TURBO FIRE 8/22: The Holiday Countdown!!!!

Hey hey all!

Well did my Tfire workouts and instead of sculpt30 did Booty Sculpt and Abs with 5 pound weights instead. I don't know, but over the last week the dang resistance bands starting hurting my shoulders. I am sure it has to do with my form or something, or the fact that the bands I use are "Different." I say "different" because they aren't very stretchy. It's hard to get them to move well and I dont mean because of the "level of band" they are. Just in general I don't like that they aren't the rubbery kind... Anyway, off of that tangent! As long as I'm still doing toning work that is fine! It hink this coming Thursday I will do Charlean Extreme just so I can give my shoulders a break for the rest of this week!

When I ahd a massage at the expo the guy said, "your shoulders are really bad." And then instead of working on my shoulder blades, he worked the side of my body, close to my armpit, but on the back towards my side... LOL OUCH! That is those bands, I am sure of it!

SOOOOOOO I THINK WE ALL NEED A PICK ME UP!

LET'S DO SOMETHING FUN! DIFFERENT! I SAY IF YOU ARE FEELING TIRED, FATIGUED, SICK OR JUST NEED A DIFFERENT 'SOMETHING' I WAS FEELING THAT WAY TOO, THEN LET'S TAKE A DAY THIS WEEK AND NOT DO OUR REGULAR WORKOUT AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT! THERE IS NO EXCUSE TO NOT DO THIS! ON YOUTUBE ALONE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF WORKOUT VIDEOS THAT ARE ABOUT 45-60 MINUTES THAT ARE HIGH UPBEAT CARDIO ROUTINES! AND IF NOT THAT, THEN JUST TAKE A BREAK AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT!

I ALREADY KNOW ON TUESDAY I WILL DOING TAE BO! I AM LOOKING TO GET THAT DULL SORE PAIN THAT REMINDS ME MY BODY IS CHANGING! SOOOOO TAE BO AMPED FOR ME!

OKAY WE CAN DO IT ALL! WE CAN DO IT!!!!!!!

GOOOOOD MORNING EVERYONE! HOW ARE WE ALL DOING?!?!?

SO IT APPEARS THAT WE ALL NEED A LITTLE PICK ME UP!

SOOOOOOOO... GOING TO START OFF BY SAYING THIS...

WE ARE ALL DOING FABULOUS! EVEN IF YOU MISS A DAY OR TWO OR EVEN THREE... A WHOLE WEEK PERHAPS DUE TO WORK/ILLNESS/TIME/ETC WE ARE DOING IT! WE ARE TOTALLY WORKING OUR BUTTS OFF (QUITE LITERALLY), GETTING STRONGER, LEANER, FASTER AND MORE CONFIDENT!

IT'S SO HARD TO COMMIT TO A LONG PROGRAM, BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE ARE ALL IN THIS FOR A LIFE LONG CHANGE! THERE ARE GOING TO BE DAYS WHERE YOU EAT BADLY, OR UNDER EAT OR DON'T WORKOUT! THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS.

WHEN TALKING TO A NATUROPATH THIS PAST WEEKEND HE REMINDED ME OF A GREAT LITTLE DETAIL ABOUT HEALTH: "THE 80/20 RULE" MEANING THAT AS LONG AS YOU ARE EATING HEALTHY AND WORKING OUT ABOUT 80% OF THE TIME, THE 20% WON'T KILL YOU. THIS IS SO TRUE. I THINK WHERE PEOPLE GET CAUGHT UP WITH THIS THOUGH IS THE SAME AS ESTIMATING CALORIES... WE (AS IN PEOPLE) TEND TO OVERESTIMATE THE AMOUNT BURNED DURING A WORKOUT AND UNDER ESTIMATE THE AMOUNT CONSUMED BECAUSE WELL... THAT IS JUST HUMAN NATURE! SO WITH BRINGING THIS TO 80/20 IT MAKES SENSE.... WE WILL STAY FIT AND ON PLAN IF WE REALLY ARE AT 80/20, BUT MOST PEOPLE ARE AT AT 60/40, 70/30 AND WELL THAT SLIPS INTO 50/50 AND THEN BEFORE YOU KNOW IT YOU ARE OFF PLAN. THAT IS THE KEY. WE GOTTA BE HONEST...

