Week #2 weight in! Last week I weighed 159.4 and this week, 156.1! I was shooting for 155, but I want to lose weight the healthy way and losing 5 pounds a week isn’t bad but not always attainable. I have to make sure I am eating enough and not starving myself. I have to think about it this way, it took me 9 months to put on all this weight and it sure isn’t all going to come off in 24 days. However my goal was to loose 10 pounds and I am only 2 pounds away. 

Goal for next week:

Weigh 152 or loose 4 pounds.

Am I exercising?

I am still doing the Advocare 24 day challenge.   I cannot stand diets that say “I eat a box of cookies a day, never work out and still lose weight!” That is ridiculous.  I am not exercising but I am very active. With 4 kids and some still not sleeping through the night, it’s all I can do to stay awake all day. I haven’t been working out but I am active. 

As a former personal trainer, what you eat is more than half the battle of loosing weight! I know at some point I need to work out to lose all the weight plus get toned but at this point eating right is what is working.

Before pictures: 

Don’t believe I used to be a personal trainer??! Look at this throwback picture from 2002. I really did have a 6 pack!

Here is a picture right after I had Summit, chubby-ness and all! The 6 pack is long gone but I am slowly on the road to get it back!

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4 years ago my husband decided he needed a new career path and applied to one of the top engineering schools in the US. It is a hard school to get into so we decided if he got in, we would move from our small town in Louisiana to Colorado. With over 10,000 people applying and only 900 accepted I wasn’t sure how good his chances were to get in. Fast forward 3 1/2 years, moving halfway across the country, 2 babies later, lots of school loans, and coffee, my husband is finally about to graduate!

Almost every morning my husband wakes up early and brews a pot of coffee. To be honest, I have NEVER made a pot of coffee! I know I should be ashamed so when I bought this Mr. Coffee® coffeemaker I decided I had to learn.  I normally put together all appliances in the house so I was hoping this one would not be to hard to figure out. Within 5 minutes I had this Mr. Coffee®  Optimal Brew™ coffeemaker up and running and actually brewed my first cup of coffee. I think it helps that this coffeemaker was so easy to use. We have been using an older Mr. Coffeemaker for the past few a lot of years and it’s out with the old and in with the new!

And I kind of fell in love with this Millstone® Hazelnut Cream coffee! Check your local walmart for new packaging and great flavors . 

I found this bad boy at my local walmart in the kitchen appliance section. It was on the the front row so it was easy to spot!

Well hello their beauties! Which one should I take??

It has been tough these past few years with being pregnant, my husband working and in school but the one thing I wanted him to focus on is doing good in school and having his morning coffee helped him focus. Plus up here in Colorado you need a warm drink on all the snowy days we have! Can you believe even in -30 degree weather his school was never cancelled! Thanks goodness for coffee!

And there she is! I guess I just didn’t want to learn how a normal coffeepot works but with the Mr. Coffee®  Optimal Brew™ coffeemaker, it could not have been easier. Just pour the amount of coffee grounds in the filter and slide the door back in. Fill up the side tank with water, and push brew! You can brew 10 cups in under 7 minutes. You can even pour a cup of coffee WHILE the post is still brewing by choosing the Pause n’ Serve feature.

Due to the advanced filtration system you can eliminate up to 97% of chlorine from your water you use un your coffee making.

My husband admitted this is the best coffeemaker we have ever owned! 

And it doesn’t hurt we are using super premium Millstone® coffee which is a high quality coffee sold at Walmart stores. If you want to see if this coffee is sold in your area, go here for the store locator. This coffee contains 100 percent premium Arabica beans and you can taste the difference because this coffee tastes amazing! My husband has been drinking this every morning for his morning coffee. 

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