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Weight Loss Journey Update #4 – {Shaklee Giveaway}

We are at the end of two months. The days and weeks are flying by, but now the months are just whizzing by. I could not be more proud of my weight loss journey. Check out this smile.

The smile tells all right? I feel like my whole life has changed in the last two months. My whole eating mentality has definitely changed for the better. Someone can offer me a high calorie dessert, what do I do? Just say no thanks. If that would have been two months ago, I would have ate the dessert. It was in my mentality that I would exercise in order the burn the dessert off later, but the later was never accomplished.

As you saw with my last update, it really is an easy journey with the Shaklee Cinchspiration plan. It fits perfect into your busy life and I am proof you get results. As of last Friday, I am down 14 pounds. That is seven pounds a month. The weight is obviously not falling off of me rapidly, but I feel this is a great and steady loss.

My tape measure is missing. I hope it shows up in the next few days as I am very curious how many inches I am down on the Shaklee Cinchspiration plan. It is called the inch loss plan for a reason.

What has the last two months accomplished for ME?

1. More confidence

2. Better self-esteem

3. Can exercise better

4. I feel better <----- This is huge and worth it all! Earlier this month, I was able to hang out with Sommer Poquette. She is the social media manger with Shaklee and actually has went on her own weight loss journey. It was so inspiring to see how far she has come and she her beautiful smile shine.

Jen Houck Spink, Sommer Poquette, Malise Terrell

Since Fall is around the corner, I would love to do a pumpkin spice shake with the vanilla shake. Look for a post coming soon. Right now, I am still in love with the chocolate and peanut butter shake, blueberry and banana shake and the caffe latte shake.

Would you like to try the Cinchspiration plan? You are in luck!

Shaklee and I would like to offer you the opportunity to win a Cinch starter kit – a two week supply and retail value of $228.00.

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Good luck!

Disclaimer: Shaklee is providing me with 6 months of product in exchange for my honest review and weight loss journey. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.

Weight Loss Journey Update #3 – {Video}

Life is cruising in the fast lane. I cannot believe that it has already been a month since I started the Shaklee #Cinchspiration Journey.

Update #2

I am receiving a lot of questions about the Shaklee Healthy Journey. What is exactly involved? What do you eat during the day? I thought I would do a video and share what a day in the life is like….

Pretty rocking right?

I am down 10.1 pounds. Drinking 96 ounces of water each day, staying within the 1500 to 1600 calories and doing 2 to 3 mile walks 4 to 5 times a week are the key contributing factors to the Shaklee shakes and meal bars. I do want to make that clear, that I am not just doing the shakes and meal bars.

RESULTS

Beginning Inches

Hips: 44 inches
Thigh: 23 1/2 inches
Bust: 43 inches
Arm: 15 inches
Waist: 36 inches

2nd Update Inches

Hips: 43 inches
Thigh: 22 inches
Bust: 40 inches
Arm: 14 inches
Waist: 34 1/2 inches

3rd Update Inches

Hips: 42.5 inches
Thigh: 22 inches
Bust: 39.5 inches
Arm: 13.5 inches
Waist: 34 inches

Total inches lost: 10 inches

My journey in pictures

I am very excited to see what the next month will hold. Stay tuned!

Disclaimer: Shaklee is providing me with 6 months of product in exchange for my honest review and weight loss journey. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.

Weight Loss Journey Update #2

Fly away… Fly away oh fat… Fly away.

This is a very exciting update. As you know, I am on a #cinchspiration weight loss journey. I am doing bi-monthly updates so you can see my healthy progress.

Weight Loss Journey Post #1

The cinch shakes and the meal bears are delicious. Going into this journey, I wasn’t quite sure about the taste and quality of the food. The shakes are actually very tasty. The chocolate shake mix coupled with 1 tablespoon of peanut butter and 1 cup of almond milk = Reese’s Shake. Seriously, a diet shake that tastes like a dessert? That is right.

I mix up the shakes as well. Raspberries, strawberries and blueberries are the three fruits that I have been enjoying in the vanilla shakes. Yesterday, I tossed some watermelon in the blender and served up a very tasty watermelon shake. The cafe latte shakes are a nice delicious alternative to Starbucks frapps.

My favorite meal bar is the peanut butter meal bar. The blueberry almond crisp meal bar is tasty as well but not as good as the peanut butter meal bar. I prefer the blueberry bar in the mornings for breakfast.

