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Saturday, March 24, 2012

24 Day Challenge Before & After

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My 24 Day Challenge Before & After

Total Loss of 14.4 Pounds!!

**Before Measurements!**
Neck: 17
Shoulders: 49
Chest: 46
Arm(r): 13
Arm(l): 13
Waist: 53
Hips:51
Thighs(r): 28
Thighs(l): 28
Calf's(r): 17
Calf's(l): 17
TOTAL: 332 INCHES!!!

**After Measurements!**
Neck: 15
Shoulders: 49
Chest: 45.5
Arm(r): 13
Arm(l): 13
Waist: 49.5
Hips: 49
Thighs(r): 24
Thighs(l): 24
Calf's(r): 16.5
Calf's(l): 16.5
TOTAL: 315 INCHES!!!
Total loss of 17 Inches!
 My Before & After pictures are not as noticeable as I would have liked but I can definitely see a difference in myself. Small difference but its only been 24 days and I am a pretty big girl! :) 14.4 pounds lost and I am still working on it! I will weigh myself & take pictures in another 24 days to see how well I stick to eating healthy & continueing with the products.


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Day 24

Day 24
Of my 1st 24 Day Challenge
3/23/2012
Its Day 24!!! YAHOOO!!!
That is a total loss of 14.4 pounds!
Losing 14.4 pounds in 24 days is exciting. I feel fantastic so that makes it worth it.
 I have found that going out of town to my sisters is bad for me. lol I had a few bites of mac & cheese & a fresh roll from the Mexican bakery. It was good but my tummy felt funky afterwords.

I felt like I ate a lot today. Like a lot a lot. I don't know if my body just knew my 24 day challenge was over or what but I ate quite a bit. I still ate healthy besides the bread & mac n cheese at my sisters but I was snacky all day. Thank goodness for my dehydrator snacks. I snacked on them almost all day. My son refuses to eat the dehydrated food but I bet once I do pineapples he will be all over it! My daughter is in love with the strawberries. If you have never used a dehydrator I highly suggest borrowing one from a friend or purchasing one. I got mine for $10 on a FB yard sale. Great Deal!

I have been trying to decide what to do after I am done with the 24 day challenge. My plan is to take the 14 day MNS pack, then take it once again & then start another 24 day challenge. While taking the MNS pack I will continue to take Catalyst as well as Thurmoplus. It is recommended to take the 24 day challenge every 3 months because of the cleanse but I have read quite a few times and heard a few people say that they take it sooner than that. About every 6 weeks, so that is what I plan to do the first few times around until I am under 200 pounds. :)

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Friday, March 23, 2012

Day 23

Day 23
Of my 1st 24 Day Challenge
3/22/2012
Day 23 and I am down 14 pounds. :)
I am getting excited about tomorrow. I want to measure myself and see if I lost any inches. I don't really feel like I have lost many but hoping I did. :) I will have my "after" pictures posted tomorrow as well as my new measurements. Hope I look better. lol those before pictures were crazy unattractive. I am happy my husband still loves me!! lol I am pretty lucky!

I bought a food dehydrator a few days ago & spent the day dehydrating apples, bananas & strawberries. I have been snacking on them all day as they have been drying. Good Stuff! Even when they are only half done! They will make great healthy snacks for "on the go". I do love fruit but I hate the stickiness after eating it.

For breakfast I had grapes & almonds. Lunch I had a turkey sandwich. Have you ever had pepper turkey? its like the best lunch meet ever. So good. For dinner I made a chicken stir-fry. Got all my pills down. Dustin said he has been forgetting a lot of his pills this week. I am going to make him measure up and weigh himself tomorrow anyway. :)
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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Day 22


Day 22
Of my 1st 24 Day Challenge
3/21/2012
See what I mean about being frustrated with fluctuating weight? this is why. Down a little from yesterday but still up from the day before that!.. *Sigh...* ;) Oh well, I am still happy.
Got all my pills down today. Didn't forget anything. I feel like I have not really lost any weight since I stopped talking the catalyst (we ran out) so I am looking forward to getting ours in the mail. Hope taking that and the other new stuff will help us out.
I have been wanting to go walking every day and get some exercise but it has been so rainy here this last week. Definitely SPRING time! :)

