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Hundreds of people have had great success loosing and maintaining their weight by transitioning their lifestyle with Market America's "Transitions Lifestyle System" and now you can see how I am transforming my life day by day and follow in my footsteps. Don't wait any longer!

Now is the time to make a difference in you life and Transitions Lifestyle Systems from Market America can help you with this goal. Weather you need to lose10 lbs or 150 lbs or you just want to live a healthier lifestyle, join me, Karene, and others for 12 weeks in transforming our eating and exercise lifestyle. You will have the support and resources you need on a daily basis. You will have access to healthy recipes (no more meals in a box unless you are on the go), supplements to maximize your success, educational support from nutritionist and nurse, group support, DVDs and much, much more. For more information, life experiences and the science behind Transitions Lifestyle System, Visit my web Portal, http://www.marketamerica.com/allaboutunow
Sign in as a new customer (for free, you are not obligated to buy anything) so you can lean more about how to become a healthier, happier new you without gaining all your weight back. This is not a crash diet this is leaning a new lifestyle, cleansing your body of bad eating habits so you can enjoy the good foods in life. You do not have to give up you favorite foods for life you will learn how to eat them in moderations




Make 2010 the year to start a new and healthier you!
(you can start this transitions program anytime, pick a date today and stick with it)

On this blog we can share recipes, our exercise routine, our feelings and journal our success. With group support you will not give up, we will be here for each other. What are you waiting for? Lets get started!

If you have any medical conditions, be sure to consult your physician. The web portalhttp://www.marketamerica.com/allaboutunow has all the ingredients and science for transition supplements for you to share with your physician.

Getting Started

Things you should have for the fist week: Journal, List of low, med, and hi glycemic foods. Take beginning pictures front side and back view. I suggest taking the pictures in the swimsuit, or favorite outfit, that you want to fit into at the end of the 12 weeks that way you can really see the results of your hard work. Take measurements of: neck, chest, waist, belly, hips, thigh, calf, and bicep. And of course your weight. Keep all this in your journal. I highly suggest purchasing the Transitions Lifestyle system starter kit for $99.95+sh (available on my web portal,http://www.marketamerica.com/allaboutunow) because it has a daily journal(more than just a journal it includes meal plans, Low glycemic food list, exercise programs, health information, grocery list, much more), CD for support, Fat Conversion Inhibitor, Carbohydrate Absorption inhibitor and DVD Series see web port for more details,http://www.marketamerica.com/allaboutunow) You can purchase these item individually as well.


The first week is a detoxification week. It will be tough and you will need daily support so I am here for you. I need to loose 30lbs. We are all in this together. There are two ways to do the detoxification week. The first way, which I think will be the hardest, but most successful, my sister-in-law and I are going to do, it is as follows:

For first 7 days eat only vegetables, herbal tea, no more than 3 servings of fruit(each day) and 64 oz of water a day. If possible have a glass of warm lemon water before breakfast this will help you gallbladder work more efficiently. The gallbladder is responsible for fat digestion. This detoxification is to cleanse your pallet and prepare your body to desire healthy foods.

2nd way: Purchase the NutriClean 7-Day cleansing and Detoxification System (available on my web portal, http://www.marketamerica.com/allaboutunow) and follow the directions and meal plan.

During this week you want to be relaxed. Take hot baths, treat yourself to a spa day and rest as much as you can. This week is the week you don’t have to do a lot of exercises. You are cleansing the inside and you will be a little tired the first couple of days. So enjoy it because it will be a whole new story next week.


