Yes. I can. And I AM.
I was just telling my friend how - almost miraculously- the past 3 days I have been in bed at 11am and up at 7am, without setting my alarm or anything. This is what used to be, what always was my routine. And the past several months I've been awful about getting to bed and then have had to sleep in because - I'm a girl that needs my sleep. Period.
I've told you all the changes I wanted to make, to get my sleep routine back to normal and to get my workout routine back to CONSISTENCY. And....to get some balance back in my life as well.
Things are happening.
Corey my new BFF (and Hot Yoga Teacher and master of all things Zen related) is helping me to focus, to calm down, to find peace and balance in my days and to change my outlook on many things-- which is helping remove the intense amount of STRESS in my life. I've thus removed the word TRY from my vocabulary. He noticed that whenever I was talking about myself and what I wanted to do, I would say "I'm trying" or "I will try to find balance, I will try to get more sleep" Instead of "I have adjusted my schedule which allows me to get more rest." Big difference, and we all know attitude changes everything.
I'm also spending a lot more time each morning, as I said I would-- carving out time to be still and say my prayers and meditate and get ready for a beautiful day.
It's working. Things are changing in my life every day. And I am so so excited. Last week-- I was down at Disney with about 10 of my FitFluential Ambassadors for the Disney Princess 1/2 Marathon. It was an amazing time--- and I brought my camcorder but no USB cord! Oy. Here is my video from the room the first day:
Next trip (which is Wednesday night, I leave for Columbus for The Arnold!) I will remember to pack everything! I did a great job down in Orlando. Had some fantastic circuit workouts in my room- total sweatfest. And my eating was GREAT!!! I'm getting much more calm about eating and each day I'm fitting something in for movement. I'm not yet back to full 6x a week workouts but I AM GETTING THERE.
No Doubt.
There are big things to come and I'm so so so excited to share with you. Now- it's only 8:30am and I am off for a run. I've caught the running bug again and after being down at the Disney Run with my girls, I think I may inevitably go the 1/2 Marathon way this year. ;-)
Here are some pictures- but you can see the whole thing on our Pinterest Board by CLICKING HERE.
Question of the Day: Did you know that Disney hosted marathons? I didn't!! It was amazing!
#RunDisney, #fitfluential, #princesshalf
Reader Comments (11)
Kelly, this comment is very inappropriate (and unrelated to this post). I know that a man should never tell a woman what she should or should not look like, but... well... I hope you forgive me. I was studying some fitness-related materials, written materials of course, a few days ago and I came across a picture of an amazing calf (a muscle, not a young animal). That calf is just perfect. I don’t know what your biceps, triceps, etc., goals are, but as far as calves, something like this is definitely what you should be shooting for
www.flickr.com/photos/kellyolexa/6898141725
I’d like to know whom the calf belongs to, but I am not surprised at all that the fitness model did not show more. Judging by the calf, there is no doubt that seeing more would make 99.5% of male population faint. And those 0.5% would remain conscious only because they could not find their eyewear.
I love that video of all the pictures!!! Super cute :D SO glad to meet you this weekend <3
Martin you just made my day. ;-) I'm sure you know that was me and I do really like my calves and how muscular they are and that I have small ankles to balance it out. I'll have to make sure I show you more soon- but not to make you faint ;-) heheheh
BRITTANY!! You are adorable and I heart you!! So nice to hang with you, beautiful thing. XOOX
You have never run a half? And you are a fitness whatever you call yourself? really? hmmm
Dear "BowDown", no I have never run a half marathon. I don't CALL MYSELF anything but someone interested in the pursuit of getting fit. And this may shock you but um, there is an entire world out there that is in to getting fit but not necessarily through running marathons. Were you aware of this? I'm so sorry that I'm obviously not up to your standards but that's just me. Sorry to disappoint you. Thanks for stopping by with your sweet comment.
Hey there,
I stumbled upon your blog from twitter, and I'm really enjoying it so far! I wanted to comment on this post in particular because I recognized the first photo in this post as belonging to a young woman on tumblr. I noticed you didn't source the photo, and I know it's been floating around and you may have seen it unsourced as well, so I just thought I'd give you the name and blog url of the person that photo belongs to. She keeps a great blog herself, and I know she'd appreciate it if she got credit for her home practice photos she takes herself.
Her name is Shannen and her blog is healthysoul.tumblr.com
<3 Ari
Thanks Ari. Added a notation. ;-)
It is a big dream of mine to run a disney marathon! Maybe the wine and dine! But the princess is so amazing from the photos! Have fun in columbus, I went their once, Easton Town Center is a must visit!
The Princess Marathon is amazing and so fun. It really made ME want to run it next time. ;-)
have you signed up for a race yet? runDisney is addicting & inspiring!
Hey Kelly girl- I could totally see that when we were there. I think I'm more comfortable signing up for a race after I've been running again for like a solid month. Is that dumb?