24 Day Challenge

Today, I started the 24-Day Challenge on Advocare.

I had been considering it for a long time, but it wasn't until I had a chat with my brother-in-law's wife (does that make her my sister-in-law?), that I finally felt the push to give it a go. What did I have to lose? At least a few pounds right?

I've been kind of stagnant in weight loss lately.

Although, from my highest weight ever which was in 2011, I've officially lost 25lbs! Yay! I never want to see that weight again. I just want the scale to keep going down.

This year has blown by so quickly that I just don't know where it has gone.

Over the summer, after we returned from a trip to Europe, I tried my hand at Pure Barre. It was great. The first couple of classes (and the soreness that followed) were kind of torturous, but after that I felt great. I liked it so much because while you're burning calories and toning all the major problem areas for women, you're not exerting crazy effort. Instead, it's all about the isometric holds and tucking.

A whole lot of tucking.

Right when I started going to Pure Barre classes, the studio had started a 30-day challenge. Attending at least 20 classes in 30 days. While that didn't sound too daunting before signing up, after looking at my schedule, I was really going to have to commit myself to it. Luckily, since it was summer, and no photo shoots lined up because it's freakishly hot outside, I was able to do it.

The gold stars didn't hurt either.

It's so weird and silly that a little thing like a gold star could help me along in the challenge. But I was determined to get those stars, dang it. And I did. I was thrilled to have completed the challenge and did not give up half way through or something.

I continued Pure Barre through August and issued myself another 30 Day Challenge.

But let's be honest, Pure Barre is not the cheapest workout on the block.

Come September, I decided to opt out of Pure Barre, since it's an expensive (though worth it if you can afford it) workout choice. I turned to my trusty Turbo Fire to get back into kickboxing and burning some major calories!

I've been doing a mix of Turbo Fire and P90X (but honestly, I've only done one P90X class since I've been super busy with photo shoots and ordering appointments).

So when my husband and I went back to Georgia a few weeks ago to hang out with his family, I talked to them about it. His brother and wife are Advocare distributors, and she is training for a bodybuilding competition (she has big biceps and is proud of it), so she talked me through the 24-Day Challenge which is the best introduction to Advocare products. She told me about her results and how her hormonal levels reset, and considering that we are built similarly, I thought that I could give it a try.

So I started it today. I plan on staying on track. Even with Thanksgiving next week.

It doesn't hurt that the little booklet had checkmarks.

Whatever works, right?