Ever Have THOSE Days When...

It just feels as though NOTHING you are doing is turning out right?? You begin to QUESTION EVERYTHING that you are doing?? That EVERYTHING that is going on around you and going on in your life is causing excessive aggravation, frustration and immense amount of pain to you??

Yup, that's me right now... I am not hitting on ANY cylinder let alone all cylinders together at once!

This is a night to blow off the gym (yup, I just said that!!) and go hide my head in a movie...

Popcorn and pity-party anyone??? SHHHHHHHHHH... don't tell MyTy!!!

Two roads diverged in a wood, and

I - I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

~ Robert Frost

Why do most folks take the road MOST traveled?? It makes no sense to me... and imagine HOW BORING it must be!! Then there are those folks who claim to be UNABLE ((when in fact, they are "UNWILLING")) to change and grow so they remain firmly entrenched in the same spot they have been their whole entire life. Again, not only boring but incredibly TRAGIC to me...

I'm going for C H A N G E!!

G R A T I T U D E

I realized this weekend that I have SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many things and people to be grateful for. But I don't often bring that into my conscious arena... I may allow the thought to pass across my brain briefly and then let it go. Today I am beginning a new journey... one that will accompany my quest. This one is mental, not physical.

After having the incredible opportunity to train with MyTy, I began more research on happiness...

WHAT makes us HAPPY?

((If you are curious, research 'Martin Seligman, PhD.' and 'authentic happiness'))

So here are a few things that I want to list today because they make me HAPPY!

1. My health, my love of fitness/bodybuilding, my ability to train, my training goals!
2. My friends near and far...((even the ones who get sick and end up in Northside))
3. MYTY!!!!!!!!!!!
4. My 'functionally-challenged' family
5. THE Nick
6. People who enter my life and allow me the oppty to LEARN from our interactions!

Thanks for stopping by... there's still much more to come!

Oh, I'm WORKING on it....

And tonite I was allotted a moment of sheer focus, intense and pure to aid me in my work!!

I hafta tell you that tonite, TONITE I was invited to train with My. The beauty of this moment was simply BEING in the moment... being able to work with him... being able to sweat along side of him and to share in his personal motivation.

You see, one of my most dominant obstacle currently is: ME! But, working with My has become my gift to myself in assisting to break those patterns of self doubt and negative thought.

WOW!!!

Tonite I was blown away... watching him, seeing him go waaaaaaaaaay down deep inside to tap into his stores of motivation, drive and determination!! He made each set, each REP look EFFORTLESS!!! (( and that's not to mention how the set of plyos at the END of the nite turned out... he was still able to get sooooooooooo much height it was almost unconceivable!!))

Tonite was really an epiphany...I am so amped! I am so ready!! I am so recharged after tonite: I've been to the mountain and I can definitely say it MOVES!!

Kiss 2005 GOOD-BYE!

So Looking back on 2005 and the time I spent invested in the gym and in fitness, I realize that my choices continue to be refined...THANK G-D!!

I started training last year with a man who I thought was a good trainer, only to find out that he possessed the attitude like so many other trainers who look at the client as ONLY a 'meal ticket'. He cared nothing for my goals, my abilities or my weaknesses. And in the end, he left me high and dry without even so much as a phone call!!

The second trainer I worked with was what I would call a little more than green... he possessed the drive to become a great trainer someday and surrounded himself with great pieces of knowledge but it was difficult to put my total trust in someone who I also felt the obligation to 'teach' during my training sessions...

Finally... there's MyTy!! The man is a g-dsend!! Our principles are so closely aligned that its almost a pleasure to be put in sooooooooooo much pain each week! His drive and determination to help me reach my goals and his knowledge of our profession is only surpassed by his principles, ethics and values.

I am happy and excited about entering 2006 with My by my side cheering me on~

((My... are you blushing yet??))