Advocare...

It's Tuesday! There's supposed to be some kind of like Winter Storm blowing through KS today, but so far I'm not seeing it! I am home though with Jack, he started barking like a seal last night...and a trip to Urgent Care this morning confirmed my fear of Croup! Yuck! And I just got a text from daycare that Norah has a fever! Kill.Me.Now.

I know y'all have heard about AdvoCare, right?!

No? Where have you been living? Under a rock?  Kidding...kind of!

Well, AdvoCare is a world-class nutrition company specializing in health and wellness, weight management, vibrant energy and sports performance!  My friend, Sarah, recently became an AdvoCare Distributor and just finished their 24 Day Challenge! Check out these results! Wowza!

Sarah started using AdvoCare products back in September 2013 and has lost 45 pounds to date!  She lost 7 pounds and 15 inches(2 pants sizes) during the 24 day challenge!  Here's what she had to say...

"I was the mom who spent $60 bucks at Starbucks a week just to make an additional 7-9 cups of coffee a day. I ate for emotion, not need. I treated my body poorly because I didn't know how to do anything else. I haven't had coffee since October and  It's amazing!

I have energy, my attitude has changed both towards food and myself, I'm able to not need a nap during the weekend days with a toddler running around at full force. I am happier, thanks to Oasis for sure! Haha, it's an attitude adjustment in a glass and just makes me feel amazing. I wish I would have known about AdvoCare years ago."

Now, I'm sure you already know I'm a LOVER of AdvoCare's Spark and I've also done their 10 Day Herbal Cleanse a few times in the past! I've been stalking Sarah's AdvoCare site for a couple days, trying to decide which NEW products to try! Eek!  I'm leaning towards Rehydrate, Catalyst, Carb-Ease, ThermoPlus or O2Gold...

Go check out Sarah's AdvoCare website HERE and tell me what you think!  If you have any questions about AdvoCare in general or any of their products you can email Sarah at stone.nashville@gmail.com. You can find her on Instagram (@hapgirl36)!

Have any of y'all used any of these? Which AdvoCare products are your favorites? Which ones do you want to try?

Now help me chose!? What should I try!?

I Worked Out + DietBetters...

Woot! Woot! Lot's to cover on this Bruno Mars Fine Ass Morning! Woo-Wee! Did y'all see that one game's halftime show last night?! Bruno. Bruno. Bruno.  #enoughsaid

I got a wild hair on Friday evening and decided I wanted to start a DietBet this week; I couldn't find one I particularly liked so what do you do!?!?...create your own, duh! I did a quick post HERE if you are interested in joining!  It starts today and ends on Feb. 28th, but you can still join whenever!  I've been so far off the healthy/workout train that I'm going to admit that since my half in November I've gained about 8 pounds!  Eek!  Granted, Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Years and My Birthday were all within that time span...it's still NOT ok...like at all!  Yuck!

I'm not sure what got in to me this weekend other then feeling super chubby and flabby and heavy, but I worked out like my life depended on it Saturday and even broke a sweat Sunday...Who am I?!  Sunday is a day of rest, no?!

Saturday P90X3 Double Trouble!   

Sunday "Kick Ass" Intervals on the Treadmill!  This shit was hard, my lower half was burning!

"Kick Ass" Interval Workout!!

Now I want y'all to meet some special ladies, special because they are all participating in and going to kick my DietBet's Ass! The group is fairly small, so I thought it would be fun and extra motivation to spotlight some of the ladies!

First up is my favorite Canadian (besides Justin Bieber), Jodi from Love and Crayons!

Hey everyone, my name is Jodi and you can usually find me on my blog at www.loveandcrayons.com, if I have actually  been blogging, which is very rare right now!!

Anyway, I got the email for Darci's diet bet and thought it is probably a good thing for me right now.  I have been trying to find motivation for so long, and can't seem to find it anywhere. I'm super cheap, so maybe spending money will actually get me off my ass and hopefully start losing some of this extra weight.

