24 day biggest loser challenge!

I am so excited to be  joining Brittany of The Denny Buzz on this challenge!!! This post is actually written by her and is full of awesome info! Check it out and join with us!!! 

My family & I started our Advocare journey in August of this year & have had amazing results!  We all feel the best we ever have & look the best we have in a long time!  Since starting Advocare in August, my mom has lost 33 lbs, Shawn (my husband) has lost 30 lbs, my father-in-law has lost 20 lbs, & I have almost reached my goal with 14 lbs lost!  This has truly been a life-changer for us & it was an EASY and completely do-able way for us to change our old habits into new and healthy ones!

We are starting a Group 24 Day Challenge the day after Thanksgiving!  Misty, from Monkeys and Tutus, will be joining us in this challenge and we'd love to have you too!  To make it fun we are throwing in an incentive!  A Visa Gift Card for the Biggest Loser!

What is the 24 Day Challenge??

It is a comprehensive weight-loss system that can help you achieve your weight-loss goals or break through a plateau.  Days 1-10 is the Cleanse Phase which cleanses your body & prepares it for optimal nutrient absorption.  It's a gentle cleanse & we started feeling the benefits immediately!  Days 11-24 is the Max Phase which equips your body with tools to help you reach your personal goals.

What is the cleanse like?  

This was my first question when I started looking into the challenge because I've always been afraid of a cleanse!  I picture it being miserable and being stuck in the bathroom for days.  WRONG!  This cleanse is so gentle and it does not prohibit you from going to work or doing the things you need to do.  The best part is that you will start seeing results and starting feeling a lot better.

Can I eat while doing the challenge?  

YES!  There is a meal plan you follow for days 1-10 and then another plan that you follow days 11-24.  I am a picky eater and the meal plan is totally do-able for me.  We have actually continued to follow the meal plan for days 11-24 after we completed the challenge because it had become such a natural part of our life.  

What kind of products do you take during it?

During days 1-10 you take the following:

**Herbal Cleanse - (1) Fiber Drink - This is a powder that you gently stir in a glass of water and drink in the mornings before you eat on days 1-3 and 7-10.  (2) Days 1-7 you will take an herbal cleanse tablet and days 4-10 you take a probiotic pill.

**Spark - A sugar-free drink that provides fast-acting and long-lasting energy.  It contains 21 vitamins, minerals, and nutrients and helps sharpen mental focus. (flavors are fruit punch, mandarin orange, mango strawberry, cherry, grape, pink lemonade and citrus)  

**OmegaPlex -  Provides essential fatty acids for increased overall wellness.

During days 11-24 you take the following:

**Meal Replacement Shake - You drink this for breakfast and it provides complete nutrition in a delicious shake!  (flavors are chocolate, vanilla, mocha chocolate, berry)  

**MNS - This is a pack of pills that's divided up between before breakfast, with breakfast, before lunch, and with lunch.  There are three different ones to choose from:  MNS-Max 3, MNS Max E, or MNS Max C.  

**Spark - see above

I'm interested, now what?

Contact me ASAP at newyouadvocare@ymail.com with any questions and for information on the next step!  To get you your order in time, please contact me ASAP or by Thursday, 11/15, so we can have it to you in time.

We hope to have you join us in the upcoming challenge!  You won't regret it!






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Operation Oh Crap It Doesnt Fit

My best friend is getting married in a little less than 6 weeks and I've gained 7 lbs! The absolutely beautiful dress won't zip! Eeeeekkkkk! Time to get my butt in gear!!! 

Yea I know horrid pic but its not easy to try to hold a dress together and take a pic with an iPad hahahah 

First I'm setting weekly goals which is what my friend Brittany over at The Domestic Geek does and talks about in her fit friday posts that totally encourag me.  So many times I focus on my big long term goal and get discouraged! So now I'm trying weekly goals!  By setting weekly goals I have something smaller to focus on without being overwhelmed, then at the end of the week I can reevaluate and see what i need to accomplish in the next week! 

