Are you making the most of your workouts?? Like FOR REAL????

or are you doing the workouts and then hiding out to munch on junk "because you worked out" saying that you deserve it or earned it????

You are not a dog.....you are not rewarded by food.....food is fuel for your body....your body that is working hard to make positive physical changes for you.......DO NOT be the barrier to your own success......DO NOT put in half assed efforts and sabotage your results.  

Why bother working out if you're just going to eat shit??? I'm being serious??

Your workout is only as good as the food on your plate.  You CANNOT outrun your fork PERIOD.  Take a good hard look at your efforts and then take a good hard look at your results.......

Do the two line up??? if you're doing the workouts and eating healthy food to help fuel your body the results should be happening........and if they're not.....there's a reason......

DO NOT BE THE BARRIER TO YOUR OWN SUCCESS......You, and you alone have the power to change the outcome and affect the results.......your decisions matter.  Your decisions count.  

If you want to see REAL TRUE RESULTS......STOP GETTING IN YOUR OWN WAY and stay committed....stay consistent.....and stop hiding and sabotaging your hard work!!!!!  

YOU CAN DO THIS if you let yourself do it!!!!!! 

This photo was taken just over a year ago now! Hard to imagine all that has changed in our lives since then. I'm not gonna lie....the stress over the last month and a half has been more than I've experienced in my whole life.....everything changed with one phone call in early March.....

and here we are.....house in Kelowna SOLD, waiting to take possession of our house in Brantford, living at Mom and Dad's again and travelling weekends to Peterborough to see my guy (who's staying in Mississauga), who knows how many weeks pregnant with our THIRD (unexpected) babywink emoticon with a business that's BOOMING and a new chapter just waiting to begin.

Before meeting Shaun Corkery I was all about CERTAINTY....about KNOWING the outcome of decisions I made......I wasn't one to take chances and RISK everything. I made clear, calculated decisions, and would RARELY step outside my comfort zone for fear of falling FLAT on my face.

This guy has taught me that it's OK to make blind decisions. It's OK NOT to know the answers and to just trust that things will work out. He's taught me that I don't have to be in CONTROL of EVERYTHING, and while that's really hard sometimes for me to still let go of......I KNOW that I feel so much more FREE in life since he came into it.

I cannot believe the chances we've taken.....that I've taken....moving across the country with a guy I had only seen about 12 days in total......getting engaged and married within 6 months.......moving from Kingston to Canmore to Calgary to Airdrie to Kelowna and now back to Ontario all within 7 years lol......2.3 babies later and a heart FILLED with love.......a mind filled with hope and sometimes fear......but KNOWING that we are together no matter what, so that's all we really need..........

WOW.......life is full of ups and downs, surprises and gifts.......AND OPPORTUNITIES......if we can only open our eyes to SEE them. I don't know that I would've seen these opportunities if it weren't for YOU coming into my life Shaun.

You have helped me to see......to see that life exists outside your comfort zone....the real fun, excitement, thrill, opportunity, and chance rests there.......with your ability to relinquish some control and just go with your gut......not always knowing the answers but trusting that all will be fine in the end......

That there may be ups and downs and hurdles along the way, but that you can face them and deal with them head on.......that you have the strength and the capacity to handle tough situations and not run away from them.

I'm forever thankful for YOU and the chances that I've taken in my life since you came into it. I wouldn't be here....WE wouldn't be here, if it weren't for YOU.

Oh man, my eyes are leaking........

I hope that if you, in some way, are like the old me.....constantly worrying about the what if's.......that you take a chance......believe in yourself and trust your gut and make a few decisions that you don't know the outcome to.......sometimes the greatest opportunities rest right there....JUST past your comfort zone wink emoticon

Don't ever be ashamed of the person you are striving to be. Believe in yourself, your decisions, and your dreams.  Don't ever let someone undermine you and make you question the direction you're headed if you KNOW that its a direction you want to go!  

Making decisions that best suit you and your family is all that matters....the rest is just NOISE.  If we constantly live for someone else, life will pass us by.  

