My Results

I don’t think I mentioned on here.. (maybe I did?) But I just recently finished my 2nd 24 day Challenge.

 

I’m still nursing lil K (going on 8 months strong!) so I of course did the “Nursing Challenge”.

By the way- side note.. please please make sure if you are nursing and you’re ordering through someone else ( first WHY?! kidding..but 2nd..really..why? let me coach you! ).. make sure the challenge they are giving you isn’t the actual 24 day challenge. We Nursing mama’s cannot Cleanse or do some of the supplements. Even if you’ve ordered already feel free to ask me to double check everything is A- OK! I will totally help you and let you know.

I know it’s been such an accomplishment or long road of Breastfeeding our lil’s and we do everything we can to watch what we eat, so the baby is healthy etc.. I’d hate for you to be mislead to think everything is safe.

 

Anyways.. the challenge was another SUCCESS!

Here’s my before and afters.

Before- Start date January 6, 2014:

 

After – end date January 30, 2014:

 

  

And one flexing: P.s. try to take a selfie when you’re flexing all your muscles and try not to look like you’re constipated LOL

 

I made sure this time to do it in the same clothes cuz I know some ppl questioned my last before and afters since I was wearing different clothes.

Here’s my last challenge as a comparison..You can read about it here. here. and here.

This go round I lost 9lbs and 10.5”. Overall, since June I’ve lost 55lbs! Only about 8 of that was lil baby K.

Here’s all my measurements Before and afters:

I actually forgot to measure on day 1 or the night before so these are as of Day 3.

Seat- before 44” after 43”

Thigh: before 27” after 25”

Calf: before 16” after 15.5”

Hips: before 38” after 36.5”

Stomach (around biggest part of belly): before 37” after 35.5”

Waist (smallest part of stomach): before 31” after 30”

Breast: before 38” after 37.5”

Bicep: before 12.5” after 12”

 

I def feel the inches lost in my waist and hips cuz I officially got rid of all my size 12 pants! Whoot whoot! It’s so fun to clean out my closet and give away all my pretty much brand new clothes when it’s because they are just TOO BIG!

Before weight:

 

And after weight:

Ignore my ugly feet please!

 

Also my first weekend on the challenge (I think it was about day 5) I went to my sisters work (the gym) and we measured my BMI and fat percentage. Hopefully next week I can check it again. I’m curious now to see what it is after I’ve lost the weight and inches!

This is considered overweight and it said something like “may have health risks” or somethin like that.. I’m 5’10 and 26 if you’re wondering..

 

I’ve been trying to get on Bob to do his After pictures (he finished this past Sunday) but it’s just been impossible to catch him before work.. and really who wants to be taking after pictures after a long day and eating all day? I’ll post his results to this post hopefully tomorrow.. so maybe you’ll catch this post without it or maybe it’s there now! ;)

Here’s his results though!

He’s totally into bodybuilding and goes to the gym everyday but the day after I started my challenge.. he was going to start a couple days later.. He fell off a roof while at work! He’s ok thank god.. but still is having probz with his shoulder.. When it happened though (You know Men.. biggest babies ever! so dramatic!) he said his ankles were shot and he was pretty sure he broke his shoulder (BUT WILL NOT GO GET IT CHECKED OUT! ughh). So any gym activities he really couldn’t do. So in his eyes he’s not happy with his results. He would have loved to gain more inches in certain areas.

Seat: before 44” after 44”

thigh: before 25 1/4” after 24 1/2”

Calf: before 15 1/2” after 15 1/2”

Hips: before 40” after 39”

Stomach: before 40” after 38”

Waist: before 38 1/2” after 37”

Breast: before 43 1/2” after 43 1/2”

Bicep: before 16” after 16 1/2”

Before shots (could you tell after a few shots he was getting tired of me wanting to “just take another”?):

 

 

After:

coming soon..

And his final weight loss 7lbs

All in all although he wishes he coulda done his challenge while really working out these are still great results!

 

Anyways girls.. See ADVOCARE WORKS! :) I technically can’t do the actual 24 day challenge so I am on a few products and LOVE LOVE them! And even though I have only done the nursing version, I can totally help you if you’re interested in the actual 24 day challenge. I’m loving helping all my family and friends feel awesome!