Well today I didn't really eat a whole lot... Every time I went to make something my kids were hungry & I was using the very last of Something... gotta love kids. lol I did eat enough though. I had a meal replacement shake, a banana, a chicken salad and 1/2 of a black bean burger. So I guess they didn't take ALL of my food. :)

I keep going back and fourth between if I feel like I have lost any inches or not. One day I am like "Yup, I am definitely feeling smaller", the next day im like, "Nope, still just as huge as when I first started!" lol so idk... we will see in just a few days!

Kayla MillerAdvocare DistributorEmail: TakeChargeOfYourLife@live.com
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Day 21


Day 21
Of my 1st 24 Day Challenge
3/20/2012

Just a word of advice... Do not weigh yourself every day if you are going to do this. Trust me. I have weighed myself every day for 21 days now & it has honestly been the most stressful part. My weight has fluctuated every single day, up, down, the same, you name it I have seen it on the scale the last couple of weeks. It is not fun at all... If you are going to learn anything from reading this blog, I think its that.

You know what i made tonight? My "Wonderful" Cauliflower Cheese & Noodles. And I say "Wonderful" because I messed it up! I messed up my own darn recipe! lol how sad... I wasted a ton of food because I did it wrong. I know what happened though. I used the wrong "Cheese" .. I bought a new kind of vegan cheese to try & it didn't work out very well. I will be buying some new ingredients today to make it tonight & I will be posting a picture of the cheese I use on the recipe page so there is no confusion.

I EAT when I a stressed out... and having 2 kids & a husband... that's enough to get me to that beyond stressed level. I ate 1 1/2 slices of cheesecake today. Yup. We bought it for my husbands birthday for this weekend, the 25th, but he was feeling down this past weekend because we were sick so when he got groceries he bought it for us to 'celebrate' a week early. Well, we all love cheesecake. Yumm. My kids were little devils today.. so I took my frustration out on cheesecake!

We ran out of Catalyst so we are only taking our MNS pack right now, which I forgot to take with lunch.. I have done great with remembering to take everything besides today. We have an order coming in on Friday with more Catalyst & we are going to start taking ThermoPlus every day. Dustin has a hard time sleeping at night so we also ordered some SleepWorks for him. We will see how it works. :)
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Monday, March 19, 2012

Day 20

Day 20
Of my 1st 24 Day Challenge
3/19/2012
Yay! 228.6!.. I am down... 13.4 pounds.

Well, as you can see this is day 20... BUT the date is the 19th & my last post, day 19, was posted 4 days ago... The family & I got SUPER Sick!... So we had to take a few days off from our Challenge. But we are back on track today. Started on my MNS Pack like I have been so hopefully I will keep seeing a decrease in weight. I am actually a little bummed about 13.4 pounds. I musta done the math wrong earlier, I thought I was down 14.6 pounds. Oh shucks... Guess I will just have to work a little harder to get there sooner than later! :)
We have been going through groceries like a pack of wolves! Nothing lasts in this house. At one point last week I realized we had 2 bags & a huge container of grapes from Costco in the fridge. I thought to myself, really? 3 different kinds of grapes? They are going to be wasted! Nope, we ate them all. Not sure 1 even made it into the garbage. Glad we didn't waste but holy smokes!
My kids are doing great with the eating healthier, especially my son, he likes to eat healthy, probably because ever since he was little I have told him he will get fat like mommy if he eats a lot of junk food. lol. probably not the best thing but at least it keeps him aware. I have told my daughter the same things but she doesn't really care. She just wants to eat what she wants.
Well, I do try and keep these things short since no one is even reading them yet. lol I feel kinda silly typing to no one. I have not even told anyone about this blog yet! So I guess its my own fault. I just want to see progress in myself before I share with everyone else. :)

