A day in my diet and exercise

6am- my herbalife tea and aloe! First thing I think about when I wake up!! Lol it gives me the energy I used to get from coffee and the digestion lol how many people drink coffee in the morning to help aid their um bowel movements?? I've been guilty- ew!!!! Love my morning tea for a natural regular morning movements 💚😊

730am- my breakfast! Pills: herbalife multivitamin and it's serving size is cut in 3 so you can digest it more easily, herbalife cell activator, OTC tonalin and OTC fish oil. Herbalife meal replacement shake: put in blender with ice and water. 1/2 naked fruit smoothie: I usually eat a real pierce of fruit like a banana or strawberries or tomatoes or cucumbers (yes! They are a fruit!) but I forgot to buy any fruit so I grabbed this from the gas station in convenience.

11am- a small portion of left over quinoa with tomatoes and onion shoots from last nights dinner with sriacha

1pm- Did 30min cardio, I do strength about 3x a week

2pm- lunch is stir fried pork zucchini jalapeno and cabbage with sriacha of course and pills are herbalife multivitamin, herbalife cell activator, OTC tonalin and OTC fish oil.

5pm- usually I work out but today I had a little girl I used to nanny spend the night so we were busy and it didn't happen tonight!

7pm- ate 550 calorie meal at Applebee's- ate half the steak, all the potatoes and all the broccoli!

8pm- my tablets. Herbalife multivitamin, OTC fish oil and OTC tonalin

Month 4!

I weighed in at 141.8 today and have been working my ass to do so! Tomorrow I'm going to do a picture documentary style thingy of my diet and exercise on a normal day!

Actually starting to see muscles now! Still working hard towards my goals... I gotta finish big!

New chapter.

So I'm starting part 2 of my weightloss journey. I lost almost all my weight so now I'm really focusing on toning. My old goal was to be on the chive with my weightloss but my goal was lame lol I have a new goal. I am going to compete in 1 natural bikini contest just to prove to myself that I did this. I accomplished my goal.

Why am I sharing these pictures and my journey? I am sharing this because I want other people to know, yes it's hard but you can do this!! I love having my new healthy body and I did it with herbalife. It helped me change my lifestyle and get back down to my healthy weight. I want to share that with others. I look at pictures on Facebook lol I know I'm not the only chick in the world that got comfortable in her relationship and got fat. I messed up and I needed a swift kick to get my butt in gear. Public humiliation works wonders for me because my self motivation is perdyyyy low lol

So here I am now, starting a new hard weightloss journey so join me! Start yours, feel great and reclaim your energy and your super cute too small now wardrobe lol

Week 12

Started a new job with a new schedule so now I'm doing strength 30min on my hour lunch break and I'm really starting to love it!!! I run after work with the puppies or do a workout video for cardio

So yesterday I ran with a friend, Pierce. He is a good runner (my husband used to run with him and he told me that) so I wa excited to have someone push and challenge me. I have been feeling like an invincible beast lately on my runs!!! Well reality check yesterday! I can comfortable run 3 10min miles. Me and pierces first mile was 9min and BOY that threw me!!! I was having trouble breathing and had up walk for admire after the first mile. I never allow myself to walk so this hurt my ego. Side note- my ass and entire body hurt wayyy more today than usual after my runs!!!

Meeting with a personal trainer for my free consultation with anytime fitness tomorrow at lunch and I'm super excited! I have a running list of questions for her do ill relay some of them on here later

My weights been staying 147-148 for the past few weeks and that's frustrating. I can tell my body is changing still so I'm thinking that its muscle gain and fat loss canceling each other out so that is my happy thought that's getting me thru this plateau mentally. Excited and anxious to hear what the personal trainer says about my body tomorrow!!

Week 11?

I don't have much time to update this anymore but I'm updating my fitness Instagram CONSTANTLY!! Follow me there!! Joherbalife

About to go run!! My scale was all on crack and confused so I bought a new one and it finally came in the mail today!! Can't wait to weigh myself- its been a couple weeks!! The pic below was at 4pm today, I ate lunch at 2pm and sit at a desk all day so in pretty damn pleased!!!

