Daily Burn: Day Twenty One!

              This is it! Twenty One Day challenge is over. I worked out nearly every day, I did miss a few. I changed my diet COMPLETELY which was not easy, but I did it! 

I have not had coffee for 21 days. That is pretty huge and that was not always easy either. I know that there is another level of clean eating that I eventually want to get to, but for now these small changes are working for me. 

I successfully turned down temptations and desires that came up nearly every single day. I did go through a bit of depression when I wasn't losing any weight and I was really working at not eating anything off my diet and working out every day. 

But I pushed through it and kept at it. I have only had fruit smoothie's every morning for breakfast and the only snack I allow my self is fat free yogurt, fruit, or almonds. My diet is actually balanced for the first time ever I think, healthy amount of fruit's veggies, meats, and grains and oils. 

One of the biggest things for me during this time was to not just get my physical body in shape but to also take that time away with Jesus every day and keep my spiritual health as well. I really think that's key in any attempt to change behavior's

I did the free 30 day trial of daily burn, but now that I have been at it for 21 days I most definitely will be keeping it and paying the 10$ monthly to keep it going. I hope I can continue on this health journey of mine, my blogs will end for now but my constant work will not. Thank you to every one who has encouraged me and kept me going it has meant more than you possibly know! 

.....Now for the final weigh in. 

After 21 days. 
Starting at 204.0 pounds ..... I am now 194.2 ........ I know I didn't hit my goal weight.. but I will most definitely take the 10 pound loss. 
I am grateful and blessed. 

Daily Burn: Day Twenty

Well were down to the last two days of the challenge and then we will do the final weigh in.

Day twenty was pretty successful. I started my morning with my usual breakfast smoothie. Then did a 40 min total body work out with a squat challenge. I still struggled with some of the work out's but could feel my body gaining muscle and getting stronger in other areas. It felt good.
I had a whole wheat tortilla with some refied beans and a little bit of cheese turned into a quesidilla I also added some avacado.
For dinner I tried my sprouted rice and quinoa blend something we recently picked up at Costco... expensive stuff.
Well it didnt exactly taste the way I was hoping it would. I added kindey beans, black beans. and corn and it still tasted super bland.
oh well. at least I tried it. Things seem to be getting better as far as my emotions go with this whole thing. It took some time but I am actually feeling stronger and like I can lose weight. It feels great. 

Daily Burn: Day Eighteen and Nineteen

Day 18...I have had little moments of depression try to take over while I am attempting to change my lifestyle. It is so important to stay mentally strong, I didn't do a work out video today and that really messes with me mentally. I guess I feel like if I don't work out then I will not lose weight.
I really have to let that go because I just can't work out every day...bottom line.

But I can stay focused on eating right and stretching really good even if I can't work out.

I am still having a smoothie every day for breakfast..I would love to change some things up like try using almond milk or something...but were not there yet.

We had a really big birthday party to go to and it was tricky because naturally there were millions of yummy little treats everywhere.
Seriously...on every table there was an edible candy tree...pretty sure that would have never happened if I wasn't trying to lose weight.
They served carna asada which is just a thin piece of lean meat, I also had some pinto beans and rice. I had NO cake ...success!!
We ate at somewhat of a weird time so later that evening I threw a salad together with avocado and a hard boiled egg.
Cheat: I did have some ochata ( traditional Mexican milk drink) and some pineapple concoction which was delicious...so there must have been sugar in it..eek.

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Day 19... Things are getting down to the wire.. I still can't believe that I have been eating right for 19 days. It feels awesome and saying no is getting so much easier.

So I began my day with a smoothie like normal and I stayed full until about 12:00.. then I became hangry..

we planned on going to lunch at Olive Garden with some friends for a goodbye party.
Olive Garden is my greatest weakness...Italian food is my kryptonite.
I was so hangry by 12:30 I had to do something so I ate some almonds before we got to the restaurant. I am so glad I did because the warm bread sticks sitting right in front of me were so tempting.
I had some salad and waited about an hour for my soup to come... another thing that would probably never happen if I wasn't boycotting bread sticks.
I managed to survive..no fatty food and no bread sticks.
For dinner we had grilled steak chunks with black beans and avocado in a whole wheat wrap.
Cheat: Andes mint and for an evening snack I had apples with peanut butter....another weakness.

GOOD NEWS - I did weigh in ..because I was getting somewhat depressed about not losing weight. I am down to 195 pounds! almost down 10 pounds since the start and that is huge for me! No official work out today. I did do a bunch of house work and jumped my heart out on the trampoline.

