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Well here it is Christmas day. How many of you are sitting back with your bellies full from over eating? I made it a point to watch what I ate but made sure I had room for a piece of pumpkin pie. We went to Aaron and Melissa Flemings house for a gathering. Melissa said she had never made pumpkin pie before and I was so glad she made it. I did not have to eat a whole one and got the taste I was craving. My contribution was mashed potatoes and corn. I also made some fake fudge and took most of that to share. So here at my house we are back to our normal healthy eating. Larry is home so he also gets to eat what we eat.

While peeling the potatoes I was noticing my wrist  was hurting. I had been serving up ham and lamb at Costco that last 2 weeks and it was hard on my wrist and shoulder. At night I was taking nighttime recovery for the pain but today as I was peeling the achy-ness was too much. I dug out the bio tune and bio charge and took a dose of each one. This afternoon my pain is gone. I keep flexing my wrist to see if I am just kidding myself but nope.

So here is what I took. I will continue on with it and see how it goes. 

I have had many things happen this last week and I have been very down. I know I have mentioned it but today it feels like a fog has lifted and I am ready to take 2014 by the horns and go out and change the world. Life is to short folks to sit on the side and not be in the game.  So please know we are going to do all we can to help others get fit. We will be starting this on January 1 2014.  There is nothing on to watch unless you LOVE football. SO we will be meeting that afternoon at the newest business in Wellman. The Relaxation Station. Operated and owned by Michelle Runciman she has graciously offered up her new place for people to meet and gather and find out about Advocare products. You will find out about the 24 Day Challenge. The new Can You 24 DVD that will premier that day. Also our other healthy eating food plans. Commit to fit and 39 days to skinny. These were both designed by a registered dietitian and I put my trust in her. We will share all of these options but if you want to start the new year better than the old one you just left behind please think about attending. We will have more information to follow. The meeting will be short and to the point. It has become my passion and purpose to help others find the fitness road I am on. I may not be where I want to be yet but I know with a purpose and a plan this will become a reality. I did not get fat in 3 weeks and I am on a journey and each step brings me closer to the end but I am willing to stop along the way and help whoever wants it. So stop over and more information will be coming. This is not something you have to be local to participate in. We travel and have others in the state who can help you get a handle on losing the excess weight you want to lose. Have a blessed rest of Christmas Day. 

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Lets discuss this picture today. I made changes and maybe those who know me best can't see them. I believe the people that see you everyday don't notice subtle changes. The changes that happen over time. If i cut my hair or change the color it gets noticed by most. Some say "did you do something different" , or how about this one? "did you lose weight?" Now when I have had a complete change of hair color and they ask me if I have lost weight do they not look at me? You know something is different but you just can't put your finger on it. I am guilty of doing this so I know of what I speak. 

Change happens slowly over time as well as quickly. The change that happens quickly is just as important. Its the change that says I am not going to be in debt any longer. You have figured out a plan of action and you start to work on it. This is when change can slow down. You are working harder to pay off debt, make changes in your spending and nothing is happening for your actions. But all the time you are chipping away at a stone. Until that one special blow that breaks open the stone. How many times do we give up on changing because we get tired of hitting that stone? Change is not easy some of us have many years of bad habits to break. Negative thinking to overcome and it can be a down right fight to the death scenario. 

Changing your eating habits is also hard to do. Its not impossible some people just want to act like it is. Saying  "I can never lose weight, I could never give up pop, I could never stop eating Mc Donald's"....on and on and on it goes. Its easier to make excuses than to go out and accomplish what it is you want to do.

So I want people to know that change is not easy but very much worth doing. Weight to lose, get out of debt, be a better parent, have freedom to do the things you want to do. When I sit here and think about how my life has changed this year I am looking forward to 2014 not because I am like so many who want a clean slate to have their "do over". I know 2014 will be my best year yet. I will make my goals and then set new ones. I am worth more and so is my family. I will not stop moving forward and I ask you to not stop either. So as you run around frantically looking for that last perfect gift that Timmy can't do without pause, and think of your motives. Are you trying to make Timmy happy or are you trying to buy love and attention for yourself? The bigger the gift the bigger attention you will get. Don't forget though gifts are just a passing fancy. Give of your time, give of your love and affection and make a change in your heart. Think of the Grinch  and his heart that grew 3 sizes that day.  I can't make your heart change only God and you can do that. I can help with the other things though. Lets all make 2014 the best year ever, not settle for less because YOU are a child of the one true King.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuJWQzjfU3o

Neat that the commercial was Drew Brees our national spokesperson. DB9

We build champions! 

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Maybe you wondered why I dropped my other number? I don't know why but it just was there to remind me of all the people that dropped out of my exercise group. Maybe I should keep it there to REMEMBER people dropped out of my group. It was a success and I should be very happy that I exposed some others to the world of Adovcare and exercise. We have to lead by example in ALL things. I can not tell you to go do something if I, myself, am not willing. How many leaders or bosses do you know that use verbal intimidation to get you to do things. Because you get paid by a corporation they are the ones controlling you. You have to come to work on their time frame(most of us) stay a certain number of hours and then go home when you are done. Yay! How great is that? My goal and desire is to not have to work for someone else. To be able to live life as I SEE FIT. To share my desire for a healthier lifestyle with anyone who wants to change. So if I ask you if your ready to change please do not be offended. It is because I genuinely care for you. I have a desire for you to have more in your life. Better health, weight loss, extra cash. Working for the weekend is not the way to get ahead. 2 days where you "veg" out and watch games and go to parties. Lets throw out that idea of what we were taught and break the mold. I know I can do this and so can you. Its 11 days until New Years eve. That is 264 hours,15,840 minutes 950,400 seconds. Sounds like a bunch of time when you break it down like that. I have decided to limit myself to 15 minutes of Facebook  2 times a day. I told myself that I would be able to post 3 positive things. I found myself scrolling and commenting on a friends page got one comment made and the timer went off. SO it goes fast. Think of how many times when someone asks us to do something and we say "Just a minute" Then its 10 and 15 and that person has already went on and done it themselves because you just needed a minute. 1 minute to finish that show, finish that game, send that last text. Your precious minutes intertwine with others minutes. Please think about the minutes you are wasting. If you are habitually late then make an effort to be early or at least on time. If you are asked to do something. Stop when that minute is done and go help that person. With my birthday coming up I know I want to be making 2000 a month doing Advocare by March. It is now a written down goal and people can see it and hold me accountable. Goals need to be written down and shared with others. Otherwise they are just wishes. So think about it folks. Life on your terms having a 7 day weekend. Does that sound good to you? Sure does to me. 

