Advocare Challenge Final Results!!!

So here we go folks!!  The results are in and....We both WON!!!

Below are our AFTER photos right next to our BEFORE...Kind of hard to tell, but...if you click on the photo, it is a little bigger.  I think we both look less jowl-y - which was a big goal!!

 AFTER

 BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE

My final weight was 168.2 (vs. 172.2) - Lost 4 lbs in 24 days!  
May 16th starting weight of 180.6 = total lost so far = 12.4 lbs!!!!
My Chest stayed 36 inches
My Waist went from 31.5 to 30.5!
My Hips went from 41 to 40!
My Thigh went from 24.5 to 23.5!
And my flabby arms are slightly less flabby at 12.75" (vs. 13) - and arms seem more toned!

Mark's final weight was 214.6 (vs. 219.8) - Lost 5.2 lbs in 24 days!!!
May 16th starting weight of 228.3 = total lost so far = 13.7 lbs!!!!
Mark's Chest went from 46.5 to 45.5
Mark's Waist stayed the same at 42 inches
Mark's Hips went from 41 to 40 (holy crap...Mark and I have the same hips!!)
Mark's Thigh increased a little from 22 to 22.75 - must be muscle!
and we didn't measure his arms because he has muscle and no flab already!

All in all, very cool!!  Except for my stomach issues and our TERRIBLE will power (we suck)...I think the results are great!

I would probably do the Cleanse Phase again, but probably not the Max Phase.

Still can't button my Green Size 10 Goal Pants...so still some work to do - Back to working out and eating right!

BIG Thanks to Lauren Finn for showing us how it is done and for all of the encouragement!!  And Thank you to Advocare too!!

SPARK!!!

Last Day of Advocare 24 Day Challenge!!

Okay...I admit it...I kind of went off the plan for the last 5 days :(

My stomach was killing me - I guess that is one way to control appetite & lose weight, but not a fun way.

So I tried to keep up with the food plan and we did great working out.  I did Spark in the morning also.  But I stopped taking all of the pills.

Mark has a cast iron stomach so he is finishing out the challenge...and may extend a few days using my pills and shakes...

On the positive side, I did my measuring early - I lost an INCH on all the measurements except the chest (which is good...because I need to keep all the chest I have!).  Very happy with these results!!!  AN INCH on my waist, hips and thighs!!!  YES!  I also measured my flabby arm and lost 1/4 inch...still working on that.

So tomorrow, I will post Mark's measurement results plus our final weigh in results.

I am going to add coffee back in as that is one of the joys of my life...it has been tough not having that in the morning.  And beer during Oktoberfest season will probably be out of hand...but that will be my splurge.)

The plan is to keep limiting dairy, fat, red meat & carbs per the Advocare guidelines - we pretty much do that anyway.  We will try to limit going out to eat...as that is when we make REALLY bad choices.