Some things to start thinking about for week 2: Make a menu using the Low and Med glycemic foods. Plan an exercise routine. I suggest everyone post their exercise routine to help one another with ideas to keep exercise fun not mundane. Here are some things I am going to start with. 30 min of pilates routine daily. It will strengthen and tone your muscles. It is easy on the body. (I have a lot of back pain and pilates is the only exercise that relieves my pain and allows me to walk and climb stairs)You can do it anywhere anytime. I will also try to walk 2 miles at least 3 times a week. If I can’t walk because of weather then when I am talking on the phone I will walk around the house several times, (you would be amazed how far you walk if you walk while on the phone). One of my favorite thing to do is to pick 8 fun songs (no more than 3.5 minutes long) and take light weights(you can work your way to heavier, if you have never done this you might want to start with just 1lb to see how you do) for each song I will do a body muscle. (you can look up routines on line for proper techniques. For example; I will do different bicep curls for the length of one song then stretch and go onto the next muscle) My routine usually starts off with a warm up song where I will do a couple of reps of each muscle part and repeat for the length of the song. I like to start with bicep curls, than squats/lunges, shoulders, back, chest, triceps and final abs. You get an aerobic work out and you make it fun because it is music you like. Gotta love the ipod.

Be sure to lean the proper techniques when lifting so you don’t injure yourself. The Internet has many great videos that will show you the proper techniques in lifting weights. Also check with your doctor when trying a new exercise program.

Well this should get us started! If you have any questions, Just ask and I will do my best to answer them.

For more information and videos on Transitions lifestyle System be sure to visithttp://www.marketamerica.com/allaboutunow at the top of web portal click on MA TV and type in “transitions” for videos and life experiences.

I hope many of you will join my sister-in-law and I in transforming our lifestyle and body to a healthier, more energetic person.

Monday, April 12, 2010

WEEK 6 WTIH TRANSITIONS LIFESTYLE SYSTEMS

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: I AM HALF WAY THERE! I am doing great! Everyday is a day closer to my goal and good health!




This week                                           Last Week                    First day
WEIGHT 144 LBS                                144 lbs                         160 lbs

Neck: 13.25:                                           13.25"                          14"
Upper chest 36" Mid chest 37.5"         35.75"  37"                  37"   39.5"
Waist:  31"                                               31.5"                            34.5"
Belly 34.75"                                             35"                               38.5"
Hips:  38.25"                                            38.5"                            40.5"
Thigh:  22"                                               22.25"                          25"
Calf:  14.5"                                               14.75"                          15.5"
Biceps: 11"  Flex  12"                             11.25"  12.25"            12.5"  13"

  total inches:    250.25"                           250.5"                         270"

Total inches loss:  19.25"
total weight loss: 14 lbs


Market America Supplements being used:

***Choc Delight Transition nutrition shake mix
***Chocolate Crisp  nutrition bar
***Mocha tonix(energy drink)
***FCI=Fat Conversion Inhibitor weight management supplement
***CAI=Carbohydrate Absorption Inhibitor weight management supplement
***OPC3=Oligomeric proanthocyanidins Isotonix
***Digestive Enzymes Isotonix
***UAJ=Ultimate Aloe juice





















TO ORDER AND FOR DETAILED INGREDIENTS AND DESCRIPTIONS, VISIT MY WEB PORTAL AND SIGN UP AS A NEW CUSTOMER(Do not need to purchase any products when you sign up as a new customer it is so you can  and access all the  information on all products): http://marketamerica.com/allaboutunow
***ALL MY SALADS ARE WITH MY BALSAMIC VINEGAR AND OIL SALAD DRESSING UNLESS OTHER WISE STATED.
***I take only dose of supplements unless otherwise stated. (bottle recommends 2 doses of CAI &FCI before each meal)






***It does not matter how many miles you walk or ride what matters is that you do 40 mins. of high impact exercise to get your heart rate up.  This should be done at least 3 times a week.


DAY 35


8:00     Before breakfast:  OPC3, Digestive enzymes, CAI,FCI
8:30     Breakfast:  4 oz coffee w/1T whole milk, 1 C Kellogg's raisin bran with 1/2C whole milk
10:30   Snack:  1/2 C fresh pineapple chunks
11:30   Lunch: homemade spaghetti sauce with 1/2 C noodles, CAI, FCI
2:30     Snack:  1/2 choc crisp transition bar
4:30     Snack: 16 oz Choc Cherry Transition shake
6:30     Dinner: Salad XI w/ 1.5 T Wishbone Raspberry Hazelnut vinaigrette dressing
7:30     Snack: 1 chip ahoy cookie

