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If you've gotten here then you probably already know about AdvoCare or have been researching healthy eating and tip ideas. I've been on AdvoCare's products since March 2012. I was introduced to it the January before by my BFF (I'm going old school with the acronyms..Best Friend Forever!) and was definitely very interested in them because she looked AH-MAZING! But I was recently married, living on a substitute teacher income and fresh into my "adult career" workforce. I thought that I couldn't afford it. The 24 Day Challenge was super pricey, but I wanted to know more. If you know me even a little, I research the crud on just about everything! I needed to do my research first.
You see, I've always dealt with a weight problem. I've always been overweight for my age and height. And I've tried everything I could think of...in high school, I dieted, took Aerobics class every quarter, etc., etc. but when I was 15 I realized that I was turning to food to comfort myself from an underlaying issue of depression. I could eat a whole can of chocolate frosting in one sitting. I could drink 2 liters of soda in one day. When I was a senior in high school, I unhealthly lost 40 lbs in roughly 4 months. I thought I was set and smoking hot...but the emotional eater in me and the stresses from my 1st year in college packed on 55 lbs.
Flash to 5 years later, New Years Day 2012. I looked in the mirror and saw stretch marks under my belly button. I sat on the toilet and cried. What had I done to myself? Later that day, I met up with the BFF and she changed my life forever...
Anyway, later that night I hopped online and looked up everything I could find: their website, distributor's websites, recipes, inspirational stories...even the websites that call it a hoax and a total waste of money. The next morning, I was 85% convinced that it was the real deal. But I still needed more and this time I wanted to hear from someone else then my BFF (it's not like I don't trust her, but hearing it from a complete stranger made it seem real to me). The BFF hooked me up with her advisor, G, and I think we had a good 1.5 hour phone call that day.
It wasn't until after I talked to G that I was hooked. I ditched my Starbucks runs for a few weeks and sold some items at my local swap meet to come up with the cash. On March 4, 2012 I started my first 24 Day Challenge. I won't lie...it was difficult. Following new recipes, resisting temptation, drinking a GALLON of water every day and then, to top it off, a preschooler sneezed on me and I got an ear infection! BUT after the first few days, I found myself with a ton more energy, feeling fuller and not over eating, and powering (I mean POWERING!) through my workouts at the gym.
Wanna know my results?!?! After 24 Days, I went from 208.2 lbs (my heaviest EVER) to 196.2 (that's a loss of 12 lbs!) and lost 9.75" off my body...HOLY COW! I decided to create a blog about my journey, recipes that I find and try and a place to offer support and guidance to others like myself.
Here's the proof pic:
Love,
Cynthia
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