Day 52 Jedi

Again, not the early morning I had hoped for, but i did get my session in before noon. I think this workout Hammer Power, with the dead lifts and clean and jerk are among my favorites . I really feel so strong. I guess I'm amazed how lifting and pushing to try a little more weight can get you sweating! I used to think cardio was the only way, but that is so false, as I'm finding out .

 So comparing early morning workouts to afternoon, the former is still better because I like setting the tone. I like getting my coaching personal development done right after my session, and I like the stillness of the house (well as still as it can get with a drooling 90 lb lab breathing down your neck for love and kisses.) 

Conversely though having my daughters watching me workout and sometimes joining in (afternoon exercise) is nice. Obviously at 5:00am they are typically stil asleep. 

I was really taken today with the lightness of a 15 lb weight in my hand 'after' I hold a 20 lber. I thought to myself 'there was a time when you could barely lift a 10! ' 

I'm feeling proud. 

Do you know every day when I workout I thank god that I am healthy and I promise to be careful of my moves, respect myself and I think 'pay attention to what you're doing'? 

You owe it to everyone to be careful. I don't get sloppy . If something doesn't feel right, or I'm getting tired, I'll listen to my body. It doesn't mean I won't push to get better or lift more. I will. But I'm aware of the fragility of life, and so I take each minute carefully and not mindlessly. Hope that makes sense? 

Be well y'all! 

Jedi 

Welcome to a New Year

I had stopped writing in my blog when I was over in Moscow this summer. I think just being abroad and all the pressures of  dealing with time zone change and a foreign system had me overwhelmed. I'm back though.  

Hopefully someone out there is happy to see the Jedi blogging again. I tell ya what... I'm gonna hold myself to it. 

So many people 'begin' the new year disgusted at what they didn't accomplish. If I could say one thing to you, I would share this:

Don't be like everyone else. Don't start another year today promising yourself something is going to be different. It will only be different IF you make it so. You. 

I stuck out one (1) solid year of 2015 on exercising and eating right. At times I'm asking myself 'How did I pull this off?' Because it was not a cake walk - no pun on those sugars, haha. 

It means so much more that I can look at the difference I see in me over one year. I hope that for you too. To be able to revel in this moment when you can say you stuck to something because YOU wanted it for yourself - not that someone forced it on you. 

I think the best laid plans come from when you want it just for no other reason than you decided to dream and came up with that very dream: to feel better about yourself. (Or whatever it may be)

Can you listen to yourself ? No frills, no fancy, no fuss and just shut up for once? What is your SELF trying to say to you? 

We are constantly ignoring 'us'. 

We say 'shut up'. 

We say 'you shouldn't be thinking that ... feeling that.'

Just shut up for once. Will ya? Listen, already!