Just finished watching the season finale of Grey’s Anatomy!!!!! Let me just say….WOW!!!!!!! If you were on Twitter, you MIGHT have seen some naughty words fly OUT OF MY MOUTH and ONTO THE TWITTER SCREEN!!!! If you witnessed this, please forgive me!! This episode was SO INTENSE!!! It had me on the edge of my seat THE ENTIRE NIGHT!!!! I won’t give any spoilers…. Instead, I will share with you that many of my patients refer to me as “Dr. Bailey” It COULD be because we are both African-American female Doctors with “Pleasantly Plump” Booties BUT I prefer to think that it’s because we are both BRILLIANT and KICK ARSE at what WE DO!!! *Huge Cheesy Smile* Any who, there was a scene that TOUCHED me DEEPLY…. The scene where Dr. Bailey took “him” in her arms and said “You Are Not Alone” … AMAZING PERFORMANCE!!!! In the midst of my TEARS (yes…there were many tears) I thought about the fact that, just 8 hours earlier…. I received a video from a friend…. a song I Love… that took on a new meaning….
Hello My Dearest readers!!! This is the beginning of My “Birthday Week”!! I had a WONDERFUL week of SUCCESS last week!!! I’m looking to TOP IT this week!!! There are a few goals I plan to accomplish this week!!
GOALS
1. Cook Dinner Tues, Wed, and Thurs night (as per @kthenb)
2. Complete week 2 of Push up/situp 6 week challenge (as per @slorunnermom)
5. Disconnect one night this week (as per @MizFitonline)
6. In Bed by 10:30, Lights out at 11
7. Work out 2x a day (Monday-Friday)
8. PUT MYSELF FIRST
Okie Dokie!!! There you have it!!! I WILL have 100% SUCCESS this week…MY BIRTHDAY WEEK!!!! Keep an EYE on me…Check in on me and let me know that you’ve got my back!!! BTW….
WHAT ARE “YOUR”GOALS FOR THIS WEEK?!?!?!
What is my reward for my 100% SUCCESSFUL week?!?!? A Disney Cruise Leaving the day after my birthday!!! April 25, 2010…. Look out Mickey!!! HERE WE COME!!!!!!!! 😉
12:01 AM…..This AMAZING Day began!! I had 2 missions for this day! 1. Be the first to wish my Dear friend Lori happy birthday and 2. receive my first Reiki attunement. The first mission was accomplished with perfect timing!! Staying up this late has its drawbacks. I OVERSLEPT for my workout!! No worries (I thought to myself) I will get in my cardio after work. I had a hectic day in the Health Center (as always). I left around 2:30 and headed home to get mentally prepared to receive my Reiki Attunement. I changed into relaxing attire and called my Dear friend @dailykat . She is my guide/teacher on this journey. After we spoke, I went to my relaxing spot, set up as she suggested. I relaxed, grounded myself , and accepted the Reiki Attunement from Kat. Ahhhhhhhh……The EXPERIENCE was, in a word…FANTABULOUS!!!!! I felt more ALIVE, more ENERGETIC, More RELAXED than I have in a VERY LONG TIME!!!!!! I looked on my blackberry in the group and saw that My Dear friend @kthenb had just completed a 5K…FOR FUN!!! I also knew that my “Twin” @teetee_71 was crushing it on the bike at the gym!! Feeling BRAND NEW and completely and totally INSPIRED, I decided to catch the sunset 5 minutes from my house and walk/jog a 5K!! I DID IT!!! It was BEAUTIFUL!! I took ALL OF YOU WITH ME!!!
THANK ALL OF YOU FOR LOVING AND SUPPORTING ME!!!!! XOXO
The Beginning of my "Personal" 5K (Wednesday 4/14/10)
and away, I go.... (1 mile across)
Counting my BLESSINGS (this sunset being one of them)
Not a worry , pain, nor fear.....not now....only PEACE....
FINISHED! No medals or crowds,Just ME and This Sunset....
