Yes. I am down with a bit of a sickness-- woke up with a blasted sore throat -- but, although I didn't go to Hot Yoga as planned, I got in a kicka** workout like a BOSS.
WHO'S YOUR DADDY??
As you can see in the #fitfluential #PROOF photo above, I broke out the 20lb dumbbells for the first time in a while. Do you know how awesome it feels to be NOT INJURED and on the sidelines anymore?? OMG. Pretty amazing that 2+ months of physical therapy 3-4x a week was barely inching me forward and Corey threw the hammer down on me and I'm lifting again. THAT'S RIGHT BITCHES!! Don't think you can't make a comeback! ;-)
I got my kettlebells out today too-- to start with this Zuzana WOD:
I think I burned about 170 calories in 20 minutes with this one and then I threw off my Polar because it was being all tempramental again. WHATEVS.
Then I broke out some Cathe Muscle Max and did the Upper Body Premix. Sweet Mother of God. My upper body is SCREAMING already and I LOVE IT. I'm sick like that. I like the soreness. Yes, Martin. I like to be sore the next day.
So, I am very proud of myself that I did a workout when I was sick. As I share in my Babble-On-A-Thon below, I believe the rule-of-thumb (exactly what does that phrase MEAN anyway?) is that if you have cold symptoms above the neck, you CAN workout, below the neck, go to bed and have someone SERVE YOU, and whine and moan all day.
Rats. I live alone. ;-0
Now. I had to run out to Walgreen's and get my prescription, then I picked up some chicken and veggies at the grocery, and now I am going to park my bootie on the couch and watch a movie. NO LAPTOP. NO IPAD. NO WORKING! NO MULTI-TASKING. JUST LOAFING. Clearly my mind and body need some. Well, there are a lot of things I need right now. #justsayin But all in due time. All in due time.
Is this freaking you out? The extent to which the KO Comeback is ON and in your face? That's how I roll now peeps. I am unstoppable now.
BTW this picture above illustrates what I'm doing at home in some of my workouts with my UGI Fit ball. Very fun. Gets the heart rate UP. ;-)
Here's my post-workout vlog from last night. Yea. OWNED IT.
You heard me talk about #PROOF in this vlog. And we'll be doing a write-up on this on the FitFluential blog early next week. But, we invite you to join all of us in sharing our "PROOF" of activity every day on Twitter (of course you can tag it anywhere (instagram, Facebook, your blog, YouTube, etc.) by using #FitFluential #PROOF. HINT-- there will be weekly and monthly prizes in the near future for this. ;-)
Found this on Tumblr today. Everything I'm doing, I'm focusing on carving up that core. Not JUST for looks but also for STRENGTH. The more you realize how your core is involved in every movement the body makes, the more you realize how critical core strength is for us as we age. And I'm AGING y'all. ;-)
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Now. I must go get in some cardio and core tonight. Taking my GenetixHD first to torch my calories. WOOOT! Love this stuff. For Realz. Take a peek at my new BFF Will in this commercial. And you'll be hearing a lot more from him very soon through FitFluential. This guy knows his stuff.
Last night I did a killer legs/glutes workout. OWNED IT. What's your plan for today?
I've definitely put this title on a blog post before. It's definitely true, for me and for anyone really. In the past two days, I have experienced this colossal A-HA moment that is finally pushing off (oh dear, watch out, huge analogy and metaphor moments that sound like Oprah coming up) the CHAINS that have metaphorically HELD ME BACK. Oh wait, the CHAINS THAT I'VE PUT AROUND MYSELF without really realizing it, but the chains that have been a protection.....from success.
That sounds really stupid right? Like who would want to keep themselves from success? Makes no sense right? And success-- this could be in a job, in a relationship, in fitness.
Perhaps right now you are humming this tune:
Sometimes, if you spend time paying attention to certain behaviors or habits in your life, you can see a pattern. You can see that you might be doing something, or not doing something-- and it makes NO sense, because doing that or not doing that certain thing-- is keeping you from what you want. So WHY do we do it?? Sometimes when you dig deep you find out that deep down inside it can be something like FEAR that is causing you to actually prevent yourself from kicking butt in fitness, or in leaving a bad relationship or quitting a job to start your own business.
If you've been reading my blog for a while, you know that in 2011, I read some fantastic books that opened my eyes about myself and my behavior, past and present. I started seeing a therapist (ha, both physical and mental actually!) who has helped me see myself in a new light. And, I more than ever firmly believe in taking the time to figure yourself out. It can totally change your life. You think you know yourself?? You think you've got it all figured out? Maybe not so much.
I had the idea for my company FitFluential for a WHILE. I knew I wanted it. I knew I could do it. I knew I hated my job. But I tried every path to get out of that job EXCEPT doing what was calling my name. I interviewed with some amazing companies and for whatever reason, things didn't work out. And every Sunday I was filled with absolute DREAD knowing I was still working at a job I hated. If you recall the end of 2010 I said I would not continue to be that person that just bitches about a job and doesn't do anything about it.....I started taking steps immediately in 2011. I did the research. I knew I should found this company and yet, it was like getting ready to bungee jump. I was all strapped in and staring DOWN at the abyss and SCARED. Scared of all the "what if"s that could happen or NOT happen. Scared of what people would say, scared of failing.......finally I realized that this PERFECT MOMENT where all my fears were calmed would NEVER HAPPEN.
And I jumped.
I've shared this song by Madonna here before. In the album version, at the beginning of the song it says, "There's only so much you can learn in one place. The more that I wait, the more time that I waste". And that song was my mantra when getting ready to leave my job. I listened to it again and again. The words are PERFECT.
