Going Vegan Part 2

So I’m losing weight and the vegan thing is getting easier. Fast forward a year and a half. I have lost a not-so-shabby 35 or so pounds.People are noticing and asking what I’m doing. I have more energy. I’m fitting into smaller clothes and I’m noticing smaller things. Such as I can squat down to the bottom shelf at the grocery store without trouble! And come back up without grunting and holding on to everything. I don’t have to cross my ankleover top of my knee; I can actually cross my legs like a lady. My seat belt is sitting across my lap and not over or under my belly! Oh and here’s the greatest thing – I don’t have to sprinkle my folds and thighs with powder!! Sounds kind of weird to some of you I’m sure. But if you have ever been heavy, and I mean that certain kind of heavy, you would understand the powder trick.

Even though I was having all of these great changes, I fel tlike there was more. I had lost all of this weight without exercising at all. I felt jiggly and out of shape. And it was painfully obvious that I had hit a plateau. Back to the gym I went. You know, that place where I have happily paid a portion of the electric bill every month? Anyway ,the same thing happened. I went around with a trainer. I worked all the machines, again. I wrote it all down, again. Nothing happened. UGH! What was I doing wrong? I was so discouraged!!!!

Meanwhile, my friend was plastering her AMAZING before and after pictures all over the internet. I was so jealous! I messaged her. I had to know what she was doing. She told me she had been doing some workout video from Beachbody and drinking this Shakeology stuff. I looked at the price and never gave it another thought. I went to work trying to find a video. I bought P90X second hand. I did a couple of those videos and thought I was going to DIE!!!! So I quit. They were so long anyway. I would have to stop in the middle and take care of my son. It was just too much hassle.

Time was my biggest challenge. I have a husband, 3 kids and a full time job. My youngest was 7 and has multiple disabilities and requires a lot of care. I don’t have  anyone that can watch him so I can go to the gym and I don’t have the time to go there anyway!  Another friend gave me Focus T25. That looked like a winner! It was only 25 minutes. I can do that. I have 25 minutes, don’t I?

I messaged my friend again and told her I got the video and asked if she could help me. She told me about the challenge groups and that was the way to go. I had the video but she said I also needed Shakeology to make it work. I was like no way. Out of the question.  And these challenge groups…what’s that all about anyway? I don't want to be in a group of strangers. A few days later we talked again. She shared a couple videos and we talked about the price of food vs the shake. She told me what it does for her and she lets her kids drink it! It’s got a money back guarantee, and they have a vegan formula. Then there was one video that really intrigued me….  OK, I’ll try it. I can get my money back if I don’t like it.

January 2014 I cancelled my gym membership and ordered my first bag of Shakeology. My hands were shaking the entire time I was ordering online (kind of like they are while typing this). I started my first challenge group in February. The things that have happened to me since that day could never have been predicted. I still can’t believe it myself…