day 25: the challenge is over

I missed my dietbet by 2 pounds.  BOOOOOO!! I only have myself to blame as all those "little" slip ups along the way add up in a big way.  I am glad I did it, and will do it again but I sure hope I win some money next time.

I got up and kept my regular morning routine before bootcamp.  We boxed today.  Like legit boxing and sparring gloves. I have never hit anything ever and it was out of my comfort zone.  Fun, and I would do it again, but I am not signing up for boxing classes anytime soon. 

Today is cheat day in advo-world.  That means, indulge but not overly.  I started my cheat day with pizza for breakfast.  Then I had a coffee from Elianos.  Then I went to my parents and it was all down here from there.

My parents' house is a crux for me.  I just can't help but eat.  I had potato soup for lunch, we ordered Mexican for supper and I even ate ice cream and chocolate cake. Get me out of here-I'm going to gain it all back!!!

On the realz, I lost 7 pounds on this 24 day challenge.  I didn't get measurements because Quinn is out of town and it's just too hard to get good measurements by yourself.  Here are my "before and during photos" (during since I am not done yet)

Tomorrow, I am suppose to start Lean in 13 but I may have to wait till Monday since I have zero groceries and the boys are asleep so I can't grocery shop tonight.

24 day challenge day 24: new habits

They say it takes 3 weeks to make something a habit.  Isn't amazing that the Advocare 24 day challenge is 4 weeks?? It gives us plenty of time to break old habits and replace them with new ones.

That being said, I didn't make it to bootcamp this morning!! It IS a habit now, promise. But my little guy woke up while I was eating my apple this morning and got upset when I tried to lay him down with his daddy.  I thought I would be able to go this evening at 5:15 and everyone would win!! When I texted Maria that I would be there this afternoon, she let me know there are no evening classes on Friday! WAAH WAAH WAAH!! So, I laid in bed thinking about what I was missing and feeling guilty about not being there.  I'm so bummed!!

I had a shake on the way to work and energy bites for snack.  I had time to stop at Publix for a wrap this morning so that's what I had for lunch.  The.  Best.  My afternoon snack was carrots and hummus.

Quinn is out of town. The boys are at my mom's. I don't have to cook!! Yay!! So tonight, I think I will just make me a green smoothie and curl up with a book.  Weigh in tomorrow! Wish me luck!

24 day challenge day 23: the end is near

I can't believe it's been 23 days since I started.  Regardless of what the scales say, or even what my clothes say (even though they are saying I am a rockstar) I FEEL GOOD!!!


No gym again today because the dishwasher guy is coming back.  Ugh, so inconvenient but then, at least we have a dishwasher and the means to fix it.  He came and it literally took 3 minutes.  I drank my shake while I paid him:) I had to wait on a load of sheets, so I ran the dishwasher to be sure all was well.  It was not. 


I had a baby hissy fit.  Called Quinn and told him he should be there next time because I didn't know what else to do and I had already lost days of my life (can you tell PMS is kicking in) waiting to get the dang thing fixed.  I stopped by Eliano's (its better than Starbucks) and got a chai tea to feed my feelings.  Much better than the whip cream, caramel, fat filled goodness I would have chosen 23 days ago.  I counted it as my snack. 


Today was one of those weird days at work where I think my boss hates me (sad thing is, I am the boss) I had appointments stacked on top of each other.  I did manage to eat lunch in segments, but I brought the wrong lunch. It was still delish but it was the leftover spaghetti sauce, minus the squash.  I had a boiled egg for my afternoon snack.

Because I ate lunch late, and over several hours, I wasn't starving for supper.  And the dishwasher isn't fixed yet.  And Quinn is going out of town tomorrow. Sounds like a takeout night if ever there was one.  I stopped by the Main Squeeze and got a Tropical Superfood green smoothie and picked up pizza for the guys.  Pizza is on my top five favorite foods list, but I had NO problem not eating it.

One more day people! Thanks for riding along with me!

24 day challenge day 22: sticking to the plan

I feel disgusting.  I knew I would.  I'm bloated and yucky and all those things I used to feel everyday.  But, I'm up and I am back in action.  A new day with a million choices ahead of me.  I want them to be good...


Bootcamp was tough but nothing like Monday! I love it!  Kept with my normal routine of pills and shakes and water.  Work was a good day. I got a little emotional because one of my client/friends is moving and today was the last day that I know I will get to see him.  Hopefully, we will see each other again but it's still just so sad!! Snack was a boiled egg. I had leftover spaghetti for lunch.  Afternoon snack was energy bites. 


We had balsamic chicken and veggies for supper. Seriously yummy!!


It's life group night! So after supper, we rushed to lifegroup.  I made a deal with the boys that if we finished all our homework before life group we would go to Sonic for milkshakes on the way home.  So, that's what we did.  Both boys got ice cream while Quinn and I just watched them eat:(


It feels so good to be back on the plan and it always make me wonder why I ever get off in the first place?!?!?

24 day challenge day 21: my worst enemy

It happens every time.  Usually its on day 23 or maybe when I am a pound or less away from my goal, but for some reason, I sabotage myself.  I am sure that lots of therapy would give me some time of answer, but the fact is: I am my own worst enemy. 


