Way to go Monday's 1/14/2013

So, I wanted to go two things each Monday. First show appreciation and celebrate what I have accomplished over the past seven (7) days and second set goals and intentions for the next seven.

This is my first Monday (1/14/2013) doing so.....

I give thanks for

• The breath I continue to breathe
• My active mind
• Self Motivation
• Beyonce and Halle for showing what is possible 

I appreciate that

• I set goals and achieve them
• Work hard on my school tasks
• I am motivated

I celebrate

• The squats I did everyday in the past 7 days
• 99.60% final grade I just received
• Making the Dean's List (the entire time I have been in school)
• My inner beauty and the reflection it casts on my outer beauty
• The adjustments I made towards becoming my best self

I set the goal of

• Completing  two fasting AM workouts
• Completing  three workouts at work
• Drinking at least 64oz of water this week
• Joining, Practicing and Enjoying Bikram Yoga on Saturday's

I intend to

• Rise early daily
• Be present with my best self  
• Love wholesomely
• Make my weekly meals at home
• Be responsible financially
• Be blessed as well as a blessing  

Con Amor,

Love is... TL

Learning

So as I set out to be my best person inside and out I realize one thing ..... Everything is a learned behavior. EVERYTHING!
I, of course, know a thing or two about this as Behavioral Science is what I am studying and what I am passionate about.
Yet applying what it is you know and feel passionate about can take loads of effort.
My goal is to be the me of my dreams. I fully believe this is possible, I am a dreamer. So I looked to where my best self or my dream self has shown up in my life. I examine what skills and patterns I had when that dream self showed up.

Here is what I know for sure:

The very First thing is that I must continuously worked at being my dream self. There is no time off from me and therefore attaining my dream self will be an everyday event.

Secondly, everyday is a new day. Allowing my rest time to be a time to tap into the divine and offering my self the benefit of dreaming, recharging and connecting to my source is a necessity. Waking up to a new day would then be like having a new start every 24 hours. It would behoove me to that full advantage of that new start daily.

Thirdly, having a routine that is dependent upon the day and is flexible becomes beneficial. Knowing what you are doing each and have it coordinate with each day opens up the opportunity for me to create days suited to me living my dream self.

Fourthly, living is a journey. Life is an adventure that has to be explored. Playing the back and allowing each day to past is not living. I read that the inmates that create a routine and go about living life even while imprisoned often are more productive then people with mega positions within companies who simple show up in their own lives daily. What a gift it is to show up and show off just for yourself daily!

Lastly, I AM every amazing thing I think I AM. There is not grandness no grace in playing the back within your own life and your dream self is not backseat taker. A friend once said I want to be on front street with myself,  I wholeheartedly agree with her (LOVE YOU PLUM PUDDIN). There is no success in fear yet love is always triumphant! I believe that therefore I AM LOVE!

So as I continue to dream of my best self I will continue to work at being my best self. May my trip be blessed with my own efforts to be my best self, habits that are most beneficial to my best self, the belief in myself that my best self is possible and the understanding that this adventure is bound to be amazing day after day!

Con Amor,

Love is...TL

A Pathway towards......

So having a pathway towards your goals help to ensure that the goal is attained.

Goal: A healthier lifestyle

Pathway: To be aware of what I am doing, eating and thinking and ensure that my thought processes revolve around health and contentment.

Step one: Drink water at each meal
Step two: Plan Meals and meal times
Step three: Do not eat the yum yums (sweet, strachy or carbie foods) after 530
Step four: Have protein with each meal.
Step five: Have a back up plan
Step six: do multiple shorter workouts
Step seven: Monday's are juice days
Step eight: Sunday's are raw days
Step nine: Plan when to eat out
Step ten: Eat an apple and berry mix daily
Step eleven: Make and drink my water mixes
Step twelve: Take supplements and vitamins
Step thirteen: Follow my beauty routine daily
Step fourteen: Follow my practices
Step fifteen: Have reflections of positive thought processes around the me always
Step sixteen: Document my process
Step seventeen: Never doubt myself
Step eighteen: Never fail to plan
Step nineteen: Trust my intuition
Step twenty: Know within my soul I can achieve


Taking my first steps!!!
Con Amor,
Love is...TL

Action

It is time for some action. I had stopped writing cold turkey because I felt like I was being inactive. Ironically that is when my whole world just started to feel unbearable. It was uncomfortable living as me in a world without words to connect the dots of my alienated lifestyle. The weight gain can be attributed to many things * I guess* but mainly to my INACTIVITY, period ! Sooooooo....... it is time for some action.
My current barrier is time.... I know I know everyone needs more time. I totally am not making up excuses  okay yes I am but I am being honest as well so EASE UP, as to why I have not taken action with this yet. I know I can do it, feel it in my soul and recently I was able to visualize it.
My mind is always running all over the place. Back and forth with self talk the verges on amazing while tickling destructive verbiage.

So I am holding my self accountable to the world ... wide web, of course, to stick to the plan.

Here are my goals

1. Get my WATER intake up ....
          100 oz a day
2. DO my AM 30 min workout
          yoga, stretching and cardio-strength training
3. Get my eating schedule down
         eat clean and often
4. DO my PM high intensity workouts
         just follow the plans
5. Sleep more hours each night
         get 6.5 or more hours of sleep
6. Love the journey; evolve within the the adventure

Honestly, when I started with #1 I thought this is going to be a crazy long list.... but it is only 6 goals. Each very doable; all attainable. I will go in to greater detail as I accomplish each goal.

I have gone back and forth in regards to a goal weight. (My head just exploded with random thoughts .....way too many to write down) I am just going to pick some numbers.
My Goal weight is ...... 139
I read somewhere (I READ A LOT, Currently like 6 books at once) that if you state a complete by date it is more achievable.
My Goal Date is ..... 9/25/2013

I'm not going to worry about it being realistic or not. I'm just going to shoot for it.
So here is to writing and TAKING ACTION!!!


Con Amor,

Love is...TL