I wasn't always heavy, I was average.  Not too skinny, and not too heavy.  I've always had hips and a butt, and I liked them.  When I got pregnant with my first, he's 3 now, I gained a TON of weight.  Then got pregnant with my second and hadn't lost very much weight from the first pregnancy.  And this is where you find me now.  Two kids later, and still weighing about the same as shortly after having my second who is 16 months.  When my youngest was 8 months old, I ran my first half marathon. The sole reason for me running it, was to lose weight.  While I was training, I was still nursing him so with the extra calories needed for that and running such long distances, I maintained my weight.  I don't think I even lost 2 pounds through the whole process.  My "before" photos here are from July, when I entered another diet thing.  From July to the middle of September I lost about 20 pounds, I felt great.  I still had pounds to lose, but I wasn't pushing 200 anymore.  Then in October I went back to work after being on maternity leave for a year.  I got lazy.  I wasn't doing any form of exercise and wasn't watching what I ate.  So now I'm back to looking the way I do in the before photo and am weighing in at 188.  I've gained all of those 20 pounds right back. I'm  mad at myself for getting back to this point.

Now, my goal is to follow clean eating as much as possible.  I want to get back into my weekly yoga, and weekly short runs,  I'm not running for distance right now, but trying to increase my 5 and 10 k times.  I'm planning to run the color run in May, and would love to do it as close to 30 minutes as possible, if not under!!

I'm not looking to lose my curves, I love them, but I am wanting to shrink them and tone up.  I'm sick of being jiggly and having dimples in my thighs.  By summer I want to feel comfortable in a pair of shorts and possibly a bathing suit! This diet bet is where it all starts! So wish me luck, and don't cringe too bad at my photos!!

And just for good measure, I've included a BEFORE before photo of me on our honeymoon in 2008.  This is what I want to get back to looking like!!

I just love Jodi!  She is SO sweet and her 2 little men are super cute!  You can find her on Instagram too @loveandcrayons

Next we have, Amy! 

I "know" Amy from Instagram!! She is 36 years young and has the most important job in the world, she is a Teacher! When I was emailing with Amy she said she wants to lose 20 pounds before her Brother In Law's wedding this summer, but more importantly...she wants to instill healthy food habits for her 3 year old son (so awesome)! 
Amy is focusing on her vegetarian diet, running (she ran FIVE 5k races in 2013) and doing spin classes!

Good Luck, Amy! I know you will do great! You can find Amy on Instagram @pinkpirate00

Last, but definitely not least, I introduce you to Tracy!  
Tracy blogs over at Yea I Know I'm Short...

Hi, I'm Tracy! I'm 39 years old, married,  full time working mom of 2 girls a 5 ½ yr old and a 1 ½ yr old.  I live in Marietta, GA, a suburb of Atlanta, GA. I blog over at http://yeaiknowimshort.blogspot.com/

I started my weight loss journey after the birth of my second little girl, May 2012.  I left the hospital weighing 192 lb.  I'm 4’9 and that is just wayyyyyy too much for a shorty like me.  I got to 162 on my own after getting home from the hospital and before generally changing anything diet wise in August 2012.  I started My Fitness Pal that month.  I bought a treadmill on Craigslist for $50 and committed to walking 30 minutes a day.  I logged everything I ate and really took into consideration what actually went into my body.  I successfully made it to 120 in April 2013.  Needless to say, the weight is slowly creeping back up.

With the help of Darci and DietBet, I hope to kick start my weight loss AGAIN.  My goal is to get back to 120, ultimately I would love to be 110ish.  We shall see, a girl can dream right?  I plan to get all my water in on the daily and mixing up the workouts.  I plan on no pop at all this month, and if you know anything about me, you will know that right there is a feat in and of itself.  Good luck to all involved and lets do this.  

Tracy is also on Instagram @tjc1126

I'm so proud and inspired by the sheer fearlessness of these ladies to not only take the FIRST step and join the DietBet, but also to go much further and share not only their stories, but their pictures! You ladies ROCK!

I think I will have a few more "Meet the DietBetter" stories later this week, along with mine - well at least my before pictures! Ha! Love You, B Faces!

Darci's DietBet

Hey Y'all!  Quick post!  I just created a new DietBet that will start this Monday (11/3)!  The buy-in is only $20!  Go to www.dietbet.com and search "Darci's DietBet" or just click HERE!

