My Journey to a Healthy New Beginning

Yesterday I was too sick to get to gym. I though long and hard about it, weighing my options and decided that I needed to get better for my trip which I leave for on Wednesday. I spiked a fever and my throat is dry and scratchy… last night my fever spiked even higher and it hasn’t gone away yet today so I put the challenge on hold for yesterday and today hoping that the rest my body will get will allow me to get through my whole body workout tomorrow with a 1 hour modified version of cardio only brisk walking. I guess I’ll see how I feel tomorrow and go from there.

Tonight I am supposed to go out for a birthday but again, I’ll have to see how I am feeling. I can tell you one thing for sure, I won’t be drinking (heck NO!) It will be an evening of gingerale or Sprite with Grenadine to stop people from bugging me about not drinking..

I had a pretty restless night last night with my fever but I had to get up and use EFT many times to stop my emotional turmoils from getting worse. It amazes me how strong they can come on when I am in the midst of trying to get to sleep. So last night it was unaddressed emotions from my childhood… well, thanks to EFT (4 rounds with the Gamut) I relieved myself from that childhool emotional stress which brings me closer to overall happiness.

Well, I am going to get back to “trying” to get some sleep and take more medicine.

Have a wonderful weekend!
XOXO

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This is probably going to be the shorted blog post but I am sooooo very tired. Day 2 of my personal challenge is just about complete and I have to admit I think I might have taken on a bit too much this time but a challenge is a challenge and I will see it through to the end. It’s the cardio that’s killing me with this cold and now I have a knee that is twisted a bit which resulted with many large dogs running “through” me at the dog park yesterday.

Rocky got another 45 minute walk today at the dog park which he loved (of course!) then it was home to work on my business. I didn’t get to the gym today until 4PM where I walked/ran for 2 miles (30 minutes) then did my 1 hour strength training program for my lower body with 15 minute run in the middle with a hill climb at level 8 (1 mile). After the lower body workout I headed back to the treadmill for another 2.2 miles (45 minutes). In total today I walked roughly 10KN and got my 2 hours of cardio in along with my strength training… I am soooo very tired now though! LOL

Well, 2 down and 3 to go! I got some great news today though… my sister’s roomate has a pass that will give me 50% off tube fares in London and she has a friend at one of the hostels I’ll be staying at in Glasgow so I might get a free upgrade! Wooohooo!

Ohhh.. I have a proud Mommy moment that I must share with you as well! My little one Hannah who is 4 is such a darling.. she’s been sleeping with me since she was born and just before we feel asleep the other night she kissed my hand and told me it was the “kissing hand” She said that if I got lonely and missed her on my trip I could put her kiss on my hand to my cheek and then I wouldn’t miss her so much.. well let me tell you how much that melted my heart! Every morning now we give each other the kissing hand so and each evening she asked me if I used it… Again, a Mommy heart melting moment that I just need to share!

Ok, I am off to bed… still have a session of EFT and mediation to get me into a deep sleep!

XOXO

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Well if today is an indication of how the next 4 days are going to be holy cow, did I set my goals high. I started off this morning with a 30 minute brisk walk with the dog, did my visualization videos and then just got back from the gym after doing a 2 hour trek on the treadmill. Today I completed 10KM in 1 hour 25 minutes! Then continued walked at a brisk pace for the remaining 25 minutes. Funny enough I pushed myself to get to the gym as I’ve picked up my son’s cold and having difficulty breathing but forced my butt into the gym.

Right before the workout I was in the change room and really pyching myself up and basically talking myself out of a 2 hour cardio workout… so I went into the girls bathroom, closed the door and did an EFT session right there. My set up statment was “Even though I don’t want to do this cardio workout, I deeply and completely accept myself” I ended up doing 4 rounds of tapping with the gamut in the middle and got through that 2 hour cardio workout. It wasn’t so bad and I got through it and streched got dressed and came home.

My sinuses are pretty blocked and I have a raging headache- just getting a bit of down time before I pick up my daughter from school and take the dog for another walk. Dinner tonight is going to be eggs and canadian bacon with salad and my homeade dressing.

EFT is still new to me that I forget to “try it on everything” LOL… well, I am going to run and try EFT to relieve some of my symptoms of this cold.

Until tomorrow….
XOXO

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Well, it’s time to kick things up a notch. I haven’t had a real challenge for myself this year so I was inspired to kick things up a notch before embarking on my journey - which by the way is in 8 more sleeps- to London, Scotland and Ireland!

