I wanted to take some time out of my MLK day to give you a little insight into a WONDERFUL lifestyle change D & I have made for 2015. We have gotten into Advocare, thanks to the wonderful progress of my friend L. I'm 100% serious when I'm calling this a lifestyle change. Since January 7, we have eaten every. single. supper. at. home. This is such an unbelievable change for us, since we have been known to eat every supper out (or via takeout) in a week. We've also eaten every breakfast at home, and almost every lunch. There's only 2 exceptions to that, and they both fell on the same weekend when we had 2 birthdays. Even then, I was able to eat fast food and stay on track.
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- D's health evaluation. His work has a tiered health insurance system, where you pay a certain amount based on a series of tests. He didn't have a wonderful evaluation, and with parts of his family history (and mine), I knew we had to do something different.
- Our finances. We spend WAY too much money dining out. As in, dining out was our #3 expense for 2014, behind our mortgage and our truck payment. We spent more money dining out than we did on gas. or groceries. and 2x more than we paid on my student loans. CRINGE
- The Comment. This is, admittedly, 100% superficial on my part, but it nonetheless became a motivator for me. In December, a work friend pm'ed me asking if I was pregnant. I AM NOT. When I asked her why the heck she asked that (and also laughed at how certainly I would have told her if I were), her reponse was that a kid had asked her. A kid who I haven't seen in months. Which means that my expanding gut, which was caused by none other than my poor dietary choices, was now the fodder of my high school students' rumor mill. Rest assured, I squashed that immediately, both with her class and my own. Now, I'm not proud of this, but it bothered me, so, I wanted to make a change for myself.
- L's family results. They were phenomenal. She and her husband both look as great as they did when I met them 10 years ago. They've had 3 kids since then. And we've aged 10 years.
So now, we have jumped in. We've even had such wonderful results that I've decided to become a distributor, meaning that if you want in, you can order from me! I'm not ready to share our results just yet, namely because D is a few days behind me, and my results are more intangible than photographable or numerical. What I can do is give you a few basics.
- We started with the 24-day challenge.
- It involves essentially clean eating. Cut out the processed junk we shouldn't be eating anyway. But only cut it out completely for 24 days. Then after that you can stick and stay at 80% on and 20% off.
- It's a nutrition plan, not a meal plan. You eat real foods that you love. This can involve eating out or dining in. It also involves eating fruits, veggies, lean meats, and the like.
- There are vitamin supplements to take. Like, a lot of them. But, if we're being honest, most of us are getting the nutrition we need.
- You need to eat. It gives you the opportunity to eat 6 times a day
- You need to drink water. Current health recommendations, which are part of the plan, set a minimum of 1/2 your body weight in ounces of water. So if you way 200 lbs, you need 100 ounces of water. I thought this was going to be a daunting task. It really isn't. D already drinks way more than he needs to, and all it took for me was to fill my Tervis and drink it down 3 times. If I do that, I get more than I need.
In the next few days, I plan to share some of our Adovocare based meals. For now, I encourage you to check out the system here or email/facebook/tweet/text me with any questions you have! Also, talk to you doctor if you're under their care for anything. We don't want to thwart your personal health scenario by mixing supplements. You can also order from me here if you want, but I'd love for you to contact me about it first! I can give you more options.
I'll leave you for now, with a quote from D's mom. "D says he feels like a million bucks!"
