Advocare Cleanse results finally...

Well I did 10 day Advocare Cleanse and I did not get great results.  I did cheat a few days but for the most part I stuck with the clean eating.  I don't know.  I was down after three days and then after 10 days I was right back where I started! And on top of that my eating over the weekend was horrible! I am back on this week thus far!

It is frustrating! But it is my own fault!

Time to get with the program and get this belly weight gone!

You would think after someone thinking you had a baby on the way that would get my butt in gear!

But I am eating better now and am still Bikini Mommy Challenge and am going to watch the food intake.

I am still doing weight watchers along with MyFitnessPal.....

Letter to My 21 year old self

Linking up with Holly and Jake today and writing myself a dear letter.

Dear Karie - 

So you are married for 2 years now! I know at times you worry you were too young, but he is your true love! You are going to go through a lot of ups and downs.  More downs in the year to come. 

Your Hubs, will have testicular cancer and have surgery and then treatments! But you make it through that time.  You are by his side every step of the way.  Then you will get pregnant with your first son! 

You have more trying times together but you get past them and you both are happier than ever together. You eventually get the nick of things!

Remember that partying and going out is not a priority anymore.  

Spend of moment you can with you and hubs' best friend Joel, because he will be gone before long.  You will learn cancer is terrible thing and nothing is worse than burying one of your friends after they lose the fight.  

Always remember where you came from, you don't leave there but just remember.

Don't fall for unrealistic things from people that have no meaning whatsoever to you!

Remember, you are a tough and independent woman that can get through anything that comes her way! 

Hold your head high and be confident!

Love, 

Your 28 year old self 

Tomorrow is my last day for the Advocare 10 day cleanse!

Results will be up on the blog!

WEEKEND RECAP

I always hate when the weekend comes to an end!

Friday night was busy! My sisters and I took my Mom out for Mother's Day finally. 

We went to see Fast & Furious 6! It rocked!

How could you not love that movie, hot men, great action scenes, hot men!

(I took grapes and water with me for snacks)

Then we went and ate Mexican! 

I ordered the Chicken Fajita! I did not eat the shells at all, gave them to my sister.

Only ate a very minimal amount of rice and beans and a few chips!

I was so proud of myself!

Weekends have always been my down fall and this past weekend

I felt like I did very well with my food intake. 

Pic from our garage sale I had with a friend! 

I made over $300 bucks Saturday with all this stuff.

I went from having 10 large totes of baby stuff (size newborn - 2T) down to 4 large totes and 1 small one!

I am excited about that! 

But still have a ton of stuff it seems!

The pink stuff in picture is not mine! No pink stuff in my baby stuff! 

YET!

Might have to try for that girl in a couple years! 

We will see how Monkey is by then! LOL!

Monkey chillin' with my headband on!

Jacer on his dirt bike! He loves that thing!

One of our sweet corn patches! We have two more!

Hopefully a great year for it!

This is me after Bikini Mommy Challenge one morning! It was tough!

Saturday at the yard sale I took grapes and had a salad for lunch with grilled chicken!

That night we had hamburger steaks. I had one but it was small and a huge salad!

No baked potato for me!

Sunday I had oatmeal for breakfast and not a waffle!

That was hard and those waffles looked awesome!

Instead I went and got in the shower while the rest of the fam ate them!

For lunch we had company and hubs made pasta and corn!

I had a huge salad instead!

For Supper I had a baked sweet potato cubes and a bite of fish!

I am proud of my accomplishment this past weekend and eating better. 

I guess I did splurge and have a strawberry shortcake and whipped topping!

It was delish!

A friend of mine text me and ask if I wanted to start running with her.

She is a runner, I am not! I want to be!

I was nervous this morning!

But I got right up at 5 a.m. and met her at 5:30.
We did 3 miles.  

I did not run the entire way but I would say I ran at least 2 miles of it!

I am proud of that!

And to finish for the day, here is a pic of progress!

Left pic prolly about Sept. 2012 and Right pic today!

Rock it out today!!!

Day 3 Advocare

DAY 3

So today marks Day 3 of the Advocare Cleanse and now I can take a break from the Fiber Drink.  It never got any better tasting whatsoever! 

I feel great! 

Not really any different except I don't really feel that hungry! 

I think it is more a mind game than anything. 

The results thus far have been great!