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I am finishing out the last days of the year stronger than I started them. More healthy than I was. Eating better, putting the best nutrition into my body because I believe in them. I believe that where I am at now is better than when I turned 50 almost 2 years ago. My life has changed 100% since that day. We are working on the prayer and fast brochure for our church. My friend Iva and I met with Aaron and we discussed foundations. It made me start to think about mine. How good was my "foundation?" Would it crumble because I did things haphazardly like I had done in the past? Or now would it be a stronger more reliable one, because of the road I am on now? I am saying yes! YES to the stronger foundations! I am stronger in my walk with God. He makes me strong. I can do anything when He guides me through this life. I am strong in my belief because of Him. He has done miracles and talked to me in visions and dreams and because I learned to shut up and listen I have done things I never would have done before. Going places I never dreamed of. BUT my God is even bigger than that. He wants abundance for me. For everyone really, but until you believe it for yourself it sits there, waiting to be showered on you. 

Now this did not happen in a day, a week, or even a year. It happened over a period of time because I was building a foundation. A solid one that would get me through the tough times. When I wanted to quit exercising and when I wanted to eat the whole cake. Those times are few and far between now. I feel I will always be tempted but God wants us to stay strong. Its like Jen says in Shred 2 . "Its not an easy out, its a work out." When we choose the narrow path its not the easy one but its the right one.  If you don't have a solid foundation there is still time to go back and fix it. If you want to be healthier there is still time. If you want to know God there is still time. If you want a better life that you have abundance there is still time. Don't wait until Jan 1st 2014 to start over. Start today and get a jump on the others who will procrastinate their lives away. With nothing to show for it in the end. I believe you have more in you. I believe enough for all of us. Please comment and let me know you are even reading this. Have I touched your life this year? Have I said things that encouraged you? I am not going to change and I am not going to go away. God has plans for us. I have started on mine whats keeping you from starting your plan. Lets start on that foundation. Get it right and get busy building. 

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I was wondering if you might be thinking whats with the numbers as a title thing. I have been exercising for 336 days. Doing the Can you 24 DVD an average of 3 times a week for that many days. The second number is when I started another 24 day challenge with some friends. So 260 days ago I had some friends that joined me in doing these things. Some are still out there doing exercises. Some have quit doing them or off doing something else. Am I sad? Not for the reasons you would think though. I loved having people there to exercise with me, to walk on this journey. Sometimes we have to walk alone on it though to truly get to where we need to be. Its fun to have others but then we rely on them and not God to get us through. I have been shown that more lately than ever before. I think "doesn't ANYONE want to be healthier?" Then I realize I planted a seed here and there and eventually I will see that they have changed a bad habit or continued exercising. Its Gods timing not mine. I could have had a pity party but I am blessed beyond anything I have ever known before. I have a place to gather and exercise with friends. (Thanks New Life Community Church!) I have continued encouragement from the people who know the journey I am on. I have no desire to quit but sometimes, like today I thought do I really want to crawl out of bed at 545 am to go to a cold car, then to drive into town? I talked myself out of it last night really. What a whiner I am. LOL I can exercise here at home but then no one sees  my commitment to what I want to do. I want others to see my love for being healthy and making better choices. If I can do it anyone can do it. That sounds so funny when you say it. If you truly knew me you would understand. I used to love nothing better than setting down with a big bag of chips and dip and my mt dew and watching an afternoon of soaps. God has changed all that. I have so many things I want to do because God has inspired me I will need to live to 150. I think of a Ferris Bueller quote.“Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

People focus on the road ahead but really if you take a look to the left or right you can see the beauty God has put along this path. So even though I was focused on the road I am slowing down to stop and look around and see where those seeds I planted might need some tending. I am not what this is all about. God put this on my heart. I am not here on my own to save the world. I am doing things God has given me the power to do. So here's another quote for you....."after all tomorrow is another day." There are people who need to be inspired. We have work to do. 

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I have something heavy on my heart today folks. Today is annual cookie making and candy day and I am not looking forward to it. Not because I don't want to hang out with Sara and the kids. Not because I am worried about over eating on candy. I just realized I do not want to be part of that culture anymore that says "HEY lets overeat from Thanksgiving to Christmas on into New Years" Then people make "resolutions" that they don't plan on keeping or give up when it seems to hard. Only to have the cycle start again the next Thanksgiving and on and on. 

I was part of that culture. I was the person who loved to make things and bake things and share my food with others. I was caught up in thinking that people would like me if they liked my food and to me that was love. It has been an eye opening journey this past year to find out who the real Kim is. 

So I used to make noodles for all the potlucks and stuff at church. I was asked to make some this next week for Sara and her students. It has been so long since I made noodles I had to stop and think do I remember how? There have been many changes in this year long transformation. Not making noodles was part of that. Everyone loves my noodles so with that thought they must love me right? Guess what? They still love me without the noodles. Without the candy,cakes,cookies I have been known to make and take places. I have not gotten to the point of bringing a bag of chips to the potlucks but it has been thrown around as a threat at my house. 
Lifestyle choices bring about change. The way you spend money, the way you cook, the way you view food.

July 29 2000

I have been fat my whole life. When I met Larry I was 400 pounds. I was not always that but bad choices and the love of food got me there in 20 years. I had gastric bypass surgery in 2003. I QUICKLY lost 260 pounds. At my lowest I weighed 140. I looked like death. It was a bad time in my life and the doctors could not figure out what was wrong with me. I had surgery to take off extra skin in 2006. This surgery resulted in a blood clot that has taken me this long to bounce back from it. 
Advocare found my in January of 2012. In the middle of prayer and fast week I was giving up my beloved Mt Dew. I drank at least 3  24 oz per day. Granted I only drank the top half for those of you who know me but still I drank a lot of it and was OK with that. I knew it was important to give up something I loved for fast week and Mt Dew it was. Barb and Scott were on their way home from success school and called me. I was ready to try this drink they had called Spark. LOVED IT. I signed up for the 20% discount and quit buying Mt Dew. Now can I say I never had it since? Nahh that would be a lie. I would go to my cousins and still drink it with her. Once in awhile I would get a coke at Mc Donalds. Then I realized I was not being the person I was saying I was. This year with the release of the can you 24 DVD has been my lifesaving adventure. I started exercising with it 334 days ago. I have written about my struggles and triumphs but it has been the last 3 months I have had the the most revelation on where I am going and what I need to do to get there. 

We did a 24 day challenge before Thanksgiving (doesn't everyone start a lifestyle change before a major holiday?) That led into the discovery of the 39 days to skinny. I am now on day 26 of that. What a wonderful plan for eating well and losing weight. I get to control how much I eat. No plan tells me. I get to decide how I want my fish or chicken cooked. I have to use my brain and listen to my stomach when it tells me to stop. What a concept that I have the power to lose weight. Not a magic pill. Not some weight loss surgery. I am making good choices everyday to become healthier in this part of my life.

