Hey Fittins!
Congratulations on completing your First month in the Fashionably Fit With Lisa E Challenge.
Now you know I am going on and on about accountability, for you AND for me!
So I need you to do your monthly check in with me here Oct 1-Oct 8th. If you signed up before the September 15 deadline that qualifies you for prizes, but you have not yet specified your measurable goal, take this time to think it over and come up with something.. No Pressure!! Things always can and often do change, so be flexible with yourself if that is what you need right now. But be accountable, this is our first discipline training. Check in.
Those of you who do not check in by the monthly allotted time, risks the chance of being disqualified, and will certainly be demerited at the time of vote tallying in December.
Talk to me.
Lisa E.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
CHICKEN STOCK: DON'T BUY INTO EVERYTHING THAT IS FED TO YOU
Happy Friday, Fair Fittens.
I am keeping a close eye out on most of you and watching your progress as you share your journey with me as well. Today I want to talk about Food. Yes the good stuff. The things we eat, we ingest. That which is meant to nourish and replenish our selves is often the deliciously, disguised indulgences that would to do us in. Now as you may know, I am a vegetarian, going on roughly 2 years now. I made that choice not because I am an animal rights' activist or because I don't like meat. Meat was just not adhering to my Life's Philosophy at that time. You see, around two year ago, I started to think deeply about the phrase, "you are what you eat". I began to propose it as a literal statement. Since I had eaten chicken most of my life, was I a chicken? A bird I am not but colloquially speaking I did possess an abundant amount of fear and "Chicken" tendencies when it came to certain areas in my life. I grew up eating alot of pork (till I was 18)...and I was in fact a pig! I went through a long list of foods to see if I were like those foods until finally I was sick to my stomach.
So if I am what I eat, I decided that wanted to be alive, raw, growing, sprouting and colorful! If you can think of the food you put directly into your mouth as a direct reflection of yourself, your lifestyle and your health, it might help you lay off of the greasy cheeseburgers. Ask yourself, "Hmmm.. am I sweet? Juicy, red and nourishing like this strawberry? Or sweet, syrupy crusty, and fried like this doughnut?" Describe your food aesthetics to yourself and make sure it counts as you welcome this foreign object int your ecosystem, your body, your world.
As with everything, I am not jut talking about the physical material world. Conceptually, there are a lot of "fast food" vendors out there, positioned to lure your appetite for fulfillment and sell you a bunch of lies and junk. These things that you take into your eyes, your brain, your ears, your spirit, do they represent you and your future self? Because that who we work for, Fittins. Our future selves. STOP THESE FREE AGENTS AT THE DOOR!!! Be aware of things being positioned to enter into your realm and do a security check each and everytime. And if it doesn't make the cut, then you are better for it. Nourish your spirit. Feed your mind and Soul with the best. Become your own very picky eater when it comes to your digestion..
Be careful of what you ingest, my loves. Like I say about chicken stock, which hapandstancely creeps into so many prepared food dishes, "DON'T BUY INTO EVERYTHING THAT IS FED TO YOU".
WITH LOVE,
Lisa E.
I am keeping a close eye out on most of you and watching your progress as you share your journey with me as well. Today I want to talk about Food. Yes the good stuff. The things we eat, we ingest. That which is meant to nourish and replenish our selves is often the deliciously, disguised indulgences that would to do us in. Now as you may know, I am a vegetarian, going on roughly 2 years now. I made that choice not because I am an animal rights' activist or because I don't like meat. Meat was just not adhering to my Life's Philosophy at that time. You see, around two year ago, I started to think deeply about the phrase, "you are what you eat". I began to propose it as a literal statement. Since I had eaten chicken most of my life, was I a chicken? A bird I am not but colloquially speaking I did possess an abundant amount of fear and "Chicken" tendencies when it came to certain areas in my life. I grew up eating alot of pork (till I was 18)...and I was in fact a pig! I went through a long list of foods to see if I were like those foods until finally I was sick to my stomach.
So if I am what I eat, I decided that wanted to be alive, raw, growing, sprouting and colorful! If you can think of the food you put directly into your mouth as a direct reflection of yourself, your lifestyle and your health, it might help you lay off of the greasy cheeseburgers. Ask yourself, "Hmmm.. am I sweet? Juicy, red and nourishing like this strawberry? Or sweet, syrupy crusty, and fried like this doughnut?" Describe your food aesthetics to yourself and make sure it counts as you welcome this foreign object int your ecosystem, your body, your world.
