First of all let me give you a little background. I have always been overweight. Literally, my entire life. I never realized how much of an emtional eater I was. But I realize now that I was clearly eating my feelings away. In some ways, I was never quite able to get out my feelings and emotions as a child so I guess I just ate a lot of yummy food. Well those habits just continued. I danced all my life. When I was on the drill team in high school, I was dancing hours on end. Though, I was at my thinnest when I was on drill, I was still overweight. A few months ago I started telling myself that it would be okay if I was a little overweight. That I would just always be a little overweight but that I could still be a good person, people could still like me and I could still be fun/funny etc.....
But I knew deep down that I wasn't okay with that. I wanted to look good/feel good. Many of you know that my husband is involved with a network marketing company called RevvNRG. They make an all natural/healthy energy drink and several other products that we absolutely love. This company has been an incredible blessing in our lives. We found out in January that they had come out with a product called RevvLean. It is a wellness shake. It can be used as a meal replacement shake, snack replacement, pre workout, post workout, protein...however you choose to use it. I decided I NEEDED to try it. We are going to Cabo in April with a lot of people from Ty's work. Very wealthy people with very hott wives. I DO NOT want to be the fatty on the trip. So I set some goals. I wrote out dates of each monday from January 7th, till May. My goal was to lose 1.5 lbs each week until I reached my goal weight. My goal weight was a weight that I haven't weighed since elementary school. So....deep down I worried I was setting myself up for failure. But I just wanted it so bad this time. I was ready to change my life for real.
On January 7th, I changed my life but I didn't know it yet. I changed my eating habbits. It wasn't easy. Oh it was so hard! I had cravings and all I thought about was food. I was dreaming of chocolate cake and I would wake up feeling so fat and thinking I really ate all that cake.
I began eating about 5-6 times a day. I basically try to eat every 2-3 hours. I would drink RevvLean once or twice a day out of those 5-6 times that I ate. (still doing so) Each time I eat, I try to eat some source of lean protein. Some things would be RevvLean, chicken, turkey, tuna, whey protein, cottage cheese, greek yogurt. I also try to eat a lot more green veggies than I have ever eaten. I significantly reduced the amount of grains/starches I was consuming. I also had no idea the amount of sugar and sodium I was regularly taking in. Once I became aware of those things, I changed them quickly because I realized they were keeping me from dropping the weight I wanted to. I also try to drink at least 64 ounces of water a day.
My workouts were nothing complicated. I bought a pull up bar, dumbbells and a yoga ball. My in-laws are kind enough to be letting me use their treadmill also. So, I would do some form of weights. Things such as supersets, squats, lunges, burpees, push ups, crunches, sit ups, lateral raises, curls, chest press, (cheater) pull ups....and then I would follow my weights with about 20 minutes of interval training on the treadmill.
My life has significantly changed. I enjoy being healthy now and I don't view it as a diet. I view this as a lifestyle change. RevvLean helped me sooo much!!! I would love to share it with all of you and plan on having a party soon to let you come and learn more about what it is and taste it. You can do so many things with it. It is a great source of protein. It's low in calories, carbs and fats and has no sugar! It has Raspberry Ketones. Please watch the Dr. Oz video about Raspberry Ketones! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iDc17FaBcM They're like a miracle worker when it comes to burning fat! RevvLean also has Sensoril and Optiberry. They can do soooo many great things for you! They help with stress, fatigue, heart, skin, brain and eye health. It can help with urinary tract (not to give tmi but I need that because I'm constantly getting infections and I haven't had a single infection since I started drinking it)
I have tons of great recipes if you prefer some extra calories, but it's also great with water or any milk that you prefer drinking!
So RevvNrg created what they call a 60 day Get Slim Transformation. They call it a transformation instead of a challenge because they don't want it to be some crazy weight loss contest. They want people making healthy changes in their lives that get them closer and closer to the healthy lifestyle that we should all be living.
I participated in the Transformation and I was able to lose 22.8 lbs and 4.5 inches around my waist in 60 days!!!
This stuff is so great!
I never went hungry, I wasn't starving myself, I wasn't doing Insanity workouts or any crazy extreme workouts! I was doing simple exercises for about 30 minutes a day, about 4 days a week. Sometiems more, sometimes less. But I'm a mom with a crazy life and I feel like I'm always scrambling to get things done. So I would do my best to workout when I could. I changed simple things in my eating habbits. AGAIN! I didn't do anything extreme. Just changed some bad habbits.
