I'm halfway!!! :)
Last night I did not get to the gym at all. I had a flat tire yesterday morning, had to get the tire, then go home to put it on the car.
Also, since I have not been very regular, I have added coffee and I am glad I stayed home last night. TMI, but I finally got things moving.
So, today, to the gym I go! BodyPump tonight and I'm adding in heavier weights!
I did weigh myself this morning and found that I have not lost a single pound since starting this endeavor. Did some checking around on the internet and found that I'm more than likely converting fat directly to muscle since I am trimming down and my clothes are fitting much better than they were. Still hurts a little to realize that I didn't lose a thing, scale-wise.
But I'm continuing on anyway because the journey isn't over. I'm doing all of the right things and I'm becoming more efficient during cardio and weight training, so there is progress there.
Continuing all of my supplements and I have purchased another set for Day 25 and beyond! I got some more Spark (of course), Rehydrate, and MNS3 coming in, in addition to the next round of meal replacement shakes.
I also read that sometimes it takes time after the 24 day challenge to lose the weight. I am doing everything I can do nutritionally and physically, so I just need to wait for my body to catch up. Keep on keeping on. Besides, I'd rather be fit and strong than just skinny.
I'm ready to see the finish line of this challenge and all of the changes it brought me!
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Monday, April 20, 2015
Day 11 of the Advocare 24 Day Challenge
Sunday funday! :)
I have added a small cup of coffee into my rotation now to help with becoming more "regular." I think this is part of the withdrawal from coffee because I had some and it resolved itself. :) TMI, but there you go.
Yesterday, I kind of fell off the wagon a bit, but tried to make up for it with lots of water to flush it all out.
No gym time yesterday, but I was able to get 9K steps in, which was all right.
I'm very thankful I have my Advocare 24 Day Challenge app on my phone - the Max Phase is taking a little getting used to, as it requires multiple supplements now.
Still feeling pretty good! Ready to rock doubles today (Monday) at the gym!
I have added a small cup of coffee into my rotation now to help with becoming more "regular." I think this is part of the withdrawal from coffee because I had some and it resolved itself. :) TMI, but there you go.
Yesterday, I kind of fell off the wagon a bit, but tried to make up for it with lots of water to flush it all out.
No gym time yesterday, but I was able to get 9K steps in, which was all right.
I'm very thankful I have my Advocare 24 Day Challenge app on my phone - the Max Phase is taking a little getting used to, as it requires multiple supplements now.
Still feeling pretty good! Ready to rock doubles today (Monday) at the gym!
Day 11 of the Advocare 24 Day Challenge
Saturday was the first day of Max Phase and I started it off right!
Doubles at the gym - BodyStep and BodyPump followed by a salad at Chick-Fil-A (I was pretty good).
The gym was awesome! I am definitely getting stronger and will be adding more weight on Monday's doubles (BodyPump and BodyAttack). I am able to do 5 on-the-toes pushups during Step and Pump and I'll need to add a brick to my Step next time! I'm getting stronger and feeling AMAZING!
We went to see the new house and I realized there are only 15 days from Saturday until the move!!
Doubles at the gym - BodyStep and BodyPump followed by a salad at Chick-Fil-A (I was pretty good).
The gym was awesome! I am definitely getting stronger and will be adding more weight on Monday's doubles (BodyPump and BodyAttack). I am able to do 5 on-the-toes pushups during Step and Pump and I'll need to add a brick to my Step next time! I'm getting stronger and feeling AMAZING!
We went to see the new house and I realized there are only 15 days from Saturday until the move!!
Day 10 of the Advocare 24 Day Challenge
I did it! I finished the Herbal Cleanse!
I felt a little sick on Friday night so I ended up not going to BodyPump on Friday night. Friday was pretty much a bust. I haven't been as regular as I was pre-Cleanse and I wondered if that was from not passing the toxins hardly at all between Thursday and Friday night.
This was the last day of the Cleanse Phase and I'm a little sad I won't have my Fiber Drink anymore. Haha!
I am starting the Max Phase and that includes starting the MNS3 supplements along with continuing on with Spark, Catalyst, and OmegaPlex.
I still have not weighed in at this point. I am saving that for Day 25. :)
I felt a little sick on Friday night so I ended up not going to BodyPump on Friday night. Friday was pretty much a bust. I haven't been as regular as I was pre-Cleanse and I wondered if that was from not passing the toxins hardly at all between Thursday and Friday night.
This was the last day of the Cleanse Phase and I'm a little sad I won't have my Fiber Drink anymore. Haha!
I am starting the Max Phase and that includes starting the MNS3 supplements along with continuing on with Spark, Catalyst, and OmegaPlex.
