My Results of the 24 Day Challenge!

So here they are:  My 24DC Results!  Overall I am proud of myself!  I see a difference in my waistline, my back rolls are nearly gone, and my arms are a little bit muscular!  I only lost 3 lbs total on the challenge, and a Total of 5 inches.  I lost 1 inch on my waist, 2 inches on my hips and 1 inch on each thigh!  I was hoping to lose a little more, but what I honestly think happened, was that I was eating TOO LITTLE!  I wasn't calorie counting, and I think that even though with all the veggies, protein and fruit I was eating, it just was too little calories for the amount of exercise I was doing!  What happens now you ask?  I continue on!  I will maintain doing the Advocare SPARK, and MNS vitamins, and on occasion the Meal Replacement Shake if I need a quick breakfast on my way out the door!  This system DOES work.  Everyone needs tweaks, and mine was trying to balance my diet with my exercise, but I think I finally have it down.  I am excited to see my Day 45, 60 and 90 pictures!  In honor of celebration I am hoping you will do the Challenge now that you see you too can lose weight and become healthier!  Message me at loridietz78@gmail.com to find out how you can get a special offer on the 24 Day Challenge, or find me on Facebook!  Thank you to all who followed my blog and those who have reached out to support me with words of encouragement!  You are all the best, and I thank you for standing by me through this journey!  I hope to help you through yours when you are ready!

                                                    Start:                       End:
             
                 Weight:                    145 lbs                     142 lbs

                 Waist:                          31"                         30"

                  Hips:                         41 1/2"                  39  1/2"

                Thighs:                        20 1/2"                   19 1/2"

Advocare 24 Day Challenge Day: 24

It's the Last Day!!!!!

Exercise:  (3) Catalyst + Fruit Punch SPARK 10 minutes prior; Jillian Michaels Total Body Revolution Workout: 3

After Workout:  MNS color vitamin pack + 8 oz water

Breakfast (30 Minutes After MNS): Chocolate Mocha Meal Replacement Shake + MNS vitamin packs

Mid-Morning Snack:  Green Apple

30 Minutes Before Lunch:  MNS color vitamin pack

Lunch:  Leftover Turkey (not lunchmeat) club on whole grain toast, garden salad with evoo and balsamic

Mid-Afternoon Snack:  oops missed this one

Dinner:  Baked Chicken, brown rice and cooked sweet peppers in coconut oil + (2) Omegaplex

Evening Snack:  Mango

Total Water Consumed:  72 oz

Overall Thoughts:  I am really nervous to weigh in and measure!  I have decided to wait a couple of days to do so, since I am going through a cycle right now and want to be sure that my results are correct.  I can't wait to post them, and then start helping others get to their healthy goal!  I am so happy that I went through this challenge.  Although tough at times, it was well worth it, as I am on my way to my goal weight!  I can definitely see many changes happening, like my increased energy levels, no more sugar cravings, and my waist line is getting smaller!  If you are interested in any of those reasons, please let me know! Now on to Day 25....

Advocare 24 day Challenge Day: 22 & 23

Day 22

Exercise:  (3) Catalyst + Fruit Punch SPARK taken 10 minutes prior; Jillian Michaels Total Body Revolution Workout: 4

After Exercise: MNS color vitamin pack followed by 8 oz water

Breakfast (30 Minutes After vitamin pack):  Chocolate Mocha Meal Replacement Shake +MNS vitamin packs

Mid-Morning Snack:  grapes

30 Minutes Before Breakfast:  MNS color vitamin pack

Lunch:  Tuna with olive oil mayo, 5 Stoneground whole grain crackers, garden salad with evoo and balsamic

Mid-Afternoon Snack:  (3) Catalyst + Fruit Punch SPARK

Dinner:  I hate saying that I did not eat dinner, but I was so busy and not at home until 9pm by that time it was too late to eat.  #Notagoodchoice

Total Water Consumed:  56 oz

Overall Thoughts:  Only 2 more days...make it count!

