2 months since my last post really?

OK, I'm back & hopefully past the busiest time of year in just a few days. Saturday I'm starting an AdvoCare 24 day challenge... Was just asked today why I was taking the challenge again... I'm like they recommend doing it every 90-120 days as needed. National average is 10lbs in 24 days. Even at a size 4-6 (I had gone down to a 2-4) in July a select few cravings have come back only because temptation of eating them reintroduced the "crap" into my system again & makes it harder to resist bad for you foods. I still suspect that I should easily be able to lose 10 lbs. in 24 days. Putting me into the low 120's & I'm guessing around 18% BMI. We'll see...

Anyways, strength training has been introduced since I started working with Margaret M. A personal trainer & owner of Purely Natural Fitness. Very inspiring. She showed me I thought I was fit & thinner but now should go for the "strong" part. My goal for this year was to lose 50 lbs. & I managed to do that... amazingly I think it has been the ONLY year in as long as I remember that I've actually achieved a NYE resolution. This years goal is to do 10 pullups & a chin up. Not to mention work on a new goal of getting stronger & be able to do an inversion on the pole...  like Margaret doing below...

   Yeah, who knew they were more than for just scantily dressed women grinding for a dolla bill.  I tell you Margaret changed my whole outlook on exactly how strong you need to be to be able to do pole fitness. Hope to get there too. Doing PT with Darren Haag on Monday, he's all about strong & a professional natural body builder! Super excited to ask for his advice on how to get stronger too.

Ok, so work has been like CrAzY BuSy still. So really keeping it short. I'm still exactly the same weight as I was & I think the same size (need to get in again to double check that) but am fairly certain it's all the same. I need to lay off the ice cream but am still doing ok with it. Workouts have stayed about the same level or if anything might have even increased a little. (Amazing I've still been finding the time to do it). Anyways, BIG news happening really soon & I'll give everyone a hint....

Ok, so I won't totally give it away but please like them if you haven't already! :)
More news to come in the upcoming weeks!

New photo!

Going to have a special blog on wordless Wednesday. But here's an updated photo of me.
Still super super super busy at work so not much time to do anything & sleep is more important so I hope you all understand. Speaking of Sleep.... sleepwell has been working good for my husband & he's been able to sleep better. Not to mention Citrizinc is AWESOME tasting too! Rehydrate has been reformulated to mix better (thank goodness) I thought sometimes I was doing a Zumba Toning shaking the mixer bottle to get it dissolved sometimes. (Not that the extra workout shaking it hurt)

Hope everyone's doing well & don't hesitate to contact me if you have any ?'s or anything!

Fall is here!

New Zumba schedule coming up. Still doing good just very busy with everything!

Weekend 30/31st

Ok once again I've sluffed on the weekend writing down everything that i've eaten... awesome. So no time to write it all but wanted to post that I made reasonable portion choices. Using dairy as an accent not a staple. I've been off of the MNS "e" since July 6th & have still been losing inches (weight not so much this week, but that has nothing to do with AdvoCare or what i've been eating).
Moved on to phase family planning: There are a few other products that are safe but I don't intend on using them (other vitamins but missing iron & other stuff that's duplicate of what's already on the list), Kids vitamins Champs are on as ok too, not planning on using them. I don't know how many of the meal/snack bars I'll actually use, but I added them in anyways in case people were wondering what's ok for family planning.
• Omegaplex
• Catalyst
• Fruit & Fiber bars
• Corplex + iron
(recommended for pre-natal it has everything in them~ folic acid & everything overall vitamins)
• Breakfast bars (all)
• meal bars & shakes
(one of the best choices for a healthy breakfast with balance of protein & carbs.)
• Rehydrate the electrolyte replacement with no fake colors
   (unlike G2 & Powerade etc.)
(they're adding another flavor in just a few weeks at success school!)
• Snack bars
• Muscle gain shakes~ YES, this is on the safe list!
(I talked to another lady that had been taking it on Friday & she said she was losing inches on it even & gaining more muscle mass.)
• Post workout recovery
(helps with soreness & shorter recovery time after workouts) 
(Nighttime Recovery works better but isn't a recommended family planning product)


• Amplify AT (nails, hair & more nutrition)
• Calcium Plus
• Peaches & cream fiber drink
helps with functions & I've heard that pregnancy causes constipation so glad that it's on the safe list. ;)
• Joint promotion (not sure if I'll use this yet but it's on the list!)
• Probiotics (help with heartburn & digestive issues)* I don't have heartburn but also rumored to be             
    another thing to expect during the process.
• .5 scoop or 1/2 packet of Spark per day is ok too.
Ok so bed time here.
As far as workouts this weekend I had 1.5 hours on Saturday of Zumba & 1.6 hours on Sunday. Not to mention various chores of hanging laundry, weeding, mowing the lawn & more too.

FRI 7/29

Breakfast~AdvoCare® Berry MRS
.3 scoop grape Spark®    (Just enough to flavor my water & SPARK-A-Rita mocktails later tonight so I want to save my intake for later.)
Lunch~Udon noodles ~hot & spicy, raw carrots & Greek yogurt dill dip.
afternoon snack- Organic cookie/ice cream sandwich
Dinner~ mixture of all kinds of fresh & frozen veggies & whole wheat pasta

THU 7/28

Breakfast~1 small banana, organic cchip granola bar.
.5 scoop grape Spark®
Lunch~ 2 black velvet apricots, 1 AdvoCare® fruit & fiber bar, 1 HB egg.
45 Min Zumba Gold® with mother in Law. :)
Dinner~ 2 turkey cheddar "mockdogs"it says sausage on the side but sausage to me is not accurate they're more like hot dogs than greasy sausages & nutrition wise are better than regular dogs even with the little bits of cheese in them.
on 1 white bun (old habits die hard) 1Tbs. spicy relish, K&M,
Salad~lettuce, tomatoes, 2oz. feta garlic/lemon cheese, 4 green olives & Italian dressing,
No almond milk, 1 scoop ice cream &  1Tbs. caramel sauce (same as other day) & 2 1" squares of dark chocolate.
Bedtime~ L-Glutamine & .5 cup 100% juice raspberry & pomegranate