Week 10- Wednesday

ill post weight and progress pictures on saturday mornings from now on!

started at anytime fitness on tuesday and i will be doing 40min strength workouts in the gym on my lunch break. then come home and do my couch to 5k running application-- its getting sooo much easier!!

i love feeling myself up hahaha its crazy how im starting to really really really have that muscle tone instead of the jiggle wiggle!!

lifes getting crazy busy and honestly this whole fitness, healthy eating thing is getting normal to me. i dont have much to say about it anymore i feel like, im just living day to day in a super healthy manner and it feels awesomely normal and right.

its weird that i dont have to force myself to remember to eat clean or drink a water instead of that vitamin water... just so natural.

anyways- off to a workout with shantel tonight :))) I LOVE OUR WEEKLY WORKOUT DATES! always a good way to talk about my week/struggles and destress with some girl time!

oooo and i made a new instagram that im using ALOT! joherbalife

dont subscribe to it unless you want a butt ton of motivational pictures blowing up your feed ;)

Week 9

I plateaued this week BOOO at 147lbs this morning... i started prolessa duo on monday- its a super expensive herbalife products $97 that is supposed to be amazing! they call it liquid lipo... im doing the 30 day supply so ill let yall know if its worth it or not! it tastes awful so im mixing it in a small thing of water so i can chug it before my dinner shake as of now...

i will be starting accounting full time so i will be changing my weekly weigh ins to friday after work and before dinner. i will have a new schedule so i am going to do a breakfast shake, go to the gym during my lunch hour, a lunch shake with prolessa duo and then a healthy dinner with the husband when i get home! im thinking ill do a lil run with the dogs when i get home for their sake but it will be awesome to get a workout in AT WORK so i can just come home and relax!

andrew left at 3am so i didnt get him to take pics this week but i took some myself self-pics so ill post those in a little bit...

Also I finished my 7000 jumping jack challenge and it was brutal!! I did about half jumping jacks and half wacky jacks!

Carnival last night!!!

Want to be confident showing your body also?? Herbalife!!!! Can't wait to really transform my body!!! Halfway there!!

Week 8

146.8! YES! im down 2.8lbs from last week and feeling good and motivated!!

need some motivation? go to theberry.com for "Daily Motivation" i love it!! http://theberry.com/2013/01/30/daily-motivation-25-photos-17/

I have been working out daily and upping my work outs to about 40-60min. want an AWFUL amazing PAINFUL workout? buy jillian michaels fat burning metabolism video. its a 40min circuit workout with a 5min warm up and 5min cool down and i promise it will kick your butt.

"sweat like a pig, look like a fox!"
"train like a beast, look like a beauty!"
"what you eat in private, you wear in public!"

ive been digging quotes lately and subscribing to a bunch of fitness based instagrams and loving the inspiration!

i have been on herbalife/exercising for 8 weeks straight. i have lost a total of 13.2lbs and have 11.8lbs to go and that feels DAMN GOOD!

 

This chick (below) has an awesome awesome core so im thinking i will add this to before i shower next week-- awesome way to workout while watching tv and chilling in the apt!

 

THIS is my weekly challenge. i read online that you will burn 1lb of fat in 1 week if you do 7,000 jumping jacks. So thats 1,000/day. DAY 1 IS DONE! only 6 to go and 6 is suchhhh a little number! im excited for this challenge!! are you down to attempt--excuse me! ACCOMPLISH this with me??

Week 8 in the making...

Just thought my stomach looked pretty good this morning!! It looked better in the mirror than in this pic but it still makes me feel awesome that I've come so far and I'm gunna KEEP GOING!!!

Week 7

Well it wasnt my best week. I ate AMAZING chicken tetrizini (sp?), a butt ton of butterfnger bits, a 3 musketeers bar and a much too large portion of homemade fried chicken, mashed potatoes, biscuits and green beans. oops. also i did my shake religiously for breakfast but some of the days i had 2 meals and 1 shake... im pretty ashamed of that one because i had been doing awesome! and for some reason i just felt like indulging all week and didnt have the self control to stop myself. So they say you have sad days so you appreciate the happy days more. I have gained 1.4lbs from last week... I am not too upset at myself but i am not proud in the least. I had been having all these awesome weight loss weeks then this. so thats a huge blow to my ego... BUT it pressures me to workout/eat perfectly healthy this week. i have made a bet with my mom that we will BOTH lose 2 lbs this week so im pretty excited about that. I WILL have a weightloss next week- you just wait and see :)

just joined myfitnesspal on my iphone so add me! stephaniemackey88

also before my personal rule was no eating after 930, now i am not eating after 830.

