Let’s Do This!

Order today! 🙂 I need 6 people to accept the 24 Day Challenge before July 20th! Help me out!

Building A Healthier You

Okay people! It’s summer and I know you want to look your best. Do you need to lose weight? Do you want to tone up? Do you just want to feel better? Or are you tired all the time? I HAVE THE SOLUTION FOR YOU!

The Advocare 24 Day Challenge will change your lifestyle! It will help you get a jumpstart on your weight loss goals and you will feel better than you’ve felt in years! You can do it!

I can help you along the way if you want me to by providing daily emails with tips and recipes and it’s only 24 days, lets do this!

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The cost of this challenge is approximately $193 but if you think about it that is about $6 – $10/day, which could replace those high sugar sodas and energy drinks you drink on a daily basis. Take a look below! Order your…

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Do you drink too much soda?

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7 Side Effects of Soda

1. Weakens bones and rots teeth

2. Excessive artificial sweeteners makes you crave more

3. Carmel Color – Made from chemical caramel, is purely cosmetic, its doesn’t add flavor yet is tainted with carcinogens.

4. Formaldehyde – Carcinogen, it is not added in soda but when you digest aspartame, it will break down into 2 amino acids and methanol = formic acid + formaldehyde (this is diet soda).

5. High fructose corn syrup is a concentrated form of sugar fructose derived from corn. It increases body fat, cholesterol and triglycerides and it also makes you hungry.

6. Potassium Benzoate = preservative that can be broken down to benzene in your body.

7. Food Dyes – impaired brain function, hyperactive behavior, difficulty focussing, lack of impulse control.

It seems that there really are no good reasons to be drinking soda!!

If you want to start weaning yourself off of soda, I recommend using Spark!

-Spark is a great drink that gives you long lasting energy, mental focus, and it has NO sugar.

-You can drink up to 3 a day and let me tell you the flavors taste amazing.

-Spark also contains tons of vitamins and minerals that you need on a daily basis

-When you look at the price each Spark will cost you less than if you go buy an energy drink or soda at the gas station everyday.

Order your Spark NOW!

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Let’s Do This!

Okay people! It’s summer and I know you want to look your best. Do you need to lose weight? Do you want to tone up? Do you just want to feel better? Or are you tired all the time? I HAVE THE SOLUTION FOR YOU!

The Advocare 24 Day Challenge will change your lifestyle! It will help you get a jumpstart on your weight loss goals and you will feel better than you’ve felt in years! You can do it!

I can help you along the way if you want me to by providing daily emails with tips and recipes and it’s only 24 days, lets do this!

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The cost of this challenge is approximately $193 but if you think about it that is about $6 – $10/day, which could replace those high sugar sodas and energy drinks you drink on a daily basis. Take a look below! Order your 24 Day Challenge NOW!

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Rachel Smith

Advocare Independent Distributor

Contact me for more information!

rnsmith1231@gmail.com

DAY 11!!!

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I finished the Advocare 10-Day Herbal Cleanse this morning and I FEEL great!

I lost 6 lbs and couldn’t be happier:) This picture shows what I chose to take with the Herbal Cleanse.

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I am going to continue on and do the rest of the 24 Day Challenge which include the MNS 3, this phase lasts for 14 more days!

If you want a jump start to your weight loss or just want to feel better, order your Herbal Cleanse today OR if you are interested order your 24 Day Challenge!

Meal Prep Help!

A lot of people start their diets and want to stick with it but they don’t plan ahead and end up ditching the diet within a couple days. The best thing to do to help yourself in sticking to your diet is to plan ahead. Know what you are going to eat for the week! Meal prepping helps you rid all temptations to snack on food while actually cooking food to eat or just choosing a convenient snack. When you have your meals all ready to go all you have to do is heat it up and your meal is ready! This link has great visuals if you are a visual learner:)  Skinny Minnie Moves 

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Come up with a plan. Make a list!
Invest in GOOD tupperware.
Purchase a food scale. Portion is everything. We recommend the electronic scales because they are easy to zero out and you can just put the tupperware on top of it and measure.
Make an assembly line. Try to cook everything at once by using stove top and the oven to make your life easier and decrease prep time.

