It's Not About Selling Stuff (but I'd like to sell stuff)

I just realized something right now.

Along the lines of me caring about your health, I realize that some might think I'm just trying to sell stuff. While I would love to sell you something, I primarily care about you. So when one of you reached out to me and asked me to simply pray for her health goals I offered some advice on how she can achieve those goals without having to buy a thing. I get nothing out of helping her. I can't wait to see her succeed.

Her goals are not your goals and are not  my goals. We each have unique goals and paths to those goals. There are TWELVE days left to fulfill those New Year Resolutions you made 353 days ago. What can I do to help you reach those goals? What are you goals for next year?

Lack of success can often be attributed to lack of accountability and a plan.

Do you want to read the entire Bible next year? Make a plan and get accountability.
Do you want to lose 40 pounds? Make a plan and get accountability.
Do you want to run a marathon? Make a plan and get accountability.

Do you see the theme?

Let me know how I can help you.

If you want some good health-related Christmas or Chanukah gifts, consider purchasing a Shakeology flavor pack or a Challenge Pack! (I suggest Insanity Max :30 which is new and hot! I can't wait to try it!) Buying from me, supports me. And I love you.

Happy Chanukah (starts tomorrow. Read about it here and here.)

Can I lose 4 pounds by Saturday?

So that's the question. In general, I would say that's frowned upon. If you lose weight that fast it's because you're doing something wrong. Maybe starving yourself or over-exercising. Neither of which I am interested in doing.

I'm going to update this exact blog post for the next few days. I have the Santa Run on Saturday which I am utterly unprepared to do. But it'll be fun anyway. I don't have to run well; I just have to run.

This isn't a sponsored race. So if you want to sponsor me, instead just donate money to your favorite charity. I recommend Compassion International.

Back to me:
This morning the scale said 143.8. For Breakfast, I'm having Shakeology, but I made it differently. I used 4 oz of heavy whipping cream, 8 oz of water, a tsp of turmeric, a tsp of cinnamon, and half a tsp of ginger. It tastes amazing. Consider purchasing some from me through the link.


12:45- I have eaten about 2 ounces of rotisserie chicken and plan to make an actual meal. I'm baking cookies, my kryptonite,  and to keep from eating the dough I'm chewing a stick of gum.

2:00 - I had some salad with steak and avocado as well as a Bento box. I *may* have licked the spoon of the cookie batter...oops! I tried. Why does it have to taste so good? I feel like I shouldn't be held responsible for this. Whoever invented cookies should be to blame.

6:00- I had a large serving of something very similar to meatloaf.

Today I drank a little less than half a gallon of water. Some of it was carbonated.

So, that seems good to me. 4 "meals" throughout a very trying day. My kids didn't sleep well last night and, as all you mamas out there know, that means mama didn't sleep well either.

But we did decorate the tree!

He's saying "look it's so pretty" when dada got home he said the ornaments were "so cool."

A photo posted by Lauren Mulford (@happywifeandmama) on Dec 12, 2014 at 7:19pm PST

Friday morning 5:30AM - just wok-up. Weight is 142.8 Breakfast will be Shakeology, of course.  I need to drink more water today.

11:30 update - I had a Chik-fil-a chicken wrap with a few potato wedges and an unsweet ice tea. And one cookie. I can't believe I only had one cookie!

5:30PM - I had Shakeology mixed with 12 oz of water. It was delicious! And now I'll just be
drinking water until tomorrow morning. I'll be curious what impact Chik-fil-a had on my weight. One of my biggest bummers this week was that I did not exercise once and I have a race tomorrow. The kids were just out of control or sick the entire week. Then today we went on the North Pole Express (HUGE waste of money). I think the kids were just reacting to Thanksgiving week away from home. And who knows? Maybe I'll get some exercise in this evening. I did jump on the trampoline for a little while.


AND SATURDAY MORNING WEIGHT IS....... 141.8 That is only 2 pounds, which is great! Not the goal weight but in four days, I'll take it!

As for the race...it sucked. I don't want to talk about it ever. Seriously, don't ask. On the plus side, I am not in any physical discomfort at all!

>.< angry face >.<

We shall have calamari and pizza from Pellegrino's for dinner. Then back to smart eating on Sunday.