Happy Hump Day!

Hey All! How was your day today? Mine was pretty awesome. I feel really proud today for multiple reasons. And it got me thinking-- I'm happy EVERY day for all of my blessings, but I'm happy today I realized, because I feel PROUD, I feel like I'm so on a roll. I've been in a corporate sales type role for my "day job" most of my adult life and any sales professional knows, once you get on a roll, once you make your first deal of the month, you get energized and feel unstoppable.. like you know people can say yes, you know you can close, and you are ready to make that sale happen again. You get less concerned about the "nos" and brush it off.

I feel so on a roll with my workouts, my workout scheduling, my diet and my attitude. I'm doing my workouts as Val has laid them out for me-- NOTHING more, NOTHING less. And even when my morning unexpectedly gets crazed, I don't let it run me over. This morning -- well, I was up until almost 2am last night with work. Yes. I cannot lie. And I had an early call this morning plus a lunch meeting. I started to feel frazzled but I GOT MY WORKOUT IN. I was starting to say, "Today I'll just workout at night...." and then I'm like "Bi*ch Please! You know you will be tired tonight, and you KNOW your workout can be done in less than an hour so get your groove on!"

So I got my groove on. Today I did the Malibu workout and whoa was I screaming with that Ultimate Body Press!! If you are unfamiliar, watch this clip-- at about 1 minute in is the back move I was doing and wow it works your back and arms. DANG!

My time is getting better each workout and my strength and my core and.....I'm telling you I can SEE that weight is coming off of me IN MY MIDDLE where it has not been budging forever!! I FEEL it. And-- I went for a lunch meeting yesterday had sashimi ONLY. Didn't give in and say, "I'll just have one roll today it's not that big of a deal" NOPE. I'm sticking to the plan. I can rolls with rice later! HELLO! And today we ate at Gibson's and I ordered a filet (my go-to) and it was 10oz. I'm supposed to have 4oz protein so I CUT IT IN HALF. Sure. I wanted the whole thing. Sure I could have said, "it's protein! It's grilled!" but I'm sticking to the plan peeps! And I had plain green beans on the side. BOOM. 

I'm obviously on a Crossfit high after being at Reebok last week. And-- if you are going to pursue Crossfit or Crossfit-style workouts or ANYTHING in fitness, FORM IS KEY. I was trying to find this video for you all when I was in LA. I had discovered it, watched it and then did some handstand practice with what I'd call shoulder pushups with my legs on a chair like she demonstrates here. WOW. SOOO much more intense than the version I'd done from Insanity in a like pike position. 

When I spent time with Val in LA she corrected some of my moves and wow just a LITTLE tweak can TOTALLY change your workout for the better. Why waste time? If you are sweating and busting it out, MAKE IT COUNT. 

Gotta go chill baby! Who is ready for the weekend?? 

Good LORD I love my HEALTH! DANG!

This was KELLY the past few days. Seriously. Only without red hair. But I do love that coffee mug. Y'all know how I love my big mugs. ;-)

Kids, I did my workout on Monday night and woke up Tuesday like a freight train name THE FLU hit me. OMG. I have not been that sick in years and it was ODD because- no sore throat- but I became SO OVERWHELMINGLY WEAK and every muscle in my body hurt and I was nauseated like to the nth degree. OMG. Bad fever too. Today, Thursday (is it Thursday? I'm in a fog) is my first day feeling remotely normal. 

I'm telling you, although I do wake up every day and say my prayers and thank God for my health, being sick makes you SO GRATEFUL for your health!! Seriously! How can we complain about working out and getting fit EVER when there are people stuck in hospitals and that can't walk! 

I'm so in the mood for a kicka** workout today but.....I better take it easy. It's about 6pm so I am going for a walk outside. Fresh air, reasonable way to get back into my workouts....sigh. Another week where I can't say I did 6x a week. RATS!! BUT I am ok with it this week, as I literally could barely MOVE or eat or speak. That's RARE!

I also feel like doing a Crossfit WOD but hello I haven't even gone to my local Crossfit gym yet. I'm being patient because I know we have a whole lotta Crossfit fun coming up with FitFluential in 2012, and I am NOT going to a Crossfit gym locally alone....my Realtor actually is a total hardcore fitness-ninja-badass and I'm going to interview him for a future WWF-- maybe he and his badass wife will go with me. He did a Tough Mudder race recently and loved it. 

