MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY
THE LIFE OF YOUR DREAMS
If you want something you go AFTER it. You give it EVERYTHING to make it happen. You strive your utmost to make your dream a REALITY. Risks are WORTH it because you believe in your heart that what you want has no greater value than the sacrifices you make to achieve it. Focus NEVER wavers because seeing your dream manifest before you means more to you than anything else in this world ever possibly could. Constantly learning and GROWING and creating yourself, you become what you need to be to see your dream come to fruition, to see it more than mere ideas or fantasy, because your life depends on it. It’s NEVER too late to start living a dream, and it’s never too late to TRY for one, because withOUT dreams our lives would be empty and meaningless.
Dreams make us HUMAN. They make us BELIEVE. They give us HOPE that there IS something MORE out there for us. They give us FAITH that we CAN make anything HAPPEN if our DRIVE is STRONG enough. They allow us to hold ON to something we should NEVER let go of, the CHILD inside every one of us that we once were and never stopped being, who looked at the world with eyes of WONDER, knowing that ANYthing is POSSIBLE and NOTHING is UNrealistic for those who DREAM, if only they OPENED their hearts and minds to SEE.
Open your heart to BELIEVE. Let your inner child FREE. Explore the world with eyes of PERCEPTION and POSSIBILITY. If you want something with all your soul then never let it go and do all in your power to make it HAPPEN. Let the people you cannot ever bear to live without know how much they MEAN. Live the life of your DREAMS.
© 2012 Rosie Chee
TRAINING
Monday: HIIT Run + Shoulders/Hamstrings
Tuesday: Arms/Abs
Wednesday: HIIT Run
Thursday: Full-Body + Post-Weights Cardio 20 min
Friday: HIIT Run + Shoulders/Arms/Abs
Saturday: Run 3 miles
Sunday: Day OFF
OTHER NOTES
Sleep: Has been fairly good for the most part - regardless of what time I go to sleep at night, been consistent in getting up between 0430-0500 Monday through Saturday. Today I didn't get up until just after 1200, but only because I went to bed ~0330 and allowed my body to "catch up" on the sleep it has NOT been getting throughout the week.
Mood: Ups and downs this week. At the end of the week crashed hard - a long time in coming after the last 8-9 months - and now it's just getting through as I pull myself out of the wreck.
Energy: Was high all week until Friday morning - during training when I emotionally crashed, my body crashed with it and I just had nothing left in me.
Concentration: I've tried really hard this week, which has been frustrating in some areas, seeing nothing for the effort. At the same time, a lot has been going on and NOT being there has NOT been an option!
Body Composition: 8.1% bodyfat - lost 0.3% over the last week, simply from getting back into training (since EVERY day except Wednesday has been terrible re nutrition), even though I was not even at 75% of Maintenance training. The definition in my delts and arms has been coming out more and more as the week progressed (the "bad" eating just brought them out MORE, even if I felt it "softened" the rest of me for a bit) - I definitely have the most muscle mass in them both that I have ever had, which is nice and brings a sense of satisfaction, since I have worked so hard to "bring them up" and struggled so much with issues re pain and injury to them.
Quality of Training: Training has been ok. A lot of pain, especially during my Friday resistance session, in BOTH my delt/biceps' tendons, and just pushing through it, because physical pain is preferable to other pain. Have done a little more running as well this week re cardio (back to HIIT sprinting OUTSIDE), which has made a difference. The cooler weather has also been much better for me and I can actually BREATHE when I'm running outside, instead of feeling like I am suffocating. Back to no less than MAINTENANCE training next week!
Joints: A lot of pain in both my anterior delt/biceps' tendons AND my wrists. My left wrist has been in more pain than my right, but I am noticing it is in CONSTANT pain, and even something like DRIVING aggravates it to the point where I don't want to be doing much of it.
Nutrition: Has been TERRIBLE. Appetite has been much higher than usual this week - aside from yesterday, when I literally had none and did not want to eat for most of the day (which indicated something seriously wrong) - and have NOT followed the 16-hour fast/8-hour feeding window for any day except Wednesday, more along the lines of a 12-16 hour feeding window and 8-12 hour fast. Hasn't seemed to affect my progress too much though, which was a little surprising. I also haven't been drinking my usual 4.5 litres of water a day either, barely getting in ~3 litres, which has made a small difference in how I feel.