24 Day Challenge Results ~ Final Days

So I’m a little behind. I’ve been so busy just you know with a 4month old. She sleeps a lot less these days making it harder to find time to blog.

Here’s the final week of my first 24 day challenge. I say my first, because I will definitely be doing this again! I love my results, I loved what the challenge did for me. Once I am done nursing I plan on doing the actual 24 day challenge.


I am so happy with my results. Do you see what looks like abs people?! I did no working out really either, other then walks, and planks. I attempted the 30 day plank challenge {you’re supposed to work yourself up to 5minutes by the end of day 30} I gave up after awhile. I made it to 1:50. After that, that shit hurts! How the hell do you do a 5 minute plank?! I would like to thank my favorite Catalyst for these babies.



I still have a little prego belly pooch- wondering if that will ever go away..
I’m hoping with staying on some of my favorite products like Omegaplex, Catalyst, the Probiotic and Coreplex, oh and duh of course Spark I can keep losing weight. I know I also need to keep making wiser food choices to do this.
My week 1 post had accidently been wiped out, but I luckily still had my measurements still saved. Phew!

Here are my final measurements:
All left side:
Seat- 45” –1”
Thigh- 27” –1”
Calf- 15 1/2” –1/2”
Hips- 39 1/2” – 1”
Waist- 39” – 2”
High Waist- 32” –2”
Breast- 39 1/2” –1/2”
Arms- 13” –1”
Total inches lost : 9” lost!!


Now that I look closer.. Ahh I lost a total of 12lbs! I’ve been saying 10 but after looking at these before and after pics of the scale! That actually made my day! :)

In the end of my challenge, I am feeling awesome and down 12lbs and 9 inches!
I plan on keeping with this healthy eating lifestyle.. Yes I’ll cave in every once in awhile so don’t expect me to not indulge a little during the holidays. And I even had some Halloween candy..3 little pieces won’t hurt.
Like my girl Jenn says..”90/10” It’s a good little plan to live by.
Also I think to hold myself accountable and to help others who may be interested in doing the challenge… I’ll update every month with weight and measurements. This system is not one that I will just gain the weight back afterwards..those 12 lbs were not just water weight.
Don’t worry if you’re concerned with my blog taking a different direction into a weight loss blog.. My blog has always been just MY LIFE and right now, my life is about my babygirl and bettering myself. :)

Now if you haven’t already.. Sign up for the Jewelry Swap!! I only have a few sign ups and the more the merrier!
Pick something out of your collection that you don’t really wear anymore! Someone else may love it! I’ll pair everyone up this Friday and let you know!

24 Day Challenge ~Operation Lose Baby Weight

Day 1~
So today is the day! Seriously I was so ready to start eating healthy but I had to prepare. I wanted to get rid of the crappy food we had in the cupboards and really take inventory of what we had before making a trip to the store. We also decided that we wanted to really try and eat organic. Ironically we want to spend more money when we’re trying to be tighter.. Sucks how it costs so much more to eat healthy right?!


Last night it was like the night before Disneyland or something.. I was up to 1am looking up recipes, doing some research so I was prepared and making my grocery list. I was excited!
So first thing this morning I started with the Fiber Drink and not gonna lie.. I heard that this drink was hard to get down with the consistency.. but Peaches ‘n Cream is the way to go! It was pretty good. I definitely drank it as fast as I could ‘cuz I was worried of it started to thicken but I was good. It also didn’t hurt that I was able to wash it down with some watermelon Spark.
 


I remembered I had to take my before pics so here it is Day 1:


Ps. Small scale I know! looks so silly with my big feet but I feel I believe the scale more when it’s this kind rather then the digital ones for some reason. Pps. This is a maternity top.. I wanted to wear white since it shows my belly more and the ruching doesn’t hurt ;) Weighing in this a.m. at 204. I knocked off a pound for my clothes I was wearing..

