Never Miss a Monday Pt. 7 — Beauty is a Beast

I have been hitting it hard from all aspects of my life lately. I have been so busy studying and doing homework, making sure I kill it at the gym and making room for a social life a little while I'm at it. I haven't had much of a break and as overwhelming as that may be it also seems kind of nice. When I am constantly on the go, my day goes by so fast and I am so tired and ready to hit my bed. It makes me feel accomplished. So I have been going to the gym pretty consistently, I gave myself a minimum of 3 days a week. As long as I go at least 3 days in a week, than I feel like I made an effort. My actual goal is 5. Regardless, I think that I have been doing pretty well with working out and when I am there I make sure it counts. I don't skimp out I go as hard as I can. I mean the workouts are only 30 min, I can die a little for 30 min. Even though I have been giving my all at the gym, my scale begs to differ. It's so frustrating because I know that I am working so hard, but the damn thing won't budge fast enough. I know that the scale is not the only proof that you are losing weight and getting healthier, but darn it it's the most in your face form of measurement. Regardless of what the scale is telling me, I am proud of my efforts and determined to keep going. My clothes are fitting better and I can feel my body getting stronger. So, even though the scale isn't changing I know that I am. My issues with being able to lose more weight I believe comes down to my eating habits. I'm just not consistent. I do try to make better healthier choices most of the time, but then there are days where I'm just like "fuck it" and I don't think about what I am eating. If I could just stick to eating healthy and being consistent I know that I would be seeing more results. What's that saying? "80% of getting abs is what you eat".... something along those lines. Although I'm not looking to have a killer six pack, I think it implies that working out is just not enough. So my goal this week is going to be to keep trying to make it to the gym 5 days this week, and cut down on my unhealthy choices.

MUSIC

Fergie - M.I.L.F. $
Juicy J - Bands Make Her Dance Ft. 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne
Kanye West - Fade
Of Mice and Men - Bones Exposed
Christina Aguilera - Dirrty Ft. Redman

WORKOUT

Try this beginners WOD (workout of the day) to start gaining stamina and endurance. Once you get the hang of it, come back to this workout in a month and see how much you have improved.

Start off with 10 kettlebell swings, and 10 dumbbell thrusters. From there you move on to 9 then 8 and so on till you get to 1. Time yourself and see how quickly you can do it. Remember it's better to have good form than to just get the exercise done, you could hurt yourself.

FOOD

Found this delicious recipe for sesame sweet potato falafels! I love how creative people are on pinterest. I can't wait to make them.

http://www.eatloveeats.com/sesame-sweet-potato-falafels-green-tahini-sauce/