Back on Track

Dear Kim,

After going abroad in the fall, to heading back to school, and then immediately beginning a whirlwind summer that involved both your graduation and plenty of travel, I hardly had time to think twice about my health. This is an issue, however, because we both know the second that I look at a donut I put on 10 lbs. Whoops. Needless to say, now that I am back and settled in NYC, while I will indulge sometimes, I will also be much more conscious about my health. Starting new internships means that I need to both look AND feel my best so I can perform to the best of my ability; no one wants to hire a lazy, unappealing young woman.

SO on that note, I began my workout routine again yesterday afternoon. This mainly consists of getting my butt on the treadmill once a day to burn off the extra calories that I gained whilst consuming copious amounts of carbohydrates and sugars. After at least 400 calories are burnt, I feel much happier (and sweatier) hopping off the treadmill to continue with the rest of my day.

For breakfast yesterday I made a shake with water, frozen pineapple, mango, and strawberry and I added in chia seeds and coconut oil. It was definitely VERY filling. Following that, I met up with a friend for iced coffee with a dash of skim milk. Lunch was rushed, but I had a protein bar and an apple. After my internship, I did my workout, and then for dinner I had a great big Chop't salad with a Kombucha on the side. I MISSED MY KOMBUCHA. Thank god for Whole Foods. My salad had kale, spinach, turkey, avocado, cucumber, broccoli, tomato and red onion. The dressing was 'Spa Balsamic'. I couldn't finish it all last night, and so I saved the rest of it for breakfast the next morning.

 My delicious Chop't Salad! I love getting to create my own salad...and I think everything tastes better chopped.

Just the pictures is enough to get me to start drooling...

Thanks to a bit of jet-lag this fine Tuesday morning I wound up waking up at 4:30 am and wasn't able to fall back asleep. Luckily I had wanted to be productive this morning anyways, and so I went to the gym to get my morning workout over with. After a well-deserved shower, I plopped the remainder of my Chop't salad on a plate, and I cooked up some egg beaters with some mushrooms thrown in for good measures. This is day #1 of my second internship, and so I want to be filled with protein to perform fabulously! Naturally, I had to start this day off with a Kombucha, and so that was an additional key element to my morning meal.

I apologize the pictures is sideways, but I'm in a bit of a rush this morning so I have enough time to get ready! You get the picture of how delicious it was ;)

Can't wait to update you on how today goes! 

Love you,

Lara