Day 2

So my last blog entry SUUUUCKED! I really want to keep you all entertained so I suppose I have to step my game up.  Fair enough, lets get on with it.  

As Day 2 comes to a close I find myself at the end of a very strange weekend. I was fortunate enough to get 4 and a half days of vacation but I find that I'm anticipating all the things that will come this week at work. See, I love my job and that's why one of my tasks on The List is to get promoted this next year. I own my company and all the tasks that go with it.  I loooove going to work each day even on those days when I feel like perhaps a mental health day is in order, you know what I mean? Yeah that... exactly that. I go in each day ready and leave each day feeling accomplished. They aren't all wine and roses but I don't mind, its the firm and the people that I love. I'm lucky.

So to wrap up my final day of my extremely long weekend I find myself really looking at all the not so awesome things that happened and all the plans I had to change and all the last minute running around I did and I feel OK. I feel good about it actually, I don't feel that bitter sting of being short changed out of my weekend; instead, I feel like there were some rough spots but I got through it, and I couldn't have done that without my amazing fiancee M.  M is my hero, no seriously.  

So tomorrow as we head into day 3 I'll post something funnier and more interactive about my program and goals and nutrition regiment that I am starting.  I'll also be posting work out photos soon which are sure to be a laugh for the first few months.  Truth be told I'll be glad to get back to not feeling like shit each time I eat both in my body and in my spirit.  I'm ready to really feel good and commit to this stuff.  My friend Wendy who will become my ally in the huge task to lose 95 pounds is a beam of positive energy.  I sent her a list of goals for myself to accomplish and she is sure we can reach them all! I'm thinking by Christmas time when I'm posting pictures of holiday shit all over this here blog I'll have a more noticeable difference in my appearance.  By next Easter more so and by the end of My356-35 I'll be a better, healthier me :)

I'll also start posting wedding plan up dates on here soon as that is definitely coming down the line really soon!! Yep, cross your fingers, We're hoping to lock down a date for next fall! 

My project means a whole lot to me both inside and out.  Each item seems like it may not be a big deal but it really is a BIG deal to me.  Each item on The List is something that I really need or want to accomplish and I'm hoping with all you guys cheering me on I can make them all a reality! 

So that's it for day two... I hope this tidbit is a little more entertaining than my shitty post from yesterday (see what I did there?). This is not just a fun project to do its a 365 revolution! 

Don't forget to share my blog with others out there! Lets start a 365 Revolution together! 

Day 1

So yesterday was my official kick off for my year long project of transformation.  I left determined to start with a clean slate and fix several issues that I had been facing of late. So off I went to Beauty Essentials Day Spa in Chino Hills (Check them out! http://www.bodyessentials-dayspa.com/).  I haven't been to a spa in YEARS and this little place was great. I felt very comfortable and safe as well as very cared for. My treatments consisted of a Hydrocolonic, a 30 minute Sauna, and a 60 minute Swedish massage. It was amazing!

 The Hydrocolonic is an experience that most people with any kind of stomach issue should experience.  It literally cleans you out with out the discomfort of most other bowel cleaners.  Its a process and if you are lucky you get a cool tech like I did to pass the 45 minutes of flush and empty.  I felt so much lighter after that was all said and done. At first I wondered if this would work at all but about 20 minutes in... lets just say nothing survived.

Then to the sauna, to clean out toxins in my skin.  A single sauna sitting in 134 degree heat in the dark is somehow calming at first I thought man this is just a dark hot room and then I realized I was dripping with sweat! And letting all the surface toxins out of my system.  Ironically it was a refreshing experience to sit in hot box for a half hour.

And finally my Swedish massage... this was one of the most incredible experiences of my life as I became so very relaxed and comfortable that at one point I fell asleep! I woke relaxed and almost noodle like.

After two hours of comfort and priming I went home feeling amazing.  I think this was a successful start to my year long project. I think I will be making this routine a monthly occurrence to keep my body primed and feeling good as I flow through the process of my biggest task on the list. Losing 95 pounds is not a small feat!  And I am so ready!  I will be starting my new nutrition regiment tomorrow which includes the Herba Life weight loss program thanks to my friend Wendy Hicks.

