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During trying times, Keep Trying!

1/23/2016

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Everyday won't always be your best day, but it's up to you to make the best of each day! ​

Although I am a professional in the health and fitness industry, I too have days when I would rather take the easier way out. Learn to recognize your patterns that may be setting you up for failure and create a plan to tackle them.  If you are truly determined to achieve something, nothing can stop you.  Dig deep and find a way to make it happen. Remember, it's a journey, change doesn't happen over night! Enjoy the ride!
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I probably should just skip my workout today! 

​I thought about it about 50x the past few hours... I could go home  and skip my workout plans or I could empathize with my feelings but do it anyway! ​

I left the house prepped and ready to do my running workout after work... 


Unfortunately, while I was working, I had been thinking of all the excuses I could come up with to skip the workout today.  I simply didn't feel like doing it, my motivation was lacking today, reaching my goals wasn't on my mind, in fact I didn't care about goals at all today.  It would be an easy out,  no one would notice or care if I didn't do my workout as planned... I could skip out, but I knew doing so wasn't getting me any closer to my goals, nor was it what the strong person inside of me would really want! 

I knew in my mind, at that moment, I didn't  care about my plans but I also realized my apathetic feelings were temporary; though very real at the time, they crept in because of something else going on in my mind that was bringing me down.  I needed to see my workout through and later address what's got me down. 

I continually talked back to the voice trying to sabotage my plans!

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 It was a constant battle.... A real game of war! 

A strong willed, determined person will find a way to see it through! 

The conversation in my head probably went something like this,

"I can do it! Nah, it doesn't matter.  I'd rather go home, I'm tired.
I will do it! Yeah, tomorrow is another day.  I will feel more like exercising tomorrow.
I am strong! I'm strong enough for now.
 
Get your butt over there and just do it! You will feel better when you are done.  
​You may not like it now, but you will later."  
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For every negative thought I have, I fight back with a positive response.  I quiet the voice that tries to sabotage me!  Believe me when I say, it has taken me years to gain  more control over that voice.  It takes constant attention and effort.
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Some days you will just go through the motions... 

Even as each minute passed, as I waited for the endorphins to kick in, I didn't want to be there! 
Seriously, the workout was intended to be simply 20minutes, 4, five minute intervals.  Every five minute interval I endured, I also thought about stopping.  I also wondered when the heck my endorphins would kick in, I was waiting for an energy surge to take over my mind!  
​                                                      The endorphins never kicked in, but I never gave up!

Thankfully, I had written the workout up previously so I followed the plan as it was stated until I was finished. If I didn't have that written plan, most likely I would have had a harder time sticking it out.

It's days like this that help us see how bad we really want to reach new achievements!

These are the days that matter most, when you realize more of your potential. It's easy to stick to the plan when everything is going well, it's in times of duress that we see how strong we are! ​​
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I may not have run my fastest, but I did it and I did it all!

Now, I can say I didn't give in, I didn't give up... I persevered!

​Stronger today! 


We all have these thoughts, learn to talk back👍🏼 it matters! 

Thoughts, words, actions, they all matter! 


Everyday you have a Choice! It starts with your Attitude.  Don't give in to your "craving" to satisfy a feeling in the "here and now," dig deep and recognize that you've got bigger plans.  Understand that you may have to be somewhat uncomfortable now, in order to feel better later! 
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​Positive is Powerful!  Persevere! 

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Re-wired... seizing the day!

1/10/2016

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Lately, I've been listening to "This is my Fight Song," and it moves me every time I hear it.  I am reminded to dig deeper, to unlock more of my potential regardless of what anyone else thinks or believes. 

                                      When I feel unhappy,  stagnant, or challenged,  I also feel hopeless.  

As time continues on, enduring the highs and lows of my emotions, I am learning to change my thoughts, actions and feelings.  More recently,  I've been able to transform my hopelessness and harness a will to find my purpose. 

Something inside me is pushing me to find more, to try something new, to become better, to unlock more of my potential!  

I ride the highs and lows, but sometimes I get stuck in the low.

 This fight song reminds me that we are born with unique gifts.  These gifts must be developed, they are the potential within us... we must unlock our potential by doing something each day to become better!  We all have potential but it takes constant work to harness it and become the best of what we are born to be!
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Years ago, the lows took control of me, and
​I couldn't find hope, desire, excitement, positive or a will to try to push on.

