Journey, Not A Destination

Lena, don't forget the self-image-self-esteem-nagging-little-voice--hey, I'm not trying to embarrass you, but Steve AND Mal have written a lot about getting the right mentality because ultimately, if you see yourself as undeserving, you might sabotage your own efforts! Hey Steve, any stickies on that?
 
Steve!! I'm on your blog and once again find myself so inspired. Love this bit you wrote on the Jared story:

"I think chronic happiness and greatness come hand in hand. Once you find a way to be happy with your life, the decisions you have made, and what you are doing to get to where you are going…. I think you will find your personal greatness. And that greatness will be seen from outsiders looking in."

I really believe in this. Sometimes as an accountant I feel like how will I ever achieve "greatness"...but you know what? I can and will...I'm not sure what the future holds or what greatness will entail but I am so happy with myself and my life right now. Like you said in your blog, there is always bad times...but it is about picking yourself up and moving forward. Amen to that. My little divorce was just a bump in my journey through life. I'm so excited about new possibilities and my next chapter in life. I got a lot of living to do still!!

Again, I've told you this a bazillion times, I really appreciate you. I feel blessed to know you! You've really helped me focus on my list and the reasons why I am on my journey to be healthy. My body has never looked better...each day I am amazed at how far I have come just in the last few months!!

By the way, who is that in the stretching videos on your blog? And who is narrating? I like that camel one...pretty funny watching his butt move up and down and around....
 
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lena410 said:
oh wait i forgot my goals:
- losing weight off course
- having more energy
- my biggest problem is my belly and my calfs. but defining all parts of the body would be nice :)
- being in better shape in general
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Well Lena, as you most likely know from everything I say on here... most of your weight loss and 'toning' is going to come from your diet. That's more important than your exercise at this stage in the game.

In terms of the exercise though... I would simply do two days per week of total body resistance training using 3 sets of 15 reps of the following exercises:

-body weight squats
-shelcs
-ball rollouts
-pushups
-planks (do these for as long as you can)


If you need videos of these, let me know.

In terms of cardio, you should be doing it at least 3 days per week if you can wrangle that much time up.

Nothing fancy, nothing special. What works never is, especially in terms of exercise.
 
Curvie Girlie said:
Lena, don't forget the self-image-self-esteem-nagging-little-voice--hey, I'm not trying to embarrass you, but Steve AND Mal have written a lot about getting the right mentality because ultimately, if you see yourself as undeserving, you might sabotage your own efforts! Hey Steve, any stickies on that?
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I don't think so actually but there should be. I forget what I typed up over at my forum in the motivation section but I will by writing something over there. When I do, I'll be sure to post it here too.
 
LovelyLadyHumps said:
Steve!! I'm on your blog and once again find myself so inspired. Love this bit you wrote on the Jared story:

"I think chronic happiness and greatness come hand in hand. Once you find a way to be happy with your life, the decisions you have made, and what you are doing to get to where you are going…. I think you will find your personal greatness. And that greatness will be seen from outsiders looking in."

I really believe in this. Sometimes as an accountant I feel like how will I ever achieve "greatness"...but you know what? I can and will...I'm not sure what the future holds or what greatness will entail but I am so happy with myself and my life right now. Like you said in your blog, there is always bad times...but it is about picking yourself up and moving forward. Amen to that. My little divorce was just a bump in my journey through life. I'm so excited about new possibilities and my next chapter in life. I got a lot of living to do still!!

Again, I've told you this a bazillion times, I really appreciate you. I feel blessed to know you! You've really helped me focus on my list and the reasons why I am on my journey to be healthy. My body has never looked better...each day I am amazed at how far I have come just in the last few months!!
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Thanks so much Melissa! I'm glad you checked the blog out. :)

And you have come sooo far since I first started chatting with you. But from day one I knew you would succeed. When you've been interacting with people on this level for as long as I have.... it's not hard to see those who have it figured out.

I know you don't know what tomorrow will bring. You still have work to be done in terms of your physique. But we all do. Each and every single one of us.

Having it figured out is simply about living life the way it was meant to be lived.

I'm proud of you. You're a god damn marathoner! You smoked the hell out of a hot dress in Vegas!

