Rewards for good behavior

You work hard, stick to your diet, chug water, and work out at 5am... You could stand a little reward! I found this bag at Forever21, I loved it for the bright color (I hail from Seattle, where sunshine is rare, so I get my warm happy colors from clothes, etc), I loved that it was huge so I can throw flip flops, water, snacks, a small staircase, or small nephew in there, and it has a fun cheetah print lining to contrast the hot pink! But the straps where kinda long, and cheap plastic vinyl crap that flakes and cracks and makes a mess on your shoulder. And I didn't even know it had an outside pocket until I got home because the outside was plain. I have a solution!

So.... I took some lace, some ribbon, fabric stiffener, measured all my  pieces and applied the fabric stiffener and let it dry over night. I sewed the lace over the ribbon, then onto the hardware where the old straps were places and TA DA!!!! custom reward, just the way I like it!

Don't be afraid to ask for help!

Better safe than undead...

No explanation needed lol

Every day is a second chance

Ok boys and girls.... time to fess up..... 

I fell, ass over tea kettle, off the wagon.

I finally completed P90X in February, then had plans to start Brazil Butt Lift but it wasn't the right tool for my goals... put that on the back burner. Then I said Insanity is what I need! But I allowed my self to get distracted with other little things. Then May came and I said I'll do a P90X/Insanity hybrid.... no excuse for that one. 

So, here we are in June, and its day 3 of a new round of P90X! I'm lucky to have my best friend hitting it with me again but I'm also moving from Seattle to Corpus Christi, Texas in 2 weeks! So I have to be mentally and emotionally prepared to make that transition and hit the ground running (almost literally) when I get to Texas. I'll have my fiance there to workout with me but its all on me, one of us has to drag the other out of bed and I can almost promise you it won't be him lol

Life happens, whatever your situation, or reason, or excuse, call it what you will... but don't let it ruin you, and don't let it stand in the way of your plans and your goals! Yesterday is done, you can't go back, so you treat today like a new chance, another opportunity to push forward and make today better!

Need a workout buddy? I'm a Beachbody personal fitness coach and I'm here to be your resource, your sounding board, your little keibler elf of fitness, if you will! I'm human just like you and 5am sucks for me too.... but everybody needs someone to call them on their BS and shove them out of bed right? RIGHT! So lets stop looking at what we didn't do yesterday and talk about what we ARE doing today!

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ZOMBIE OUTBREAK IS IMMINENT

don't be a victim, and DONT wait until its too late! 

Beachbody is hiring! Inquire within...

I love being a beachbody coach, it doesn't feel like a job. And when I move in a few weeks I can take my job with me, work from home, support my self and my fitness goals and still pay the bills! You've already got the job offer baby, all you gotta do is contact me to start ;-)

A girl has to dream

if you're gonna dream, dream big! who cares about whats common now, or "normal", or cool or whatever. i want a pony and a prince and a home on an island, who doesn't ;-)

Every little bit counts!

Never under estimate the power of a photo. I'm so glad I took those day 1 photos and all the progress photos in between because there are days I would never believe how far I've come and what a difference 10lbs can make!
It didn't happen over night, but I've lost 40lbs and over 20inches. (although I'm pretty sure 20lbs of it was off my boobs, ugh!)
Every little bit counts and taking your measurements, your weight, and your photos is SO vital to feeling that gratification we all need :-)

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree

As young as I can remember, my mom has been exercising. I remember sitting in the back at her Jazzercise class, I must have been 5. I'd help pass out frozen hand towels to all the sweaty, exhausted ladies when they were done. Around 8 years old I took a tap dance class at the city community center and my mom joined another Jazzercise class there and I'd watch from the balcony and kind of bop along to the ones I knew. Lots of 90's tech, Ace of Base, ya know, "Night At The Roxbury" stuff!