​  This had a lot to do with what I was saying to myself. Most of the time, I had a negative echo.  The brain believes what we say and what we hear and since I was constantly bound by negative thoughts and feelings, I was living in a sad, hopeless world.  Thankfully, after reaching an ultimate low, there was no where to go but up!
I wasn't going to go up simply bc it's where I needed to go,
in order to move onward and upward it was going to require work, hard work. 

I needed to change my thinking! ​

​I was forced into learning how to acknowledge my behaviors, my thoughts and feelings.  I had so much work to do in order to change my thoughts, to re-wire my brain to dropping the negative echo and follow my positive voice!

It required professional help, constant attention, total focus and family support.  My journey toward becoming more positive is continuous, it's a constant fight, a daily mind game to find hope and happiness! 

Fortunately, with each up and down, I've become better at redirecting myself back to hopeful!
When I start to really get off track, I have to take a closer look at what I can change, what I may be doing that is causing me turmoil, and configure a plan to improve it! 

It all starts with my attitude!

I need to constantly encourage, inspire and motivate myself daily.
I have trouble doing  this on my own, so I use motivational quotes, inspiration from social media and
​ work on what I say and think throughout the day. 


One very powerful way I set myself up to enjoy my day is by
"telling myself it's going to be a great day!"
I also tell myself "I get to... Instead of "I have to."
I get to make a difference today." 

It all starts with my attitude! If I believe it will be a good day, I will look for the positives, but if I loathe the thought of what my day may entail, I will most likely focus on all the negatives. 

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How do you start your day? What motivates you to seize the day? 

This morning one of my students told me how she motivates herself in the morning.  When she wakes, before school, she texts a friend to say "good morning." She also plans and places out the clothing she wants to wear the next day, next to her,  so when she wakes she gets excited to get up and get ready! 

We are all at different stages of our journey and each of us will have different motivations for waking up.  What are you doing to get yourself excited, to motivate yourself to get up and get started?   What do you do so you  look forward to the day ahead, instead of pressing snooze, rolling over and wishing you would have gotten up sooner.  We are all comfy when the alarm goes off, who wouldn't want to stay there all warm and snuggled... some will find the power to get out and move on, others will stay in bed.  
What will it be, stay in bed, or seize the day ?
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just like that... I Changed...

1/1/2016

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Last FEBRUARY I decided to take control of my life.

My world no longer had balance: 
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it was mostly just work, mostly helping others and forgetting about myself. 


​Getting to the point where I wasn't enjoying life anymore  didn't happen overnight, it was years in the making, years of replacing the habits I used to find balance, with unhealthy habits.

​ Finding my happiness wasn't going to happen overnight either.

Last year, I came across a quote on Pinterest, "I just woke up and decided I didn't want to feel that way, so I changed" which started my transition to a happier place. It resonated with me, and I used it as my driving force. 

OUR MINDS ARE POWERFUL, powerful beyond measure


From my past experiences, I realize the importance of words, how powerful they are when read, when spoken out loud or silently in my head.  I also realize the power of our minds, so powerful beyond measure. Truly, our brains believe what we hear,  whether internally spoken or out loud.  So I began to remind myself daily with positive affirmations spoken silently to myself, out loud to my team, or read in words.

​The more and more we say, think and feel these affirmations, the more we believe them but the converse is true as well. 


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​​Pinterest and YouTube have become my "go to" for daily inspiration. 
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Words are so powerful,
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YOUR MIND IS MORE POWERFUL

Your mind can raise you up or tear you down.

Even better, we have the power to control what we think, say and feel through words
but even more importantly,
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it starts with your attitude. 
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So, everyday I would take a few moments to lift myself up,
to remind myself of what I was trying to accomplish and focus on it throughout the day!

 We have the power to control how our day will unfold by choosing our attitude! ​

Easier said than done! If you truly want something, if you have a deep seeded burning desire to do something, you will find a way to get it done. It starts with your attitude! I have found a way to work on my attitude everyday!

 FIND YOUR HAPPINESS and BALANCE!

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Each day, there are a few things that I did in order to regain my happiness! If you want to hear how I managed to finish 2015, through the obstacles, the struggles, the challenges, the highs and lows of life, 

I will share that with you in my next blog post!  You too can have your best year yet!
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