Beginning of the week report and Tuesday's workout (WEEK 5)

Alright so it is now WEEK five of me clean eating (with cheats in between) and working out at least 3 times a week, and I cannot believe I have gone this far without wanting to give up altogether.

Here's WHY (because nothing's coincidental) Well, I'm still shocked that I've lost so much weight, without realizing it. My goal weight has always been 130 pounds, and although I stayed positive, such a goal seemed impossible to me and so far away. But at 138 pounds, I am now CLOSER THAN EVER to achieving that goal, and that to me is amazing! I never thought I could do it and now look. Losing so much, and getting so far is only motivating me to keep doing what I'm doing which is eating better AND working out.

Side note: Although it takes me time to prepare mentally and get up and actually start my workouts, while I'm doing them I actually enjoy working out and getting my body active. It's not always easy, but I recover quickly. My stamina and endurance has improved tremendously thanks to my better eating habits, and maybe all the green tea I've been drinking. I LOVE finishing a good, enduring workout.

Quick confession, this weekend I went out, and of course after the party we were hungry so I had to resort to eating McDonald's (which I did not complain about) I went ham and got a burger, and like 10 wings (had some coca cola and a chicken nugget) Well Clearly Mickey D's puts addictive substances in their foods because lo and behold, guess who was craving the SAME meal TODAY? Of course me (craving it as we speak) 

So I had a burger, 4 chicken nuggets, some wings, and some coca cola and a few fries. :( Such a fail. (And may I just say, this is really odd, because in the USA, I couldn't care less about Mcdonald's, and I hadn't had nuggets in YEARS, I have no idea why I'm craving it all of a sudden) But I'm not discouraged, it's only up from here. I know I probably caught a few calories, but I have to keep working out and eating right anyway so whatevs. STILL not an excuse to keep going though because I don't want to reverse all my hard work.  What I'm trying to say is it's okay to fall off the train once or twice, as long as you get back up on it quick to catch it and KEEP ON GOING (I literally just made that up, but you get the point)

All in all, I am SO proud of myself for going this far. I feel like a new person (kinda) because I have more energy, more determination, I ENJOY working out (old Cristina would have never said such monstrosities, haha) I enjoy eating clean, and the way it makes me feel.

Also quick little experiment, after eating MD I did feel a difference in how I was working out.

And yes about working out today...It is now Tuesday, I didn't workout Sat, Sun OR Monday, like I was supposed to. I was still determined to do some tonight, but instead I started a bunch of workout videos, and gave up on them quickly. The reason for that is 1 I hadn't carefully planned my workout the night before (IMPORTANT) and I just wasn't feeling the workout vids I picked. Instead I did a fun quick dance workout by Scola Dondo. 

I must say, I love dance workout to REAL songs (not the fake ones like in most workout videos) I wish more people would do some, with some REAL FAT BURNING WORKOUT MOVES. Found a new one today 

Gonna try this one out when I don't feel like doing a real workout.

All in all I wasn't impressed by my workout tonight, gotta do better tomorrow. Also I ate horribly. For dinner I had two of my protein cookies, some water and I finished off the nasty MD burger and two wings...YUCK.