LET'S REPEAT: YOU GOTTA BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF.

NOT IN THIS THREAD BUT MANY OTHERS PEOPLE BEAT THEMSELVES UP. GET OVER IT! MOVE ON! WE HAVE AN AWESOME SUPPORT GROUP IN THIS THREAD AND WE ARE DOING IT WITHOUT A RIGID CALENDAR (MEANING WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME DAY) AND WITHOUT PICS AND BEFORE WEIGH INS). GRANTED, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHERE YOU ALL ARE WITH YOUR WEIGHT LOSS AND IF YOU WANT TO POST A PIC, YOU TOTALLY CAN, BUT IF NOT, THAT'S OKAY!

I STARTED THIS THREAD TO HAVE PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR JOURNEY WITH ME AND VICE VERSA! OF COURSE I ALSO STARTED IT SO THAT I DIDN'T BALLOON UP DURING THE HOLIDAYS! DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE LESS THAN 60 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!! WELL, 58 TO BE EXACT! SOOOO, WE STILL HAVE ABOUT TWO MONTHS TO GET IN GEAR! TO LOSE THOSE LAST 10 POUNDS BEFORE THE NEW YEAR!

MAYBE THAT NEEDS TO BE OUR GOAL TO RECOMMIT TO OURSELVES, EACH OTHER AND OUR LIVES (FAMILY MEMBERS WHO COUNT ON US ETC). MY GOAL IS TO LOSE ANOTHER 10 POUNDS BY JANUARY 2012. I WOULD REALLLLLLLLY LIKE TO LOSE 15, BUT I'M REALISTIC AND 10 POUNDS IS GREAT! THAT IS ONLY 5 POUNDS A MONTH!

CAN YOU COMMIT TO 5 POUNDS A MONTH? WHAT ABOUT 3 POUNDS? WHAT ABOUT 4 POUNDS A MONTH?

YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. YOU DO DECIDE WHAT YOU PUT IN YOUR BODY. YOU DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO DIET FOREVER, OR IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR HABITS NOW. YOU DECIDE IF THAT EXTRA PIECE OF CAKE IS WORTH IT. YOU DECIDE IF YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE AN EXTRA BREAK/REST DAY THIS WEEK. YOU DECIDE WHAT YOUR GOALS ARE. YOU DECIDE WHAT YOUR REWARDS ARE.

SOOOOO- AFTER THIS LONG RANT I LEAVE YOU WITH THESE QUESTIONS. FEEL FREE TO ANSWER HERE OR JUST IN YOUR HEAD! JUST DO IT!

1. WHAT CAN YOU COMMIT TO BEFORE THE NEW YEAR ROLLS AROUND?
2. WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU LEARNED ABOUT YOURSELF WHILE DOING THIS PROGRAM?
3. WHAT IS YOUR REWARD GOING TO BE FOR LOSING ____ AMOUNT OF WEIGHT THIS MONTH?
4. WHAT EXTRA THING CAN YOU DO THIS WEEK, MAYBE EVEN ONCE, TO LIFT SOMEBODY ELSE'S SPIRITS?

I WILL GO FIRST:
1. I commit to losing 5 pounds this month and 5 pounds next month so that by January I will be 10 pounds lighter (bringing me down to 130-135!)
2. I learned that If I just keep pushing though this calendar, I can do it! I usually give up or start over numerous times, but here I am at week 10! If I can do this calendar, I can do anything. In yoga, it is said that how you practice (if you fall out of postures, do you get back in, are you quiet, do yo try your best, do you stop listening and go on autopilot, etc, is how we live our life.)
3. I will get a manicure!
4. I will donate to my favorite charity! Free arts of Arizona!

WELLLL ALL, GOOD LUCK AND KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO THIS! WE CAN DO THIS WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE WANT! IF YOU NEED SOME EXTRA MOTIVATION I BELIEVE I HAVE HAD SIMILAR RANTS ON PREVIOUS PAGES! IF WE DON'T BELIEVE IN OURSELVES, HOW DO WE EVER EXPECT TO GET ANYWHERE?

WE CAN DO IT! LET'S WRAP UP THIS WEEK STRONG AND GET READY FOR NEXT WEEK!

XOXOXOX