Kayla MillerAdvocare DistributorEmail: TakeChargeOfYourLife@live.com
Blog: http://MyAdvocareJourney.blogspot.com
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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Day 19

Day 19
Of my 1st 24 Day Challenge
3/15/2012
230.8... & guess what? I will definitely weigh more than this tomorrow...!... lol... oh sad... I ate a ton today. I ate pretty healthy, I just ate a ton!...
For breakfast I had 1/2 a Chocolate meal replacement shake, a bowl of grapes & almonds.For lunch I had more grapes & almonds (grapes and almonds are a perfect combination - very addicting!!). For dinner I had 1/2 meal replacement shake, a bowl of organic corn chips & a bowl of fresh salsa, a couple of the kids whole grain chicken nuggets.... There must be more that I am not thinking of... I have been 'snacking' all day..

Dustin stayed home sick today from work because he has been sick. Last night he started getting sick (throwing up) We don't think its related at all to any advocare stuff we were doing, I think he just got a stomach bug. So today we all kind of took the day off. we didn't do anything but lounge around. I didn't even take the kids to school, we just relaxed and enjoyed the day. It was nice but days like these are always hard for me because I get snacky because I am not doing anything else.

We decided we are going to get a gym membership soon. Dustin has lost almost 15 pounds so far & he doesn't really need to lose much more, just needs to start focusing on gaining muscles. Dustins birthday is in 10 days & I got him a trunk rack for his bike so he can take his bike out & ride more. I also got him a mirror for his bike as well as a new comfortable seat. I am looking forward to giving it to him. I hope it encourages him to get out and ride more. He really enjoys riding his bike right now but I think this will help boost him up and get him excited to have some new gadgets to play with.. you know how boys are! ;)

Well off to bed, lets Pray I don't weigh 250 pounds tomorrow!!! :)
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Day 18

Day 18
Of my 1st 24 Day Challenge
3/14/2012
*Sigh*... Same weight as yesterday! Disappointing! yet I have a smile on my face! Feels so good not to be almost 250 pounds!!!

I sure Feel like a SLACKER! My last few blog posts have hardly had any information in them. Just been a busy week. Trying to make this lifestyle change takes up a lot of effort on my part. I am cooking way more than normal, preparing, planning, trying to tell people about Advocare, lots of work! I have a lot more energy since I have started Advocare but I am still doing all the normal "mom/wife" stuff... and I am trying to do things right so I don't set my family up to fail.
I feel like I have come to a complete standstill with my weight, I know I shouldn't worry about it but I just want to be losing more! At least get to the 220's before I am done with this challenge. I feel like eating wise I am doing everything I possibly can but I know I need to step it up physically. Last night after I made my post I rode our exercise bike for 2 miles before I went to bed. It felt good, and though its not a ton of exercise it was better than nothing.

I am really liking the meal replacement shakes. they are very good. Chocolate is my favorite. I have yet to try vanilla. The chocolate tastes exactly like a cold hot cocoa, not too sweet, not too "meal replacement"-Y... either.. (Had one for breakfast & lunch!)
We are going through fruit & veggies like crazy. Out again! Eating healthy is very expensive.. just an FYI for anyone who is going to be doing this. Prices for Advocare plus food... apparently its a good thing that we are trying to sell it... lol my financial goal right now is to make enough money to buy our supplies. With Dustin & I both doing this we have purchased 2 - 24 day challenges, 3 bottles of catalyst & will continue with the mns max pack after the 24 days along with the catalyst as well as trying some new products.

For dinner I had fish, cucumber & a few whole grain chicken nuggets (The kids dinner, i snuck a few!) ;)




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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Day 17

Day 17
Of my 1st 24 Day Challenge
3/13/2012

Down .2 today, not bad, might not be much but its not MORE than I was yesterday, so that is a good thing! :)

For breakfast I had 1/2 a meal replacement & Fruit.
For lunch I had the other 1/2 meal replacement & Veggies.
For Dinner I had a black bean burger.