Day 23

Upon Waking:  (3) Catalyst followed by 8 oz water, Fruit Punch Spark + MNS color vitamin pack

Breakfast (30 Minutes After SPARK):  Chocolate Mocha Meal Replacement Shake + MNS vitamin packs

Mid-Morning Snack:  Missed this one

30 Minutes Before Lunch:  MNS color vitamin pack

Lunch:  Leftover Turkey Meatloaf, potatoes and peas + garden salad with evoo and balsamic

Mid-Afternoon Snack:  Raw carrot and Sweet Peppers

Dinner:  Garden Salad, turkey club (not lunch meat) with tomato, lettuce on whole grain toast + (2) Omegaplex

Exercise:  Rest Day

Overall Thoughts:  I can't believe I am at the end of this challenge.  I have had quite a few emotional days, and a good friend explained that because I have started eating healthy and doing the right things for my body, that I am now ridding myself of all the bad junk and the side effects can be bad PMS until my body stabilizes on the healthy lifestyle.  I was eating so many processed foods before and so much sugar that my body is still going through "withdrawal."  However these effects are only temporary, and the long term goal is right around the corner!  

Advocare 24 Day Challenge Day: 20 & 21

I have been so busy this weekend, I can't believe I am actually sitting down at this point!  I feel bad that I haven't been able to blog, as I have been on the go and feel like I barely had any time to think!  I am coming to the end of my challenge, and I will try and to weight/measurements on Wednesday, but pending on how the "week" is going, I might have to push it off until towards the end of the week.  I don't want added factors to affect my true results.

Day 20

Upon Waking:  (3) Catalyst followed by 8 oz water, MNS color vitamin pack with Fruit Punch Spark

Breakfast (30 minutes After SPARK):  MNS vitamin packs  + Chocolate Mocha Meal Replacement Shake

Mid-Morning Snack:  banana

30 Minutes Before Lunch  MNS color vitamin pack

Lunch:  Garden Salad with evoo and balsamic, small bowl chicken noodle soup

Mid-Afternoon Snack:  Apple

Dinner:  Turkey Meatloaf (this was sooo yummy!) from the 24 Day Challenge Cookbook, Roasted potatoes, and frozen peas + (2) Omegaplex

Exercise:  (3) Catalyst with Fruit Punch SPARK taken 10 minutes prior, Jillian Michaels Total Body Revolution:  Cardio

Total Water Consumed:  92 oz

Day 21

Upon Waking:  (3) Catalyst followed by 8 oz water, MNS color vitamin pack + Fruit Punch SPARK

Breakfast (30 Minutes After SPARK):  Chocolate Mocha Meal Replacement Shake + MNS vitamin packs

Mid-Morning Snack:  banana

30 minutes before lunch:  MNS color vitamin pack

Lunch:  Leftover Turkey Meatloaf, potatoes and peas, garden salad with evoo and balsamic

Mid-afternoon snack:  Apple and PB2

Cheat snacks:  a few potato chips, tortilla chips & salsa and a handful of gluten free pretzels

Dinner:  Cheese-less pizza:  Whole grain flatbread with sauce, spinach and broccoli + (2) Omegaplex

Exercise:  Rest Day

Total Water Consumed:  88 oz

Overall Thoughts:  I am quite honestly nervous about what my results are going to be  I know people keep saying don't go by the scale, and I haven't weighed myself, but when I was at the doc last week, I had to get weighed.  I wasn't really happy.  I am not seeing a dramatic drop on the scale like others have.  I realize the 24DC works differently for everyone, but I can't say it doesn't affect my mindset when I don't see the scales tipping.  I feel like I have been doing everything right with exercising my butt off, and eating the right foods.  So, why not a dramatic difference for me?  Like I said, maybe when I step on that scale Wednesday morning I will have a shock, and maybe my measurements will show for something.  I'm trying to be positive, but with seeing so many other dramatic results and hearing pounds dropping off of friends of friends on Day 6, I am confused and wonder why am I failing?  I'm not saying anything bad about Advocare, but I must be doing something wrong, but no one seems to know what....

Advocare 24 Day Challenge Day: 19

Upon Waking:  (3) Catalyst followed by 8 oz. water; MNS color vitamin pack with Fruit Punch SPARK

Breakfast (30 Minutes AFTER SPARK):  Chocolate Mocha Meal Replacement Shake + MNS vitamin packs

Mid-Morning Snack:  Banana

30 Minutes Before Lunch:  MNS color vitamin pack

Lunch:  Whole Grain Rotini with corn and carrots, garden salad with evoo and balsamic vinegar

Mid-Afternoon Snack:  Sunflower Seeds + Apple

Dinner:  PB2 on whole grain bread, garden salad with chicken, evoo and balsamic vinegar + 2 Omegaplex

Evening Snack:  Bowl of mango

Exercise:  (3) Catalyst with Fruit Punch SPARK taken 10 min prior; Jillian Michaels Total Body Revolution Workout: 4

Total Water Consumed:  96 oz (I was feeling super bloated yesterday!)