As with everything, I am not jut talking about the physical material world. Conceptually, there are a lot of "fast food" vendors out there, positioned to lure your appetite for fulfillment and sell you a bunch of lies and junk. These things that you take into your eyes, your brain, your ears, your spirit, do they represent you and your future self? Because that who we work for, Fittins. Our future selves. STOP THESE FREE AGENTS AT THE DOOR!!! Be aware of things being positioned to enter into your realm and do a security check each and everytime. And if it doesn't make the cut, then you are better for it. Nourish your spirit. Feed your mind and Soul with the best. Become your own very picky eater when it comes to your digestion..
Be careful of what you ingest, my loves. Like I say about chicken stock, which hapandstancely creeps into so many prepared food dishes, "DON'T BUY INTO EVERYTHING THAT IS FED TO YOU".
WITH LOVE,
Lisa E.
Friday, September 11, 2009
TRAIN TO MAKE IT COUNT
So today is Friday, alas. Another week has passed and I am feeling more or less Fashionably Fit. It wasn't the easiest week to jump back into, what with Monday's Labor Day laziness lingering over to Wednesday, but we made it. As you might know, my routine consists of working out at the gym Monday thru Friday. Well Scratch Monday, Tuesday I found myself at the gym running across and back over the Memorial Drive Bridge 24 times. To and fro equals 1 time. Yeah. It took me a while and I had to break up the daunting goal into sets that I could accomplish at a reasonable pace. I decided to do 3 sets of 8 laps. After 8 laps I gave myself the option to go inside and refill my water bottle and let the a.c.hit my neck for a few seconds, giving me enough rejuvenation to do 8 more laps. When the 8 lap sets became a little ominous, which was almost immediately, I started thinking about the 8 laps as 1 set of 4 where I would skip a step on the way to the top of the bridge, and another set of 4 where I would run each step and optionally walk very fast across the bridge.
Point is, I finished. I was sweating, I felt strong and I learned something new about myself and the process that will make this obstacle a little easier the next time: I must keep my foot in. Lisa, what does that mean??! When I am running, and walking, I have a "Southern" gait in my step that some might call flat-footed, slew-footed, planters feet, etc.. But feet will turn slightly outward if I am not aware of it. I noticed this when I was running and realized that this is indeed the stance of a planter, someone who is doing work in one place for a certain amount of time and needs a firm stance to root down. I don't want to root down when I am running and when I am trying to get somewhere in a short period of time. An angled-out foot position then starts to act as a brake, much like on the wings of an airplane when you begin your "final descent". A turned out foot also makes me contemplate every step, which is exercising my mind too much at a time when I want to get across the bridge in record time. When I started to actively tell myself almost like a mantra "Keep That Foot in, Keep That Foot In", My speed increased and I had a lesser tendency to stop mid-bridge and walk it out.
In our goals of being Fashionably Fit, we have got to make it count. Whatever that IT is... one hour to work out, 3 days to complete a proposals but only 4 hours to devote to it, $100 left in your bank account on the weekend and yet really want to buy something for yourself, etc. etc. Time and Space, and our Tempo Spatial existence is metered by numbers, whether we like it or not. The ancients figured out numerical systems to help us keep count of what is going on in our lives, what counts, and how to remain accountable.
Overall, I have a goal to increase my Power. Power= Work/Time. If you want your Power to count, Make your work count. Make your Time Count.
Lastly, this week I have suffered the pangs that come with being a woman, ladies you know what I mean (fellas I hope by now you do too) and I wanted some sort of satisfaction that was not adhering to my Fashionably Fit lifestyle and goals. But with a slightly larger investment on my part, I enjoyed a beautiful Bourgogne Pinot noir, goat cheese warmed with hot pesto, and freshly baked ciabatta bread. And it was divine. Now, I don't do it up everyday, but when I do, I train to make it count. And although it was more expensive perse than me going to get a fast food fix, my choice was more complimentary to my lifestyle therefore more satisfying, better quality therefore more nutritious and well planned, not in haste by me nor the chef, which makes it a win win situation.
This weekend, Train to Make it Count.
xoxo
Lisa E.
Point is, I finished. I was sweating, I felt strong and I learned something new about myself and the process that will make this obstacle a little easier the next time: I must keep my foot in. Lisa, what does that mean??! When I am running, and walking, I have a "Southern" gait in my step that some might call flat-footed, slew-footed, planters feet, etc.. But feet will turn slightly outward if I am not aware of it. I noticed this when I was running and realized that this is indeed the stance of a planter, someone who is doing work in one place for a certain amount of time and needs a firm stance to root down. I don't want to root down when I am running and when I am trying to get somewhere in a short period of time. An angled-out foot position then starts to act as a brake, much like on the wings of an airplane when you begin your "final descent". A turned out foot also makes me contemplate every step, which is exercising my mind too much at a time when I want to get across the bridge in record time. When I started to actively tell myself almost like a mantra "Keep That Foot in, Keep That Foot In", My speed increased and I had a lesser tendency to stop mid-bridge and walk it out.