Yesterday as part of the 39 days to Skinny plan you get 3 choice days. Eat what you want just don't binge eat or eat the whole pan. I thought great its Christmas candy and cookie weekend and I was looking forward to eating junk. Until yesterday. I did not eat horrible but I ate things I had not had in awhile and I was sick. I was physically sick on my food choices. I did not take my vitamins or meal replacer in the morning and by 8pm I was ready for bed. Today is a new day and I am back on vitamins and meal replacer for breakfast. I am looking forward to making cookies but really not eating them. I never would have thought I would say such a thing. Yet here I am knowing that I could eat some of everything today and not binge and be OK. I am making a choice not to.


I am going to share some pictures here today of my journey. 

This was me on Jan 15th 2013. Larry took my picture I hated it.

This is me in March with Johnny Loper from the Can You 24 DVD.I was excited to meet him.

This is me in July I think with Sara Juve. Wellman native and also on the CU24 DVD.

This is November 8th 2013 Ladies Alive with Brenna and me with Crystal Thurber.
Brenna down 40 pounds and me down 25 for the year.

 Nov 26 2013 in Des Moines with Brenna, Brandon, Me and mark Leitgeb. I look really
small here short and thin. 

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Hey there strangers! 

 Its hard to to admit when we screw up. Its hard to own up to mistakes we made. Guess what? It is the first step to getting back on track. I was not on a full blown pity party but it could have easily become one. So having admitted I was not running 100% I want you to know that I am back and I have been back for about a week. You can not let 20 days go by and not write about things that are happening and know that saying you have been busy just doesn't cut it. We are all busy. Busy people are ones that want to build a business. They know what it takes to get off the couch and get busy. They know the laundry can wait for another hour or another day. So lets be real. As I write this I have 3 loads sitting in a basket ready to be washed. I have a box of tomatoes to can and I have some people I need to get back with. Its after 9 so I am going to do my getting back to first. 

Now lets talk about my exercising. I missed a few days (fri and mon) but hit it hard again yesterday. Doing the Can you 24 DVD 2 times a day 3 times a week is gaining some momentum for me but I have quit looking at the scale as it has not moved for about a month. I know all the things like muscle weighs more and all of that but its still nice to see it move down. So I am still here and still working at a lifestyle change. Advocare is NOT a fad diet. It is all about health and nutrition. I did not get overweight in a week and I am not going to be healthy in a week. Its my journey and I am 241 days into it. Fall is here and I remember back to January where I was then and all I can say is " I'm not where I need to be,but thank God I am not where I used to be. I'm OK and I am on my way" Thanks to Joyce Meyer for the wonderful reminder. Now lets get where God wants us to be. 

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School has started for just about everyone at this time. We have moved our exercise time back to 6:30 am to help the Moms who have kidlets to get up. It has been a bit of a change for me but 6 am is very peaceful at this house. Most days Larry has headed off to work and I can get up take my O2 gold and mix up a rehydrate and spark and head into town. We are still working on DVD 2 and I wish there was a DVD 3 coming out soon. I feel I need to be doing more now. So I have looked into joining the Y at Wellman. They have some nice weight machines and I feel the need to tone as I am shrinking and melting. (LOVE IT) So for something new to be thrown in the mix is great. We change and evolve as we grow and learn. Hopefully you have not given up on growing and learning. I find I need to be busy. Busy in my business and busy in my life and busy with my church. I do not want to sit on the couch and watch life pass me by. I don't want to work my life away either. So for 2 years I will put my head down with the single objective to help my friends and their friends find hope and health in 2013 and beyond. Do you want to be on this list to be free? Get a hold of me and lets talk. 

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Had a great exercise time this morning at the office. There was 5 of us in there and it was a tight fit. I think we could have squeezed in 1 more if we had someone else to join us. I could go back and do the 2 different times if this would be a reason for anyone to come join us. I really want others to come join. It helps me and motivates me. I will do the Can you 24 DVD all day long if it will get someone else to start getting fit. We have been exercising at the office since June I think and it has gone well. Brandon (my son in law) announced yesterday he was going to start a men's exercise time. Monday Wednesday and Fridays at 5:30 PM I think. So things are starting to change at Wellman. If you exercised with us at the house please feel free to come back and join us again. There is no cost to you. We just want you to get fit and healthy. So know we are still here and still 24in it. Call me or text me 515-451-6276. 

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SO I am wondering how people are doing out there? Are you still just sitting back watching me, waiting for me to give up? Those who know me personally may be thinking " she never completed anything ever before" " I am sure she is going to fail" "why does she even bother?" Why not think " wow I am glad to see her sticking to her guns" "she sure is looking good" " How does she do that?" 

Folks if you think this is easy for me think again. I am the same as you. I have times when I just want a big bowl of ice cream. Or maybe just sit and watch another episode of GH. I have made a commitment to myself , my husband, my family and friends that I m going to do this. What ever that may entail. I was told  awhile ago that I am getting better at following through. I asked him what he meant by that but he never told me. So I have made it a point since that day to make sure I follow through on all I say I will do. If I say I will be in at the office to exercise at 7:00 I am there. Do I want to get up and do that all the time? NO! But each day I work out and have my friends there to cheer me on then I am going to keep showing up. No one said life would be easy. Many choose to sit on the couch and do nothing and get up and do their J O B. I am busy all the time. A body at rest tends to stay at rest. A body in motion stays in motion. I had too many years of not moving that now I get to play catch up and keep my body fit. So a big shout out to my exercise partners. If you meet me at the office or if you are doing the Can you 24 DVD still at your house. I want you guys to know that I am still here and will be around until God calls me home. 

To those of you reading this and wondering if you can do what I am doing.....YES YOU CAN! Please give me a call and lets talk. I want people to be able to get fit with friends. I tried to start a 24 day challenge but it fell flat. Too busy? Too expensive? What ever the excuse you can take the time now and pay for good health and wellness now or wait and pay it to the hospital and nursing homes later. Take charge of your life and get in the game. My companies motto is "We build champions" Thanks to Advocare I am now a champion. I am sure I have some friends out there that want to become fit and be a champion too. Call me, text me, just do something friends, before another day, week or month has gone by. Build your temple and keep it clean and strong. 

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Ok I hit the magic number of doing this for 200 days. Over half of 2013 I have been working out to make myself feel better and look better. Have I done that? I feel so much better it is crazy. More energy and muscles I can see in my arms. Strength I never had before. Holding planks for 30 seconds or longer with a leg raised and look good doing it. ( not all hunched up or belly hanging down) I am talking set a cup of coffee on my back because it looks like a great flat spot to sit it. That may mean nothing to some of you reading this but to me its a big thing. It takes some work to do that and I see it paying off in my life. I have friends that join me 3 days a week to do the Can you 24 DVD which is what my plan was all along. I want to help my friends become fit and fab. So what excuses are you using today. I saw a great quote that said (I am going to paraphrase here) Using the terms " I am to busy" as an adult is like a young person saying " the dog ate my homework". The real question is you can't or you wont. Either is a choice. I can't because I have a cast on my foot. That is an OK excuse. Valid and true. I wont because I am to busy. Just say out loud that you really don't care about your body or your health. This DVD is 24 minutes. People waste more time looking at the dollar menu in a week than the actual time it would take to work out. 24 minutes is less time than waiting for a pizza delivery guy. 24 minutes is sometimes how long it takes to check out at Walmart  SO either you can't or you wont. I want people to exercise with me. I want people to become healthier for their families and the great life that they want to lead. Wouldn't it be better if you could keep up with them now? Your 24 hours is the same as mine. Find 24 minutes 3 times a week to rebuild your temple. God wants our temple in great shape for his glory. I don't do this for my own glory but to glorify what God has done to and for me in my heart. 

