Holy moliiiiessss. BIG UPDATE! I’ve been quite the slacker lately! Where has my passion for writing gone?? I have tried to spend less time on my computer so I haven’t been blogging as much, but then I now catch myself in Facebook lala land on my phone and completely contradict my vow away from the computer/internet. Oh well I’m back, and this blog will be all over the place just to warn beforehand.
Lets start with it being Day 24 of the AdvoCare challenge. Hmm…I have nothing to write because I didn’t change that much. I had other people doing it with me saying they were losing 5 pounds, 15 pounds, and super happy about the results. I felt sad because I didn’t feel much change. Maybe I wasn’t doing it right? Maybe I cheated and it altered the results…either way I will try it again some other time. Spark didn’t do much for me energy-wise. I try to stay away from supplements but today I used Jack3d for the first time in months….and my workout kicked ass. I was sweating like a mad woman busting out 580 calories on the cardio machines; I also did a restorative yoga class and legs. I felt amazing.
From now on, I’m going to stick to my “semi-Paleo” diet. When I am trying to stay Paleo, I get the best results. I’m also going to stop OBSESSING. I don’t need to lose weight…I just want to be healthy. When I have this mentality, I end up losing weight rather than obsessing and thinking about trying to stay away all the time..
Here are some of the delicious meals I’ve been cooking up over the last couple weeks!:
this is a whole wheat pasta with chicken sausage, garlic, kale, spinach, tomatoes and park
this was a white wine and garlic marinated chicken salad i made last night
domesticated tiare!
ingredients for my “brown” smoothie:)
poached eggs over arugula, avocado, roma tomato slices topped with bacon and basil
That brings me to the next part of this blog. STOP PUSHING.
Do you realize that in life, everything you force will end up breaking? It crashes, it ends, and it gives negative feedback. I’m talking about everything in life.
What works to get results? Faith, dedication, a positive self-image and positive view that everything will work out, and breathing.
Let me give some examples:
- When you push for something in a relationship, like LOVE. You push the need for LOVE; you get less of it because it creates neediness.
- When you are in yoga, if you are forcing poses that don’t work for you that day, you end up holding your breath, tensing your muscles, maybe having some negative self talk and you fall out of posture….but when you breathe through it and focus and know you are doing your best, you get good results.
- When you say you’re going on a “diet” and you spend your entire day forcing yourself to eat certain foods and forcing your mind to stop wanting bad food…and then a minute later, an hour later, over time you are binging on that food because you forced so much energy on wanting something you couldn’t have.
- Lets say your forcing yourself to lift way heavier than you can handle…and you injure yourself.
if any of you need a book to read, pick this up! I’m reading it right now its called Living Your Yoga by Judith Lasater
ANYTHING YOU FORCE IN LIFE—–will equal negative results.
So stop and breathe.
Appreciate the fact that you can breathe.
Breathe deeply.
Life is difficult. But it is also perfect….Life is perfect and you choose how difficult its going to be. ….so breathe and get over everything. Life right now. You can be anything you want to be in time…but it starts with faith that everything is okay. It takes you putting in effort to make things right. It will all work out. This is not a race.
Ahh it feels good to write. I have been going through a lot of change lately. I have been through pitfalls and I’m happy to say that right now I’m okay. I’m happy and really grateful for everything. I have been doing a lot of reading lately, a lot of cooking and a lot of yoga and spending time with close friends and it makes all the difference. I haven’t been spending any money; I haven’t been wishing I had more. I feel the best place to be is content and detached from the need to feel like you have to have “stuff’. All you need is your body and healthy mind. I stress Maslow’s pyramid that you must have your needs in order, before you can even approach your “wants”.
I did make one purchase that I’m excited about though:
excited to use my Jade Yoga Mat
My Jade Harmony Mat!!! It arrived today, I ran to it and shredded the box like it was a Christmas present….this is what my life has came to haha. Getting excited over a new yoga mat. For any of you who practice with me, I have been using a Lulu un-mat as well as a prAna mat. I love the un-mat but I don’t like that it takes a long time to dry….and prAna is just a whole other story. It’s the worst mat I’ve ever used…I tried to love it because it was a present from my little brothers, but there is no grip at all, my yogitoes doesn’t stick and it even slides all over the floor. So here I am with my Jade Mat all smiles:)
Anyway I’m sorry this post has no point for all of you, but I just had to write about everything that’s been going on. I think I will update again with something more structured for all of you to read:) have a great night everyone!
