Aright, 2018 is officially here and we're all knee deep in our resolutions. To help me get a jump start on my healthy journey I have decided to take the AdvoCare One80 Challenge. (I should take a quick second to say that I am not an AdvoCare distributor, employee, or affiliated in any way other than participating in the challenge.) It's an 80-day program with the end goal of helping you make healthy lifestyle changes that you can maintain. Right now, I am just over half way through the 11 days cleanse. The purpose of this step is to help prepare your body to more effectively absorb nutrition. I've done this part before about a year ago. I loved it then and I'm really liking it now. Their website can put it much more eloquently than I can. But in my terms, in TMI terms, it makes you poop.
Regularly.
The good news is, it's not a stimulant that makes you cramp. It's a fiber powder that you put in your drink in the morning. I like to use it with my Spark (nutritional Kool-Aid basically). I tried it in my cold coffee and it didn't mix well. I don't like doing it with plain water, even though they claim it's tasteless. So, I put it in my morning Spark (the Spark drink is also part of the cleanse so I'm killing two birds with one stone). It usually gets me heading to the restroom within a couple hours.
This phase, as they call it, also focuses on water intake. Water isn't much of a problem for me. On a daily basis, I only drink coffee (black, no sugar), tea (unsweet), and water. On the weekends I've been known to drink some wine or beer, but for the duration of this challenge I'm cutting out the alcohol.
They always advocate for healthy eating and balanced meals. In preparation for this, I've got my meal prepping ready for next week. I made two quiches. One is mushroom, olive, and cheddar cheese and one is spinach, mushroom, jalapeno, and pepper jack cheese. I cut them into single servings (making eight total servings). I have steamed broccoli ready as a side dish. I have grapes cleaned and ready to grab and go for snacks. Dinners = done.
I also made refried beans from scratch (so stupid easy) and bought my favorite tortillas. I made some crazy good salsa (also stupid easy to make). For breakfast, I have heat and eat bean tacos with fresh salsa.
It's Sunday evening and I'm done cooking for the week, except for the microwave.
I've been meal-prepping for my husband for months. Since he works nights I make him meals to take for his dinner while at work. But, for myself, I've been playing the "I'll come up with something tonight" game and I resort to pizza far more often than any human should. I'm hoping that with just a little more work on Sundays I can make meals for me, too (he eats meat- I don't so I can't always just make extra of the same thing). This should really help me out with my "eh, I'll pop a pizza in the oven". Now I can just grab a pre-portioned container out of the fridge and heat it up for a yummy home cooked meal.
*If, after looking at their stuff you are interested in AdvoCare, go to this page to find a distributor near you to help you on your journey.
Regularly.
The good news is, it's not a stimulant that makes you cramp. It's a fiber powder that you put in your drink in the morning. I like to use it with my Spark (nutritional Kool-Aid basically). I tried it in my cold coffee and it didn't mix well. I don't like doing it with plain water, even though they claim it's tasteless. So, I put it in my morning Spark (the Spark drink is also part of the cleanse so I'm killing two birds with one stone). It usually gets me heading to the restroom within a couple hours.
This phase, as they call it, also focuses on water intake. Water isn't much of a problem for me. On a daily basis, I only drink coffee (black, no sugar), tea (unsweet), and water. On the weekends I've been known to drink some wine or beer, but for the duration of this challenge I'm cutting out the alcohol.
They always advocate for healthy eating and balanced meals. In preparation for this, I've got my meal prepping ready for next week. I made two quiches. One is mushroom, olive, and cheddar cheese and one is spinach, mushroom, jalapeno, and pepper jack cheese. I cut them into single servings (making eight total servings). I have steamed broccoli ready as a side dish. I have grapes cleaned and ready to grab and go for snacks. Dinners = done.
I also made refried beans from scratch (so stupid easy) and bought my favorite tortillas. I made some crazy good salsa (also stupid easy to make). For breakfast, I have heat and eat bean tacos with fresh salsa.
It's Sunday evening and I'm done cooking for the week, except for the microwave.
I've been meal-prepping for my husband for months. Since he works nights I make him meals to take for his dinner while at work. But, for myself, I've been playing the "I'll come up with something tonight" game and I resort to pizza far more often than any human should. I'm hoping that with just a little more work on Sundays I can make meals for me, too (he eats meat- I don't so I can't always just make extra of the same thing). This should really help me out with my "eh, I'll pop a pizza in the oven". Now I can just grab a pre-portioned container out of the fridge and heat it up for a yummy home cooked meal.
*If, after looking at their stuff you are interested in AdvoCare, go to this page to find a distributor near you to help you on your journey.
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