Week 6

They say...
It takes 4 weeks for you to notice your body changing
8 weeks for immediate friends and family
12 weeks for the world to notice



soooo 6 weeks down. 6 to go! weighed myself in at 148.2lbs this morning. GOODBYE 150s!!! NEVER EVER AGAIN! soooo happy i am offically in the 140s :)) andrew had to get on me for yelling so loudly this morning when i weighed myself... apparently we have neighbors and they could be sleeping still hahaha

i workout pretty much daily. 30-40min videos... some days i run with the dogs- if anyone brings their dog over, ill run their dog also haha twat brought over sampson the other day and i had already taken my babies on 3 laps (im pretty much a wizard when it comes to unbraiding 3 dogs on retractable leashes while keeping them all running and not peeing on every freaking little thing lol) so i took sampson on 3 laps also (one lap with each of my puppies, 2 dogs is PLENTY with crazy huge not-leash-trained sampson lol so 6 laps. that was the most ive ever done so i was pretty pleased with myself :)

still have my weekly workout dates with shantel which are awesome cause it keeps me in check and shes doing awesome on her fitness also!! shes already a skinny minnie but shes toning up :)) i love working out with her! makes the workout go by soooooooooooooo fast!

I added 3 new pills to my regimine-
over the counter tonalin: Tonalin® CLA may decrease the amount of fat stored in your body
cell-u-loss (herbalife):

Supports the appearance of healthy skin.*

Supports your body’s natural detoxification through the kidneys, and healthy activity of the urinary tract.*

Supports healthy elimination of water.*

Helps maintain electrolyte balance and a healthy pH level.*

aminogen (herbalife):

• Helps break down proteins into amino acids.*
• Reduces bloating caused by incomplete protein digestion.*
• Promotes lean muscle mass.*

im thinking these new pills can help me kick everything up a notch! im working out harder and ready for better results!

Week 5

Everythings been going good and easy. Ive noticed a few things- my rings are loose again, i dont wear andrews large shirts anymore, i now wear the medium unisex shirts and they are loose enough where they dont touch me which is exactly what i like and i really really like yoga pants! Theyre comfortable and actually are super flattering on me now! YES! Just working on my diet day to day and loving it :)

My mom lost 6 lbs since starting and IM SO PROUD!! Its working for her also :)) and she mayyyyyyyy be cheating with her daily wine lol

okay well heres my weekly pic, cant wait for next week!!!! 152.2lbs today.

New year, new me!

Cliche title, I know. But I mean it lol I am sooo ready for this new year and for me to reclaim my body, my sexuality, my confidence and my favorite pieces of my wardrobe!! Weighed myself in at 154lbs this morning and it feels good. Good to be back on track and ready to see some new progress!!

I happen to think I look better than I did in my last picture two weeks ago even though I weigh .2lbs more. I think my body is really really changing!! its looking healthier, clothes are fitting soooo much better and my body just feels tight again. Ive really been working out at least 30min a day. I LOVE the way it makes me feel! I do a workout video then some running with the puppies and it just makes me feel accomplished.

Eating healthy is just normal to me now. I always plan out my lunch in the morning but i NEVER crave fast food anymore! its wonderful! Some days i go to the salad bar at whole foods, pho thaison or just leftovers from the dinner i made andrew the day before. No complaints, just progress :))

The Mackeys Random Act of Kindness 2012

This morning me and Andrew went to the parking lot by the Salvation Army in Austin to pass out 26 cups of stew to 26 needy people to honor the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy. It was beyond touching for us. We only had enough to pass out 29 cup and a few extra bags of crackers but it was easily the highlight of 2012 for us. My favorite compliments were: "When you pulled up, I could see your kind eyes thru the windshield" and "The handwritten note was my favorite part. It was so sweet and not rushed or hurried." We got tons of "god bless you" and "thank you so much" but it was the silence that followed that was the most touching of all. We have started a new holiday tradition in the Mackey family. We would like to pair up with another couple next year though so we can do 6 pots of stew- it was awful when we ran out...

 

 

Week 3 andddd a half!

Christmas break got me!! We traveled to 4 different cities and there was wayyyy too much good food, drinks and temptation! I ended up weighing myself for the first time since the 19th on the 28th and I gained about 2lbs weighing 156.8 OOPS! Do I regret it? A little bit. I really enjoyed myself though and seeing all those people is something that just doesnt happen every day so I think Ill consider my Christmas break as a TREAT and not a CHEAT.

19-21st: I did great. Followed my diet perfectly!

The night of the 21st: Andrews grandparents got us a hotel room in San Antonio so we had chips, salsa and cerviche for dinner, it doesnt sound that bad because you didnt see the amount of chips and alcohol we consumed lol

22-23rd: Spent in Cibilo with Andrews grandparents, mom, sister and uncle. HELLO EGGNOG!! Me and his uncle went a bit crazy with BIG glasses and I personally had 2. Def didnt regret it though because it was DELICIOUS! totally forgot how much I love eggnog :)) happy holidays!

24th: Spent with my Moms side in League City. Jesus. Dieting is IMPOSSIBLE around my mothers GOOD cooking. Her and Allen were born to throw parties with good food and drinks and everything inbetween. They know how to throw a party! Plently of dips, chips, her FAMOUS tortilla soup, beans, rice, tamales... ahhhh so good!

