Random/Advocare

Since I've really been slacking I need to bring you all up to speed and show ya'll some pics! The past couple weeks have been so random for me... they've been so weird! Anyways so on Easter I decided to wear BLACK who does that???? Oh well I really liked my dress, it was bit too short but it was too big! Yay! I just love my clothes being to big!

I'm starting the Advocare 24 Day Challenge on Tuesday and i'm pretty pumped about it! The first 10 days is the cleanse phase in which I NEED. The challenge itself isn't really designed for weight loss but you lose anyways! You eat CLEAN foods, take vitamins, drink fiber drinks, and the challenge progresses your vitamins and such change. It's considered a nutritional challenge! Ya'll have noticed that lately ALL i'm posting is I HAVE TO GET MY FOOD INTAKE IN CHECK. So this is going to help me do that. A lot of people that have completed the challenge lost a great deal of inches as well. With vacation just around the corner that is what I want! I'm so excited! I'm spending the day trying to find some good recipes although this is pretty much how I've been eating anyways. Only this time the portions are much smaller then what i've been doing. Another problem that I have is I just went to the store and bought everything Whole Wheat what I needed was Whole Grain. Hopefully that wont altar my results that much. I spent to much money on whole wheat to turn around and buy something else without eating this! My friend Taryn is doing this challenge with me as well. So wish us luck!

Oh let me just tell you guys about a proud little moment I had! So like I said I'm getting ready to start the challenge so all weekend I kept telling myself i'm going to splurge on this and that. Which I did buy some chocolate donuts and loved every bite! Thats not the point though... moving on. Ryan and I went to get some food at Raffertys after his eye doctor appt. I'm not impressed with Raffertys btw. Anyways I went in thinking I was going to get a cheeseburger or nachos. Came time to order and I got a grilled chicken wrap on a spinach tortilla, with parmesean cheese, salsa, and lettuce, with a bowl of fruit!?!? It tasted pretty good. Could have made it better at home but none the less my meal was pretty cheap and really filling! Now I have to start doing that every time I go out to eat! I always order something I wish I wouldn't have. 

Sarge has been so cute lately, wanting to paint his nails and all...

Littles has been pretty cute too...

Zumba is still kicking my butt in gear. COME TO ZUMBA you will love it! I'm also still loving running. I'm doing the Ease into your first 5K program. So far so good! Thats a bit of a recap. I'm back in gear!

Not Forgotten.

So I'm assuming ya'll have though I've gave up on this blogging idea, right?? Nonsense! It's been crazy man. I'll update ya on some fun news in a sec. I did do Weigh In Wed. I just didn't post, here is the results!

Boobs: 43in -down 1/2in!

Waist: 45 -the same

Hips: 49.5 -down 1/2in!

Arms: 12.5 -the same

Thighs: 24.5 -DOWN 1 INCH!

Calf: 18 -the same

I'm down 1 lb.!

On to other news! I'm going on VACATION!!! -Lord Willing. The room is booked and now we wait! I'm so excited I can't stand it! We are going to Tybee Island and Savannah GA. EEEK!! 

Easter was so wonderful! Ryan and I went to church at Faith Baptist and my friend Floyd got saved!!! Afterwards we went to my Aunt Shells for Easter Dinner. Her and my Aunt Lou cooked such a yummy meal. I ate A LOT. I didn't feel bad about it. After that I went to my cousin Sherrys and ate some of her Mac and Cheese. Didn't feel bad about that either. Later that night I was starving so I went to DQ and got a cheeseburger. I felt a little bit bad about that. I just went wild. I've done much much better since then. I finally went to the grocery store! Usually I like grocery shopping but the past couple weeks i've been slacking. I'm all stocked on healthy veggies and fruits! I haven't been cooking much either. Always a bad idea. Seems like i've been in a semi slump for a few weeks and I AM ALWAYS having to try to pull myself out of it. I'm sick of it! I'm going to the beach in a month! I've got to get myself together! Obviously I wont be bikini ready but I still need to get myself in gear. I've been fine on my exercising and as odd as it sounds i'm actually always looking forward to do it??!!! My food is slacking i'm just going for whatever is easiest. Bad Idea. Baaaaaaaaaad. 

I really want to get my food intake to be 80-90% Clean foods ALL the time. Slowly but surely i'm getting there. Sheesh!

To help me get there I'm starting the Advocare 24 day Challenge. I'll have more about that later!

Weigh In Wednesday!

Folks it's Wednesday which means I am here to give you my results since last week. I sort of dreaded this Weigh In because I ate like a COW all weekend long! It went better then I thought but not as good as I would have liked. Here is the results:

Chest: 43.5in.- Stayed the same

     Waist: 50in.- WENT UP .5! yikes!

