purpleklipse’s BodyBlog

For Steve Kennedy and his cat -

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well if you have any type of advice for me, I welcome that!

But the advice I know I need right now has to do with headphones… my ears are apparently small or something and I am forced to use the headphones that go with my cell phone since my new Rizer plays music.

My right ear is IMPOSSIBLE to get the earbud to stay in. I even took the fuzzy part off.

What to do? I have also tried like pulling my ear to find a better way to fit the earbud in. Are all of these made for men?

Granted BodySpace is an awesome tool, the people on here are really the best part of it!

I am always so interested to read everyone’s story and to see what they do for a living. You have all proven stereotypes wrong - as in "fitness freaks" only focus on this one thing and are completely selfish.

The jobs (current and past) and people’s interests really show how bodybuilding and fitness is a display of hard work and diligence - mostly traits that you all have in MULTIPLE areas of life. Plus, you all have a brain! Many of the professions and or stories shared just make me go "wow, HOW in the world do they have time for all this?!?!?! They do THAT too?!?!?"

On top of all this, people here are just amazingly genuine, supportive, and kind. Sometimes even the hottest girls have the kindest heart when you get a comment or message from them.

You all are wonderful and someone new amazes me every day! This sounds SO cliche but it is really so true.

little things: fiddled around on the BodyDome with arm exercises/resistance bands and balancing the ball….. and worked on my 24Tease routine for class tonight….

actual working out: 20 mins on elliptical (with hills; 200 cals) before my classes; 30 mins dancers workout with lunges and kicks focus tonight; 60 mins 24Tease class with last 15 minutes of specific bootie, thigh, and ab blaster moves.

water intake: still working on it tonight! Only got 4 water bottles in (typical arrowhead bottles).

food facts:

1,318 cals

201 carbs

13 fat

101 protein

1200 - 1550 cals

135 - 252 carbs

27 - 60 fat

30 - 136 protein

Damn the carbs - I used my BF’s protein powder…. I need to go back to buying my own with less carbs.

little things: fiddled around on the BodyDome with arm exercises/resistance bands and balancing the ball….. and worked on my 24Tease routine for class tonight….

actual working out: 20 mins on elliptical (with hills; 200 cals) before my classes; 30 mins dancers workout with lunges and kicks focus tonight; 60 mins 24Tease class with last 15 minutes of specific bootie, thigh, and ab blaster moves.

water intake: still working on it tonight! Only got 4 water bottles in (typical arrowhead bottles).

food facts:

1,318 cals

201 carbs

13 fat

101 protein

1200 - 1550 cals

135 - 252 carbs

27 - 60 fat

30 - 136 protein

Damn the carbs - I used my BF’s protein powder…. I need to go back to buying my own with less carbs.

little things: fiddled around on the BodyDome with arm exercises/resistance bands and balancing the ball….. and worked on my 24Tease routine for class tonight….

actual working out: 20 mins on elliptical (with hills; 200 cals) before my classes; 30 mins dancers workout with lunges and kicks focus tonight; 60 mins 24Tease class with last 15 minutes of specific bootie, thigh, and ab blaster moves.

water intake: still working on it tonight! Only got 4 water bottles in (typical arrowhead bottles).

food facts:

1,318 cals

201 carbs

13 fat

101 protein

1200 - 1550 cals

135 - 252 carbs

27 - 60 fat

30 - 136 protein

Damn the carbs - I used my BF’s protein powder…. I need to go back to buying my own with less carbs.

People always want a secret pill. Or a secret trick to get to their destination faster. They want things to be easy… and a lot of people debate whether fitness is "easy" or "hard"….

Well, it CAN be easy… and there COULD BE a secret… but you will have to put in some hard work first to get going…

For me, I think it has come down to this - MOMENTUM.

Getting started.
Wearing exercise clothes (uncomfortable if you are not comfortable with your body).
Ordering healthy when you go out to eat (embarassing if you aren’t fit already).
Making healthy food choices time after time (easy to feel discouraged if you slip up and sink further and further down.)
Or always feeling like "after this dinner out I will start eating perfectly healthy again".
I have been much larger than I am now. And I have been a little smaller. I am getting back into the swing of things again and have been doing consistently well (in my perfectionist mind) for 3 or so weeks.

Even after I reached my goals, I worked hard to maintain it. BUT, choices happen and I slipped back a little over the summer. Sure I still teach and stuff but I am not eating like I used to or working out myself with the same intensity I was before.

In my frustrated times I wondered "WHY is this harder now than it was before?? Man, I remember being on a ROLL losing weight and toning up. Sometimes so much and so quickly that I felt guilty like THIS ISN"T HARD ENOUGH  when 44 lbs slipped off my frame!"

My discovery is essentially this -

When you are "winning" you feel good and it’s easy! EAsy to keep going! EAsy to make another ‘great’ decision that just paid off for you.

EAsy to tell others what to do to accomplish their goals. Much easier to see from this perspective. Much more appealing to be in the "helper/coach" seat than the person on the low end needing help.

