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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.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

starting again


I started an on line weight management group and this was what I ate during Detox week.

Day 1
Breakfast: OPC beauty blend, and isotonic multi vitamin warm lemon water and an apple
Snack: celery and carrot sticks
Lunch: Yellow pepper and dried mango slices
snack: 3 strawberries, 10 oz herbal tea and a nap
Dinner: home made vegetable soup I add broccoli to make it taste a little different than yesterday.
dessert: 3 strawberries

Water so far 40 oz (I better get drinking)

A great idea from Happy is that for  a reward of eating healthy we should reward ourselves with a nice bubble bath. In The Transitions journal it does suggest taking  salt and bubble baths as well as get a massage or  your nails done.

I also said no to Doritos that my son was eating and coffee.  What did you say no to today?
We need to recognize our accomplishments if it means saying no to a donut or a cup of coffee or soda. Everytime we say no we are 1 step closer to our goal.

DAY 2

 I want to know what you said no today? I had jury duty today. I was not allowed my lunch box or water into the court room so I was starving and had a major headache. I cam home and ate lunch took a nap then I canned some salsa and peppers. Plus I had to freeze a bunch of peppers. I am pretty pooped.
Here is what I ate:
Breakfast: 8 oz of lemon water(I was running late for jury duty, so I thought I would be able to snack on my veggies but I was not allowed)
Snack: sliced red and yellow peppers, dried mangos
Lunch salad(same as yesterdays)
Snack: 3 strawberries
Dinner: stir fry veggies(2t of extra virgin olive oil, red peppers,summer squash,onions, gn peppers, asparagus, garlic, fresh ginger,1t of soy sauce, Mrs. Dash) for the family I just boiled up some pasta noodle to go with the veggies, you might want to add a little chicken breast for them as well I might do that tomorrow)
water so far only 25 oz but I did have 3 cups of tea(30 oz) I will drink 20 more oz of water before I go to bed.
Exercise: 15 min of walking while talking on the phone

DAY 3

Remember TAKE ONE DAY AT A TIME, ONE STEP AT A TIME, ONE GOAL AT A TIME
Try to make 1 small goal each day that you can say "I did it"
My goal for today was to make my lunch so I would not be tempted to eat out.

 How is everyone doing on their management program? What did you accomplish? What did you say no to today? How are you feeling about your progress?


I know that I am mostly focusing on Transitions but that is because I know 6 of us are on the program(some of us are on different weeks). 4 of you have not told me what kind of weight management program you are on. Most weight management programs are set up the same way, like journalling what you eat, how much you drink and how much exercise you do. Remember this support group is to encourage you to stick with your weight management program so you can reach your goal. 

Today was difficult for me because I was with a group and we stopped at 2 fast food places and then when I picked up my son he was starving so we stopped at McDs. Evan tho the food smelled delicious and my tummy was growling, I did not give into the junk food.

Here is what I ate today:
breakfast: 8 0z warm lemon water, 1 plum, 3 cherry tomatoes, OPC beauty blend and isotonix multi vitamin
snack: 1/2 yellow pepper
Lunch: salad(organic baby spinach, mixed herbs(available at walmart),grape tomatoes from my garden, 6 slice of cucumbers, 3 sliced strawberries, 1/8 chopped yellow pepper,)
Snack: 4 dried mango wedges,1 triscuit, 4 walnuts
Dinner: Stir fried veggies(1/4C sliced red onions, 2 garlic cloves diced, 1" fresh ginger minced, 1/4 orange pepper, 1 whole yellow/green pepper(wasn't quite ripe from the garden) 3 asparagus spears sauteed with 2 t olive oil and 2t soy sauce)
Dessert: 1 little orange cutie

Liquid: 8 0z lemon water, 22 oz herbal tea, 34 oz water
exercise 20 min walk while talking on phone, 15 pilate stretches

DAY 4
How is everyone doing on their management program? What did you accomplish? What did you say no to today? How are you feeling about your progress?




I know that I am mostly focusing on Transitions but that is because I know 6 of us are on the program(some of us are on different weeks). 4 of you have not told me what kind of weight management program you are on. Most weight management programs are set up the same way, like journalling what you eat, how much you drink and how much exercise you do. Remember this support group is to encourage you to stick with your weight management program so you can reach your goal. 

Today was difficult for me because I was with a group and we stopped at 2 fast food places and then when I picked up my son he was starving so we stopped at McDs. Evan tho the food smelled delicious and my tummy was growling, I did not give into the junk food.