(Sunday night Blackberry IM conversation) @slorunnermom : I’m going to get up at 6AM to get in my run. Me: OK, I will get up too!!! So, the next morning (Monday) I woke up at 5:30 and headed to “The Green Bridge” to do Day 1 Week 1 of C25K (yes, for the millionth time 😉 )
Heading up the bridge with "Baby" By Justin Bieber in my ear
On the way back with "Daddy's Home" playing on the ipod
The birds were chirping! The palm trees were blowing! The waves were crashing! The Dolphins were jumping….It was HEAVENLY!!!! I am so happy to be back at it!!! I missed my AM workouts!!! This was an excellent start to my Loooooooong Monday!!!! Its my 12 hour day giving health care to a rural underserved area in Arcadia, FL. Approx. 2 hour commute (one way). After my AM cardio, I was on #gruve Yellow and well on my way to green!!! I had a delicious green smoothie for breakfast and a Wonderful salad for lunch!! After my lunch, and before the rush of the PM patients, I took a short stroll across the street in the church parking lot. It was a Beautifully sunny day with trees to shade my path…. Dare I say, it was a Marvelous Monday!
Around 8 PM, I said goodbye to the staff, headed out with my driver, and hit the dark winding road home while listening to @TwoFitChick and a microphone (My favorite part about my Monday ride) (He Carla and Shauna, Deana likes you too!!! 😉 To my surprise, I came home to THIS……
Waiting at home for me after a long day.... Ahhhhhh.... 😉
I am TRULY BLESSED in SO MANY WAYS!!!!! Its Time to close my “Angel Eyes” and “Dream A Little Dream”
Thank You for Taking this journey with me!! Until next time, I will leave you with this video…..
Me and Carla (@MizFitOnline) At the Disney Princess Half Marathon
Another wonderful weekend in the history books!! I have 2 important blogs to get out this week!! My FabFattie Cruise post and my Fitbloggin post!! I think the posts that have pictures to add tend to scare me a little!! I’m such a slow typist as it is and adding the pictures takes me FOREVER!!!! I also had many action shots to add to this post BUT quite frankly, the picture above tells the story!! This picture was taken when I went to Orlando to see @MizFitOnline (If you click on her name and it goes to her site, I want you to know that SHE Taught me how to do it!!! Hey Carla… I DID IT!!! *Proud Smile*) Carla taught me how to add links at #Fitbloggin!!! More details later…in THAT post!!! So, Carla, @workoutmommy and @AskWifey participated in the Disney Princess half Marathon!!! They ALL did AMAZINGLY well!!! When I go to see my friends compete, I am content just feeling the energy of the race and catching a glimpse of my friends in their glory!!! PLUS, I usually meet some really cool spectators along the way!! It’s a WIN/WIN!!! This race was no different!! I took my family up to Orlando. We stayed in one of the Disney Resorts and went to Animal Kingdom!! On the day of the race, they slept in while I went to the finish line at Epcot!! I had my 2 Blackberries and my ipod and off I went!! Carla was so freakin fast, that she blew by me!!! Once she finished the race, she called me and asked me where I was!! After a few texts and calls, she made her way out of the VIP tent (after running her first half marathon) JUST to meet little ole me!!! I find myself getting a little choked up as I think back to the meeting because she CHOOSE to make the effort!!! Many had gone back to the room because of fatigue, aches, pains, exhaustion TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE)…..But NOT MIZ….. SHE STAYED!!!! Honestly, to know this woman is to love her!!!! I ALWAYS knew she had a gentle soul, but at THAT MOMENT, it was confirmed!!! True to Carla form…she would not let me focus on her….In the middle of all the hugs…she asked me…”What is the One thing that you must do to reach your goals…to have SUCCESS?” She soooooo caught me off guard with that question!!! This meeting was supposed to be about her!!! Well…..Let me just say that her words echo in my ear daily!! Whenever I start to get a little off track (Like this Saturday) I ask myself… WHAT MUST I DO TO HAVE SUCCESS?!? I MUST PUT ME FIRST!!!!!!!! Thank You, Carla!!! For Keeping me in line and having my back!!!!