Each day, I am able to enjoy a snack bar as well. The chocolate and peanut butter bars are my favorite. You can see a trend here right? The lemon is my least favorite.

The biggest question I get is “Am I starving myself from the foods that I enjoy?” Absolutely not is my answer. I am allowed 1500 calories a day. The fitness pal app on my phone helps me tally calories each day. Lots of fresh fruits and vegetables are in my daily foods. Dinner at night is a well-balanced three course meal. After dinner every night, you can find me at the walking park doing an hour walk. I usually only miss one day a week from walking. Water is key as well. Thanks to my water app on my phone, I achieve drinking 96 ounces of water a day.

Cinch products, walking 3 miles and drinking my water each day has led me to my awesome results. The weight is not falling off fast but at a very healthy rate.

RESULTS

Weight Loss – 6.2 Pounds

Beginning Inches

Hips: 44 inches
Thigh: 23 1/2 inches
Bust: 43 inches
Arm: 15 inches
Waist: 36 inches

2nd Update Inches

Hips: 43 inches
Thigh: 22 inches
Bust: 40 inches
Arm: 14 inches
Waist: 34 1/2 inches

My journey in pictures

Overall, I am thrilled with the results. The pictures show my hard work is paying off. See the love handles? Determination and will power will remove those for good. Trust me on this!

Thank you ALL for going along on this journey with me. I am filled with so much excitement. Let’s see what the next update will show!

Disclaimer: Shaklee is providing me with 6 months of product in exchange for my honest review and weight loss journey. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.

First Week Update – Couch to 5K

Getting healthy means so much to me. Yes, I have been eating healthy for a long time – but I am talking about getting my body healthy. Toning up and getting my BMI to a healthy level. I am well into week one of the #cinchspiration Shaklee Challenge. It is going great so far. I am loving the daily shakes and very much looking forward to weighing in this Friday to see hopefully positive results.

This has been my first week doing the Couch to 5K. I am running my second 5K with my wonderful friend Cindy in September with my church. I want to beat my time last year, so really taking this serious. The only thing? I am hurting, especially tonight. I am only running in minute intervals and it is hard. I get short of breath and cannot wait for the 60 seconds to be over. I am just keeping it real folks. I did my longest walk/run tonight – 4.2 miles. Came home with the back of my legs hurting so much. The pain will not get me down. Determination will take over. Hopefully, as the weeks get behind me, the pain will be starting to decrease. As I told my friend Cindy, I do not understand how people can run marathons. Maybe, I will realize it more once I get to the end of my training? As of right now, 5K’s are my only desire.

Tomorrow will be a walking day only. Each day, I want to continue to move in order to keep my muscles from getting too relaxed. My body muscles are shouting “What are you doing to me Jen? Usually, we just get to sit and be lazy.” Sorry muscles, you have sat for too long. We are going through a transformation together.

I can do this! I can do this! I can do this!

A new healthy weight loss journey – {Pictures}

Healthy living is what I strive for each and everyday with my family. As you know, I had a huge weight loss and have managed to keep most of it off. I have gained back about 12 – 15 pounds of original weight loss, so to reach my ultimate goal, I would like to lose 40 pounds totally.

I recently applied to the Shaklee Blog Challenge and much to my surprise was one of the 50 bloggers selected.

I am excited to start on this new healthy weight loss journey. It will consist of shakes, meal replacement bars and vitamins. Also, I will continue to eat fresh fruits and vegetables that I love so much. We recently went HFCS free in our household, so we will not have those foods in the house either. It is going to be a super fun journey and one I am absolutely thrilled to begin.

I will be combining my 5K training with my healthy eating journey as well. I want to be healthy but also very toned. My girls look up to me as their role model, and I want to be a healthy role model. I am headed to jaw surgery if all goes well within 9 months, and I really need to be at a good weight and be very healthy in order to have a good recovery. More to come about that soon here on the blog.

There will be bi-monthly updates with pictures so you all can see how well my progress is going. Let’s get started with my beginning photos. (Am I really going to post these? – YES!)

Hope you will show your support and cheer me along on this wonderful journey. I hope I can be an inspiration to many and let you all know… YOU can do this as well!

Let the journey begin….

Disclaimer: Shaklee is providing me with 6 months of product in exchange for my honest review and weight loss journey. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.

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