Overall Thoughts:  Only 5 days left of the challenge!  I can't believe I am on the home stretch.  I have been super hungry and pretty bloated yesterday and today, so I am just pushing through the symptoms and trying to make the best of them.  Sometimes being a girl has its "dis" advantages if you get my drift!   I don't know how this will affect my weigh in and measurements on Wednesday, as it might have to wait until after I am done or no longer bloated whichever comes first.  Here's to hoping for a great success in the last few days!

Advocare 24 Day Challenge Day : 18

Upon Waking: MNS vitamin color pack with 8 oz water

Breakfast (30 minutes AFTER MNS vitamin color pack):  Chocolate Mocha Meal Replacement Shake + MNS vitamin packs

Exercise:  (3) Catalyst + Fruit Punch SPARK taken 10 min prior; Jillian Michaels Total Body Revolution: Workout 3

Mid-Morning Snack:  Bowl of Mango + 1/4 cup sunflower seeds

30 Minutes Before Lunch:  MNS vitamin color pack

Lunch:  Roasted asparagus, butternut squash and onions, and small bowl chicken noodle soup

Mid-Afternoon Snack:  air-popped plain popcorn

Dinner:  Garden salad with evoo and balsamic vinegar, piece of Ezekiel raisin toast + 2 Omegaplex

Total Water Consumed:  72 oz

Overall Thoughts:  I can't believe I have less than a week to go with this challenge!  I have definitely learned so much with eating tips, and that there really is good food to eat when eating healthy, you just have to search out the recipes!  In fact, I switched to whole grain bread, and Cade (our very picky 9yr old) went into the bread drawer the other day and saw the white bread, but no whole grain, and ASKED for whole grain!  This journey has not been just a healthy stepping stone for me, but is slowly being passed to my children, who now are finding the yummy side to being healthy!  He even LOVES the Ezekiel Raisin bread.  It's these small steps that can make BIG changes!  As the message above says; "It's not about being perfect, it's about effort..."  My effort is paying off!

Advocare 24 Day Challenge Day:16 & 17

Day 16:

Upon Waking:  (3) Catalyst followed by 8 oz water; MNS color vitamin pack and Fruit Punch SPARK

Breakfast (30 Minutes After SPARK):  Chocolate Mocha Meal Replacement Shake + MNS vitamin packs

Mid-Morning Snack:  Bowl of strawberries and blackberries

30 Minutes Before Lunch:  MNS color vitamin pack 

Lunch:  (UGH!) 3 onion rings, side garden salad and 2 very small pork sliders

Dinner: Panera Power Mediterranean Chicken Salad + 2 Omegaplex

Exercise: (3) Catalyst with Fruit Punch SPARK 10 minutes prior; Jillian Michaels Total Body Revolution Work Out #4

Evening Snack:  Apple with PB2

Total Water Consumed:  64 oz

Day 17:

Upon Waking:  (3) Catalyst followed by 8 oz. water; MNS color vitamin pack and Fruit Punch SPARK

Breakfast (30 Minutes After SPARK):  Chocolate Mocha Meal Replacement Shake + MNS vitamin packs

Mid-Morning Snack:  Peach and 1 oz cheddar cheese

30 Minutes Before Lunch:  MNS color vitamin pack

Lunch:  Tuna mixed with olive oil mayo + 5 Whole Wheat Crackers, garden salad with evoo and balsamic vinegar

Exercise:  (3) Catalyst + Fruit Punch SPARK 10 minutes prior; Jillian Michaels Total Body Revolution:  Cardio

Dinner:  Chicken Satay on a stick, Pan-seared chicken topped with bruschetta in a lobster cream sauce, garden salad and a smidge of chocolate cake with peanut butter ganache.  (My husband had a campaign fundraiser at Blue, how could I resist????)

Total Water Consumed:  72 oz.