Plexus update (with pics)... (day late uploading... sorry)

Well, here they are as promised.  My pictures from December, and then the ones I took a month after I started the Plexus.

I will get on the Pro-bio5 and the Biocleanse this week and I am really hoping to get healthier from the inside out.  I have a feeling my reaction may not be very pleasant for the first week or so because I am a sugar and carb-a-holic.  So, I would imagine it will have a lot of cleaning to do to get me healthy in my gut.  This is where I also expect not to have so many sugar cravings.  Something that right now, I still do.  I love me some chocolate!

Here are my measurements and the pics.  I tried to stand about the same way... but the lighting was different, and I didn't stand exactly the same way.  Either way, I think you can see the small differences that are there in my waist and my shoulders.  Like I said, it is a slow and steady progress. If I would get to the gym it would be a different story too!  The pics on the left are from December.  The pics on the right are from January.  There is a slight difference in appearance.

Weight: 170.6
Arms: 13 & 1/8th
Back: 38 & 3/4
Waist: 44 & 1/4
Hips: 45 & 1/4
Thighs: 25 & 3/4

 

30 day Plexus update

Okay, so it's been 30 days.

I have to say overall, I had hoped for more drastic results.  But, it is my understanding that it is making me healthier from the inside out.

I have slowly, but very steadily lost (a little) weight and (tiny) inches.  But, I have only been taking Plexus and I have not taken any of the products that are more well known to help you loose weight.  With that said, in the coming two weeks I am going to start the Triplex Combo - with a probiotic (Pro-bio5) and a cleanse (to help remove the toxins from my body that the Probiotic is working out of my system).  I have high expectations that I will see weight loss in a more significant way at that time.  I also have high expectations that I will feel even better as the junk leaves my system.  I anticipate a little set back on how I feel the first week or two I am taking the Probio - just based on the fact that it will be cleaning out things that have long been stagnant.  Gross.

I will be taking pics later today, or tomorrow and posting them probably on Monday, as promised.  It isn't easy to do that, but, I am also wrestling every day to find myself beautiful - regardless of the weights and measures.  I know that God sees me as beautiful, no matter what my hips measure out to be!  He created me, and He likes me - just how I am.  So, if my Creator sees me that way - how foolish am I not to?  I am simply telling myself every day that I will be comfortable in my skin - no matter what shape my skin is in.  I have to say that for some reason it is a difficult thing to hold on to.  Why are we like that?  Why are we so hard on ourselves?  I so wish that I could see myself the way my husband sees me.  He is crazy about me.  He loves the way I look - again, no matter the number on the scale.  That is truly a gift.

Anyway, onto the measurements...

Weight: 170.8
arms: 13.25
Back: 38.75
Waist: 44.75 (a little more loss)
Hips: 45 & 5/8 (a little loss here too)
Thighs: 25 7/8 (a little loss)

I have NOT gone to the gym - or walked to the mail.  So, these results are simply from the Plexus - no other change in diet or exercise.  I want to change that - but it is easier said than done with this silly weather we are having.   I really hope that this week I will get to the gym!  Or, at least work out at home on my stairs.

Only Plexus Update... short and sweet (and long overdue)

Sorry I have not taken the time to update.  But, I have measured and weighed as I said I would.  I just didn't post it yet.  I have made other things a priority!

Short and Sweet:  I have lost a little weight, I am not constantly starving, and my clothes fit better.  I like the extra energy I have and the taste of the drink.  I do not notice some of the side effects it claims (curbing of sweet tooth), but overall I like what I see so far - and I am getting out of my maternity clothes much faster than I have in the past.

More detailed version:

Okay, I love the taste of the Plexus.  I have certainly noticed more energy - which with a newborn is a wonderful thing!  I have NOT noticed the curb on my sweet cravings much.  I still want that chocolate!  Also, I am not one that ever has lost weight breastfeeding.  Those women are a mystery to me.  I always want to eat SO MUCH MORE when I am feeding a little one.  So, to see a little curb in my appetite has been nice.  I can tell I get fuller faster. But, again, not on the sweets.  Not yet at least!

I have only been to the gym once in 3 weeks.  :(  So, you can take that into consideration.  I have also not cut anything except for soft drinks out of my diet.  I eat what I want, when I want.  But, sadly, no more Dr. Pepper for this girl!  And, I have not laid off the sweets much.  I still had chocolate covered cherries from Christmas and Blue Bell in the fridge!  So, please understand that I am not dieting at this point.

I had to have mis-measured the first week, because week two my measurements were larger, and I am sure that wasn't the case.  So, these two weeks are probably a little more accurate.  I have decided measuring by myself may not be the easiest thing!

Here we go:

Week 2: Measured and Weighed on Monday

Weight: 173.2 (Remember I got a new scale - when I got it I was 174.4 according to it)

Arms: 13.25

Back (just under arms): 39 & 3/8ths
Thighs: 25 and 7/8ths
Waist: 45 & 7/8ths
Hips: 46

Week 3: Measured and Weighed on Monday
Weight: 171.6
Arms: 13.25
Back: 38.25
Thighs:25.75
Waist: 45.5
Hips:46

I don't know how accurate my measurements are at this point.  Sorry for that.  I will upload the pictures next Monday - because I know that I am wearing jeans I could not get on before.  So, I am noticing in the fit of my clothes more than by my weights and measurements.  I plan on changing the time of day I am taking plexus as well.  I am not good at eating breakfast (I know horrible), but I ALWAYS eat lunch.  So, I am looking to change a few habits this week.  I will eat breakfast every day, take Plexus before lunch and hopefully make it to the gym next week!  If not I will walk with Cindy every few days to get the mail or something.  Also I have not stopped having my morning cup of coffee and do not plan to.  I love it.  It is warm and comforting, and I have no motivation to quit.  I don't drink it for energy - I drink it because I love it.  That is simply all.

Next week will be week 4 on Plexus, so I may do the update on Friday, but I will measure on Monday as usual.

Have a beautiful week friends!