25-27th: Got "stuck" at my Dads side for a couple of days- just hadddd to redeem my presents from my dad-- car detail, oil change, hair colored AND mani/pedi with my Gam. It was awesome! But staying up late with the boys (Michael, Andrew and Logan) def made it easier to fall off my wagon and enjoy yummy leftovers with them...

28th-Today: I have been following my herbalife diet perfectly again and weighed myself this morning at 154.6!! YES! Almost back to my lowest weight of 153.8 and I am so proud of that!!

Funny how one small thing can really inspire you to do better-- they chick I started my herbalife thing with wrote this about me on her instagram--

THIS MADE MY DAY!! and gave me the boost I needed to start my New Year RIGHT!! sooooo happy to be home and back on the wagon!! Ohhh Heyyyyyyyy 2013- Im about to kick your well toned ass.

Ill do my normal weekly updates CONSISTANTLY starting this upcoming Wednesday with pictures, weight and whatever else I feel like OVERSHARING ;))

I decided to kick up my New Year by adding weekly Saturday Measurements to my HERBALIFE dedicated calender--

RT- right thigh
LT- left thigh
S- widest place of my stomach
W- smallest part of my waist
H- widest place on my hips

So ready for the new year and to see my progress! and sooooo ready to show off my soon-to-be AMAZING body on Spring Break heyyy ayyyyy!!

Week 2!!

AHHH!! I feel like a normal me again!! Pants are starting to fit correctly, my progress pictures didnt make me want to die this week and I just have an awesome amount of energy and positivity!! I thought I did okay on my week 2 while at the ranch but turns out I did GREAT!

On 12-5-12 I was 160lbs. This morning on 12-19-12 I am 153.8lbs. Holla back.

Not gunna sugarcoat anything on here. DANG! I am so proud of myself! Sticking to my diet and my workout routine and the weight just is FALLING OFF!! This is healthy. This is strong. I wanted this and I am achieving it. My mother started herbalife today. My mother in law started it last week. We can do this!!! I FEEL AMAZING! I cant believe I let myself get into the 160s but WHO FREAKING CARES, you all know I am not the only one out of your family and friends who have gotten FAT. I will never be there again and this journey has been soooo good for my selfconfidence and my body awareness. I am now enjoying my one meal a day but also realizing that everything I put into my body is fuel. I need to burn it and work my body- its amazing that I get to have this awesome life, now I will utilize it to the fullest.

My mother in law asked if she could do a glass of red wine each night. I googled it and WOW! NOPE! One 5oz glass of wine equal 161-252 burpees. Look up burpess if you dont know what they are, and heck no is one glass of wine worth it. You dont even get buzzed ;)) haha just teasing! ...but seriously, I know that red wine is good for your health but not when youre already unhealthy. I think it would be fine to add into ones diet AFTER you achieve your goal weight.

Just look at me- I am doing this. Next Wednesdays progress pictures will be after the dreaded Holiday eating fest with family and friends. If I can continue my awesome weight loss thru that- then you can too!! We got this! Come join the HerbaLife family with me- you wont regret it!!

Lets get skinny/healthy/fit/happy/confident TOGETHER!

ahhh week two progress...

So I just spent 4/7 days of my week 2 at the ranch. The ranch is the most difficult place in my opinion to stay on a diet. Breakfast- eggs, bacon, pancakes, handmade donuts... DAILY! Beer is the source of hydration. Chips are constantly out for snacks because you are moving ALL DAY and get HUNGRY ALL DAY!

I would give myself a B+ on food and shakes but a D on alcohol intake. I refused all beer!! I refused all wine!! I even refused whiskey! I only drank vodka with real cranberry juice (most people find it too tart but I loveeeeeeeee me some cranberry juice!) real grapefruit juice or real pine apple juice. I like to drink and be silly at the ranch so that was my special drinking occasion!! This is not acceptable for me for normal weekends! No more in this new awesome lifestyle!

I am pretty sure I will have a weight loss this week... I am now not weighing myself except Wednesday Mornings. I am thinking I will have lost 1-2 pounds since I wasnt as gung-ho as last week but I still feel awesome and am soooooooooooooo thankful I am now back to real life so that I can give it %100 again! Last week was 2.8lbs and that is an awesome huge weightloss! Doctors recommend 1-2lbs weekly for permanent weight loss.

I am still super in love with herbalife and I can now really really feel my body changing- my pants fit better, my love handles are less squishy and sometimes I catch myself feeling up myself!! hahaha my butt and thighs feel amazing :)))

I have placed a few more orders and hopefully I can get them to share their journeys too eventually- this really is an amazing product and an amazing chance to take control over our bodies again.