WHAT WILL “YOU” DO THIS WEEK TO HELP YOU REACH YOUR GOALS?!?
I have had a Wonderful week!! The mood was set by an AMAZING Easter weekend in Key West!!! I hope to blog about it after the gym, tonight! I have many POSITIVE supportive groups in my life. I just wanted to share one of them with you today. As many of you know, I LOVE my 2 Blackberries! I have many Blackberry IM buddies! When I started adding people from twitter, 2 of my first adds were 2 Nebraskian sisters @TeeTee_71 and @PhatBff I just LOVE these 2 as if we were triplets!! When I would BBIM 1, I would BBIM the same thing to the other. Thats when I decided to start a “Group” one where My Tweethearts could Motivate, Inspire, vent, a place where the were Free to “Be”!! These individuals keep me laughing, thinking, growing, and loving…EACH AND EVERY DAY!! We are ALL runners on some level….this is nourished by our running queen @slorunnermom Lori has an amazing way of reminding us of our AWESOME POTENTIAL WITHIN!!! We also have our Canadian @cunningmom who is newly back to work and juggles being a mom, wife, and a Wii Fit/EA Active ab-crunching guru!!! @FabFattieShan is taking us with her as she journeys towards her first Triatholon. Our token male @damanlovett always shows up to put a smile on our faces!! Our 2 West Coasters include My “General” Personal Trainer and Gym owner @WildfireFitness and our little cheerball @dailykat who happens to be in Hawaii and sending the group pictures so we feel like we are there with her!! @KellyK_C is one of our newest additions and she fits in LIKE A GLOVE!!! Its tons of fun!! The last little tweetheart that i want to mention is actually the reason for this post!! We had a rocky start on twitter!! She didn’t even follow me as @FootDr69 she said she didn’t know…(I’m still not sold on that one) LOL!!! She is going %110 towards her fitness goals and is making sure me and the others stay on track while keeping us laughing AND drinking water ALL DAY LONG!! The one I speak of is @kthenb ALL the People I mentioned in this post are worth a follow!!!! They have wormed their way into my HEART and I will NEVER LET THEM GO!!!! The group is ALWAYS growing!!! With each New Person, A New Gift is added!!! THANK YOU, TWEETHEARTS!!! Thank You, for being YOU!!!
I had an amazing weekend!!! It started out on Friday! After an AWESOME day of Feet and #FollowFridays, we headed up to Tampa to see “How To Train your Dragon” in Imax 3D!! This was a very cute movie!! The ending disturbed me a bit, being a podiatrist and all, But it was very entertaining!!! (YES, I’M A BIG KID!!) Once we left, we went down to the square (picture above). You could hear the music blaring from 2 night clubs!! 2 songs stuck out….”Planet Rock” and “Don’t Stop Believing” I Love them both for different reasons!! We had the kids with us so no clubbing that night….BUT I will be going back!! 😉 Then, On Saturday, I was reminded how AMAZING my Tweethearts are!!! @FabFattieShan and @nomorebacon ran a 5K for Autism and made some PR times!!! WELL DONE, YOU 2!! I was also impressed with @ShrinkingJeans!! These Ladies AMAZE me DAILY!!! They are in the process of Raising money while training for a half-marathon for Team In Training!! @LissaJoy smashed an 8 mile long run, @ReallifAdv ran almost 7 miles while dealing with a foot injury and MY SHERO @Christieo ran on a #TreadmillInTheMall ALL DAY SATURDAY For 26 miles!!!!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!!
