Delightful Joy

Oh delightful Joy.

"You get a whale! You get a whale! Everybody gets a HUMPBACK WHALE!"

                                       Thank you for that joke Dane Cook

Not that I thought that getting a car would be like getting one from Oprah Show, but holy CRAP today was stressful.                    Jeeze la weeze!

After being at one dealership for half of yesterday and then 2 hours today.... after having to run home and to the bank... and to T-mobile.. AND to Office max.... with 18 denials and over 50 points hit on my credit... We finally decided to go to another dealership! WOO GO figure that out!! Thanks to the wisest woman in the world ~oh mom~ for the suggestion.

          She said: "Sometimes when you take a deep breath, be in the quiet, and listen, you can hear the way to go."

How right she was. 

With in minutes of walking in the door we were introduced to a very sweet and wonderful sales man named Jason Kelley at Schomp Automotive in Littleton. He introduced me to a car that had everything that I was asking for AND it is ORANGE!! With the issues with credit from problems from the previous dealership that I will respectfully not name CARMAX, it did take a hot minute (or 3 hours) to get all of the paperwork done BUT Jason was so encouraging and Mom and Shannon were an absolute JOY!!  

                                                                                                      (mouthful of marshmallows is what?) 

So THANKS to Jason, my mother and father, and with the support of my husband I am now the proud owner of a 2010 Hyundai Accent!! 

 SO FRESH, EXCITING!!! :D

Oh man I'm so excited to be able to drive!!  Cute little orange hatch back!! The next question however is:

what should my  license plate say??

yessssss ;)

Thank you GOD!!! AMEN!  

I love learning!

Holy Literature BATMAN I LOVE LEARNING!          

And due to recent unfortunate events, no I do NOT mean Ben Aflack...

Great Grandmothers mandible! I missed having something to study. All of this learning has my brain turning. What a great amount of information and so redeeming. 

That's the word of the day: redeeming. 

To me, it's a liberating word. 

A freeing concept.

Taking back. 

Renewal.

Today started day numero uno of my Splankna training. GOLLY GEE... Our homework tonight was not to talk about it ... think about it.... practice.... read on it.... I'm just so excited to spend all day tomorrow learning more. This is going to be such an amazing skill to use as a Personal Trainer. Adding together aspects from energy psychology to the physical metastasis shown in the body is going to be a fanFREAKINGtastic tool. 

I just want to help all the TIMMMMMEEEEE

SO so wonderful. :) I'm beaming, I'm so excited... Glowing perhaps! 

My husband said my new hair cut gave me a renewed confidence, and I'm positive he's right. How amazing a hair cut can be- that you can have such a great change. Even a change you didn't know you needed to make. 

Just like with the Splankna training-

 It's like what Eleanor Roosevelt said:

What did you do today? 

:)

With that, I leave you to comment as I go read:

In Love,

Denise

Fun new adventures

This weekend was the beginning of my three weekends of trips. This first one was a Rip Trainer TRX Course. The Rip trainer for those of you who don't know is a stick with a bungy attached to one end. Because it's asymmetrically loaded, you use your contralateral oblique subsystem. 

I sounded smart huh? :) *cheeseing* Just a wee bit proud of that sentence...

For example: Raise your left hand. Look down at your shirt. See the folds that raising your hand created? What direction are they pointed in? ~~The correct answer is diagonally.  
That's the reason when we walk we swing opposite hand and foot. That's the "contralateral oblique subsystem". As the Rip Trainer works this, it's main function is for rotational movement... GREAT for the core! 6 pack here I come!! ... ya ya abs are made in the kitchen ... I know ..... *sad face* I know... I'm workin on it! 

Well, If you've never heard of TRX check out my mom's blog: 

She writes about everything from todays Work Out of the Week, to Nutritious delicacies, to how to have a metabolic blast. It's basically awesome. Just sayin'. 

