Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Stop Beating Yourself Up


This is dedicated to me; my higher self, inner self and the most true self… Yesterday was a hard day. Only because I chose for it to be hard & I made it hard on myself. Do you ever have days where you beat yourself up for not doing something and then the downhill spiral starts and before you know it, all you can see in  your life is what’s wrong… well that was my yesterday. Today I am choosing for it to be better to be happy and to most importantly, to learn & work on loving myself. 

I’m putting together a list of ways I can be more positive & not sweat the small stuff, like missing a workout or eating 3 bowls of ice cream 4 dinner or not having the most productive day…

1.       Think about things that make you happy- go to a happy place.
2.       Realize Change is Possible and even though today wasn’t your best self tomorrow will and can be better. 
3.       Don’t let negative emotion control you but Dig Deep find the positive and pull it through to overcome the negative. 
4.       Probably the hardest one:  find at least one strength & one reason why you Love Yourself.
5.       Trust in yourself, know you are strong inside & out. 
6.       Probably the 2nd hardest thing to achieve- Forgive Yourself, we are our own worst critic. 
7.       Remind yourself of who you truly are & what’s truly important- don’t sweat it!


"We can't stop the waves, but we can learn to surf." Jonathan Kabat-Zinn

“Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.” Joel Osteen


Monday, February 27, 2012

Set a Plan - Start Your Journey


The truth is the more you have to do stuff, the less you get done. Weekdays seem to be my strength & once the weekend hits, all structure just falls apart.  This weekend I took a step back and thought about it, why are you more successful on busy days?
 I realized that the more you have to do, the more you structure your time and don’t procrastinate.  It’s simple, when you plan ahead and know you only have a certain amount of time you get it done, you do it.  For myself I have to set weekend goals & structure or else, I just end up taking a day or two off.
For some; settling a goal means signing up for an event, for others, it’s a calendar, and some just do it… find your own goal. 

I decided to REDO my training plan, so this week will be week 1
 

Week 1
Swim
Yoga
Bike
Run
Strength Training
Monday
OFF
OFF
OFF
5 Miles
OFF
Tuesday
800 Yards
OFF
10 Miles
OFF
OFF
Wednesday
OFF
1HR
OFF
3 Miles
OFF
Thursday
900 Yards
OFF
20 Miles
2 Miles
20 Min
Friday
OFF
1HR
OFF
OFF
20 Min
Saturday
800 Yards
1HR
OFF
4 Miles
OFF
Sunday
OFF
OFF
15 Miles
1 Mile
OFF

“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”  Lao Tsu

In my case “A journey of 70.3 miles will start with a single stroke, a peddle and then one foot in front of the other”.