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.