had to sit and watch him eat apple pie topped with ice cream. Yum! I started to find myself doing what I do so often which is feel sorry for myself. I wish that I could be one of those people that got to eat whatever they wanted and not think about it, but I am not. I am starting to try to think more positive when these situations come up now. I focus on that every day that goes by I am that much closer to having the body of my dreams and to becoming a Les Mills presenter. I have to realize that even though those people don't gain weight they might not be that healthy on the inside. There are things other than weight that matter when it comes to your health. I am not only eating right for my weight but I am eating right so that I am healthy for a very long time to come...inside and out.
Now, onto my workout tonight. I am in the process of doing ChaLEAN Extreme by BeachBody and let me just say after finishing the Burn Circuit I did her Extreme Abs and they are nothing short of being Extreme! 16 min of nonstop ab action. I feel like I may just have a 6 pack tomorrow. Well, maybe not tomorrow but definitely by my deadline of June 9th. Sexy bikini by the pool here I come!!! This WILL be the first summer that I will drop the towel and walk to the pool instead of keeping it wrapped around me until the last possible moment. YIPPY!