If It's Not Coming Out, Then It's Not Coming OFF

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BABY!!!

You are all getting to know me quite well by now. I like to talk about the forbidden subjects. I'm not a Dr. nor have I played one on T.V.   I'm just Andrea trying to help some people out using my own life experiences. Have you ever seen those elderly ladies with pregnant belly's? Ya, I believe it's OLD, STINKY POOP! One thing I know is the fat I have had on my body is jiggly but the "prego with poop" belly is firm and hard. Let me say it like this- If it's not coming out then, it's not coming off! Meaning if you are struggling with losing weight, this might be the reason why. Or in other cases maybe you cannot seem to gain weight. This issue can keep your body from being healthy and maintaining a healthy weight. A lot women suffer from this issue, but few talk about. It's funny, because when I ask people how their bathroom habits are, they answer in a whisper and kind of mumble under their breath. In order to get healthy and lose fat you have to eliminate waste 2 to 3 times a day. Yes! I said, "2 to 3 times a day". I'm going to keep this simple. I don't think anyone is going around saying..................

So Here are some simple solutions -

Do not eat:
Bananas
Peanut Butter
Green Apples
These are all constipating!

Some solutions-
Drink a gallon of water a day- even if you are bloated from it. It will help flush the system
Add in Extra Fiber with your breakfast
Eat an Orange, grape Fruit, and Red Apple before bed- yes that's a lot of food but over time it helps get things moving.

If you REALLYYYYY LOVE YOUR TUMMY

                             AND YOU WANT IT TO FEEL AMAZING AND FLAT......

Here is my personal solution to this issue-
I do a cleanse every 90 days. It's GENTLE and UNEVENTFUL, go to work and do your daily routine. This literally changed my life. I used to be exhausted, bloated, constipated, and DANG GRUMPY because of it. I mean who can feel good or happy being all backed up with .....? Can I say crap? Ok well, I did.   Fact is- once I started pooping regularly (2 to 3) times a day, my body was a fat burning machine. My skin and complexion went from being dull to clear and glowing! oh and as a bonus,you will lose some weight and inches as well!!

Here is my personal solutions:

You can find all the items below by clicking here- ADVOCARE. You will also get me for free to coach you and give you all the info such as food items you need to Love your Tummy.

• Herbal Cleanse - must start here
• Spark- wouldn't go a day without it
• Probiotics- may need to add in to get your good bacteria up to par
• Fiber drinks- everyone needs fiber

Ya Gotta Tabata!

Everyone is trying to do something to trim down or tone up. If you are anything like me this does not entail working out. I know, I know, not everyone wants to hear that I lost a total of 100lbs by eating and supplementing and NOT exercising, BUT it's the truth. I recently went to a women's event and got a workout revelation. I realized another truth... My butt jiggles and in the after quake of my butt jiggling, my thighs shake ! I'm rethinking my stance on not working out.

 I sat at my table listening to Jenny Donelly speak about having a slight edge in life.. anything in life can be a slight edge in the positive or the negative. The only problem with my ears was that my eyes were checking out Jenny's butt. I was day dreaming about how amazing it looked and wondering how she got that thing, and how it would look on me!?? I'm sorry, that's a girl for ya. OMG, HOW'D YOU GET THAT BUTT?! I want one! That phrase can be translated into every area of our lives right? OMG, WHERE'D YOU GET THAT OUTFIT? OMG WHERE'D YOU GET YOUR HAIR DONE?  Stop thinking I'm weird and don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about, girls can be ruthless. HA HA Back to The Slight edge: Simple discipline repeated over time will create success. I'm going over my notes and I'll give you the simple solutions to having that transformation of "success" over time ( success being a firm butt and toned thighs of course).

Exercise Shapes your body, what you put in your mouth let's your shape be seen. Eating is what you do everyday that will accumulate over time to achieve either weight gain or weight loss. You can achieve a Slight edge in the negative or a slight edge in the positive. You can decide what your results will be over time by eating INTENTIONALLY. I learned how to eat intentionally and how to supplement my diet to get the fat off my body but now it's time to take things to a new level. It's time to TABATA!!

Jenny Showed us a few moves, which caused the shaking and quaking, but she say's Tabata is pretty much what she does for her workout. It was a 4 minute drill consisting of squats and punches. You can go at whatever speed you want because we all start at different physical abilities.   The goal is to do as many squats ( tapping your butt on a chair positioned behind you) as you can in 20 seconds, rest for 10 sec then arm punches for 20 sec and rest for 10. Repeat this for 4 minutes.  You can add more sets of 4 minute drills as you progress. Now, for people who have been working out for a while, you can kick it up a notch by jumping in the air at the top of your squat. Needless to say, I did NOT jump. I'm lucky I even made it back up from tapping my butt on my chair. My tap almost turned into " I've fallen and I can't get up". By the grace of God I made it through, although my punching was in slow motion in order to sloooooow the jiggling down.

Remember one time of working out isn't going to do much but if you
1. Eat intentionally
2. Tabata 3 days a week
3. Stay consistent
In 90 days you can expect to see a change. I'm such an instant gratification person. I would work out one day and expect to see firm muscles. When I didn't, I would think, "well, all that nasty sweat and pain is NOT worth it". Now I think of everything in 90 day cycles. Just know that doing Tabata 3 days a week rolls into 12 times a month, which rolls into 36 times in 3 months, and ultimately 144 times in a year. Guess what... that's 144 more times you worked out than the year before. Your body has no choice but to change it's shape and conform to what you are intentionally doing. Just be sure you intentionally change what you are putting in your mouth because all that hard work doing Tabata won't be seen unless you shed the inches to show it off.

