Race for the Cure – Evansville, IN

This past weekend Evansville, IN held their Race for the Cure 3K run. Andrea, her cousin Jess, Jess’s husband Bill, and I all participated. The girls ran while Bill and I walked the race.

The temperature was great in the upper 60s. Andrea and Jess finished the race right around thirty minutes. It took Bill and I right out an hour.

Race for the Cure is a great caused and we all had fun getting out and spending time with others who also feel the same.

I tracked my progress on my smartphone. My smartphone service is only $49 a month for unlimited talk, text and data on a 4G network through Solavei. If you would like to also have affordable cell service sign up today by clicking on this link!

The app I used to track my progress was Runtastic. I really like this app. Runtastic hooked up with my GPS and Google maps. It let me know who fast I was going and the change in elevation. Once the race was done I could go back and see the route we took and my progress. This app also enables you to hook up to a heart monitor if you have one. I don’t have one yet but I have seen some on the internet for right around $60 that are bluetooth capable. I am planning on buying one for me and Andrea here in the near future.

I encourage everyone to get out and do some exercise. It is great for your health both physically and mentally.

Find a cause you feel strongly about and get out and support it. Whether you do a race, help organize one of their functions, or donate money. You will feel great doing it.

And don’t forget come and join me on the Solavei network with your cell phone. Only $49 a month for talk, text, and data.

It is a Great Deal! I love the service and most importantly the PRICE!

Have a Great Week!

 

17 Day Diet – Week 2 Video

My Journey on the 17 Day Diet – Week 1 Video

Hey everyone I just finished my Video Blog on my progress for the first week on my journey to 200lbs. Please watch it and let me know what you think.

 

A Healthier Taco Salad

Andrea and I are trying different recipes to make our meals more interesting and to remain healthy in the process. Last night we threw together a Taco Salad and it was really good! The Taco Salad was very easy to put together and only had 354 calories. Total prep time was 25 minutes!

So here is whats in the Taco Salad:

• Two cups of Salad Mix – 15 calories
• 1/2 cup of Broccoli – 15 calories
• 1/3 cup of Black Beans – 80 calories
• 1/3 cup of Sweet Corn – 44 calories
• 1/3 cup of Rotel – 40 calories
• 4 oz. of chicken w/taco seasoning – 160 cal
• Total calories – 354

Try it out and let me know what you think!

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Weight loss challenge Week 1 – 17 Day Diet

OK, as I mentioned earlier this week I have set a goal to lose at least 76lbs. to get me down to 200lbs. Below is a list of everything I am going to do to be successful on this journey.

1. The 17 Day Diet  downloadable PDF
2. Lose It!
3. Exercise with Andrea and Clinton
4. Post results weekly here and on youtube

My buddy Kip, who is a truck driver, introduced me to the17 Day Diet. He has been doing the 17 Day Diet for a while now and has lost over 100lbs. WOW! That is great! Keep up the good work Kip. I know you will reach your goal.

On the 17 Day Diet you can eat as much as you want of certain foods and there are two different cycles that you can be on. The reason it is called the 17 Day Diet is because each cycle lasts 17 Days.

Now I am sure you read that on the 17 Day Diet you can eat all you want of certain foods and that is correct; however, I want to get the best results and to do it as quickly as I can. Therefore, I have incorporated the Lose It! website to help track my progress and limit my calorie intake to keep me on pace to lose two pounds a week without working out. That way when I work out I will hopefully lose more that two pounds a week. We will see what happens!

I am planning on working out with my wife Andrea and my friend Clinton. This week I did not work out at all but I have plans to begin working out on Monday. More than likely we will start out walking and increase from there.

And finally I will post my progress both here, on the blog, and on youtube. I should have my youtube post up either tonight or sometime on Sunday. Once it is posted I will also post the video at the bottom of this blog.

I am also providing a free copy of the 17 Day Diet, here on my blog, for anyone who would like to do it with me and I have also provided links throughout this blog to connect to Lose It! to track your calories.

OK enough about what I am doing to track and hold myself accountable on my weight lose journey.  Let me tell you what happened this week and report my progress.