Stay tuned tomorrow for my weekly weigh in and picture!

Lets get skinny together!!

So everyone that has read my blog has told me that I am so "brave." hahaha this cracks me up!! I was working out with Shantel last night and we both know what brave means- youre sooo brave for posting that fat picture of you!! hahahaa!! I take no offense to it at all. I knew I would be judged. Im judging myself!! Putting myself on blast for this is making all the difference in the world. I dont want to let myself down, my family down since they are doing this with me and my followers down because I want everyone to see WE CAN DO THIS! We can be superrrrrrrrrrrrrr hot again. This is so doable.

I keep reminding myself I have finished 1 week.
In 4 weeks I will look good. 3 more weeks doesnt sound bad. 3 is a small number.
In 8 weeks I will look GREAT. 7 more weeks doesnt sound bad. 7 is a small number.

Whenever anyone comes to me for advice I tell them to break your problems down as small as possible and deal with them one by one. It is the easiest way to unstress yourself and rationalize your problems and solve them permantetly. I give great advice. I never take my own advice. Until now.

I am on this crazy high from herbalife and the empowerment it is giving me over my body and my cravings and my destructive habits. I feel awesome going with Andrew to watch football and saying "no thanks" when offered a beer. I dont even want it anymore. I am getting high off being happy, not desperate for a drunk happy. You have to want this. Only then will you truely succeed.

I havent cheated!! I have started a mantra at night when I am having bad cravings watching Andrew eat dinner, then an hour later he will heat up fried egg rolls, pot stickers and chicken strips from our freezer. I say to myself "Imagine tomorrow morning just thinking 'ooo man! i really regret not eating all those extra calories!!'" PUH LEASE!! I literally giggle to myself when I say this. I have gotten so gay for herbalife and fitness and my body.

"you can sit on the ass you have and get the ass you want!!"

I am going to the ranch in a few hours til Monday. The ranch is beer, beer, food, beer, food and guns. I will not drink beer. I am not worried about this because I am not tempted. I am ready for those little 7 weeks to pass so I can show off this blog to EVERYONE! and be proud of who I have become. I am also a loyal chivette (thechive.com) and I want desperately to close the DAR one day. I will send them my before picture and a sexy after picture and I will make the DAR. Good goal right?

Keep making good food choices!! I know I will! I think this whole process was necessary for me. I have never appreciated food. I ate food for comfort and enjoyment. I have never ate food as fuel. This whole journey is making me work for something I really really want and achieveing it will just make me that much more proud of myself! only 7 more short weeks ;))))

FOOD

Hi my name is Stephanie Jo Mackey and I love food. I love breakfast, lunch and dinner. I plan the next meal before I eat it. I eat normal sized meals unless I am alone. I like to overeat but ONLY when Andrew is not home. Nope, he does not know this yet. It is my dirty shameful secret. I am sharing it with you because I seriously doubt that I am the only one. I LOVE HERBALIFE!! It is the biggest RELIEF to only plan one meal a day. I get to plan lunch all day and just really really enjoy it!! I do not have to feel guilty about it, I just plan one meal I really like and I eat it. All of it. Done. This system is easy peezy.

I have an insane energy on this stuff. The morning detox tea is amazing. I am sooo over coffee. I would have to drink about 16oz to get the buzz I was looking for. This tea gives me all day energy and "cleans me out." I am overly in love with herbalife already. I am happy constantly and I am confident again. Did I achieve my dream body in week 1? NOPE! But I am one week closer and that is amazing. I look at the pictures from one weeks progress and I do not see a big change. But I know its there. Andrew says he sees a change though. I am one week closer to having an amazing body, and I will get there. YOU CAN TOO!

Next week I will smile!!  We were rushed to take these pictures today!

I have lost 2.8lbs in one week. I have been doing about 40min of exercise a day (workout dvds- jillian michael, jackie warner, zumba and p90x, and running/walking with the dogs) It is amazing how much free time you have when you skip that beer/wine after work to wind down. Perfect substitution for a yummy workout!! I have a weekly workout date with Shantel and it helps me stay on track. We did Zumba last night and tonight we are having an EXTRA workout date this week for some TurboJam

feel free to email me with any questions! stephaniejomackey@yahoo.com I will be posting my weekly pics and weight but I will also post randomly inspirational things. I have been a dang waterfall of inspiration lately. HAHA I usually only get this sappy when I drink, now I get super sappy when I feel HEALTHY!! check in tomorrow for some sappy inspiration ;)