I got into my teen years and I lovingly dubed her "the food nazi". Nice, I know. She was constantly reminding me how many calories are in this or that and she regularly rejected the family's request for our old favorite dinner... beer battered chicken. Those days were over. She picked up pilates and Yoga Booty Ballet, which I scoffed at. I'm not gonna do that silly junk with those peppy hippies cheering me on, no thanks......
Yea, little did I know. Yoga Booty Ballet became one of my favorite low-impact programs with some of my absolute favorite ab exercises I've tried yet! And in recent years I picked up P90X, became a Beachbody fitness coach and to my great astonishment.... Yoga Booty Ballet is from Beachbody! DOH!

My mom is coming up on 60 years old and she still works out! She even did P90X with me for about a year! So much of what I know is thanks to her, and now I understand her "food nazi" ways. And some day, when I have grandbabies, I'm gonna be a fit grandma like my mom. She inpires me in so many ways. You're never to old to be in shape!



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If you need a battle buddy, some advice, or just someone to vent to about the in's and out's of losing weight.... drop me a line!
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Stay inspired

Beyonce is one bad babe!!! My inspiration.

I know being pregnant is uncomfortable enough as it is.... but pregnant and fat? No thanks! I wanna be as fit as I possibly can before I blow up! Healthy body, healthy baby!

50 days until I move to my new home on the Gulf of Mexico!!! Can't give up now!

A Woman Has A Right To Change Her Mind

Ok, Ok, I realize that I just said I was putting Brazil Butt Lift on the back burner for Insanity. BUT, sometimes you just gotta make the necessary changes until you find what works. Allow me to present, for the first time ever.......

P90X2/INSANITY HYBRID

Calendar by Kirsten Olson

I will be married to this for the next 60 days (ish) before I move. Updates to come of course!

Its not you, its me.

I keep refering to my efforts to lose weight and get fit as 'my journey' or 'adventures'. Because so much of it is trial and error, its a learning experience, its one day at a time, and it's certainly not one single event that happens while you're asleep.

I finished P90X! (Only took me 2 years. I'll explain.) I lost weight, lost pant sizes, got stronger, toned up here and there! I thought that Brazil Butt Lift looked like good ole' girly fun and my squishy thighs could use a little pick-me-up! So thats what I did. And it is fun! And challenging, and bum-burning! But I quickly relized that for me, with my current body and what I am trying to achieve, I chose what I wanted, not what I NEEDED. Ah, the eternal struggle between want and need.

So at the risk of looking (probably only to me) like a quitter, I had to admit to myself that for a girl who is trying to get max results before moving from dreary Seattle to Sunny South Texas in 8 weeks.... I was gonna need to swallow my pride and change directions... NOW!

So, Insanity it is! My best friend started Insanity 3 weeks ago and even though I see her regularly I have noticed that she is already setting the fat ON FIRE! Allow me to jump right on that! So much of our struggle to lose weight is all in our head. "I have to start on Monday. It has to be the 1st of the month. I can't do those. I don't like that. Well I already started bla bla bla so I'm just gonna finish this and then....". No. Lets get over our selves here.... if what you're doing is not working for you then walk away... do what needs to be done, and get on with it already! The days will move on with or without you and you can't get yesterday back! After hitting the church of P90X religiously... I learned from Tony that if what you're doing is too easy then stop, get what you need to git r done, and get back to it!! Don't over think it. Don't beat yourself up. If your weights were too light you wouldn't stop the DVD, go back to the beginning and start all over with the heavier set! You get what you need and get back to work!



I'll still use Brazil Butt Lift once a week and when the time is right, it will be my full-time focus. But for now, there is much work to do! So heres to not letting my ego get in my way, to growing emotionally, and to smaller pants! BRING IT!

You're the only person stopping you from being where you wanna be. If you need somebody to point you in the right direction and keep pushing you until you see those results... I'm here to help! Don't waste another day, shoot me a line on facebook or email.



New idea for Tony's next program?

HAHAHA

Sometimes, you just gotta get creative with your workouts!

Work with what ya got.

Never settle for less

Pain is only temporary, but the credit and the pride you feel is yours for a lifetime. Never give up on your goals, where there is a will there is a way.