Here is what I ate today:
breakfast: 8 0z warm lemon water, 1 plum, 3 cherry tomatoes, OPC beauty blend and isotonix multi vitamin
snack: 1/2 yellow pepper
Lunch: salad(organic baby spinach, mixed herbs(available at walmart),grape tomatoes from my garden, 6 slice of cucumbers, 3 sliced strawberries, 1/8 chopped yellow pepper,)
Snack: 4 dried mango wedges,1 triscuit, 4 walnuts
Dinner: Stir fried veggies(1/4C sliced red onions, 2 garlic cloves diced, 1" fresh ginger minced, 1/4 orange pepper, 1 whole yellow/green pepper(wasn't quite ripe from the garden) 3 asparagus spears sauteed with 2 t olive oil and 2t soy sauce)
Dessert: 1 little orange cutie

Liquid: 8 0z lemon water, 22 oz herbal tea, 34 oz water
exercise 20 min walk while talking on phone, 15 pilate stretches

Now tell us what you had to eat today and what you said no too.



Surviving day 5 of detox. 
 What I ate today:
breakfast: warm lemon water, herbal tea, apple
snack: 1/2 sliced orange pepper
Lunch: salad(organic baby spinach, mixed herbs(available at walmart),grape tomatoes from my garden, 6 slice of cucumbers, 5 slices of summer squash,3 sliced strawberries, 1/8 chopped orange pepper,)
snack: apple
snack: apple(was running late and had alate dinner so needed another snack to hold me over)
Dinner: home made vegetable soup with broccoli and asparagus add to make it taste different.

liquid intake: 8 oz lemon water, 26 oz herbal tea, 36 oz water
exercise: 2 hrs of vacuuming and steam cleaning

DAY 6
Day 6 complete! One day left yeah!
My goal today was to make it through the day without cheating because I so wants some nuts! I have done it.
How is everyone doing? Two days left to send me your  daily journals. Many of you have not sent them daily, that is OK as long as you are keeping track of what you eat, do and drink. If you  send me your weekly journal I will enter your name 2 Xs(7Xs for those who sent it daily). Remember it doesn't matter what weight management plan you are on you should be writing down what you eat, drink, exercise.
Make it your goal to read through the attachments they will increase you knowledge and encourage you to eat healthy.
Just spoke with Happy and she will be starting Transitions on Tuesday, Would anyone who has not started this program want to start with her on tuesday? You will still be in this group you will just be a week behind. We have two that re 4 weeks ahead it is all good and encouraging.

What I ate today:
breakfast: warm lemon water, yellow pepper
snack: dried mangos
Lunch: saladMcDonalds side salad with balsamic vinegar
snack: dried mangos
Dinner: home made vegetable soup with broccoli and asparagus add to make it taste different.

liquid intake: 8 oz lemon water, 16 oz herbal tea, 46 oz water
exercise: 2 hrs of vacuuming and steam cleaning, 25 min walk while talking

DAY 7
 Last day of Detox. How did everyone do? I did well till 9:00pm. When I came home from a victory football game, my son left 1 slice of Tony's frozen pizza out and I just picked it up and ate it. It tasted OK, but now my tummy is all bloaty. Hopefully it won't mess my  weigh in up.
So here is what I did today:
Breakfast: warm lemon water, 1 egg(I know I wasn't suppose to till tomorrow but I need to eat these diced veggies)scramble with 1/2C diced onions and 1/4C diced jalapenos.
Snack: plum
Lunch: delicious salad(organic baby greens herb mix, 3 slices of summer squash quartered, 3 slices of zucchini cut in small strips, 3 slices of cucumber halved, 2 strawberries cut up)
Snack: cutie 3 triscuits
Dinner: another salad same  as above but I added orange diced peppers.
snack: 1 very small slice of Tony's frozen cardboard pizza I was bad bad bad!!
Liquid intake: 80 oz water, 10 lemon water


exercise: a lot of climbing steps. I spent the whole day cleaning and laundry this required going up and down my 2 flights of steps several times (mainly because I am so forgetful).


Here are my results: 
Oct 9, 2010                           Oct 2, 2010
weight:      132.2                     138.2
Neck;         12.75                     13                 
U chest:      36.5                      36
M chest:      38                         38.75
waist:          29.75                     29.75
belly            34.75                     35.75
hips:            37.75                     38
thigh            22.25                     22.5
calf:            14                          14
biceps         10.5 flex 11.75        11  11.75
Total inches: 248                       250.5
total loss of inches 2.5":-)
total weight loss 6 lbs:-)

Some results from my weight loss group 3 people loss 10+ lbs 2 people loss 7lbs and 1 person loss 6lbs
average inches were 3-6
Posted by allaboutunow at 12:16 PM

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