Black Dress 1 year later

A little over a year ago I took that picture on the left May 10th to be precise, I had lost about 30 pounds at the time, now I'm down 54 pounds, feeling great, been taking loads of walks lately, and I'm eating a strict raw fruits and veggies diet.  Turbo Fire will resume in a few days after I make sure my ankle is ok after I fell and twisted it yesterday while stepping off a curb.

A new challenge!

Recently I made some new, fabulous and fit friends! They invited me to join them in training for a fitness show. And I said yes!

I've been so stagnant in my motivation for weight loss and this was just the thing I needed to get me back at it again. I have a little under 6 months to get into fitness show condition, I have probably a good 60 pounds to lose to be lean enough for the show. So I'm stepping up my workouts, I'm doing Turbo Fire still but I'm throwing in some self made strength training workouts.

I'm cleaning up my diet sooo much more, even more than it already was, and I'm counting my calories again. I had been doing 1800-2000 a day and now I'm doing 1400-1600, I've been doing Juice meals with my juicer two or 3 times a week and drinking Strawberry Shakeology every day. I am so excited, and scared. Scared I won't lose enough in time, really scared because I have to lose 10 pounds a month! I'm scared of being in a bikini in front of so many people. Basically parading around in your underpants. Yes I KNOW my site is full of progress pictures of me in my underwear, however that's online, you don't have to see those people seeing you! But despite all of my fears, I'm doing this, and I'm doing it for me.

I'm pushing through my fears and I'm going to finish transforming me into the girl I KNOW is underneath these last 60 pounds!

3 days without Shakeology

It's official I'm hooked on the Strawberry flavor. I am down to my last two packets of Shakeology! One is for a friend of mine who wants to try it before she buys it, and I've been saving the last one for myself til the bag I ordered last night gets here.

I've been 3 days without it and OH BOY, do I ever feel it. I've been super sluggish, not nearly as peppy, just feel kinda meh. Though I will say my cravings are still way down! I did have some marshmallows, but instead of eating the whole bag in one night like I used to do, I ate it slowly over 3 days, still bad, but a major improvement for me!

I can't wait for my bag to get here, I may use half my packet I have left today and the other half tomorrow just to keep from feeling so blah til it gets here.

Tropical Strawberry Shakeology Review

Tropical Strawberry Shakeology Review


First let's take a look at the ingredients list! I have been told that this is not ALL of the ingredients, they don't have all the vitamins listed on this one. But they're in there! That's a lot of ingredients!

Second let's take a look at my 1 week results from doing Turbo Fire + Drinking Shakeology and eating healthy.

For those of you who follow my weight loss actively, yes, I had put on some weight, I lost a friend to a car wreck and ate my emotions, hence the back sliding.

Since I started shakeology I have lost 8 Pounds! That was with just one week of shakeology + 3 days of Turbo fire workouts + for the first time EVER being able to eat healthy AND workout at the same time. Something I had never been able to do before starting Shakeology!!! I will be posting new pics every week, + upping my workouts to 6 days a week again! :)

Now then I've never been able to drink Shakeology due to a dairy allergy so when the Vegan - Dairy Free and Gluten Free, Strawberry flavor came out I had to see what all the hype was about!

I’ve been drinking Vegan Tropical Strawberry Shakeology for a week now. Here are some of the things I’ve noticed.

Taste wise: A little chalky texture if you just add water and don't mix it in the blender long enough, but it has a great, strong strawberry flavor. I have found that adding something like vanilla coconut milk and ice (the kind from the almond milk section, not the stuff in a can) makes it smoother and more like a milkshake texture :)

* Increased energy

I am able to get SO much more done during the day now, it used to be I would only be able to do a workout and maybe sew a few toys, now I can do my workout, sew toys, paint paintings, keep the house clean and still have energy left for lots more! I’m loving this!

* Decreased cravings for sweets!

* Able to eat smaller meals and still feel satisfied!

(Did not expect this at all, I had 1400 calories today and I feel SO full.)

* Able to do more when I workout.

Before I always felt sluggish and sore all the time, before my workouts, during my workouts, after my workouts… now I just feel sore AFTER. And when I workout I actually FEEL like doing them!

* Able to workout and eat healthy for the first time ever!