I weight this morning and was surprised by the scale....

I read 157.6! 

That is down 2.8 lbs. since I begun on Wednesday.  I have exercised everyday but today. 

Also I have really been sticking with the clean eating!

Tonight will be the test, we are taking my mom out for Mother's Day finally for a movie and dinner!

She chose Mexican for dinner!

OMG!!!! That is my favorite the chips are so yummy!

I will order the chicken fajita and not eat the shells but too be honest I think I will have a few chips. 

For the movies I am going to pack in a water bottle and grapes to snack on!!

I actually feel better than I have in a while!

On a different note, tomorrow is garage sale day!

This year I decided to sell all my baby stuff except a few items!

It has been mixed emotions on doing this but Monkey is quite the kid!

The hubs and I tell everyone that we are done having children!

The 2 boys are all we need!

Yes I would love to have a girl but I might end up with another little Monkey!

LOL! I don't know if my mentality can handle that!

When marking items the hubs couldn't believe I was selling it all! 

I don't know what that means for the future but any time too soon! 

So maybe in a couple years, we will try for that little girl!

On a side note, I had forgot how much work getting a garage sale ready was especially when it is not located at your house and you are driving to a friend's house to have it!

I better make some money from it!

Peace out!

Catching up and 10 day Advocare Cleanse

So I have been gone from the blogging world for some time now but I'm back!!!!

My life has been cray cray!! We have been super busy!

We had the Kindergarten play and here I am with my 

cow that jumped over the moon!

Then we had our Spring Concert! 

Jacer and his cousin Jericka and Monkey photo bombing!

Then we had Kindergarten Graduation!! 

Whoo hoo Jacer is going to the 1st grade!

Graduation day for some family!

Monkey thought he was a super turtle!

My sister graduated from Mizzou!!

My new wreath!

This takes up alot of my time! But I am dang proud of it!

Hopefully with all the rain we have had it didn't kill anything.

Who would of thunk it that there is something as too much water on a garden!

Monkey!

Mad he didn't get to go with his daddy!

Jacer at his first ballgame finally! We have had 4 rained out so far! 

Monkey was meeting girls while his brother played ball!

So that is somewhat a catch up on what has been going on with our lives! It has been crazy mayhem for the last couple of months! 

Now to the weight loss topic!

I have still been doing the getting rid of some weight thing.  I am lifting weights still but my eating is horrible!

So I am starting the Advocare 10 day Cleanse!

I started this morning. 

The fiber drink was awful but I choked it down.  So far eating is in check. 

Starting Weight is: 160.4

Measurements are at home. 

I am hoping this will help me with the eating! 

Starting pics:

I want the non pregnant belly gone before Monkey hits age of 2! Which is August!

NO MORE EXCUSES!

I am doing a 90 day Challenge with a group of wonderful ladies!

It is the 

So far I love it! It is only Day 5 but it is a great workout and I have been sore from it. 

Check it out on Facebook at Bikini Body Mommy!

I am determined to get my health in check! I want to be healthy for my kids and show them that being healthy is the new cool thing! 

Lots of Love!

K

Patience.....Something I lack!

So yesterday I went with my son's Kindergarten class on their field trip.  We went to place called Heartland. This is a place where they raise, live, go to school, church, have a gas station, college, restaurant, dairy barn, goats, etc.  The kids had a blast.

Jacer petting the goats

Me, my niece and Jacer on the school bus

 But I have come to the conclusion that I am glad I did not pursue a career in teaching.  I love kids, don't get me wrong but that many at one time, those teachers have the patiences of a saint!

I also realized that I need to learn some patiences, especially when coming to losing weight. 

I keep getting frustrated with myself but I need to remember how far I have come and how long that took me.  

I need to remember that every day is a new day and every day there will be a new obstacle to overcome.

I need to remember that I get where I want to be with dedication, patience, and overcoming fears that I have within myself!

Tomorrow is a weigh in day! 

I have done my workout calendar for the month of May and here it is!