Had a busy busy day at work today & was exahsted by the time I got home. I didn't really have any snacks & didnt have time to work out. :( Hopefully tomorrow? lol I think I have said that every day... uugghhh.. oh well, Proud of how well I did today. I did good. I feel good, so that is what makes it worth it. :)

Kayla MillerAdvocare DistributorEmail: TakeChargeOfYourLife@live.com
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Monday, March 12, 2012

Day 16

Day 16
Of my 1st 24 Day Challenge
3/12/2012

Well once again today I am at the 10 pound mark. :)
I love how healthy I feel. I feel more "spunky" not sure if that makes any since to you.... but its a good feeling. Just can't wait to lose more weight! We are on day 16 with 8 days to go before our Challenge is up & I was hopeing to have lost about a pound a day. Once again, I know people say don't worry about weight but I think its important for people to see a change in their body as well as on the scale (especially when you are as heavy as I am). You gotta know its REALLY happening. Even if you are fluxuating a little like me, don't get discouraged. Its not really a big deal but I guess for me I don't like when someone says they lost 20 pounds or have before/after pictures & you just can't tell.. I feel like I am trying my hardest to make sure I can show I have lost weight &/or Inches.
Dustin & I have had a lot more energy lately... we feel healthy & just seem to be doing better all around but today after I got off of work I came home & Dustin & I CRASHED!! We slept for like an hour and a half. Off day apparently. Still tired & we just had a spark with dinner. Completely Drained!
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Sunday, March 11, 2012

Day 15

Day 15
Of my 1st 24 Day Challenge
3/11/2012
So it says I gained a little weight. That is no fun. And that is since Day 13 since I forgot to weigh myself yesterday. Guess I should have worked out yesterday & not had pizza!! :) :)
Well Today is a new day. That is what counts. Its not like I have really GAINED any weight when I think about it. I mean not many people can lose about 10 pounds in 2 weeks, I feel good still so I guess I can't complain!!
Dustin & I are going to our first Advocare Mixer tonight. Looking forward to it.
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Dustin & I went to the Advocare Mixer. Such a great time. I feel great, ate really healthy today. didn't get a chance to exercise since I worked this afternoon & headed strait to the Mixer. Now home and ready for bed. I am working a few extra days this week so being stuck in an office for 8 hours a day is going to be different and a challenge. I wish my job was a little more physical and not me sitting behind a computer. I try and get up every 15 minutes or so and walk around for a few minutes but I get antsy because I am stuck in a small building.
Well For breakfast I had some fruit & veggies. For lunch I had a black bean burger, for a snack I had some organic tortilla chips & salsa & now that I think about it I didn't eat any dinner.
Off to bed. Hoping for good news on my weigh-in in the morning. Hopefully I don't forget!

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Saturday, March 10, 2012

Day 14

Day 14
Of my 1st 24 Day Challenge
3/10/2012
Well I forgot to weigh myself this morning! Woke up a little late & needed to head out of town for a baby shower. And Guess what? I ate a slice of Pizza at the baby shower & it Made me sick. I got a headache & felt like crap the rest of the afternoon. Not cool. So as you can see I had an Off Day!... But besides all of that I actually had a pretty good day. Ate healthy besides that & took all my pills. Dustin forgot to take most of his pills today. Apparently it was an off day for him too! I feel mostly guilty about eating pizza but at the same time I don't. I have been doing really good, its okay to have a treat, although if I would have known how badly my body would have rejected it and made me sick I wouldn't have attempted it... lol I guess that's what I get.
well this is short, Been a LONG day! I will make sure I don't forget my weight tomorrow! Hopefully I see some more progress! :) If not I know not to eat pizza ever again!!! :) hehe