I’ve NEVER once been able to eat right and exercise at the same time, I would always get sooo hungry after working out and just eat and eat and eat and then stay the same weight. For the first time ever I am eating healthy foods while I workout because Shakeology satisfies my sweet tooth! I drink mine mid-day before I workout and it keeps the sweet cravings away + gives me the energy I need to workout without that heavy feeling a meal gives me.

* I’m saving $170 a month on my grocery bill! Don’t believe me? Let’s break this down.

On a weekly basis I was buying 1 bag of cookies $3, 3-5 Bolthouse Fruit Smoothies $4 a pop, Raisins $3, Candy bars at the checkout lane, maybe 2 a week $2, Coconut Milk “Ice Cream” $5 That was $30 a week on snacks! (Yes I know I ate a lot of snack foods, but like I said I was so hungry from working out I just ravished all food in sight)

So that’s $120 a month and doesn’t include me going out with friends and grabbing a bite to eat at a pretzel place or something similar at the mall.

(By the way that was $120 dollars on snacks JUST FOR ME, I’m not including any of the snacks I was buying for my husband)

PLUS I was going out to eat every day, usually at Subway, or Panda Express or Noodles and Company, I was spending around $5-$10 dollars on a fast food lunch, which isn't very good for me anyways. So that's an additional $35+ dollars a week I was spending on lunch. That's $140 dollars a month! So between the snacks and the fast food meals I was spending around $260 dollars a month on food I really didn't need that was making me stay fat and unhealthy. Subtract the $90 I spend on Shakeology and I'm saving $170 a month!

I know Shakeology seems expensive if you’re just tacking it on top of your grocery bill, I thought that too, I seriously never thought I’d be saving money.

*Yes I know that not everyone spends that much money on their snacks/food a month, it’s just MY personal experience with Shakeology. ;)

Are you ready to try Tropical Strawberry Shakeology? Click the link below to get some for yourself! :D

Shakeology Day 4

I have been drinking Shakeology for 4 days now, my energy levels are crazy through the roof. It feels like the energy boost I get on a beautiful day where the weather is perfect + the feeling I get after I eat sushi + taking a B12 vitamin + that feeling I get after a great workout all wrapped up into one. I was NOT expecting to feel this way, I have been cleaning like crazy because I can't sit still for very long, my body is just like... MOVE DANG IT!

Juice Fast Day 3

I'm beginning day 3 of my juice fast, so far I'm down from 221 to 211 pounds, 10 pounds! Which puts me at 51 pounds lost total! I'm so pumped. I know a bit of that is water weight, but since I'm continuing to do moderate workouts while I do this fast I am sure some of that is fat loss as well. :)

I got my shakeology in the mail yesterday! I can't wait for day 7 of the fast to be over so I can try it, my curiosity is killing me!

Juice Fasting + Shakeology!

Tomorrow marks Day 1 of a week long juice fast that I will be doing with a friend.

The juice that I will be making is the "Mean Green" juice from the "Fat Sick and Nearly Dead" documentary. I'll be drinking a minimum of 3x's a day + I will be riding my bike around 4 miles every day.

After the fast is over, I'm excited to say that the Tropical Strawberry Vegan Shakeology I ordered will be here and I will be documenting my progress with how it makes me feel, how it tastes, and my weight loss with it. I was unable to drink the other varieties of Shakeology due to the fact that I'm allergic to dairy products and while the chocolate variety is DELICIOUS, it contains Whey protein and causes me to swell in my throat, not good for me, but if you're not allergic to dairy, it tastes AMAZING with strawberries, you should try it!!! The Strawberry variety does NOT have whey so I am freakishly excited! I have friends who have lost 20+ pounds by replacing one meal a day with Shakeology... hoping to see similar results!

I plan to start doing Turbo Fire from day 1 once my Shakeology arrives + bike rides and eating a healthier diet than I have been eating lately. My end goal is to lose 20 pounds over the next 37 days, this will put me at 198 pounds and finally put me beneath 200 pounds for the first time in 13 years. Last time I can clearly remember being under 200 pounds I was in 9th or 10th grade.

I'm excited to see my progress over the next month, you can be sure I'll be taking weekly pictures again, starting tomorrow!