Motivational Monday

When my mom talks about her pregnancy with me...I was the rebellious one. The one who wouldn't stop kicking...that would shake all around when she sat down. Relentlessly until she got up and moved around again. She always tells the story of my birth, the one who flew out like a football ready to go!

Yet I stop myself with questions and over thinking of the most basic concepts. So this coming month, the last month of the year of manifestation, I am playing full out with intention. I'm thinking less and doing more.

December Goals Include:

1) Hot Water with Lemon and Ginger Daily

2) Journal entry Daily

3) Clean Eating Daily (exceptions are 12/24 & 12/25 for family recipe tamales)

4) Exercise, any type of work out, for at least 30 minutes daily

5) No weight-in until 12/31

6) Organize Guest Room and Office

7) Follow-up on Doctor Appt's for tests

8) Give each day 100% in every area; work and home life

Get on up and join me with your December Goals. Get up and get started. 

ROAR!

Wonderful Wednesday

Self-Motivation

The workout schedules I create keep me on track. I have not created a schedule for a few months because I was working with "Los Game Changers" and our team schedule. I was also sick in January and most of February. My motivational Monday share from 03/02 was an eye opener. The endomondo e-mail made me want to plan and do more.

Activity Boundaries

I created my workout schedule and have set some supportive boundaries for myself. For example, I have a few "EXTRAS" on the schedule like Kickboxing/Under the Belt on Tues. & Thur., ROAR as a double on Mon. & Wed. Which means if I feel good and energized I will take the EXTRA class. If not I will go home and rest after ONE class. This will still put me at 2 hours of exercise a day since I am sticking to yoga and PiYo mornings. Activity in the morning keeps me focused and balanced. I notice the difference in my performance right away. I am also walking, hiking or jogging for a minimum of 30 minutes 4 days a week.

Playing Big

The goal is to keep a steady pace and shoot for at least 2 hours of activity a day. Friday's are my OPTIONAL active recovery days and will be the exception with an an hour of activity. If I am sick I will not make myself wrong. I will listen to my body and provide it with self-love. If that requires rest so be it. However, I will not use illness as a cop-out so if I feel I can remain active...I will keep pushing. I am playing big!

Here's to lighting the fire and keeping it moving!

Remain Coachable

Coaching Principles

Coaching applies to all areas of life. There are Performance Coaches, Skills Coaches, Career Coaches, Personal or Life Coaching, Business coaching, Executing coaching and well I'm sure of a whole other of varieties. The principal is the same. They are all there to enhance your performance, increase your effectiveness and productivity. They teach you core skills and focus on areas of concern. They provide you with feedback and keep you focused on your main objective. They help you view your own capabilities, achieve your aspirations; no matter the constraint. 

Remaining Coachable is accepting what the coach has to say, offer, and taking it and running with it; even when you don't want to hear it, believe it or just plain don't see it. It is remaining present to the principles they are teaching.

Workout Session's

This week I did not do yoga every morning. I notice my head space changes and I must return to my yogi ways soon. All of my other workouts have been good. I've doubled up on ROAR and stuck to spinning and kickboxing as planned. Then I got slow. I was slow on Wednesday and Thursday. I've had a few stressful days and thought it was related to that but boy was I wrong.

It was my attire but I didn't realize it until Anthony asked, "what's wrong?" I said, "my clothes are falling off!!!" - his response, "yea you're getting small!" - I gave him a look and smiled. 

I kept going and didn't think about it much more until this morning. 

WOW

My clown pajamas must go! 11/14/14

I woke up and looked in the mirror and started to bust out laughing. My pants were slowly creeping down and for the first time ever I noticed how big my clown pajamas were!!! I could wrap the shirt all the way around and could fit a whole other person in my pants! Somehow all the coaching my friend Susie and my cousin Paola did to get me into smaller clothes did not translate into the pajama and workout departments! So once more I must listen and realize yes I am getting smaller. This time I am not afraid. I am not daunted. I am simply accepting this as part of my course...and running with it.

Here's to new clown pajamas!

1. Complete.

100 pounds and 14 sizes smaller.

Today is the day I was supposed to be at goal...

but I weight the same as when I started this count down. I'm not disappointed,  dissatisfied or discouraged.  Instead I am optimistic,  relieved and renewed. For I understand  this is a non-linear process which requires a lifestyle change and a whole lot of persistence.

I've made peace with the process.

