End of the Year

It is December 26th and all the Christmas party's and goodies are gone, I did really good this year I gave away all my baking, I tried a new coffee cake recipe had one piece and one nieman Marcus cookie my sister made, I gave to neighbors and friends who had kids all of the rest of my baking. It is now to start getting ready to get back on track for the New Year, no resolution for me this year just going to continue my healthy life style that i worked on and maintained through 2012. 
The 24 day challenge is a great way to start off the new year you will receive a herbal cleanse, spark, replacement meal shakes , omega plex, and MNS 3 vitamins.  The cleanse is very gentle and makes you feel lighter, more energy and great way to kick off the new year, Its for 10 days and cleanse vital organs (liver and kidneys) as well.

I plan to push my workouts to be more like 5 times a week , with alternating between walking, dancing, and yoga and weight training with kettle bells, I want to hit my next goal by April which will be a year since I started using Advocare products. I am currently wearing a size 22 pants and 2x shirt , I would like to be in a size 18 by April.. Who would like to join me in working out and doing the 24 day challenge would love to make this a group effort and see how much we can lose individually and as a group.  I will be starting the challenge January 7th,2013 it takes 3-4 days to receive from Advocare please contact me by email advocarewithdawnj.elkins@yahoo.com.  

I have been converting recipes to make them healthier to expanded menu choices for meals, been thinking of creating a cook book  I have 5 recipes converted already, still need to work on more. 

I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays with families and friends remembered what the true meaning of Christmas is and Have a great New Year "2013",  I will be  writing every 2 weeks over the next year with my success and trials of hitting my next goal target date is April 13th, 2013...

Thank you for stoping by and checking out my new post, I look forward to the new year and hitting my next milestone in the healthy lifestyle..

Plan B for financial Freedom

 I know that talking about financial issues is frowned upon, but I am not asking you to reveal anything about your financials just answer these questions to yourself, with today's financial hardships we are all experiencing at times!
 1. Do you have a plan B for your financial future?
 2. How is it working for you ?
 3. How much time are you spending with your family and would you like to be able to spend more times with them?
  4. What could you do with an extra $1000.00 per month?

Now that you have answered these questions , what if I told you I know of a business opportunity that you could become part of  the company in my research they are projected to have greater growth over the next ten years than Apple did the last ten. Watch the link I have attached below ,Get back to me after you watch this;  i guarantee you will thank me for this later send me a  private message or email to AdvocarewithDawnJ.Elkins@yahoo.com.



http://advocarewolfpack.com/is-advocare-right-for-you/


Dawn J. Elkins
352-636-8219
www.advocare.com/120513288

2012

New Year Challenge

Creating healthy recipes for fall

 Hello Friends, this is my second installment to my healthy lifestyle , I have always loved to cook and create new recipes.  I don't know who knew that I went to school to be a chef, loved being creative in the kitchen baking and making artistic items out of vegetable's and fruits, lately i have been creating by changing unhealthy ingredients to healthier choices to make the items better.  As I said before I am a mother and grandmother, so my boys have always loved baked goods, now I can give them healthier choices .
 My recipes for this week is my Italian Turkey Sausage stew, this is easy and Delicious, and crust less Pumpkin pie; great this time of year and really good. I hope you will comment and let me know how you like them .  

Sweet Italian Turkey Sausage Stew

Ingredients                              4 servings

1- Package Turkey Sausage links 5 to 6 links

2 cloves of garlic chopped

2 tablespoon Olive Oil

1- Chopped onion

1-2 Bell Peppers chopped (can be green, yellow or red or a mixture of)

2- Zucchini sliced

8 oz container of sliced mushrooms

3 over ripe large tomatoes chopped

4 ice cubes of tomato sauce

I take a can of no salt tomato sauce small can  and freeze the sauce in Ice cube trays covered with plastic wrap so you can use it in recipes,

Cook sausage until done in skillet, chop into bite size pieces and set aside.

Chop all vegetables Put 2 tablespoons of olive oil in skillet with 2 cloves of garlic chopped  cook all vegetables except for tomato sauce or tomatoes, once vegetables are tender then add sausage and tomatoes and tomato ice cubes, season stew with 1tsp of basil , oregano, parsley, salt and pepper to taste.

Simmer on low heat allow stew to become rich and thick and tomatoes to cook down. Serve in bowls.

CRUST LESS PUMPKIN PIE

A HEALTHY CHOICE

Ingredients

Nonstick cooking spray (I chose olive oil spray)

1/2 cup splenda, stevia sugar substitute

1 tsp of ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp of salt (I use sea salt)

1/2 tsp of ginger

1/4 tsp of ground cloves,

8Tblsp of almond meal flour (you can buy this at Publix in organic section; or make it by ground up natural almonds in food processor, until flour consistent)

(I used pumpkin pie spice and put the amounts of ginger and cloves in with the mixture still used the cinnamon)

 2 large Eggs

1 can of pumpkin 15 oz

3/4c. of Almond Milk

PUT IN MIXING BOWEL ALL DRY INGREDIENTS THEN ADD EGGS PUMPKIN MIX ON LOW ADD MILK A LITTLE AT A TIME, UNTIL ALL BLENDED,

SPRAY THE PIE PLATE OR 13X9 INCH PAN,

IF GLASS COOK AT 325 IF METAL AT 350

9” PIE PLATE 55-60 MIN

10” PIE PLATE 45-50 MIN

13X9 40-45 MIN

CHECK IF DONE BY USING A KNIFE IF COMES OUT CLEAN THEN DONE PUT ON COOLING RACK FOR 2 HOURS BEFORE CUTTING , IN ORDER FOR IT TO FIRM UP.  SERVE WITH WHIP CREAM IF DESIRED. 

Enjoy Happy Fall  Thank you for stoping by; please check out my next blog.

Advocare is it right for you ?

Welcome to my blog, I hope you continue to read and join my journey to a healthy lifestyle and changes I will be making. I am a mother , and grandmother who has struggled with my weight, I was 325 which is my heaviest, I had to send my weight in when I purchased my cap and gown for Collage graduation; in the summer of 2010, I prayed to Lord for guidance and then, I was introduced to AdvoCare late January 2012 and went to my first health and wellness seminar; I changed little things at first I quit drinking coffee, reduced my tea intake with adding lemonade until I could stop drinking it all together and increased my water intake with Spark one to two times a day. Spark is really good my favorite is Strawberry Mango.
On April 23 rd I started the herbal cleanse which is for 10 days, with the spark and eating healthy. I lost 10lbs in 10 days, I started the MNS max 3 and continued using spark and the healthy eating habits and I lost another 10 lbs so in the first 30 days I have lost 20 lbs, from when I started using Spark,& mns (multi nutritional system) products & started changing my eating habits It has been 10 months and I am currently down total loss is 75 lbs, I have dropped 3 clothes sizes.
Please watch the video link below and answer this question; Is advocare right for you ?
If you would like more information we are having a free Nutrition Seminar tonight at 7pm located at 1 Hibiscus Ave.

Http://Advocarewolfpack.com/is-advocare-right-fo-you/

Thanks for stopping by today I will be writing again soon !

Dawn J.Elkins
www.advocare.com/120513288