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This was me January of 2013. I was not running at my optimum health. So I took on the 72 day challenge put on by Advocare. I didn't win anything for that but it got me going on a great routine. I now watch what I eat and exercise at least 3 times a week. I have lost pounds but more impressive is the inches lost. Sara sent me a text and told me that Grace had asked if I was shrinking. I guess when you are a small child you notice such things. SO I have a picture of me from last week with my fellow Advocare distributor Sara Juve. Can you see a difference? Guys you need to look at the pictures and know they don't lie. I use to hate pictures of myself but when I can visibly see a difference I have to share. 

Total pounds lost ....20

Total over all inches .....20

Sara is in the core stretch part of the DVD Can you 24. She is very lean and toned. She has been doing this for awhile. I am doing well for only doing this 7 months. I did not get out of shape in 7 months and so to expect to look like her in 7 months is delusional. I am grounded in the knowledge that I have hundreds of years of doctors experiences on my sci med board. I have Drew Brees as an unpaid endorser and that's all I have to know and share. The products work if you put them in your body and do what you need to do. 

Its not to late to join me in the next 24 day challenge. You could be the next one to lose the average of 10lbs and 10 inches in 24 days. 

Call me....text me....come see me. Lets start the rest of our lives together.....515-451-6276

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Sorry for such a long time between posts. I feel like the month of July has totally passed me by. When I stop and take a breath I realize I have been on this journey 6 months. 185 days half of a year. Do I feel better? I feel better in so many ways I can not even begin to tell you. I have more energy and can do more things than I did last year at this time. 
So let me tell you how a day goes here on the middle prairie.

5am sun shines in my window and starts to wake me up. Larry says good bye around 5:45 as he heads off to work.
6:30 mix up a spark with rehydrate to take to work out. 
6:45 on Mon Wed and Fridays I head into to town to do the Can you 24 DVD. 
7:00 Start work out with friends.
7:30 do a second workout if more friends show up. If not head home.
8:00 mix up a meal replacer with post work out recovery and take my mns for the morning.
Here is where it changes; sometimes I go to a place that pays me to work and I would leave at 9:15 to be there at 10:30
Other days I am home and I work for myself as an independent Advocare distributor. Those are the best days for me. Don't get me wrong I enjoy going to work at Costco but I know in the end my business cares about me and my family. Me and my future. So I just love to tell people that the products I take can change their lives too. It may not be for some but how do you know if you don't try it? My friend Virginia has been doing this for 109 days and has lost 15 pounds by doing the DVD 3 times a week and watching her food intake. How hard does that sound. SO what is your excuse? 
12:00 lunch Spark and the rest of my mns strip. Sometimes its another meal replacer sometimes its a meal bar or sometimes its leftovers. (I know sounds glamorous doesn't it)
3:00 Larry comes home and I make sure if I am there I have a snack for him and a cold water.
5:00 If I work this is when I get off and head home. 
5:00 supper if I am home and we all sit down to eat.
6:30 meetings....I have lots of them some church some Advocare I try and have something 2 or 3 nights a week. 
9:00 visit with Larry and talk about plans and things we need to do.
11:00 usually my bed time

Believe me I am not living the life of a glamorous movie star. In those slots where there is big spans of space I am doing laundry ,cleaning house, mowing a 2 acre yard. I would not change it for anything.....EVER. I am here and I love what I am doing. I would share this Advocare adventure with anyone who would like to join me. Imagine doing things on YOUR OWN TIME. Don't let the naysayers bring you down. They will try and do that because it makes them feel comfortable. If you try and get out of the boat and walk on water by faith it leaves them alone and wondering "could that be me?" So friends as the summer melts into fall are you where you want to be health wise? Would you like to be melting like the ice in a cup? Do you have 5 pounds or a 100 pounds to lose? I am getting ready to start another 24 day challenge. July 29th could be the day that changes everything for you. Please, please, please for your health and the chance to change your life come and join me. Message me here or on FB or call my real number and talk to a real person (me) 515-451-6276. Early or late as you can see I have the energy that keeps me going all day long. 

163/87

Well it has been another busy week. We did get into the office and exercise and I was glad people showed up. So many times we use the excuse that we are to busy. Or we have kids that take our time. Well guess what folks? If we do not take the time to get ourselves healthy then doing stuff with kids or work or for fun wont happen. When you take the things out of the equation that we use as our excuses it comes down to just you. You can't take 24 minutes to try and get your health back? Get rid of the excuses then come talk to me. I am more than willing to exercise with you and guess what? I am busy too. My priority is MY health so I make it fit into MY schedule  So I am calling you guys out. Stop making excuses and just find time to exercise. If not with me then with someone else or by yourself. If you have kids then include them in it. Get healthy together and plan to be around awhile for them. If its your work schedule then get up earlier or stay up 24 minutes later. If you are crawling into bed at midnight and expecting to get up at 5 am to exercise then that might be poor planning. I know some function on that few of hours of sleep. I was at the foot doctor yesterday and he said we are so hard on our feet that if we had to walk around on our hands they would fall off. I agree and so I am going to do what I can to make my feet last. If its getting healthy so I don't lose one to diabetes then that's what I am doing. If reading this makes you uncomfortable then its doing its job. Your health is more important than anything you can do. For without health you will not be able to spend the quality time with your kids or doing your jobs. So I am still out here still exercising and doing my shakes. Healthy eating is becoming the norm here not the exception. 

156/80

Oh time how can you go by so fast? The last month has been crazy but it was not until last week when I was on a mission trip out to Wyoming that I did not get to exercise at all. Up until last week even though I was working 6 or 7 days in a row I was still trying to get in 3 Can you 24s a week. Wyoming was different though. Up at 5 bed at 11 and cooking 3 meals in between. So this week I have a place now to exercise, (Church office) a time set, (Mon,Wed,Fri 7-8). I plan to do the first DVD at 7 then the second DVD at 7:30. I am hoping more than just church people join me. I am wanting to help others get fit with the easiest exercise DVD I have ever done. Plus getting results. I am in this for the long haul. I would be easy to go back to the old me. Sitting on the couch and eating potato chips. I may sit on the couch but its eating a raw bar or a snack bar. So friends lets get fit together. The summer is calling us. I have a Zearing celebration in about a month to go to and see old friends. I plan on looking my best. I hope people ask me how I did it and I will be glad to share my story with them. So stay tuned I promise it wont be a month before you hear from me again. 

