If you could.... Would you?

 Hey? What's wrong with this picture? Why aren't we living the way I dreamed about as a little girl? I realized we are broke... we live paycheck to paycheck. And.... sadly, I was a grumpy Mom, tired of  not being able to buy Easter outfits for the kids so they can all match my pretty new dress. Wait a sec, I can't even afford the darn dress either! GRRR

 In the last year, my life took a dramatic turn when we decided we wanted more for our family....I now get to spend everyday with my kids... I don't feel grumpy and I am able to pour into their life as well as many other families lives... we now earn an extra $5,000 a month on the side of my husbands full time job. We will double Jeff's full time income in the next year and he will be a full time Dad working part time from home with me.  It's small sacrifices now so we can have a lot of TIME with our kids. AND.... I think I'll get the Easter dress and outfits this year.... just saying

This is one of my proudest moments today.. making this tower with my 3 year old. Who kept saying, " this is awesome Mommy"!! He kept hugging me over and over. THIS moment together made his day. Who's making your kids day?

If you had a chance to be home with your babies.. physically, emotionally, and mentally- would you take it? If you could leave a job you aren't passionate about that doesn't pay you what you're worth- would you do it? If we told you we could help you earn $1-10K per month, or more, from home while being the mom or dad you are called to be- would you listen? Moms ARE coming home, Dads ARE coming home- you could join us. Will you? Listen to this call from earlier today that was recorded by Mom's from across the country as they shared why they're ON FIRE for AdvoCare
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You can ignore this and continue the rat race of life or.....You can have the incredible life and family we dreamed of as kids...

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

LET'S TALK ABOUT

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
HELPmeSLOWmyROLL

What's My Why?

What's my why? Why do share Advocare with everyone? Why won't I shut up about it? I have no idea what people's questions are, but I do have answers. So, if you don't know my story, here is the quick version. I was fat and I was tired- 230lbs and went through a tough journey on getting my body back. I am now on a new journey of helping people not only trim down or tone up but my husband and I are changing peoples finances. Why? Because Jeff and I were married 16 years in March. We looked deep into our lives and asked ourselves, "Did we accomplish our dreams so far and what are we going to accomplish in the next 2 to 5 years"?

 The answer was kinda... no we didn't, and we see ourselves in the same place in 2 years. We had a failed business venture in Seattle, we lost our house, I wrecked my car 2 years ago, couldn't afford another one, we are still renting a house, still not going on vacations, my house is still not decorated, still maxed out for time, still not going on dates, still not giving away money like we dreamed. We realized we were not accomplishing our dreams and goals we had when we first got married and we didn't see that changing anytime soon unless we did something different... 

  We knew it worked to get people physical results and we personally knew a couple from Seattle( Wayne and Sarah )that was making about 1000.00 a month when we got started 6 years ago. Just recently they made 78,000 in one month. They are my age. We knew that if they could do it, so could we. They just made a decision to help people, while we decided to keep struggling the old fashioned way.

 So in March... we decided to share with purpose. We decided to fulfill our calling. Since before Jeff and I were married, until the present time, about 10-15 different people (who did not know us) have prophesied that we would be making a 7 figure income, to be a major conduit of wealth into Gods Kingdom. Now that was exciting and intimidating before March 2011, because we were definitely NOT doing that yet. Now, we see it coming into fruition. We are not only able to create our own wealth but we are helping to create wealth with other families so they can give to God's Kingdom as well. HOW AMAZING IS GOD. This is our why.. we wanted to walk in our purpose, fulfill our destiny, stop telling our kids we would go on this trip and never do it, stop saying, "one day", stop saying, "no sorry, not this time", stop saying, "I can't afford it", stop saying,"I wish I could help that family out".

We realized, WHY NOT US? Why couldn't we change our circumstances? The only thing we did... was DECIDE! That's it... it was a decision to Dream, change, help people and use Advocare to do it.... then we began to GIVE. We gave time we didn't have, we gave love, and poured into people who didn't believe in themselves, helped other families do the same and GOD DID THE REST. He just needed a Vessel to be willing to decide to do something different. As we got our eyes off ourselves and helped others create income on the side, our income grew too. We went from making between 500-800 in March to almost 3,000 in the last 4 weeks with the same amount of time and effort. We don't all have the same why but, we all have a WHY... what's yours? Jeff and I have a vehicle to help you dream again...... It's not for everybody... but it could be for you.
  Its all about how you spend your time, that will determine where you will be in your future.

