Category — inspiration

I’ve been interested by the emotions that have come to the surface with the pending Reset and moving… I think the video speaks for itself.

So this is my motto going into this and I’ll be trying to remember it every step of the way.

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I’m with you… and you will be successful… watch the video and you’ll see why these challenges work. Learn more about this at my fitness site http://www.WeeklyFitClub.com or get started by either signing up at http://bijacoaching.com/Challenge/ or by sending me a message.

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Creator of the best-selling P90X® workout series, Tony Horton shows you how to Bring It! for the results you want. (And the results Carol GOT!! )

Over the past 25 years, Tony Horton has helped millions of people—from stay-at home moms to military personnel to A-list celebrities—transform their bodies and their lives with innovative workouts and cutting-edge advice. Now in his first book he shares the fundamentals of his fitness philosophy with millions more, revealing his secrets for getting fit and healthy and melting away pounds.

One-size-fits-all diets and exercise regimens just don’t work—that’s why Tony creates unique programs for each of his clients. In Bring It! he shows you how to build your own diet and fitness plan tailored to your individual lifestyle, preferences, and goals. With a Fitness Quotient (FQ) quiz designed to assess your likes, dislikes, and current fitness level, you can choose the program that’s right for you.

In photographs and easy-to-follow instructions, Tony demonstrates his unique moves and exercise combinations that include cardio fat burners, lower body blitzers, core strengthening, plyometrics, yoga, and more. You’ll also discover Tony’s fat-blasting eating plan and detox tips, delicious recipes, and mental motivators.

Whether you’ve never been to the gym before, are looking to get bikini ready, or simply want to take your workout to the next level, Tony Horton can give you the results you’ve been looking for. A better body—and future—is possible when you commit to change. Get ready to Bring It!

Motivation Monday: Stephanie M. lost 87 lbs. and 9″ off her hips!!! Here is her story:

Stephanie started struggling with her weight in her 20′s, and after two pregnancies it spiraled out of control. She says, “I was ashamed of how I looked, but too tired to do anything about it. I went back to work full time after the birth of my second son in 2008, and was the heaviest I’ve ever been – at 227 lbs on a 5’7 frame. My youngest son did not sleep well through the night, so I was functioning on only 2-3 hours of sleep while working 45 hours a week. I was exhausted, emotionally and physically. I was depressed and too tired to care, but deep down I did care. A lot. I turned to food to help me cope, and before I knew it I was binging on cookies and cake to help numb the pain. I was sitting on my kitchen floor at 2am eating a cupcake, as I had just gotten the baby to sleep again. That was my reward to myself. I ate it in 2 bites, and as I stared at the empty wrapper, I started to cry. What was I doing to myself? My kids deserved a healthy mom. Why would I want to deprive them of that? I couldn’t even chase after my oldest son in the back yard. I knew then that I needed to change, for them and for me. I was losing weight and feeling great, then this past February my family received news that would forever change our lives. My 2 year old nephew was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma, an aggressive type of brain cancer. I felt that same pain coming back, and the numbness was trying to set in. I didn’t want to exercise or eat right. I kept thinking “why should I? What does it matter?” We went to see him the night he was diagnosed. He was sitting up in bed with the brightest smile, pushing his truck. My heart was breaking and tears were streaming down my face, but he was able to smile and be happy. Given a survival rate of 25%, St. Jude’s accepted him with open arms. He is in his 7 month of treatment there, and after the successful removal of the tumor, all of his scans have come back clear! My nephew is facing a challenge that no one should ever have to face. He helped me gain my perspective & find my inner strength again.”

There are going to be amazing challenges in your life, and when you think you have them licked, there may be another challenge just around the corner. Keep your perspective – find your inner strength every day. If Stephanie can do this, you can do anything! Connect with me and let’s get your journey started today.

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Okay… I have a daughter. So this was the best blog post I have read in a while and I had to share it.

