Posts belonging to Category Pat’s 24 Day Challenge

Day 5 (Pat)

Day 5 – Happy Friday.  Glad Friday is here from a work perspective but I know the next two days will be the hardest for me to stay on plan.  In hindsight, I wonder if starting on a Saturday would be better when the motivation is highest? Anyway, I’ll pick up with lunch yesterday.  Tacos. [...]

Day 4 (Pat) – Good day!

Yesterday I slept through my alarm so didn’t get to the gym yesterday.  I was not happy about that but I did have a good eating day: Breakfast, 3 hardboiled eggs Morning snack, orange and two bananas. Lunch was a salad with a scope of tuna fish. Snack was an orange and some sun flower [...]

Year 2 – day 2 (Pat)

This is my second time around at the challenge.  Last Spring I took the challenge and thought it was a great success – losing 20 pounds in about 6 weeks.  After the challenge my weight settled in at 16 pounds down from my starting point.  That is until I herniated a disc in my back.  [...]

Day 4 – Advocare 24 Day Challenge – Pat

Day 4 Much better start to the morning.  Went for a run for the first time in 4+ months and felt better good.  Weighted in at 190.5   I like having the spark when I workout in the morning.  Very very happen there is no fiber drink waiting for me when I get to work.  3 [...]

Day 3 – Advocare 24 Day Challenge – Pat

Day 3 Tough start to the day. My daughter was up during the night and got up for good at 5:00am.  I played with her for 90 minutes before going to work.  Didn’t have anything to eat or drink until 7:15 when I got into work.  Thankfully it is the last of the fiber drinks [...]

Day 1 – Advocare 24 Day Challenge – Pat

Start of challenge 5:45am small ceremony in the garage as I dumped the last beer out from the fridge.  Hit the gym – 30 on the elliptical – had a spark while I worked out.  Weighted in at 195. Morning – Got to the office and had the fiber drink.  That right there is why [...]