okay, fine

So I slacked. Not on eating, but on blogging. I didn't cheat on the 24 days. Not even once. The final days, I ate a lot of the same recipes that I had eaten before. (Chicken tacos, crockpot marinara chicken, kale summer salad, I got corn tortillas and had turkey tacos, chicken meatballs, rice noodles) The results...
14 pounds and 9 inches
I have pictures from before and after, but I feel like they look the same. Except my hair. I cut it off. My clothes fit the same, and I feel pretty much the same.

I'm a little bummed that my sister ate sour patch kids and had better results than I did. Maybe if I would have had some m and ms, I would have had better results. :) I kid.


I have to be honest, my exercise really slipped away from me. Most of it was because I went back to work. The beginning on the school year is exhausting. A little bit was just laziness.  Am I happy I did it? Yes.

What did my day 25 look like?


So basically I ate clean in the morning and celebrate with my favorites (food and people) at night.

Today was
Breakfast-1 slice Ezekiel bread with Trader Joe's Natural Salt Free Almond Butter
Lunch-Chicken with Marinara
Snack-Apple with Trader Joe's PB  some grapes and cashews
Supper-1 slice Ezekiel bread with Trader Joe's Natural Salt Free PB
Dessert-Fried up banana and almond butter

I made "Jitter Juice" with my littles at school today. It was sherbet and diet 7up. I like the sherbet spoon. Then I made rice krispie treats for tailgating tomorrow. I licked my finger. But mostly clean. :)

Day 25...the results and the cheat....

Day 1 to Day 24:  weight loss 8 pounds and total inches 17 inches total

Then...Day 25 eating disaster began...it was delicious but
Spark
Scrambled Egg
Cereal with MILK
Top Noodle Lo Mein Thap Cam and Pho Bo Vien
Ice Cream
Handful of Bridge Mix
And
Then
It
Just
Keeps
Going
Four Daughters
B&J
Dusty's
I can't even begin to log what I ate and drank at those places...but it was my cheat day and we were celebrating Kristy's Jesus Age Birthday!

And now, I start over...my next challenge....I'm calling it LUCKY 13....I want to lose 13 pounds and 13 more inches in 13 weeks.  I will be logging on My Fitness Pal and sticking to a consistent no processed food diet...with a few cheat days and/or meals.  Hold on, it's going to be a wild ride!

Day 22, 23, 24

And it's done....weigh out is tomorrow and my 24 Advocare Challenge is over.  The last 3 days have not been real creative on food; in fact, today I ate the same thing for lunch and supper (Mushroom & Artichoke Chicken).

I've been logging everything I eat on my fitness pal.

I plan to stay away from processed food but I will not continue on Advocare.  I have learned a lot and can't wait to challenge myself over the next month....but tomorrow is Day #25 and I CHEAT TOMORROW!

burps and toots.... (Day 21)

Sunday (Day 21)

I am not feeling so well today...too many nuts and berries yesterday perhaps?

And I realized I skipped blogging about Friday (Day 19)....well it was a great day and I did well at eating.  I made McCormicks Chicken Chipotle Tacos and they were delish for supper.  I ate eggs and ezekiel toast for lunch which I loved....but the day got busy, my parents came and my sis too.

It's crazy to believe we are on the last 3 days of this 24 day challenge.  We have some decisions about what to do come...Friday when we need a new plan.  I am giving myself Day #25 as a day for diet coke and chocolate and then to celebrate Kristy's Jesus Age Birthday....then we start with Day #26!

Saturday on the town (#20)

Day 20....
Breakfast: shake
Snack: cashews
Lunch: 2/3 of a burrito bowl at chipotle
Snack and Supper: kind of ran together....we went to Trader Joe's and bought all kinds of fun things to try...nuts, dried fruits, chicken sausages and some chips....I tried a little of everything, but to the best of my knowledge it all fell under the eating guidelines, just probably a little too much.

I can't believe it's down to only 5 days!

Cheater, cheater...sour patch kid eater...(Day 18)

I ate 4 sour patch kids today...and some popcorn at the pool....shoot!  Not my best.  But I had a hard egg and 2 turkey breakfast sausages for morning snack and it was AWESOME!  I still finish the day under 1300 calories and don't feel hungry.  I am headed out on a run/walk so I made need a little something when I get home.  Here's what my day looks like before my run.

(I did go for a 3 mile jog with Anna)

Just remembered that I had raw carrots with supper too...I added them on My Fitness Pal.

Your Food Diary For:

Thursday August 22, 2013 

Breakfast	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Advocare - Meal Replacement Shake - Chocolate Mocha , 1 packet	220	24	3	24	70	12
Add Food Quick Tools	220	24	3	24	70	12
Lunch
Ange's - Spaghetti W/Whole Wheat Pasta and Ground Turkey, 1 Cups	183	21	6	9	557	0
Add Food Quick Tools	183	21	6	9	557	0
Dinner
Generic - Lettuce (Iceberg), 1 cup shrededd (36g)	8	2	0	1	7	1
Shredded - Carrots, 3/10 cup raw	14	3	0	0	26	2
Cucumber - With peel, raw, 0.25 cup slices	4	1	0	0	1	0
Tomatoes - Raw, 0.4 Medium	10	2	0	0	8	1
Walden Farms - Thousand Island Dressing, 2 Tbsp	0	0	0	0	190	0
Hormel - Always Tender Apple Bourbon, 4 oz	140	5	5	19	500	5
Sweet potato - Cooked, baked in skin, without salt (Sweetpotato), 0.5 cup	90	21	0	2	36	8
Add Food Quick Tools	266	34	5	22	768	17
Snacks
Great Day Farmers Market Corrected Values - Large Egg Grade A, 1 egg	78	1	5	6	65	0
Aldi Fit & Active - Turkey Breakfast Sausage Links(3), 1.8 inks	66	1	4	5	234	1
Blueberries - Raw, 0.75 cup	62	16	0	1	1	11
Nuts - Pistachios (Shelled), 1/4 cup	160	5	14	6	160	2
Cinemark Theater - Movie Popcorn - Junior, 0.3 Junior bag (38g)	60	7	3	1	57	0
Candy - Sour Patch Kids, 4 pieces	38	9	0	0	6	7
Add Food Quick Tools	464	39	26	19	523	21
Totals	1,133	118	40	74	1,918	50
Your Daily Goal	1,360	187	45	51	2,500	27
Remaining	227	69	5	-23	582	-23
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar