Day 7

Today my sister and I bought our plane tickets for our China trip. I'm sooo excited! We're leaving in October and coming back in February. There's so much I want to see and do while I'm there, I hope we have time to do it all. Just in the area of the kung fu school there's tons of neat stuff! I can hardly wait.

I did my workouts. They were good. I was dreaming about the trip most of the time so it's a bit of a blur.

Day 6

I'm not sure why but I woke up this morning feeling great! Full of excitement for the day and love and gratitude for everyone and everything in my life. I didn't have to work until 1 so I got to spend my morning drinking tea, relaxing, and doing tai chi. I also rode my bike to work and back through the river valley. All in all I must have worked out for at least 3 hours today and here I am still full of energy.

If I could figure out why I feel so good then I could try to create the right situation to feel this good most of the time. Is it the amount of sleep I got last night? The herbal cleanse I'm doing? The fact that I've completely cut sugar out of my diet for this cleanse? The warm sunny weather? The exercise I've been getting? The pure joy that comes from being in the great outdoors? I suspect it's some kind of combination of the above. It's certainly given me something to ponder though.

I really hope that doing this routine is somehow changing me as a person and helping me to not only prioritize but also learn more about myself and what it takes to motivate me and move me forwards. I think that I have a tendency to stay in one spot if it's comfortable rather than go further. I imagine many people out there are like that and if I can figure out how to change it in me, maybe I can help others to do the same.

Day 5

So today I want to say a big thank you to Steve my boyfriend.

I woke up with a really stiff and sore hamstring on the right leg so I trained lightly for an hour before work doing lots of stretching and trying to loosen it up. It helped a little but didn't completely fix the problem.

After work I was super-duper tired and really not looking forward to doing anything that didn't involve sleeping. Steve really stepped up to the plate and did a bunch of push-ups with me and trained with me for my whole last hour of the day. He pushed me to try harder when I really wanted to slack off and helped me stretch out my leg at the end. He made the whole process a lot more fun and I'm sure more effective than it could have been.

So thanks Steve for your help today. It made a world of difference.

Day 4- starting to gain some wisdom

I had a super busy day today so finding time to train was a challenge. I managed to squeeze it all in in small chunks though.

I'm finding that it's easier for me to push myself and be excited about training when I've worked out recently (like the day before or earlier that day). I used to think that if I trained hard one day I should take it relatively easy the next. Now my opinion on that is starting to change. I still think rest is important but maybe I was using the whole concept of rest as an excuse not to do as much.



So far so good though and I hope to learn more about myself each day this month. I wonder if I'll be able to maintain this intensity after the 30 days is over....

I included this picture because I thought it must be getting boring to read so many posts with just text. Also tortoises are wise right?

Day 3

So today went pretty well. I did some tai chi and then went to class and learned a lot. We went over some stuff that both answered questions and also created new ones. That's the best kind of class.

I also started a herbal cleanse today so I was pretty tired and felt a little bit dizzy in class. I feel better now though that I've had some water and some food. If anyone's interested in doing a hardcore, kick-ass cleanse you can try the wild rose cleanse. Read about it at:

www.wrc.net

That's all for now. I'm going to bed.

Day 2 belated

Okay so I've just looked over my goal and I see that I've written down that I'll blog every single day....oops! I learned to make sure I know exactly what the goal is before beginning.
This is my post for yesterday and I'll post for today later tonight.

I was pretty tired and sore from the workout I did wednesday so it was a challenge to get started but once I did it was fun. I did forms, kicks, stretching, and tai chi. I also worked on my horse stance. Ever since I sprained my ankle the horse stance has been really difficult. My right foot wants to splay outwards and forcing it into the proper position is....uncomfortable. But since I now have 2 hours of potential time every day to work on it, I'm sure it'll improve.

So I powered through and did it and fell into bed exhausted. Feels good.

Happy Birthday to Me

Today I turned 27. Today is also the first day of my 30 day training intensive. Every single day for the next 30 days I will train for at least 2 hours. That can include anything that will benefit my kung fu such as training in kung fu (obviously), stretching/yoga, tai chi, and general fitness training. I will also post often during the process so that you, my lucky readers, can join in with me.

What I hope to achieve is to improve my fitness and skills but also to develop a habit of training regularly. Though I practice often, I've never gone for a month without missing some days. It takes 30 days to break a habit and to form a new one.

Another thing that I want to do is prove to myself that I can do it. I don't just mean that I can physically do it but that I have the mental toughness and dedication to stick to the plan.

I decided to start today because I want to start out this year of my life with a bang and make it the best, most successful, character building year yet.