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Friday, March 9, 2012

Day 13

Day 13
Of my 1st 24 Day Challenge
3/9/2012

WOWZA! Not what I expected when I got on the scale this morning. How Exciting! I lost my first 10 pounds on Advocare in 13 days! I think once you lose 10 its like a mark in history or something lol feels way better than 7, 8, or even 9! Maybe because its a 2 digit number? hehe idk.. all I know is I feel fantastic! I hope to lose 20 by the end of the 24 Day Challenge!
Breakfast: I looked into the meal replacement shake, it says to put the entire packet into 9 oz water! YIKES.. Not going to happen. I put half the packet into a 16.9 oz bottle this morning & it tasted like cold hot cocoa and it was fantastic!... I was pretty hungry this morning & really liked the veggie burger I had last night so for breakfast I made a black bean burger & ate it with half my meal replacement shake. I am hoping that this will hold my appetite for a while today. We will see. I usually need a breakfast in the morning to keep me going. If I get hungry I will finish my meal replacement shake. Kinda beats the purpose of having a meal replacement if I'm not replacing a meal but it is still good for me and will most likely be a good snack later on. :)
Kids & I didn't make it to the park today. Busy day doing nothing... you ever have days like those? Dustin & I went to Costco... that pretty much took up our entire afternoon! Kinda hard... 80% of the stuff we are trying not to eat & 25% of the other stuff we already had, and the few things we did get are already almost gone!

For lunch I had a ton of carrots & finished my meal replacement shake. I also had a few crackers. Tried to cut down on the carbs but I was really hungry today. I kept eating veggies when I got hungry but nothing was sticking with me.

Well for dinner I made everyone what I made myself for breakfast.. haha oh how boring I am! It was just that good! Dustin & the kids liked it too! We also had raspberries, blackberries & carrots.

It has been a LONG week!... every day seems to last forever... doing good but ready for a day of relaxing... but that's not going to happen for a few days...
 

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Day 12

Day 12
Of my 1st 24 Day Challenge
3/8/2012
Down 7.8 pounds! (You know... that is almost 10 pounds!! In case you didn't realize!) ;)
You know it seems like Every Other day I have a good amount of weight loss and the in between days (like today) I didn't lose much. But still, I lost, so that is good!
Well as I sit here typing away I am drinking a berry protein shake.... oh my goodness... very good.. but SWEET!!!... If you on the 24 day challenge in the phase 2 part, I very highly suggest you drink one of these if you are needing something sweet. Yesterday I had a hard time drinking the entire Chocolate protein shake (Not for any particular reason) but again today I am having a hard time drinking the berry & my tummy was rumbling before I made it. I am actually trying to chug it with my nose closed as crazy as that is. That is how sweet it is. Almost not that enjoyable for me right now. I do still crave sweets every now and then but "milkshake" kinda foods are not really my ideal dessert.
So I forgot to mention yesterday, Dustin & I went grocery shopping. Fun. Fun. He got triscuts & huge seeded grapes. He was excited. It was pretty cute. :)
Well, I talked to Dustin about the Meal Replacement Shake. He said he puts his in a big jug of water so its very deluded compared to the way I have been drinking them. I never thought to look at the instructions, i still haven't looked, it might say to mix it with a lot more water then I thought! So hopefully that will help solve my problem.  I got hungry like an hour later & had to eat something, it didn't seem to hold me over for long. I am usually a breakfast eater though, unlike my husband so that could be why?

For lunch I had leftover dinner from last night. Yumm.

For dinner we had Veggie burgers with vegan "mozzarella" cheese & spinach on a multi-grain Sandwich Thin... yummy!! Good Stuff!!
I got my exercise in today at the park with the kids. Yesterday I said I was going to start exercising a little more and I didn't make it happen yesterday! Oh well, life just gets in the way of plans sometimes and you just have to go with the flow! but I made up for it today. Did some push-ups with Dustin (Okay, yes, i did girl push-ups... and not that many... ) But I DID do some. that is what counts in my book!