Liquid intake:  4 oz of coffee, about 3/4 C milk, 76 oz water, 16 oz choc cherry transition shake
Exercise: not good today. 15 min walking, 10 mins of abs

DAY 36

8:00     before breakfast: OPC3, Digestive enzymes, CAI,FCI
8:30     Breakfast: 3/4 C old fashion oatmeal with 8 walnuts 1T b. sugar, 8 oz herbal tea
10:00   snack:   handful of walnuts, 3 chip ahoy cookies
12:30   Lunch:   left over spaghetti (fistful of noodles fistful of sauce)
4:30     snack:    8 walnuts
5:30     Dinner:  Trident Naturals Thai chili salmon fillet(270g cal, 13g fat, 11g carbs, 6g sugar,
28g protein, 1g fiber) and salad XI with shredded colby jack and 5 walnuts




The fish was excellent! I pan fried it with no oil with a lid for 5-8 mins. perfect. (normally I hate fish, so this is a first for me to recommend fish)



Liquid Intake: 8 oz herbal tea, 78 oz of water
Exercise: nothing routine because I spent 6 hrs raking the big clumps of weeds out of my 30' X 15 " garden. By back, legs, and arms are killing me. I am planning on doing pilates after I rest a while.


DAY 37

8:00      Before breakfast:   OPC3, Digestive enzymes
8:30      Breakfast:  omelet with ham, onions, tomatoes, 20 oz of coffee, CAI, FCI
12:00    Lunch: home made spaghetti sauce and 1/2 C noodles
3:30     Snack:1 C chopped fresh pineapple
6:30     Dinner:  Trident Naturals Thai chili salmon fillet(270g cal, 13g fat, 11g carbs, 6g sugar,
28g protein, 1g fiber) and salad XI with shredded colby jack and 5 walnuts
8:00     Snack: 1/2 C fresh pineapple

Liquid Intake:  20 oz coffee,  64 oz water
Exercise:  30 mins body toning with 5-8 lbs dumbbells, 20 min pilate cool down, 40 mins. bike ride (12 miles). worked in garden for 2hrs(lots of squatting), varnished lots of baseboards.(not really exercise but it did require standing and using my arm :-) 20 mins walking while talking.

Had a wonderful day! I wish I could accomplished this much everyday.


DAY 38

8:00     Before breakfast: OPC3, digestive enzymes,
8:15     breakfast:  1 C old fashion oatmeal wit 8 walnuts 1T b. sugar, 1t cinnamon, 1/8 C of raisins, CAI,FCI
12:00   snack: 1/2 avocado
1:30     Lunch:(awful meal) broiled shrimp with rice. (it was tiny steamed shrimp with a little seasoning and really bad margarine tasting rice. I did not eat the rice but I was starving so I ate the shrimp), 2 hush puppies(the only thing that was good) 2 packages of soup crackers),CAI,FCI
6:00 Dinner:  left over everything that was awesome! See recipe page. I would love if you could help me come up with a name for this dish. so please check it out.
8:00 Snack 3 handfuls of popcorn.(not from the microwave, freshly popped by my hubby, it was so good, I could have eaten the whole bowl!)

***Thanks Jude and Courtney for your suggestions I think I will call it Spicy Pork & Pasta Toss

Liquid intake:10 oz coffee, 8 oz tea, 64 oz  water
Exercise: 30 mins of pilate, 3 mile walk with hubby, 15 mins walk and talking.

It is the day before my 22nd anniversary! My hubby is home which is a rare occasion because he is usually working away. We have spent about 8 maybe less anniversaries together. He will be gone tomorrow so we did some fun things including eating out.  Evan tho this is what I did today, I highly advise to you, do not eat the hush puppies!


***to post your comment  and ideas, click on comments

DAY 39
Feeling great this morning I can finally fit into my size 10 pants with out a muffin top! They are evan a little loose. I have not been able to wear these in 3 years. I know, who keeps their clothes for three years, well I do because I am poor and I knew some day I would loose the weight and I have! I tried on my capris too and they also fit. My girlfriend saw me 8 weeks ago and could not believe I healthy and thin I was. Hard work does pay off.