This week my goals are:

Lose 3 lbs

Do the 30 day shred 3x

No sugar

My 6 week goal is to lose 24 lbs

And my overall goal is 100 lbs of which I've already lost 42

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Busy busy busy!

Last night was my bffs bachelorette slumber party and omg it was the best! It was just a lot if advice sharing and stories and watching crazy funny YouTube videos and Mexican food and cake and just oh so much fun good clean until 4am! Her cake was totally awesome! Pics below!
I got to reconnect and get some amazing parenting advice from an old friend who I adore and it was beautiful to get a break from the kids and house work for a few hours!
I really wanted to share some of the fun advice that was shared at the party but most of it was a lil, well, kinky ha! So idk if I'm brave enough!

It's so funny how very much I miss my hubs when we are apart! He's the best and I'm so thankful to be so in love!

I'm still blogging from my phone thanks to my broken lap top and no money to fix it any time soon so yay! Ha! Lots coming up this week though!
Tomorrow I have some exciting health news to share with you! And a fun new challenge that I'm doing soon with the help of Brittany of The Denny Buzz! I'll share the info tomorrow!
Monday is the oh so fun mommy moments link up and I hope you will link up and meet some fun new mommy friends lots more coming up this week!

I have tons to do today and I really want to start reading this awesome book that I got as a prize from Danette of All My Love For All My Days! Check her out in my side bar! She's awesome!

Stay at home mom?! Change of perspective

It is so easy to take being able to stay at home for granted. Especially the bad days! The days like today when my almost 3 year old pees on the bathroom floor 2 times and said dont pee on the floor that's not nice! Followed by unrolling the entire last roll of tolite paper onto the wet floor and then wiping poop all over the wall a d his chest trying to get it off his fingers...
Or the fact that I've had to vacuum 3x because cloee decided to take a brand new just opened box of Cheerios odd the counter and dump it allll over the floor while I was in the garage changing the laundry. As soon as I got it all cleaned up and started to rock jaxsen she did the same thing with a bag of gold fish lol!
Eesh
I've been trying to decide if I should start working part time for a while now. I'd really like to find something I could do from home but have her to find that. Yesterday an opportunity to workout side the home came to me.
At first I was going to be working 5 eves 5-10 and all day on Tuesday. Last night when it was time to put the kids to bed I broke down!
Putting the kids to bed can easily be taken for granted but when faced with the possibility of not getting to do it 4-5 nights a week perspective can change so fast!
While reading Benjamin a book I fought the tears the whole time. I even let him stay up extra late just for some special snuggles!
My mind started turning as did my hubs. Not only does he work full time but he also takes online classes full time id have to walk out the door every day when he came home, his homework would likely suffer bc it would be hard for him to take care of the kids and do homework every night etc...
After we talked it out we decided that was to much to work and I'd just do 2-3 days and only short term, like through the holidays.
Ahhh the weight had been lifted! Luckily the girl I'm going to be working for is a long time friend and is totally amazing and willing to work with me! It will be great to have some extra income and get out of the house a little! I'm sure It will actually be like a vacation every time I go! Ha

But the paradigm shift really took place knowing that I should cherish every moment and not take getting to be home for granted ever!

There will always be days where I will want to pull my hair out, where I'm short with them, where I just want a break but overall my life is beautiful. I am so very blessed to have a hubs that wants me to stay home, who works so very hard for his family and who I love more than anything and miss every minute we are apart.

Now I gotta hurry and finish cleaning house before he gets home! In challenged to be a better House wife! To work harder for the loves of my life and to continue to remember that they are my ministry and I can do everything even clean up pee with joy knowing I'm blessed beyond anything I ever imagined!

Here are some fun pics of my sweet family! Love them!
I can't really caption them bc I'm blogging from my iPhone but I will try to go in later and make it more uniformed!