◄ April	~ May 2013 ~					June ►
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1 Planks 1 min Squats  40 Pushups 10 Crunches 20 Burpees 5 Bikini Mommy – Day 1	2 Planks 1 min Squats  45 Pushups 10 Crunches 25 Burpees 5 Bikini Mommy – Day 2 Cardio 3 miles	3 WI: ________ Planks 1 min Squats  50 Pushups 12 Crunches 25 Burpees 5 Bikini Mommy – Day 3 Cardio 3 miles	4 Planks 1:15 min Squats  55 Pushups 12 Crunches 30 Burpees 5 Bikini Mommy – Day 4 Cardio 3 miles
5 Planks 1:15 min Squats  60 Pushups 12 Crunches 30 Burpees 10 Bikini Mommy – Day 5 Cardio 3 miles	6 Planks 1:15 min Squats  65 Pushups 15 Crunches 35 Burpees 10 Bikini Mommy – Day 6 Cardio 3 miles	7 Planks 1:20 min Squats  70 Pushups 15 Crunches 40 Burpees 10 Bikini Mommy – Day 7 Cardio 3 miles	8 Planks 1:20 min Squats  75 Pushups 15 Crunches 45 Burpees 10 Bikini Mommy – Day 8 Cardio 3 miles	9 Planks 1:20 min Squats  80 Pushups 15 Crunches 50 Burpees 10 Bikini Mommy – Day 9 Cardio 3 miles	10 WI: ________ Planks 1:20 min Squats  85 Pushups 20 Crunches 55 Burpees 10 Bikini Mommy – Day 10 Cardio 3 miles	11 Planks 1:30 min Squats  90 Pushups 20 Crunches 60 Burpees 10 Bikini Mommy – Day 11 Cardio 3 miles
12 Planks 1:30 min Squats  90 Pushups 25 Crunches 60 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 12 Cardio 3 miles	13 Planks 1:35 min Squats  95 Pushups 25 Crunches 65 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 13 Cardio 3 miles	14 Planks 1:35 min Squats  100 Pushups 30 Crunches 70 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 14 Cardio 3 miles	15 Planks1:45 min Squats  105 Pushups 30 Crunches 75 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 15 Cardio 3 miles	16 Planks 1:45 min Squats  110 Pushups 30 Crunches 80 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 16 Cardio 3 miles	17 WI: ________  Planks 1:45 min Squats  115 Pushups 0 Crunches 85 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 17 Cardio 3 miles	18 Planks 1:45 min Squats  120 Pushups 30 Crunches 90 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 18 Cardio 3 miles
19 Planks 2 min Squats  140 Pushups 40 Crunches 95 Burpees 20 Bikini Mommy – Day 19 Cardio 3 miles	20 Planks 2  min Squats  145 Pushups 40 Crunches 100 Burpees 20 Bikini Mommy – Day 20 Cardio 3 miles	21 Planks 2:15 min Squats  150 Pushups 45 Crunches 105 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 21 Cardio 3 miles	22 Planks 2:15 min Squats  155 Pushups 45 Crunches 110 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 22 Cardio 3 miles	23 Planks 2:15 min Squats  160 Pushups 50 Crunches 115 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 23 Cardio 3 miles	24 WI: ________ Planks 2:20 min Squats  170 Pushups 50 Crunches 120 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 24 Cardio 3 miles	25 Planks 2:20 min Squats  175 Pushups 50 Crunches 125 Burpees 15 Bikini Mommy – Day 25 Cardio 3 miles
26 Planks 2:30 min Squats  175 Pushups 60 Crunches 130 Burpees 30 Bikini Mommy – Day 26	27 Planks 2:30 min Squats  180 Pushups 60 Burpees 30 Bikini Mommy – Day 27	28 Planks 2:30 min Squats  185 Pushups 60 Crunches 135 Burpees 30 Bikini Mommy – Day 28 Cardio 3 miles	29 Planks 2:45 min Squats  190 Pushups 65 Crunches 140 Burpees 30 Bikini Mommy – Day 29 Cardio 3 miles	30 Planks 2:45 min Squats  195 Pushups 70 Crunches 145 Burpees 30 Bikini Mommy – Day 30 Cardio 3 miles	31 WI: ________ Planks 3 min Squats  200 Pushups 75 Crunches 150 Burpees 30 Bikini Mommy – Day 31 Cardio 3 miles	Notes: STICK TO   IT!!!

It is very overwhelming to look at this but I believe that I can do this and get it all done!

With my dedication and willpower, I will do this!!

Now for some pics from the past week:

In the pickup at the farm

Riding at the farm

An outfit I wore last week

Helping Daddy!

Well it is almost 5:00 here and time to go home :)