Day 151

Words of Inspiration

‎"We need to be the change we wish to see in the world" Gandhi How true that quote is. How do we do that? By looking within. Making the change with ourselves. Healing our spirits. Loving ourselves. Feeling worthy. Feeling loved. Knowing that you are not alone. Once you do that, you have the ability to be the example. Others will feel your love. They will seek you out and wasn't to know how to get those feelings themselves. You will be am radiant light that is shining in darkness. You will evoke change. Much love to you all this beautiful Sunday. I don't have internet today so I apologize if I don't respond to you like I normally do.

Positive Affirmation

I am the face of CHANGE

Training with Joe

• Sunday and that means it's a day off!

Food

Breakfast

Triple Berry Oatmeal with Toasted Macadamia Nut

Lunch

Asian Style Chicken Salad with Bean Sprouts, Celery, Baby Corn, Spring Mix & Thai Peanut Dressing

Dinner

Grilled Chicken Breast with Fresh Chimichurri sauce with Maize Orzo and Butternut Squash Puree

Snack

Pineapple Coconut Muffin

Dessert

Wild Berry Cheese Cake

Day 150

150 days on the program.  I never thought I would get to this point.  It's weird, those 10 day, 10 lb. markers are all so amazing to me.  The picture above was taken this morning before we went to a football function.  I felt so good and so on top of the world today.  It was really just a lovely day!!!


Words of Inspiration
"In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth." ~GHANDI~
I read that quote this morning and it reminded me of the importance of meditation.  Becoming one with your own thoughts.  Because it is when you are in solitude and peace that your spirit begins the process of healing.  When you can really find yourself, love yourself, talk to yourself and allow the Source to talk to you.  For some people it is hard to go to that quiet spot within yourself.  But I do challenge you to do this.  Take a few minutes, without anything on, by yourself, in the quiet of the room and just clear your mind and feel the love that is around you.  It is a glorious thing when you can master this.  I have yet to master it.  But I do this everyday and everyday it gets easier and I feel more focused, I feel more alive, I feel more in control of my life, I feel more JOY and PEACE in my spirit.  Much love to you all!!!


Positive Affirmation


I am a spiritual being and I am loved!!!


Training with Joe

• It's the weekend, so no training on Sat or Sun.  They are my days off, although I feel like I workout just as hard on the weekend as I do during the week with all the running around I do. :)

Food

Breakfast

Cherry Vanilla Whole Wheat Muffin with Fresh Apple & Wild Berry Yogurt

Lunch

Smoked Turkey Salad with Artichoke Hearts, Shredded Carrots, Baby Lettuce & Tart Cherry Vinaigrette

Dinner

Grilled Chicken Breast with Sweet & Sour Sauce with Roasted Pumpkin and Sweet Baby Peas

Snack

Crispy Chicken Tenders with Ranch Dip

Dessert

Pear Cheese Cake

Day 149

Words of Inspiration
‎"It is not possible to consistently FEEL positive emotion about something and have it turn our badly - for the way you FEEL will tell you if you are ALLOWING your natural Well-Being or not. Once you understand that the way you FEEL indicates your level of allowing or resisting, you now hold the key to creating anything you desire" Hicks

I like to call that INSTINCT. When you FEEL good inside about something that is your CORE or your heart or your still small voice within you telling you that it is good. You CORE (instinct) will NEVER lie to you! Your head will lie every time. Follow your heart, Follow your instinct and all will be well. Much love to you all!

I just read this poem and felt it was a great thing to share that goes along with the positive affirmation.  It is by Barclay Littlewood

The love you are looking for is in you.

It’s not in anything you can do.

You’ll smile once you see it’s true.

Loves not here and it’s not there.

Looking elsewhere is so unfair.

Loves in you, don’t despair!

Your love is nothing you can be.

Not in anything you can ever see.

Your love is not in them or me.

Your love won’t come tomorrow.

It’s not in a thing you can buy or borrow.

That’s what leads to all you sorrow.