One of the best bits of advice was: Teach your daughter to like and respect herself and demand respect from those around her.  She might end up lonely at times, but at least she won’t be a doormat.

One of the funniest bits of advice was:  Don’t let your 9 year old dancer look like a 25 year Pussycat Doll.

But my favorite of all was: Teach your daughter that her choices in life are limitless.  She really can do anything – except maybe use the Men’s Restroom.  (although I have to admit … she can even do that! In fact my daughter and I used it at the pizza place just the other day with the Okay of the management.)

http://www.peopleiwanttopunchinthethroat.com/2012/01/rules-for-parents-of-daughters.html

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Faith is knowing something without being able to verify that fact. I can be one of the hardest things to overcome in your life. And when staring at a never moving scale number – it really takes faith to know that you are moving in the right direction. You don’t just abandon what you are reaching for because of a number.

Would you have a little faith? If you go more than 5 or 6 weeks without any changes on the scale or in the way your clothing fits – well then you need to look at what you are doing. Are you getting enough water? Are you eating too many of one food group? Are you not getting enough variety in your fitness plan? If it’s not that you may want to have your blood levels check with your doctor. Most of the time it just takes a little push to get things going again. So just believe in yourself and keep making baby steps towards success.

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Winter, winter, winter… it’s just never ending. At least during December you are looking forward to the holiday and so you want a little cold and snow. But come January it’s just a dredge holding spring back away from you. How rude. You can’t get outdoors enough, which can make it even worse. Many people find that January starts the depressive season.

Those suffering from the winter blues fall into a depressed mood each year in the fall and continue to feel depressed throughout the winter and into the early spring, when these feelings disappear.

Unstable melatonin levels, a hormone produced during sleep, and serotonin, a neurotransmitter responsible for mood, hunger, and sleep, cause the Winter Blues. A study looked at seven healthy women. They demonstrated that one hour of exercise on a stationary bicycle could double or triple melatonin levels. Also people who meditate feel that the practice has positive health effects such as improved energy and calmness of mind. But there is also preliminary research that suggests that meditation may boost levels of melatonin. So don’t just take this season lying down. Do a power hour. Exercise.Stretch.Breathe.Meditate. It’ll will make the winter far better.

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“ǝʌıʇɔǝdsɹǝd ʇuǝɹǝɟɟıp ɐ ɯoɹɟ ǝɟıl ʇɐ ʞool oʇ ǝʌɐɥ noʎ ‘sǝɯıʇǝɯos”

Life is always moving for me. To slow down and do those much needed yoga/stretching movements is so hard for me. I’ve only done the TurboFire 40 minute Stretch a handful of times – and generally end up doing the RealAge You On A Diet 20 Minute Stretch instead. It moves more, and it’s less “thinking”. I don’t want to try to relax my thoughts… that makes me think even more. Do you find that you have the same problem? I mean seriously… Savasana? Pure torture for me..ugghh!!

Most of the time when I am doing yoga I am trying to release, and grappling with the idea of whether or not anyone else is as annoyed with it as I am. Then I end up thinking as I’m wishing I had never started the workout in the first place… “yoga is hard”. I know it has nothing to do with the flexibility… I have no bad feelings about the tightness of my hips. I accept that because I know we are all different. I don’t need to work on letting go of those judgement in my life. It’s the mental stuff for me. Yoga requires me to do something very counterintuitive in our day to day. I am a type A go get it type of person and to just let go, to no push at 125%, to actually slow down. It just doesn’t work for me. But you have to be flexible to grow old in a healthy manner… so what to do?

PiYo.

PiYo, created by Chalene Johnson, is a unique class designed to build strength & gain flexibility. The moves fit perfectly together to form a class filled with intense choreography that’s fun, challenging and will make you sweat. It’s about energy, power, and rhythm. Think sculpted abdominals, increased overall core strength, and greater stability. The unique thing about PiYo is you receive strength, flexibility and balance training all at once  and it’s got a great cardio effect! This is my ADHD exerciser’s dream. I get to get in my flexibility that I need, without having to feel like a dud since I cannot slow my brain enough for regular yoga sessions that are more than 15 – 20 minutes.

