Hot Mama Monday- Goal update 6/16

Good Morning Everyone!

This post is going up a little bit late because I was busy cleaning my basement out this morning and doing other necessary chores. However it is better late than never and it is time to do my weekly goal check in for Hot Mama Monday!!

So here were last week's goals:

1. Stick to my meal plan. No cheating. ~ Did pretty awesome with this. Had a small slip up on Wednesday night because I was really stressed and tired.
2. If a cheat does happen I will get back on track. No dwelling on the mess ups. It will happen occasionally, but I can bounce back right away. ~ Did great with this! My little slip up Wednesday night did not derail me from getting back on track immediately after!
3. 8 glasses of water a day~ No problem, did this one with ease!
4. 30 minutes of some sort of workout activity every day ~ Fail. I tried to be active but honestly I was running around just everywhere last week and then the puppies arrived so...yeah lots of reasons but still fail.
5. Log everything into MyFitnessPal every day. ~ SO CLOSE. I forgot to track it yesterday and ruined my streak! Back to tracking today! 

So that is the goal update! Not too shabby and resulted in a 2.4 pound loss for the week! 

I gotta admit I was sort of hoping for some sort of awesome number on the scale but can't be sad about any loss, even if it isn't the biggest one. I am trying to remember that as long as the scale is moving down then I am going in the right direction, no matter how fast it is moving! 

So here are the goals for this week: 

1) Continue to stick to my meal plan.

2) Track every day!

3) Up the water intake to a gallon a day!

4) 30 minutes of activity a day. 

5) Try to come up with smarter snack ideas so that the time between lunch and dinner is not miserable! (this was my issue and ended with the slip up on Wednesday!) 

 So there they are! 

Any goals for your week? Anyone have a spectacular weight loss this past week? Let me hear from ya!

Big hugs from here! Have a great Monday!  

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Hot Mama Monday- Detox Results!

Good Morning!

Welcome back to Hot Mama Monday!

Let's just dive right into it why don't we?


The Results of my Jillian Michaels Detox!


I will just go ahead and say that I did lose weight on this Detox. In total I lost 9.3 pounds! Now this was primarily water weight and I did continue to work out while on the detox. Also I ate as cleanly as possible but I will be honest that it was not 100 or even 90% clean. I did my best and food is actually going to be my primary focus from here on out.

Now the drink itself is pretty bitter. I know I stated this last week but seriously it is hard to choke down if you are the kind of person that prefers a sweeter drink, or even if you just like plain water. I had to really force myself to drink it a couple of days resulting in drinking 60oz of it by 3pm. I had to run to the bathroom, A LOT. It does um....clean your system? (there is no good way to say that) So be prepared for that and maybe try to do the detox over a weekend to start with so you know what you are getting into.

I will say that by day three I really noticed that I was not bloated and I was even in the middle of my "Moonsickness" and managed to completely reduce my bloating. Actually I will go ahead and say it eliminated bloating. Also I noticed a big improvement with my skin but that is something that is true of any time that you increase your hydration.

All in all I would recommend this if you had a binge week and are looking to get back on track or if you are like me and just need a jump start to the scale to keep your motivation up. However I would not recommend doing this for longer than a week. I extended a bit because I missed a day and it was pretty rough on my system I won't lie. So stick to the week and then take a break, doing this too much will most likely wreck havoc on your system.

I hope this review was helpful and if you tried it let me know! I would love to know others feedback on this!


Big Hugs!

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