If you are new to DietBet here's the skinny, pun intended, everyone pays the buy-in fee and submits their starting weight through the submission of 2 pictures (it's all private, no one has to see your pictures, no worries), the challenge is 4 weeks long and at the end of the 4 weeks whoever has lost 4% of their starting weight will split the total pot of the game!  The process will be the same for submitting your final weight at the end of the game!  I've done quite a few DietBet's and I love them every time - although I haven't always met my goal, the personal challenge is a great motivator!  Yay!

I did happen to notice that there is another DietBet game scheduled to start the same day with the name "Darcie's DietBet" that's not me!  Make sure you join the correct one..."Darci's DietBet" I don't have an E in my name!  Eek!

Join me, won't you?!  Xoxo

Say Whaaaaaaaat?!

Three Words: Gum. Tissue. Graft.

Say Whaaaaaat?!

Please tell me someone has heard of this?! No? Well until yesterday I hadn't either...but lucky for me I will get to experience not one, not two, but THREE gum tissue grafts in approximately three weeks time! Oy...

So here's the short story, I have GREAT teeth, but shit gums (who knew).  I went to a Periodontist yesterday who said, "Oh year, we need to do grafts...these are too far gone, you've already had bone loss and your roots are starting to show in a couple places..." Say Whaaaaaaaaat?! I guess you can't always have your cake and eat it too, I have nice ass teeth, like not one cavity in my adult teeth, but she said I have thin, weak gums and that little muscle thing that attaches your lip to your face I guess - well it's too short?!  I don't know, but basically that combo, along with getting Invisalign about 6 years back and shifting all my teeth was the perfect recipe for making sure I drop a GRAND PER TOOTH on this gum tissue graft BS (thank goodness for dental insurance, which will totally help with the cost)!

The procedure; they basically shave gum tissue from the roof of my mouth and then I guess graft, sew, glue, whatever the roof tissue to my gums.  I'm talking my bottom teeth, the two in the middle and then the one to the right.  It's all done under local anesthesia, even though I'd prefer to be knocked out, so I can drive myself there and drive myself home, picking up lots of high dosage narcotics on the way!  She did say that I'd be sore for 5-10 days, but that I wouldn't be sore at the graft site, but rather where they take the tissue from on the roof of my mouth!  I'm quoting this, "Have you ever burnt your mouth on like a hot piece of pizza?  Yeah, it's like that, but think 100 times worse!" Say Whaaaaaat?!

This shit storm is scheduled to go down on February 20th...until then, let's leave this as a to be continued...

That Is So Not Ok...

I know I'm not the only super hot chick with a bikini not ready body, that looks around this great big world we live in and just thinks "That is so not ok!?"  It's very similar to What.The.Fuck? or Is.That.For.Real? I know you know what I'm talking about and we all do it...like all the time.

Lately, I've been seeing alot of repeat offenders, which got me thinking...maybe people don't know these things are so not ok and maybe I should help them, thus brings you my brilliant idea for today's post! Yay!

Let's get to it...

[one] Leggings that show your camel toe...not ok... 

I'm totally #teamleggingsaspants just like the next girl, but for the LOVE ladies! Look in the mirror and check that big toe, it's the biggest one on your body; if you can see it CHANGE YOUR SHIRT!  

[two] Ball Sack Trailer Hitches...not ok...

I established this yesterday in my SWW post, but I just don't understand why?  And I sure as shit don't understand the obligatory picture sitting on your ball sack?!

[three] Plucked to Jesus Eyebrows...not ok...

I've said it before and I will say it a million times more if needed; PUT DOWN THE TWEEZERS AND BACK AWAY!  I think we can all agree none of these look ok?!

[four] Dudes that take gym selfies...not ok...

I know I'm one to talk about gym selfies or selfies in genreal for that matter, but #imsorryimnotsorry I just can't take a dude seriously that takes gym selfies. I can't. Period.

[five] Matching your eye shadow to your shirt...not ok...

If you are Selena Gomez, you can do whatever you want - even though, personally, it still looks jacked! If not, well, I wish you luck. It's just not a good look!

I'm going to bounce now that I've sufficiently probably insulted EVERYONE!  Just remember, these are my personal opinions and are in no way directed at any single individual in particular. 

What have you seen lately that had you saying "That is so not ok?!"