My goal is that once I am ready this year to get certified with my second Powder Blue Productions certification as a PiYo instructor and start teaching classes this Summer. And hopefully after a year of PiYo I’ll have guns and gams like this.

I’ll keep you posted.

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This week I’ve been sitting here feeling pretty alone way up here in WA while all of my friends are in UT. And many of my friends had amazing experiences this week working out with one of my favorite people, Chalene Johnson.

But when I see those smiling faces – I can’t be at all upset that I wasn’t there – I can only be happy that they were!!

There are tens of millions of people who have tried unsuccessfully to lose weight, and yet I meet amazing people in my business every day that have done it! What’s the secret? Well I know that there are two amazing things that have helped me. First is that I choose a program I loved and that worked. TurboFire. Second, I reached out to others for support. That is what made Beachbody so attractive to me in the first place. I’m a life coach. I have all of the data to give you, the meal plans, the life direction… and yet when it came to weight my clients were failing… and frankly so was I. What? That’s right. I was reading all of the data and yet the weight wasn’t budging a bit.

And then Turbo to the rescue. Beachbody has sought out those people that know what works. It does. Turbo Jam, TurboFire, ChaLEAN Extreme – these are all programs that work. Chalene knows what she is talking about. And she is so motivational. Yesterday she posted, “People “beat the odds” everyday. Don’t let society dictate to you what you can and can’t do. If your heart is pulling you in the direction of your calling, then follow it. Only you know what your purpose in life is. Don’t cheat the world out of your gift, by allowing the opinions of others to overshadow your truth.” That’s a big part of that puzzle you know? Someone believing in you. And she does. She believes with all her heart.

This year is the year of believing. Do you believe?

Get on board and make the changes you need to this year. If you need my help, just ask. You know I’m here for you.  And when you realize and believe in yourself… I’ll want to hug you, and wish I was there, but I’ll be happy that you were here today.

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I’m sitting here in Kirkland, WA… and my body is here, my mind is here. I know that I am MEANT to be here right now. My love of my life is here, the love of my belly is here. The rest of my heart is in Utah. My system is in two different realms of living right now. Here and there. Heart and head.

I’ve been dreaming of finding the core ideas to take my passion to where I always wanted it to be. Had I not come to WA, I would not have found the answers. If I was in Utah, I’d have a million places to use these new tools. But here – it’s all new. Here and there. Heart and head.

In Utah I would be knocking on doors and shaking my bootay tomorrow with Chalene Johnson in Park City. Here I’ll be rushing around, and shaking my head at the traffic. Here and there. Heart and head.

Here I am meeting new people, taking on new challenges, learning to stand on my own. In Utah I would supported by my amazing friends, counting on my community and branching out slowly. Here and there. Heart and head.

It’s okay to be here, and it’s okay to dream about there. It’s okay to want that, while learning to be this. I think that sometimes we have to be in two places at once – I am stretched across the rainbow bridge. In Norse mythology, Bilröst is a burning rainbow bridge that reaches between Midgard (the world) and Asgard, the realm of the gods. According to the Prose Edda, the bridge ends in heaven. And so being so close to two realms, is indeed where we all live on most days anyway. We have one foot firmly on Earth with the moments we are living right now. Connecting with people that we meet and are geographically closest too. Then we have one hand reaching to the Heaven’s trying to attain our dreams and holding onto something of the ones who have gone on before us. Here and there. Heart and head.

Although I have days like this where I’m feeling a little lost being here, it’s okay. It doesn’t matter what people say, And it doesn’t matter how long it takes, Believe in yourself and you’ll fly high, And it only matters how true you are, Be true to yourself and follow your heart.

Life is changing. I am going to have to re-learn how to fly, and I have everything I need … Here and there… Heart and hand. When I’m standing in the dark… I still believe.

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