Day 11

Today starts the max phase of the Advocare 24 Day Challenge!  I started my morning by taking 1 of the MNS Max 3 packets, which consists of several capsules full of herbs and vitamins.  You have to wait half an hour after taking it in the morning and then you have breakfast.  I chose to replace my breakfast with the Meal Replacement Shake because I figured that the morning would be the best time for me.  I'm usually really busy in the mornings, so I don't have a chance to get hungry.  I chose the chocolate mocha flavored shakes and it was so good!

I took a toning class this morning and I made the mistake of asking the instructor to go easy on me because my butt muscles were sore from yesterday's zumba class.  She made us do squats and lunges and all sorts of weird things but I felt good after class.  I did get a little light headed at one point and I'm not sure if it's because of having the shake, instead of actual food so I will have to see if it happens again.  I really don't want to substitute lunch or dinner because those are the times of day that I tend to want to snack and I don't want to overeat.

I had a salad for lunch and I did get hungry about an hour later, so I ate some cashews and I was fine the rest of the afternoon, until dinner time.  I tried to make those baked chicken & spinach flautas for dinner and it didn't go so well.  I used chicken breasts instead of thighs and chicken broth in place of beer.  I put the chicken and all of the the spices, etc. in the crockpot because I like the way the chicken shreds so easily and it turned out really well.  The problem that I ran into was that I used corn tortillas instead of flour and they crumbled when I tried to roll up the flautas.  I even tried to pre-warm them and it wouldn't work so I just had the chicken on a salad and the boys had it plain.

One of the things that everyone has said about the challenge was that on day 11, there was this sudden clarity, like mental cobwebs had been cleared away and they attribute it to the MNS.  I honestly didn't notice this mental focus.  That's not to say that I'm not feeling better since I started the challenge, both mentally and physically, but it wasn't a drastic change.  I've gradually felt better as each day has progressed (with the exceptions of the 2 days that I had a migraine).

I should have weighed myself again this morning since the cleanse is over but I forgot to do that.  I know that I am loosing weight and I have to be loosing inches because I've had 4 people tell me that they can see a change.  I normally wear a size 24 jeans and I've had to get my belt out of the closet to hold them up.  I bought a Halloween costume online and I ordered the biggest size they had, which is a 3X.  When I got it in the mail today, it said it was a size 18-20 so I was worried that it wouldn't fit, but I tried it on anyway and it did fit.  The costume has some stretch in it, so I'm probably towards the size 20 part but it fit me just fine at my waist.  It's tight across my boobs but I can't really help that.  I did go down a bra cup size last year, when I lost weight the first time but I really don't want to go down another.

I'm spending the weekend at my dad's so I may be limited on my food choices based on what they have at the house and camper.  Hopefully I will be able to find something good.  We are eating lunch at the campground and I'll probably stop and buy a salad on my way down there so that I don't have to eat hot dogs and chips or whatever they are making.  I know that there will be lots of yummy and bad food to tempt me this weekend because there is going to be a Halloween party at the campground on Saturday.