I have been surprised at the extra amount of energy Dustin has had. He has been a lot happier, been in a better mood, feeling good, doing push-ups & jumping jacks at work, he is encouraging me a lot without even trying. I like it. :) ... I do notice that I have more energy than i did before but nothing like what he has. Maybe I just don't see it because its ME... I do know he drinks a few sparks a day & I maybe have 1... but I don't think that is the difference... but then again, maybe. I will try and drink a few more tomorrow & experiment!...
 
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Day 11

Day 11
Of my 1st 24 Day Challenge
3/7/2012
Down 7.4 pounds!
So today Dustin & I started the 2nd phase! I am determined to work out intensely for 30 minutes a day, I have been really focusing on what we are eating & all of the vitamins but I know I need to kick it up a notch. My goal is to continue eating like the 10 day cleanse with small additional changes as time goes on. For the most part I plan on staying dairy free & sticking to whole grain/whole wheat. To me those things aren't a huge deal to stick to. Dairy free stuff is a little more expensive, so that is really the only downfall to this, but dairy never really seemed to agree with me so it will be for the better.
Over the next few weeks I will be adding some red meats & some shrimp back into our diet because that's mostly what I am missing. Of course sugars will be added back in moderation... hehe.. but I have found some amazing looking sugar free recipes that I will be trying out first. No need to eat the bad stuff if it can be replaced by something healthier & still get the great taste that I crave!
 For breakfast I had a meal replacement shake. Directions say to mix it in 8 oz of water. I had 2 large drinks of my bottle of water then added it and shook it, it was almost a full bottle. I drank half and felt like I couldn't drink anymore. Put it in the freezer for a little bit & slowly sipped on it over the next 40 minutes. This is the first one I have ever had. I tried a sit of the chocolate before we tried the cleanse just to see how it tasted and it was pretty good. It has milk in it so its not something you want to take days 1-10 unless you need to. I think I might have said this before but Dustin is not a breakfast person & has a hard time eating stuff so this is good for him. He actually had one yesterday (day 10) because he was not feeling well yesterday morning & didn't want to eat anything.
LOTS of pills! Sheesh! ... this is what you do on the 2nd phase.... You are given a strip of 4 packets per 14 days in your mns pack. You take 1 pack 30 minutes before breakfast, 1 pack with breakfast, 1 back 30 minutes before lunch & the 4th pack with lunch. Also if you are taking any "add on's" you will want to take them as well. I have never been so tired of taking pills. I am starting to have a hard time swallowing them!

For lunch I had 1 slice of bagel w/ vegan cream cheese & pepper turkey.

Snack time I had a few triscuts, grapes & a banana.
For dinner I made Cauliflower Cheese & Noodles again... I'm sure you have noticed I eat a lot of the same foods! I made this one a little different, added 4 times as much veggies & added spinach as well. Tasted amazing. I kinda felt like I had a carb overload today..

Well I am off to bed, we will see what tomorrow brings!! :)
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Day 10

