Tuesday, October 15, 2013

30 days of discipline


My Official date for my surgery is Tuesday November 19th 2013 Holy Moly!...
Over the last three weeks I have been trying to prepare myself mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually for this and the mental/emotional part hasn't been going to well.   Mentally, I keep going back and forth about having it or not because I am constantly reading new articles on if its necessary or not to have the preventative surgery.  
      Emotionally, I am a roller coaster  meaning I am super okay one minute and have accepted it, or the next minute I am calling my mother up crying saying, "I need to postpone the surgery." 
           I have come to the conclusion that there will never be a right time in my life  to have it, and the surgery date will always seem to come too quickly (just like right now)...
That is why I have chosen to do  30 days of discipline.... 
For this 30 days of discipline Physically I am doing a Blessed Herb Cleanse for my body.  I have always wanted to do a cleanse and I figured now would be the best time to clean my body out before I have such a serious impact on it.  The cleanse will clear out my Colon, Liver, Gallbladder, Kidneys, Bladder, Lungs, Blood, Skin,  Lymphatic System, and unwanted guests (parasites)!!  No~ sugar, caffeine, dairy, alcohol, white flour or meat. ( I pretty much don't ingest any of that stuff anyway) Eat raw and whole foods the entire time and do a 5 day juice fast in the middle of it.  
 One of my clients turned me onto this and said he always feels the best he has ever felt after he is finished with it.   Not only does it cleanse your body, but mentally and emotionally its supposed to cleanse you as well.  It increases your mental clarity, brightens your creativity, increases your joy ( really need), improve self of well being, stabilizes your  mood swings (really really need) and improve negative though patterns...  Sounds perfect for me.  Along with this cleanse I will be doing all of these below for the 30 days!  Wish me luck!  Oy Vey!
*30 day squat challenge
*Tabata once a day 8 rounds
*core power yoga
*no tv
*finishing all those books I have always wanted to
*meditating/praying for at least 20 minutes a day
*getting my feet in the sand daily (luckily I live a mile away)
*listening to only upbeat music
*drinking 8 glasses of pure h20
*watching either the sunrise or sunset
*blogging daily
*juicing at least once a day
*positive affirmations all day long
BTW...I am doing this because I want and need to feel the best before my surgery.  I am doing this because I want my body to know that I love it.  I am doing this because I have never done anything like it before, and I know how proud of myself I will be when I'm through.  The only thing that scares me about following through with this 30 days of discipline is that my surgery will be shortly after.  I ask that if you are reading this you will help to encourage me through all of it.
  I pray that I will be Physically, Mentally, Emotionally, and Spiritually ready for this surgery when the time comes.



Monday, October 14, 2013

Dancing for Breast Cancer Awareness

       This month is Breast Cancer Awareness month.  (Ironically the month before my surgery)  There are many events going on all over the US to promote Breast Cancer Awareness  so please join me and do so!
Yesterday,  my good friend Marisa who is one of the best Zumba Instructors in LA, organized  a Zumbathon Charity Event for Breast Cancer and it was such a success!  Marisa and 4 other amazing Zumba Instructors taught a 2 hour Zumba dance class with over 50 people!!   Everyone was dancing for breast cancer and having a blast while doing it!!   (as you can see in the bottom right photo above)  I danced my pants off as well, but took some time to soak in how amazing this event.  It brought tears to my eyes to see so many people coming together on their day off to support  Breast Cancer Awareness.   They raised 1,100$ that will go to Breast Cancer research!  Thank you to Marisa, Raul and the other Zumba Instructors for putting together this event!  Thank you for inviting me I had such a great time!