128/52

I wonder how the days get so far between posts and then I remember I had oral surgery on Friday. I give myself some grace for not being 100% yet. I did go back to work yesterday and today I am back at DVD 2 of the Can you 24. I was so sore last week I am hoping that this week will be not as bad. I find that each time I am sore it means I am finding muscles I never used before. I think back 130 days ago and I was OK with where I was. Well not OK but not sick enough of myself to get off the couch and move. Then I went to Advobowl in Des Moines and saw an exercise video that would change my life. 24 minutes at a time. I thought "hey I can do that exercise for 10 seconds, 20 seconds, maybe even 30 seconds. The idea of doing the 2nd DVD was so far out of the realm of possibilities I did not even look at it. Today I embrace it. So what are you going to do today to change your corner of the world? Put down that pop? Smile at someone you don't know. Get off the couch and start getting into the game? Oh people life is so much better now. I hear people talk of aches and pains as they age and I don't have that. I am sore only from muscles being stretched as they were made to. So when you are sick and tired of being sick and tired come talk to me. Call me, text me, FB me, I will tell you my story then be right there to help you along. If YOU want it then I am here to help you. 

120/44

I have given 4 months of my life to start getting healthy. 4 months is nothing in the scheme of eternity. I am struggling with a few things though. Not this plan I am doing. Not the people in my immediate circle. My struggle is with the people who want to bash and ridicule my efforts. HOWEVER I CHOOSE do do them. Who say they can do it with other ways (curves, jenny Craig medifast, whatever it is, maybe just plain ol diet and exercise) I have never come here and used this forum to bash these things. I have tried to be an encourager to all who are conscious of their health. If I could have done what I am doing with those things I would be here saying how they helped me. I chose Advocare. That is it. It is working for me and it could work for you. If you follow the plan, put the products in your body, they work. You can not half ass this or for that matter any diet and exercise plan and expect it to work. I would put my product up against anyone of the above mentioned. So please  know that changing your habits are not enough. Believe in yourself and what ever method you choose and then go for it 100%. The old me wants to give up but the newer healthier version says "BRING IT!" I will be posting pics again and you be the judge of how well this product works. The proof is in the pudding as they say. Have a great day folks and know that I am out here doing this with you. 

115/39

Well here I am again. Way past a week and wondering where my time has flown to. I am still out here doing what I need to do. I am now seeing inches going and not so much pounds. I am ok with that. This is a long journey. I did not get unfit over night it will take time to become fit. Come to think of it I never was fit. I survived when I was fat, then I was thin and sickly and almost croaked over, then I was better. Here I am now though and I feel like a new person. I have so much to be thankful for and that includes my family, friends, my loving church family and my Advocare family. So what ever part you are as you read this know you have blessed my life by just being part of mine. I have so much on my plate right now I have to keep a day planner to keep my life in order. Exercise here, meetings there, business meetings over there. I am going 100 miles an hour 80% of the time. Right now as I wait for the dew to dry off the grass so I can go finish up the back 40 (or 1) acres I thought I would spend a few minutes bringing you up to speed. Still here still doing my DVD. Still getting together with some friends to exercise and still taking my Advocare products. Getting results and looking forward to July when I see old friends. Get in touch with me and lets get fit together. I am all about helping others succeed it makes me happy. 

106/30

 Ok so I told you I was going to to go Kansas City and would see Johnny Loper. Maybe some thought I would get to meet him maybe some didn't. For the nay sayers here it is. What a gracious caring man to take his time and hear about my group of gals exercising. He had people lined up to talk to him but I hurried and did not get to check my look before pictures. People were waiting for us on the bus. He gave me the high five when he heard about all you who are exercising with me. To my friends that are close but not doing the Can you 24 DVD with me its not to late to join us. Johnny is on the video as the "hard" part of the work out. Call me and lets get your 24  days started. Why wait? Think of where you could be in 6 months. In front of the couch eating junk food or on your way to a better healthier you. I wonder how many people get to go meet Jillian or Billy Blank. My people on this DVD are just like me and Brenna and Brandon. We are Advocare distributors. They may have done this longer but they were exactly where we are now. So let us help you.

First I apologise for taking a picture of Brenna with her eyes closed. There was a little thing in the corner of my camera that blocked it so I could not see it. She also talked to Johnny and blessed his children and he told her it gave him goosebumps. So she impacted his life as much as he has impacted theirs.The picture below is the blessing conversation. I was blown away when she told me what happened. So if you want real people that have lived your life that know how it feels to get discouraged please, please give us a call so we can help you get to where you want to be.

101/24

What a busy week I had. Between basement trying to flood and 8 inches of rain, then a trip to Texas I have not been here or doing my routine. I am back though and more determined than ever to get this thing done. I know I will have to be diligent about this the rest of my life and I am OK with that. I have found something I love doing. The trick is to keep real life out of the routine. Or learning to balance them out. So friends do not think I am down for the count. I have been on this journey over 100 days now and I am so much healthier and able to move than I was then. I have my Advocare DVD the Can you 24 and it has saved my life. The products I am using by them is also making the difference. Please friends get off the couch and start a journey to healthier living. Call me and talk to me about our 24 day challenge or find something to do on your own. Just get up and move. We are here for a short time and God has called us to grab as many people and take on this walk with us. Does your walk with God inspire you? Mine sure does. Call me if you want me to help you along. 515-451-6276 you wont be sorry. 

day 94/17

In my last post I commented on how busy I was. It is still true. When you have friends that want to gather and do a 24 minute workout video you just go and do it. My Pastor, Aaron Fleming asked me to get up and give a testimony on how these eating/ personal changes have changed my heart. I have to say I am now more willing to give of my time and to invest in these friends. Before I would help those I knew and now I am getting to know more people who are wanting to make changes to their body AND their hearts. I am excited to see them succeed and so I go where I can and hopefully build them up as we gather for exercise. We did not pay for an expensive gym membership, some diet plan. We  found a DVD for 30 bucks and guess what? If you put it in the DVD player and do it......the program works. I want others to have great health and some are already on that journey and some are just starting. I use Advocare as my helper to get me fit. If my friends choose to join me I will hook them up. Above and beyond that they are my friends and I am here to help them along this weight loss journey.

Day 87/10

I love that I am always busy now. People are coming to my house or I am going to theirs. I want to help them change their lives and we are seeing it happen. I have to shake my head and wonder if this is really happening. We have 8 or 9 people who are willing to be part of this can you 24 DVD and they are doing it. I know some of my friends are busy and guess what? I will be right here waiting to help you when you are not so busy. I was told I am doing better finishing things. I guess I never knew I did not finish things. I think people see me as the person they knew 4 years ago or longer. I am not that person and I am being made new. DAILY! I have become passionate about helping others and walking with God. I want to be able to treat people like Jesus did. With love and kindness. I may not always get that done but I do it better today than I did yesterday and better yesterday than a year ago. I may not be that person you knew back then but I feel if you choose to know me now you would find a more passionate caring person. Advocare is also helping me become that person. I am here to help them find their dreams. Whats yours? 