Day 10!!!
Of my 1st 24 Day Challenge
3/6/2012
 !!!  235.8 !!!
Still a HUGE number but smaller than it was when I started!!! ;)
Down 6.2 pounds in 10 days.
I couldn't do that in a month if I tried this by myself!
For breakfast I had 1/2 of a whole wheat bagel w/ vegan cream cheese & 2 slices of pepper turkey. Yumm! Guess what I had for lunch? The same thing! I am so boring! lol it was just that good though!
For dinner we had chicken teriyaki stir fry... I know... I know... teriyaki sauce? really? lol it was a little treat for Dustin & I! And I only used 2 tablespoons and it made 4 large meals with a lot of water/teriyaki mix at the bottom of the pan when I was done so although not a good choice its one of my personal favorites & I used a very limited amount. Advocare always says "its a life style, not a diet", well no way teriyaki sauce is going out the window so it was a special dinner for us. Not something we will be having every night!
I had a really great day today. Feeling pumped about the 6.2 pounds that I have lost. Realized today that I really don't have any goals set & I should focus on making a goal- so this is my goal!....
I want to weigh 199 or less by April 30th 2012
When I get there I will make another goal! I know i should make a shorter term goal but honestly I don't think I will be satisfied unless my weight is under 200 and I feel so pumped up & have a lot of confidence in myself. I believe I can do it. :)
We are starting the 2nd phase tomorrow! Trying to get my head wrapped around everything we need to be doing. Lots of pills!!... plus we are taking catalyst plus I am taking my normal pills so lots of pills... Today I had a hard time swallowing them. Ick! I don't normally have a problem but 16+ pills a day is a lot!
Today I found out that we can have triscuts & almondthins? I think that is what they are called- they are crackers made out of almonds. Got a bbq one today ,they taste like bbq corn nuts!
Dustin is actually going to go grocery shopping with me tomorrow after work. I am actually kinda shocked... that is big!... he doesn't do shopping.. ever! & he is going w/ me which is even greater! I am excited. lol. you would think we would do a lot together but we really don't... i mean we spend time together since we live together but our normal is eating dinner together, watching stargate atlantis reruns for the 1000 time & that's it. We are boring people.. plus with the kids we don't get US time very much, so little things like grocery shopping while the kids are in Pre-School.. that is great stuff!! :)
I know this is my blog and I can say whatever I want but man sometimes I just feel like I am typing about absolutely NOTHING!!!...











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Monday, March 5, 2012

Day 9

Day 9
Of my 1st 24 Day Challenge
3/5/2012
Day 9!! Only 1 day left of the fiber drink! I have been told the peaches & cream actually tastes pretty good but Dustin & I are taking the Citrus. Its pretty ICKY... but for some reason I just think the peaches & cream would be worse!... Maybe not!?...

Okay, so I debated if I should post this picture or not because it looks like I gained a pound! But I actually just didn't weigh myself until after I drank my fiber drink, had a bottle of spark, half a bottle of water & had 2 eggs & veggies for breakfast...! I almost decided to skip a day but that just wasn't going to happen! :)

For breakfast I had 2 eggs w/ onions, green peppers, sale, pepper & 2 tablespoons of salsa! I am not a big egg person but if I put enough stuff in it I will like it!!
Lunch I had some leftover dinner, nothing too fancy.

For dinner I had corn, chicken, quinoa & a whole wheat bagel w/ vegan cream cheese. Yumm!

I have to say... I have not had much energy at all this evening... I had a spark this morning & a slam about an hour before lunch & I was going strong but this afternoon & evening has been tough. Dustin also said he had alot of energy today but this evening he went to bed at 7:00! I mean he does get up at 4:00am but still! 7:00 is a bit early!!

Going to get more groceries AGAIN tomorrow!! We are out of just about everything!... uugghh... I very much dislike grocery shopping this much! I have spent $200 on groceries already & its only day 9! Oh well, I can't really complain, its worth it to get fit!!




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Day 8

Day 8
Of my 1st 24 Day Challenge
3/4/2012
Okay! I could not - not weigh myself anymore! Like I said in the beginning, I need to weigh myself, even if I know I gained weight lol I just want to see the darn numbers! because if I lost weight I get excited & I try harder! & if I gain weight, I get upset & I try harder! not knowing is just stressful!
236.6!! Down a total of 5.4 pounds! in 8 days! SWEET!
Exciting that I lost 5.4 pounds total as of today. Wish it was a little more but I am sure after the cleanse phase & I start the 2nd part things will improve! I feel great so that counts for a lot! Dustin & I are on the last 3 days of the cleanse which means its FIBER DRINK time! YUCK!
It is the first day this year that has completely felt like SPRING! It has been wonderful except the fact that I now have to get ready to go to work! :( I get so bored at work... I usually EAT!... So definitely a good idea to have snacks packed and ready to go! (When I go shopping I chop up veggies & put them in to-go containers so I can have easy access to eating healthier instead of grabbing junk food.)
Once again today for breakfast we had leftovers from the other day. Good Stuff.  Sadly its all gone. Will be getting more stuff to make it again soon!
Last night while I was reminding Dustin that we had to take our fiber drink... he made funny faces at me!! anyways while I was telling him this it completely hit me that we can have chicken noodle soup! That is Dustin's FAVORITE! I can't believe I didn't even think about making it. Super Simple. Super Good! & more importantly it makes Dustin happy! I told him last night and he said he would probably wake up in the middle of the night and make some lol he didn't... but I made him some this morning! He had some for lunch. He is having a hard time not being able to snack on crackers/chips. Just something like that. Eating veggies & fruit non stop all the time for snack is getting old already... and I don't blame him, it is getting a little harder but I am doing pretty good with my adjusting.
My mother in-law made my husband & the kids dinner last night while I was at work, she sent home leftovers, Wow, good stuff! She knew we were doing the cleanse & made food accordingly to what we can eat. She made some really great quinoa, chicken & beans. Tasted like a fajita!
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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Day 7

