MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY
YOU HAVE THE POWER
If you want something in your life, YOU have to go AFTER it. If you want something to change, YOU have to MAKE it happen. YOU have to DO it. YOU have to create your OWN future. YOU have the power to determine your DESTINY.
DELIGHT in the Blessings that have been given to you. OPEN your heart and allow people in. ACCEPT that people change and that sometimes it is time to let them go to allow something better to become. TAKE the chance because it might become something more precious than you ever imagined. NEVER settle for less than what you deserve.
If life is not the way you desire it to be, KNOW what you want and then take the necessary steps to MAKE it your REALITY. You have always had the POWER and you always WILL. If you want something to CHANGE, you have to be the one to INITIATE that change. YOU have to be the one to see it THROUGH. You have to be the one to take RESPONSIBILITY for creating the OPPORTUNITY for your life to evolve and move to the NEXT level.
You should constantly be HUNGRY to become BETTER, never “settling” but always striving to BE the change you want to see. Although you never want to be “satisfied” to stay in one place, happiness is always there is you allow it to be, so enjoy the time you have and the people you have in it, and never take a moment for granted, even if you are not yet where and who you want to be. Life is a mountain that you NEVER stop climbing, but there are always plateaus along the way where you can pause and just ENJOY it, knowing how far you have come. Then you look UP and know that you can choose to stay where you are or keep ON climbing, the choice to continue all on YOU.
Take RESPONSIBILITY for your life. Accept the CHALLENGE to always climb higher. Determine to make your life what YOU want it to be. Know that the POWER to change lies with you. It’s all on YOU.
© 2012 Rosie Chee
TRAINING
Monday: HIIT Run
Tuesday: Arms/Abs
Wednesday: HIIT Run
Thursday: Full-Body
Friday: HIIT Run + Shoulders/Arms/Abs
Saturday: [First Leg] Men's Health [Chicago] Urbanathlon
Sunday: Day OFF
OTHER NOTES
Sleep: Been falling asleep almost as soon as I get to bed this last week, my body sleeping for 5-6 hours before waking, no alarms necessary, when I need to (and sometimes before, LOL). No "sleep-in" this week - not unless you count the 0315 waking this morning!
Mood: Throughout all the stress and recovery and pain, it has actually been pretty good this week - I am starting to come alive again and I love it!
Energy: I've been a non-stop machine from waking to passing out each day. Could feel my energy waning sometimes, but nothing a few chocolate truffles or something silly did not fix
Concentration: Has had to be there all week, and has been too - got a lot done (and a lot more to do!)
Body Composition: 8.3% bodyfat - so lost 0.2% bodyfat, which is ok considering the lack of training this week (AND all the eating). My delts and arms are definitely getting better re definition (maybe it's the pain?), arms full throughout the day.
Quality of Training: HIIT Runs are close to being back up to speed, doing 28-32 sprints during them. Resistance training has suffered a lot this week, because my delts are so sore - right IN the joint, especially my left, feeling the same way my right did last December before I woke up one morning and could NOT move it, so have tried to do what I could without trying to make things worse, although during Friday's session I literally had to PUSH my left arm up with my right because it was so painful and limited re active range of motion. Have not done any post-weights cardio, which I notice the difference with. Feeling a lot better with my training though, despite all the "setbacks". Saturday's training was a 4.2 mile obstacle run in Chicago, which was a lot of fun (and I definitely want to do MORE of such events)!
Joints: Shoulders have been MURDER. Sharp and constant pain in BOTH, left more than right. The pain has been affecting a few daily activities, but pushing through it, trying to minimize aggravating movement. Left wrist has also been acting up and I actually strapped it up some this week.
Nutrition: Still been with 12-hour fast/12-hour feeding window, eating a lot of "junk" amidst the "clean", but fairly ok for the most part. Feeling better limiting foods I am sensitive to, and will continue on with this, since my HEALTH demands it. Only had a couple of days where I've drunk enough water, so got to get back to my 4.5 litres minimum daily.
Overall Sense of Feeling: I am discovering that some of the dreams and desires laid on and uncovered in my heart this year are STILL there. It gives hope and birth to light, the opening of my soul for something I had closed myself off from [after everything that has happened]. I have found my smile again and it is REAL. There is so much MORE to life than what we see or think we know! Even though it is a learning process, I am keeping myself OPEN to the future that is being created, knowing that although it is not the one I had PLANNED, it will be so much better than anything I could ever have possibly imagined, because He keeps my soul close and only wants for me everything I have the potential to be and do and affect.
Sleep: Been falling asleep almost as soon as I get to bed this last week, my body sleeping for 5-6 hours before waking, no alarms necessary, when I need to (and sometimes before, LOL). No "sleep-in" this week - not unless you count the 0315 waking this morning!
Mood: Throughout all the stress and recovery and pain, it has actually been pretty good this week - I am starting to come alive again and I love it!
Energy: I've been a non-stop machine from waking to passing out each day. Could feel my energy waning sometimes, but nothing a few chocolate truffles or something silly did not fix
Concentration: Has had to be there all week, and has been too - got a lot done (and a lot more to do!)
Body Composition: 8.3% bodyfat - so lost 0.2% bodyfat, which is ok considering the lack of training this week (AND all the eating). My delts and arms are definitely getting better re definition (maybe it's the pain?), arms full throughout the day.
Quality of Training: HIIT Runs are close to being back up to speed, doing 28-32 sprints during them. Resistance training has suffered a lot this week, because my delts are so sore - right IN the joint, especially my left, feeling the same way my right did last December before I woke up one morning and could NOT move it, so have tried to do what I could without trying to make things worse, although during Friday's session I literally had to PUSH my left arm up with my right because it was so painful and limited re active range of motion. Have not done any post-weights cardio, which I notice the difference with. Feeling a lot better with my training though, despite all the "setbacks". Saturday's training was a 4.2 mile obstacle run in Chicago, which was a lot of fun (and I definitely want to do MORE of such events)!
Joints: Shoulders have been MURDER. Sharp and constant pain in BOTH, left more than right. The pain has been affecting a few daily activities, but pushing through it, trying to minimize aggravating movement. Left wrist has also been acting up and I actually strapped it up some this week.
Nutrition: Still been with 12-hour fast/12-hour feeding window, eating a lot of "junk" amidst the "clean", but fairly ok for the most part. Feeling better limiting foods I am sensitive to, and will continue on with this, since my HEALTH demands it. Only had a couple of days where I've drunk enough water, so got to get back to my 4.5 litres minimum daily.
Overall Sense of Feeling: I am discovering that some of the dreams and desires laid on and uncovered in my heart this year are STILL there. It gives hope and birth to light, the opening of my soul for something I had closed myself off from [after everything that has happened]. I have found my smile again and it is REAL. There is so much MORE to life than what we see or think we know! Even though it is a learning process, I am keeping myself OPEN to the future that is being created, knowing that although it is not the one I had PLANNED, it will be so much better than anything I could ever have possibly imagined, because He keeps my soul close and only wants for me everything I have the potential to be and do and affect.
