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! 

Day 3

Day three has also been a great one. I have more energy and I am sore (not to bad) so I know I am doing something as I do this workout. I find it nice to see the red dots fill up and know that I do not have much longer to go until I am done. Today was a run around day so I have not yet done mine but I have some time blocked out for later tonight. I am super excited for people to see me in 24 days. The ones that see me daily may not notice a difference. My next plan of action is a nice set of running shoes. I have been putting that off due to my ankle but so far the pain level is very low if not at all. So lets keep it up folks. 

This picture was taken Sunday night. 

Day 2

Day 2

So yesterday I made it through work without over eating on samples. It was not to hard as there wasn't any great things to try. They had BBQ wings but I even stayed away from them. I did try the cheeses and had a few crackers. BUT for me it was a good day. I am still waiting for my 24 day challenge stuff to arrive but right now I am doing a very low carb diet like Atkins. I was so hungry at work around 3 when I got done at 5 I went and bought some nice sliced chicken to eat on the way home. I then made myself more chicken and had a nice salad with chunks on it. I made it through munchy hour later on and finished the night with my can you 24 DVD. It was not as hard as I thought it was going to be and I loved how it can be broken down to fit my level. I was a bit sore in the night so I am guessing I moved some things I had not moved before. 

Now about today. I was starving at 5 am. I got up and fried some bacon and made scrambled eggs with cheese. I felt a bit guilty about not feeding Larry this morning. I did tell him I would have him a nice supper ready for him though and he seemed OK with that.

Its now noon and I am having chicken breast with cheese on a flour tortilla. Also cream cheese. Gotta love Dr Atkins. I have my Spark so I get the sweetness I crave and not the calories of the Mt Dew I was drinking last year at this time. So I am thankful for Barb and Scott for asking me to join their team and show me this great product.  I already did my workout for the day and I feel guilty as I should do more. I am sticking to the daily plan though. If you are ready for a change give me a call. 515-451-6276