For the next 5 days (starting tomorrow) I want to do the following for myself:

(1) Start every day with a session of EFT
(2) Watch my visualizationvideos first thing in the morning and first thing in the evening
(3) Start my new mediation sessions daily
(4) To push my already tough workout regime to a new level this week with 5 days of cardio 2 hours each day and 3 sessions of metabolic strength training… love it!

I had my last session with my trainer Wes today until I get back from my trip so it’s the perfect time to focus on motivating myself! It will also serve as a welcome distraction to keep my mind busy and focused on my end goals!

XOXO

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By focusing on the negative or allow my fears to take center attention I’ve been allowing myself to bring about and manifest the bad luck into my life- well NO MORE!

There is an exercise I learnt through a seminar with Michael Losier in 2005 when I was first introduced to the Law of Attraction. Michael wrote the following:

Discover Clarity through Contrast

Clarity of your desires is one of the most important steps in manifesting what you want. For some this process may be difficult or frustrating. For others, the process of getting clear about their vision comes easily. Here is a tool that will assist you with this process and support you in getting clear about what it is you desire.

The most helpful concept that I have discovered for myself over the last few years has been the concept spoken by Abraham-Hicks. This message teaches us to embrace contrast - a concept that took some time for me to understand. Clarity through contrast? You bet. How is it we can know what we do want without experiencing what we do not want (contrast)? It is through contrast that we experience what we don’t want. Contrast is essential in supporting us to make a decision.

Bring to mind contrast that you may be experiencing in your life right now. Notice how easy it is to identify what it is you don’t want. That’s contrast. Using this contrast, formulate your thoughts to see what it is you do want.

As I experience contrast in my life, I have learned that when I use it to get clear about what it is I do want, the contrast begins to turn to desire and it feels better. When I don’t use the contrast to help me get clear, the contrast becomes resistance. After spending some time getting clear about what you do want, I suggest you prepare a Desire Statement. A Desire Statement is just that — a statement about your desire. It may be helpful to use phrases in your Desire Statement such as “I’m in the process” or “I love knowing…” etc..

Things will flow much easier to you once you are clear about what you want. Remember, the Universe delivers to you what you give your attention and energy to, not necessarily what you want.”

In my personal life when I start allowing the negative in (most of the time without even knowing I am doing it) and need to get clear on what I really want, this exercise is very helpful. I’ve never shared my exercises before but I thought maybe this time wouldn’t hurt.. So here it is for all to see! (To get your own worksheets from Michael’s website please following THIS LINK)

Contrast (List the things I don’t like)

Bad Luck (Broken Mirrors, Bank Errors, 2 Broken Tires, Etc)
Fear of Enough Money for my Trip to London, Scotland, Ireland
Sleepless Nights
Eating Carbs

So now that I know what I don’t want, I need to ask myself “What DO I WANT?!” I go through my list again and for everything that I didn’t like or want, I cross it off and get clear on what I want to replace it with and allow it into my life!

Clarity (List the things I DO like)

Good Luck surrounds me wherever I go- people offer me free advice, I get the perfect parking spots, Meet new people, surrounded by positive people.

I will have more than enough money for my trip! Money is coming to me through various income streams that will show themself to me before I leave on my trip- It feels great to live in abundance!

At night I fall into a deep and peacful slumber and wake up feeling refreshed and ready to face the day. I have new mediation techniques and EFT to help me fall into this restful sleep.

My body needs carbs for energy and by eating the right kind of carbs I am able to add more cardio to my workouts, have more energy, feel fuller and look amazing in my new clothes!

You can complete these exercise for absolutely everything in your life (relationship, money, workplace, etc, etc) Every time I complete one of these exercises I feel amazing.. it really helps me zone in one what it is that I truly want. I find that we’ve been so pre-conditioned all our lives to whine and complain or talk about what it is that we don’t want.. by getting really clear on what you do want the rules of Law of Attraction tell us that it will bring it to us. See, LOA doesn’t know that you are telling it that you didn’t want that…. now that you know wouldn’t you rather attract more of the right things into your life? I know I do, so I do!

Michael’s book is very helpful in giving you tools on how to practically implement LOA into your life- he teaches you the science behind getting more of what you want, and less of what you don’t want.

If you want to learn more about Michael’s Book please follow this link: http://www.lawofattractionbook.com/worksheets_PDF.php?greet=Tasha

Have an amazing weekend!
Xoxo

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I wanted to share with you this very inspirational video message from the master himself. You can see how humble he was and his deep desire to share this message with everyone, so they too can “Think and Grow Rich”

If you haven’t read this book yet, I encourage you to do so! My dear friend Brad’s persobal website, Fear to Freedom has 35 free ebooks that you can download and one of these books is “Think and Grow Rich” by Napolean Hill.

