Make it happen

Lots of changes going on in 2012!

I've teamed up with a personal trainer to kick my butt into gear and get into shape. I need to be able to keep up with my kick @$$ characters like Kat and a few new ones I hope you'll meet in upcoming releases.

Besides, I'll be honest here, with the new day job and traveling every week to various cities, I've put on a lot of extra weight. It may seem glamorous and exciting to travel all over the place, but the reality of eating airport fast food and take out, room service and restaurant dishes all the time means a crazy overload of calories.

I needed someone to help me learn to make better choices and design a workout routine that works in any hotel, flexible enough to adjust to what equipment might or more likely might NOT be available to me.

Plus, I needed someone with the balls to yell at me if I conveniently forgot to eat healthy. Temptation clouds logic, and I definitely had a couple of desserts in there thinking, "Oh, it's been a few days since I had something. I've been good enough it won't hurt."

Yah. I look like that cream puff I ate two weeks ago.

So, I'm entering into a 12 week mission to get healthy again. The first couple of days have been hard, but I'm trying to meet the challenges with good humor.  Here's one that stands out in my mind:

PJ has cocker spaniel syndrome. Drinking about a gallon of water a day meant I hit the ladies' room a heck of a lot more often than I was used to.  

But seriously, water does do a body good. Here's some fun facts about water:

Aids in the digestion and absorption of food.

Needed to regulate body temperature and blood circulation.

Transports needed oxygen and nutrients throughout the body.

Necessary for the kidneys to remove toxins from the blood stream and carry those toxins out of the body.

Here's my commitment to you and to my trainer, Michael. I'll post here once a week and share my adventures in getting in shape on the fly (sometimes literally). There'll be fitness and health tidbits as I learn them and I'll try to include a bit of perspective from Michael as he has to deal with me.

Personal Trainer and Ifbb Pro Michael Stuart, photo by Luis Rafael

In fact, let's get the first in today:

 Michael: "The first few days have been a bit tough considering her travel/work schedule. The fact that she does not have access to a kitchen to cook the food herself makes the dieting really hard, we're just going to push through and work with what we can and get results either way."

I'm not one for resolutions or announcing my goals. If there's one thing I learned about 2011, it's that Life challenges you and you have to be flexible enough to roll with the punches. At the end of the year, rather than look back at my New Year's resolutions or goals to see the things I couldn't keep to for whatever reason, I'd rather look at what I did accomplish for the year and stand proud.

facta non verba 

Deeds, not words.

You'll be able to see what I DO and what I accomplish.

Well, there'll be words, the ones in my manuscripts as I dive into writing for the year. I've got some great upcoming projects, including some saucy stuff!

Interested in training with Michael Stuart?

Find him on Facebook  or Twitter (@MaxfitTraining1) and tell him I sent you, he'll hook you up with a great training package.