Your love is something you’ll always own.

Love for you, is yours alone.

Only you can be sure it’s shown.

Your loves in you, its in your song.

No need to think there’s something wrong.

That’s been your problem for far too long.

Your love is not in how you look.

It can’t be read about in some book.

Anyone selling you love might be a crook!

Your love is not dependent on a thing.

Not love from others, nor courage, nor a diamond ring.

That’s real love that shines, never giving in.

There’s nothing that you need to change.

That just takes love out of range.

Loving you now is the change, now doesn’t that feel strange?

Saint or sinner, you deserve your love.

Hurting happens because you made it tough.

It’s time to say now, stop enough is enough.

Tricks and cheats, no matter what you’d done.

If your on the run, even with a gun.

Your love for you, is your rising sun.

Forgive yourself, stop causing pain.

That pain will lead you down a one way lane.

Only your love can be your gain, only love can keep you sane.

Your love is free, here and now.

No need to be perfect or take a bow.

Just simply look at you, just say wow.

Love the great, the good and the bad.

Love the bits that make you mad.

Love the bits that make you sad.

Love all of you, love the whole.

It happens now, that’s the goal.

And there’s your love, it fills your soul.

Love who you were, all you can be, and all you are.

And you will see your love was never far.

Because love, was always what you are.

Positive Affirmation

I am LOVED!!!  I am LOVED!!!  I am LOVED!!!! - There is so much power and positive energy in the word LOVE.  I challenge you to say the word LOVE at least 50 times out loud, over and over again and ALLOW yourself to FEEL the feelings that will come to you.  They are majestic indeed!

Training with Joe

• warm up on SPIN for 15 mins
• Today was a LEG DAY - Heavy Weights
• Plated Leg Press - 3 sets of 20 - 320 lbs. (I know that seems like a lot, but for me it really isn't.  It didn't seem heavy at all.  I would however NOT recommend heavy weight at all for someone who is just starting out.  Remember, I workout 5 days a week and have built up my muscle in my legs for the last 6 months.) rotating with:
• Good Mornings - 3 sets of 20 - 45 lbs.
• Hamstring Curls - 3 sets of 20 each leg - 30 lbs. rotating with:
• one leg squats - 3 sets of 20 each leg
• 1 hr SPIN

Food

Breakfast

Whole Wheat Cinnamon Waffles with Fresh Mango & Mandarin Orange Ricotta Cheese

Lunch

Chicken Caesar Salad with Grape Tomato, Romaine Lettuce, Whole Wheat Croutons & Sun Dried Tomato with Caesar Dressing.

Dinner

Grilled Chicken Breast with Chili Pineapple Sauce with Spanish Style Brown Rice and Steamed Broccoli

Snack

Strawberry Banana Cheese Cake

Dessert

Maple Baked Pear Filled with Mascrapone Cheese and Crusted with Crunchy Oats.

Day 148

I am adding the final element of weightloss to my blog and that is Positive Affirmations.  Each day I will post 1 positive affirmation.  What is a positive affirmation you ask?  It is a sentence that you speak out loud that reaffirms how you feel or how you want to feel.  It's what I like to call a Make Me Feel Good sentence.  I do this every day as I drive to the gym.  My kids do it EVERYDAY before they go to school at the breakfast table.  As you say these affirmations out loud, you will begin to see a change.  It is a wonderful way to start off your day.


Positive Affirmation


I am worthy of all good things that this world has to offer!  I am worthy!


Words of Inspirations

Your thoughts are powerful creators, and your words are even more powerful than your thoughts, but your actions are more powerful than your words or your thoughts so what thoughts are you acting on this day to create your world??? Something to really ponder about! Much love to you all!!! It's all about choice!

Training with Joe

• CARDIO DAY---YAY!!!
• SPIN 15 mins
• 1000 Meters ROW
• 200 jump ropes
• 500 Meters ROW
• 300 jump ropes
• 1000 Meters ROW
• 200 jump ropes
• 150 squats
• 150 pushups
• I did not SPIN after that workout.  I could hardly walk down the stairs after that one and it took me 90 minutes to complete this workout.  INTENSE!!!!!!

