So I have been mulling over something the last few days. The scale is absolutely driving me bonkers. After my 24 day challenge the 1st time around I got down to 223. Then, my monthly hit and I retained water, allowed myself to get off track and I got up to 230. Then I went on a 4 day road trip. I did not do horrible but I had 2 dinners that were not great. Did not get on the scale when I got home but on Day three of eating clean and doing my 10 day cleanse, I'm up a couple more pounds. What?!?!?! And you know what that makes me wanna do? Just say 'screw it' and head to the closest Taco Bell! I'm running TO the Border baby!

This is how I have always ticked. If the scale doesn't move down, I go off on a food tangent. If the scale DOES move then I reward myself with, you guessed it, more food. This has got to stop. All of these behaviors I have traced back to the bathroom scale. That sucker has been tormenting me for 18 years and I'm done. I will not be controlled by that number any longer. Over the past year or so, I have posted my actual weight. In the beginning that was so super hard to do. Now I am going to do something that is going to be even harder for me. Tomorrow morning I will be weighing myself. Then, I will be handing the scale over to my husband for him to hide. I will eat clean, I will exercise and I will do it because that is what is good for me, not because the number on the scale is going down. I will do it not to watch the number but to teach my children healthy habits.

The plan is that, I will not step on the scale again until August 1st. Then again September 1st and so on. If I do what I am supposed to do, eat clean, exercise, then the number on the scale will go down. It will not go down just because I am watching it.

So, it has been almost 3 months since I started my 24 day challenge. What has changed? Well, I def. view food much differently than I have in the past. I have tried to stick to a clean eating plan but with anything you start allowing yourself one treat, going out to eat, not watching portion sizes and you just roll into this progressively bigger snowball. So. That was where I was two days ago. So. Yesterday I started doing another cleanse, getting back to good habits and starting to actively exercise. I am still actively using Advocare supplements, the Spark, Catalyst, OmegaPlex and the vitamins for the kids. I am still actively sharing with people about Advocare and have even had a few people want to change their lives too. That makes me happy. If there are others out there that want to try it and maybe are afraid, please talk to me!! I was afraid to try too! I was afraid it wouldnt work! I was afraid of doing all the work and not getting any results. You will get results if you do the work. Someone asked me the other day ' you are going to spend the money and do another challenge?' My reply ' yes! You don't understand! Being on the other side, it is so worth it! It is worth the time, the money, the sacrifice! '

Soooooo worth it.