For more info on what to put in your mouth - CLICK HERE ( it comes with a menu of what I suggest to eat for optimal results) This is exactly what I do everyday.

For more info on Tabata and other routines CLICK HERE ( Jenny Donnelly's workout)

Slow Your Roll......

I love to confess my mess... maybe I do this too often, but I do it because there is SOMEONE out there who will-
1. Laugh
2. Enjoy truth at my expense
3. Feel like they are not alone
4 Get transparent with themselves and God
5.Realize "It's Time and make CHANGES

We women love to be the master of disguise. There is non better at that than me. I have been able to cover up many flaws and help draw attention some place else. Alright!  There are a few times I couldn't. Like once when I had a MASSIVE zit on my face..You know the one that you knew better than to ever touch but you did it anyway? Ya .... that one.....I did  the forbidden. I picked at it knowing full well it was one of those things that was going to just show itself and leave when it wanted to. I threw caution to the wind and went for it. UGH.. It was under my eye, close to my nose... I caked on makeup to try to disguise it. Long story short..I felt compelled to point it out because I was talking to a group of people and I KNEW they could see it.  I knew I could see it on my own dang face when I looked down HAHA Im so laughing as I write this.(one of my Pastors who I love dearly)  said, " What? I never noticed any zit? Are you talking about your third eye"?!!! lol! OMG I loved him and hated him all at the same time. I LOVE TRUTH!! even when it hurts, it's a hurt feel good.

Something like this.......just saying

 How did I get that off track?  The truth is... I was a master at covering my rolls to make it "SEEM" like I had this smooth silhouette at whatever size I was. OK at 230lbs I wasn't smoothing much out but I was camouflaging. Take note that I wore all colors of overalls and hid behind things and people, mostly small children. I distinctly remember not wanting my picture taken here. I was 9mos prego and I grabbed the baby, held her in this particular position, then took the blanket she was wrapped in and SET IT on my butt! It was strategically placed there. My butt was like it's own entity. HA.. you know what I'm talking about don't you......???


 I had all the tactics down. I could squeeze into a tight pair of pants and a snug shirt and wrap a sweater around my waist. Uh, juuuust in case I get cold? ErR ummm you know.. it gets windy sometimes, I might need it. RIIIIGHT?!

As the years went on I got better at this roll coverage.. after all, there were a lot to cover. I mean, you got the back fat from the bra roll, ( I would've started with the double chin, but I couldn't cover that, ok wait I could have done the turtle neck but....) you got the above belly button roll, muffin top roll, what's tucked in those jeans roll (don't lie, you know wha I'm talking about)  awkwarrrrd......

I managed to figure out how to smooth all that junk out to not look so rolly. I used to wear a cami under everything, a pair of extra coverage, with extra support undergarment. ( AKA: granny panties) The "perfect" pair of jeans ( AKA :the Mom jean) to smooth out all that extra "more of me to lovenesssss" going on.

You feel me here?

NOW----- For some hard cold facts... everyone could see it. I wasn't fooling myself or anyone else, but I did feel better about it. I mean, it was ALL I could do at the time. Do what you gotta do girls until you can get where you wanna go. It takes time. That's just part of life. What's not cool is when you lie to yourself and you don't make changes. DISCLAIMER HERE:This is my personal experience, people participating in reading this blog just may disagree with me, everyone is entitled to their personal opinion. Fortunately for me, this is a blog about my opinions ..YAY ME!

Moving right along here...... I did not feel attractive with all that going on. My clothes were tight, cutting my stomach in half. I was always pulling on the layers of clothes to straighten them out. Pulling up my Granny Panties, so they do whatever the heck they do for the lower half. ( BTW there is deliverance for those girls! It's called me smacking you for wearing them lolI'm laughing but not joking)  (grumbling under my breath... ugh) It's all just SO TIGHT! It kinda hurts. I know some people take it farther than I did and just use full body suckerInners. yikes! I'm pretty sure that's the technical term for them....suckerInners?


What's my solution to all these crazy tactics we women resort to? Oh wait, I didn't address the men.. Um.. ya Dude, take a lesson from the women and layer up man. Don't just let it all hang out, do whatcha gotta do until you are ready to slow your roll. Gotta love on that man of God too ladies and help a dude out with some truth!  OKAY Back to you, Beautiful woman of God- It's time ... When you have to go through all of that just to feel better about how you look in your clothes, wouldn't you say it's just time for change? Oh Dear Lord, let our ears hear, and our eyes see that there is freedom from all of that silliness. It's time to be honest with ourselves. Love yourself enough to invest in you. You can do something about it and love how you feel everyday. Once I finally committed to change and investing in me, I never looked back. I wear the same size jeans for 6 years ( minus my 9mos of pregnancy at age 34, I went up 2 pant sizes)  If you take the upfront time now to be transparent with yourself, you will have the rest of your life to enjoy the freedom of just getting dressed. The freedom of throwing on aT-shirt and jeans and running out the door... WOW, no more pulling, yanking, sucking in, throwing yourself on the bed in a sweat, zipping up jeans...... just.... throwing.. them... on... and walk out.

 For those of you Beautiful women of God that are already on this journey and you are investing into your health and your body for all the reasons above and XYZ other reasons you may have... Keep it up. Do the roll covering thingy for a minute but don't settle for that. The only variable in life is you. No one, no situation, no thing can stop you from getting to your destination of freedom from restrictive, roll squeezing, fat squishing, uncomfortable clothes. You are on your way, each day you are one day closer to your goal. It doesn't matter where you start, it only matters where you finish!
For those of you who want to slow your roll and you want help.. That's who I am.. I'm help in the form of a Woman, a Wife, and a Mom... Be Blessed
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