I can't wait to see what more you accomplish.

By the way, who is that in the stretching videos on your blog? And who is narrating? I like that camel one...pretty funny watching his butt move up and down and around....
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Haha, that's Gordy, my best friend and partner. There's no rhyme or reason to which one of us films and which one of us 'models.'
 
There was a time I thought I'd be used to the way you write about things... maybe I'd "catch" on to your tricks... but, the truth is, there is no trick. You are amazing with words but more importantly, I consider you a humanitarian. Thank you.
 
Darth Pooh said:
There was a time I thought I'd be used to the way you write about things... maybe I'd "catch" on to your tricks... but, the truth is, there is no trick.
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I'd say most anyone could catch on to my 'style' of 'flow' regarding my writing on fitness or nutrition, simply b/c it's straight forward and no nonsense.

In terms of these sorts of writings though regarding my post about Jared... there's no rhyme or reason. On some levels I'm very predictable. On others though I don't even know what I'm going to say... this latter level tends to be the reactive part of my mind to the events that unfold around me.

Hard to quantify I suppose.

You are amazing with words but more importantly, I consider you a humanitarian. Thank you.
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No. Thank you. It means a lot coming from you.
 
Wow, I wrote that article about Jared a while ago. I suppose I should have passed it around at the time... it probably could have done everyone who knew him (and even those who didn't) some good. On the other hand though, I think it's good timing now for those who know him. People have moved passed the point of greif and can now reflect on Jared's life and what they can learn from it.

Here's another response I got from his parents this morning which I though was really cool (I really should have showed it to them but I didn't want to make them cry):

Thank you Steve,
We really appreciate it. We have had so many compliments on your
article. I think I passed it on to everyone I know. My boss, who is also
the owner of the company where I work passed it on to several people as
well. You never know where it may end up. It is nice to see that
Jared may have made a difference with his life, but he couldn't have
done it without you. Thank you again.

Love,
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Another cool one was from my cousin who I've been helping lose weight for the last year or so. This Reagan she speaks of is one of her friends who I only just met this year. She tragically found out she has breast cancer and it has spread to various parts of her body. Her future is uncertain to say the least. She's the same age as me so it hits home for sure:

you are amazing! funny how you remind me so much of me! ;-)

i was completely re-energized yesterday in terms of where i want to go with my career. the funny thing is that it was during a state-wide video conference that was actually presented by carole xxxxxx (the reader in my wedding) from my old school! i didn't know it was going to be all about mccaskey, but it was...and it reminded me how awesome it was there and what amazing things can happen for people who need them to - and actually work for that in an innovative way. it reminded me what i want to do with my life for this world. this was good timing for me to help me propel those actions. i also passed it on to reagan. i'm hoping that she finds it as inspirational as i did. i even offered for her to talk to you if she wants to. she's not big on talking ot people deeply when she's not close ot them, so i don't know if she will, but she might!
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I'm getting a ton of emails. I'm so happy people were able to draw 'something' from the message. Often times it feels like I have a hard time expressing my message clearly but with this one it seems I nailed it. I'm happy.
 
I'm such a weirdo when it comes to music. Right now I'm on an Amos Lee kick. It's relaxing... which I need right now in my life. Soon I need to switch up the genre though so I can start lighting some fires for training for Mt. W!

Yea, I know...

Random.
 
Hiya! :waving:

I agree wholeheartedly with the humanitarian comment, and I'm so glad you feel great about all the people's appreciative comments--you deserve them!
 
Steve said:
I'm proud of you. You're a god damn marathoner! You smoked the hell out of a hot dress in Vegas!

I can't wait to see what more you accomplish.
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Thanks for all your support and encouragement. I'm wearing the red dress this weekend to a party...it's a lot of fun to be able to pull off a spaghetti strap dress now...I wouldn't have dared even a few months back. Crazy how really hard work and commitment can bring you that much closer to your goals...who would have thunk it!?


Steve said:
Haha, that's Gordy, my best friend and partner. There's no rhyme or reason to which one of us films and which one of us 'models.'
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He has a nice butt. I'm going to have to watch more of those camel moves.
 
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