So this Rip course was amazing and I enjoyed every minute of it! Learning from Master Marc was such a blessing. He was very thorough and super informative.

 I have already begun reminding my clients to "make apples not apple sauce" which is a cue to activate leg muscles. This is going to be a PHENOMENAL teaching tool and I'm so very very excited to start integrating it into my training. 





The first two ladies I have worked with on it have loved it.... the 70 year old man, not so much. 



Lesson Learned.

Next conference is this weekend: SPLANKNA!! 

pronounced  Splawnk-na

The first a is pronounced with two dotty things above it. 

I am so stinking excited for this. OH new avenues ... New Doors.... God honors change and movement. 

I am moving my own mountains!! THank God, He has given me that power! :)

In love,

D

Oppie... mistakes

Thank God mistakes are only a moment at a time.
Thank God that I can win every minute,

                                                                 hour, 

                                                                            & day!

And you know, Thank GOD that mistakes are only what I make them. If I own my mistakes ... then they aren't mistakes. They are purposeful decisions made to satiate whatever I choose to need. 

        To be more specific, lets look at 

                              what a mistake is:

So if I am choosing these mistakes decisions then they aren't misguided, or wrong.... they are not incorrect or an inaccuracy. 

NOTE: I am not making excuses to eat/do/have what ever you want when ever you want. 

This is in reference to  the fact that I have been on a strict diet for 2 months...

However, the decisions I make when it comes to these 'cheat' meals are going to reflect the self worth I have. YES I deserve to have chocolate [or insert another vice (that means mistake too... DANG IT!) delicioso here] some times. YES I work hard enough to have chocolate [or other tantalizing treat] some times. And YES I know after said delectability, I am going to work my tail off because now not only am I satisfied but I also FEEL good still because of the grade of goodie I have chosen. 

                   

                     For example:   candy bar      75% coco chocolate square 

                                             hoho             Melting pot chocolate fondu 

                                             mcdouble     Blue cheese Bison Burger (mmm Diego Zhangs) 

                                             cheese          Red Lester!! 

                                           

Moral of the Story: Spend money on GOOD grade specialities. Don't waste your time on the cheep crap. 

OH! look at that: That ties into regular food too~ DON'T BUY CRAP! It actually costs less money to exchange eating out food with ... dare I say it......(I do!) organic food!

Date nights are one thing... but eating out every night, every other night, shall I say more than once a week is using money that you could put towards creating a healthier diet life at home. There really isn't any excuses to not eat healthier. It's not hard to cook healthy food. It's not expensive to buy with all that money you are saving from not eating out as much. Even still, It isn't inconvenient if you prepare. 

What gives me the right to dispell these thoughts you ask? 

 I USE ALL OF THEM! 

Yes I said use because on occasion, I still find my self using them .... Old habits die hard. So it is a constant daily task to remind my self that the intention the American food system has put on our food is in fact FALSE and is not how our bodies are actually meant to be fed. 

I submit that we take it back, all the way back, to factory settings. 

Join me? :) 

In Love, Denise

This blog post was inspired by my husbands birthday.... yes I had cake....and soda....and chips.... and a bun.... or 6. BUT I am owning it Dadgumit!!  See you at 5am for empty cardio!

A fresh direction

One of the reasons why I wanted to start this blog is because there are a few things in life that my husband, Ricky and I have decided it is time to start fresh on.

Thank you Outkast!

- Change of scenery: new one bedroom apartment

- New jobs (Woo!!): Ricky @ Home Advisor (aka Service Magic)

                    Me @ 24 Hour Fitness Personal Trainer 2, CES, TRX

- Budget Plan: New plan of attack on Money. It will NOT RULE US! :) 

and last but definitely not least...

- Outside Appearance: You make Abs in the kitchen. Nutrition is weight loss. Body change gives light to   

                                    new hair cuts. 

