Day 5: It's Affirmation Friday!

Today's workout:
*Bike 2 miles (level 7)
*25 pushups
*Elliptical 1 mile (level 7)
*25 situps
*Run 1 mile (6.5--> 8.5 mph)
*25 air squats
*Stairclimber 20 floors (level 20)
TOTAL TIME: 30-32 minutes? I didn't keep track.

Whew, my body is EXHAUSTED! As much as I didn't like this workout (which, let's be honest, I don't really like any of the workouts. I LOVE the feeling after though!), it was a great one! I ran my mile in 9:01, which means I'm getting faster/my endurance is still increasing! I think I've earned my days off this weekend :)

So, yesterday's cravings were biscuits/muffins and cheese (again). I gave into swiss cheese, but looking at the ingredients, I know I could have done much worse. At the end of the day, I really wanted something sweet, so instead of just gorging myself with fruit (which is a healthier choice but high in fructose for that time of day...), I pulled out my Sugar Detox book and made some coconut muffins for the 1st time. My thoughts? They did their job to fill that craving for the most part. I found some of my parents strawberry jam and had that on the muffins, and while it wasn't good for me (high fructose corn syrup. ALWAYS check the labels), it was all I had at the time. It's times like those that I could have eaten myself silly with nuts, so I'm glad I got them out of the house. Oh, also for dinner I tried to use my Ziploc Steamer Bag to steam some frozen tilapia. Complete failure, and now my kitchen smells a bit fishy (gross). Thank goodness I had some Applegate Farms beef hot dogs (they are SO good. Definitely worth the extra money if you don't want to put nitrates and other gross fillers in your body like me) in the fridge because I was quite hungry. So hot dogs and spaghetti squash for dinner. It was okay. I'm sure I was more satiated than I realized... Gotta listen to my body more!

EXCITING NEWS ALERT!!!!!!  I LOST 5.5 LBS. THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!! I like to say, "I lost last weekend", because let's be real, I probably ate that much in SAD food last weekend. But who cares, it's gone now! I worked my butt off for that too!

(Boring menu part... skip to the end (if you're still reading))
Today's planned meals:
Breakfast: sausage and egg (proteins and fat) "biscuit" (1 oz. sausage, 1 egg, 1 coconut muffin = TOTALLY SATISFYING), 1 c. tuscan veggie blend (carbs), 1/2 scoop protein (for my 3rd block of protein), & 1 c. coconut water (recovery)
Lunch: Tropical Cafe for a co-workers birthday. My goal is to get chicken (protein) and steamed veggies (carbs) and maybe some avocado (good fat). We'll see if they can hook me up.
Snack (if necessary): HB egg, 1/2 apple or banana, avocado?
Dinner: Mama Rojas, hopefully. Planning on getting chicken fajitas sans tortillas, sour cream, and cheese. This will be my first real test w/ temptation (CHIPS AND QUESO. YUM), especially considering I'll be having a Sangria Swirl (and yes, I am fully aware that this is not within my way of eating, but it's Friday, and I had an awesome week!), but I have faith I can do it! ... and then who knows where the night will take us! Probably Friday's :)

Today:
I just have to say that I woke up this morning at 4:10 (and then snoozed until 4:30) feeling refreshed and all around awesome. For the first time in months, I wasn't upset with myself for what shape my body is in right now. While I still have a ways to go (and yes, I know I should be thankful I am the size I am, and I really am. I just know I can be better!), I am proud of myself :) So, there's my "affirmation friday" :)

Thanks for reading. Until tomorrow.