In our goals of being Fashionably Fit, we have got to make it count. Whatever that IT is... one hour to work out, 3 days to complete a proposals but only 4 hours to devote to it, $100 left in your bank account on the weekend and yet really want to buy something for yourself, etc. etc. Time and Space, and our Tempo Spatial existence is metered by numbers, whether we like it or not. The ancients figured out numerical systems to help us keep count of what is going on in our lives, what counts, and how to remain accountable.
Overall, I have a goal to increase my Power. Power= Work/Time. If you want your Power to count, Make your work count. Make your Time Count.
Lastly, this week I have suffered the pangs that come with being a woman, ladies you know what I mean (fellas I hope by now you do too) and I wanted some sort of satisfaction that was not adhering to my Fashionably Fit lifestyle and goals. But with a slightly larger investment on my part, I enjoyed a beautiful Bourgogne Pinot noir, goat cheese warmed with hot pesto, and freshly baked ciabatta bread. And it was divine. Now, I don't do it up everyday, but when I do, I train to make it count. And although it was more expensive perse than me going to get a fast food fix, my choice was more complimentary to my lifestyle therefore more satisfying, better quality therefore more nutritious and well planned, not in haste by me nor the chef, which makes it a win win situation.
This weekend, Train to Make it Count.
xoxo
Lisa E.
Friday, September 4, 2009
5 EASY STEPS TO JUMPSTART YOUR CHALLENGE!
Hi Friend!
Thank you for taking the first, largest and hardest step of any challenge and that is Changing your Mind. At FashionablyFitwithLisaE.blogspot.com , we congratulate you and want to take these steps with you in your transformative journey.
Meet Nicole Laurent. Nicole is the young, beautiful director or ARCH, Architecture Center of Houston, and a contestant in Fashionably Fit With Lisa E. Nicole wrote to me with her specific goals and we have already devised a plan to get it together. Maybe Nicole's journey is similar to yours. Here's what advice I had for Nicole:
"Dear Nicole, With your 30th birthday approaching you have set a goal to lose 15 lbs and strengthen your core. Here are 5 preliminary steps that I would like you to incorporate into your lifestyle to help you attain this Totally Attainable Goal.
Nicole's Goals for Sept 4-18
1. RUNNING TO THE LOO CUTS CALORIES TOO!
Reduce your beverage intake to Water, Mineral Water(s), Unsweetened Green Tea, and RED WINE(reserved for Fri night thru Sun night ONLY)
This is an imperative first step Nicole. That means no soda, high fructose corn syrups, no Stevia, no aspartame in Diet drinks, no fruit juice:O( Just for this initial metabolic boost. ******NOTE: if these beverages absolutely bore you, try Acai Mango White Tea by HOnest Tea(Whole Foods) or Moroccan Mint Green Tea also by Honest Tea. They are both a tad sweet and tolerably yummy with ice on these hot days. Make it to the 18th, I have another drink surprise for you.
2. MONDAY THRU FRIDAY, REPLACE 2 OF YOUR MEALS WITH SALADS.
If you are a breakfast lunch and dinner kind of girl, replace 2 of those bulk meals with salads. If you are like me and dont eat that many times a day, push yourself to snack so you are rewarding yourself with something nutritional maybe 5 times during the day. 5 times a day you should be opening your mouth and putting something in it. Great Salad dressing: Olive oil+lemon juice+sea salt!! It is fab!! And reduces water weight which is about 6-7 of your 15 pounds right there.
Good intermitten snacking:
Raw Almonds. So good and buttery, chased with club soda makes you feel like you are getting something special.
Lump crab meat or claw meat. Good for salads and also a low calorie no fat protein that give you a luxurious feeling of not being on a diet.
Avacado. I eat these for breakfast or snacks most days. great for your hair, brain and skin.
Pickles. Gerkins and Klausens are bests, hamburger slices( but be careful because these are packed with sodium)
Olives. Almond stuffed. any kind.
3. ABSOLUTELY SHUT YOUR MOUTH NO EATING AFTER 7PM MONDAY THRU FRIDAY.
Notice I have not told you to stay away from carbs. you can carb, Nicole. But you must salad 2 times a day and preferably carb in the AM. This is one of the hardest things to train yourself to do and I battle with it constantly but you must close the kitchen and shut your mouth by 7pm, Mon-Fri. &pm comes everyday so plan on your calendar if you have to, so u get all of your meals in before that clock hits 7pm. Healthy Hint when You hear those midnite cravings: I can eat that tomorrow!!!
4. CHECK ON YOUR G!
There is a spot between your navel and your pubic line. half way in the middle. Sexually referred to as your G Spot, it is a power source unimaginable and I want you to pull it in and far as you can and squeeze it. when you are sitting at your desks, hold on to your G!! especially when you walk, hold on to your G! breathe all the way down to her and and regenerate your breath from her. play with her during the day and just please always remember yor G. It is your Power. and these exercises lengthen your core because it is a low focal point that you are strengthening and as you breathe you are stretching up and shining through your face.