Also-- today guess what arrived in the mail?? MY NEW TRX!! OMG OMG OMG. So badass!!

That dude pretty much defined Badass.com. right there. Holy Cow. 

Anyway, I also found this video while I was dreaming about researching George St. Pierre....check it:

So. Awesome. 

Anyway, I'll be back with a KO vlog and workout tomorrow. Thanks for the well wishes! ;-)

Question of the Day: Do you get the flu shot? LOL my mom was just telling me I should and I said NO and then I get the dang flu.....

It's All In Your Head.

A couple of my favorite quotes are: "To Get What You've Never Had, You Must Do What You've Never Done." (an interpretation of a quote by Albert Einstein) and "Whether You Think You Can, or You Think You Can't, You're Right." (Henry Ford).

Why am I titling this post "It's All In Your Head"? -- because it is very true, and any of us can try to make excuses or blame circumstances, but the truth is, our ability to succeed is all in our head. If we haven't reached our goal, it's not our job's fault. It's not our schedule's fault. It's not our husband's fault or our wife's fault or our kids' fault. It's OUR FAULT for not figuring out how to do what we need to do WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF OUR OWN LIFE to make results happen. 

I saw this today on Tara's Tumblr blog. This is so IT for me right now. I can moan and groan about "Oh Lord, look how busy I am and it's so overwhelming blah blah blah". SHUT UP AND FIX IT KELLY. No one can fix your schedule FOR YOU. It's not THAT earth shattering of an idea to adjust your dang schedule so you get your workout in. Set a TIMER so you remember to eat if you realize that you are eating sporadically and not in a healthy balance. Take control of your days instead of letting your days control you. 

Check out this great video about Crossfit. Do you think most people that started Crossfit thought they could do all of that? I'm betting many were totally overwhelmed. But they stopped making excuses for why they thought they couldn't do it. They JUMPED IN and STARTED.

Enough Talk. Time for action. I'm off to crush my workout. I did Hot Yoga yesterday for the first time in like 10 days and it was heaven. My body is a gift to me and I will treat it that way. Work will always be there and now I have help. I need to delegate and calm down. God has brought me this far and opened up the WORLD to me with this business and I need to trust that He has a plan. Stop trying to fit 80 hours into each day.....it isn't worth it. ;-) 

Here is this morning's Ramble-On-A-Thon for your enjoyment: 

Question of the Day: What's YOUR workout today?

Feeling So GOOD!

Happy Saturday Kittens!! ;-) How is your weekend going? Mine? It's going FAST.....but that usually happens when I get home from one trip on Friday evening and have to leave Monday morning for another. 

Le Sigh.

;-) I'm not putting my energy toward feeling annoyed. I'm putting my energy toward HOW GREAT I AM FEELING WITH EACH PASSING DAY. I know it's early. I know I'm just at the beginning of this new/old Kelly O lifestyle but I know it is for keeps, and I know it is changing me completely for the better, inside and out, and that, my friends, is what FEELS SO GOOD.

I had a busy day today, but I woke up (YUP slept in!!! Will be very glad to be back to normal sleeping patterns again as I don't like being so tired that I sleep in until 8:30am!) had my coffee, and then did a Kettlebell workout. I used my existing 20lb Kettlebell, because until I read some of my books and really do some more re-training on form, I don't want to go too heavy too soon. And hopefully by this summer I can join the local Crossfit gym like I've been wanting to do. I know I'll be playing with all KINDS of fun badass toys over there.

Yummy.  

Speaking of Crossfit, here is a good video demonstrating the CORRECT form for a Kettlebell swing and the common mistakes- watch carefully. I am going to try to find a vlog that Tim Ferriss did on this, which, when I took the time to re-train myself and tweak my form, I realized that I wasn't doing it totally correct and the tweak worked my bootie that much more. 

I'm all about working my bootie peeps. I'm ALL ABOUT IT. God gave me the bootie, and I've embraced it. Now it's just time to make it more bootie-full. 

Enough Said. 

Gotta run kids. Enjoy this morning's rambling goodness below. Question of the Day: Do you still listen to the RADIO? I don't EVER.....and the other day I was stuck without my iPod in my car and like 1/2 the radio stations that I used to listen to years ago- are GONE. Instead they are all ESPANOL!