Food

Breakfast

Apricot & Cherry Oatmeal with Toasted Almonds

Lunch

Philly Cheese Steak Whole Wheat Wrap with Sauteed Mushrooms

Dinner

Lean Turkey Meatballs with Fresh Marinara Sauce with Southwestern Corn Saute and Wild Rice & Cranberry Pilaf

Snack

Asian Style Broco-Slaw with Shredded Turkey

Dessert

Chocolate Chip Cheese Cake

Day 147

Words of Inspiration
I challenge you today to go outside and take a walk.  As you walk out in nature, look around you.  See all the life that is happening before your eyes.  Draw energy from nature.  Everything in this world is comprised of energy.  Everything!  So as you go outside, take some deep breaths and begin to allow yourself to feel the energy that is around you.  It is very healing to the spirit to be out in nature.  There is transformation happening all around you.  Think about the flowers on this earth and how each night they go through a process of closing, shutting down and then each morning as the sun shines and bring energy to them they go through a process of awakening and opening and showing their true beauty for the world to see each day.  Think about a seed as it goes into the ground, that seed is full of energy and as it is nurtured deep within this earth and fed from the land it begins to sprout and shoot up and through time becomes whatever it is going to become.  We need to do the same thing for ourselves and take the time to nurture ourselves, to feed our spirits good things, good energy, positive energy.  So that when we go through our own transformation we will be filled or may I suggest awakened to this world to be able to show our true beauty from within that has always been there.  Much love to you all on this day!!!


Training with Joe

• SPIN 15 mins
• Single Leg Dumbbell Squats - 15 lbs - 3 sets of 20 each leg rotating with
• Pike Crunch - 3 sets of 20
• Dumbbell Step Ups - 15 lbs - 3 sets of 20 each leg rotating with
• Choppers - 10 lbs. 3 sets of 20 each side
• Push Ups - 2 sets of 20 rotating with
• Body Rows - 3 sets of 20
• SPIN 30 mins

Food - The Fresh Diet

Breakfast

Mandarin Orange Ricotta Cheese Crepes with Fresh Strawberries

Lunch

Country Ham Caesar Salad with Romaine Lettuce, Tomato, Whole Wheat Croutons & Caesar Dressing

Dinner

Grilled Chicken Breast with Red Wine & Shallot Reduction Sauce with Southwestern Orzo and Pineapple Glazed Sweet Potato

Snack

Fresh Berries & Pineapple with Strawberry Yogurt

Dessert

Passion Fruit Cheese Cake

Day 146

Words of Inspiration


CHOICES - Every minute of everyday we make choices.  We choose what we are going to eat.  We choose what we are going to do.  Most importantly, we choose what we are going to think!!!  To me, the MOST important of these is how we think.  We can CHOOSE to be happy, CHOOSE to be sad.  We can CHOOSE to BE KIND, or CHOOSE to be not so nice.  We can CHOOSE to LOVE or CHOOSE to hate.  We can CHOOSE to eat healthy or CHOOSE to eat unhealthy.  We can CHOOSE to exercise or we can CHOOSE to not exercise.  We can CHOOSE to LOVE OURSELVES or we can CHOOSE to hate ourselves.  It's all our OWN choice.  No one can tell you how to choose what you are going to choose.  So think about this question next time someone is mean to you, next time you are faced with sadness, next time you are presented with unhealthy food.  WHAT IS YOUR CHOICE???  You make the decisions for your own life.  No one can tell you how to think.  It's your choice!!!  Much love to you all on this beautiful day!!!