I weighed in on Tuesday 9/4/12 at 276lbs. I have cut out all fast food and Coke this week. Lose It! said that I should only eat 2182 calorie a day. Let me tell you, when you are eating salads, chicken, turkey, egg whites, Kefir, and a few things that are not on the diet like my peanut butter crackers, it is very hard to reach that 2182 caloric goal. Below is a daily list of the calories I consumed.

• Tuesday       1306
• Wednesday  1525
• Thursday      1006
• Friday           2283

Let me tell you a quick story about Friday-it was the only day I was over my calorie limit for the day. Andrea called me on the way home and asked me to pick up fried chicken for dinner. I reminded her that was not on our diet but since we both had been having an issue getting all of our calories for a day we decided to have the fried chicken.

The fried chicken was very good but when it was time for me to log my chicken on Lose It! I was shocked how many calories I had just consumed. I ate two chicken breasts, skin and all. My total calorie intake for the chicken only was a whopping 1279 calorie. That was more calorie than I had eaten all day!  Just my protein for dinner! Needless to say, I will not be eating any fried chicken any time soon. I would rather spend those calories eating more food that will keep me feeling full rather than to eat the fried chicken.

When I stepped on the scale this morning I was not really sure what it would read, especially after Friday night’s dinner. But I weighed in at 169lbs. WOW!! I could not believe it. I know most of the weight lose is due to not eating fast food or drinking soda but I am heading in the right direction.

I also wanted to mention that I am tracking all of my calories on Lose It! through my smartphone app. I am on the Solavei network. You can get unlimited talk, text and data on a 4G network for only $49 a month or LESS! That is right, I said LESS. Solavei will pay you monthly $20 for every three active members you bring over. So if you get 9 people signed up for cell service through Solavei your phone service will be free! Now that is a great deal!

For more information on Solavei click here and fill out my contact form. I will get in touch with you and help you get started.

Please follow me here and on youtube. Join my weight loss challenge and post your commitment and progress both here and on youtube. Keep an eye out for next weeks post.

I am also thinking about posting some of the meals we are making and the amount of calories each of meals are.

Check back regularly!

New to Solavei

I have just signed up to be a Solavei rep and I am excited to get started. Over the next couple of days I am going to explain what Solavei is and how Solavei works. Before I get started I want to just give you a background on my experience with cell phone services and why I have chosen to take the steps to get paid by my cell phone.

The first cell phone I owned was just shortly after I graduated from college. My cell phone service was through Cingular. The plan was $45 per month for local calling and ten cent a minute for long distance calls. I thought that was a good deal at the time.

When I moved to Florida I switched providers to T-mobile. I had cell phone service with T-mobile till 2009. During that time with T-mobile I had several different plans and was always locked into a contract. I did not like the whole locked into a contract thing. If you want to make a move it can get expensive to break the current contract that you are in. The last plan I had with T-mobile was their Unlimited My Faves plan running me $90 a month.

I was tired to paying that much for phone service. I wanted a plan that was affordable and still provided me with the options that I with current service. Once day I was drive home from working listing to Clark Howard and he mentioned Walmart’s new prepaid phone service Straight Talk. I decided that I was going to make the switch and try out the prepaid service. I was very surprised of the quality of the service and how affordable the service was monthly.

That brings us to where I am today. I have moved out of Florida and I live in Indiana now. I have a beautiful wife and four healthy kids. Just the other day I was introduced to Solavei and that I could get paid for have my cell phone service through Solavei.

That was all I really needed to hear. I am tired of having to pay for my cell phone service every month and the cost to move from Straight Talk to Solavei was just a few dollar more a month. I feel the extra cost is well worth it. Especially as more people come on board to my team and I start to see checks coming in every month from Solavei.

I know it sound to good to be true but the research I have done on Solavei shows that this is a legitimate opportunity to make an unlimited income. For more information on Solavei keep checking back to my blog. If you are ready for your cell phone to pay you contact me today and we can get you set up to make the switch and start making money today. Contact me at myerskj13@gmail.com

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