Guys and gals- deep down inside, I doubted myself about this company and I was worrying about what could happen on the bad side inside of thinking what would happen on the good side.
God has blessed my efforts BEYOND WHAT I EVER EVER EVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED.
And now suddenly, the past couple of days I had this HUGETASTIC moment of awareness about my FITNESS....like I've been wondering about myself- WHY WHY WHY, I quit my job and had more time at home to cook and workout and yet, what have I been doing?? Working MORE and working out less. Treating my body WORSE instead of better. You know what I figured out--- I won't go into excruciating detail but suffice it to say that I realized.....I've been sabotoging my efforts because of FEAR. Again. FEAR. Sometimes you have to dig deep to find out what is REALLY BEHIND your failures. And let me tell you when you figure that OUT, watch out because then you can really MOVE. It's as if-- metaphorically speaking-- you've been barricading yourself in a room with furniture all around you...you are looking outside at a great beach where you want to go but you keep adding chairs around you......until finally you realize why, even though you WANT TO BE ON THAT BEACH, you've been barricading yourself inside where there are no cabana boys. ;-)
That's when you finally start to push the chairs out of your way.
Finally. This is odd, because my therapist had been telling me this about myself but it didn't strike me as much until-- yes, I heard a conversation on a television show and I said OMG THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING. That's why I still keep waking up and working and working and working and NOT doing my workouts like I want to......oh heavens this blog could be 7 pages long today. Suffice it to say, I think everything just changed. What I figured out that finally pushed me to quit my job and start this company, now it's finally opened my eyes so I can get rid of the CHAIRS and get to the beach.
Last night I had sushi dinner with one of my awesome BFFs and FitFluential Ambassadors, Electra hello check out HER BLOG.
She is amazing. And we are going to try to train together once a week WOOT! We talked about everything for like three hours it was AWESOME. So was the sushi of course.
Speaking of food, I meant to share this earlier this week. The folks at Subway* were kind enough to send me some gift cards to try out their new healthy subs. Hello. Subway has always had healthy subs and the ability to customize. My sister and I went and tried out some turkey subs on whole wheat with PEPPERS OMG my new addiction- hot peppers on a sandwich!! CHECK IT>
Anyway- like an idiot I deleted the pictures from my phone but I will tell you, Subway is a great option for eating healthy on the go. I've always shared with you that it's all about educating yourself to the choices and options out there. Get a sub with no cheese and no mayo and add things like peppers and mustard! You'll love the taste and most 6-inch subs have less than 300 calories. ;-) Not bad. If you'd like to try Subway and some of their new healthy subs, tell me in the comments below which one you'd try. And Subway will make your dreams come true. Well by that I mean someone will win some Subway gift cards! ;-)
*Disclosure: Subway did send me gift cards to go try some of the new sandwiches and they will provide the gift card to the commenter I mention. All opionions here are my own.
Now, I must go kick some serious A** today. How about you?? Plans???
Good Morning Kittens! How is your weekend going? Mine- um, has already zipped by. Seriously. I was so all going into this weekend thinking, "GREAT I'm gonna use this weekend to have no distractions and get caught up...." YEA NOT SO MUCH.
I did do the dreaded Take-The-Christmas-Decorations-Down-Day yesterday. I despise that day. It's so painstakingly LONG and messy. UGH. Next year I hope to pay someone to do it for me. Anyway, that took up a good portion of yesterday then last night I babysat for a friend. Yea, welcome to Kelly O's wild and crazy Saturday nights hahaha. Now today it is Sunday, I got to bed very late, I slept in until 8:30am (CRAZY!!!!!) and woke up with a splitting headache....Now I'm getting ready to squeeze in a quick circuit workout before I head to a birthday party.
I am going with a yoga theme today because....this week I'm going back to Hot Yoga. AMEN. I cannot tell y'all how much I have missed doing hot yoga. If you are new to this blog- I have not been able to do upper body weights or hot yoga for like 2 months because of a shoulder injury which thanks to my FitFluential friends, in particular, Steve Pfiester, my shoulder is MUCH BETTER and ready to kick butt.
Werd. Up.
Here is an epic vlog from Kelly O. Why epic? Because it's the shortest vlog EVER- under 5 minutes OMG!! But it's showing you the cute new VSX Victoria's Secret Bras I've been digging. There are 3 styles that I got and two of them rock my face off. Haven't tried the 3rd one yet but stay tuned.
I'm having so much fun with new STUFF in 2012 already. Another thing that has been making me feel uber-cool and in the know is CHIA. I clearly was like one of the last bloggers on the planet not have tried Chia Seeds- I'd been seeing recipes with Chia Oats, Chia Smoothies and Protein Shakes and more for over a year but it wasn't until FitFluential started working with GNC (#client) that I started trying the Chia. And I dig it. I'm a bit lame and have ONLY made a protein shake with it but stay tuned because I will link y'all over to a ton of fun Chia recipes from my FitFuential Ambassadors, who know how to throw it DOWN in Chia-land.
EXHIBIT A: Check out my new BFF and FitFluential Ambassador PowerCakes!She is amazing. She made CHIA JAM. Also every breakfast she makes looks like the cover of a fitness food magazine. For realz.
And if you are wanting to make your smoothies and protein shakes at work or on the road, hello and welcome to your very cool blender solution from GNC.
So many of you have asked about this. It is bada** and much better than the to-go blender I bought from another brand that didn't blend well, was a pain to clean up and kind of sucked. Seriously.
Must go run !!
Question of the Day: Do you pack healthy foods for the office, if you work in an office?
*Disclosure: GNC is a client of my company, FitFluential. All opinions shared on this blog are my own.*
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