Advocare 24 day Challenge

I'm a very skeptical person, and I think something's up with this thread. There are way too many "newbie" posters on this thread. Nothing wrong with newbies, bc we've all been there. But, seeing profile after profile with only one post makes me feel like this is a group of individuals that got together and said, "hey, let's go to various diet websites and talk about advocare to promote it." :noway:

Anyone notice that all of these are the users very first or second post and there is not profile picture. Not saying all of them are fake but it smells a little fishy to me.

I'm on day 7 of the 24 day challenge. This was husbands idea needless to say I wasn't excited. Im a sweets addict and have many upcoming events with lots of goodies to look forward to. However I'm so glad we started this. Im never hungry and have been able to manage my very strong cravings. I dont drink caffeine on a regular basis so wasnt at all excited about having to drink Spark(caffeinated) on a daily basis even though it tastes great and gives a lot of energy. But once I found out about Advocares noncaffeinated energy drink called V16 ive been on board. I'm down 3lbs. My energy level and mood are up. I'm able to manage cravings even while fixing food for my 5 and 3 year old. They eat the healthy dinners but sometimes i have to break out a frozen pizza or chicken nuggets for them for lunch. I can't believe I've been successful on this. I've never done a diet or a cleanse before because I didn't think I'd have the willpower. This has proved me wrong because its not about willpower its about eating the right kinds of foods to manage hunger throughout the day. My goal is to make this the start of a lifestyle change forever. 6 days clean and 1 day treat is something I could live with. No matter what plan you do ... it's a good one if it makes you stick to it. Good luck to all no matter what plan you choose!

I saw someone's post about how this topic seems fishy with all the new posters (which is actually what made me sign up and post)...

I've used myfitnesspal for a while now, and found this 24 Day Challenge thread while searching "24 Day Challenge Reviews" on google. Decided to try and post an unbiased opinion on it.

My fiancé and I decided to try it out and are on day 2 of the challenge right now, which is day 2 of the cleanse. Both of us are in good shape and exercise routinely, so this was more about actually doing a good cleanse than losing weight.

The diet isn't hard to stick to at all. It doesn't make you do stupid stuff like not eat carbs or anything like that. Every morning we've had eggs, oatmeal, and fruit, and then for lunch and dinner have split up anything from lean red meat, chicken, or fish, and then some greens and whole grain rice or something like that.

I will say, however, that the fiber drink you have to take in the morning on the cleanse is absolutely awful to take by itself. The taste isn't that bad, but the consistency is enough that I barely finished mine, and my fiancé actually threw up. The second day we mixed it up with the Spark and it was more tolerable, although still nasty.

After the first night of taking the Herbal Cleanse Caplets before bed, I woke up feeling fine, but I will say that I tossed and turned a ton last night. Don't know if it was from all the vitamins and stuff in it that kept me up or what, but the same thing happened to my fiancé.

Midway through day 2, I feel great except for a slight headache that I am 100% sure is caffeine withdrawal because I used to drink a ton of diet soda and coffee. I've had regular bowel movements as well, which is good because I thought it was going to be a little crazier.

My fiancé, however, said she is having major headaches. She doesn't drink a lot of soda, but used to do a lot of coffee, so I don't know if it's caffeine or not. Could be sodium, cause she used to eat a lot of pork and red meat. She also said that she feels empty even though we've been eating, and her bowel movements seem to be a little worse than mine from what she says.

I guess everyone's bodies are different, so we'll see. I'll keep my progress posted.