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Growing up

Do you know people who rely on other people to live? They still rely on their parents for car insurance, health insurance, phone bills... They still rely on their parents to pay their rent or fix their appliances? They rely on their current boyfriend, physically and emotionally? Can't live without a man in their life, can't be alone?

I think the hardest part of growing up is learning how to embrace the fear of being independent. Accepting that your life has become a map of only your decisions, your choices, your mistakes... and it's up to you to pick up the pieces when things go wrong.

You NEED to have the confidence or strength to be alone and believe in yourself. Instead of trusting someone else to make you happy, trust in yourself to be okay when things go wrong. Trust yourself enough to handle anything that comes your way.

If you do, that fear will dissolve away. You can be happy with only yourself, no matter what.

If you don't, that fear will build and build and build... you will blame other people and become the victim of "having the worst luck" or  believe that "no one cares". You will be alone with someone that you hate and don't trust (yourself).

THIS IS YOUR LIFE... TAKE CHARGE... EMBRACE your life, embrace the fact that YOU get to make all of the decisions... become someone that you rely on to get you through.

Figure out who you are, who you want to become, and then become the best version of yourself.

THAT is when you will find someone to share your independence with you, not for you to depend on.

Sleep anxiety

Does anyone else get sleep anxiety? I do! Especially when I have 250000 things going on!

I found the best, most natural, fix.

Besides heathy eating, working out, sleep, personal development ... Of course

Nighty night tea + 1 melatonin!

 

Bucket List

 Bucket List --> Turned into a dream list

Trust me, I have a bucket list. I think they are great! But my bucket list mostly consists of things I want to do for vacation, eat on vacation, and experience before I die. What about now while you are young? Where do you want to get in LIFE?

What are your dreams?!

Now when you make the board, make dreams big enough to where writing them down makes your stomach hurt. My stomach still twists when I read this one... some of these seem IMPOSSIBLE! But, why not do them anyway?

 My dream board:

Freedom to live close to my family no matter how far. I was born in Canada, my family lives in the Cayman Islands, and I am in school in Mississippi. Not to mention, my best friend and little sister, lives in HONDURAS. It KILLS me to live so far from her and the rest of my family, knowing that I can't afford to go see them whenever I want to. It would be amazing to just have the freedom to live with, near, or fly to them whenever I want... once a month... anything! Maybe have a few beach houses ;)

Goal body weight. I put a deadline on it... I feel like not being at my goal body weight holds me back. Holds me back from living and working on all my other dreams. I don't want that to happen anymore. I never want to look back on life and think, "If only I was more confident in my body I would have done that." December 2014 baby! Stay tuned!

First motivational speech. This one scares the crap out of me. Ever since my friend committed suicide, I've wanted to give back. I figured out what I wanted to do last spring and I CHICKENED OUT. I want to motivate our second year veterinary students to stay strong when their school semesters are the hardest by going to talk to them. The thing is, then I will have to be vulnerable in front of 85, type A, smart, judgmental students. Phew.

Find love. I almost erased this one off my board before I posted it... it scares me that MUCH! But I'm finally ready to find love again since my ex-boyfriend, and I will!

Debt free December 2016. Wow. Now, we aren't just talking a couple thousand dollars worth of credit card debt... We are talking hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loans. Specifically $250,000 with 3% interest. I want it GONE by December 2016. This means I have from August 2015 - December 2016 to work my butt off and be successful! Here goes nothing!

Europe 2015. This has been a dream for years. I want to go to Europe with my little sister after I graduate from vet school. While we are both young, single, and free.

The big diamond in the right hand corner are my beachbody dreams. I want to keep being a coach and helping people when I can. GIVING back = happiness... seriously, it works.

 

Meal planning again!

Meal Prepping - SO IMPORTANT

If you fail to plan, you plan to FAIL - also so true

I am back on track with my prepping

Plan: 

Breakfast - shakeology

Snack 1 - fruit

Lunch - chicken, sweet potatos, quinoa

Snack 2 - nuts

Dinner - fish or chicken and veggies

Snack 3 - yogurt

Recipes:

These are so easy!

Veggies: chopped broccoli and sweet peppers mixed with Pam, garlic, cumin, pepper, fat free italian dressing, baked at 400 degrees

Chicken: Seasoned with Pam, chicken seasoning, fresh herbs (rosemary), bake at 350 degrees

Sweet potatos: Chopped to equal size pieces, seasoned with Pam and pepper

Quinoa: Directions on box exactly 

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Life like a Camera

Always take another shot! Go out on another date, call another client, do another workout, take another trip... Never stop even if it doesn't work out 100 times :)

Hope you all had a great weekend. <3

Las Vegas Beachbody Summit

 Hey everyone! Sorry for my lack of posting over the last month. I have been TRAVELLING with limited internet! Poor excuse, but it's TRUE.

Let me tell you about my adventures!

First I went to home to the Cayman Islands to do externships (work at veterinary clinics) for veterinary school. Then I went to Las Vegas for Summit.

What is Summit you ask? It was beach body's national conference, which meant >9,000 beachbody coaches in one hotel in Las Vegas. It was CRAZY!

First I met all the coaches that I work with and have grown to love OVER THE INTERNET. I thought this was crazy. People are SO different that I expected them to be! It amazed me that we could have such close relationships with people only through facebook. WEIRD.

Then, all of the TOP of the TOP coaches got on stage and told us their transformation stories. How they started as alcoholic, broke, consecutive DUIs, thousands of dollars in debt, sick newborns, sicknesses, depression, anxiety, sudden death of family members...

To happy, wealthy, independent, sober, fit, beautiful, and healthy.... it was so inspiring to see and be a part of.

I was SO excited and inspired that I had to take a happy selfie:

NEVER GIVE UP was the theme of the weekend.

They introduced three new programs! PiYO, 3 day REFRESH, and an intro level P90x.

YES, I even worked out while I was there! Sean T all the way!

Out in the Las Vegas lights:

Darren Hardy! This is the man who wrote The Compound Effect. His talk was so amazing and inspiring. He was very handsome too... I found a new crush.

Then we worked out in a parking lot with 9,000 people! All of the celebrity fitness people, Sean T, Tony Horton, Autum from the 21 day fix, and the girl from the PiYO! It was pretty crowded, but cool at the same time.

It was an amazing trip! I met so many beautiful and genuinely happy people that I will have as friends forever. I also have so many new ideas and projects to do! Stay tuned for my upcoming fitness groups!

~No Dream Is Too Big~