After weighing myself I took my Catalyst and Probiotic supplements also and then got things ready since lil Miss and I had errands to run! I knew I didn’t have much time to make breakfast so I grabbed a MRS (Vanilla) and a bottle of water and mixed it in the car!
My snack before lunch was a couple of hard boiled eggs and an apple.
So far so good! I wasn’t feeling hungry. I already drink a lot of water since I’m nursing so I think that helps. It fills you up.
But by the time I got home.. I had a plan to cook a turkey burger really quick on the stove (my fav by the way- eat plain w/o a bun and just squirt mustard on top).. but Bob was home early and cooking up Chicken Sausages. He’s really into eating healthy so when he said it was good to eat I just believed him. Well I posted to the 24 Day Challenge Recipe Facebook page (which is awesome btw) a pic of the packaging and one after another people are pointing out why I shouldn’t have had it..



Already day 1 and I’m failing! Oh well lesson learned! Just 1/2 of 1 meal so let’s move on and prepare better!
Right now that’s where I’m at. I’m about to have my midday snack {probably a couple pieces of turkey and maybe an orange) and Catalyst. Then I’ll start planning and getting dinner ready. Not sure exactly what yet.  I know I know I stayed up late getting all this ready right? I didn’t really make a plan plan just got all the things I would need to make enough..
Here’s my haul from Trader Joes.. About 1/2 organic.. I don’t normally shop there so after I got half the stuff I realized it wasn’t all organic! #dummy I thought that’s what Trader Joes was.. all organic. Ps the Apple cinnamon fries are amazing but are for Bob.. and the bread is all for him too! Oh and the dogs needed more treats! So Boom!


Can you spot my product placement photobomb? You like that? ;)

Looking to lose some weight too? Ask me about the challenge! I’d love to share all about it!
I’m going to try and post everyday along my 24 day challenge but let’s be real this baby doesn’t like to sleep anymore during the day so my blogging breaks are becoming less and less.. :)

And today i'm linking up with the Glossy Blonde.

Getting Fit for Skinny Jean Weather! It’s coming!

Ok so now that lil Miss is almost 3 months old (in a couple weeks).. can you f’n believe it?! I can’t! Time is flying!
That means I’ve been enjoying my babygirl the past 3 months and not really working out or making an effort to get back to pre-baby size.

Luckily since I’ve been nursing, that has helped with 30lbs that have already melted off! I gained a total of 41lbs (ringing in at.. dun dun dun.. 231lbs) so I only have 11 more to go! Of course though I wasn’t in the best of shape before I got prego and could really lose about 20-25lbs more. I’m tall so luckily the weight is distributed all over (mostly in my butt and hips, just sayin’) but yes, I really could stand to lose that much weight. I was 150 in high school and since I started dating my hubbs and still about 5’10 so that just told you pretty much how much I weigh now (ughh).

Of course this is hubbs favorite pic of me.. This is about 150-160lbs. Where I’d like to get back to.
And here’s today.. (or more like a few weeks ago) at about 208lbs.

I’m hearing all about Advocare lately and missed the chance over the summer when a bunch of people were doing the 24 day Challenge (‘cuz I was prego) so I asked around and here is an approved by my doc “24 Day Challenge” for Breastfeeding and even Pregnant woman! (of course you should run it by your doctor first).

Not only do I want to lose weight but both Bob and I just this past weekend were talking about how we just want to get healthy and be healthy now that we have our babygirl to live for and be role models for her too.
Soo since I wanted to start the challenge I thought “Hey let’s make it like a contest/challenge! Maybe others want to do it with me?!”
I was thinking if you’re like me you may need more motivation like maybe an incentive?

The person that loses the most inches & weight wins a box of Spark in their choice of flavor!
~Cherry ~Citrus ~Fruit Punch ~Grape ~Mango-Strawberry ~Mandarin Orange ~Pink Lemonade ~Watermelon
I had a sample of the Spark energy drink mix and loved it so got another box! The Watermelon is my fav so far but I heard the Pink Lemonade is delish!

Ok.. so I still have to order my stuff so won’t be starting probably for another couple weeks, like mid- September.. If you are interested let me know, comment below or send me an email: lifeasmrs@gmail.com
I really hope some of you do it with me haha I need other people to push me.. we can motivate each other! This is not just a challenge for nursing mamas but for everyone by the way! I have much more info on the challenge that I can send to you too like detailed suggested meals!

XoXo Rachel