I have a SUPER DUPER PLAN For this week!!! @kthenb and I plan To SMASHIT, this week!!!! Stay Tuned!!! I also spent time at a friends with a BEAUTIFUL VIEW and I took time To SMELL THE ROSES!!!!! I must say……
Feeling So IncrediblyOVERWHELMEDwith ALL THE POSITIVE CHANGES AND HAPPENINGS that are occurring lately!!! Im going to keep this post simple….My current weight is 285.4! Down1.6 pounds! There is a POSITIVE SURGE Happening RIGHT NOW!!!! Im going to name some of my Tweetheartsthat are DOING IT BIG!!!!! This list is INCOMPLETE!!! If you are MAKING A CHANGE….PLEASE Leave a comment and LET US KNOW THAT YOU ARE “ONE TO WATCH!!!!!” If you ARE on the list, PLEASE Leave a comment explaining what you’re doing to MAKE YOU FEEL PROUD!!!
“THE FINISH LINE”
Jessica (@Jessimika28), Monica (@QTHouseOfBeauty), Me (@FitInMyHeart), and Luke (@KenpoDoc4)
What a WONDERFUL Valentine/MyrtleBeach5K/Girls Roadtrip/Tweet-up weekend!!!! It started after work Thursday night 2/11/10. Monica, Jessica, Betty (Cheerleader along for the ride) and I hit the road around 8:30 PM! We had a 9 hour drive ahead of us. We were ALL happy to be getting away for a little bit!! I was EXTRA EXCITED because I was going to meet Eddie (@damanlovett), Joey (@PassionMD), CarolAnn (@ctreacy), and (@FabMissK) for the first time!!! We had some audio books. I had my Podcasts (@MizFitOnline @Dietgirl @TwoFitChicks… Yes I listen to them more than once…DOESNT EVERYBODY?!?) The dive was filled with LOTS OF JOYOUS LAUGHTER AND GIRL TALK!!! We arrived in Myrtle Beach just in time to see the sunrise from our hotel room!!
Myrtle Beach Sunrise
We ate some breakfast, took showers, and went to bed!!! We needed to catch a little shut eye before we went to the expo to pick up our Race Numbers and other goodies!!! About 4 hours into the nap…my brother called! He and his wife denise (@sunnyd4) had already been to the expo and gotten their numbers. They arrived in Myrtle Beach on Thursday (From knoxville, TN) They wanted to go over the marathon route (Denise was going to be running her first marathon on Saturday) Joey also called and said they were going to be heading over to the expo around 1! We started getting ready and made our way to the Expo!
I knew that behind those walls….My friends were waiting to meet me for the first time!!!!!! I was soooooooo excited!!!!!! Let me just tell you….. I walked into the convention center filled with tons of people…and then heard…”MO” It was Eddie, Joey, and Kat running up to me from the left!!! The warm tight hugs felt…LIKE HOME!!!!! Ahhhhhhhh…….
Eddie (@damanlovett) and Joey (@PassionMD)
Monica Shopping
Jessica and Betty
Headband I saw for Shannon (@FabFattieShan)
Rottens #2 and #3 Sending me GOOD LUCK Vibes!!! (Love Them!!!)
Me, Monica, and Jessica outside of the Expo
Once we left the Expo, we met up for a late lunch!! I had a blast getting to know Eddie, Joey, and Carol Ann!!!
We went back to the room , got changed, and took a little nap! We planned to meet at 6:30PM to warm up. The race started at 7! Well…. Long story short, we had the wrong address and arrived at the starting line around 6:59!!! No stretching….No warm up…Just racing!! Btw….I DONT RECOMMEND THAT!!! I promised people I would take it easy and I did!!! I planned to walk the entire race (Knee injury) but I did run a 3rd of the race. Monica decided to stay by my side and make sure I was ok!! (She’s the best). While we were running…she was able to catch some action shots!!! Oh…I forgot to mention…IT STARTED TO SNOW AT EXACTLY 7:00!!! Brrrrrr……
It was hard, long, and COLD… But WE MADE IT!!!! (DETERMINATION)
The above picture was taken by my sister-in-law Denise (@sunnyd4). She drove around and snapped pictures and cheered me on at EVERY MILE MARKER!!!! I was looking forward to returning the favor the next morning while she was running her 1st marathon BUT it was cancelled due to the snow!!! 😦 After the race…we went home to shower and change. We ate a wonderful mexican restaurant. Once we left, we tried to find Joey’s Beach house but the snow was making the travel unsafe for us Floridians!! We headed back to the hotel. We managed to take some pictures to take back to Florida to share with the family and friends!!