Busy busy day.
8:00 before breakfast: OPC3, Digestive Enzymes, FCI, CAI
8:30 breakfast 1C fiber one cereal
1:00 avocado
3:30 apple
5:00 apple
7:30 Dinner: 1/2 Philly cheese steak, 5 onion fries, 15 homemade potato chips, 8 frenchfries.
8:00 Antiacid for a very upset stomach, OPC3, Digestive enzymes, CAI, FCI

I was very sick to my stomach after eating all the starchy food. Not a good idea DON'T DO IT!!

Liquid intake: 80 oz water, 16 oz royal farms coffee with 1/2 & 1/2
Exercise: 40 mins body toning with 5-8lbs dumbbells, 20 aerobic dance with 5lbs weights, 15 pilate cooldown, 35 min bike ride(10miles) 1/2 mile walk

I am visiting my friend in Philly and she is introducing to some amazing junk food places I am sure I will regret some of my decisions on monday.

DAY 40
I can still fit into my pants!

8:00 before breakfast:  opc3, digestive enzymes, CAI, FCI
9:00 breakfast:  1 scrambled eggs with onions, 1 blueberry   activia yogurt, 3 orange wedges, 1/2 C orange juice
11:00 Snack:small dish of Italian ice-cream(gelato),1 bit of turkey sausage, 1 bite of hummus on a 1/2 chip,1 Bar-b-Q meat on 1/2 chip
1:00  Lunch: 1 hard shell taco from Taco Bell
3:00 snack: 4 mints from nearby restaurant
8:00  Dinner 8oz rib eye steak and side salad with balsamic salad dressing, Hot wing nibble, 2 rolls,fci,cai
9:45  Dessert: lg piece of teramisu(not sure of spelling will look it up tomorrow tired want to go to bed.

liquid intake: 80 oz water, 16 oz starbucks chi latte'
exercise:  3 hrs of walking and shopping

I am going to have  a lot of work cut out for me in the next few weeks because of all the over eating I did. I am up for the challenge. I hope the weather will be nice.

I hope you are all doing better than me.

Day 41

I am glad this weekend is over so I can get back on track. It is amazing how bad I feel since I stopped eating healthy. I am really bloaty, burping  a lot, I feel like my stomach is going to burst. I have no energy. And my pants are tight this morning I wore sweats for the drive home.

9:00 breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs with only 1 york, chopped ham, chopped onions & chopped green peppers. 10 oz of cranberry cocktail juice. CAI, FCI
12:30 Lunch:  left over 1/ philly cheese steak without the bun(I took everything out of the bread and warmed it up in a frying pan) 8 potato chips, CAI FCI
3:30 snack: 6 oz of coffee with 4 oz of carmel latte coffee mixed and 1 T of half and half
6:30 dinner: 8 oz bar-b -Q pork from the farmers market and 8 triscuits


Liquid intake:  64 oz water, 10 oz cranberry juice, 10 oz coffee
Exercise: 30 mins of walk while talking on phone
*** when ever I am talking and walking I usually go  up and down stairs several times


I am not looking forward to my weigh in  and measurements tomorrow :-(



****If you would like to post a comment and you do not have a google account you can e-mail me and I will post it for you. My e-mail allaboutunow2010@gmail.com


Posted by allaboutunow at 9:46 AM

3 comments:

bess said...

You go,girl!

April 12, 2010 at 10:04 AM
Judith said...

Hmm, day 36 lunch...guess why I have Ennio Morricone music in mind right now--a fistful of spaghetti, a fistful of sauce, a fistful of dollars, a few dollars more, the good the bad and the ugly... Sorry that the anniversary lunch calorie splurge ended up being two little hushpuppies--a nice cheesecake or something would be better worth the dietary lifestyle diversion for such a special occaion!

April 17, 2010 at 4:57 AM
allaboutunow said...

I made up for it on day 39 with the large piece tiramisu, and philly cheese steak, and ice cream. But I will pay for in during week 7. Thanks for making me smile Jude.

April 18, 2010 at 9:36 PM

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