I still have not weighed in at this point. I am saving that for Day 25. :)
Friday, April 17, 2015
Day 9 of the Advocare 24 Day Challenge
Day 9 was good! No food hangover from the free for all at Texas de Brazil, which was AWESOME!!
Still haven't weighed myself yet, but I am getting firmer for sure! I bought more Spark last night - mango strawberry - and it is delicious! I also got some more packets of the Meal Replacement Shake as well. I need to make sure that I have enough for the Max Phase and beyond.
I actually got to go to Step class last night and SO MANY BURPEES! And I did ALL of them! Felt like a rockstar!! Definitely getting stronger for sure, I can feel it in my workouts!
So, what did I eat yesterday?
Breakfast: Spark, Fiber Drink, Meal Replacement Shake
Morning Snack: Zone bar
Lunch: spaghetti squash with turkey Bolognese sauce, red grapes
Afternoon Snack: Think Thin Protein bar
Dinner: salad greens, half avocado, grilled chicken breast tenderloins
Evening Snack: Zone bar with triple zero greek yogurt
I was really hungry yesterday and I think it was some of the refined carbs from Wednesday night. So yesterday was kind of a re-train.
I'm also noticing that I'm less hungry in the mornings when I have the Fiber Drink before the Meal Replacement shake. I wonder if I can have the Fiber Drink everyday? I need to check with my Advocare coach!
We are almost onto the Max Phase! Feeling excited!
Still haven't weighed myself yet, but I am getting firmer for sure! I bought more Spark last night - mango strawberry - and it is delicious! I also got some more packets of the Meal Replacement Shake as well. I need to make sure that I have enough for the Max Phase and beyond.
I actually got to go to Step class last night and SO MANY BURPEES! And I did ALL of them! Felt like a rockstar!! Definitely getting stronger for sure, I can feel it in my workouts!
So, what did I eat yesterday?
Breakfast: Spark, Fiber Drink, Meal Replacement Shake
Morning Snack: Zone bar
Lunch: spaghetti squash with turkey Bolognese sauce, red grapes
Afternoon Snack: Think Thin Protein bar
Dinner: salad greens, half avocado, grilled chicken breast tenderloins
Evening Snack: Zone bar with triple zero greek yogurt
I was really hungry yesterday and I think it was some of the refined carbs from Wednesday night. So yesterday was kind of a re-train.
I'm also noticing that I'm less hungry in the mornings when I have the Fiber Drink before the Meal Replacement shake. I wonder if I can have the Fiber Drink everyday? I need to check with my Advocare coach!
We are almost onto the Max Phase! Feeling excited!
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Day 8 of the Advocare 24 Day Challenge
It's been one whole week since starting and it doesn't feel like it's been that long.
Day 8 was good.
I took a rest day since it was my anniversary (12 years!) and we were going out to dinner. I knew that it would be a calorie bomb, so I adjusted what I ate all day long prior to dinnertime.
Fiber drink is back for these last three days of the Cleanse Phase - YAY! I'm still feeling great! I haven't weighed myself yet, but I can tell a difference in the way my clothes are fitting already. My husband says I look smaller in the tummy and sides, too! I have been working hard at the gym, so I'm wondering if I'm gaining any muscle. Right now, the muscles are still swollen from being worked so they look more defined, but I'm interested to see once it's been a few weeks how much of it is muscle and how much is swelling.
I'm interested in getting some Nighttime Recovery from Advocare to see how it can help with a quicker muscle repair.
I have been eating 100+ grams of protein everyday to help aid in this, includes meats, nut butters, and the Meal Replacement Shakes. I am also going to need some more Meal Replacement Shakes soon - they're so good! :)
So what did I eat yesterday? Too much! haha!
Breakfast: Spark, Fiber Drink, Meal Replacement Shakes
Morning Snack: Zone bar
Lunch: leftover turkey meatloaf, pureed cauliflower, and green beans with a salad, apple, and peanut butter
Afternoon Snack: I didn't have one.
Dinner: OMG everything at Texas de Brazil steakhouse. Lots of meat, salads (lettuce leaf salads, onion ceviche, greenbeans, artichoke hearts salad), some goat cheese terrine, mushrooms, a bunch of the small hot peppers, and some *bad* foods (a few of the cheese bread puff things and a quarter of a slice of their cheesecake). I did manage to skip out on the alcohol and really too much of the refined stuff.
We tried to walk off dinner afterwards by taking a few rounds around BridgeStreet. I missed my OmegaPlex at dinner, so I took it before bedtime. I ended up with a lot of heartburn from the peppers, but surprisingly did not wake up with a food hangover. That was awesome.