Snow Covered Stop Sign
Monica making snow balls
Then it was time to warm up a little bit in the heated pool and the lazy river…..My Knees were pleased!!! LOL
Once we checked out of the hotel on Saturday, we drove the marathon route to cheer on the dedicated runners that ran the race (unofficially) It was TRULY INSPIRATIONAL!!! We worked up an appetite with all that cheering so we stopped for some brunch!!
Pecan and Banana Pancakes (Shared By 3)
After brunch, we met up with my brother, Denise, Eddie, Joey, and Carol Ann at the mall. We shopped for Valentine gifts, Laughed, shared, BONDED!!!! My first 5K was physically, pretty painful BUT I wouldn’t have changed the experience FOR ANYTHING!!!! My Family was by my side AND I made some REALLY GREAT FRIENDS!!! Cant wait until my next FITNESS/TWITTER Adventure!!!! My Goal this year is to meet ALL OF MY FAVORITE TWEETHEARTS!!! My #FabFattieCruise I met @FabFattieShan, @KyraTX, and @JeepJenn. My #MyrtleBeach5K I met @Damanlovett @PassionMD and @ctreacy (Family/Friends that participated with me @QtHouseOfBeauty @Jessimika28 @Elisa_Hola @KenpoDoc4: My Brother and his wife @sunnyd4)… NEXT STOP….#Fitbloggin “I Got A Feelin” ;-))
Me (@FitInMyHeart), Joey (@PassionMD), Carol Ann (@ctreacy), and Eddie (@damanlovett)
Ok…. My current situation has me a little upset. For the past month or so, I began to have my FIRST HEALTH ISSUE related to weight!! No, it isn’t Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, or any of those things (I’m still super healthy as far as that goes) My problem is……Pain in my knees!!!!! I first noticed the issue when I started doing the Biggest Loser workout videos!! Jumping Jacks, Squats, and Lunges were killer!!! I don’t like to quit so I powered through the pain (that’s what athletes do, right?) Well, I would ease up a little, feel better, go hard, feel worse!! Well, this morning, I was awakened around 6:18 AM with a sharp shooting pain in my left knee!!! This pain is worse than I’ve ever felt before!! It wouldn’t be THAT BIG of an issue BUT, I’m heading to Myrtle Beach tomorrow for a 5K!!! I have been soooooooooooooo excited about this little mini vacation of fun AND fitness!!! I’ve gotten some Great advice AND SUPPORT from @wildfirefitness @jeepjenn @cunningmom @teetee_71 @Phatbff @slorunnermom and @Bwjen @Iamsucceeding @KyraTX @whiskyd and @monaylexi I’m going to do EVERYTHING within my power to get better before Friday night!!!! PLEASE Keep me in your prayers!!!
If you have any helpful tips….. PLEASE SHARE!!!
I’m going to draw strength from all of you… and Im going to BORROW my dear friend Shannon’s (@FabFattieShan) theme song!!! THIS TOO will power me through!!!
LOVING YOU GUYS AND THIS JOURNEY……”BELIEVING” that THIS TOO SHALL PASS!!!!!!
I promised people I would take it easy and I did!!! I planned to walk the entire race (Knee injury) but I did run a 3rd of the race. Monica decided to stay by my side and make sure I was ok!! (She’s the best). While we were running…she was able to catch some action shots!!! Oh…I forgot to mention…IT STARTED TO SNOW AT EXACTLY 7:00!!! Brrrrrr…… 
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