Yesterday marked day 24 of my challenge! I woke up and weighed in immediately. The awesome thing about the AdvoCare 24 Day Challenge is that it is NOT a weight loss program. It's designed to give you optimal health, wellness & energy. Pounds & inches just happen to fall off as you transform your body from good to great. So, weighing in is exciting and nerve wracking as I think to myself, I should have not snuck that Americano in. But what I have to remember is this....I am not losing weight to prove something, I am not competing, I am not in trouble with someone if I don't lose all the weight I wanted to. It's simply for the health and wellness of me and my family. That's it. So when I feel like I am trying to fit into this mold that I can never fit in to, I remind myself that I am just trying to be the healthiest ME that I can be. So whatever that looks like for you will be different than what it looks like for me. Doesn't that give you a little bit of a breather?
Ok back to the results....I woke up, stumbled to my kids bathroom (because for some reason I don't want to look at the scale in my own bathroom) and I step on it. Actually I step on the scale 3 times because I don't have 100% faith in my scale and usually find that the number changes at least once out of the 3 times. When I started the challenge, I wrote out my goals of 15 pounds and 6 inches. I had no rhyme or reason for the numbers and I had no idea how my body would handle the products in the challenge. After 24 days, I lost 8 pounds and 12". To measure my inches, I used a string of yarn and then held the yarn to a tape measure. I wrapped that yarn around my chest and found 4" GONE! Where did it go? Doesn't matter....just don't come back! Then I wrapped the yarn around my shoulders...inches GONE! It was like I was slowly shrinking away. Well SHRINK ON!! Loving it. Feeling good. The one place I was a little bummed about was my waist. I lost an inch but wanted much more. But remember....this losing is NOT the purpose of the challenge. So I took my inches and pounds lost and I celebrated! Well...I didn't really party, just felt like partying on the inside.
My husband will start the challenge this week. I think he is giddy about it like I was. And now I have friends coming from all over that are asking me about the challenge. They say that will happen. People see how good you look and feel and they want onboard! I don't blame them. I encourage everyone in all walks of life to take a challenge. You just don't know how good you can feel until you make your body right. I know I have a longer road ahead of me than the last 24 days. But I also know that my body is healthier and functioning better than a month ago. So losing the weight should come a little bit easier now.
My friend and I are now in a 90 day challenge. We are continuing with some of the products that we love and we are going into the fall season with this. As I stated in a previous post, I really want a great reason to get a new Fall/Winter wardrobe!
The products that I chose to stay with:
- Spark (for obvious reasons)
- MNS E (during the challenge, I took MNS 3 but I want to try the E because it has higher appetite control and more energy)
- Catalyst
- OmegaPlex
- ThermoPlus
- Meal Replacement Shakes
-ProBiotic Ultra
Until next time,
BE THE BEST YOU.
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