Its a door opener.(Yes, men have G's , too!)
5. Replace the word TRY with the word TRAIN.
I am training to lose 15 lbs by my birthday.
I am so hungry right now but I can train to focus on other parts of my life during the night, and train to nourish my new body during the sunlight hours.
I am training to change my life."
SEND ME YOUR GOALS. USE THE INFO ON THIS FORUM TO BE ENCOURAGED AND ENERGIZED. AND REMEMBER WE HAVE GOTSTA GET!!
LOVE, LISA E
Thank you for taking the first, largest and hardest step of any challenge and that is Changing your Mind. At FashionablyFitwithLisaE.
Meet Nicole Laurent. Nicole is the young, beautiful director or ARCH, Architecture Center of Houston, and a contestant in Fashionably Fit With Lisa E. Nicole wrote to me with her specific goals and we have already devised a plan to get it together. Maybe Nicole's journey is similar to yours. Here's what advice I had for Nicole:
"Dear Nicole, With your 30th birthday approaching you have set a goal to lose 15 lbs and strengthen your core. Here are 5 preliminary steps that I would like you to incorporate into your lifestyle to help you attain this Totally Attainable Goal.
Nicole's Goals for Sept 4-18
1. RUNNING TO THE LOO CUTS CALORIES TOO!
Reduce your beverage intake to Water, Mineral Water(s), Unsweetened Green Tea, and RED WINE(reserved for Fri night thru Sun night ONLY)
This is an imperative first step Nicole. That means no soda, high fructose corn syrups, no Stevia, no aspartame in Diet drinks, no fruit juice:O( Just for this initial metabolic boost. ******NOTE: if these beverages absolutely bore you, try Acai Mango White Tea by HOnest Tea(Whole Foods) or Moroccan Mint Green Tea also by Honest Tea. They are both a tad sweet and tolerably yummy with ice on these hot days. Make it to the 18th, I have another drink surprise for you.
2. MONDAY THRU FRIDAY, REPLACE 2 OF YOUR MEALS WITH SALADS.
If you are a breakfast lunch and dinner kind of girl, replace 2 of those bulk meals with salads. If you are like me and dont eat that many times a day, push yourself to snack so you are rewarding yourself with something nutritional maybe 5 times during the day. 5 times a day you should be opening your mouth and putting something in it. Great Salad dressing: Olive oil+lemon juice+sea salt!! It is fab!! And reduces water weight which is about 6-7 of your 15 pounds right there.
Good intermitten snacking:
Raw Almonds. So good and buttery, chased with club soda makes you feel like you are getting something special.
Lump crab meat or claw meat. Good for salads and also a low calorie no fat protein that give you a luxurious feeling of not being on a diet.
Avacado. I eat these for breakfast or snacks most days. great for your hair, brain and skin.
Pickles. Gerkins and Klausens are bests, hamburger slices( but be careful because these are packed with sodium)
Olives. Almond stuffed. any kind.
3. ABSOLUTELY SHUT YOUR MOUTH NO EATING AFTER 7PM MONDAY THRU FRIDAY.
Notice I have not told you to stay away from carbs. you can carb, Nicole. But you must salad 2 times a day and preferably carb in the AM. This is one of the hardest things to train yourself to do and I battle with it constantly but you must close the kitchen and shut your mouth by 7pm, Mon-Fri. &pm comes everyday so plan on your calendar if you have to, so u get all of your meals in before that clock hits 7pm. Healthy Hint when You hear those midnite cravings: I can eat that tomorrow!!!
4. CHECK ON YOUR G!
There is a spot between your navel and your pubic line. half way in the middle. Sexually referred to as your G Spot, it is a power source unimaginable and I want you to pull it in and far as you can and squeeze it. when you are sitting at your desks, hold on to your G!! especially when you walk, hold on to your G! breathe all the way down to her and and regenerate your breath from her. play with her during the day and just please always remember yor G. It is your Power. and these exercises lengthen your core because it is a low focal point that you are strengthening and as you breathe you are stretching up and shining through your face.
Its a door opener.(Yes, men have G's , too!)
5. Replace the word TRY with the word TRAIN.
I am training to lose 15 lbs by my birthday.
I am so hungry right now but I can train to focus on other parts of my life during the night, and train to nourish my new body during the sunlight hours.
I am training to change my life."
SEND ME YOUR GOALS. USE THE INFO ON THIS FORUM TO BE ENCOURAGED AND ENERGIZED. AND REMEMBER WE HAVE GOTSTA GET!!
LOVE, LISA E
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