Supplements: Although not a supplement per se, I have been using NO Infuse several times a day (pre-training, post-post-training shower, and pre-bed), and I believe that it's the factor having the primary difference re my delt (and bicep) development, allowing me to work through the pain and still get results.
Overall Sense of Feeling: A lot of good things have happened this week amongst the crash, and I am truly grateful for those few special people in my life who have made all the difference during this time. There are going to be quite a few changes going on from the start of October - positive and motivating - and I am looking forward to them. LIFE OPENS UP WHEN YOU DO IT'S TRUE! IT'S TIME TO REALLY MAKE THINGS HAPPEN! IT'S TIME TO START LIVING THE LIFE OF MY DREAMS!!!
Sleep: Has been fairly good for the most part - regardless of what time I go to sleep at night, been consistent in getting up between 0430-0500 Monday through Saturday. Today I didn't get up until just after 1200, but only because I went to bed ~0330 and allowed my body to "catch up" on the sleep it has NOT been getting throughout the week.
Mood: Ups and downs this week. At the end of the week crashed hard - a long time in coming after the last 8-9 months - and now it's just getting through as I pull myself out of the wreck.
Energy: Was high all week until Friday morning - during training when I emotionally crashed, my body crashed with it and I just had nothing left in me.
Concentration: I've tried really hard this week, which has been frustrating in some areas, seeing nothing for the effort. At the same time, a lot has been going on and NOT being there has NOT been an option!
Body Composition: 8.1% bodyfat - lost 0.3% over the last week, simply from getting back into training (since EVERY day except Wednesday has been terrible re nutrition), even though I was not even at 75% of Maintenance training. The definition in my delts and arms has been coming out more and more as the week progressed (the "bad" eating just brought them out MORE, even if I felt it "softened" the rest of me for a bit) - I definitely have the most muscle mass in them both that I have ever had, which is nice and brings a sense of satisfaction, since I have worked so hard to "bring them up" and struggled so much with issues re pain and injury to them.
Quality of Training: Training has been ok. A lot of pain, especially during my Friday resistance session, in BOTH my delt/biceps' tendons, and just pushing through it, because physical pain is preferable to other pain. Have done a little more running as well this week re cardio (back to HIIT sprinting OUTSIDE), which has made a difference. The cooler weather has also been much better for me and I can actually BREATHE when I'm running outside, instead of feeling like I am suffocating. Back to no less than MAINTENANCE training next week!
Joints: A lot of pain in both my anterior delt/biceps' tendons AND my wrists. My left wrist has been in more pain than my right, but I am noticing it is in CONSTANT pain, and even something like DRIVING aggravates it to the point where I don't want to be doing much of it.
Nutrition: Has been TERRIBLE. Appetite has been much higher than usual this week - aside from yesterday, when I literally had none and did not want to eat for most of the day (which indicated something seriously wrong) - and have NOT followed the 16-hour fast/8-hour feeding window for any day except Wednesday, more along the lines of a 12-16 hour feeding window and 8-12 hour fast. Hasn't seemed to affect my progress too much though, which was a little surprising. I also haven't been drinking my usual 4.5 litres of water a day either, barely getting in ~3 litres, which has made a small difference in how I feel.
Supplements: Although not a supplement per se, I have been using NO Infuse several times a day (pre-training, post-post-training shower, and pre-bed), and I believe that it's the factor having the primary difference re my delt (and bicep) development, allowing me to work through the pain and still get results.
Overall Sense of Feeling: A lot of good things have happened this week amongst the crash, and I am truly grateful for those few special people in my life who have made all the difference during this time. There are going to be quite a few changes going on from the start of October - positive and motivating - and I am looking forward to them. LIFE OPENS UP WHEN YOU DO IT'S TRUE! IT'S TIME TO REALLY MAKE THINGS HAPPEN! IT'S TIME TO START LIVING THE LIFE OF MY DREAMS!!!