Daily Burn: Day Sixteen/Seventeen

...Oh my word, it has already been sixteen days ...over two weeks. I am starting to get a bit disappointed in my results. I had rapid loss in the first week which I know is normal and now that I am over the second week I seem to be stuck and I am quickly loosing motivation to keep working out.
I know this is the "breaking point" where most people give up and stop. I have pushed through temptations and kept on my diet..but with the schedule things have gotten crazy.

Thursday I have a w omens group that meet's mid morning, so I had my usual smoothie and quickly got the girls ready and made everyone's lunches. I was so tempted to just throw a PB and J together for my self but I stayed strong and made a beans and rice wrap.
I got home around 2 pm and didn't get as much water as I usually do, I was feeling really sluggish and slow so I had a protein shake.
For dinner we had a bunch of hot dogs left over, so I threw them in some chili for the kids and Jose ... I had a bowl of rice, corn, and beans...yeah not so delicious but better than chili and hot dogs I guess.
No work out video, but I did stretch..

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Day Seventeen..
Friday has quickly come and had another day filled with temptation's. When I work out I like to do it before I get ready for the day, since I have to shower anyway. That way I can get as sweaty as I want. So when I have to be ready to have some company over early it kind of throws my work out plans off schedule. I love having the company, I just need to figure out a way to stay on track while still getting ready for the day prior to the work out. So that is something on my "work on" list.

For breakfast I had my regular smoothie, for lunch I had a hamburger, egg salad.. it tasted super weird but I am running out of inspiration and ideas..so what can I say.
My husband got off work early and was kind enough to bring home Popsicle's for everyone...yes everyone except me. It was super sweet and the girls were way excited but it was just one more temptation for me to overcome. Since my day was so thrown off, I never got around to running my errands. So when my 10 month old finally went down for a nap I was able to squeeze out for a few min to run some errands. My dinner plan which was some lean steak slices fell through when I realized the meat wasn't even close to being ready or thawed by dinner time.
So as I was out Jose asked me to grab some dinner..........
I blanked.
Since this whole new change, I have not had to think about fast food. We don't usually ever do fast food either unless we are out and we always try to stick close to subway or something healthy.
But Jose was not in the mood for subway and honestly it kept me from freaking out and getting a bunch of bread taht I can't have.
So Carl's JR it was and it was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hard not to order a juicy burger. I stayed strong and ordered one of the two salads offered there...
At home as Jose was eating, some fries came somewhat close to me and with all of my strength I pushed them away from me. ~~sigh~~~~
It was not easy, but it felt like a major breakthrough. Even though the scale isnt changing very much, I know that I am...slowly. But surely.

Daily Burn: Day Fourteen/Fifteen

Day Fourteen....2 weeks in and I am terrified to weigh in. Lately it feels like things have slowed way down and I am not nearly as excited or energetic about working out. On day Fourteen, I started my day with a smoothie and then started cleaning and getting things in order for the house. W
hich is a never ending battle in my life. For lunch I had a very interesting blend of ingredients, I had a wrap with hard boiled egg and green salad as well as carrots. It actually tasted pretty good, but it was different. For dinner I made a delicious chicken and dumpling dish from scratch, so I was able to have the yummy part with out the dumpling. Lots of  veggies in it. I did not do a work out but we did go on a bike ride in the canyon and it was great and I love being able to get out with the girls on their bikes. One day we will figure out how to get the whole family on bikes at the same time. Overall it was a great day!
Breakfast: Smoothie
Lunch:  Mixed veggie and hard boiled egg wrap
Dinner: Chicken broth mix with veggies
Snack- Yogurt with blueberries
...oh yeah and the 2 week weigh in ......196.00 not horrible but it still seems like it should be lower for two weeks...but oh well.
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Day Fifteen was filled with temptation!! But I did really good. First off, I began my day with a smoothie like normal and then did an 11 min work out called Bikini But...I know lame name. But I wanted to try it, I can assure you I do NOT have a bikini but what ever that means but this work out was incredible. It was only 11 minuets, but it was 11 minuets of power training and focusing on the glutes..very awesome and I am very sore from it. Also I did a 15 minuet core work out, I don't have a dun bell yet so I had to improvise with a 5 pound trophie..yeah try picturing that haha. It was super awkward but I am committed and that is the beauty of working out at home. I had leftovers for lunch, still avoided the dumplings but at up the veggies and broth.
Dinner was tricky, on Wednesday's we host a youth grace group and last night we held a big bbq for the kids. Well to avoid that temptation I made myself dinner an hour ahead of time, so I had a delicious taco salad and completely avoided the burgers and hot dogs. The ice cream sundae's however didn't quite go as planned, I did have a small scoop of ice cream along with everyone else. But what can I say, its summer :)
Breakfast: Smoothie
Lunch: Left over chicken broth with veggies
Dinner: Taco Salad
Snack: Yogurt
Cheat: One Scoop of vanilla Ice cream

