Weigh in: Day 7

Just wanted to quickly weigh in this morning before all the festivities. I just want to say...no wonder I have been feeling so good. I'm walking around these days without this on my body anymore......

Drum roll please.....Weighed in this morning at 201!!! I lost 7 pounds on my first seven days of my 24 Day Challenge!! This is so huge for me because it really has been hard losing anything. I have been calling mymetabolism broken for a couple years now. Not anymore!!! Happy Easter to you!! Happy anniversary to my hubby and I. Today is  six wonderful years married.





I had to cheat a little

     This is an update from days three, four, and five....I feel great! I feel thinner, I feel better, I feel less hungry. I have exercised every day this week either at the gym or in my yard. One thing I did notice over the past few days were that the fiber drink really keeps you full. I drank them the first three days of the challenge, and was full for most of the day after breakfast. These past couple days, I still feel full, but I have to eat sooner. I have followed the plan very accurately. I turned in a food diary to my AdvoCare coach and she said that I am eating great to keep it up.
     I have a new love, natural peanut butter and fresh cut strawberries on a 100% whole wheat flat bread. This is like a treat and so delicious to start the morning with.

   I'm preparing myself for the holiday and the weekend. Before, with all my other "diets" I was the worst weekend cheater. I would do so good all week long and then the weekend would get here, and I would just go crazy. I am already mentally preparing myself for this weekend and how I am going to handle holiday gatherings. Saturday I am going to dinner and am going to use this as my one "cheat meal" for the week. Sunday I am meeting my family at the park for food and volleyball. I am going to eat before I go to this because I know there will be plenty of temptation. This is what I have to do. I do plan on making some cheesecake pudding strawberries to take there as a healthy treat for people who want a healthy treat.
    So I know that I am on the up and up. stay with me here...when I was doing Weight Watchers I lost 2 pounds. Then the weekend came, and I gained another 3 pounds.  When I took my before weight for this at 208, that is up 5 from when I lost the 2 pounds. When I lost the two pound originally I took my measurements for that weight. Because I am feeling so good, today I cheated a little and took my measurements, and I am down an inch in my chest,waist, belly, and leg. I am down a half an inch in my neck, and a half an inch in my arm!!! I am not weighing in until Sunday morning because I want to wait, but I have a feeling that it is going to be good because of those measurements.
   Dinner tonight was wonderful-1/2 cup of wild rice, 1/4 cup black beans, 3oz salmon. ((tried Mrs.Dash for the first time..delicious))

     This was lunch for two of the days- salad with grilled chicken and red wine vinegar.

 

"So far, so good"

      Yesterday was my first day of AdvoCare "24 Day Challenge"  and it was AWESOME!! I started out my morning with the fiber shake...the taste was not bad like you would think a fiber shake would be. I found out on day two that it is even better when the water is really cold. On day one I ate really good staying within my budgeted calorie count, and also took the supplements that will help jump start my body. I did not use any Spark..I do not know why...just didn't. The evenings tend to be my down fall..I have been a late night snacker for the longest time, and I truly believe is one of the reason I have not lost any weight so far. On day one I ate dinner at 6:30 ,and did not have anything to eat for the rest of the night. This was  HUGE accomplishment for me, a little empowering even because it has been so long since I have not had a late night snack. I just took my cleanse supplements right before bed, and went to sleep all night long.
     Day two was even better than day one!! I feel so good!! Woke up and drank the fiber drink again, like I said, with cold water this time...much better! Then I took my supplements. Today was fun because I experimented a little in the kitchen. Sticking to my menu provided by my mentor I had one egg white and one egg for breakfast with low fat cottage cheese and strawberries. It was delicious and filling. Lunch I tried red wine vinegar as a salad dressing...who would have thought that would be sooooooooo good??? I'm not usually a big fan of vinegar, but red wine vinegar..I will gladly hop on that healthy train!! Then, dinner I made Paleo chili..OMGoodness..it was like a part in my healthy eating mouth! I also got some exercise in tonight. I went to a 45 minute Zumba class at the YMCA, and I left feeling very sweaty and like I got a good workout.  I also tried Spark out for the first time today. When the day started I never knew I was going to get so much accomplished. I drank my Spark after lunch and finished all my chores that would have possibly taken me all day. It really helped me stay energized and focused.
     I am looking forward to tomorrow. It is only day two and I already feel better and a little different. I will not weigh myself until Sunday because sometimes that scale really is my worst enemy. Right now I am more motivated than ever, and I am determined to stay that way!

The night before my life changes

 



 

     Today is the last day that I will be a fat girl. I was a bigger girl in high school with my weight reaching 185lbs. My senior year I made it down to the 130's and kept it off until I was pregnant with my first child. Here I am three children later and I am currently 208lbs. I had my 3rd child three months ago. I began Weight Watchers at the beginning of the year, and was unsuccessful. It was just too lenient for me, and I do not think I was getting all the nutrition I needed. Here I am three months later and I weigh almost as much as I did when I delivered my baby.  I have been working out daily, and still not results. It is very disappointing to work my ass off at the gym, and try to eat right not to lose even a pound. I do know one thing...I do not belong in this body. I am athletic. I have already done two 5Ks this year, and one was a mud obstacle course. I attend fit camp and zumba classes regularily during the week as well. I am also outgoing and confident. Ever since I had the my children, I have lost a confidence that I use to have because of my weight. I will still say that I can do anything because I really do believe that, but my weight is holding me back. I was browsing through a new friends web page and seen that she was an AdvoCare consultant. I noticed on her page testimonial after testimonial from real local people that she and her husband helped with losing weight through AdvoCare. I emailed her for more details, and before I knew it, I was ordering the 24 day challenge. I like that that is what it is called because I am always up for a challenge. I am hoping that this will jump start my weight loss. I want to lose 60lbs over the next 6 months. There is another mud run in September, and I want to be "fit as a fiddle" when I run it. I'm starting this blog because I want to document these upcoming changes in my body and mind so that I can show others that AdvoCare really works. So....wish me luck!!!