I'm no longer angry about food; what I cannot and should not eat. I went through days of beating myself up over unhealthy choices but a new mindset allowed forgiveness. I am human and I will have bad days. I make mistakes and will fall back sometimes.  The point is not to stray far from the optimal goal: live a long healthy life and adapt to the lifestyle that will allow me to get there. This means smiling when I order a salad. Being proud of myself for choosing the fruit instead of a chocolate bar and if I don't make a healthy choice I don't make the "old me" type of scandal. These days, if I make an unhealthy choice and I make sure the next one is a healthy one. I seek balance.

Yes, I am still not at goal and while reflecting over my journey I realized: I'm healthier than I was 1 -2 - 3 - 4- 5 - ... 12 years ago!! I am thinner, stronger and leaner. I am at the perfect spot and self-love makes me want to go the extra mile. Self-love makes me want to loose the next 84 pounds!  I feel complete in knowing I give each and every day my best - whatever that may look like. I truly forgive myself for not being perfect. I am living the best way I know how and I am in the process of positive changes in my life.

The mindset that helped me get where I am today.

1. Forgive myself.  For not being perfect,  for slipping sometimes, for being so hard on myself.  

2. Love myself.  Honor my mind, body and soul. Treat my body with honor and respect. Instead of being critical over what I am not doing I must remind myself to simply say, I love you, to myself.

3. One step at a time. I make grand goals and there have been set-backs. There will be days when I push hard and others when all I can do is apply a small change to stay on target. This is when I remind myself that I just need to take it day by day, moment by moment. 

4. Play hard. Stating I'll take it day by day does not mean I'm not playing hard. When I'm healthy - no vertigo, no pain - I play real hard because I love waking up knowing I gave each moment the best I could. This may also apply when the emotional part tries to take over. I just have to get up and rise above it all and play hard in every area of my life i.e. work, home etc.  

5. Share yourself with others. Some people appreciate my story and they will be inspired to make changes in their own life. If I can help another individual through their journey then I'm satisfied knowing I made a contribution and difference in someone elses life. 

6. What others think of me is none of my business.  Life is too short to worry or to live concerned about what someone else thinks about me. For example, I give each work out and each class my best. I may look foolish to some but I'm having fun and simply taking care of me. 

7. Be grateful.  I have been given the opportunity to embrace this new way of living and thinking.  I am grateful for every moment. 

8. Be happy. It is a state of mind and happiness will get me much further than fear, doubt, anger, depression etc. A smile truly goes a long way. 

9. Be mindful. Being mindful is a daily practice. Yoga helps me reach true consciousness. I am successful when I practice mindful eating and mindful living. 

10. Enjoy the process because there is no finish line. It is truly a journey.

I thank you for reading about my journey. May you live a healthy and inspired life.

Here's to sharing.

Time for a reset

I'll be sharing daily and provide more details here and there. I'll also try to keep them short.

My Current Stats

Current weight: 227.6
Total pounds lost: 91
Size: 16-18 depending on the label

Regimen
-body for life, food plan and exercise plan (weight training and interval cardio)
-monthly mini-challenges
- following an (8) week training guide for walking to jogging.
- (4) weeks of a (13) week half-marathon training.
-yoga daily
-Extras= activities from studios, outdoors or videos I add through the weeks e.g. circuit training, dance class, callenetics

12- Week Challenge Goal
-loss of 50 pounds
-dropping 6-8 sizes
-being able to jog at a steady pace for 4 miles
-having the strength to climb the pole
-continuing to make behavioral modifications.

To making goal.

Going for 100...

Pushing my self on a day to day basis. Today I'm working from home because I'm ill with my reoccurring problem. But sitting here in my jammies I realized I only have one large stomach roll instead of the three I used to have...yay!!! 

I'm also able to acknowledge how hard I'm working for my goal. My mindset is all about having fun, trying something new and changing it up so it doesn't feel like it is hard. I realized my view point was different when I asked my brother, who is also my trainer, if my body was changing quickly because I was noticing a lot if changes at a fast pace. His response was, "no, you're not changing quickly!" I was shocked and kind of upset until he said, "you're getting results because you work hard! Double work-outs, 6 days a week, girl you're putting the work in and that's why you're getting results." 

This leads me to the next subject. Goal revision. It is clear I will not meet 46 lbs by 2/28 given my lack of significant weight loss in Dec, and Jan (total of 10lbs). I recommit to loosing another 20 lbs by 2/28 making it a total loss of 100 lbs. This means I'm elevating my game and focusing on the goal. 

Here's to #going4100 ! 

Working hard

I'm still keeping the pace. I'm down to 252 lbs and I am happy! Happy because I think that with this same dedication I will be able to meet the weight loss goal I set for my birthday. I just need to stay committed. 

Doing it!