I started out ok.  Had my catalyst and water.  Before breakfast pack.  The dishwasher repairman was coming at some point today so I didn't get to go to the gym.  The responsible, fit thing to do would be to do my Zumba Wii thing, or any other one million exercise videos.  But who wants to be in the middle of twerking when a stranger rings the doorbell?? So, I opted for the safer route, tucked into the couch reading a book.  I didn't really want a shake for breakfast so I opted for a banana first.  Then I really wanted something crunchy.  Since I was confined to the house, I snacked mindlessly.  I had a few cheese-its (only 25- at least I kept it to one serving)


The guy finally showed up and surprise surprise, he didn't have the part.  He was going to go get it
 and come back so that meant more sitting around.  I stayed out of the kitchen but I was anything but active.  He finally called and said he had to order them. By this point I was so hungry I wanted to eat anything and everything.  My plan all along had been to go by Publix and get a wrap but since I hadn't had a shower and was still not very presentable, I took Georgia with me to Sonic.  I love their grilled chicken wraps. If you get it without dressing, its only 350 calories.  Well, Georgia has been having a hard time getting around, so I treated her to some chicken tenders.  I may have eaten a few of them.  Uh oh.


Since I hadn't done anything all day, I was not motivated to start. I did do some laundry and take a nap? I managed to go get the boys on time...We got home and I ate my no bake energy bites, and then a rice cake with peanut butter, and then a tangelo. I AM OUT OF CONTROL PEOPLE!


We had spaghetti squash with meat sauce for dinner.  It was so good, I nibbled from the pan.  I have not been happier about bedtime in a long time.  I need to start over.  Tomorrow is a new day!

24 day challenge day 20: Manic Monday

Bootcamp day: I am actually starting to look forward to these early morning workouts.  Same routine as before.  Catalyst.  Apple.  Spark. 

Today is the first day in long time I was pretty sure I was going to throw up.  It was a circuit day.  3 exercises for 30 seconds a piece times 3 rounds.  Small break, then 3 new ones.  When I got home I could barely lift my arms to wash my hair.  Before breakfast pills. Shower. Shake.  You get the point. 

I had a slow day at work but had several errands that I needed to run and they kinda fell funky for lunch.  Ate a late snack of string cheese and boiled egg before heading out to deliver some Spark to some folks.  Took my before lunch pills with me and took them while running around.  Then to Sam's to pick up stuff for work.  Oh the free samples!!! I have to admit I did try a teeny piece of chicken quesodilla because I thought it might be good to have on hand for my kids.  And it would be if I didn't have to buy 300 of them at the time.  Victory alert: I always get a coke while I shop at Sam's.  Not today!!

Once I finally got back to the office, I ate leftover taco salad with my during lunch packs.  My afternoon snack was the heaven that is no bake energy bites.  I went for a walk after Quinn got off just because I haven't gotten all my steps in.  I listened to my daily reading Bible plan and walked around the neighborhood.  It was so cold, but I got to enjoy this:

 

Love me some God. Quinn cooked pork tenderloin with roasted broccoli, and roasted butternut squash/sweet potato.  I would have taken a picture but I devoured it before I thought about it. 

 

Another good one.

24 day challenge day 19: Sunday Funday with my Guys

Ahh. Got to sleep late this morning. No workout planned for today. Just going to meal prep for the week and hang out with my little people. 

I woke up and had my catalyst, followed by my before breakfast pack and Meal Replacement shake.  Not kidding, I am still not tired of it.  Since I had breakfast later than normal, I skipped my mid morning snack and starting meal prepping for the week.  Boiled 1/2 dozen eggs for me and the hubster to enjoy over the week.  Then made no bake energy bites.  These things are the best things since candy bars.  They are about 100 calories a ball so I try and save them for high intensity workout days (because I HAVE to eat 2)  Quinn had a dude thing with some guys from the church so it was just me and my littles for lunch. I had leftover chicken enchiladas while they survived off hot pockets.  Don't judge.  The four year old literally eats 3 things and hot pockets sometimes is one of them. 

The ladies were also getting together, but my oldest needed some mom time so I planned on heading out to Grand Bay, getting some mileage in while looking for any type of animal we could find.  I packed up some snacks for the top of the tower and was very excited to spend the day with the boys and Georgia. 

Well, when we got there, this is what we found.

FAIL!!! So, we ate.  I brought a whole thing of Pringles (not for me), 3 tangelos, and 5 strings of cheese.  Also, 3 bottles of water (along with a gallon for the pup) and 2 Capri Suns. Bennett, who seems to be in the middle of a NEVER ENDING growth spurt, ate all of the oranges and 3 string cheeses before diving into the chips; leaving me with cheese and chips.  I didn't waiver. I only had one string cheese and a bottle of water. Why oh why can't I have the metabolism of my 6 year old boy?

After snacking, we headed to Freedom Park Dog park to let Georgia at least have little fun.  She's so old.  She got along pretty good with all the other dogs, but no way was she even attempting the agility course.  After a few minutes we headed home.

Quinn was there when we got home so we played outside for a little while longer.  Then started supper of a taco salad.  No recipe here, but we just brown ground beef (lean) add black beans and taco seasoning, serve over a bed of romaine with onions, salsa and plain greek yogurt.  SO Yum!!

Almost there folks!