Training with Joe

• Today I have chosen to stay home.  My kids and I are doing a workout session together here.  Here is our schedule for today.
• Agility Ladder drills - 10 sets - 3 drills - I'll post a video so you can see later today.
• Jump Rope 50 x's for 3 sets rotating with
• Push Ups 20 x's for 3 sets
• 3 inches - For this you lay on the ground and keep your legs straight and lift your legs up 3 inches off the ground and count for 3 seconds. - Rotating with
• Reverse Crunch 20 x's for 3 sets
• 1 hr SPIN - YES, I have a SPIN bike at home. HOORAY!!!

Food

Breakfast

Toasted Granola with Diced Pears & Honey Almond Ricotta Cheese

Lunch

Reuben Style Deli Wrap with Smoked Turkey Breast, Swiss Cheese, Baby Lettuce & Thousand Island Dressing

Dinner

Grilled Chicken Breast with Apricot Curry Sauce with Steamed Asparagus and Sauteed Mushroom Medley

Snack

Whole Wheat Chicken Quesadilla with Pepper-Jack Cheese & Mango Salsa

Dessert

Papaya Cheese Cake

Day 145

Today I am changing the format of my blog.  Each day I will have 3 section of the blog, Words of Inspiration, Training with Joe & FOOD.  Well actually those 3 categories will be on Monday-Friday when I train with Joe!  The weekends will just have WoI & Food.  I hope this blog will inspire you to begin your journey.  You can do it!  You are loved!  You are worthy of all good things!  So here we go!!!


Words of Inspiration


Over this next phase of transformation I want to share with you how I began my journey and really began transforming my body from the inside out.  Each day I will post some words of inspiration, those things that I have thought, experienced, come to know for myself how these things have effected me and changed my life.  

To begin, I want you to know, not only know, but FEEL the reality that we are all SPIRITUAL BEINGS living here on this earth having a HUMAN EXPERIENCE.  I came to know this fact 1st hand on February 16th of this year when my sweet Grandma Belle passed away in my home while I was at her bedside.  At that moment her spirit left her body, I felt it.  She stayed there for a few minutes before she left on her new journey.  At that exact moment I came to know for a reality that we are just spiritual beings.  That I will again see her.  That she is now happy and filled with joy as she is with her family once again.  It was just pure joy to experience that.  I also knew then that my time had come.  I had spent so many years caring for her and my entire family, what I did not do is ever care for myself.  That was my choice.  It was also my mistake.  I have since realized how vital it is to care for myself.  To love myself.  To feel worthy of all good things.  At the moment of my grandma's death, it was a rebirth for me.  I knew it was my time to begin my journey and transform not only my body, but also my spirit.  To go through this process of healing my spirit.  Let me tell you, it's been a process and I'm still doing it.  I do know that I am a spiritual being and I am blessed to have been able to meet so many of my spiritual brothers and sisters through out this world through social media.  What a blessing that has been.  And so as these weeks go on and I continue to write this blog, each day I will bring you the process by which I have started my transformation.  Much love to you all!!!


Training with Joe

• SPIN 15 mins warmup
• Incline Press - 15 lbs 3 sets of 20 rotating with
• Row - 60 lbs - 3 sets of 20
• Lat Pull Down - 55 lbs 3 sets of 20 rotating with
• Push Ups - 20
• Pike Crunch - 3 sets of 20 rotating with
• Reverse Crunch - 3 sets of 20
• 1 hr SPIN

Food

Breakfast - MY ALLTIME FAVORITE

Hawaiian Style Oatmeal with Pineapple & Toasted Coconut Flakes

Lunch

Feta Cheese Salad with Roasted Yellow Squash, Tomato, Walnuts, Cranberries, Radicchio Lettuce Mix & Red Wine Vinaigrette

Dinner

Grilled Chicken Breast with Roasted Yellow Pepper & Shallot Sauce with Whole Wheat Angel Hair Pasta and Cilantro Roasted Yellow Tomato

Snack

Mushroom Crowns Stuffed with Sauteed Garlic Beef With Tomato Sauce

Dessert

Pineapple Cheese Cake

Sorry my pictures are so dark.   I couldn't get the flash to go off.