#PROJECTME update

So, call me crazy, but I signed up for another session of ProjectMe! My results were not where I wanted to be so I thought it's already a habit, why not continue. I started looking more at my diet and noticed I was not getting as much protein as I should have been. So, I changed it. I now get anywhere from 90-120(g) of protein a day. My carb intake is below 100, on most days, and I am finally seeing more improvements.. Below is Week 1 and start of Week 3 of my second round of Project me.. To put things in perspective, I also added where I started... WOW!! who would have guessed..

                                             Week 1 of 2nd Round       Week 3 of 2nd Round


                                           Where I started and ended 1st Round of Project me

Because I said I would #1

I will teach someone something new this week - Because I said I would

I always like teaching something to someone that I enjoy doing. Whether it be a new recipe or yoga or how to tie a bow tie, I love to give my knowledge to other people.

I have been practicing yoga for the past 10 years. I am a huge advocate of getting people to try it for the first time and helping them through there experience. Who ever said "I'm not flexible enough for yoga" is wrong. Yoga isn't about flexibility, it isn't about tight stretchy pants, its about being in the moment. Listening to your body and having it work for you. Who cares if you can't do Birds of Paradise or pronounce Chaturanga Dandasana (click here for correct pronunciation). All that matters is that you came to your mat to learn, to let go, to be one with your mind.

My Friend Amy and I have been helping each other through some tough times lately, and I asked if she would join me for a nice restorative yoga practice that was being taught at my gym. She glad-fully, but I am sure reluctantly, accepted my invitation. I tried to give her some tidbits before class, but I knew that the class wouldn't be one of those tough classes where you sweat from every orifice of your body. So we began our journey. One taught by an instructor who really wasn't as good as I thought she would be with newbies after I announced that it was Amy's first time.. Let's just say there were times where I wish I was leading the class but that's another promise :)

After an hour of class and many looks from Amy, we Namaste'd our way out of there and continued on our journey. Speaking to Amy after class I reassured her not all classes will be like that, and the majority will be better.

I arrived at work this morning to find an email from Amy telling me she was going to purchase a package to a yoga studio by her house.. I think my work is done here:) Another yogi for the books, and another week down!

Onward and upward here we come!

Traditional, I think not..

I decided to make my New Years Resolution for 2014 about keeping my word and focus on my self. 2013 was a year of trials and tribulations. A year of breakups and new beginnings. New adventures and repeating traditions. Most of them good, but man.. 2013 was a difficult year for me. I decided that in keeping with my New Year's traditions, I would do something a little differently this year. Instead of a theme for the whole year sticking to just one idea, goal, or thought I decided that I would do 52 different promises. One a week for the next year.. 

Flying home after a Thanksgiving from hell in New Orleans; I read an article that touched me so deep that I wanted to do my part in spreading the word. Because I Said I would "is a social movement and nonprofit organization dedicated to bettering humanity through the power of a promise. To encourage positive change and acts of kindness, we send “promise cards” to anywhere in the world at no cost."

I decided to order a t-shirt. My shirt arrived, and yes I judged the quality of the American Apparel Cotton/poly jersey shirt to the price I paid to have my New Years resolution written in ink across my chest, and it didn't matter. Because within 5 minutes of me stepping outside my house I had at least 3 people ask me what my shirt meant. If that is not good marketing I don't know what is. But that is not why I choose the shirt, or the movement. To much of my life I have made open promises because I said I should do this, or I should do that.. Or I wish I did this.. Well, this year is going to be different. Each Week I will be promising to do something new. I will be documenting it here and I hope you all can hold me to my promise just as much as I hold my self accountable. Why? Because I said I would! 

Promises, an idea I have not thought of since I was 23. As Adults I feel that many of us are afraid of the word. Afraid of letting someone down, afraid of not keeping our selves accountable, afraid of being a liar. No one wants to be told they are a liar or a phony. Promise is such a hard word to say. Which is why I have chosen to use it. I have been let down by many promises in my life, but I guess that is why I have a hard time trusting someones word until they prove themselves.  I am sure I have let people down with my promises as well. I guess that's why they call them empty? 

It's time for a change in my life. A new way of living. It's time to start really realizing what makes me happy and continue to make that happen. It may be a year where I may let some people down by doing what makes me happy, but it is all about me right? It's about time I became selfish!