ENJOY!
Xoxo

Think and Grow Rich! (ISBN 1-59330-200-2) is a classic motivational book. Written by Napoleon Hill and inspired by Andrew Carnegie, it was published in 1937 at the end of the Great Depression.

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OMG- I knew that I was in for a crazy workout today but it was intense… so intense that by the time I got to the 3rd round I was certain I was going to throw up… and guess what? Wes tells me that I need to train like this every time.. pushing myself out of my comfort zone is where I am going to see the results. Well.. let me tell you.. Not only did I leave my comfort zone, I was sooooo far behind me that I couldn’t find it if I had of tried today. LOL- well, after all is said and done I always feel great after a workout- knowing that I really pushed my limits and accomplished something good for ME. Here’s is a look at what I accomplished today.

Round 1
Chest press on balance ball - 20 lbs DB (15 reps)
One Arm Row- 20 lbs DB (15 reps)
Kick Backs- 5 lbs (15 reps)
Arnold Press on Balance Ball - 8 lbs (15 reps)
2 minutes high resistance, high intensity BIKE
Arm Curls with 25lbs BB (15 reps)
30 Crunches on Balance Ball
30 Core Side Crunches with 8lbs DB lifting legs

3 minute rest

Round 2- Body Resistance
30 push ups
30 pull ups
30 overhead lats with theraband
2 minutes HARD resistance on bike
30 dips using bench
30 curl ups using theraband
90 seconds plank
30 scissor kick outs for abs
(I know I missed some- LOL)

3 minute rest

Round 3- Repeat Round 1

Cool down- 10 minutes on bike with resistance of 4

Now, if that sounds easy for some- good for you! BUT for me, I was ready to throw up on today on Round 3 when I came off the bike and went into the arm curls using the 25lbs barbell. Wes didn’t make me do the last abs side exercise with the 8lbs DB today.

Tomorrow I am pumping up my cardio routine- 15 minutes fast walk (8 incline), 2 miles row using 4 resistance, Treadmill- 2 minute intervals walking @ 8 incline, 2 minutes of running @ 4 incline for 30 minutes. Total cardio tomorrow will be 1 hour! Then on Friday I have another workout with Wes! Yikes! LOL

Have an amazingly blessed day!
Xoxo

P.S. 13 days left until I leave for my vacation hehehehe

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It was the 2nd Family Day Stat holiday in Ontario so keeping with the spirit of the day the kids and I headed out to the toboggan hills for some screaming fun times! It was about my 3rd time down the hill with my 4 year old when we hit on the very big jumps and she catapulted out of the tobaggan… I reached up and pulled her back into the toboggan and we continued down the hill- I totally thought we were gonna flip on that one but we didn’t and had an amazing time- we all did! To finish up the day we played dress up, twister and made a spaghetti dinner together which was delicious! I have to say that I am a fan of this Family Day holiday! xx

I was beating myself up on Saturday for not hitting the gym for a cardio workout but I did get my whole house organized… I sat down last night and looked over my diet for the weekend and was pretty upset with myself… I totally fell off the wagon! Carbs, carbs and more carbs! I decided to take the advice that I gave my 13 year old son though the other day. It’s ok to make mistakes as long as we learn from them and grow as a person and choose to not make the same mistake as well! So keeping with that advice that I gave him, I am doing the same for myself. I am going to dust myself off and get back on the wagon today. I am still trying to navigate my way through introducing carbs to my diet and feel any of them are bad but I am listening to my trainer and eating them for energy and allowing my workouts to burn them off… WHICH means, I have to get my butt to the gym today for a Cardio workout since I missed Saturday and Monday.

I have 14 days left until I jet set for London, Scotland and Ireland! I am so pumped and still trying to figure out how I am going to pack for 19 days in 1 backpack! LOL… My biggest choices are over shoes! I can be such a girl at times! Oh well…. I’ll figure it out and still have a nice pair of shoes for going out for an evening… hehehe

Here’s to getting back on the wagon! Nutrition and 1 hour of tough cardio today…. yikes! Tomorrow is a workout with Wes my trainer so I need this cardio session today!