Day 81/4

Life is short friends. You need to start to get healthy. Is it going to be easy? I promise you it is not, but will it be worth it? More than you will ever know. You have to start to look around and wonder "whose life can I help change today?" So many are hurting and just sure no one cares about them. Maybe if you would get your mind off of yourself you might notice their struggles. Maybe give someone words of encouragement instead of discouragement  I know for some that is hard, but guess what? That gets easier too. Why do you want to be the buzz kill to someones party? Why do you want to throw water on their torch? BECAUSE misery loves company. If you put one lobster in a basket it will crawl out. If you put a bunch in there they will keep pulling each other down. No one gets out. If you are hanging around a bunch of clinging crustaceans then maybe you need to change the scenery. Find people who will encourage you in your ambitions. Take a step to become healthier. Walk out in your God given authority and change others lives. It helps when you know who you are as a person and who you are in Christ. So find a place where there are people you want to be like, then, start to hang around with them. They will embrace you and if they don't then it is the wrong crowd. Change your mind, change your attitude, and then you can change the world. I am seeing so many hurting people that I know it will take some time to get to them all. So why not open your heart and give them a word of kindness and if they stomp on it, take a deep breath, smile and go on. If you see them the next day, do it again. Some friends are so beaten down it may take years of  kind words. Don't let the rest of your life slip away without making a difference to someone you know or even someone you don't. My journey to help others continues.........stay tuned.

Day 80/Day 3

Well it has been many days since I have been here to write to you. Not because I have given up though. I ended my 72 day challenge sent in my results and now waiting to hear if I won anything. In the mean time I started this group with some friends from church and the area and we are now getting together to exercise. We met on Monday and exercised too. I then met 2 of them yesterday and exercised with them again. I am loving how many times I can go exercise and it feels great when I am done. I may get to where I am doing the can you 24 DVD twice a day all week. If someone wants to exercise I will go do it with them. We are not going to fail guys! We are going to stumble and fall and get up and do it again. Because I had the DVD and was already doing the workout I CAN go and do it as many times as I need to help my friends get fit too. Keep up the great work friends! Eventually your body will get use to the exercise and start to crave it. This DVD is 24 minutes long. Some people will wait that long for a pizza to be delivered.  Why not make a change and get yourself back on track and get healthy. I love my Advocare stuff and I believe it has helped me do this. What do you believe in? Why not try it out and see if you can 24 too. 

Day 70

Ok folks. We are winding down on the 72 days but I am so excited to get started on another 24 days with my friends here in the area who want to start getting fit. 24 days is such an easy frame of time to adjust to. Many folks throw in the towel even before they start because they look at the finish line that's wayyyyyyy down the road. Why not start at the first goal you set for yourself? Make it a goal to just get up and move. Make it a goal to get up and move with friends. Those sound easy enough. I can not advocate this enough. We need to take better care of ourselves. I beat my body up pretty bad in my 50 years. I want to stop and reverse the effects of my lifetime of bad decisions. We know this is possible with diet and exercise. So lets join forces together and help each other out. We don't need to drag down others with our poor word choices. We should build them up. We are all children of God and we are precious in his eyes. We need Gods eyes to see this in others too. So we start our next 24 DC on April 2nd. If you are even thinking about it don't let the devil talk you out of it. Don't let stan make your choices for you. DO NOT quit before you even start. 

Day 67

Ok friends, hows things going out there? I am so fired up for spring and to see all my friends get fit and live a better life. I had another jog today. Even though its a cool 31 degree out the sun is shining and it feels like 50 to me. I broke out the jogging gear and fired up my new app on my phone and took off with GPS to track me. It was kind of neat except when it would say how far I had went and it was less than a mile.Then it would speak, "Zero point 25 miles" in that nice navigator voice. I would hear the zero and wonder is this thing working? Being me though I did take the car and measure off tenths so I had a rough idea of how far I wanted to go. I know the nice days make it easier and I have people who want to do the exercise video with me. We are going to have an official 24 day challenge hoe down, or hootenanny which ever you want to call it. We have Wellman folks maybe planning on whipping the Keota folks. I have loyalties to both as I am about half way in between. I am super excited about sharing what my journey has taught me and helping others reach a fitness goal no matter the level they start at. So come on friends! Lets do this together. Life is to short to ride the couch all night and then get up and do it all over again. Lets get out there and live the life God planned for us with an abundance of an over running cup. I claim that today and everyday. 

Day 65

As my 72 days starts to wind down I realize that I am not ready for it to be over. So for that reason I am going to do the whole 72 days over again. Only I am going to be farther along than I was 2 months ago. I now workout 3 ,4,5 days a week and I look forward to that. My next thing I am doing is starting to run(jog). I bought me a better pair of shoes and I know I am a wimp but when the wind is blowing on this middle prairie it is COLD! So I know I can do a 5 k I trained for one last year. Granted I did walk it because of the foot surgery I had in December but I know how far that is. I know I  can go into Wellman on any given day and walk that with some jogging included makes me happy. So keep hanging with me" friends"(as Jodi M likes to say on the can you 24 DVD. I love that she says "friends" I feel like I know her and maybe in august I will get to meet her. So please, please, please, anyone who is struggling with wanting to get fit and is afraid, or needs a buddy for moral support ,get a hold of me and lets talk. I work at Costco 3 days a week and I know I can find time to help someone who wants to get some energy back or tone up or lose weight. I am living it right here on the mid prairie. Come join me friends!!!

Day 60

It seems jogging/walking yesterday had no long term repercussions on my bones or muscles. Thank you Advocare products. I felt like I should at least be sore. Nope not a bit. So today was back to Can you 24 DVD (been doing this all along) and I am now ready to go back and do DVD 2. I can comfortably do the first DVD and need a bit more amping up. So while I am 60 days into this journey I know it is my life style now. I could drop the counting after my 72 and just redo them again. My weight loss journey and getting my body fit 72 days at a time. It almost sounds better than changing forever. You can do 72 days. I guess just do a whole bunch of them. So I am still out here still going strong and looking to be at my best. Whatever that looks like. I don't really know, I have never been 100% before. So thanks for taking time to read this blog. I appreciate each and everyone of you who read or comment. If you are working on being fit then keep up the great work. If you want to become more fit then shoot me a message and lets do it together. 

