Focused.

When you want to hit something, you focus on your target. You don't swing blindly, do you? This is how you have to view your fitness goals--- as a target. You are either on the path that moves you toward that target, or you are on the wrong path, or perhaps you are just wandering around in the forest. 

Get Focused. I know I am. 

Everything that I was missing in the past, things that were a part of my fitness journey for a while, those things are back. I've got my calendar on the wall in my office and after every workout, I record what I did, I rate it anywhere from 3-5 stars and then I record my calories burned. This way, I can always see a pattern of crushing it or FAILING. If I see a bunch of "OFF" days, I know it's time to get back on the right path. 

Simple things, simple habits make a HUGE difference. 

Today's workout for me was Cathe's Butts N Guts, a favorite of mine. Here is a simple little addition to your healthy habits, especially if you workout from a home gym like I do most of the time. Have you ever found yourself quitting early? Like, you think "I don't need to stretch", or your legs are burning and you stop before you finish the last 3 reps? I've certainly done that in the past and guess what? That's like doing a DRIVE BY WORKOUT. If you had a personal trainer, they'd be yelling at you to PUSH IT and DON'T STOP. Do what you have to do, imagine that someone is there yelling at you to PUSH IT. Imagine someone you detest is watching you and they are predicting you will quit. Then you just SHOW THEM A THING OR TWO. 

SHOW UP AND DO THE WORK. ALL OF IT.

I did the entire 50 minutes of Butts N Guts. I did not do Core today - and that is my QUESTION OF THE DAY: How often do you "train" core? once a week? twice? every day? Just curious. 

This is one of my favorite core moves, the Flutter Kick:

OMG! This can be so killer for your abs. What is your favorite way to work your core? 

Also! Bonus! As you know, on Tuesday nights, I work with General Mills as a panelist for the Multi-Grain Cheerios Twitter parties with NBC's The Biggest Loser (#client)! We start gabbing on Twitter at 8pm CST- so join in by following the hashtags #MGCheerios and #BL11 (#client). Tonight, I am able to share a pretty cool fitness prize provided by Multi-Grain Cheerios:

YUM and coolness for taking your MultiGrain Cheerios snack to the gym! BOOYA! Want to enter to win? Simply leave a comment telling me what you usually eat for a pre or post-workout snacky!! And in the mean time, check out the MultiGrain Cheerios Site for all kinds of cool tips, recipes and promotions. 

Monday Manjoyment!

I still really don't understand how the whole baggy jeans falling off the a** is sexy, but whatevs. You go with the flow Nelly, I'm down with it. For Realz. 

*Ahem*

Happy Monday kittens!! How was your weekend? We had a long weekend, as today we are off for MLK day. It has been snowing like a motha here and now it is sleeting and freezing rain- good times! I've been inside my house ALL DAY LONG. I love not leaving my house. It feels so indulgent, when so often I'm on the road running around like a madwoman. 

Inner Peace. 

I did workout today- and I did ONLY Cathe Butts N Guts. It was very nice and the glutes are on FIYUH! Total calorie burn of 505 Calories. I stress that I ONLY did Butts N Guts because usually my overtraining mind would start off with 20 minutes of HIIT and THEN I'd do Butts N Guts and THEN I'd probably do some more cardio. OVERTRAINING does nothing. I am really going to focus on sticking to working out every day, but like focusing on an hour max. I know my issues the past couple years have centered around trying to do TOO MUCH and then- hello I have a dang shoulder issue. 

Yes the shoulder still hurts today- although not as much. I may force myself to see the doctor about it, as this is like 10 days of pain...not agony or anything but noticeable pain. Wincing. And wincing makes me THAT MUCH CLOSER TO BOTOX. 

Gollyyyyy I need a massage. Did I tell you kids I had my first HOT STONE one in Vegas? It was exquisite. This may have to be my new thing. I need to start dating.....a man that owns a massage parlor in every state....so I can show up and say I'm Roger's girlfriend and they'll drop everything to pamper me. This is what I need. And yes, I would even date him if his name was Roger. It could be fun. 

Or, I could just be "special friends" with Nelly. I'm fine with that. 

Anyway, gotta run y'all. Tomorrow is gonna be madness and I want to enjoy some more LOAFING ON PURPOSE today. ;-) 

I made a killer salad for lunch today FINALLY (because I kind of suck at making my own salads)- so today's QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you make kicka** salads at home? What ingredients do you insist on so that it is amazing?? And can I hire you?