As for today (being that its day 2) I will start to look at making some fantastic progress on some of the items on my list.  Stay with me friends.  We are just at the beginning!

Feel free to share my blog with anyone else out there and lets all start a 365 revolution!

WELCOME to Project My365-35

Today is the day! September 1! we turn it all around in one year as of today! Later today I will be posting before photos for reference to my biggest My365 challenge my 95 pound weight loss! This morning begins with a trip to a spa where I will undergo a Hydro Colonic to start off with a clean slate so to speak! 

Its going to be an exciting journey! Let us start!

My365-35 as a reminder here is my list!

1. Lose 95 pounds (its true)
2. Join the gym and go continuously 
3. Road trip with my kids thru, at least, three states
4. See the California Redwood forest
5. Get promoted
6. Go to at least 10 Angels games
7. See at least 2 USC football games
8. Attend at least 3 concerts
9. Join a women's soccer team and play for a season
10. Wear my cheerleading uniform again (hey its 17 years old but I want to put it on again and fit into it!)
11. Start a committee for my 20 year class reunion
12. Reseve a trip to El Salvador for myself and the kids
13. Make myself a new Venitian Dress
14. Make myself all new underpinnings
15. Organize ALL my shit (in stages of course but ALL the SHIT)
16. Change out my wardrobe (This reflects back to #1)
17. Attend Marti Gras (This will be a tough one as its only about 6 months away)
18. Learn to belly dance and actually do it
19. Go to Disney World
20. Pay off my CC fully

Away we go!

HERE WE GO... The List

So we're about 4 days from the launch of project My365-35. This project will be my year long list of things I want to tackle and accomplish in the 365 days before my 35th bithday.  Its a long one but I think all the things on here I can absolutely accomplish.  Its not going to be easy by any stretch of the imagination but I'm ready to make this happen.  

So here is the list:

1. Lose 95 pounds (its true)
2. Join the gym and go continuously 
3. Road trip with my kids thru, at least, three states
4. See the California Redwood forest
5. Get promoted
6. Go to at least 10 Angels games
7. See at least 2 USC football games
8. Attend at least 3 concerts
9. Join a women's soccer team and play for a season
10. Wear my cheerleading uniform again (hey its 17 years old but I want to put it on again and fit into it!)
11. Start a committee for my 20 year class reunion
12. Reseve a trip to El Salvador for myself and the kids
13. Make myself a new Venitian Dress
14. Make myself all new underpinnings
15. Organize ALL my shit (in stages of course but ALL the SHIT)
16. Change out my wardrobe (This reflects back to #1)
17. Attend Marti Gras (This will be a tough one as its only about 6 months away)
18. Learn to belly dance and actually do it
19. Go to Disney World
20. Pay off my CC fully

So that's it! My list for the next 365 days! This will mostly be documented with photo maybe some video but I'm hoping this project inspires others to stop being complaicent with life and actually go out there. Maybe I'm not jumping out of planes or running with bulls but I am settin the bar high for myself and I plan to go above it!

My 365 starts next week!

I turn 34 on the 30th of this month. I have a year before I get to year 35, which for some reason in my head is significant.  I hate when people tell you, "what's the deal with your made up time table life is life just flow with it." Well frankly that hasn't worked for me so far.  So far just flowing with it has me on a muscle relaxer 3x a day an analgesic 1x a day and water pills.  How's that for life? Its not.  I love and respect my maternal unit but I didn't and don't want to suffer from the same aliments she does. I want to be better! And frankly I think she wants me to be better also.

SO as I come close to 34 I realize the advice that I give to others I need to follow myself.  

BE THE MASTER OF YOUR OWN DESTINY

Well OK then.  It starts Friday.  From Friday I have given myself 1 year, 365 days to change, adjust, achieve and do things that I need to do and want to do to get me to my 35th year. I'm compiling a list of things I would like to do, places I want to go, goals I want to reach, and events I want to attend. My goal is to photograph, document and share the next year with anyone who wants to look into it. 

So lets go lets take a ride, 365!