    WHERE WILL YOU BE IN 2 YEARS..What words will you be telling yourself or your children?
                                       Championsfitforlife@gmail.com
                                            

Wearing A Fat Suit...

         THE FAT SUIT

I found a picture of the beautiful Kate Walsh in a fat suit. She's never actually been a fat girl but "she played one on tv". I on the other hand was a fat girl in real life...

Last night I was looking through pictures trying to decide what I would write about for my Monday Healthy Living Blog. I said, "ok holy Spirit, lead me to what you want me to share". As I looked through these pictures of the early years of my marriage and the "having children years", I started to get pissed. I'm not play'n. I threw pictures down in front of my husband of me at age 23, and 25 totally fat and giving birth. My hair was stupid and my clothes were ridiculous. Half the time during my fat suit years I was wearing HIS CLOTHES! It was all I could fit in and it was all we could afford. I yelled at my husband ( as he sat at his computer paying no attention to my ranting) and said, "WHY!? WHY ME? Why did I have to experience this? Why couldn't I have just NOT had to go through that. It's not at all how I thought life would be for me"!!!! I had all these memories that flooded my head about how I felt and what I thought back then. I hated myself, hated the way I felt everyday. I hated the fact that I was so exhausted and cranky towards my children. Ya, some of it had to do with lack of character and immaturity. BUT a lot of it had to do with not knowing who I was. I would look in the mirror and catch myself off guard, "WHOTHEHECKISTHAT"?! oh....ya.....it's me. I always felt like I was wearing a fat suit. I didn't identify with this body. It felt so separate from me...but it was me?.......

I know some people will never relate because they have never struggled with weight, praise God you didn't. We all have our journey. This was mine. The Holy Spirit quickly reminded me that I have a purpose and a destiny to help people unzip those fat suits and step out of them. I sit here next to my husband again, typing this blog as a lump develops in my throat, my nose starts to tingle with snot, my eyes well up, tears streaming down my cheeks and Zavier (the baby) screams in my ear while I remember how God took my  situation and turned it around so that I can help others experience life through different eyes. I can help others get healthy so that they don't have to even go through the fat suit years. I thank God for the heart of compassion that he has given me. I think quite possibly I couldn't have the heart I have unless I overcame the fat suit.
 I always post my video journey because I have to share what the Lord has brought me through and because I know there are people that he has specifically called me to help. If you are a little or a lot overweight, under weight or you are just tired and need more energy...I have been CALLED by God to help change your life. I feel better than ever at age 37 than I did in this picture at age 25 and I'm destined to help others feel this way too!

Unfortunately I didn't have Advocare in my life from the beginning as you will see in my video. Now that I have for 6 years, this is what I take currently and what I start people on, along with a healthy eating plan to maximize results.
My Website

• Spark
• Herbal Cleanse (every 90 days)
• MNS MAX E
• Meal Replacement Shakes
• Catalyst
• Breakfast Bars                                                    

                                                                             

                      

Things you get a 100% satisfaction Guarantee on....and things you DON'T

Just had some random thoughts.... follow the picture links to my personal solutions for the greatest success in these areas of my life

                                         100% satisfaction Guaranteed

                                                   Amazing love, how can it be that you alone died for me?

God's Love

Life Changing Everyday! If you don't see the changes in 24 days..You get your $ back! Nothing to lose but extra fat with this healthy challenge..I personally coach you through your journey. Check out my video journey in my past blogs below.

100% SATISFACTION

Love to go in the dressing room for 2 hrs while the employees bring me clothes to try on..

One of my fav places to buy shoes

Things that do Not have Satisfaction Guarantee..... just saying...

Marriage is not a match made in heaven. BUT...

By the Grace of God it can last til we go to heaven with much fulfillment in Christ and

with Agape LOVE

                      

Children- Such a Blessing... no satisfaction guarantee on how they will turn out when we are through trying to raise them with the time we have. There is a love that you have for your children that could never be put into words. I wonder sometimes..if we love our children like that, how must that feel for God? The depth of His love is amazing and we will never even scratch the surface in this life

hair cuts- they might say you get 100% satisfaction Guarantee,

but once they cut it off you have to wait for it to regrow it so they can CUT IT AGAIN??!

You have to be kidding me???