Daily Burn: Day Twelve/Thirteen

Day Twelve ~ sigh~ another day that was "off regular schedule" I still began my morning with a protein shake , it being Sunday I was a little nervous because we had a meeting right after church. I didn't have the time to throw a healthy lunch together that wouldn't need to be refrigerated.
I planned to not eat the pizza lunch that was provided for free...I know MORE free food lol. I planned this until I got into the room with 5 boxes of pizza and a rumbling stomach.
So my amazing husband pointed out there was a chicken pizza option which I guess was the lesser of  evils in this case. So I had one slice of chicken and tomato pizza. Before I would limit my self to two or three pieces, so just having one piece was progress.
For dinner we had something really basic, I actually let Jose take care of him and the girls and I just had corn tortilla's with a little bit of refied beans and salsa.
I also had some apples with peanut butter as a snack. So not a totally bad day but I also didn't fit in a work out video. Instead we went to the park and I tested out my brand new beach cruiser bike. We rode for about an hour, so that was my work out and it was a blast!!

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Day Thirteen was great! I was back on track with meals and work out's, but taking two day's off was NOT easy. I wasn't motivated at all and since I am still on my womanly flow, I just wanted to sit and relax. I started my day with a protein shake and then after a while did a KIT video ( Kickboxing Interval Training) it was for 35 min and I felt like I wasn't going to make it.
It was so intense, but also super good for me to push through. I had a salad for lunch with two hard boiled eggs and carrots. Delicious!
For dinner I had made an amazing pot roast with potatoes, onions, and carrots. I tried to limit my portion down and did a pretty good job of it..but I did go back for some more. It was so good.
I also had some yummy apples and peanut butter for desert.
Overall a pretty great day. I haven't really been weighing in. I am nervous too. I don't take let down well and if i gained weight back...I just don't know if I will stay motivated. But tomorrow day 14 I will weigh in.
Promise ;)

Daily Burn: Day Ten/Eleven

Day ten was amazingly awesome! Jose had to work, and the day before I had done no work out, so I was eager to get back into things.
I chose a 40 min ab video.
It was amazing but as I recall doing ab work in weight lifting in high school, you never really feel the pain that day..
I worked really hard to stay with it and keep up the momentum. For breakfast I had my first protein powdered shake. mixed with berries and and a banana. For lunch, I made a weird random meal of rice, corn and pinto beans....Dont ask. I know it sounds weird, but I am kind of running out of ideas for lunch. I was able to catch up with one of my favorite people, so we went and got frozen yogurt.. and I did great with my yogurt choices..but, I did put in 3 little chunks of candy bar, they were so tiny. Oh well I have to allow my self that chance every now and then.

For dinner my family had delicious quesadilla's  and I had a taco salad.
I had water all day and milk with dinner, just because for some reason ever since I lost my gal bladder I cannot process grease, any kind of grease with out drinking milk with the meal.
Kind of annoying but I deal.
Breakfast: Smoothie
Lunch: Rice, Corn, Pinto beans
Dinner: Taco Salad
Cheat: Frozen Yogurt with candy chunks
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Day Eleven...It seems like we are like half way there, I think I am and I have not lost the weight I planned to. I am trying to stay positive, I know I could burn it faster if I became way more strict on what I eat. It's hard though because we just cant budget to buy almond butter an

d milk and almond flour and coconut water and all of those amazingly healthy alternatives.
So I will just keep working hard to get there.
Day Eleven was Saturday and 80 degrees, I began my morning with my shake and we took the girls to a fun city event that had free bounce houses and games and FREE hot dogs. WHAT Free Hot Dogs..... seriously. So we were there my family enjoyed the free hot dogs, I walked and found a Tuna Wrap...not for free. For 6 bucks. ~~Sigh~~~
Oh well, at least I dodged the hot dog bullet.
Oh and did I mention that my stomach feels like I sliced it open with rusty blade? Yes thank you ab video. Job done. I want to die and to top things off I started my period. So cramps on top of sore muscles. Wonderful....
For dinner we had burrito's I had a gluten free corn tortilla with lettuce and beans. No work out video though, just not enough time in the day. But i did Stretch :)