going down, what floor please...

i did it! today i made myself step on the scale. it's so funny how much power i give that small appliance.

i wore a skirt to work that was from my thinner clothes(as opposed to my thin clothes) tuesday and am fitting in lesser size jeans, but the scale still scares me. today that somehow all powerful gadget said i was 7 pounds more worthy than i was the last time i stood on it. translated that means i lost 7 pounds, but the real issue is why that brings some kind of meaning other than being healthier. why do i think i am more valueable the less i weigh, that people will approve of me more, think higher of me, find me more interesting?

...this journey continues.

...a rose is a rose is a roses

twice in the last week i have been talking to someone about Spark and they have asked me if i mean the beer with caffeine in it! i didn't even know there was a beer with caffeine added, but i have been  a lot more careful how i talk about giving people a Spark!

oh baby!!!!

i just got a big order of product for people and tried some new stuff for my kids, Purple Champs! they were a huge hit with my boys and full of DHA, an omega3 that  supports brain, eyes and nerves development and helps with healthy hair and skin. it also has some vitamine C! even jon likes them! let me know if you want to try them!

Switching Spanks for Sparks!

i just had a conference call with a bunch of people who have been using Advocare for longer than me...a woman who lost 4 dress sizes. she's basically switched her spanks for Sparks!one guy just lost 50 lbs using product since JULY with a total of over 100lbs in the last year! wow! i am so excited to keep up this journey!

in the words of shirley temple...

oh, my goodness!!! in the last 24 hours i have spoken to like 5 different people about AdvoCare!!! i can't seem to stop myself!!! i love the product and how it's working so that helps, but this is so out of my norm...i guess it's easy when you believe in the product and the company!

i just realized i have not posted my website. if you are interested in finding out about the product here's my website:

https://www.advocare.com/10087077

ok, ok, i measured!

now i am premenstral so i am giving my self a little grace, but in the 24 days i have gone down a total of 6 inches...in all the right places, arms, stomach, hips...my chest didn't change much, but again...PMS!

 i have not weighted myself...i'm such a chicken!

...i'm scared to look

today is the last day of my 24 day challenge and i am dreading measuring myself tomorrow. i know it is silly, but what if i'm disappointed by the changes...what if there is no change! failure seems much more familiar than success and i am so scared that is where i am headed. these products are amazing...i feel great...my appetite is so different...and there are no overwhelming persistent cravings. if i focus on all the positives and not numbers i feel great, but the idea of facing a set of numbers tomorrow has me terrified.

this is definitely a battle in my mind...a shift in my perspective...it's time for a new way of looking at success! a one day at a time perspective has worked great throughout this challenge...one day at a time making choices to eat well, using the products that strengthen and support my effort, letting my friends encourage me and sharing my experience with others...that's what i have accomplished in the last 24 days no matter what the numbers say tomorrow.

it was like butter...

so nice, easy and smooth...talking to a couple of friends about Advocare and why i am so excited about it. i am not a "push you to buy something kind" of girl...nope, don't even really like to follow-up when someone has shown interest. but i love talking with friends about anything i am excited about especially if i think it could help them in some way. so it was like butter talking to cindy and michelle last night and betsy this morning. gotta love butter!

...the hand me down son of a junk yard robot

remember the movie "robots"? there was this robot couple who had a robot baby who grow up loving a tv robot named big will (riviting in it's reality).  anyway big will's moto was "see a need, fill a need" and that's what i keep hearing in my head as people around me talk about how tired and wore out they are...or how they can't seem to  lose weight... Spark? MNS?  i feel just like a little hand me down robot ;-)

sharing the wealth...

i gave away a Sparks this morning. been thinking all day about who i think would appreciate Advocare like i do. i keep remembering that when it starts bcoming obvious that Advocare has made a difference for me people will ask what i am doing, but i would really like to tell others now...so i gave away a Sparks today.

why?

i was thinking about how decisions are made. how ideas are presented, contemplated, acted upon by doing something or doing nothing, how those actions continue or stop and how those change our life. choosing to be a faithful friend or spouse or letting apathy rule your relationships. choosing to take risks or play life safe. choosing to be like everyone else so people don't push you or choosing to be different, unique, all God created you to be. there's risk in movement. you could fall, get laughed at, hurt, even lost. but there's risk in not moving too. you could miss the view from where you land, not hear the cheers of your own heart, feel the strength of healing or find a new way. i guess that's why i started AdvoCare and decided to try to share it with others...

i first heard about AdvoCare at the Women of Faith conference in Columbus, Ohio. it was the second most memorable thing about that weekend (the first was the salted carmel with smoked almonds ice cream I got at north market...i'm just saying...yummmm) what was i talking about...oh, yeah Advocare. i didn't do anything about this interest for 4 months (what if i failed, i can't do this, i can't think about that i'm too busy). but then a friend offered to go with me, a friend who had been on the same path. so here i am using and loving AdvoCare and really wanting to share it with others because of how much i am loving it. so i'll probably be talking to you about it...cause maybe i can be the same kind of friend as tona...

day2, 12 whatever...

i'm sitting at a campground listening to my boys play in the great outdoors. i was called on-call this morning at 6:00 and spent the whole day at work 7-3 and then picked up the boys and headed to camp. even with such an unexpected/hectic day i was able to stay on the track with the program. gotta love a program a busy, single, homeschooling mom can still make work in her schedule. i am officially half way through the 24 day challenge...

i did it!!!

i have completed the cleanse...with the exception of one of the proBiotic restore packets that I missed on day 4 and will take tonight. so how do i feel? well, i feel like i took control of my health and did something about it. i feel like i have done something good for me. i feel like i have just started a journey that never really ends if the goal is health. and i feel good physically. my appetite has definitely changed.

tomorrow i start some new nutritional suppliments and i am excited! i wonder how i will feel in 2 more weeks!

i love Spark!

along with the cleanse i've been using Spark for energy and focus. last night i worked 3p-3a and i always  depend on diet coke to keep me going. well last night i was drifting fast and nothing was slowing down in the emergency department so i had a Spark. what a difference for me. diet coke makes me stay awake, but i don't feel awake or energized. when i took the Spark it was like the heaviness of fatigue lifted, my mind cleared and when it was time to sleep i could!

 i only got 3 hours sleep before the boys started moving around so had one more Spark at around noon and have functioned well. i sure don't plan on giving up sleep and just drinking Spark, but it sure is nice to have when i need it! 

waist not, want not...

so i am so excited about this cleanse and how i am feeling! today i looked in the mirror and it may be wishful thinking, but i think i saw a waist! it's been a long time, but it's that place between your chest and hips that goes in, right? well i think i have one!

dressed for success?

i just had a business meeting in my p.j.s...i could get use to this homebased business thing!

alien abduction...

so today i was just not hungry or maybe more like just didn't crave anything. i ate several small snacks like nuts or a cheese stick but was never wanting a big meal. when i had a salad tonight i got full before i finished it...it's like invasion of the appetite snatchers!