My emphasis here is one the outside appearance aspect. After watching my moms wonderfully amazing and powerful life transition (which I would behoove you to check out here at the TRX trainer) I decided that it was time for one of my own. 

Insert Heart-vomit: HUGE thank you to Mom for allowing us to

be on our own, after that Hellacious experience, 

and encouraging us, through demonstration, to put our

selves first. Even with no faith in humanity, 

I must have faith in myself.

Thank you, you Beautiful, strong, God fearing, woman, you :)

With out further adieu, this is my grand revealing. 

Thanks to the Ultimate Candida Diet, I gladly share with you my 2 month process.

Here is the start to something beautiful:

This Candida Diet has been absolutely imperative to my overall health!! 

I did not start this diet as a weight loss plan but as a 'get-healthy' plan. Thankfully I have lost quite a bit of weight, bloat, yeast - candida... I am so thankful to Lisa for how wonderful this program has made me feel. 

• My joints no longer hurt. 
• Brain fog is gone. 
• Tired is...get this... TIRED! Tired is not drained, exhausted, blehhh... such a weird feeling... normal...
• I don't feel bloated. Period or not, there is no bloating. 
• Full after meals is a stomach full thing - like above my belly button- not a large intestine thing which is below belly button. 
• Perhaps TMI but still a bonus: I don't itch on the down-low any more. I thought that was part of life but it's gone.... there is no lower skin pain any more
• No YEAST INFECTIONS!! AHH! YES!!!!!!! 
• and there is SO MUCH more!! 

The diet is tough. The Detox is the first week and is the hardest part, but I am so thankful that I made this decision. I keep telling people, 

"It's only ONE week of your whole LIFE. The entire diet is only TWO MONTHS of your life. 

For overall health, What is TWO MONTHS?!"

It has been such an amazing experience and I am so stinking excited to be LAUNCHING my life here. At 24 years old, I am getting a grip on my future, on where I am headed and I am taking the tools that God has given me to propel me there. Ricky and I feel so blessed to be able to share in our experiences with you. We both have plans to venture further into the fitness arena :) More disclosure to come later. 

I leave you with this: April 2014, THe Northern!! 

...and 12 inches of hair later, almost 5 inches in the waist, and 15 lbs of fat GONE,  here I am:

Back to factory settings :D

                                                                         In Love, Denise  

Today is the day

Originally I wanted to start this blog to have a blog. I wanted to say:

"why yes, I am a blogerrrr"

...Yes I did say that with a french accent. 

But this stuff is hard work! I have been plotting since my last post what to do on this small slice of interweb. 

     

       Do I have Theme days?     PIck a popular topic?     Dwell on catering to humanity?

So here I remain, confused, unlearned on blogging, and completely full with ridiculous ideas that I would love to word vomit all over this page-- but have no idea where to start.

All that's left is just me. 

Working on my life, one day at a time. Trying to help who I can after helping my self first.  And I think that's what I'll start with. Today is the day, to quit trying to figure it out and just type... So here I am, Denise with my husband, Ricky. (he is danephiew)

Food or Foe

Food! Delicious succulent fruit, tantalizing sesame chicken, and crunch-tastic veggies. Chocolate chunk icecream with caramel topping and a warm chocolate chip cookie on the side. An ice cold Apple-beer to wash it all down. mmm

I thought I was being healthy and eating right. Substituting olive oil for butter. Cutting out fried foods.

Then why do I still curl up into a ball in agonizing pain to have only some relief with a heating pad?
IBS I was told. Irritable Bowl Syndrome means all you need some good bowl movements. Increase the fiber and continue to mind your food and the pain should stop. And thank God, this worked for some time. I found that some food still 'caused' that same pain and if I would just avoid that food, or pair it with other foods, the pain would either not come or be much more tolerable.

I'm very tired of just tolerating pain. Even the dull ache of your intestines or stomache.

.....this was written pre candida diet :) I can say now I have none of these issues! Thank God!