Eat with your eyes. I like to make veggie medleys with bright colors and variety so you are not stuck with the same boring lunches.
Make foods that will keep. Chicken breast and turkey meat are good for meal preps. If you cook seafood, make sure you eat it the first day or two or it will go bad!
Keep it simple. You don’t need to make lavish meals for meal preps. That’s what I leave dinner for. Just pop in your proteins with spices, veggies, and grains and it’ll leave you satisfying with much less prep time

*Now pick one day of the week and use that day as your “plan and prep” day. I tend to use Sunday.

PREP
1. Grocery shop for the week
2. Peel, chop, cut all raw veggies for the week to put in lunch or to have as a snack
(Healthy choices are easier to make when they’re ready to be eaten!)
3. Repeat the process for any fruit that requires cutting to be eaten
4. Prep your protein/meals (see below)
– Make specific meals to eat as alternating left overs
– Make items to store in the freezer and eat at a later time
– Make your meat “basic” to be used in a variety of ways through out the week

1. Plan. The items listed on here are not the end all be all. Choose the healthy items you would like to use if they are not listed below! Plan your meals for the week out using the following guideline: Protein + Starch + Vegetable (and be making sure to get your healthy fats in!)
Protein options
– Chicken Breasts Boneless, Skinless
– Chicken thighs are okay for specific recipes
– Ground Beef – 85% lean or higher
– Ground Turkey – 93% lean or higher
– Fish – Salmon, Tilapia, Shrimp*
– Eggs (hard boil a bunch for the week!)
– Vegetarian or Vegan?
Try plant based proteins:
beans (black beans, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, etc.) edamame, tofu, tempeh

Starch options: opt for whole grain, complex carbohydrates as your fuel!

– Quinoa— you can add whatever flavors/spices of dish to quinoa to boost flavor
– Sweet potato
– Brown rice
– Pasta
– Potato
– Rice Varities: Jasmine*, Basmati*, Wild Grain*, Etc.
– Buckwheat
– Amaranth
(there are other options as well, this is a ‘basic’ list)
Vegetable options: leafy greens are your best bet here! I have put a * next to my favorites!
– Spinach
– Green Beans
– Mushrooms
– Asparagus
– Brocoli
– Cucumber
– Red, Yellow, Orange Peppers
– Zucchini
– Kale
– Bok Choy
– Spaghetti Squash
– Carrots
– Tomatoes
– Sugar Snap Peas
2. Check to make sure you have all the ingredients for all recipes before hand!
3. Add necessary items to the shopping list

Now, you can take prepping as far as you want to.
You can:
1. Cook enough protein, veggies, starches to eat for the week
(keeping these items basic will make them more versatile to use during the week)
OR
2.Cook two meals to generate enough meals to alternate for the week (five-seven days of dinners)

MEAT PREP
Preparing
– Make ground beef/ ground turkey meatballs and freeze for a later date
– Make homemade burgers for now and to freeze for a later date
– Crockpot freezer meals, Google this! So many ideas out there to make in your crockpot and portion out for the week
Cooking – cook as much of your protein that you would like to have for the week
– Grill chicken in bulk with a variety of seasonings to switch up the flavor during the week
– Bake chicken in bulk, check out a great recipe here
– Use your crockpot! Makes enough of a dish to have for the week!
– Cook chicken in chicken broth in the crockpot and use as shredded chicken to add to recipes for the week (think chicken salad, chicken tacos, to put on top of salad)
– Sauté ground beef/ground turkey with a little bit of garlic powder
(eat as is through out the week or create dishes with it such as tacos, beef and peppers, etc.)
– Hard boil enough eggs for the week as a lunch option or go to protein based snack

GET STARTED 🙂

Got a Sweet Tooth?

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On the 24 Day Challenge?! Desperately need something sweet?!

I got the solution for you!

Take one Meal Replacement Shake packet (I have chocolate) and 1/4 cup of water.

Mix together and put into a greased microwavable mug

Microwave for 90 seconds and ENJOY!