Since hitting my 30s I can truly say that I'm making decisions that I don't regret and don't waver on.  When you KNOW what's best for you and your family, the objections and interrogations of others simply don't matter.  What someone else thinks of you is none of your business.  So often we get caught up in the opinions of others and feel insecure with ourselves when we are questioned.....this is something I come across ALL THE TIME in the industry I'm in.....people making changes to their nutrition and their family or friends question them, make fun of them, interrogate them, undermine them and try to make them feel like they're crazy for making positive changes........others who are made to feel like they're vain and totally selfish for making time to exercise 4-5 days a week......If this is YOU.....remember WHY you started and WHY you're wanting to make the changes you're wanting to make. Don't let someone else's opinion of you change YOUR GOALS.  Your health is what matters and YOUR reasons for making changes COUNT.   Hold your head up high and KNOW that you're making decisions that are best for you and your family......and if people don't support you.....so be it......they don't have your best interests in mind and maybe they're not the right fit for you and your life right now.  

Individuality is a beautiful thing and its what makes this world so diverse.  If we were all the same, life would be so boring.......Just DON'T let someone else derail you EVER......surround yourself with like-minded people and keep focusing on the direction you're heading!!!! 

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We all do it....we get caught up in the NOISE of life, the hustle and bustle of crazy chaotic mornings, rushing to get everyone dressed, fed, prepared for the day and out the door, the rush of traffic, maybe the spilled coffee, or accident that made you late for work........the rush after work to get home and fed in time to rush off to the next 'thing' and the scramble to get the house tidied when finally home, everyone ready and washed up for bed just to start the same old craziness again the next day.

I'm exhausted just thinking about it......(and im so thankful that this isn't my crazy life anymore)......

Just think of all the beautiful, amazing, miraculous moments that you're missing in the midst of that chaos. The autopilot mode that we get into because we simply don't have the time, take the time, or make the time to enjoy the wonderment and amazement before us.

When's the last time you truly lived in THE MOMENT and SAW what was happening right before your eyes???? The young child who helped the old woman up who dropped her groceries....the bumble bee feeding off of a flower, the courteous driver who let you in, the child laughing over something that clearly is absolutely hilarious to them, the gentleman who held the door for you, or the new growth in your freshly planted garden.......what about the moment your child called you with so much excitement to share a special moment with you, but you were so busy rushing to get the next thing done that you brushed it off (im in tears writing this, cause I am so guilty of brushing the kids off while I work or take on the next task).

These are the moments, the little things, that make life SO BIG......the ones that we sometimes take for granted and then wonder why we are lacking some simple form of happiness in our lives.

THESE are the moments that MATTER....among all the craziness of what NEEDS to be done.....we miss so many precious moments that create LIFE.

TODAY I challenge you to SLOW DOWN.....and SEE what's right in front of you. The LITTLE things that make life SO BIG.

There are going to be TOUGH days on this journey....days that you wonder if any of the effort is even worth it. Days where you feel so unsupported and so bloody tired and fed up with trying so hard and not seeing results (as quickly as you want) that you feel like just throwing in the towel......

THE THING IS

Nothing worth having ever came easy. You came to me for a reason. You came into this group because you had HOPE....you had BELIEF that THIS TIME you were going to commit to making a positive change for YOU. You chose, in your mind, to stop living in the cycle of perpetual frustration and anger at yourself for "letting yourself get here" or "just letting go", or simply wanting to improve your health and fitness abilities.

Remember that it didn't take you 3 weeks to get to your starting point for this journey and you sure as hell wont get to the end result in 3 weeks either. This is a process and one that takes tenacity, drive, will, passion, desire, and commitment. Those who see results simply do not give up. They persevere through the tough times and find a way, in their minds, to FIGHT for what they want. THOSE are the people who make it to the end goal. I can promise you that QUITTING WILL NOT get you anywhere. You'll be back in that same old spot having the same old emotions with the same old "how am I going to fix this".....maybe even resorting to very unhealthy methods to see a quick fix that temporarily makes you feel good about yourself until you yoyo back and gain even more than when you started.

This is a journey with many ups and downs, those who weather the storm and see that the only real results you will have come from HARD WORK....from changing your nutrition and committing to exercise. THAT is the only way to literally heal yourself from the inside out and create a healthy lifestyle that becomes part of your daily routine. THIS is what we want to create....not a quick fix, yoyo effect that sees you celebrating small rewards only to fall back to where you first started.

COME HERE....EVERY DAY....COMMIT TO YOURSELF.....YOU ARE WORTH THE JOURNEY OF UPS AND DOWNS.........you CAN do hard things. We are here WITH YOU, traveling the same journey, with individual struggles. We can do this TOGETHER. DO NOT QUIT.........

I believe in YOU!