This morning I'm back on the clean eating train and tonight is Step class and maybe Flow - I need to stretch. I killed my triceps on Mon/Tue and now they are so stiff and sore!!
Day 8 was good.
I took a rest day since it was my anniversary (12 years!) and we were going out to dinner. I knew that it would be a calorie bomb, so I adjusted what I ate all day long prior to dinnertime.
Fiber drink is back for these last three days of the Cleanse Phase - YAY! I'm still feeling great! I haven't weighed myself yet, but I can tell a difference in the way my clothes are fitting already. My husband says I look smaller in the tummy and sides, too! I have been working hard at the gym, so I'm wondering if I'm gaining any muscle. Right now, the muscles are still swollen from being worked so they look more defined, but I'm interested to see once it's been a few weeks how much of it is muscle and how much is swelling.
I'm interested in getting some Nighttime Recovery from Advocare to see how it can help with a quicker muscle repair.
I have been eating 100+ grams of protein everyday to help aid in this, includes meats, nut butters, and the Meal Replacement Shakes. I am also going to need some more Meal Replacement Shakes soon - they're so good! :)
So what did I eat yesterday? Too much! haha!
Breakfast: Spark, Fiber Drink, Meal Replacement Shakes
Morning Snack: Zone bar
Lunch: leftover turkey meatloaf, pureed cauliflower, and green beans with a salad, apple, and peanut butter
Afternoon Snack: I didn't have one.
Dinner: OMG everything at Texas de Brazil steakhouse. Lots of meat, salads (lettuce leaf salads, onion ceviche, greenbeans, artichoke hearts salad), some goat cheese terrine, mushrooms, a bunch of the small hot peppers, and some *bad* foods (a few of the cheese bread puff things and a quarter of a slice of their cheesecake). I did manage to skip out on the alcohol and really too much of the refined stuff.
We tried to walk off dinner afterwards by taking a few rounds around BridgeStreet. I missed my OmegaPlex at dinner, so I took it before bedtime. I ended up with a lot of heartburn from the peppers, but surprisingly did not wake up with a food hangover. That was awesome.
This morning I'm back on the clean eating train and tonight is Step class and maybe Flow - I need to stretch. I killed my triceps on Mon/Tue and now they are so stiff and sore!!
Day 7 of the Advocare 24 Day Challenge
Day 7 - I couldn't believe it on Tuesday when it was already Day 7, almost a week!!!
I was still flying high from doubles on Monday and I went back to the gym Tuesday ready to kill it. BodyCombat was a lot of fun! I worked hard and I can feel myself getting stronger. I was able to do a few pushups on my toes rather than my knees. I couldn't believe how much stronger I'm getting!
Day 7 marked the end of the Herbal Cleanse tablets as we start tapering off on the Cleanse phase of the challenge. Fiber Drink comes back for the rest of the Cleanse Phase, which truth be told, is awesome. I really like the Fiber Drink.
So, what did I eat on Tuesday?
Breakfast: Spark, Catalyst, Meal Replacement Shake
Morning Snack: 2 hard boiled eggs, fresh salsa, red grapes
Lunch: Left over turkey meatloaf, pureed cauliflower, and green beans
Afternoon Snack: Zone bar, Spark
Dinner: Grilled pork loin, small cup of white rice, big plate of salad with Annie's ginger salad dressing
After dinner: Fuji apple with Justin's peanut butter
In closing, I have to say, this doesn't feel like a real cleanse - I'm not hungry, not feeling tired, not in the bathroom all the time, not feeling deprived. It feels amazing and I am excited to see where this journey takes me.
I was still flying high from doubles on Monday and I went back to the gym Tuesday ready to kill it. BodyCombat was a lot of fun! I worked hard and I can feel myself getting stronger. I was able to do a few pushups on my toes rather than my knees. I couldn't believe how much stronger I'm getting!
Day 7 marked the end of the Herbal Cleanse tablets as we start tapering off on the Cleanse phase of the challenge. Fiber Drink comes back for the rest of the Cleanse Phase, which truth be told, is awesome. I really like the Fiber Drink.
So, what did I eat on Tuesday?
Breakfast: Spark, Catalyst, Meal Replacement Shake
Morning Snack: 2 hard boiled eggs, fresh salsa, red grapes
Lunch: Left over turkey meatloaf, pureed cauliflower, and green beans
Afternoon Snack: Zone bar, Spark
Dinner: Grilled pork loin, small cup of white rice, big plate of salad with Annie's ginger salad dressing
After dinner: Fuji apple with Justin's peanut butter
In closing, I have to say, this doesn't feel like a real cleanse - I'm not hungry, not feeling tired, not in the bathroom all the time, not feeling deprived. It feels amazing and I am excited to see where this journey takes me.
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