Xoxo

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I grew up in a house that taught me many limiting beliefs. I know that they were only trying to help me and had the best of intentions… I grew up being taught, “don’t put all your eggs in one basket”, or “you need to look at reality” or “get a stable job in the governemnt, “you need to work hard for your money”

Now that I know how LOA has impacted my life it’s ok for me to follow my dreams, put all my eggs in the same basket and know that whatever it is that I want, I can truly have! I still fight on a daily basis to throw my old way of thinking out the window and it can be challenging at times but I know how the LOA works in my life so it’s easier and easier each day. I am so very thankful that LOA has come into my life when it did because I get the chance to teach my kids (13 and 4 years old) how to chase after their dreams and if they want it bad enough they can have anything they want.. it’s so great to watch them have their own visualization boards and use EFT on a daily basis in their own lives.

I used to allow my pride to not ask for help either. I chose to “go it alone” When I am open with my feelings and ask for help when I need it most I free myself from negative thinking patterns and allow myself to focus on my end goals.

It’s OK to fall down.. my goodness I fall a lot on my way to achieving my wildest dreams… but I ask for help, pick myself up, dust off and keep going.. I also choose to learn my mistakes and with each mistake I know that I am that much closer to the end goals.

Have you take the time to write out the future that you see for yourself? I encourage you to do this… write it down and imagine that you are living it now.. I can tell you that you will allow yourself to get closer to that dream every day. When you hit a roadbump- just remember that it’s just that.. overcome the road block as fast as you can and move on. The key here is to MOVE ON.. keeping pushing forward to achieving that life that you hold in our imagination.. it’s different for everyone and that is the beauty of it- not everyone wants the same thing.

Today, I had to ask for help from a friend of mine and he is working to help me figure out my next step. If I hadn’t of asked I would still be have my insomnia sleepless nights..

To your continued success!
Xoxo

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Arrived at the gym this morning at 08h00 to learn that my trainer was MIA… hopefully he is ok - I am sure he is ok. I decided to really push myself today as it was intended to be a cardio day anyways. I started with a 2 mile row, then did some interval training on the treadmill walking/running for 2 miles. With my warm up I trained for 45 minutes. Then I jumped over to the weights and ran through my lower body exercise that I had done with Wes on Friday. Jumped back on the bike for a 2 mile ride… Wow! I felt energized and empowered- I really pushed myself and it felt darn good! Please remember that I absolutely hate cardio so to push myself and feel this good was a milestone for me.

As I was putting on my boots to leave I was drawn to this poem/story that I NEED to share with you. It touched my heart so deep that I needed to get it out there and hope that it will touch your heart as well. All around us people tell us how we should feel, what we should think, if we are good or bad, etc etc. We’ve been social conditioned to take this outside observations as true- well, I did at least. Even when I had my cancer I was listening to what others thought of me.. if I was being brave enough, selfish enough and it tore my heart apart… even though I KNEW what LOA was I allowed this negativity to pull at me in my darkest moments. Finally I had had enough.. I started watching The Secret again every day, I started looking at the brighter side of things.. I decided to keep fighting.. I control my mind- ONLY me! I learnt to listen to my heart… I learn to believe in the person I was from the inside out.. and as I started to listen to my heart and envision my healthy life ahead I started to get stronger, healthier the fears started to go away.. I forged ahead and pushed myself knowing that ulimately there was light at the end of the tunnel… Today, I feel a peace that I never knew existed and I brought it on myself- I’ve learnt that if I can see it in my mind and imagine it in every delicious detail then I will have it in my physical life. I control my future! My past where it should stay; in the past! I make the decision each day to take the leap and forge ahead to my amazing future that is creating itself right now!

I hope this poem touches your heart as it touched me- our ATTITUDES are so important! We choose our paths and we create it with our minds..

Attitude

There once was a woman who woke up one morning,
looked in the mirror,
and noticed she had only three hairs on her head.
“Well.” she said, “I think I’ll braid my hair today.”
So she did and she had a wonderful day.

The next day she woke up,
looked in the mirror
and saw that she had only two hairs on her head.
“H-M-M,” she said.
“I think I’ll part my hair down the middle today.”
So she did and she has a grand day.

The next day she woke up,
looked in the mirror and noticed
that she only had one hair on her head.
“Well,” she said, today I’m going
to wear my hair in a ponytail.”
So she did, and she had a fun, fun day.

The next day she woke up,
looked in the mirror and noticed
that there wasn’t a single hair on her head.
“YAY!” she exclaimed.
“I don’t have to fix my hair today!”

Attitude is everything.

Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

Live SIMPLY,
Love GENEROUSLY,
Care DEEPLY,
Speak KINDLY
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass……

IT’S ABOUT LEARNING TO DANCE IN THE RAIN!

Live every day with laughter and fun and blessings will unfold all around you! I know I do and I needed this note today to remind me that what I am doing is good and I am on the right path…

Xoxoxo

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