New Perspective(s)...

Saturday, February 27th, 2016 I gained a new perspective on my diet and future eating habits. Me, Vanessa, and Meagan paid Lil (but not so little) Tim French a visit. Although he's a regular "send off" when it comes to meeting me at the gym, he gave me some really good advice regarding my food intake and how to schedule my 4 day meal rotation. He also gave me some much needed advice regarding supplementing (basic things I need to have), as well as things I might want to veer away from. The entire conversation gave me a new enlightening perspective on how to approach meal planning that makes what I thought to be the worst thing in the world, less daunting.

So... Now that I have this information, I will be using it starting today. Since my new training schedule and WORK!!! plan starts tomorrow I may as well implement the eating plan immediately. The way I will be planning and scheduling my meals going forward has relieved me of most of the stress I have been feeling over the last 15 days (since I received the results of my allergy testing). So, I'm quite excited right now!!!

Yesterday also was a GREAT day in the gym training with Meagan. We got it in for over 3.5 hours and it felt good. We started out with over an hour worth of rope, followed by some vicious pad WORK!!!, followed by more rope, followed by more pad WORK!!! It was  great cardio session and we both were able to get in some double under which I have never been able to do! Meagan took them to a completely new level, but I would expect nothing less than that! This girl is determined. Period. I'm sitting here this morning analyzing how my body feels and I have to say my arms got a great workout from working the pads with Meagan as she is all about power. Even her jab is ridiculously hard (which expends a ton of energy but she's working on managing that), but that right hand could be deadly. Today, we will get in some sparring. I wish there were more young females in this area interested in the sport. I LOVE seeing girls gain that sense of self and confidence as they progress in their skill. It's just really amazing to witness. GIRL POWER!!!

This week I have midterms at school, so my social media time will be little to none. I should probably keep it that way going forward, but it is the only I tend to communicate with many individuals, and for many reasons. I too am guilty of being bad at "real life" or "old school" communication as text and social media are so convenient. However, I sometimes wonder who would bother to keep in touch with me if I were no longer "online." That may be an interesting experiment for me to conduct and at some point in the near future I will.

I have been considering some making some other major changes in my existence as well. Nothing I care to share at this point but just some things that I should do to make my days, months, and years (God willing) flow more smoothly. I'm truly loving life right now and it has nothing to do with anyone or any thing in particular, it's the collection of blessings that God provides me daily. I'm a thinker and there are a million times during my day in which I just smile and think to myself "I LOVE LIFE, thank you GOD!" Shoot, sometimes I say it out loud.  And this love of life is not dependent on anything but me and GOD. Don't get me wrong, I love the people in my life beyond words but my happiness is not contingent upon ANY one person; except me. In my life, I feel that I am at a point that is beyond great. If I were to die today, know that I LOVED how I LIVED... the VERY best way I could at every point in life in which I arrived, with the purest of intentions.Luv.