It’s hard to get up and get started (for me anyway). Making the decision that THIS MEAL will be the one where you’ll go back to egg whites, spinach, tuna, fresh fruit (not all together) is kind of difficult!

But things compound. We know this in a negative sense - one lie turns into another, which turns into a bigger mess, etc. The opposite HAS to be true.

Think about all those annoying people (maybe you are one, maybe we have all been one at some point) making the BEST and AMAZING food, sleep, workout, and self care decisions all day, every day, 24/7. They kind of piss you off because they seem so perfect and have it all together. But I think it’s because everything is BUILDABLE. When you are doing great, you want to keep doing great - and that motivates you. You feel good, you are winning, you just keep going. You would be a fool to stop when you’re having so much success.

So now that I have this momentum and [finally] figured this out, I can’t slow down or stop. I have to use that momentum and disregard things that got in my way before. Without this conscious and deliberate effort, I will be suckiing again when it’s time to go back to spin class after 3 months off. And, man, that SUCKS!!!

Keep up your positive MOMENTUM everybody!

Where have these people gone?

 Ok there are more than this, but here are my key three…….

 Where is Jordyn - she was like in the top 3 forever. Profile picture is gone and so is all of her content.???

Where is JennaTattoo - I believe she was the one that was taking a diet pill for some kind of advertisement or ongoing commercial. ???

 Where is ADAYA or whatever that other hot girl’s name was. In one of her main pics she was standing by a window and I think had brunette hair.

 I’ve been on a few times in the past 3 months and e-mailed them and e-mailed the ADMIN folks.

It’s just really strange that people that were really active on here and helped inspired are just.. gone!

Any clues? You can Private Message me or post here. I am curious and it’s driving me crazy!!!!!!!!! SAD!

P.S. I did spin yesterday and turbo kickbox today. Even with girly cramps. Boo yah!

I LOVE Men’s Health. it rocks. So much better than most women’s magazines b/c it cuts to the chase.

I LOVE David Zinczenko’s book(s) The Abs Diet. Totally rocks. Get it. You can’t miss it - it’s flourescent orange.

I am less-than-impressed with David’s new book "Love, Men, and Sex"………… what a WASTE. A bunch of dumb advice, humor (without help), and NON-ANSWERS! Can I just tell you that he wrote the book to excuse some of men’s / people’s jerky tendencies.

Then I discover yesterday that he has been dating Rose McGowan for a couple/few years. Sorry but that is just WEIRD and yuck. Plus if they have been dating for 3-4 years and he is this big relationship guru why aren’t they more serious? Not saying you have to be married or whatever but that is a long time to date.

Plus, I just don’t know how I feel about him now! I think my love affair is over! LOL

Just stick with his health advice. 

Hello!!!

I have been awful. Sorry to anyone whom I have not contacted/commented back. You all look amazing and I am incredibly proud of your continued progress and DILIGENCE! Wow!

Some random bits about what I have been up to:

+ Traveling a lot. Sometimes as frequently as 5 out of 6 weeks. Some nice hotels, some sucky. Got hotels with a fridge but then ended up in bad neighborhoods with no market around and not much time. Ended up not eating at times due to busy schedule. Brought almonds, apples, bars with me and ate when I could. Sleep is totally messed up from all nighters and being on the other coast. So glad to be back and try to figure myself out again.

+ Going to Vegas for fun here in a week or so !!!! wowowowowooooooo hooooooooooooo!! Been working way too much which is kind of part of being self employed now and working for a marketing agency, as well. I love what I do, its just a lot at times.

+ I have NOT been doing great at staying in and getting in even better shape. But I’m getting back on it! Spin, kickboxin and running will probably be my main things as of now…

+ I subbed Yoga a couple times which was fun and different since it’s NOT my thing and normally not my fave. Tonight I had a wonderful Tease and Dancer’s Workout class. I totally changed up the routines and choreography and the ladies loved it. They looked great!

+ I got ENGAGED this weekend! It happened at a special park where we went on a picnic 2 years ago as one of our first dates. So that is fun and exciting!

+ Kitties are good. Healthy as far as we know, totally mischevious, and I even got real flowers today at the store so I’m taking a chance that those won’t all get knocked over!

+ Getting a new condo in a month or so.

+ Got my third swiss ball tonight. Kitties keep popping them!

 Read this the other day and thought it was great:

One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;
another pretend to be poor, yet has great wealth.
A man’s riches may ransom his life;
but a poor man hears no threat.
The light of the righteous shines brightly;
but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
Pride only breeds quarrels;
but wisdowm is found in those who take advice.
Dishonest money dwindles away;
but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.
…..
He who scorns instruction will pay for it;
but he wo respects a command is rewarded.
…..
He who inores discipline comes to poverty and shame,
But whoever heeds correction is honored.

 That’s all I can think of! Gotta try to get some sleep before a presentation and many urgent things in the morning!