Day 59

Well here I am almost 60 days into this journey and I feel better than ever. So much so that I thought I would go out tonight and enjoy the longer sunny afternoon. While doing so I walked/jogged a mile and a half. Not impressed? Well considering I have not ran on purpose since high school I thought it was a great thing. Thanks to the O2 gold I was able to breathe well the entire time. It was my leg that I had the blood clot in that gave me some problems. I trust that is just from being old and rusty. So I wont tell you how long it took me. I did keep time so I can do better next time. I was on flat gravel road. Very soft conditions but no traffic at the time I went so it was all good. Stay tuned folks and see what new things I will be able to do taking these wonderful Advocare products. 

Day 53

Well I have a few minutes as I sit here and drink my post work out recovery (chocolate) I realized that the last few days I need to amp things up. So I went back to the first DVD and I am now doing the exercises at the intermediate or the advanced. Never did I think I could do such a thing. I had been doing the beginner at the whole length of time. I am now sweating and huffing and puffing and I feel as if I am finally accomplishing something. I measured today again and now I have a total of 10 inches gone. If I said I had done 10 inches before then I am a bad measurer person. After looking at my pictures I realize I have toned up. I have lost weight and it doesn't really matter what the scales say or what people think. Its me. How I feel or how I act and the things I can do. Maybe I do them better now or maybe I am doing them for the first time. This started out as a competition but has become a journey into finding me inside the fat girl. I am so thankful Advocare found me. So if your reading this blog for the first time or for the 10th time thanks for thinking of me and I do appreciate the support. 

All 3 pics together

I guess the pictures do not lie. I was sure nothing was happening to me. You know how everything feels the same? I will wear the last outfit now for all the new pics. Thanks to my good friend sweet Melissa for suggesting this. BTW that's Doolittle in the last picture with me. Larry had the laser pointer and he was ready to chase that dot. You can see some of the fun we have out here on the middle prairie.

Pictures of day 48

Day 48

Wow where did my week go? Oh yes! Snowstorm, work and school. During it all I have kept up with my DVD and seeing some definition on my stomach of some sort of thing I am not sure but it may be muscles. Stay tuned for that investigation. I will post pics later my hubby is gone to a men's night with church guys and I am home alone with 6 cats (4 outside) and 2 dogs. I do not get to be home alone very much at night so its kinda weird for me. I started Larry on a 24 day challenge to finish mine out with me. The 48 days has went fast and if nothing else I am more active and inches smaller. (not shorter) LOL. My faith in these Advocare products just grows leaps and bounds. So I plan to finish these last 24 days with all the gusto I have to give. It wont be swimsuit time yet but soon. If you want to hear about my journey more in depth give me a shout out here or on FB. Take care friends!

Day 41

What a rough week I had. The coughing lingered on and I think now I pulled a muscle on my ribs to compound this misery. Each day though I am making myself do the video as I know me well enough by now this would have given the old Kim a reason to give up. 
I work today after missing yesterday got up and did the core exercises just to keep me honest and I am feeling better now. 
I am excited to be able to go to my church tomorrow seems like work has been messing with that schedule a bunch. I feel off balance for the week when I miss my day at New Life Community. 
Still losing weight and inches. Slowly but surely and that is the kind that will stay off. I did not gain this weight in a week. I am so mad that people believe there is a magic weight loss pill. Maybe someday in the future yes but right now its good food, good supplements, and good exercises for me. So do NOT be afraid to work up a sweat. Do NOT be afraid that you may have a few hunger pangs. When you see your new self in the 24, 48 and 72 days you know that it was worth it. Are you ready to join me yet? Its never to late to start this challenge. Call me or text me. 

Day 38

Wow where did the days go? OH YEAH! I went to Texas for almost 4 of those and was sick with an Asthma attack the rest. Through all that I still did my exercises on the Can you 24 and am still losing pounds and inches. I am now working on getting Larry to join me. Can I say that going to Texas was a great time? It was wonderful. It made me even more ready to help others become healthy and be fit with our great products. I will be posting pictures after day 47 so I am really going to hit it hard so people can see the difference 48 days has made in my life.
 So sitting here wondering what I could tell you to make you see you need to be fit in your life. If I said you were worth it and so much more would that be enough to get you motivated? If I said you had people in your life that want to see you stay around awhile would that do it? If I said you had a better life to live than working the 9-5 you are doing then sitting the evening away on the couch throwing back a cold one(or 10) and smoking a pack (or 2) of cigermerettes a day would you start to believe me? Come on folks life isn't easy. We started this life out with things we wanted to accomplish and goals we wanted to see. How is that looking for you now? I am 51 years old and I feel better than I did when I was 30. I am putting good things in my body. Food choices, exercise and quality Advocare products. I do not have a grand-kid yet but even if I don't have one until I am 70 I will be able to keep up with them because I am doing things now that are getting me healthy and fit. So you can become greater, live stronger, feel better if you just decide to change the things that you are doing now. 
Please, please know that you are worth so much more. I know its hard to believe people when they say, "If I can do it you can too." What makes you so much more different than me if you say "no I can't" I have to wonder what makes us so different? Is it you are lazier than me? Nope! I was lazy now I choose to move. Are you afraid to fail? We all are. Me included. Guess what? That's part of life. We stumble, we fall off the horse but with Gods grace we get back up and get on track. So I do not acknowledge your excuses. To cold, to hot, hard day at work, easy day, no time, no energy, kids, life, dog, problems, money, its all just a thing we tell ourselves so we have room to fail. Why not say I have 5 minutes I can start somewhere. Then carve out more time as your commitment grows. Invest in your life. Don't become complacent with where you are now. Our God is a God of abundance and wants us to have much. Its not going to be easy and it will test your faith and endurance but in the end you will be happier because you did what you set out to do.
 So here we are. If you have been following this blog from the beginning you know that its a milestone for me. I am writing down thoughts and measurements but in the end that is not what is important. Its believing in yourself and getting up to move. There is so much more to life than a big screen TV and a cold beer at the end of a hard day at work. Never settle for anything less than the best. We are worth it. So call me get a hold of me, get up and move, and start to open your eyes and your heart and really begin to live. You will never regret it. I promise. 

Day 30

OK folks I am still out here and still going strong. I just had real life come in last week so I had hardly no time to sit down here and collect my thoughts and write to you all. I have now worked my way into the 2nd DVD of Can you 24. I am also trying to workout 5 days with 2 days stretching. I have switched to 2 meal replacers a day and see where this takes me. I am down 8 lbs since last weigh in and 5 or more inches overall. I am not so worried about that now. I am just really going to make sure I do my basic workouts and get my vitamins and healthy food in me. I love that I am seeing muscles starting to form where I never had noticed before. So I am still out here not giving up and wanting you guys to join me. Lets get fit together. Call me or text you got the number. 

Day 24

Well day 24 is finally here and I have some results for you all. I have lost 4 inches overall. And 6 lbs. Let me tell you that was easy. I was staying low carb and doing the Can you 24 workout DVD 3 times a week and the stretching 2 times a week. Now I am going to kick it up notch because I am used to doing the workouts. Habits have to start with this  new idea of improving your health and body. I have a picture to share. It is hard to tell but I have tightened up overall. I am excited about what is going to happen on my next 24. So stick with me and if you get sick of how you feel or look give me a shout either here or on FB or call me at 515-451-6276. Lets talk and do this together. 