Day 7
Of my 1st 24 Day Challenge
3/3/2012

I decided I am too focused on my weight so I am just going to stop weighing myself & focus on eating healthy & exercising! We are on day 7 & I have only worked out once this week! Such a slacker! But lots of change has been happening this week for us so I'll let it slide this time. ;)
For breakfast we had leftovers from last night. It was just too good to let sit in the fridge any longer!
Lunch we hand sandwiches & Chopped Veggies
For dinner we tried something different. Cactus.... You ever have cactus before? Slimy.. which i expected but just kinda weird, not my favorite. I also made rice with tofu & veggies. Wasn't the greatest either, by far the worst meal I have made on the 24 day challenge... :-/ I have yet to use anything from the 24 day challenge cookbook so maybe I will try something like that tomorrow!
We got our Advocare Welcome Packet today. Dustin & I both tried the Slam Energy Drinks, they were Good! Well at least the one I had was good! Definitely gave me a buzz of energy. They do have a ton of caffeine in them though. Advocare advertises them as having as much caffeine as a cup of coffee, I think that is a little miss leading. I know coffee has a lot of caffeine in it but the slam energy drinks & the spark are the equivalent to 2.5 mt. dews!... So lots & lots!... Dustin & I went off caffeine a while back & we didn't realize how much caffeine we are now drinking at 2-3 bottles of spark a day...
Well this is a really short post for day 7 because I actually forgot to publish my post yesterday & its now day 8 & I need to focus on today! :)




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Friday, March 2, 2012

Day 6

Day 6
Of my 1st 24 Day Challenge
3/2/2012
Well this was a little disappointing!!! :(
But O well! At least I didn't go up in weight!!
So I am headed to my sisters house for part of the day, she lives about 30 minutes away but this is the first time in the 6 days that I am headed to another place & I know I need to worry about food because I can't get something just anywhere! So I will pack mine and my kids lunch to go. More preparation but well worth it in the end.  Kelly & I usually go to a Chinese all you can eat buffet! We still had a lot of non-approved food in the house so the kids are still eating it. They had Doritos on the way to my sisters in the car... they smelt soo good. but I resisted perfectly. :)
Breakfast I had steamed veggies.
Kids & I had sandwiches & veggies for lunch.
For dinner I made, Cauliflower Cheese & Noodles.....I know the name doesn't sound all that thrilling but boy oh boy is it good!! I tried and tried to come up with a better name but I just couldn't figure one out!... I was really wanting a mac n cheese that was healthy for the 10 day challenge and after looking and looking and not finding anything that didn't involve a buttload of butter or something really fattening so I decided to experiment & make my own recipe. It didn't really turn out like mac n cheese but it was SUPER good! Have you ever tried The Pioneer Woman's Cauliflower Soup? It is one of my husbands favorites & we just got lucky because it actually turned out very similar! It was crazy luck!
Didn't have any fruit today.. hmm.. I wonder if that is a bad thing? Or if it really matters.... I will find that out!
Well lots and lots of product in the closet! Got to get to selling!!
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