I don’t know how many people have heard of Advocare, but it seems to be the new craze. A while ago, I caught wind of it, and put it on the back burner. Then, it popped up again and again. I heard lots of people talking about it, and saw many people have amazing results with their health while using the product. A lot of people, me included, are drawn to advocare for their claim to fame, their 24 day challenge. This 24 day challenge promises to help you lose weight, and inches, in just 24 days. This promise, comes at a price of a whopping $190.00.
Let me first say that I am a TOTAL skeptic. I do not believe in fad diets. You can go to book stores and find books on ANY and EVERY diet out there. Cut out sugar, cut out carbs, cut out fruits, cut out veggies. Weight watchers, south beach, etc. etc. etc…. I have never tried any of these diets. I have always believed that the good old fashioned style of eating a healthy, lean, well balanced diet and exercise. I think people’s biggest problem is that they don’t want to admit that they have to work hard to get results. People want INSTANT results. We live in a world, where there are pills, surgeries, drops, etc. etc. that promise fast results that claim that you can practically live on the couch watching tv eating potato chips, take a pill, and be skinny. Trust me, if that was at all a reality, I would take it. I LOVE food, I LOVE going to happy hour, I LOVE wine. Eating clean and healthy has never been easy for me. I wish I was one of those people that it came easy for, but I am not. I also HATE working out. I always claimed that I “didn’t have time to work out” among dozens of other excuses. Its funny because, I have plenty of time to go to happy hour with a friend, or watch a 2 hour episode of The Bachelorette. Yet I sit and say that I don’t have time to put my health first, because I commute to work, and work 40 hours a week. We will get to this part a little later. I apologize already because I tend to jump around all over the place and lose track of my point.
Back to Advocare—the more I SAW the change in people the more I wanted to know more about this whole Advocare thing. I finally gave in. I did the 24 day challenge. The 24 day challenge is basically products that aid you in making a lifestyle change. It is not a fad diet, and it does not END after the 24 days. It is a jumpstart to help you get on the right track. If you are like me, you have tried the whole diet and exercise thing, and after about 2 weeks, you see no results, and think to yourself, why the heck am I doing this? Advocare changed that for me. It gave me INSTANT results. I bought a scale, and weighed myself. I weighed myself every morning. Day 1, I was down 2 pounds. Day 2, another pound and a half. Little by little, I was watching the pounds just fall off. I was eating clean, taking care of my body, and following the simple steps that Advocare was teaching me, and sure enough, I saw results. I went to the store to buy some new jeans, grabbed my regular size, and headed to the dressing room. This was on day 12. I got in the dressing room and put on the jeans, THEY WERE TOO BIG. Talk about a HUGE self esteem booster! There is nothing better than finding out you are a size smaller. At this point, I was a believer! I completed the challenge, and I lost 20 pounds. I didn’t take measurements at the start of my challenge, but I really wish that I did. I have heard that a lot of other people lose more inches than pounds. Either way, I had FANTASTIC results.
Aside from the weight loss, I felt AMAZING. I have never felt better in my life. I have more energy, I am happier, and I feel so much more drive for my life. I am excited for everyday. I put a bikini on and actually felt more confident than I have felt in a long time.
Yes, its $190 dollars. If you are like me, that’s a chunk of change. Especcially to spend on something you aren’t sure about. It’s a commitment, but its SO worth it. How often do you go to the mall, and splurge on clothes that you aren’t even happy wearing because you are unhappy with what they are covering up. How often do you go to the bar and buy ridiculously over-priced drinks? How often do you go out to dinner, and fill your body with LARGE portions that are drenched in grease? Add up all these little expenses, and invest in your health. You only get ONE body, and ONE chance at your life. Shouldn’t this be your NUMBER 1 priority?
For me, I looked at the BIG problem. I looked at the end result. I looked at the fact I wanted to lose 30 pounds. Thinking about losing 30 pounds was exhausting. The moment I thought of that, all I could think about was “how am I ever going to find the time to exercise for that long?” “I don’t have time to prepare healthy food” “30 pounds is going to take MONTHS to lose”. Finally, even with the help of advocare, I began to understand that conquering the BIG goal isn’t something that happens in one day, and is WAY to exhausting to try to think about at once. I have already lost 20 pounds, and I can tell you it didn’t happen in one day. Like I said before, I lost one pound, and then I lost another. Some days, I didn’t lose anything, but I didn’t gain anything either. One pound at a time, got me to 5 pounds. Then I hit eight pounds, eventually, I hit twenty! This made me realize that all I have to do is concentrate on NOW. What am I going to eat for THIS meal? How am I going to fit exercise into my day today? Taking it one day at a time, is so much easier.
Another common problem that I hear is that people cant find a good time to start eating healthy and taking care of their body, or committing to the challenge. I was this person. “Well I have a birthday party this weekend, so I will probably eat really bad.” “I am going on vacation, so maybe when I get back.” “I have a happy hour to go to tomorrow, and I will probably want to have a drink.” Do any of these sound familiar? Trust me, if you allow things like this to get in your way, you will NEVER do it. There is never a convenient time.
I didn’t stop my life. My fiancé decided that he didn’t want to do the challenge with me, although I wanted him to. I recognize that this is a commitment and personal choice that you have to make, or it wont work, so I didn’t push it. I also did not let him not wanting to participate in it get in my way. It shouldn’t. This is about YOU. There were times that he wanted to go out to dinner places. I didn’t whine, I didn’t say that I didn’t want to go. Instead, I went. I ordered water. I started realizing that there are so many healthy options. So many restaurants offer “500 calories or less” options, or smaller portioned appetizers that are still PLENTY of food. Even kids meals at a lot of places are much more portion and calorie friendly. I didn’t let my choice stop me from my social life, or from doing things. I just figured out that I could still make a healthy choice regardless of what the people with me are doing.
The 24 day challenge has impacted and changed my life in SO many ways that I have made a decision to start selling it. I am not a product pusher, and I am not into pressuring people. I am not trying to sell something that I haven’t personally done. I believe in advocare, and I believe in the change it has done on my body. I want other people to experience what I have experienced and want to share success with others, in hopes that they will overcome whatever obstacle that is holding them back in order to put their health first.
If you have any desire to try the 24 day challenge, and have ANY questions, please let me know and I would be thrilled to help you!
Below is my advocare site!
www.advocare.com/130628878
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