If I could go back...

If I could go back 4 years ago I would tell my younger self to stay away from the junk people sell. Almost everyday I spent money on junk food, because it was easy to get and cheap. That junk food didn't do anything but add weight to my body. Junk food is loaded with fat and sugar. I should have ate healthier foods and more fruits. I just wanted what I wanted because I saw all my friends eating it. As a freshman I had very little self control. Even when I knew I shouldn't have eaten something I did anyway. Looking back I'm much more cautious about what I eat because I don't want to gain weight the way I did my freshman year. The following summer after freshman year I changed my eating habits. I worked out more and cut calories. I ended up losing about 17 pounds that summer. I haven't entirely kept all of it off, but I haven't gained all of it back either. I know now that eating that junk everyday wasn't good and if I'm not careful about what I eat I will gain the weight back and then some. When you change a habit that you've had for years successfully you have a different outlook about it. I know that I don't want to go back to being that chunky girl, so I'm more conscience about what I eat. Four years ago I didn't care about my weight, but reaching that point of what I felt was no return made me realize that something had to change.