Day 21

Ok I am still here and still working on this Can you 24. I am cruising into phase 2 of the next 24 days. On that I promised to kick it up a notch. I watched the melt and shred and sculpt 2 it really does not look any harder than what I am doing now. I will have some results to post on Wednesday. I have a muscle peeking through on my biceps. I also Have noticed a few inches missing here and there. So I will share pics and stuff next week. Until then I am going to keep busy doing what I am doing. Get a hold of me gang. You could be getting more healthy and fit right along side me. Send me a message and lets get you to a new you in 24 days. 

day 17'

Sorry to be gone for so long. My life is sometimes so busy I don't have time to get here on the blog spot to update. It doesn't mean anything other than I am busy. Still doing my can you 24 DVD. Still excited about the progress I am seeing. I just wanted to let you know that I am going to be gone for a few more days. I am giving up FB for awhile. I am really searching for a breakthrough with my life. I am seeking what God is doing in me. Less time on FB means more time for me to spend seeking God. So I will come back refreshed and with a new attitude towards my life. I am expecting great things. So stay tuned....

Day 14

As Bob is my witless I will never make cookies for Lawrence again. Nor my kin. It is hard to do the right thing when there are warm toll houses sitting on the counter. So I ate a few (3) and told him to bag them and get them out of my sight. (Which he did) I wuv him wots and wots. So I could beat myself up but that would be pointless wouldn't it? Damage is done. The cookies are gone and I still have a goal. How many of us would just jump off the wagon for good. Well I screwed up I may as well go get me some chips. Well I had a bad day but nothing I can not handle and move on about. I just realized that cookies can and will call my name if in the house. It does not help to be low on groceries. I could have went and found myself something good for me to eat but the cupboards are actually bare. Fridge is bare and I will finally get paid Wed so I see some groceries coming home with me Wed night. Its a good thing prayer and fast week starts Thursday morning. I guess I can wait until Sunday to buy groceries. LOL. I am looking forward to Wed night when we meet at a friends house in Wellman to start off our actual "fast" portion of the week. When you take time off worrying about food it gives you time to focus on God. So back to my exercises on my Can you 24 DVD and whatever I did on Friday I am still a little sore from that. So I am guessing I did some good by moving muscles that hadn't seen the light of day in a long time. I will be thinking about taking new pictures in a few days so I can compare where I was and then at the 24 day mark. Keep reading and if you want to get a hold of me and join my journey send me a message or call me. 319-646-5489.

Day 12

Ok day 12 is in the books. My workout is done. I made it through the work day without over eating.  It is all good here on the middle prairie. Today marks 1 year off the devil drink. I can not say it never again touched my lips but I did not bring it into my house. The Spark does just fine for me. It helps me focus and also perks me up! What more can anyone ask for? So as I continue this workout and this 24 day challenge and then some I have to think of how easy it has been. I wish you could all believe me and have the faith to try it out. I am sure you would be on board to do this too. So let me know if you are reading this and want to talk more. I want others to get what I am getting. Top notch health and wellness advice and products by Advocare. I have to use them myself to recommend them to you all. So send me a message and let me tell you what is going on in my world over here on the prairie. 

Day 11

Day 11 and still going strong. I seem to be doing better with the core part of the DVD. It is going to make me flexible. At least I am trying to become flexible. I am excited to get through each day and know I did all I could to make myself more healthy. I have lost pounds and inches. So if you are reading this and ready to join me give me a shout. All I know is if I can do this anyone can. There are so many of my friends doing this 24 day challenge but I know there are more sitting on the sidelines waiting. What are you waiting for? Take a chance and join us. There are no more excuses. NONE. So I believe in you. If your reading this as a friend of a friend and I don't know you personally then give me a shout and get to know me. I want everyone to know what Advocare can do for them. 

day 10

So here it is day 10. Do I feel better? You betcha!! I am so thankful for this program. Doing this 24 minute workout continues to amaze me. Easy and fast. YET I am seeing results already. Down 7 lbs and inches off place I had to measure for my assessment. I am so excited to see what each new day brings me. I would like people to come and ask me about this program and maybe we could do it together. I know Brenna wants to do it and I talked to a few young ladies who I never heard back from but the offer is still there. I know we are busy. I am working and taking 12 credits this semester too. 24 minutes is a cake walk when it comes to getting fit. You do not have to go to a gym and pay money. You do not have to pay curves or weight watchers. Here you change your diet and then exercise for 24 minutes. If you want to feel better then there is no better time than now. January is slipping away and I know some wanted to look better before summer. For some that is always their New Years resolution. Why not make it happen this year and cross it off your list? I am not some fitness guru I am just like you. I enjoy my food and I love to just relax but life was passing me by. I decided to say enough is enough and jump in with both feet. So at this time I do not have a marathon in the works but maybe next year at this time I will be working towards that. I don't smoke and I don't drink so I am already ahead of some on that front. I thank God for my friends and family who support me and read this and comment on it. I know they are there for me. So keep checking back. I will post another picture in 2 weeks. That will be the first part of the 24 day challenge. Thanks for reading my blog. 

Day 9

After working all weekend I took a day to just chill out yesterday. I did do my melt 1 part of the video though. I may or may not have fibbed a bit. I said I was only going to do the video as it was. I found myself thinking about the time I was spending and realized by doing the bare minimum I was only working out 12 or so minutes. I was still stand there for 24 though. So now if I can, I do my lower level through the whole time allotted for the exercise. I don't really think I am not following the video I just feel like I should do more. I like that I can only do it for 20 seconds if I am croaking over from doing burpees. Today is core training and the stretching is sometimes harder for me as I have found I may be a bit inflexible. My weight is dropping and my craving for potato chips (Lays original) have almost stopped. ALMOST. NO one said getting healthy was easy. No one said life was easy but I am all for getting my ducks in a row and living the last half of my life better than my first. Dropping off Mt Dew last year was the start of this journey. Thanks to Spark and Advocare products I am better today than last January. So I am still out here. Still doing my 24. Give me shout if you are ready to talk about getting serious about getting healthy in 2013. Its going to be a great year. 

Day 6

WOW! Where did my week go? I feel like I have been going on full throttle since Thursday. I did get my days in for my can you 24. I still feel like I should be doing more. 3 days a week and then the core work on the off days just seems easy. So to make this true and fair I am not going to do extra days for the first 24 days. I am going to rest and then when I get into the next 24 I will pick up an extra day on the weekend. Phase 3 I am going to really push it and see what difference comes from just putting in the minimum time to really pushing myself. So hang with me and see what happens. I can only get better at this. So if you have questions about Advocare and this 24 and more day challenge I am on shoot me a message and we can talk. I am too excited for words!