Are You Calling Me Evasive?

   

  I've wanted to be fit all my life but that never stopped me from stuffing my face with junk and being overweight , until a couple of years when I finally decided to finally start loosing weight and then           

an interesting cycle would take place:

Day 1- Oh Im so motivated I cant wait to work out and look like Cher ! (Workout #1)

Day2- Ummm... I really worked hard yesterday and Self magazine had an article about how important it is to take breaks .. ( 0 Workout)

Day 3- I feel so good cant wait to work out again!!... ohhh someone comented on my walll!! (0 Workout)

........

Day 7- Oh man it's sunday and I only workout once this week, maybe I should try again after these holidays are over..

Thanksgiving goes by... so does Christmas and valentines And ....

5 pounds later...

Day 1 Oh man I cant wait to workout and look like Britney Spears!! .....

  Until I finally changed this horrible pattern I was probably one of the most evasive person on this planet ,  never acknowledging my lack of hard work or focus on changing my habits, or my unwillingness to confront unhealthy sabotages on any kind of success that would come my way, and the worst of all deeds was that I refused to keep track of my progress, and therefore would gain what ever weight I was loosing almost immediately. 

 It wasn't easy to look at myself in the mirror and see all my mistakes in fact those where some of the most emotional moments in my life because I was finally taking full responsibility of where my life was going 

and that was  path of high blood pressure, heart problems diabetes etc. It wasn't easy to finally see that the only one that could change my situation and had refused to was me and nobody else. 

Time has gone by and I can finally run 5 and 10 kilometers without stopping , I'm also currently doing insanity (with a short break due to health issues) and in addition to that I plan on getting into body building as soon as Im done with the program and devoting my life to being healthy.

   Hasta luego

       -    Lili 

 

Kettlebell safety points from Enter the Kettlebell!

Based on Pavel Tsatsouline's DVD

1- Check with a doctor first, orthopedic and a cardiologist before embarking with a kettlebell workout since it can be very taxing on your body.

2- Always be aware of your surroundings , train in a flat surface where it's ok to drop the kettlebell.

3- Wear authorized shoes or go barefoot ( NO FANCY SNEAKERS OR CUSHY SHOES).

4-  Dont fight the flow of the Kettlebell's movement.

5- When you're done with the Kettlebell set it down as if you were going to do another repetition , dont just drop it since you could get injured.

6- Keep moving when your heart rate is high

7- Build up your training load gradually

8- There's no substitute for good judgement!

Why Running use to suck..

   Every second of it was painful, persistence wasn't yet in my vocabulary and the word "Can't" ran through my mind numerous times in that forsaken mile run  , I felt embarrassed to be the  fatass chocking on my own breath, to be honest I felt embarrassed to be so slow so unfit such a big ball of lard , it was so hard to see pass my own insecurities and break through my own sense of worth and value but I just had to do it .

 A year has gone by and running has a completely different meaning to me, it's not torture  , it's not discomfort , it's not an emotional roller coaster anymore. It has become my ultimate measure of improvement, and not too long ago I completed my first 10 Kilometers , and am currently completed a marathon program.

(Photo credit: Kacy Ray MCBH 5k Run )

It's hard not to reminisce about those masochistic moments when you began to devote your free time to putting your body through the pain of running. Those great moments filled with self doubt and utter misery in addition to those wonderful slow increments of self improvements are what's made me thrive as a novice and I wouldn't give it up for the world.

 

The overdue blog

Well it's been a year since I started my fitness journey, and until recently it was that I regained control of my life due to a long strand of family and friend tragedies in a short period of time that left me in a somewhat mild shock.
Running was very physically and emotionally draining at the beginning, although as time has gone by it has become my favorite time of the day, it's my time of solitude, happiness and meditation, and wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
Before I bore you any longer  with my "feelings" and "cheesy" descriptions of how I see myself in this journey lets get to the point of my blogging,  I'm obsessed with organic health products and fascinated with anything of the sort, I am currently subscribed to the conscious box and will be dedicating some of my blogging space to "testing" their monthly samples , I will also be sharing any kind of information I come across regarding fitness and healthy eating and will most likely add random posts here and there(or brain-fart as its commonly known).See yall later!