Sacrifice

Sacrifice. That's what it takes to get to your goals, especially the health ones. You may also call it "re-prioritization" as I like to. You are not giving something else up but upping the better habits each day, so it crowds out the bad habits.
For instance, last Monday I needed to go see my Edward, pictured below, starring in the Twilight movie. One of my not-so-hidden pleasures (but don't get me wrong, I am not all about the vampire craze).

But Monday's are my at-home workout day, the weights workout that Emilia has given me to do once per week.

So, sometime, before going to the movie on Monday, I had to go to the gym. As 10 pm was not feasible after the movie, morning before work it became.

This is the time I left the house (AM!)...although it's not that late, for a Monday morning, early, hard workout ahead, and work after that, it was a bit of a struggle:

Do you notice how everything else is black? Like the world? That's because the sun wasn't even up yet!

I felt a little more sluggish than usual, as my metabolism struggled to awaken, and the exercises definitely felt a little harder than they do at night.

At points, I had to remind myself constantly that "I am doing this for Edward, I am doing this for Edward, fight for the movie!".

But, hard workout as it was, it set me up for a great confident day at work, and I loved the feeling that I had already done my workout and could enjoy my evening. And I did! Edward and Jacob did not disappoint.

I re-prioritized my life to fit everything in. The most important person in my life is me right now, which means that missing a workout is not an option, and making healthy choices take precedance over non-healthy choices. If you make a lot of healthy choices, it adds up!

With the holiday season fast approaching, when a choice between good and evil comes my way, I have the following things sitting on my shoulders helping to weigh the decisions:

 

Emilia on one shoulder                                                        

and

the Bridesmaid dress on the other

1) What would Emilia do?

2) How important is it for me to have this bad food, if it means I will not meet my goals on May 20th wearing that bridesmaid dress? Will the satisfaction of having this chocolate chip cookie left on the counter that I know is super delicious (for example) outweigh the adrenaline of meeting my goals?

The chocolate chip cookies were given to someone else, and not devoured by me. Instead, our fridge is a thing of glory packed with fruit and veggies and yogurt:

Mmm veggies!

Consciousness and re-prioritization. Is it worth it? Yes. It will be.

Fight the lazy!

As a sidenote, I want to share this pic of the gorgeous pomegranetes at T&T today - such colour, but so much work just to eat!

Week 1 to Lifelong Fitness

I'm fed up. Fed up with my ho-hum fitness and nutrition effort, fed up with ho-hum results because of my ho-hum efforts.

I am buckling down fighting the battle of laziness and getting to the finish line to be the best that I can be.

I know the value of a balanced lifestyle, how a fit, strong body can build confidence so addictive that no drugs could create a better high - and the rewards extend to all areas of my life.

I know what I should be doing, and exactly what I'm not.

Recently, after working out for more than 4 years in the gym (off and on), I finally had a mental shift about my fitness because:
1) That one of my best friends is getting married on May 20th, and I will be a bridesmaid for the first time in my life. Um, can you say dress, everyone's eyes on you, not to mention my crazy bride friend is putting us up on her website with a blurb ahead of time!!!??

2) Emilia, my personal trainer/life coach/motivator/fitness guru from FLIP Training, announced that she wanted to really focus in on my success, get me to sign mini-goal contracts, and increase my personal training sessions to 2 x per week plus the weekly kick-butt circuit class - aka 3 x weekly she gets to kick my butt.

If you are debating having a personal trainer, or getting back on the fitness bandwagon, but don't have the effort to do it - my advice is: JUST DO IT! It's a 5 minute phone call to start. That's it. The point is - just start. And with the guidance of a personal trainer, they do all the thinking for you. You just have to do the work.

FIGHT the LAZY!

Check out FLIP right now - easy as a click and and email. No more excuses.


So I will be Flippin' myself inside out with FLIP training.

To start, here are my stats:

I'm 29, live with my b/f in Vancouver.
I work in client management at an environmental lab 37.5+ hours per week, in a sometimes emotionally taxing environment.

This is my starting point, to which there will be no end, no limit to what I can achieve. Every decision can take me towards my goal, but only I can make it there.

My pics, Week 1 (don't judge me on my eyes closed, they always are in photos):

                                            

                                                

My measurement stats:

Weight: 180 lbs

Shoulder: 41.25"

Chest: 35.5"

Arm: 13"

Abs: 36.75"

Hips: 46.25"

Thigh: 25.25"

Calf: 16.5"

My goals:

By January 1st:

Weight: 160 lbs

By May 20th:

Abs measurement: 29"

I'm going to fight fight fight. Fight for the quality of life I want to be living, the life I know I can have. Fit and healthy.

Join me.