Hips: 50in.- stayed the same!

Thighs: 25.5in.- Stayed the same!

Calf- 18in.- stayed the same!

Arm- 12.5in.- Went down .5in! yeah!

And my weight... well I was up 2 lbs. I'm totally blaming it on the muscle i'm building up! ha.

im in deep thought

So it wasn't what I wanted to see but I'm pleased it wasn't worse after the weekend I had with hardly ANY exercise and eating horribly. It has gave me some more insight. I have to start working on my portions again! I had gotten use to what I could have of what and now I notice myself getting a bit carried away. I'm on my way to fix that. 

I'm also working on a new exercise plan. With all this pretty weather coming up i'm pumped to be getting out! I want to start working on running. I agreed to do a 5K in May in Clay Co. if you want to know about it you can find some info here I'm also going to start lifting weights! I've been convinced that I need to lose all the weight I can and THEN start lifting to tone up. The more I study into this and the more I hear from other people i'm learning that incorporating weights with your cardio/strength training makes all the difference. So thats what i'm going to do! Two blogs I follow are Skinny Meg and Mama Laughlin you can look on their blogs and follow them on instagram and see the transformation weights has done for them! So here is a new journey entirely! Weights and Running! It still cracks me up to hear myself say these things.

Happy Wednesday!

Weigh In Wednesday.

Thank goodness! I was so afraid of this day! I've ate some pretty heavy carb loaded meals in the last week so I was expecting some not so great results. Even though I've stepped up my workouts, I can't be eating TONS of wheat thins and pasta! ha! Oh well here is the results!

Boobs-  43.5 Went down 1/2 inch!

Waist-   44.5 Went down 1/2 inch!

                                                        Hips-    50    Went down 1/2 inch!           

Thighs- 25.5  Went down 1/2 inch!

                                                        Calf-    18 Stayed the same

                                                       Arms-    13 Stayed the same

Total loss of 2 inches this week! 

AND I LOST 5 lbs!!! Woo Hoo! Bringing total weight loss to 21 lbs! Thank you Lord!

Yes, I have skinny jeans on. Yes, I know they are beyond unflattering on me. I've not done laundry or cleaned my house this week. My other jeans are too big! And whats left that still fits ok, was rotted lol. 

Too funny not to put on here. She totally photo bombed me! ha!

So, I declare Weigh In Wednesday this week a success!! 

Weigh In Wednesday!

My friend Taryn who i've mentioned before and blogs at Bowlings Busy Life (go check it out!) decided that we were gonna start a weekly "weigh in" I've seen it done on some other blogs and it seems just perfect for us right now! One thing I can be guilty of is continually checking the scale! -bad idea- So this weekly weigh in is going to be fun! Although i'm sure not every weigh in will be just glorious and happy and huge results but we want results none the less! This one will be just a little bit different and i'm actually really excited about it because i'm going to give my results from week 1 until now, week 7.

I'm going to work on a better set up for these pics, maybe even invest in a good quality camera?

Total Weight Loss since Week 1:

16lbs! YAY!

I know that is worth celebrating although sometimes I get frustrated and think GEEZZ all this work that number should be doubled! And then I think "shut up Ashley!" Thats 16lbs for me not to worry about anymore! 

I talk to myself a great deal. 

I also starting measuring myself as well. Folks, I didn't love it. Seeing those awful numbers! For me though all these measurements have been key. When I start to get frustrated I think of any progress and then I keep moving forward! So here are my total losses since Week 1 until now!

Boobs- 2 inches!

Waist- 5 inches!!

Hips- 2.5 inches!

Total= 9.5 inches! 

(yes, boobs! not breast! I think you should reach a certain age before you refer to them otherwise.)

In Week 4 I decided to start measuring my legs. I really really really want skinny legs! Even before I ever thought of losing weight I had massive calf muscles and out of everything for me to be self conciense of they probably bothered me more than anything. So here is my total losses from Week 4 until now!

Thighs- 1.5 inches!

Calves- 1.5 inches!

Total= 3inches!

This week I started measuring my arms. Right now they are 13 inches!!!!! AHH! As my cousin Sherry says, "Hulk Hogan Arms" but not in a good way. 

I'm pleased to see these results I hadn't added up totals like that from week 1 so now i'm pumped up! It's not been easy but its been worth it! A long time ago I started praying and asking to help me help myself to do this! And he has! Praise his name! We can do this ya'll!!

On another note I tried some PB2. And my review of it is... "it'll do." Thats about all I have to say about it. I mixed some up and dipped some apple slices in it... and again it will work. Not impressed though. I'm going to try the chocolate kind and see if it will "do" any better. 

Happy Hump Day! Its my friday!!!