Cheris and I recently did the AdvoCare 24 Day Challenge. I've never done one before even thought Crossfit Champions has done a couple of them since I have been a member there. Cheris has done a couple without success and follow thru.
The first ten days are a herbal cleanse. Don't worry it's not a make you have the poops cleanse. That is the first question I got when I told people what I was doing. Most people say that the first ten days is the hardest. To me its just the first couple minutes of the day that were hard. You take a fiber drink in the mornings on days 1-3 and 8-10. The taste of the drink is not bad but the texture is a little on the blah side. I did learn a good way to drink it is to take a big breath of air and drink as much as you can and then repeat. So really you just have to muster a minute or two of courage and its over. Through out the first ten days I only experienced one day of carvings/hunger but i said on course I would just eat my snack earlier than I plan that day. my first ten days consisted with having fruit for breakfast, turkey jerky for a snack during the day. Thankfully we went to San Antonio the day after Thanksgiving and we got to load up on turkey jerky from Buc-ee's. For lunch I usually had a protein and veggies. Dinner was a protein and a veggie also. No processed foods nothing came out of a box or from a restaurant. Its easy to control what goes in your body when you are the one making the food.
For the next 14 days is the fat burn stage. You have a meal replacement shake for breakfast. I decided to have vanilla shakes. They were very good a little thick but it tasted like vanilla cake batter. It reminded me of my childhood days of licking the mixer blades when my mom was finished making a cake. As far as food, it was basically the same as the cleanse but I did add a couple of foods back into my diet like eggs and bacon. I did not go overboard on them but it was nice to have them again. During this time I got a new boss that was a tech in my crew in the past. Right away he noticed that I was looking thinner since the last time he had seen me. This is always a cool feeling when you are working towards something and someone else notices it. I will not lie I did have once bad day while on the 24 day challenge. It happened on a Sunday there was some dark chocolate morsels that Cheris uses when she makes her paleo cookies. I had a couple hand fulls of them which after eating them I felt like pooh.
All in all the challenge was a complete success! I would recommend this to anyone to get jump start on your weight loss, healthy eating habits, need to drop a quick 10 pounds or whatever your reason might be!
So what's next?? We are continuing on with the the healthy/clean eating habits and taking our supplements. Why change something that is working?!
Cheris and I are kicking off another group 24 Day Challenge, Monday 1/7/13. Join us as we all work towards living longer, looking better, feeling better and just finishing our goals!
Little scale humor for Thursday...
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