Monday Morning

I had an interesting night's sleep, waking up multiple times during the evening. Finally, I awoke to my alarm at 5 AM and got out of bed at 5:04. I contemplated hitting the gym early, instead choosing to play with my new TTmembers.com membership. I downloaded some of the awesome Fat Loss manuals and one of the fat loss teleseminars. I plan on listening to the teleseminar on the way home this evening.

On the way in to the office, I listened to half of Scott Tousignant's (www.unstoppablefatloss.com) interview of John Allen Mollenhauer "JAM" www.performancelifestyle.com. The topic of the call was how we can use the ways of a peak performer (athlete, top business person, etc.) to make lifestyle changes in our lives. The key point that I took away is that "non-performers" tend to think that we have to perform at 100% all the time in our lives. No wonder it is so daunting. It made me think about top athletes: they have an "on-season" and "off-season" for good reason. The on-season is for performing and achieving the benefits of all of the work in the off-season. In the off-season, they are practicing and training, tweaking and revisiting their performances from the on-season. They are working hard, but they are also recuperating and getting the "game face" perfected. They allow for slip-ups, screw-ups and set-ups.

Why don't I follow the same game plan? I wonder when my "on-season" is and when I have my "off-season". I think, easily, on-season for fitness is summer when I vacation, participating in summer sports and activities and am wearing less clothing. :) If I were a winter-sport enthusiast, I would assume that my on-season would be winter and my off would be spring-summer. I am going to play with this idea and see where it takes me.

My gym time will be at 5:30 PM with my advanced step class. The instructor, Renee, decided to offer a 9 AM class yesterday morning. Boy, that class is fun, but MAN, it kicks my ass. I am wondering if two step class days in a row is a bit for me because I am just getting back to it. Enjoying it so much, I think that I will be okay. I will still monitor my energy throughout the class and for the rest of the week.

Overall, the weekend was fantastic. Matt met my mom on Saturday evening as planned. When she first saw him, she exclaimed, "Oh, he is so cute!" He really is! I asked her later about him and again she said, "I cannot believe how cute he is. I didn't expect him to look anything like that. I thought that he would look much older." I laughed. So, an old, ugly man for your daughter? LOL

After dinner on Saturday, Matt and I had an incredible time lounging on my couch talking about "us". It feels great to be where 'we' are in our relationship. It's been a long time since I've had such a solid sense of direction in a relationship.

We ended up going to my friend's 70's themed party in the city. Wow! Her home is gorgeous. We stayed for about an hour and a half before I got too tired to continue. (We didn't leave my house until 10 PM.)

When we got back to my house, we went to bed. What I didn't was such a rush of intense emotion to overwhelm me. I cannot even remember experiencing anything like it with anyone else. I do remember having such an experience while meditating. I am glad that he was there to experience it with me.

So, today's plan is to have about 1400-1600 calories and do my step class this evening. I am very excited to review Craig Ballantyne's Turbulence Training Manual. I'll have a review of it here.